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Al Ajzeera Dec 31, 2007: Stranded pilgrims riot in Egypt Palestinians in Gaza demanded the pilgrims be allowed to return through the Rafah crossing [AFP] Hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims have rioted in temporary camps set up to house them until a dispute over their return to the Gaza Strip has been resolved. Israel has insisted…

Wednesday December 26, 2007 Ali Samoudi – IMEMC News The Alasra Centre for Israeli Studies warned of continuous medical negligence in Israeli detention centres. The centre appealed for the Red Cross and Human Rights organizations to intervene to bring and end to this misconduct. According to Alasra, scores of kidnapped Palestinians are dying as a…

After a shootout Friday near Hebron that left two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinian fighters dead, Israeli forces launched a full-on assault on the city to try to find two additional fighters who were wounded, but escaped.  The troops laid siege to the entire city, forcing residents to remain under house arrest while soldiers took…

For too long, some voices in the anti-war campaigns have argued that Palestine is not a key issue, too ‘divisive’, too ‘complicated’, can’t mobilise large numbers ‘because there are no British troops there’. These arguments are dead wrong. Read why

After the meeting: IDF kills Qureia’s bodyguard. PA reports special IDF unit killed bodyguard of chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Quriea only a few hours after a meeting with Olmert in Jerusalem 12.28.07, 01:04 / Israel News According to Palestinian sources, early Friday morning, not long after Ahmed Qureia met with the Israeli negotiating team in…

More than 1700 Palestinian pilgrims returning from Mecca are waiting on a ship outside the Egyptian Red Sea port of Nuweiba after refusing to agree to return to the Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing. The Gazan pilgrims have been at sea for more than 30 hours now, having forced the crew of…