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Report: Human Rights on the Decline Part II

As we reported earlier, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has released a comprehensive and thorough report, called “Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform,”

The Release of Gilad Shalit

A soldier in exchange for humane and civilized behavior – a pity such a deal even has to be offered.

Palestinian doctor dies from swine flu in Gaza

A Palestinian doctor on Tuesday was proclaimed dead due to his infection with swine influenza in the Gaza Strip making him the fourth victim after three others earlier died from

Hamas: European statement does not meet Palestinian people’s aspirations

The European Union's statement on a political solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and future of occupied Jerusalem does not meet the aspirations of the Palestinian people, Hamas said.

Hamas must say NO to proposed deportation of prisoners

The Palestinian liberation movement, Hamas, is conducting complicated and exhaustive negotiations with Israel in an effort to conclude a prisoner-exchange accord between the two archenemies.

Ahmad: The Palestinian people reject partition today as they did 62 years ago

The head of Hamas's refugee department, Husam Ahmad, said that the conspiracy in 1947 which lead to the adoption of the partition resolution (181) aimed to legitimise the Balfour declaration.

Bahar: National reconciliation based on constants national strategy

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, has said that national reconciliation should be based on Palestinian constants and not on conditions of the international

Al-Qassam: History of an Icon of Resistance

This November, 2009, Arabs and Palestinians are commemorating Sheikh Izzedin Al-Qassam's 74th anniversary. This article sheds light on the life and history of one of the major icons of resistance

Fadwa: We have full confidence in Palestinians negotiating Shalit deal

Fadwa Al-Barghouthi, the wife of detained Fatah leader Marwan Al-Barghouthi, has stressed that she was fully confident of the skill of the Palestinian party negotiating the prisoners' swap deal, referring

Palestinians eager to embrace their beloved ones as prisoner-swap deal nears

Muhammed Yousuf, an elderly 70-year-old farmer, lives near the town of Dura in the al-Khalil region.