Articles by Falastin News Palestine
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Gaza Homes Flooded after Israel Unbolts Dam Gates
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Feb 2015
Scores of Palestinian family homes east of blockaded Gaza were flooding after the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) opened dam gates at dawn Sunday [22 Feb 2015]. This is not the first time Israeli occupation authorities have opened the Gaza Valley dams.
→ read full article500 Rabbis Urge Israel to Stop Demolition of Palestinian Homes
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Feb 2015
9 Feb 2015 – Over 500 rabbis from Israel, Britain, the US and Canada have called on the Israeli prime minister to stop demolishing Palestinian homes. Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) say Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance is against “international law and Jewish tradition.”
→ read full article700 British Artists Pledge to Boycott Israel
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Feb 2015
15 Feb 2015 – A group of over 700 British artists signed a pledge to culturally and professionally boycott Israel to pressure an end to its aggressive and discriminatory practices against the Palestinians.
→ read full articleUNRWA: The Situation in Gaza Is Worse Than Ever Before
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Feb 2015
Robert Turner, Director of Operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Gaza-UNRWA said in a press conference on Wednesday [4 Feb 2015] that the current situation in Gaza Strip is worse than before Israel’s summer offensive.
→ read full articleUN: Israel Illegally Demolished 77 Palestinian Houses This Week
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2015
24 Jan 2015 – The UN said in a statement on Friday [23 Jan 2015] that 77 Palestinian families, half of them children, have been rendered homeless in the past three days. Some demolished structures were provided by the international community to shelter poor Palestinian families.
→ read full articlePalestine Joins the International Criminal Court
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
8 Jan 2015 – The ICC has accepted the Palestinian Authority’s request to join the Rome Statute. A statement said that “the deposit of the instruments of accession by the State of Palestine,” effected as of January 2 [2015], had brought the number of state parties to 123.
→ read full articleMore Than 220 Ukrainian Jewish Immigrants Land in Occupied Palestine
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Dec 2014
Some 226 Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, among dozens of families fleeing fighting in eastern Ukraine, landed in Occupied Palestine on Monday [22 Dec 2014]. They are the first in an expected group of over 400 Ukrainians who will arrive before the end of the year. A second flight is scheduled for Dec. 30.
→ read full articleGaza’s Doctor Mads Gilbert Named Norway’s Person of the Year
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2014
20 Dec 2014 – An outspoken Norwegian doctor whose efforts to treat Palestinians wounded in the Gaza conflict garnered worldwide attention has been named person of the year by the country’s largest tabloid, Verdens Gang (VG).
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