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Over 13 Honor Killings in Two Months in Palestine

Seven women were killed in the Palestinian territories because of “honor killings” in the first month of the year 2010. These news were released by Palestinian human rights organizations interested in women’s issues, but according to my sources, this statistic was falsified and the real number of women who were murdered, only in the cities [...]

Israeli Terror at Rights Activists House

By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD – March 2 2010 – The Israeli army invaded our neighborhood at 1:30 AM Tuesday morning waking up my mother, wife and sister. Heavily-armed soldiers blocked roads during “the operation”. When my family opened the door, they demanded to see me. They were told I have already left to the US. [...]

Ibrahimi Mosque Stolen by the Jews

On February 21 2010, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron (Al Khalil), the second biggest Palestinian Muslim town in the south of the West Bank, and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem, as Jewish heritage sites. The Ibrahimi Mosque is one of the most important Muslim sites and is the [...]

Crying for VIP IDs Instead of Palestine

Folly, vanity and lack of modesty are in the crying of the Palestinian Authority. The so-called minister of civil affairs Hussein al- Sheikh, the former head of the PA general intelligence service in the West Bank (who fled from Gaza) Tawfiq Tirawi, are crying at the Israeli refusal to grant VIP IDs to some of [...]

PJS Elections are not Recognized

Saturday, February 27th 2010 – Cairo – Journalistic sources in Cairo said on Saturday 27 Feb 2010 that the Federation of Arab Journalists refuses to recognize the election results that the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, (PJS) which took place two weeks ago in the West Bank city of Ramallah, but without including the colleagues of the [...]

Female Journalists Discriminated in Palestine

Below is a protest letter against the discrimination of the Women Journalists in the elections of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) held on Feb. 6 2010 in Ramallah under the Intervention of Tawfiq Al-Tirawi, the former Chief of the Palestinian intelligence in the PA. The letter was signed by the Editors [...]

Possible Consequences for the Israeli Mossad

Feb. 19 2010 – Now that the latest atrocity of Israel has badly blown back, with the pictures of 11 death squad assassins published worldwide, 2 names of Palestinians connected to the PA published, 6 more suspects in Dubai, knowledge that the whole crime was coordinated from Austria, consequences are inevitable. These are not consequences [...]