2014: International Year of Solidarity With the Palestinians. The United Nations today launched the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with senior officials urging that the observance be used to redouble efforts to achieve a durable peace between Israel and Palestine.
Just some weeks into 2014, the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement […]
Palestinian return Centre – PRC – 65 years ago, April 9 1948, the peaceful Arab village, Deir Yassin, a village in the suburb of Jerusalem was brutally attacked by Jewish Para military groups killing hundreds of people.
The massacre was part of a systematic campaign that was designed to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from what was to […]
For many years, the Palestinian population of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, has suffered from a shortage of clean, safe water. However, despite alarming predictions of insufficient drinking water supplies by 2040, based on the expected population growth in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Jordan and Israel, water is not […]
Occupied Childhoods: Mass arrest of 27 children shows the increasing impact of occupation on Hebron’s children. CPT – Hebron – On the morning of March 20 soldiers arrested 27 Palestinian children, age seven to 15 in the West Bank city of Hebron. The children were on their way to five schools near the Old City […]
President Barak Obama speaks in Jerusalem: “I have made the position of the United States of America clear: Iran must not get a nuclear weapon. This is not a danger that can be contained. As President, I have said to the world that all options are on the table for achieving our objectives. America will do […]
Sunday Jan. 1 2013, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a presidential decree on Friday officially changing the name of the Palestinian Authority to the “State of Palestine.” All Palestinian stamps, signs and official letterhead will henceforth be changed to bear the new name. Abbas issued instructions to Palestinian embassies around the world to change all […]
كتاب مصري: الفلكلور المقدسي بين التنمية والتهويد
Taking a cursory look at a book “Jerusalemite Folklore between Development and Judaization” written by Dr. Iman Mahran, a faculty member at the Academy of Arts in Cairo, an artist and an activist in the field of human rights, Dr. Mahran sees the UNESCO Convention that supports cultural diversity […]
د. مهران: الشعب المصري يطالب في تعديل إتفاقية كامب ديفيد مع إسرائيل
During a friendly evening meeting on Dec. 4 2012 in a hotel in Vienna with Dr. Iman Mahran, a faculty member at the Arts Academy in Cairo, an artist and activist in the field of human rights, she said: “The most dangerous issue with […]
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About Me After I was forced by the Israeli occupation forces to leave my home in Palestine, I fled to Vienna, Austria, where I have lived since. I started my online diary in October 2001 while still living in Palestine, where I worked as a journalist. More about this site (click) Write Me ! (click)
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