Year: 2012

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Number of Palestinians and Jews will be Equal in 2016

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RAMALLAH, December 31, 2011 (WAFA) – The number of Palestinians in historical Palestine totaled 5.8 million at the end of 2012, while the number of Jews is expected to reach 6.0 million at the end of 2012, Monday said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). The number of Palestinians and Jews will total about 6.5 million of each by the end of 2016,  however, the number of Palestinians in historical Palestine will total 7.2 million compared to 6.9 Jews by the end of 2020, said the release. It said that the total fertility rate in 2011 among Palestinians living in Israel … Continue reading Number of Palestinians and Jews will be Equal in 2016

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Israel’s 42nd violation of Truce Agreement: Tanks and bulldozers enter southern Gaza Strip

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Israeli Tanks Israeli tanks and bulldozers have conducted an incursion into the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire that ended the Tel Aviv regime’s attacks on the blockaded Palestinian territory. Local sources reported on Monday that Israeli military tanks and bulldozers intruded into the southern city of Rafah. Witnesses said Israeli forces entered about 100 meters into the Palestinian land, violating the truce agreement once more. No casualties have been reported. On December 10, Israeli forces conducted a similar incursion into the southern city of Khan Yunis for the first time after a truce reached between the Tel Aviv regime and … Continue reading Israel’s 42nd violation of Truce Agreement: Tanks and bulldozers enter southern Gaza Strip

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Israeli troops raid southern Gaza in fresh violation of calm

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(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) infiltrated into eastern Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Monday in a fresh violation of the calm agreement. Local sources said that IOF troops escorted six bulldozers into the outskirts of Nahda suburb to the east of Rafah and started bulldozing the area. They said that IOF tanks and a truck loaded with iron boxes were also heading to the area, noting that reconnaissance flights were seen flying over the area. In another incident, Israeli warplanes were seen hovering over the Gaza Strip last night in an unprecedented manner raising fears of possible raids … Continue reading Israeli troops raid southern Gaza in fresh violation of calm

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Explosions in Iraq Kill at Least 10

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Explosions killed at least 10 people and wounded 46 across Iraq on Monday, police said, underlining sectarian and ethnic divisions that threaten to further destabilise the country a year after U.S. troops left. Tensions between Shi’ite, Kurdish and Sunni factions in Iraq’s power-sharing government have been on the rise this year. Militants continue to strike almost daily, and carry out at least one big attack a month. The latest violence followed more than a week of protests against Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki by thousands of people from the country’s minority Sunni community. No group claimed responsibility … Continue reading Explosions in Iraq Kill at Least 10

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Abu Marzouq Calls PA President Abbas to Hand Over The West Bank to Hamas

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  On Monday 21st December, Hamas’ deputy political bureau chief, Moussa Abu Marzouk, called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to hand the keys of the West Bank to Hamas. Abu Marzouq statements came as a response to Abbas’ threats to dissolve the PA and to hand over responsibility for the West Bank to Israel if the latter refused to return to the peace talks and to freeze settlement construction after Israel’s elections that will take place in January 22, 2013. Abu Marzouq have wandered in a press release published on his Facebook page, “Why President Abbas want to hand over … Continue reading Abu Marzouq Calls PA President Abbas to Hand Over The West Bank to Hamas

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Fatah spokesman slams Hamas leader’s PA comments

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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Fatah spokesman Ahmad Assaf on Monday condemned a Hamas leader’s remark that if President Mahmoud Abbas wants to renounce control of the West Bank, he should pass it to Hamas. Amid a growing financial crisis and negotiations stalemate, Abbas again this week warned that he could dismantle his Palestinian Authority government, forcing Israel to take responsibility for the Palestinian population. “If the stalemate continues…what’s left for us to do?” he told Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Hamas deputy politburo chief Mousa Abu Marzouq seized on the remark in a Facebook post, calling on Abbas to hand the reigns, not … Continue reading Fatah spokesman slams Hamas leader’s PA comments

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Israel Demolishes Home in East Jerusalem

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JERUSALEM, December 31, 2012 (WAFA) – Workers from the all-Israeli West Jerusalem municipality Monday demolished a Palestinian-owned home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabber under the pretext of building without permit, according to the house owner. Mohammad Shqeirat, 58, told WAFA that workers and a large police force came to his house, forced him and his family of 25 people to leave it quickly and then started to demolish it over its furniture. He said he was not given a prior warning of the demolition and was not given enough time to remove his stuff. Shqeirat said he … Continue reading Israel Demolishes Home in East Jerusalem

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Political leaders say Arab aid failure due to political pressure

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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian political leaders on Sunday told Ma’an they believe the failure of Arab states to deliver on aid pledges is the result of US pressure. Arab League members had agreed a $100 million monthly payment to the Palestinian Authority, but the League chief Nabil al-Arabi said on a visit to the West Bank on Saturday that none had been delivered. Deputy Secretary General of the PFLP Abdul Raheem Mallouh said that there are American pressures on the Arab states to financially blockade the PA. Secretary General of the Popular Struggle Front Ahmed Majdalani said the failure to … Continue reading Political leaders say Arab aid failure due to political pressure

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British public wants to ‘keep out of Syria’

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ComRes survey reveals resistance to Prime Minister’s plan to aid anti-Assad units While David Cameron is rallying support among EU leaders to send arms to the rebels opposing the Assad regime in Syria, he also faces a battle to persuade the British public to back the plan. According to a survey for The Independent, people do not believe Britain should provide military supplies to the rebels. By a margin of 48 per cent to 35 per cent, people do not believe Britain should provide military supplies to the rebels – even if the UK did not send in any armed … Continue reading British public wants to ‘keep out of Syria’

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Rising rightwing in Israel is using violent provocation in West Bank to push annexation

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Since Mahmoud Abbas went to the UN for the Palestine Observer State status upgrade a month ago, nearly everything on the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s list of ways to threaten Palestinians has been initiated. Notably: Haaretz reporting that “Israel may initiate a building drive in West Bank” and Defense Minister Ehud Barak saying there would likely be a breakdown of Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in the West Bank, and that would “undermine stability there.” Translation: the growth of settler violence, which continues to escalate on a daily basis. Last week Abbas threatened to disband the Palestinian Authority next year (as Allison Deger reported). Abbas has done that before, several times actually. Now he says he’s … Continue reading Rising rightwing in Israel is using violent provocation in West Bank to push annexation