Archive for May, 2008
Alt-Arch: From Shiloah to Silwan – Urgent Update
Monday, May 19th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Jerusalem RegionBy: From Shiloah to Silwan: An Alternative Archaeological Tour of Ancient Jerusalem
More links are available in the website www.alt-arch.org
During the last months the efforts to raise awareness and to try to change the deteriorating situation in...
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Al-Haq - Broad daylight, not the “fog of war”: Unlawful use of force against civilians in the Gaza Strip continues unabated
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Gaza RegionPress Release
As a Palestinian human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is compelled yet again to raise the spectre of Israel’s continuing disregard for the customary international humanitarian law principles of distinction and proportionality....
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Settlers attack Asira al Qibliya
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, PhotosThe village of Asira al Qibliya again came under attack by settlers from the nearby illegal, Israeli settlement of Yitzhar on Friday 16h May. Residents of the village, located 3km south of Nablus, report that at approximately 2pm on Friday, one adult Israeli settler entered the lands of the village, and began throwing stones at the houses nearest...
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Thousands of black balloons released as people commemorate the ongoing Nakba
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, Photos, 1948 PalestineOn Thursday 15th May, thousands of people gathered in Ramallah to mark the 60th anniversary of al-Nakba (the catastrophe) to remember the forcible expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian people from their homes in 1948. Crowds marched from refugee camps around Ramallah, converging in the centre of the city where the crowds gathered for speeches and...
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Counterpunch: Paramilitary police attack Al-Nakba march
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Video, 1948 PalestineBy Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
To view original article, published in Counterpunch on the 16th May 2008, click here
Al-Haq report: 60 years of Nakba - Israel’s continuing policy of forcible displacement
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in 1948 PalestineAl-Haq: 15 May 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian “Nakba,” the “catastrophe” that led to the forcible displacement of more than half of the population of Historic Palestine. For 60 years, the Palestinian refugees have been denied their internationally guaranteed right to return to their homes. While the State of Israel is...
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PCHR: Narratives Under Siege: Remembering the Nakba
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region, Photos, 1948 PalestineIn order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their website. These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life in the Gaza Strip, highlighting the restrictions,...
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Haaretz: Plan puts shul in Arab part of Jerusalem
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Jerusalem Region“Their independence is our Nakba”
Friday, May 16th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos, 1948 PalestineAn Nakba (the catastrophe) commemorations continued in Nablus on Thursday 15th May, with approximately 500 people gathering in the main square of the city to demand their right to return home. Organised by the National Committee to Commemorate the Nakba at 60, in conjunction with many Nablus organisations, the official statement of the demonstration...
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