The Jewish Chronicle reports:     Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni canceled a visit to Britain this weekend over fears pro-Palestinian lawyers would seek to have her arrested.   Ms Livni had been due to speak at Sunday’s JNF Vision 2010 conference in Hendon, north-west London. She had also been expected to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown for private … [read more]

By Christian Fraser BBC News, Cairo http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8405020.stm There are thought to be hundreds of tunnels along the border Egypt has begun constructing a huge metal wall along its border with the Gaza Strip as it attempts to cut smuggling tunnels, the BBC has learned.   When it is finished the wall will be 10-11km (6-7 miles) long and will extend 18 metres … [read more]

As part of a recent escalation of political arrests in Bil’in, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a school teacher and coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee was arrested by Israeli soldiers. At 2am on Thursday, 10 December 2009, seven Israeli military jeeps pulled over at Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s home in the city of Ramallah. Soldiers raided the house and arrested Abu Rahmah from his bed in the … [read more]

A presentation made to the U.N. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on November 30, 2009 by Bill Fletcher, Jr. BlackCommentator.com & U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Mr. Chairman, Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, Excellencies: Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable … [read more]

Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israel’s Interior Ministry stripped 4,577 Palestinians of their right to live in East Jerusalem in 2008, reports said, an all time record in 42 years of occupation. The state-figures were made public in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Wednesday. The total was 21 times higher than the average of the previous 40 years.   In the first 40 years of Israeli … [read more]

Timetable of PRC International Conference: 16th December, MPs, academics and experts discuss Future of Palestinian Refugees The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) will host a conference on Wednesday, 16th of December 2009 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA. The conference is expected to discuss the recent conditions facing the Palestinian … [read more]

News from the Free Gaza Movement "Together we can make this next voyage happen, not only for the people in Gaza, not only for Palestine, but for the principle that the power of the people can defeat even the most powerful militaries in the world." Huwaida Arraf, Chair, Free Gaza Movement     Dear Supporters   On November 7 and 8, The Free Gaza interim board of … [read more]

by The Palestinian Return Center (PRC) The Palestinian Return Center (PRC) continues its preparations for the upcoming International Conference, UNRWA and the Future of Palestinian Refugees, which will highlight the Performance of UNRWA through studies conducted by PRC.   The conference scheduled on Wednesday, 16th of December is expected to accommodate hundreds of guests which … [read more]

London, 13th Jan 2010, by Palestinian Return Center (PRC) The Palestinian Return Center (PRC) is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the Israeli genocidal war against Gaza perpetrated in late 2008. It will be holding a memorial week for the victims and the besieged population of Gaza and including all Palestinian refugees that have been living in exile for over the Six … [read more]

Left-wing groups enraged by Germany municipality's decision not to allow anti-Zionist Israeli historian to speak at governmental institution. Pappe writes to Munich mayor his policy reminiscent of Nazi Germany Sarah Stricker YNet Nov. 12, 2009 Anti-Zionist historian Prof. Ilan Pappe, one of the most important "New Historians", was scheduled to speak last weekend at … [read more]

The United Nations and its non-governmental organization (NGO) partners today called yet again on Israel to immediately open crossings into the Gaza Strip to give Palestinians access to desperately needed materials, especially in view of the coming winter and rainy season. New York, Nov  9 2009  The United Nations and its non-governmental organization (NGO) partners today called … [read more]

Left-wing groups enraged by Germany municipality's decision not to allow anti-Zionist Israeli historian to speak at governmental institution. Pappe writes to Munich mayor his policy reminiscent of Nazi Germany Sarah Stricker YNet Nov. 12, 2009   Anti-Zionist historian Prof. Ilan Pappe, one of the most important "New Historians", was scheduled to speak last weekend … [read more]