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Weekly round up of all the major news stories from 12th -19th February 2016
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"30 years ago people in the camp grew vegetables, fruit and herbs inside the camp in buckets and empty oil cans. This continued the farming traditions which stretch back...
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Ahmed Mohamed Yassin, 21, a Palestinian university student uses a rather unusual tool to carve his paintings. Yassin uses cacti or prickly pears to embody Palestinian suffering and aspirations....
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United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov yesterday called on the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas to achieve reconciliation based on democratic...
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Israel's Supreme Court yesterday rejected hunger-striking prisoner Muhammad Al-Qeeq's demand to be moved to a hospital in the occupied West Bank, the head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees...
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Copies of Islamic manuscripts held by a Dutch university went on show in the Gaza Strip yesterday. The “Book of Islamic Art” exhibition was opened by the Netherlands Representative...
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Many Palestinians have this morning been injured as Israeli occupation forces invaded Ramallah's al-Amari refugee camp, surrounding a house in the camp. It is being reported that the Israeli...
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The besieged rebel-held city of Douma in Syria, located 10 kilometres northeast of Damascus, has been attacked countless times by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad both from the...
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Weekly round up of all the major news stories from 5th -12th February 2016
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Palestinian cities brought to a standstill in support of Al-Qeeq Major Palestinian cities were brought to a standstill from 6pm yesterday as demonstrations were held demanding the immediate release...
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US President Barack Obama said on Monday that tumult in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the result of governments’ negligence of their people's needs. He...
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Interviews
February 8, 2016
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Amelia Smith
"Art is a threat because it's a non-violent form of resistance and even non-violent forms of resistance are a threat; sometimes actually they are a greater threat." At Home...
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For many centuries, glassware and ceramics have been produced in the West Bank's industrial heartland of Hebron. It is thought that it was the Phoenicians who first developed glass-blowing...
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In spite of being blind, Raed Al-Reefi’s disability has not stopped him from continuing to make a living through car repairs. Al-Reefi suffered a stroke to his eye. The...
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Israeli authorities yesterday force-fed Palestinian hunger striking journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been held under administrative detention since November, Issa Qaraqei, the head of the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Committee,...
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Interviews
February 3, 2016
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Jehan Alfarra
Israeli Knesset member Yousef Jabareen speaks to MEMO about the discrimination and exclusion Arab citizens face in Israel.
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A group of Palestinian elites in Gaza announced on Saturday the start of a hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger...
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Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took part Friday in the funeral of seven fighters from Hamas’ military wing who were killed while rebuilding the underground tunnel network....
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Under the weight of a 3 day winter storm Palestinian schools have been closed for 3 days. Fears of the very heavy snowfall that has hit the region over...
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Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeq is reportedly close to death as he continues his hunger strike against Administrative Detention. Thirty-three-year-old Al-Qeq launched his hunger strike on 24 November. He is...
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Both Palestinian Authority (PA) and UNRWA extended mid-year school holidays as the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been experiencing a cold wave, the strongest for decades. Palestinian Meteorological...
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"Our mission is to get Palestinian artists known around the world, this is very important. Palestinian artists are unique, our work is related to our struggle. Some artists use...
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Israeli paramedics left a wounded asylum seeker bleeding for 18 minutes without treatment because he thought he was Arab, video footage has revealed. Eritrean Habtom Zerhom was shot by...
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Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem have been brought to a close with the marking by the Armenian Orthodox Church of Jerusalem of Christmas Day on January 19th. In the 18th...
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Article
January 18, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
While the Tunisian political scene has recently garnered praise and attention for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, it has yet to win any prizes for establishing a thriving and...
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More than 1,060 new apartments were handed over to those most in need in the Gaza Strip in the presence of the Qatari ambassador. The properties, constructed as part...