Thursday, May 17 2012

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Israel closes Palestinian school to make way for army training area

Israel closes Palestinian school to make way for army training area

Israel's civil administration in the occupied West Bank has ordered the closure of a Palestinian primary school in the village of Khirbit Jinba, in the hills south of Hebron. A report in Haaretz newspaper said that this is to create a training area for the Israel Defence Forces. According to the media report, the Israelis have also confiscated the bus which is u... Read more

Arab League renews its commitment to peace initiative

Arab League renews its commitment to peace initiative

The League of Arab States has renewed its commitment to the Arab peace initiative as the only way to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East. The region, said the League, is still suffering from chaos, turmoil and the spectre of multiple wars. Read more

Australian court rejects police request to postpone Nakba march

An Australian court has rejected a request made by the police force in Sydney to postpone a march commemorating the Nakba. The police asked for it to be held at the weekend instead of midweek to avoid disrupting the city's traffic. Judge Christine Adamson rejected the request after a hearing on Monday evening, explaining that freedom of expression takes preceden... Read more

Palestinian artists in Gaza remember the Nakba

Palestinian artists in Gaza remember the Nakba

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinians and their pro-justice supporters around the world have remembered the 64th anniversary of the Nakba, the Catastrophe caused by the creation of the state of Israel in historic Palestine. In 1948, almost a million Palestinians were driven out of their homes by Zionist Jewish militias and were forced to find relief and shelter in nei... Read more

Gaza celebrates the end of the hunger strikes

Gaza celebrates the end of the hunger strikes

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES As news broke of the Egyptian-brokered deal which has brought an end to the Palestinian prisoners' mass hunger strike, Palestinians and their supporters worldwide heaved a collective sigh of relief. The effect was no different in Gaza, where supporters had for weeks stationed themselves in a tent in protest at the treatment meted out to prison... Read more

Israeli historian Shlomo Sand receives death threats

Israeli historian Shlomo Sand receives death threats

A report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz claims that the prominent historian Professor Shlomo Sand of Tel Aviv University has received a number of death threats through the post. Prof. Sand, who is well known for his anti-Zionist stance and the author of "The Invention of the Jewish People", has been sent threatening letters and a bag containing a chemical subst... Read more

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