Palestine

Fresh strikes hit Ramallah as thousands of teachers picket PA

More than 3,000 Palestinian schoolteachers protested outside the Palestinian Prime Minister’s office in Ramallah on Monday, as a month-long teacher’s strike showed no signs of abating. The teachers, some of who managed to reach Ramallah despite extensive checkpoints being put in place by the Palestinian Authority, demanded new representatives in[…]

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Wits Palestine activists butt heads with university

Students taking part in Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) have claimed that they have been physically manhandled and verbally abused by campus security in a bid to prevent them from hosting the annual IAW exhibition on their university campus. Students were demanded to  immediatley dis-assemble[…]

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San Francisco transit ads raise awareness about Palestine

A new ad campaign on California public transportation is getting Americans talking about Palestine, and thinking about the unique role the U.S. plays in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestine Advocacy Project, a nonprofit organization based in Massachusetts, is highlighting the work of legendary Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in a series of[…]

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Why Palestinian unity is a misnomer

OPINION by Omar Karmi More than a week has passed since the two main Palestinian political factions, Hamas and Fatah, met in Doha, Qatar, to seek agreement on the issues that have divided them since 2006. After two days of “positive” discussions — one of the oldest clichés in politics —[…]

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Israel returns bodies of 3 Palestinians

The Israeli authorities on Monday returned the bodies of three Palestinians who where shot dead by Israeli forces last week — two after carrying out an attack on Israelis and one during clashes. The bodies of Yasir al-Shawarma and Omar Muhammad Amro were released to their families at the Ofer[…]

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Israeli police briefly detain journalists

The Israeli police briefly detained Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief William Booth and reporter Sufian Taha on Tuesday afternoon. The two journalists, who have government-issued press cards, were detained while interviewing residents of the Old City at the Damascus gate, in East Jerusalem. They were reporting on the recent wave[…]

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Opposition to Shimon Peres SA visit

Local pro-Palestinian activists have warned that they will not allow former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres on South African shores. Peres is expected to visit South Africa for a one day visit on February 28th, in order to raise funds for the Israel United Appeal and United Communal Fund. The[…]

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Netanyahu to Surround Israel With Walls

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that his government is planning stages of a multi-year project to surround the entirety of Israel with security barriers to defend against what he called “wild beasts” in the region. Haaretz quoted Netanyahu as saying: “At the end, in the State of[…]

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