Veröffentlicht: 24. December 2011
A strip of settlements built on what was northern Bethlehem threatens to cut the city off from its historic twin, Jerusalem
If Joseph and Mary were making their way to Bethlehem today, the Christmas story would be a little different, says Father Ibrahim Shomali, a parish priest in the town. The couple would struggle to get into the city, let alone find a hotel room.
"If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would...
Veröffentlicht: 1. December 2011
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), in partnership with other British organizations including Student societies, will launch the Third Palestine Memorial Week from 16th –23rd of January 2012
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), in partnership with other British organizations including Student societies, will launch the Third Palestine Memorial Week from 16th –23rd of January 2012, to commemorate the anniversary of all Palestinian victims, especially Gaza.
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Veröffentlicht: 18. November 2011
Dana Halawa, The Electronic Intifada, 8 November 2011
Not one Palestinian child detainee in Israeli jails was released during the prisoner swap last month. More than 160 remain behind bars. (Yousef Deeb/APA images)
I have read countless articles and watched numerous videos about Gilad Shalit being reunited with his family five years after his...
Veröffentlicht: 18. November 2011
by Ramzy Baroud / November 11th, 2011
Another mission accomplished, or so it seems. Israeli navy ships have managed to thwart yet another civil society ‘provocation’ (as described by a spokesman for the Israel Embassy in Dublin, Irish Times, November 4).
Thus the 27 activists from nine countries aboard two boats...
Veröffentlicht: 2. November 2011
Irish and Canadian boats in international waters on their way to challenge illegal siege policy. Palestinian activists call for end to international complicity in Israel’s crimes. Support actions taking place throughout the West Bank and inside Israel
[Ramallah] Two civilian boats, the Canadian Tahrir (Liberation), and the Irish Saoirse (Freedom), carrying 27 people from nine countries, are currently in international waters making their way to the beleaguered Gaza Strip to challenge Israel’s ongoing criminal blockade of the territory. A...
Veröffentlicht: 2. November 2011
Two ships leave Turkey carrying between 20 to 30 pro-Palestinian activists; IDF says plans to intercept vessels, offer them to dock at Ashdod or port in Egypt. By Anshel Pfeffer Tags: Gaza Gaza flotilla IDF http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-navy-tracks-new-gaz...
The Israeli Navy is tracking two ships, believed be part of a new flotilla to Gaza, that departed Wednesday from Turkey headed for the Gaza Strip, according to the IDF spokesperson.
The IDF intends to intercept the vessels if they continue on their course.
According to information obtained by...
Veröffentlicht: 16. October 2011
We are waiting for your boats at our shores - Call from Gaza to the People of Conscience worldwide to break the Israeli Blockade
We the Palestinians of the Besieged Gaza Strip, are calling on the world: enough inaction, enough discussion, enough waiting – the illegal closure on the Gaza Strip must end. While attention is focused on the Palestinian bid for statehood in the UN do not forget that the blockade and the...
Veröffentlicht: 16. October 2011
Almost three years after the Israeli Operation Cast Lead killed over 1,400 Palestinians, the situation for most Gazans remains dire, with unemployment, shortages of medical supplies and much else essential to secure minimum living standards.
Almost three years after the Israeli Operation Cast Lead killed over 1,400 Palestinians, the situation for most Gazans remains dire, with unemployment, shortages of medical supplies and much else essential to secure minimum living standards.
The sixth aid convoy organised by...
Veröffentlicht: 7. October 2011
Their hunger is ours
It has been two week since the declaration of the hunger strike by the prisoners of our people. This strike is set to protest the detention in the most despicable conditions possible. The time to establish a decisive stance of support has come. The time to regain the issue of the Palestinian...
Veröffentlicht: 5. October 2011
by Saed Bannoura, October 04, 2011, http://www.imemc.org/article/62175
In an attempt to prevent the detainees’ hunger strike from spreading to all Israeli prisons and detention facilities, undercover forces of the Israeli Army broke into the Asqalan and Nafha prisons.
Palestinian detainees in several Israeli prisons started their hunger strike seven days ago,...