Monday, February 11, 2013

Amidst a brutal war, Syria’s Palestinian community finds itself seeking refuge yet again—this time, in Lebanon’s famous Sabra and Shatila camps.

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"He tells me he comes across many cases of discrimination. One refugee needed an asthma inhaler, a common item that costs around $13....
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Number of Palestinian refugee deaths in Syria increasing, UN agency warns

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A Palestinian child. Photo: UNRWA http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44106&Cr=palestin&Cr1=#.URg1qdY1aS4 10 February ...
Saturday, February 9, 2013

Palestinian family home demolished by Israeli forces in Jerusalem

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A Palestinian child cries after his family's home was demolished in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem. The building was said to have been cons...

My letter to the Phil Inq RE Trudy Rubin's Worldview: Bold proposals for the Mideast

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To be clear: Return RE: Trudy Rubin's Worldview: Bold proposals for the Mideast http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/2013020...

What is an Israeli settlement.... it is a tax payer plus charity investment in highways, housing, freedom, jobs, security, and respect for Jewish Israelis, while the native non-Jewish Palestinians are persecuted, impoverished, pushed into forced exile- and demonized for objecting to such institutionalized bigotry and blatant injustice.

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  Palestine Remembered "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so ...

"Legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." Thomas Jefferson

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Dave Barry, columnist, 1947 - "People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours ...

Palestinians construct new protest village in south Hebron

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(MaanImages/Stringer)  http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=563453 HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Palestinians and foreign solidarity a...
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Letter sent to my elected leaders: Peace and Palestine need to be taken seriously by American leadership now more than ever.

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(letter sent via congress.org) Dear President Obama, "In an unfortunately predictable manner, yet another congressional hearing ...

Palestine's Amb. Maen Rashid Areikat: Bias against Palestinians on display at congressional hearing

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[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE ...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

ATFP Hosts Washington Briefing on Israeli and Palestinian Schoolbooks

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ATFP Hosts Washington Briefing on Israeli and Palestinian Schoolbooks Washington DC, Feb. 6 -- The American Task Force on Palestin...

Palestinian leadership on Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama’s announced plans to visit the region in March.

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Photo from the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in of President Barack Obama at the US Capitol on January 21, 2013 in...

RAJA SHEHADEH: More Than a Land Grab

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Settlers increasingly impinging on Palestinian lives Jewish settlers aren't just taking empty space, they're destroying Palesti...