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19,000 Jews migrated to Israel in 2010

- 19,000 Jews, the majority of them from England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, have migrated to Israel in 2010, at a 16 per cent increase from last year,

Meshaal: Palestinians do not want a nominal state

Hamas politburo chief Khalid Meshaal said Wednesday that the Palestinians do not want a nominal state that asks the world to recognize it, but a real state with sovereignty over

Farwana: Jewish settlements being used to blackmail children

Palestinian rights expert Abdel Nasser Farwana expressed concerns about Israeli authorities using West Bank Jewish settlements as a place to detain, single out, and violently question children.

Julian Assange – a Christmas story

Rachel Stephens argues that this Christmas people should “celebrate the continuing tradition of Christ, who railed against the law makers of his time in an attempt to bring love, hope

IOA forces Jerusalemite to raze his own home

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced a Jerusalemite citizen to knock down his own home in Thawri suburb in occupied Jerusalem.

Apartheid Israel-style: law to keep Jews and Arabs apart

Jonathan Cook reports on a draft apartheid law, currently going through the Israeli parliament, which would enshrine in law the right of Jewish community associations to accept only Jews, making

Walking on Eggs? – Israel’s Reaction to Wikileaks

As Wikileaks continues to astound and amaze people worldwide, many nations’ rulers are holding their breath wondering if their secrets will be revealed and their credibility blighted.

Sheikh Salah decides to visit O. Jerusalem soon despite Israeli ban

Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, said he intends to visit the occupied holy city of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque soon

No such thing as justice in the Holy Land, Palestinian Church leaders tell the Irish

Stuart Littlewood views a recent tour of the Republic of Ireland by a delegation of Church leaders from Palestine during which they described in meetings with Irish politicians the situation

IOA razes Jerusalemite home, endorses construction of 24 Jewish housing units

The Israeli occupation authority bulldozed a Palestinian home in Ras Al-Amoud suburb in occupied Jerusalem, near Silwn town, on Tuesday at the usual pretext of lack of permit.