By Agence France Presse (AFP) To view original article, published on the 2nd July by The Daily Star, click here AMMAN: Israel’s government has barred a UN human rights delegation from visiting the Palestinian areas on a fact-finding mission, the ...
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LRB: Diary from Gaza
London Review of Books By Louisa Waugh ‘Don’t ask me how I am,’ a colleague said to me when I arrived at the office yesterday morning. ‘You know how bad things are here now, so please don’t ask.’ Things are ...
Read More »JPOST: PA urges Palestinians to ‘return’
Original article published in the Jerusalem Post on March 18th. For original article click here The Palestinian Authority is planning to mark Israel’s 60th anniversary by calling on all Palestinians living abroad to converge on Israel by land, sea and ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: IDF downplays allegations West Bank troops abuse Palestinians
By Yuval Azoulay Shooting Palestinian bystanders; illegally commandeering cars and going on joyrides; torturing a youth by pressing a heater to his face and beating cuffed prisoners on their way to custody. These are only some of the reported cases ...
Read More »IMEMC: Dozens of protests held worldwide calling for an end to Gaza siege
by Saed Bannoura In partnership with Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), Friends of freedom and Justice-Bilin, and Gaza On My Mind, dozens of groups worldwide held protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza on Saturday February 23rd. Participating ...
Read More »EI: George Habash’s contribution to the Palestinian struggle
By: As’ad AbuKhalil 30 January 2008 I lived more than half of my life in the US and I never felt the alienation that I felt on the day I read George Habash, the Palestinian revolutionary who passed away last ...
Read More »UN SECURITY COUNCIL: POLITICAL AFFAIRS HEAD TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION ‘FRAGILE’, URGES ISRAEL TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF FUEL, BASIC NECESSITIES TO PALESTINIANS
22 January 2008 Security Council SC/9232 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Security Council 5824th Meeting (AM & PM) Palestinian Observer States Situation ‘Humanly Unbearable and Morally Unacceptable’; Israel Says Hamas, Rather Than Engage ...
Read More »Gaza and the recognition of Israel
By: Bobby Noe As has been covered in the news extensively, Gaza’s only power plant has shut down as there is no longer any fuel left to run it. 1.5 million people are in darkness and according to a health ...
Read More »AP: Gaza power plant shuts down because of fuel shortage, officials say
By: Ibrahim Barzak Gaza City was plunged into darkness Sunday after Israel blocked the shipment of fuel that powers its only electrical plant in retaliation for persistent rocket attacks by Gaza militants. The power cut sent already beleaguered Gazans to ...
Read More »PNGO: Palestinian Delegation Withdraws from Madrid Just Peace Forum
For immediate release 13 December 2007 Protesting Serious Violations The Palestinian civil society delegation to the Forum for a Just Peace in the Middle East, planned for December 14 to 16 in Madrid, has decided not to participate in the ...
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