The Jerusalem municipality hands out more demolishing orders to Palestinian-owned homes
Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC
The Israeli municipality handed out a new wave of demolishing orders on Monday to Palestinian families in Jerusalem old city and around it. Hatim Abdul-Qader, Jerusalem Affairs Advisor to the Palestinian Prime Minister, told reporters that the orders include homes inside Jerusalem’s old city and in the predominated Palestinian neighborhoods of Wadi Al Joz and Damascus Gate. Abdul-Qader added the Jerusalem popul ar committee will go to court to fight this new wave of demolishing orders…
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Where’s the Justice at the Justice Department?
The AIPAC Spy Case
By JAMES G. ABOUREZK
The big news last week was the defection of Republican Senator Arlen Specter to the Democrats; the bankruptcy filing of the Chrysler Corporation, and finally, the retirement of Justice David Souter from the U.S. Supreme Court. A much smaller news item competing with these sensational stories was that the U.S. Justice Department announced that it is dropping the espionage charges against two former AIPAC agents. The story was so small that it barely was a blip on the media’s radar, bringing absolutely no comment on the network news and talk shows…
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The Silent Population
Joharah Baker
If it weren’t for two little boys hitching a ride with us, this article would never have been written. Thanks to the mysterious way the universe operates, I will admit I am glad for the bizarre events of yesterday so that I could be reminded of a sector of Palestinian society all too often disregarded. I am talking about the Bedouins, those silent nomads of whom I was reminded because of two tiny first graders who needed a ride home….
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PCHR Strongly Condemns Israeli Plans to Confiscate 12,000 Donums of Palestinian Land in Order to Link the Illegal “Ma’ale Adumim” and “Qedar” Settlements
PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli Ministry of the Interior’s decision to expand the illegal West Bank settlement of “Ma’ale Adumim” and to confiscate 12,000 donums (12 million square meters) of Palestinian land. In the context of policies aimed to establishing a Jewish majority in occ upied East Jerusalem – thereby consolidating its illegal annexation – the Israeli Minister of Interior, Elli Yishai, decided to adopt the recommendations of a special committee established by his ministry to link “Qedar” settlement with the larger “Ma’ale Adumim” settlement, east of Jerusalem. Under the Israeli Ministry of Interior’s plan, at least 12,000 donums of Palestinian land will be annexed to “Ma’ale Adumim”, linking it with the smaller “Qedar” settlement, which is located nearly 3 kilometers to the east…
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Israeli Interior Minister confirms support to illegal settlement outposts in Silwan
Saed Bannoura – IMEMC
Hatim Abdul-Qader, Jerusalem Affairs Advisor to the Palestinien Prime Minister, sated that Israel’s vice Prime Minster, Interior Minister, Eli Yisha, stated during a Sunday night meeting with extremist settler groups at a Palestinian home illegally captured in Silwan town, in East Jerusalem, that his government will approve all settlement plans provided by settlers groups. During the meeting, Yishai expressed support to the illegal settlement activities on Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem, especially in Silwan, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque…
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