Palestine: Remembering the Nakba
Region: PalestineWritten by Salah Almhamdi May 15 is Nakba Day [1], when Palestinians commemorate the displacement and dispossession that took place at the time of Israel's establishment in 1948. In this post we look at how the day was marked by Palestinians on blogs and Twitter this year. “Nakba” means “catastrophe”, and refers to the process of mass expulsion of Palestinians from their vill... more
Views: 918A memorial service held on 1st anniversary of Israeli attack.
Region: Palestine
A memorial service held on 1st anniversary of Israeli attack. The Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas has pledged to continue its fight against Israel on its one-year anniversary of massive Israeli military operations against Gaza. As per my point of view, Hamas has de facto control of the Gaza Strip. The group held a memorial service there on Sunday, the exact time when the Israeli military started air raids a ye... more
Views: 1221Bethlehem Prepares for Christmas
Region: Palestine
Bethlehem was once known as the birthplace of King David and the spot where the biblical story of Ruth and Naomi took place. The Jewish matriarch Rachel is buried just outside the little town. Today there is no longer any Jewish presence in Bethlehem. Of course, Christians revere the hilly town of Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus, marked by the Church of the Nativity, but today, as Bethlehem is part of the t... more
Views: 1790Gazan children deprived of educational human rights
Region: Palestine
While the UN Economic and Social Council today discussed the socio-economic impact of the Israeli occupation and blockade on the Palestinian living conditions, the UN Humanitarian Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has also highlighted the impact of Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian children and their education in Gaza. Philippe Lazzarini, the Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occup... more
Views: 2132Protest Video Marks Two Years of Gaza Strip Closure
Region: Palestine
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 – “Lift the closure - give life a chance” is the message of a new online film released today by eight human rights organizations in Israel to mark the two years of closure that Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip. In the 60-second online film released today, the organizations claim that two years of tight closure have not provided security but rather created ... more
Views: 1407Palestine: Israeli Armed Police Disrupt Literature Festival
Region: PalestineThe Palestine Festival of Literature is a traveling cultural roadshow touring across the West Bank, in Palestine, from May 23 to 28. It aims to bring writers and artists from around the world to Palestinian audiences, to initiate and organize cultural festivals with international and local participation. Also, workshops with students in Palestinian academic institutions in co-operation with Palestinian academics are b... more
Views: 942Clinton Pressing Israel to Allow Aid Into Gaza
Region: PalestineUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pressuring Israel to stop blocking deliveries of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, an Israeli newspaper has reported. The newspaper Haaretz quoted senior political sources as saying that Clinton will raise this issue during a visit to Israel next Tuesday. US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell will also “issue a sharply worded protest” on t... more
Views: 958Israeli Forces Invade West Bank City of Nablus
Region: Palestine
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus early on Tuesday, as more than 30 Israeli military vehicles entered the Old City raided a school and a local television station, and seized two people. The soldiers destroyed the front doors of stores on An-Naser Street and other areas. The soldiers also raided the Thafer Al-Masri School near Ras Al-Ein in Nablus. Israeli troops stormed the Asia TV station... more
Views: 1158Palestinians Demonstrate Against Israel
Region: Palestine
local Palestinians people and some international activists gathered to demonstrate against the the construction of the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in village in West Bank. more
Views: 1318$613 Million Urgently Needed for Gaza: Ban Ki-moon
Region: Palestine
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is planning to make a formal appeal for $613 million for providing the people in Gaza with food, clean water, shelter, medicine and other basic needs. The Secretary-General remarked that he found the actual situation of Gaza beyond description. Ban Ki-moon visited Gaza after Israel destroyed the area. As Israel killed some Palestinians again, he observed the ceasefire as &... more
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