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Cairo remains dependent on US aid, says scholar of Egyptian foreign policy

Thu, 11/04/2013 - 00:16

Making Egypt more critical towards Israel requires a “structural change” within Egypt itself.

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Witness accounts of two Tulkarem teens' killings contradict Israel's version

Wed, 10/04/2013 - 22:03

Two Palestinian teenagers were killed while protesting at the death of Maysara Abuhamdia in Israeli custody.

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Israeli firms shed crocodile tears for Palestinian workers

Tue, 09/04/2013 - 18:25

Business owners omit salient facts when claiming that a boycott of Israeli goods will harm Palestinians.

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Hundreds of Gaza children blocked from visiting parents in prison

Tue, 09/04/2013 - 16:02

Almost a year after winning concessions from Israel, prisoners are still not allowed to see their offspring.

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Youth move back to Palestinian village stolen from their families

Mon, 08/04/2013 - 20:07

About two dozen young people have moved into Iqrit, a village ethnically cleansed by Zionist forces in the 1940s.

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We must never forget the massacre in Deir Yassin

Mon, 08/04/2013 - 16:38

Thirty-seven members of my grandmother’s family were killed by Zionist forces on 9 April 1948.

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Book review: Rashid Khalidi shows how US got hired as Israel's lawyer

Sun, 07/04/2013 - 17:01

American diplomats were so eager to please Israel that they became “more royalist than the King.”

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The right of return is a core issue for Palestinians; let's realize it

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 22:51

A conference in Boston this weekend will explore the practical steps towards achieving justice for Palestinian refugees.

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Why do survivors of massacre by Israeli soldier face imprisonment?

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 21:40

Eden Natan Zada had murdered four Palestinians by the time he was confronted by locals in Shefa Amr, yet those accused of killing him could be jailed for many years.

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BBC defends false claims linking Rachel Corrie to killings of Israeli soldiers

Wed, 03/04/2013 - 20:37

The BBC misinformed its audience in covering the Rachel Corrie case.

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Sightseeing under siege: a "tourist map" for Gaza

Wed, 03/04/2013 - 19:53

A geographer has listed the attractions in Gaza City in a bid to show how friendly its people are.

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The Month in Pictures: March 2013

Tue, 02/04/2013 - 21:48

A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

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Dying prisoner treated cruelly by Israeli doctors over many years

Tue, 02/04/2013 - 00:54

Maysara Abuhamdia may only have days to live; he has long complained of “intentional negligence” by doctors “treating” Palestinian detainees.

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Israel's siege tips Gaza waste management to crisis point

Mon, 01/04/2013 - 22:04

Gaza municipality uses donkey carts to collect 350 tons of waste daily.

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Film review: Gaza love story triumphs over Israeli obstacles

Fri, 29/03/2013 - 22:12

Habibi splices an ancient romance with experiences of the second intifada.

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"Trade not aid" focus of new attempt to break Gaza blockade

Wed, 27/03/2013 - 21:42

While the Freedom Flotilla tried to bring aid to the Strip, Gaza’s Ark seeks to export locally produced goods.

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Resistance burns bright in hunger striker's village

Tue, 26/03/2013 - 22:53
Maath Musleh Jerusalem 26 March 2013

More than 150 residents of Issawiyeh — home to Samer Issawi — have been arrested in the past few months.

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Dheisheh camp "university" questions what it means to be a refugee

Tue, 26/03/2013 - 22:00
Daryl Meador Dheisheh refugee camp 26 March 2013

Campus on Campus participant believes refugee camps should be seen as “homelands.”

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Israel “tried to banish me for 28 years,” says hunger striker Ayman Sharawna

Mon, 25/03/2013 - 22:24
Joe Catron Gaza City 25 March 2013

During the last month of his protest, Sharawna’s captors only allowed him use the bathroom twice a day.

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has reneged on promises to Palestine

Fri, 22/03/2013 - 19:11
Amira Howeidy Cairo 21 March 2013

Egypt’s policies toward Gaza are a barometer of the country’s foreign policy independence since the fall of Mubarak.

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