Friday, September 30, 2011

Bil’in takes art as a means of resistance | International Solidarity Movement

Bil’in takes art as a means of resistance | International Solidarity Movement

Israeli Settler Terror in Anata – Sept 30, 2011 – in pictures | Occupied Palestine | فلسطين

Israeli Settler Terror in Anata – Sept 30, 2011 – in pictures | Occupied Palestine | فلسطين

Terrorism in Anata, Jerusalem (September 30) | Facebook

Terrorism in Anata, Jerusalem (September 30) | Facebook

Bil'in Demo (9-30-2011) Occupation Forces IOF responded with tear gas and rubber bullets

Update - There's only one word to describe what happened this evening in Anata: LYNCH

There's only one word to describe what happened this evening in Anata: LYNCH
 
Maath Musleh
by danmike1
via some activists are still locked in their cars near (settlement) entrance
Mike
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- tweeted was looking 4 protection - about 20mins ago - was surrounded - separated from the rest !!!
Mike
-Earlier Settlers attacked activists today in just been attacked again follow… (cont)
Mike
Sinai protesters block international road -
Michael Treiger
by danmike1
after being beaten escaped from lynch mob. now police gives us 15 min warning to to dissappear!
Sheikh Jarrah
by danmike1
Oh great. Now the police is here. And is threatening to arrest us for "illegal gathering". We have nowhere to go, damn it!
Stavit Sinai
by danmike1
Fuck. Big group of settlers is approching. Contra-demo. If they want me... I'm looking for means of protection
Maath Musleh
by danmike1
A Palestinian house (Yassin's family) is surrounded by settlement and only way to their home is through settlement's gates
Sheikh Jarrah
by danmike1
We escaped to the road. So much for the police "protecting and serving". We now need to find transportation back in the middle of nowhere
Mike
<3 RT : The brave are on ground in Stay Safe!
Stavit Sinai
by danmike1
The settlers actually stripped me naked . trying to calm down. History will bury them and thier evil in blood
Olive Revolution
by danmike1
URGENT CALL FOR HELP: activists are being brutally attacked in Anata's demonstration, many people are hurt,...
Maath Musleh
by danmike1
Border Police and Settlers are attacking the activists in , they're surrounded and they can't escape. Head there and help them!!!!
Joseph Dana
by danmike1
Settler private security also engaged in violence against the unarmed activists tonight in Anatot

Anata attacks activists again. Many activists are hurt after the brutal attack - twitter updates

Leila ليلى
by danmike1
: The camera of the AFP jerusalem photographer has been destroyed by settlers in Anatot”
Mike
RT : The beatings undergoing I'm surraunded
Maath Musleh
by danmike1
Settlers near attacks activists again. Many activists are hurt after the brutal attack including
Mike
OFID, UNRWA inaugurate new schools for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon -
Sheikh Jarrah
by danmike1
Police is asking: please don't stand on the road. But they're doing nothing about the violence
Mike
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because settlers attacked earlier
Richard Dufek
by danmike1
PHOTOS | Ni'lin weekly demonstration 30-09-2011 | |
Richard Dufek
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PHOTOS | Bi'lin weekly protest 30-09-2011 | |
Team Palestina News
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Plz support and join Ethar Voluntary Initiative in Gaza. They are doing great work for the deprived kids of Gaza.
Joseph Dana
by danmike1
Hectic phone calls from sounds like a major riot at anatot near Jerusalem as settlers attack unarmed demonstrations
Joseph Dana
by danmike1
Settlers are attacking the demo now. At least three injuries from settler rocks
Mike
follow>>>RT : Settlers kicking a female activist
Joseph Dana
by danmike1
Earlier this morning 3 Palestinians and 1 international activist were violently attacked by settlers from Anatot
Mike
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always welcome

 
Mike
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Sheikh Jarrah
by danmike1
Maassive brawk. Settlers attacking. One activist injured in face and bleeding
Joseph Dana
by danmike1
50 activists are blocking the entrance to the settlement of Ananot near northeast Jerusalem

OFID, UNRWA inaugurate new schools for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

