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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 4 December 2012: UN Votes For Inspecting Israel’s Nuclear Facilities
4 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center King Abdullah Of Jordan To Visit RamallahIMEMC – Jordanian Al-Ghad Newspaper reported that that King Abdullah of Jordan intends to visit the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday December 6, to hold an official meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. … Continue reading
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Map Reading By Harry Feldman
Palestinians have never enjoyed political control over any part of Palestine as this unfortunate graphic suggests. Not under Ottoman rule or the British Mandate (‘1946’); not under the abortive and downright bizarre UN partition plan (‘1947’); definitely not under Jordanian and Egyptian rule (‘1967’); and absolutely not under Israeli occupation (‘2010’). Furthermore, the graphic is… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 1 December 2012: The next stop for Palestinians could be global courts
1 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Kidnaps 21 Palestinians In West Bank, GazaIMEMC – Israeli soldiers and Navy kidnapped, Saturday, 19 Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; 12 fishermen were kidnapped in Gaza territorial waters in Gaza, and nine in the occupied West Bank. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 30 November 2012: Israel To Build 3000 Settlement Units In West Bank, Jerusalem
30 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Threatens To “Reoccupy’ West BankIMEMC – Israeli member of Knesset, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and the development of the Negev and Galilee, Silvan Shalom, threatened that Israel would reoccupy the West Bank in response to the Palestinian bid at the United… Continue reading
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Israeli Terror: The “Final Solution” to the Palestine Question By Prof. James Petras
For the past forty-five years the state of Israel has been dispossessing millions of Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories, confiscating their lands, destroying homes, bulldozing orchards and setting-up ‘Jews-only’ colonial settlements serviced by highways, electrical systems and water works for the exclusive use of the settlers and occupying soldiers. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 25 November 2012: ’Operation Pillar of Defense’ – Was a Crime
25 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Three Injured By Israeli Fire In Khan YounisIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at them in Al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 23 November 2012: Killing before the Calm: Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Civilians Escalated before Cease-fire
23 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Bil’in’s Nonviolent Weekly ProtestIMEMC – The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that two residents were shot by a rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens… Continue reading
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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (14 -21 Nov. 2012)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (14 – 21 November 2012). The first attack was conducted on Wednesday, 14 November 2012, when IOF extra-judicially executed the leader of Ezz Eddin al-Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Hamas movement), Ahmed al-Ja’bari, and his bodyguard. Continue reading
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Video: Gaza War is Cover for Israeli Occupation by grtv
A UN special Rapporteur tells Press TV that by waging the current deadly war on Gaza the Zionist regime of Israel is trying to divert attention from its illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. Continue reading
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Gaza and the Politics of “Greater Israel” By Nile Bowie
The number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank has almost doubled in the past 12 years, with more than 350,000 residing illegally under international law. [3] While Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman asserts Tel Aviv’s unwillingness to permit Palestinians any right to return to their lands, emphasizing, “not even one refugee,” apartheid enforced on… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 18 November 2012: Attack on journalists marks new stage of Israeli assault on Gaza
18 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 24, Including 11 Children, Killed Sunday; 69 Killed Since WednesdayIMEMC – The Israeli army escalated its offensive against the Gaza Strip, Sunday, killing 24 Palestinians, including 11 children of the same family in central Gaza; the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli shells since the war… Continue reading
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For Israel, Imperialism Isn’t Enough By Dan Freeman-Maloy
Things in Palestine have developed far beyond the point where any given ‘flare-up’ in the constant violence that defines Israeli rule can be addressed in isolation. The significance of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza has absolutely nothing to do with the tired, dull hasbara talking points being peddled by Israeli diplomats — less still… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 5 November 2012: When an Israeli soccer game looks like a Klan rally
5 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Condemns New Israeli Attack Against Palestinian Fishing BoatIMEMC – PCHR Condemns IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) Assault on a Fishing Boat While Palestinian Fishermen and International Solidarity Activists Were on Board. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 3 November 2012: Israeli Ministry of Tourism map annexes over 60% of the West Bank
3 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Injured By Settlers Near NablusIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that a resident was injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers who invaded the Orif village, south of Nablus, and clashes with dozens of local resident.… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 21 October 2012: Erekat: Israel Doesn’t Want to End Occupation, Rather They’re Imposing Apartheid
21 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli navy illegally seizes humanitarian aid ship in international watersIMEMC – In an act violating international maritime law, Israeli naval forces boarded a humanitarian aid ship, the SV Estelle, that was en route to the Gaza Strip bringing humanitarian aid supplies including musical instruments and building… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 25 September 2012: UN Chief: “Door Closing To Two-State Solution”
25 September 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel To Build New Settler-Road Near QalqiliaIMEMC – The so-called Israeli Civil Administration Office, run under the Israeli Military in the occupied West Bank, is planning to pave a new road to be used by Jewish settlers, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia. … Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 7 September 2012: Settlers burn 130 olive trees in northern West Bank
7 September 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinians Hold Protests Against High Living CostsIMEMC – Several protests and demonstrations were held, starting on Thursday evening and extending to early Friday morning, as thousands of Palestinian youths took to the streets protesting the sharp increase of living costs despite the limited income of most… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 27 August 2012: Arrigoni’s Murder Trial in Gaza: Answers Not Just a Verdict
27 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel To Close Bribery Case Against Sharon, His SonsIMEMC – Israeli sources reported Monday that the Israeli prosecution is weighing the possibility of dropping bribery and corruption charges against former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and his two sons, Omri and Gilad, due to the lack… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 July 2012:
27 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Several wounded in nonviolent anti-wall demonstrations in the W.B.IMEMC – In central West Bank, Palestinians organized anti-wall and settlements protests in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and al-Nabi Saleh. Israeli troops used chemical water in addition to tear gas to suppress protesters. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 May 2012: Nuclear Israel: Image of Apocalyptic Horror
11 May 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center New UNRWA Upgrade Plan To Improve Dheisheh Refugee CampIMEMC – Dheisheh, the oldest refugee camp in the West Bank, is set to receive a facelift under a new UNWRA upgrade plan. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), is launching a new program… Continue reading
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