Video was released today showing a car, presumably driven by an Israeli settler, deliberately hitting a Palestinian protester, identified as Abdallah Abu Rahmeh, during a peaceful demonstration today. The protest took place outside Ofra settlement near Ramallah on Route 60. Abdallah Abu Rahmeh has served as the media coordinator of the popular committee in Bilin, […]
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G4S blockaded in Oslo over support for Israeli apartheid
Activists block the entrance to G4Sâ offices in Oslo. (Norwegian Palestine Committee) Early this morning, a group of activists from the Palestine Committee of Norway blocked the entrance to the offices of the security firm G4S in Oslo. The activists demanded that G4S stop all activities that contribute to the occupation of the West Bank […]
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Israeli Airstrikes Kill 5, Raising Death Toll to 163
GAZA, November 21, 2012 (WAFA) â The ongoing war on Gaza Wednesday resulted in the killing of five Palestinians and the injury of several others, some seriously, raising the death toll to 163, according to local sources. They said three Palestinians, a father and his son and daughter, were killed and another was critically injured […]
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From Norway – in solidarity with Gaza
From Norway â in solidarity Gaza demonstrations November 17th The Palestine Committee of Norway arranged several big and small demonstrations in support for our friends in Palestine, and especially the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, Saturday November 17th. In the main cities, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø, Lillehammer, Hamar, Narvik, but also in smaller towns, people […]
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Death Toll Reaches 113 on Day Seven of Israeli War on Gaza
GAZA, November 20, 2012 (WAFA) â The death toll of Palestinians killed in seven days of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip reached 113 on Tuesday, a large number of them are children and women, and three killed in early hour strikes on and around Gaza City. Medical sources said two people were killed, […]
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Jamal Juma’ Speaks Out about the Attacks on Gaza
Israel turns once again its criminal military machine with all its might against the population in the Gaza Strip. Four years after the terrible crimes committed by Israel in the brutal attack on Gaza, which during only three weeks in 2008/9 has costs the lives of over 1400 Palestinians, the besieged Strip is again under […]
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Activists cut the fence of the Apartheid Wall in Rafat and blocking the settler road belonging to the settlement of Ofra.
19.11.2012. Approximately 100 of the popular resistance activists and foreigners showing their solidarity cut open 30 meters of the fence belonging to the apartheid wall in Rafat, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh region, and raised the Palestinian flag. The coordinator for Stop the Wall, Ahad Khawaja, said that the activist afterwards tried to close the […]
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Israeli War on Gaza Kills 90 Palestinians, Injures over 900
GAZA, November 19, 2012 (WAFA) â The number of Palestinians who were killed in the ongoing Israeli attacks launched against the Gaza Strip for the Sixth day in a row since November 14 reached 90, with more than 900 injuries; mostly children, women and elderly. Israeli air forces targeted al-Dallou family house in Nasser neighborhood, […]
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Invitation for the Encounter of Local Authorities, Ramallah
To all Ramallah partner cities Dear partners, The Municipality of Ramallah is pleased to announce the Encounter of Local Authorities, that will take place on 27th November 2012 in Porto Alegre within the framework of the World Social Forum “Free Palestine”. The meeting is a joint initiative of Brazilian and Palestinian Municipalities, and will be […]
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“Boycott businesses that profit from Israeli settlements” – UN Special Rapporteur
NEW YORK (25 October 2012) â The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, today called on the UN General Assembly and civil society to take action against Israeli and international businesses that are profiting from Israeli settlements. Highlighting the activities of Caterpillar Incorporated (USA); […]