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Wanted: Palestinian "Peace Now" Movement
16 hours ago ago from Jewish Issues Watchdog
From Hudson New York, December 8, 2009, by Khaled Abu Toameh [my emphasis added - SL]: Many Palestinians who work with international or Israeli organizations whose job is to promote peace and coexistence in the Middle East are often afraid or reluctant to discuss the nature of their work, even though it is much more important to teach Palestinian children about coexistence, peace and normalization with Israel than to pressure Mahmoud Abbas ...
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2 hours ago ago from Pj News| Latest Daily News About World News, Business, Tech and Entertainment
Stickers could read Israeli settlement produce' , but move is not a boycott, says Foreign Office Britain has moved to increase pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements by advising supermarkets how to distinguish between produce from those settlements and Palestinian goods. The move falls short of a legal requirement but is bound to increase the prospects of a boycott of goods from those outposts. Israeli officials and ...
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15 hours ago ago from GayandRight
It is certainly a prison, but not because of Israel...but because of Hamas... A healthy man in the blockaded Gaza faked cancer, hoping the deadly disease would be his ticket out of the territory that has become an open-air prison for its 1.4 million residents. His ploy failed, but several thousand others succeeded in fleeing this shabby sliver of land this year using bribes and fake medical reports, a sign of Gazans' desperation over ...
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10 hours ago ago from U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel
AP, RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian government announced Tuesday that it is enforcing a boycott of goods made in Israel's West Bank settlements and has confiscated more than $1 million in merchandise from shops and companies. Israeli products, including those made in settlements, are commonplace in the West Bank, either for lack of a Palestinian-made alternative or because consumers prefer them to local goods. As a result, previous ...
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12 hours ago ago from Love of the Land
CAMERA/ Snapshots 09 December 09 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned “external travel restrictions imposed on the population” by the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers. It said Palestinian police on December 7 “prevented 37 patients and their companions from heading towards the [Erez] crossing to travel to hospitals” in the West Bank and Israel. PCHR called on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip government to cancel ...
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Glimmers in the Holy Land: Time to Reset U.S. Mideast Policy
14 hours ago ago from TIME.com - World
SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos Viewpoint Glimmers in the Holy Land: Resetting U.S. Mideast Policy By Walter Isaacson Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Yannis Behrakis / Reuters Share The time has come for the Obama Administration to do a reset of American policy in the Middle East. At the moment, things are a mess. Earlier this year, ...
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16 hours ago ago from BBC
Berlanty Azzam was blindfolded and handcuffed during her deportation A deported Palestinian student will not be allowed to complete her studies at a West Bank university, Israel's Supreme Court has decided. The court ruled that the Israeli army had the right to deport Berlanty Azzam, 22, from Bethlehem in the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. The Israelis say Ms Azzam holds a Gaza ID card and entered the West Bank illegally. ...
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8 hours ago ago from PopEater
BRUSSELS -The European Union accused Israel on Thursday of trying to divide the 27-nation bloc to stop it passing a resolution calling for Jerusalem to be the shared capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state. The new resolution adopted by the EU on Tuesday sparked an angry reaction from Israel, which captured the eastern half of city on 1967 and considers it its eternal undivided capital. Palestinians want east Jerusalem as part of a ...
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7 hours ago ago from PopEater
JERUSALEM -Israel's prime minister on Thursday offered additional funds and new social benefits to tens of thousands of Jewish settlers in a move seen as an attempt to soothe tensions over new restrictions on construction in the West Bank. Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the proposal a day after thousands of settlers and their supporters demonstrated against the West Bank building restrictions outside his Jerusalem residence. Netanyahu infuriated ...
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17 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Palestinians fake cancer to flee blockaded Gaza GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A healthy man in blockaded Gaza faked cancer, hoping the deadly disease would be his ticket out of the territory that has become an open-air prison for its 1.4 million residents. His ploy failed, but several thousand others succeeded in fleeing this shabby sliver of land this year using bribes and fake medical reports, a sign of Gazans' desperation over growing ...
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