VIENNA, Sept 30 (KUNA) -- Wael Abu-Faor, Minister of Social Affairs of Lebanon representing the Prime Minister of Lebanon; Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID); Mr. Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA); and Dr. Abdallah Abdallah, Ambassador of Palestine to Lebanon have inaugurated three schools of the Nahr El-Bared Palestinian Refugee Camp (NBC) in Lebanon.
In a press statement issued Friday, OFID said the initiative is substantially co-financed by OFID with a USD 5 million-grant extended to UNRWA in 2008.
With OFID's support, two school complexes (Mount Tabor and Amqa) were newly constructed and furnished as well as one school (Toubas and Ein Karma) newly furnished and equipped.
The construction works facilitate the transfer of more than 4,400 students to new premises and classrooms in the 2011/2012 academic year. The Amqa complex will host the only secondary school in the UNRWA compound and will also allow some 150 boys and girls to receive vocational training through the Northern Wing Sibleen Training Centre.
Mr. Al-Herbish commended UNRWA and its partners for their efforts and impressive job in the reconstruction of the Nahr el Bared Palestinian Refugee Camp.
He reaffirmed that OFID places the suffering of the Palestinian people at its highest priority and that the OFID Grant Account for Palestine is accorded high importance in the institution's activities.
He further disclosed that UNRWA is one of the oldest partners of OFID in Palestine and that in the past decade this cooperation had taken on a new maturity.
"Today, I address the families and children of Nahr el Bared and convey to them the unwavering support of OFID. The past suffering and survival through such hardship will always resonate in our hearts and push us to continue to do more, specifically capacity building as a cornerstone of sustainable development " he concluded.
"Today, we are at a site of previous suffering which is now finally restored to what we see today, an improved future" Mr. Abu-Faor said at the inauguration ceremony.
He added that "there has to be more work and coordination to give Palestinian people their human rights and their dignity".
Mr. Grandi thanked OFID for its continuous and generous support to UNRWA, particularly its commitment to promoting the education of young Palestinians.
"Improving the education of Palestine refugees is essential for the improvement of their living conditions in general." He told the refugees of Nahr el Bared Palestinian Refugee Camp that they have shown dignity and strength over these past four years, despite the intolerable conditions and prolonged displacement. Neither UNRWA, nor its partners, he argued, will stop until the reconstruction of Palestinian homes is achieved.
OFID's cooperation with UNRWA began in 1979. Assistance was then directed to support Vocational Training Programs in several Palestinian Camps.
In the last 10 years, OFID has expanded its collaboration with UNRWA through the establishment of PalFund in which USD10 million have been engaged toward financing micro-entrepreneurs across the West Bank and Gaza.
In 2009, on the sidelines of UNRWA's 60th Anniversary, OFID launched the UNRWA Scholarship Fund for talented Palestinians in Vienna with a grant of USD1.2 million. The accumulated engagement with UNRWA is over USD28 million.

OFID, UNRWA inaugurate new schools for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

Bi'lin weekly protest 30-09-2011 | Facebook

Bi'lin weekly protest 30-09-2011 | Facebook

Ni'lin weekly demonstration 30-09-2011 | Facebook

Ni'lin weekly demonstration 30-09-2011 | Facebook

Merkel questions new Israeli settlements

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Israel's decision to green-light new Jewish housing units in east Jerusalem has "raised doubts that the Israeli government is interested in starting serious negotiations" with the Palestinians.

Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said in a statement Friday that Merkel has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to tell him "it is now necessary to dispel those doubts."

Seibert says Merkel told Netanyahu it is important to start negotiations "as soon as possible" on a two-state solution and that in the meantime both sides must refrain from "provocative acts."

The Palestinians condemned the settlement plan after it was announced Tuesday, and the U.S., EU and U.N. all swiftly expressed their disappointment


KTAR.com

Security Council meets to discuss UN statehood bid


A Palestinian woman attends a rally to show solidarity for a Palestinian state
with full UN membership as Israeli security stands nearby at the Qalandia Israeli
checkpoint near the West Bank town of Ramallah (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

UNITED NATIONS (Ma'an) -- The UN Security Council's admissions committee held its first meeting Friday to review and assess the PLO's application for full UN membership.

The standing committee on the admission of new members to the world body is comprised of all 15 Security Council members, who are being represented by their UN ambassadors.

The council first discussed the situation in Somalia before recessing ahead of talks about the Palestine statehood application.

On Thursday, the foreign minister in the West Bank government said that eight Security Council members were guaranteed to vote in favor of the bid for full membership of the United Nations.

“The Palestinian Authority is now working to secure the ninth vote,” Riyad al-Malki told Voice of Palestine radio, adding that the PA will seek either Colombia or Bosnia-Herzegovina's vote.

The eight countries set to vote in favor of the UN bid are Russia, China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Lebanon, Nigeria and Gabon, al-Malki was quoted as saying by official PA news agency WAFA.


Maan News Agency

Abbas to tour for more support for statehood bid

RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will go on an international tour to muster more support for the Palestinian bid in the United Nations for statehood, a Palestinian newspaper reported Friday.

Palestinian minister of foreign affairs Reyad al-Malki told the Ramallah-based al-Ayyam Daily that Abbas will start his tour next week and will give a speech on October 6 to the European Council in Strasbourg.

"He will also visit on October 7 and October 8 Honduras and two members of the Security Council, Columbia and Portugal, to gain more support for a vote on the bid for a full membership of a Palestinian state," said al-Malki.

Abbas handed the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon a request on September 23 for a full UN membership of the Palestinian statehood and gave a historic speech to the UN General Assembly.

The Security Council has held two sessions this week to debate and study the Palestinian bid. On Thursday, the council members decided to refer the bid to the committee of memberships, which will convene next Friday.

"We already have eight members, who announced that they will vote in favor of the bid," said al-Malki, "We are working on convincing Columbia, Portugal and the Bosnia and Herzegovina to vote in favor."

The Palestinians need the support of at least nine Security Council members to secure that their request is admitted in the 15- member council. However, the foreign minister said earlier the United States has been putting political, economic and even military pressure on the Security Council's non-permanent members to prevent them from supporting the Palestinian move.

The United States, which wants the Palestinians to resume the peace talks with Israel instead of requesting a UN membership, also threatened to veto the request.

"We didn't decide to go to the Security Council in order to fail. We went to the UN because we are certain that we will be able to convince the world to support the Palestinian bid," said al-Malki.



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