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A conference in Jericho and the Jordan Valley has been told that the water situation in Palestine is "catastrophic". Delegates at the "Water is a Human Right" conference include...
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The Palestinian International Red Cross Foundation has funded the establishment of a water treatment plant in the Gaza Strip. Built in Rafah at the southern end of...
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Illegal Jewish settlers in the Old Town of Hebron (Al-Khalil) hurled verbal abuse at the Spanish Foreign Minister this week when he tried to visit the area to assess...
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A Palestinian man had his arm broken by Jewish settlers on Monday morning in the southern Hebron suburb of Jaber. Shadi Al-Zarou was attacked by a group of illegal...
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A group of illegal Israeli settlers have thrown the Abul-Hawa family out of their home in occupied East Jerusalem, forcing the seven family members onto the street with their...
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A report commission by European NGOs has condemned the EU's "inconsistency" of regarding Israeli settlements as illegal while importing goods made on the same settlements. European countries buy 15...
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Hundreds of Israeli settlers entered Nablus at dawn on Wednesday to perform Jewish religious rituals in the Tomb of Joseph. The illegal settlers were protected by a heavy Israeli...
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More than 120 Jewish settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning. Al-Aqsa Foundation for Islamic Endowments and Heritage said that several groups of illegal settlers entered the Noble Sanctuary...
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A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has said that the current ideological make-up of the Israeli government gives Israeli settlers the green light to attack Palestinians....
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Coinciding with International Children's Day on 1 June, figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Information show that 1,456 Palestinian children have been shot dead by Israelis since the...
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The Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, has drawn attention to Israel's continued violation of freedom of worship in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories. Sheikh Hussein asserted that...
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Jewish settler groups stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, under the protection of the Israeli security forces which prevented hundreds of Palestinian worshippers from entering the mosque to protect...
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Elected Palestinian legislator Mustafa Barghouti has expressed his belief that the meeting held in Amman between Palestinians and Israelis will not have any benefits. The General Secretary of the...
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Israeli media reports claim that dozens of Jewish settlers have crossed the border between Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan and threatened to establish a colony on Jordanian territory....
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Israel's occupation forces have arrested another five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank following a sweep through Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron. Witnesses said that the Israelis used an explosive device...
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Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups have revealed that 20,000 children from Jerusalem are denied permission to live with their parents in the occupied city of Jerusalem because, the...
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The leader of the extreme right-wing Jewish Home Party, Naftali Bennett, has claimed that Israelis "cannot have peace with the Palestinians", who he called "the enemy". Bennett was speaking...
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Israeli forces swept several West Bank cities on Thursday morning, detaining a former prisoner and a minor. Ten others were injured when the Israelis fired tear gas and live...
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The Palestinian government in Ramallah has described the latest incursions by dozens of Jewish settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque as "another example of extremism and organised state terrorism". The settlers...
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Israeli occupation forces have entered three Palestinian primary schools in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and detained more than 30 children, local sources have told MEMO. A...
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Turkey's President Abdullah Gul met with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Ankara on Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit. The two leaders discussed the current developments in...
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Israeli occupation forces have destroyed the water network that supplies the village of Meriha, south of Jenin. The destruction took place while the Israelis were using bulldozers to block...
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Jordan's ambassador in Tel Aviv has told the Israeli government to stop the "systematic attacks" on the holy places in Jerusalem, saying that they "undermine" efforts to achieve peace,...
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New data published by the Lands Research Centre (LRC) shows that Palestinians own only eight per cent of historic Palestine. The LRC is affiliated to the Arabic Studies Association...
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The number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has increased by 2.12 per cent during the first half of this year the Israel Today newspaper reported. According...
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January 28, 2014
Jihad el-Khazen
I am keeping a photograph that took up two pages in a London newspaper last week. It shows a noisy demonstration in New York against Wall Street and the...
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January 25, 2014
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Ibrahim Hewitt
Yet more tragic loss of life, this time in Eilat and Gaza, and yet again Israel "responds" with "full force"; the bombs dropped on overcrowded Gaza City, and the...
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January 25, 2014
Dr. Fayez Rashid
The Zionist state of Israel has always worked hard to put a spin on events which falsifies reality and covers-up the facts. An objective observer, however, can discern the...