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Palestine's Democratic Deficit - New York Times Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:32:31 GMT

Lancashire Evening Post
Palestine's Democratic Deficit
New York Times
LAST week, a 26-year-old Palestinian activist, Anas Awwad, was sentenced in absentia by a court in Nablus, the West Bank, to one year in prison for “extending his tongue” against the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Facebook.
Peace activist refused entry to PalestineLancashire Evening Post
Egypt concerned for Palestine hunger-strikers in Israeli jails: Egyptian FMPress TV
Mobilizations in Palestine and across Europe as activists call for boycott of ...The Electronic Intifada (blog)
www.worldbulletin.net -WAFA - Palestine News Agency -International Middle East Media Center
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Reasons for some cautious optimism about Palestine - The National Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:05:22 GMT

Reasons for some cautious optimism about Palestine
The National
Of the multitude of documentaries made about the Israel/Palestine situation, few offer any reason for optimism. But a new film being shown at this week's Berlinale presents an unusually positive attitude, focusing on neither war nor suffering, but the ...

The UN Plan For 'Palestine' And Its Aftermath (Third of Four Parts) - The Jewish Press Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:36:33 GMT

The UN Plan For 'Palestine' And Its Aftermath (Third of Four Parts)
The Jewish Press
Still further authority for curtailing and punishing Palestinian calls for the genocidal destruction of Jews can be found at Article 20(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: “Any advocacy of national, racial or religious ...

Israel-Palestine peace push not a priority for Obama - gulfnews.com Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:01:41 GMT

Israel-Palestine peace push not a priority for Obama
gulfnews.com
But in all of the words, the standing ovations, the platitudes and the rhetoric, Obama neither uttered the word “Palestine” nor the word “Palestinians” even once. It shows how far off the radar this pressing issue has fallen for the president of the US.

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Palestine police determine child abduction "never took place" - KLTV Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:47:35 GMT

Palestine police determine child abduction "never took place"
KLTV
On Monday, the Palestine Police Department received a report of a possible child abduction. The initial case report indicated that a 10-year-old female told her parents that she had been taken from the bus stop by a man allegedly armed with a handgun.

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Local Roundup: Palestine soccer sweeps visiting Hudson - Palestine Herald Press Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:34:44 GMT

Local Roundup: Palestine soccer sweeps visiting Hudson
Palestine Herald Press
Along with registering at the Y, the league's will host two sign-up dates with Hibbett's sporting good stores, located in the Palestine Plaza. The first date will be Feb. 23, with a second on March. 2. Both of these sign-up events will be from noon ...

A Middle-Class Paradise in Palestine? - The Atlantic Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:45:07 GMT

The Atlantic
A Middle-Class Paradise in Palestine?
The Atlantic
Rawabi represents something totally new -- a visionary Palestinian-directed private sector project, with support from both Israeli businesses and a major Arab government. It has the potential to shift the conversation on the region's future on both ...
Newspapers Review: Abbas on Prisoners Focus of DailiesWAFA - Palestine News Agency
Palestine: Rally to support hunger strikers in West BankScoop.co.nz (press release)
Palestine Today 02 11 2013International Middle East Media Center
Press TV -Peninsula On-line -Palestine News Network
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Westwood ISD pondering joining TVCC maintenance tax district - Palestine Herald Press Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:07:03 GMT

Westwood ISD pondering joining TVCC maintenance tax district
Palestine Herald Press
PALESTINE — Trinity Valley Community College representatives explained how the Westwood Independent School District could eventually join the TVCC maintenance tax district — saving out-of-district fees for local students in WISD — at WISD's Board of ...

Is the British government frightened by Palestine's peaceful campaigners? - The Electronic Intifada (blog) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:43:36 GMT

Is the British government frightened by Palestine's peaceful campaigners?
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
The double standards of the British government in relation to Palestine and Israel were laid bare yesterday with the news that Palestinian activist Saeed Amireh has been refused a visa to visit the UK. Amireh, a member of the popular committee in his ...

QUB Palestine Society Welcomes Assembly Motion Calling for a Boycott of ... - Palestine News Network Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:29:08 GMT

QUB Palestine Society Welcomes Assembly Motion Calling for a Boycott of ...
Palestine News Network
QUB Palestine Solidarity Society Vice President Gary Spedding has welcomed the tabling of a motion calling for robust leadership from the Northern Ireland Executive for a Northern Ireland wide boycott of companies that are complicit in illegal ...