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Written by Nir Hasson, Haaretz
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Sunday, 18 February 2007 |
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Pollack said in his plea, “This trial—if it wasn’t administered
by a court of the occupation, in the only democracy in the world in which 3.5
million citizens are homeless—was supposed to be a trial of the [separation]
wall, the same wall defined as an illegal prison by the highest legal authority in
the world, the same wall that serves as a political tool in the campaign of
ethnic cleansing Israel is running in the occupied territories.”
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Written by Ramzy Baroud
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Sunday, 18 February 2007 |
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Palestinians can never, under
any circumstances and no matter how great concessions are; meet Israeli
expectations, for these expectations are crafted in so clever a way that makes
is practically impossible for any Palestinian leader or government to comply.
Neither late President Yasser Arafat, who wore an Israeli flag pin side by side
with a Palestinian one on his Khaki jacket managed to live up to Israel’s
seemingly ‘reasonable’ demands, nor did his successor, Mahmoud Abbas, who was
ironically elevated in his political relevance to become the darling of Israel
and Washington when Hamas swept the majority of the vote in the legislative
elections of January 2006, which subsequently led to the devastating sanctions.
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Written by Lorenza Sebastiani and Federica Battistelli for the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
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Thursday, 15 February 2007 |
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Although the
art of circus is alien to Palestinian culture, the experience of the Circus School
has been very welcomed by the people. The artists put true stories onstage, and
people recognize themselves in them. Alternating the funny scenes performed by
clowns and jugglers, and amazing acrobatic exercises symbolizing the Wall, the
actors communicate the problems faced by Palestinians and highlight the effects
of the occupation on their daily lives.
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Written by Edited by Miftah
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Sunday, 11 February 2007 |
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Based on the initiative put forth by Saudi King Abdullah Ben Abdul Aziz
and under his sponsorship, Fateh and Hamas met in Mecca on February
6-8, 2007 to hold a dialogue on Palestinian conciliation, which
fortunately ended in success; an agreement was reached.
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Written by IslamOnline.net and news agencies
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Sunday, 11 February 2007 |
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Thousands
poured into the streets and gunmen fired in the air to welcome an
agreement between the groups that Palestinians hope will persuade the
West to lift crippling sanctions and bring an end to weeks of factional
violence. Drivers in Gaza City
honked horns, sounded sirens and waved either green Hamas or yellow
Fatah flags out of car windows after hearing news of the deal signed
following talks between Abbas and Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal in the holy city of Mecca.
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