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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 12 August 2013: Why settlements will lead to one state
12 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAl-Khoffash: “Israeli List Of Detainees To Be Free, Disappointing”IMEMC – Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, stated that not a single detainee from the Jerusalem and historic Palestine is included in the list of detained to be released by Israel,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 11 August 2013:
11 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterYoung Palestinian musicians perform in prestigious world festivalIMEMC – On August 8, seventeen young Palestinian musicians put Palestine on the ‘map’ of one of the world’s most prestigious international music festivals, the BBC Proms. Aged twelve to twenty-three years, they are members of the Palestinian Strings, a… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 9 August 2013: Where is the BBC’s objectivity where Palestine is concerned?
9 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News US: Israeli-Palestinian talks Aug. 14 in Jerusalem8/9/2013 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will resume talks on ending their long-standing conflict on August 14 in Jerusalem, the US State Department said Thursday. The talks restarted last month in Washington under US mediation, and both sides agreed to… Continue reading
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EU stance on settlements threatens Israeli participation in bonanza called ‘Horizon 2020′
Israel is cringing under the European Union’s “guideline” requirement– the demand by the EU to “recognize in writing that the West Bank settlements are not part of Israel.” And Israel is drawing red lines of its own. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 3 August 2013
3 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAbbas Welcomes Barcelona Soccer Team In BethlehemIMEMC – Thousands Of Palestinians Welcome Barca [Saturday Evening August 3, 2013] Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed at his Presidential Headquarters in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, the players and coach of Barcelona soccer team, who are conducting their first… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 2 August 2013: Once More into the Peace Process Dead End
2 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPCHR Weekly Report: 9 civilians wounded, 26 abducted in 51 Israeli invasions this weekIMEMC – In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25 – 31 July 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that… Continue reading
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Profiting from War: A Look Into the World of Israeli Arms Dealing By Eilat Maoz
War in Israel has become a constant source of profit, with the West Bank and Gaza Strip used as experimental sites for arms dealers backed up by intellectuals. These are the protagonists of ‘The Lab,’ a new film by Yotam Feldman. In its exceptional interviews, the film reveals that the image of the arms dealer… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 26 July 2013: Israel launches ’price tag’ attack par excellence in response to EU settlement directive
26 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterBritish Human Rights Activist Wins Water-meter FightIMEMC – A British Palestine supporter won a battle this week to stop Southern Water company installing an Israeli-made water meter at her home. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 25 July 2013
25 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFamilies Denied Prison Visit After Objecting To Strip SearchIMEMC – The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights (ISFHR) reported that dozens of families of Palestinian detainees held by Israel at the Nafha prison have been denied family visits after a young Palestinian woman refused to… Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 16 July 2013
16 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSettler Stabbed In JerusalemIMEMC – Israeli TV Channel 7 has reported on Tuesday at night [July 16, 2013] that an Israeli settler, 33, was moderately injured after being stabbed in Bab Al- Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 15 July 2013
15 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli tanks and bulldozers destroy Gaza farmlandIMEMC – Today in the Gaza Strip, Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded farmland owned by Palestinian farmers. … Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 13 July 2013
13 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSyria: “Lathiqiyya Port Explosion, Not Israeli Air Strike”IMEMC – The Al-Alam Iranian news agency have reported that Syria denied that the explosions in Lathiqiyya (Latakia)Port were a result of an Israeli Air Strike, and that the explosions most likely took place during clashes between the Syrian Army… Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 12 July 2013: ‘Palestinian Settler’: Israel’s Indigenous Invaders
12 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Supreme Court Postpones Amona EvictionIMEMC – Date Moved from July 15 to July 24 The Israeli Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the eviction of the Israeli settlement of Amona would be moved from its July 15 date. The eviction of the Central West Bank hilltop… Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 10 July 2013
10 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterActivists to launch flotilla from Gaza to Europe in defiance of Israeli-imposed blockageIMEMC – Canadian, European, and Palestinian activists plan to launch a flotilla – dubbed “Gaza’s Ark” – from Gaza to Europe carrying produce and textiles, with the goal of raising awareness of the… Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 7 July 2013
7 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Bedouins attacked by right-wing Israeli settlers near NablusIMEMC – An armed gang of around 50 Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian Bedouin community of shepherds in Huwwara area, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Saturday. … Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 6 July 2013: Palestinians sue US groups over support for settler attacks
6 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterEgyptian officials indefinitely close Rafah border crossing with GazaIMEMC – As protests and unrest continue throughout Egypt, with over 40 people killed since Sunday, the Egyptian government closed the Rafah border crossing, which is virtually the only way in and out of the sealed Gaza Strip for… Continue reading
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America’s Plan B in Egypt: Bring Back the Old Regime By Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA
The road that has been taken in Egypt is a dangerous one. A military coup has taken place in Egypt while millions of Egyptians have cheered it on with little thought about what is replacing the Muslim Brotherhood and the ramifications it will have for their society. Many people in cheering crowds have treated the… Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 4 July 2013: The ongoing humiliation of Palestinian prisoners
4 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael Denies Al-Eesawy Urgently Needed Medical AttentionIMEMC – The Hurryyat Legal Center has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority is denying Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, access to urgently needed medical attention and medications, and refuses to grant him medical checkups. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 1 July 2013: Whitewashing apartheid with Israel’s dirty water
1 July 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Official: Israeli settlers torch Palestinian fields in Burin7/1/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers started several fires in Burin village south of Nablus on Sunday evening, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlements in the northern West Bank, said residents of Bracha and Yitzhar settlements torched… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 29 June 2013: Maximum Land with Minimum Palestinians: The Annexation of Area C
29 June 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Frequent border closures add to Gaza gas woes6/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (IRIN) — Frequent closures of the only crossing for commercial goods between Israel and the Gaza Strip have left the coastal territory short of gas for cooking and heating, businessmen say, affecting businesses, agricultural production and health services.… Continue reading
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