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Israel’s Separation Wall

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Posted Aug 30 2010, 05:26 AM by Filasteen

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Barbarity, Colonialism

International Day of The Disappeared : Egyptian Edition 2010

Today August 30 is the international day of the disappeared , the day which should remember and remind people with all the victims of enforced disappearance. After few hours the ANHRI will hold a press...

Posted Aug 29 2010, 11:37 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, National, Follow Up, Egyptian X-files, ANHRI, Mansour Kekhia, Camilla Shehata, Reda Halal, Mohamed Turk, demorcacy, International day of disapperated

No Military Trials For Helwan Workers

Today the saga of the Helwan workers continue in front of the military court , the saga that should be stopped now. If you do not know what I am talking about , well the story started last August...

Posted Aug 29 2010, 01:27 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Democracy, mideast, National, Economy, army, trials, workers, military tribunal, Helwan factory for enigneering

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban: Palestine waiting for Wikileaks!!

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban What leaks do the Americans and the West need to know for sure that their silence regarding the most dangerous crime of ethnic cleansing and genocide committed in the twenty first...

Posted Aug 27 2010, 09:58 AM by Intifada Palestine

Dr. Lawrence Davidson: Victory in Iraq?? – An Analysis

Dr. Lawrence Davidson We invaded a country and overthrew its dictator. Americans might take pride in that accomplishment if it were not for the fact that we did so on false pretenses. In other words, we...

Posted Aug 27 2010, 08:52 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Ghazi’s Arrest Will Not Release Shalit

This message is from a Palestinian student called Mohamed Ghazi who was arrested in Egypt by the orders of the state security and is currently in jail , he sent to the Nadeem center . That Palestinian...

Posted Aug 27 2010, 08:28 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, middle east, citizen Journalism, Israel, politics, mideast, Hamas, National Security, Galid Shalit, Mohamed Ghazi, Nadeem Center

So Beck , Palin And Gingrich Are You Happy Now !!??

The Time Cover this week was more than perfect after all it is not a matter of 9/11 ground zero two blocks away Islamic Cultural center anymore as one must ask : what brings Florida and Tennessee to ground...

Posted Aug 26 2010, 02:12 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Islam, history, politics, Video, Lebanon, America, Muslims, mosque, GOP, New york, Glenn Beck, Cordoba, Ground Zero, Jon Stewart. Keith Olbermann

The Aggression is Ongoing: Their Maps and our Destinies

The story of mass-destruction weapons was fabricated; and here are the facts today which show that terrorism did not exist in Iraq before the war. It was the invaders who opened the doors wide open for...

Posted Aug 26 2010, 08:03 AM by Intifada Palestine

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To Put Off A Fire

Yesterday there was a protest at the Saint Mark Cathedral at Abessiya, a group of Christians came from Upper Egypt to protest the disappearance of some underage girl ; of course they blame Muslims for...

Posted Aug 25 2010, 10:02 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, Religion, mideast, Muslims, Minorities, Christians, Camilla Shehata

Canadian Boat to Gaza to Break Siege, Overcome “Aid traps”

In partnership with the Free Gaza Movement (the group behind numerous boats to the Gaza Strip), the Canadian Boat to Gaza initiative, headed in part by Canadian activist Sandra Ruch, seeks to also take...

Posted Aug 25 2010, 07:01 AM by Intifada Palestine

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, war, Palestinians, Gaza Strip, Zionisim, Israeli settlements, World News, Israeli Blockade of Gaza, Israeli siege of gaza, Goldstone report, U.S.A, News/Politics

Water Supplied in Gaza Unfit for Drinking; Israel Prevents Entry of Materials Needed to Repair System

B'Tselem Almost 95 percent of the water pumped in the Gaza Strip is polluted and unfit for drinking. This warning was recently issued by the UN Environment Programme, the Palestinian Water Authority...

Posted Aug 25 2010, 06:50 AM by Intifada Palestine

Qatar Jails Two Egyptians For Life For Spying

There is not much about this in our local media except Al Masry Al Youm yesterday : Qatar jails two Egyptians for life for spying . Qatar from its side imposed a news blackout where as Egyptian officials...

Posted Aug 24 2010, 06:53 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

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Archbishop Atallah Hanna and Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamimi Speak on the Right of Return

By Al-Awda This video presents the inspiring speech in Arabic with English subtitles of Archbishop Atallah Hanna and Supreme Justice Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamimi as filmed at the Sixth International Annual...

Posted Aug 24 2010, 04:48 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Is America Islamophobic !!??

The Time Cover this issue is controversial as usual. Is America Islamophobic !!?? Has America become Islamophobic !!?? A good question to be asked now especially with the so-called ground zero mosque debate...

Posted Aug 23 2010, 11:07 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, media, Islam, politics, international, Religion, America, Follow Up, Time, Obama, Minorities, GOP, Democrats

An Open Letter to Israel From: Lauren Booth, UK

Lauren Booth Before you scream ‘lies!’ or ‘anti semite!’ please, I beg you. Parent to parent. Human to human. in the name of the God of all faiths, take a breathe, suspend your disbelief a while longer...

Posted Aug 22 2010, 08:37 AM by Intifada Palestine

Don’t Deny our rights: An Open Letter to Mahmoud Abbas

By Various Undersigned (29 July 2010) The following open letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose elected mandate expired in July 2009 and who has remained in power under controversial...

Posted Aug 22 2010, 08:15 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Follow Up : The 10th of Ramadan Khaled Said’s Protest Videos

I promised to post the videos as soon as I found them and here they are , just after the break , please continue reading the post because there are interesting new human rights case we all should discuss...

Posted Aug 21 2010, 09:00 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, National, Follow Up, Mubarak, Alexandria, Khaled Said, Mohamed Saad Turk

New York Times Spins UN Report on Gaza Suffering

Jeremy R. Hammond These casualties have resulted from Israeli attacks across the Green Line (the 1949 armistice line), with soldiers firing indiscriminately at Gazans who are frequently guilty of nothing...

Posted Aug 21 2010, 06:11 AM by Intifada Palestine

Khaled Said Iftar in Alexandria

Today was busy day in Egypt despite we are in the weekend , we had two important public political Iftars : The 6th April youth Iftar dish party at Al Azhar park in Cairo and the Khaled Said Iftar in Alexandria...

Posted Aug 20 2010, 10:58 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, National, