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ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 17, 2008

IOA opens Karm Abu Salem crossing only for limited aid quantities

The Israeli occupation authority on Monday opened the Karm Abu Salem crossing allowing entry of limited quantity of supplies to the Gaza Strip but retained the other vital crossings closed
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 17, 2008

Obeid warns of humanitarian disaster after power outage

Kanaan Obeid, the deputy chairman of the Palestinian energy authority in Gaza, Sunday evening warned of a real humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip after the electricity cutoff reached hospitals
Parliament NewsReform Issues November 17, 2008

Memo to the Parliament Holding Gov’t Responsible for Frequent Disasters in Egypt

Hamdi Hassan (the media spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc) submitted a memo to the PA accusing the Egyptian government of failure in facing frequent disasters occurring in Egypt,
Human RightsMB News November 17, 2008

20 MB Students Dismissed Because of Pro-Morality Campaign

The administration of Monoufiya University dismissed Sunday 18 students from the Faculties of Arts and Commerce in Sheiben Al Kom. They were banned from entering campus for 15 days.
Activites November 16, 2008

Turkish Leadership

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to mediate between the U.S. and Turkey. Others, including Patrick Barry and Ezra Klein, have written about the broader strategic implications. I want
ActivitesHuman Rights November 16, 2008

Egypt Cyber Activists Receive Warnings to Close Down their YouTube, Flickr Accounts

Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas told Ikhwanweb Sunday that he received several warnings from YouTube administration that his account might be closed down because of a video of torturing a woman
ActivitesElection CoverageObama November 16, 2008

Obama could change dynamics in the Arab world

Despising America has long been a Middle East pastime, but then the country that brought war to Iraq and orange-suited prisoners to Guantanamo Bay elected a Facebook-friendly president who speaks
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 16, 2008

Knesset MP calls for making lives of Gaza people insufferable

Gideon Ezra, a member of the Knesset for Kadima and a former minister of internal security, called on the Israeli government to tighten the noose on the Gaza Strip’s people
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 16, 2008

Khudari calls on Ban Ki-moon to visit Gaza

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, invited Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, to visit the Gaza Strip and assume his huamanitarian responsibilities towards one
ActivitesPalestine November 16, 2008

5,000 participants in RoR conference in Damascus

Rihab Mikahal, the director of the international forum on the Palestinian refugees’ right of return, has announced that the inaugural session of the conference would be held in the Faiha