Shepherd boy executed by Israeli settlers while tending flock near Nablus (28 Sept) Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli settlers executed an 18-year-old shepherd boy in the fields outside Aqraba, a town in the Nablus district of the northern West Bank. Village municipal affairs representative Ghassan Douglas identified the young man as Yahya Atta Rayahin Bani…
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Israel closes off Palestinian territories for Jewish holiday Israeli forces announced that the West Bank will be held under complete closure from today through Wednesday. It is the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Fitr will begin Wednesday. The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana is Tuesday which is the stated Israeli reason for the closure.…
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Student council members in Israeli prison 26.09.08 Ramallah / PNN – The Israeli military court in Beer Aseeba sentenced Birzeit University’s student body president to four years in prison. Abdullah Awais’ sentence was suspended to one year and an estimated 2,000 shekel fine. Awais was a fourth year student at the Ramallah area university’s…
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Alex Salmond Scotland’s First Minister speaks out in support of Israeli Nuclear whistleblower The First Minister wrote “the Scottish Government is well aware of the campaign by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and supports the lifting of all restrictions imposed on Mr Mordechai Vanunu. We are sympathetic to Mr Vanunu’s situation and we share his…
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Report: Israeli settlement sewage contaminating Palestinian water supply Tues Sept 30, 2008 The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem, ARIJ, compiled data indicating that Israeli settlements are a major environmental threat to the West Bank as they openly spill wastewater… Their studies indicate that the main source of contamination of the water supply is wastewater flowing…
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Al-Salam Alikom! My name is Hanzalah. In case you are wondering what Salam Alikom is; it is the Islamic way of saying halloo and it means “Peace be upon you!”. Well, as I told you my name is Hanzalah, which stands for a small bitter desert bush. I bet you are saying; what was my father…