20.December 2009 This week marks one year since Israel began its attack on the Gaza Strip: a year since phosphorus bombs, dime bombs and other weapons of death and destruction were unleashed on a defenseless civilian population. A year since the people of the world demanded that Israel end its attack on Gaza.   In this Israeli war of aggression on the occupied Gaza Strip, many of … [read more]

by Gaza Freedom March www.gazafreedommarch.org *Telephone Press Conference Call December 23rd, 11 AM EST USA*   REPRESENTATIVES FROM 43 COUNTRIES TO MARCH TO ISRAELI BORDER   One Year After Invasion Of Gaza 1,300 People to Participate in March as Part of Global Effort to Lift Devastating Blockade   For TV/WEB Satellite Coordinates of Live Feed, email … [read more]

Professor Norman Finkelstein, accused Israeli of perpetrating war crimes in the Gaza strip through the ongoing siege and January war. Professor Norman Finkelstein, accused Israeli of perpetrating war crimes in the Gaza strip through the ongoing siege and January war. His accusation came within an International Conference titled, "UNRWA and Future of Palestinian Refugees", organized in London. … [read more]

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]