Arab League backs plan to seek UN General Assembly recognition of Palestine ... Washington Post By Associated Press, AP. RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Arab League on Sunday backed a Palestinian plan to ask the U.N. General Assembly to recognize a state of Palestine, but stopped short of setting a date for the bid, Palestinian officials said. Instead ... |
Palestine: Remembering Political Cartoonist Naji Al Ali Global Voices Online Al Ali was born in Al-Shajara village in either 1936 or 1937. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, which resulted in the creation of the State of Israel, Al Ali was among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to be expelled from their homes. With his ... |
Ma'an News Agency | Analysis: The myth of Palestinian neutrality in Syria Ma'an News Agency On July 14, thousands of Palestinian refugees marched in a funeral procession for 11 unarmed protesters shot dead by Syrian security forces in the al-Yarmouk refugee camp. Raucous and seething with rage, mourners chanted for Syria and Palestine, called ... 'Palestinian refugees in danger' UN voices concern over 500000 Palestinian refugees in Syria Palestinian refugees face unjust situation during Ramadan |
European Jewish Press | BBC Olympics website fudges capitals of Israel, Palestine Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The BBC amended its Olympics web page on the capitals of Israel and Palestine following complaints from Israel. Under the Israel entry, the BBC amended the site to say that the country's "seat of government" is "Jerusalem, though ... Palestinian Perfidy My Neighborhood: A documentary about the struggle in Sheikh Jarrah BBC Still Playing Games with Jerusalem's Status |
Examiner.com | Hamas children's summer camps teach Palestinian kids terror tactics Examiner.com In June-August 2012, as they do each year, the Hamas administration and its military wing are running summer camps in the Gaza Strip. Registration for the summer camps is held mostly in mosques. The slogans for the Hamas summer camps this time were ... What really lies behind Israel's 'No occupation' report :: Way cleared for ... What Lies Ahead, After the Tawjihi? The Levy Report and the 'Occupation' Narrative |
Palestine-Israel: The joint struggle continues in spite of criticism Infoshop News The joint struggle of Palestinian activists with Israeli and international activists was never in consensus. The more reactionaries objected to the influence of secular partners. Extreme "nationalists" oppose the Israeli activists. The Palestinian ... |
Arab League backs bid for UN nod to Palestine Austin American-Statesman The General Assembly could at best accept "Palestine" as a non-member observer state. Palestinian officials have said the main purpose of winning General Assembly recognition is to reaffirm the 1967 lines as the borders of a future Palestinian state. |
Wrangling between rival Palestinian governments leaves Gaza medical patients ... Greenfield Daily Reporter GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A dispute between the two rival Palestinian governments is preventing hundreds of patients in Gaza from receiving urgent medical care abroad, officials said Sunday. One Gaza man said he has tried unsuccessfully for the past ... |
On Capitol Hill, a look back at Oslo and forward on peace process Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Conflicting voices for and against renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks came to Capitol Hill as leading pro- and anti-voices gathered to recall the nearly 20 years since the dramatic signing of the Oslo Accords. The Oslo document ... |
Daily Beast | Palestine Can Wait…for Now Daily Beast If an Israeli Rip Van Winkle had gone to sleep in 1992 and woken up in 2012 to find a news report that Palestinian leader Khalid Mishal had just concluded a meeting at the Egyptian presidential palace with President Muhammad Morsi of the Muslim ... |