A solemn Nakba an event sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center (RMPJC) brought citizens together to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the historic movement......"We want people to realize that there was a great deal of suffering for these Palestinians when this happened and that, under international law, those people have a right to return to their homeland,"
AT-TUWANI UPDATE: April 2008 During recent weeks, Palestinians of At-Tuwani and the surrounding area
have organized and carried out a series of nonviolent actions insisting on
their rights to graze and harvest on their own land. Nearly every action
followed at least one specific instance of violence or harassment from
settlers residing in nearby illegal Israeli settlements and
Palestinian-Americans mark 60 years displaced
Israel poised to defy US on West Bank building as President Bush flies in for 60th anniversary Within hours of Mr Bush's arrival, an Israeli cabinet minister said that approval would be granted soon for hundreds of new homes in Beitar Illit settlement.
Bush skirted main goal in Middle East in favor of threatening Iran In 22 minutes, Bush offered one of the strongest demonstrations of support for Israel ever made by an American president. And he reawakened lingering hopes among hawks in Israel or the United States for a U.S. military strike to thwart Iran's nuclear program.
The Popular Committees slams Israeli bulldozing of farmlands near Hebron
Israel firm on refugees after Bush dismays Arabs Israel ruled out all debate on letting Palestinian refugees return in any peace deal, as U.S. President George W. Bush ended a visit on Friday that left Arabs dismayed by his outspoken support for Israel's "chosen people."
Israeli settlers occupy a land east of Beit Sahour, say they want to build a settlement there Israeli troops arrested Farid Al-Atrash, a lawyer from Bethlehem as he was among other Palestinians protesting the presence of Israeli settlers who occupied a piece of land east of the town of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in order to build a new settlement on that land, Thursday morning.
Bin Laden warns Israel is target "Sixty years ago, the Israeli state didn't exist. Instead, it was established on the land of Palestine raped by force," he said. "Israelis are occupying invaders whom we should fight."
Israeli military kidnaps five in Nablus
At UN, Palestinian-Americans mark 60 years of displacement, press for resolution
Representatives of Palestinian factions to meet again in Cairo over ceasefire The ruling Hamas party in Gaza said on Wednesday it received an official invitation from Cairo for a new round of ceasefire talks after Israel responded yesterday to Egypt-mediated Hamas ceasefire offer.
An appeal to Bush to intervene for the release of child, women detainees
Young Palestinian injured in clashes with Israeli army
U.S. sees need for "tangible action" on Iran: Israel Regev described diplomatic efforts so far to exert pressure on Iran as "positive," but added: "It is clearly not sufficient and it's clear that additional steps will have to be taken."
Settlers, Palestinians clash in West Bank
A pro-Palestine protestor shot "like a mosquito" This amateur video, which has caused uproar on the internet, would seem to demand some serious questioning of the Israeli Army's techniques in Palestinian territories. The footage was filmed in Bil'in, a village in the West Bank near to the border with Israel.
Hamas to send delegation to Egypt for Gaza truce talks
'May You Live In Interesting Times' If the citizens of any other country harassed and assaulted an American envoy ? as happened in Hebron, Israel, the other day ? you can bet we'd all have heard about it by now, from irate American officials and the news media. In this case, not a word.
Birth of a nation in exile My father, Sami Odeh, is one of hundreds of Palestinian-Canadians who survived the systematic ethnic cleansing carried out by Jewish militias and the Israeli army in Palestine in 1948. Over half the indigenous Palestinian population (800,000 people of Muslim and Christian faith) were forcibly expelled or terrorized into leaving, then prevented from returning to their homes and land.
Should we still view Israel as a 'special friend'?
Arab ministers debate prosecution of Israeli militants Arab justice ministers held talks on Wednesday on means of reacting to Israeli genocides targeting the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
500 children, from Tulkarem refugee camp, attempt to march to their families homes
New mural in Belfast as Palestinians mark 'the catastrophe'
An Ocean Apart, Bush, McCain Play to Neocon Dreams
Arabs protest university's decision to hold Student Day on Nakba Three students were arrested after violent confrontations erupted when Jewish students attempted to prevent the protestors from waving Palestinian flags.
Obama says Bush policies strengthened Iran, Hamas Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama said on Friday President George W. Bush's "failed policies" had strengthened U.S. enemies like Iran and Hamas.
Palestinian detainees hold a hunger strike in commemoration of the Nakba
Jordanians demonstrate to protest anniversary of Israel's founding
'Any Solution Will Have to Involve More Creative Thinking' While Israelis celebrate the 60th anniversary of their state's founding, Palestinians around the world are mourning the "Nakba" -- or "catastrophe" -- that drove so many into exile. Scholar Lila Abu-Lughod has taken a close look at the way Palestinians see the past and present.
Home and Away Khaldi?s paintings survey scenes of refugee camps, exodus and loss, as he portrays the displacement of 4.5 million Palestinians to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank.
Little or no time for Palestinians in Parliament
Pelosi leads Israel codel Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel to mark its 60th birthday.
Israel demands UN strike 'Nakba' from its lexicon
Netanyahu: We've made mistake of ceding land before
McCain Accused Of Hamas Hypocrisy In an interview on Sky News two years ago, McCain told James Rubin he was willing to negotiate with the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
Bush to head for Egypt talks with Palestinians
War veteran tackles Israel's 'collective amnesia'
Eisen: Iran war would drain Israel Open conflict with Iran would be a defeat for Israel, an Israeli government spokesperson said in Dublin.
Left-wing activists protest Bush visit at Knesset
Hebron is a ghost town where joggers carry automatic rifles are the least of it. Throughout the West Bank, Israel is steadily, relentlessly and apparently unstoppably imposing what old South African regimes used to know as "separate development". Israeli and Palestinian cars have different number plates (yellow and green) and travel on separate roads (the Israeli roads newer and straighter). Jewish settlements march east into Palestinian territory in acts of illegal conquest unknown even to Dr Verwoerd.
Palestinians waiting
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