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Lawlessness Breeding Ground for Gaza Social Woes GAZA STRIP, December 1 (IslamOnline.net) – Lawlessness and instability in the Gaza Strip are the main culprit for the unprecedented crimes and social woes, though isolated, that plagued the Gaza Strip recently, a Palestinian human rights activist has said....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 10:14am PST
Al-Barguthi to run for Palestine president Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan al-Barghuthi has decided to run for Palestinian president, reversing his earlier decision to stay out of the race....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 10:06am PST
Palestinian woman to run for president A Jerusalem-based journalist has become the first woman to announce her intention to run for the post of Palestinian Authority president in the wake of Yasir Arafat's death....
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 9:57am PST
Barghouti withdrawal leaves Abbas with clear path to succeed Arafat Marwan Barghouti, the jailed West Bank militia commander, said last night that he would not run to succeed Yasser Arafat as the Palestinian president....
Posted: Sat, Nov 27, 2004 11:18am PST
Israel faces Russian brain drain One million Russians have arrived in Israel since 1990, making them the country's largest group of immigrants, but poor employment prospects and the fear of terrorism has led to many deciding to return home....
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 4:30pm PST
Barghouti opts out of election Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti will not run in the Palestinian presidential election, an official says....
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 12:00pm PST
Al-Barghuthi 'told' to drop candidacy Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan al-Barghuthi has come under pressure from his Fatah faction to drop potentially divisive plans to run for Palestinian president from his Israeli jail cell....
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 10:04am PST
Jailed Barghouti mulls leader bid There are indications that jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti may be considering running in the upcoming presidential elections.
There is no confirmation, but officials in the Fatah movement have been quoted saying that he wants to stand....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:48am PST
Palestine: 'We are at war' There are some -- including in his Fatah movement -- who see Yasser Arafat's death as an opportunity for change. Not so Zakaria Zubeidi, leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades in the northern West Bank. Graham Usher spoke with him in Jenin...
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:45am PST
Palestine: Uncertain times There is little doubt that Palestinians now face huge challenges after the passing of President Yasser Arafat who held important and sensitive positions in both the resistance and the contemporary Palestinian political system. Most importantly, he has been a revolutionary icon and symbol of the Palestinian national struggle for the past 40 years....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:41am PST
Israel to Allow International Observers for Jan. 9 Election JERUSALEM, 25 November 2004 — Israel will allow international observers for the Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority, Israel’s foreign minister said yesterday, another indication of easing of tensions since Arafat’s death.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom made the commitment — which can be seen as a concession — before meeting visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who also offered assistance to the Palestinians....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:36am PST
Code Pink Hayward Speaker Event Invaded Code Pink Hayward hosted Barbara Lubin from Middle East Children's Alliance on Friday Nov 19th 2004. the event was invaded and disrupted by the Zionist hate Group, Dafka and Protest Warrior....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 9:52am PST
Crowded field for Palestinian election After days of internal haggling, Fatah has decided unanimously to nominate Mahmud Abbas as its candidate for the forthcoming Palestinian Authority presidential election scheduled for 9 January....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 1:00pm PST
Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian Story In South Africa, the BBC made it clear that the platform from which it was reporting was one of abhorrence of the state crime of apartheid. No Afrikaaner was ritually rushed into a studio to explain a storming of a township. There is no such platform of the BBC's in Israel/Palestine, where the situation is as bad - apartheid, discrimination, racism, ethnic cleansing as rife as ever it was in the Cape or the Orange Free State
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Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 12:16pm PST
UN envoy: Syria ready to resume peace talks with Israel ''without conditions'' Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is ready to restart negotiations with Israel "without conditions," UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said Wednesday. "President Assad had reiterated to me today that he has an outstretched hand to his Israeli counterpart, that he is willing to go to the table without conditions," Roed-Larsen said Wednesday after talks with the Syrian leader....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 9:19am PST
Hamas Likely to Run in Presidential Elections NABLUS , November 24 (IslamOnline.net) – The Islamic resistance movement Hamas is likely to run in the upcoming Palestinian presidential elections by nominating a candidate or supporting a certain runner if it serves best the interests of the Palestinian people, a Hamas politburo member said Tuesday, November23 ....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 9:17am PST
Intimidation by Israeli-Linked Organization MEMRI Aimed at US Academic Juan Cole This was on Juan Cole's site today:...
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 11:59pm PST
Palestinians Harvest Olives Despite Wall, Bullets NABLUS, November 23 (IslamOnline.net) - Despite the increasing Israeli aggressions and a separation wall that runs deep into their fertile lands, Palestinian farmers are keen on harvesting olive grooves, which they see as a living symbol of their uphill struggle against the occupation....
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 3:56pm PST
Hebrew University to displace Palestinian families On Sunday, November 21 at 7:15AM, bulldozers and armed security guards hired by Hebrew University Properties, Ltd. arrived at the home of Al-Helou family in Jerusalem to announce that their land will be confiscated for the expansion of the university dormitories. The buildings in the back are existing dorm buildings....
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 3:49pm PST
World Bank calls on Israel to rescue Palestinian economy JERUSALEM: The World Bank called on Israel to sharply reduce army closures which have decimated trade and employment in the Palestinian Authority during the last four years.
The latest report on the PA economy by the World Bank, "Four years - Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis" reveals average incomes have dropped by more than a third and a quarter of the workforce is unemployed....
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 3:47pm PST
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