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Nobel Laureate 'abducted' by Israeli Navy

Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Service

Jul 2, 2009

Twenty-one international human rights workers, including Irish Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire, were seized by Israeli naval frigates as their boat tried to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Firas Mazloom was born desperately ill in Gaza just as Israel started its siege two years ago.

Israeli doctors accused of flouting ethics
The National

July's Palestine Festival
This Week in Palestine

A journalist beaten
Agence Global

Girl killed by Israeli shelling in central Gaza
Ma'an News (Jul 2, 2009)

Nearly 50 years on, Hanthala speaks to the world in English
Olivia Snaije, The Daily Star (Jul 2, 2009)

Gaza by the numbers
IRIN (Jul 2, 2009)

South of Nablus, shots from settlement injure four, one critically
Ma'an News (Jul 2, 2009)

Israel 'wantonly destroyed Gaza'
Al Jazeera (Jul 2, 2009)

Plight of Palestinians getting worse, UN warns
The Associated Press (Jul 1, 2009)

PA: Israel planning to expropriate another 2% of West Bank
Haaretz (Jul 1, 2009)

Barak, U.S. envoy discuss settlements
The Washington Post (Jul 1, 2009)

Israel to raise foot shot charges
BBC News (Jul 1, 2009)

For once, the Yes Men say no
CommonDreams.org (Jul 1, 2009)

Gaza residents 'live in despair'
BBC (Jul 1, 2009)

UK deplores Israeli decision to allow new settler homes
Reuters (Jul 1, 2009)

Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs resigns
Ali Waked, Ynet News (Jul 1, 2009)

Is now the time to watch movies in Nablus?
Agence France Presse (Jul 1, 2009)

July's Palestine International Festival
This Week in Palestine (Jun 30, 2009)

Young Palestinians in Gaza find their voice through hip-hop
Jordan Flaherty, The Electronic Intifada (Jun 23, 2009)

Palestinian festival celebrates literature despite Israel's efforts
Sousan Hammad, The Electronic Intifada (Jun 5, 2009)

The untold stories
IMEU (May 15, 2009)

Video: Fairtrade supports Palestinian farmers
Al Jazeera English (May 10, 2009)

Staging a revolution
Patrick Martin, Globe and Mail (Apr 23, 2009)

One on one with Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad
Al Jazeera English (Apr 1, 2009)

Video: War on Gaza relived on West Bank stage
Al Jazeera English (Mar 18, 2009)

Video: Gazan man takes to the streets to promote national unity
Al Jazeera English (Mar 15, 2009)

Art exhibit to kick off 'Jerusalem: Capital of Arab Culture 2009' celebration
This Week in Palestine (Mar 3, 2009)

Voices from Hampshire College: divestment from the Israeli occupation
Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine (Feb 18, 2009)

Israeli bombs silence Gaza music school
Nadia Hijab, The Daily Star (Jan 16, 2009)

In photos: Christmas in Bethlehem
IMEU (Dec 17, 2008)

Fair trade tranforms the lives of Palestinian farmers
IMEU (Dec 4, 2008)

Jeff Halper: "An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel"
IMEU (Dec 1, 2008)

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