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28/01/2012
| | Who can travel from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank? Yossi Gurvitz -
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"Soccer players yes, poets nein.
The people of Gisha NGO translated their table showing who can and who can’t travel from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. Here it is." ca
| | | Halper vows to rebuild Palestinian home destroyed five times by Israeli soldiers Philip Weiss -
Mondoweiss
"Following a reissue of the demolition order last Thursday, came last night`s fifth demolition. ICAHD Director, Dr. Jeff Halper, standing astride the ruins, vowed to support Salim and Arabiya in rebuilding their home. "We shall rebuild, we must rebuild forthwith, as an act of political defiance of the occupation and protracted oppression of Palestinians" said Halper.
Beit Arabiya has become a symbol of resistance to the Judaization of the Occupied West Bank and Israeli demolition policy. "ICAHD is as determined as always to rebuild the home, and endure in its struggle to bring about justice and peace" added Halper."ca
| | | Israeli judges are the confessors in savage new doc’y on legitimizing the occupation Michael Ratner -
Mondoweiss
"The new documentary, The Law in These Parts, is getting a lot of attention. Yesterday the New York Times published an Op-Ed piece by filmmaker Ra`anan Alexandrowicz that included a chilling excerpt of the film that shows Israeli military officers displaying higher moral standards about the occupation than the Israeli judges who have legalized it." ca | | | 9 detainees injured in Israeli prison fire Ma`an News Agency -
"Nine Palestinian detainees were injured on Thursday after a fire broke out in the Israeli jail Maasiyahu, Israeli media reported.
One prisoner was in a critical condition and two others were in a serious condition after detainees set fire to a mattress in the prison near Ramla, the Israeli daily Ynet said." ca
| | | Protests in Ramallah over cost of living Ma`an News -
"Protesters held banners reading "Yes to a national economy that protects the citizen’s dignity”, “People want to overthrow the new tax law”, and “18 shekels for one kilo of chicken, and 80 for meat, that’s if officials don’t know.” The demonstration was organized by a Facebook group called "Against the High Cost of Living and Tax Increases." ca | | | Barghouti sent to isolation after Israel comments Ma`an News Agency -
"After testifying in a Jerusalem court on Wednesday the Fatah leader briefly spoke to reporters.Upon returning to Hadarim prison in Israel, Barghouti was not allowed back into his regular cell and was instead put in isolation, the Palestinian Prisoners` Society said Thursday" ca | | | The Bookshop at American Colony Hotel Munther Fahmi
Bookshop
"Dear Friends,
The Government of Israel has accepted the Israeli Supreme Court recommendation that my residency be reinstated. I have been granted 2 years` residence on the basis of a Jerusalem Identity Card, and pending good behavior, shall receive permanent residence thereafter.
I am deeply indebted to all of you and extremely grateful for your kind support during this year of particular uncertainty. There is still much work to be done for resolution in line with international law for the 130,000+ Palestinians whose residency has been revoked by the Government of Israel.
With Best Wishes,
Munther Fahmi" ca
| | | Reshaping ties with the world Doaa El-Bey -
Al-Ahram Weekly
"Attempting to play a more supportive role towards easing the suffering of the Palestinians was part and parcel of the new Egyptian foreign policy. In May, El-Arabi announced the imminent and permanent reopening of the Rafah Crossing with Gaza, describing the blockade as "shameful". He said "important steps" to ease the blockade would start in the following days. Egypt made the move in the hope of improving its image and enhancing its relations with Gaza. Since 2006, the Rafah Crossing had only been open for humanitarian cases and students.However, just one week after the Rafah Crossing was opened for Palestinians and after hundreds of Palestinians passed through it both ways, it unexpectedly closed its doors." ca
| | | Israeli Bulldozers Demolish Residence, Shed South of Hebron WAFA -
"Israeli forces Wednesday demolished a residence that housed orphans and a shack in Khirbet Umm al-Khair, a locale in the Hebron south of West Bank, according to a Palestinian activist.Ratib al-Jabour, coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlements in Hebron, told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers, accompanied by soldiers, police, and officers from the civil administration stormed Khirbet Umm al-Khair, closed the area off and demolished the residence and the shack." ca
| | | Palestinian leader Barghuti demands 1967 borders Majeda El Batsh - Google Hosted News - "The conflict will be finished the moment the Israeli occupation ends, and there is a full withdrawal to the 1967 borders and a Palestinian state is established," he said in Hebrew at Jerusalem Magistrates Court.
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