Five Palestinians die in Gaza border tunnel blasts Reuters 23 Sep 2008 GAZA, Sept 23 (Reuters) – At least five Palestinians were killed and four others were wounded on Tuesday when Egyptian forces blew up two smuggling tunnels beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border, medical workers and residents said. Residents said the tunnels, used to bring goods…
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Israeli forces demolish vegetable stand near Qalandia checkpoint Israeli military forces on Tuesday destroyed a vegetable stand near the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Israeli troops demolished the stand on the grounds that it did not have a government license. The owner, Iyad Muhammad said, “The main reason…
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The Right To Return, a Basic Right Still DeniedAl Awda, September 12, 2006 Palestinian refugees represent the longest suffering and largest refugee population in the world today. In 2005, there were approximately 7.2 million Palestinian refugees, equivalent to 74% of the entire Palestinian population which is estimated at 9.7 million worldwide. The breakdown of the…
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Pogrom in Nablus Khaled Amayreh Al-Ahram September 2008 Gangs of Jewish terrorists, otherwise known as settlers, have been assaulting unprotected Palestinian civilians and their property in many parts of the West Bank. The head of the local council at Asira Al-Qibliya accused the Israeli army of `conniving, colluding and coordinating with the settlers. The settlers…
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Boycott is a crucial means of struggle fpor Palestinian rights The Israeli policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [is] a colonial regime that is constructing an apartheid regime in the area. Accordingly, BDS is one of the most crucial means on which the Palestinians should focus in their struggle against the occupation. In preparation for…
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Jerusalem car crash ‘an accident’ Mahmoud Mughrabi, Kassem’s father, said his son did not have a driving licence and apparently lost control of the car. “What happened yesterday was a natural road accident. Israel has more 7,000 road accidents a year, not one or two,” he said. “This is a road accident like any…