Friday, May 1, 2009

UN: 60,000 Palestinians risk losing homes in east Jerusalem

Palestinians say the demolitions are an attempt to pushing them out of the city, but municipal authorities insist they simply follow the law and raze houses built without the necessary permits. OCHA said that at least 28% of Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem have been built without the Israeli permits, which residents say are nearly impossible to obtain.
"As a result, at least 60,000 out of 225,000 Palestinians in east Jerusalem are at risk of having their homes demolished by the Israeli authorities," OCHA said.
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  1. MarionMay 2, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: arial;">Israeli club sanctioned for fans' racist slogans</span>
     
    <span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Beitar Jerusalem is deducted one league point, after their notorious fans shout anti-Arab slogans.</span>
     
    http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=31811

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  2. MarionMay 2, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: arial;">The Israel Boycott is Biting</span>
     
    <span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Motorola, Caterpillar, Veolia (light rail makers), the Tesco supermarket chain, and other companies across the world that do business with Israel are suffering losses due to a global boycott in support of Palestinian rights, argues Nadia Hijab.</span>
     
    http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=31810

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  3. MarionMay 2, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;">Palestinians' Last Chance?Not for the first time in their history the Palestinians remain fatally absorbed in their quarrels, as if unaware that their national cause is in acute danger of extinction, says Patrick Seale. </span>
     
    <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; color: #c00000;">http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=31809</span></span>

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  4. MarionMay 2, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;">Politics; family matter in Lebanon votePolitical dynasties are set for strong show in June's parliamentary election in Lebanon.
    By Rana Moussaoui - BEIRUT</span>
     
    <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; color: #c00000;">http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=31806</span></span>

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  5. MarionMay 2, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: arial;">Clinton’s Unpromising Start</span>
     
    <span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">If recent comments made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suffice as a general indication of the administration's Middle East policy, then little change is on the horizon, says Ramzy Baroud.</span>
     
    http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=31814

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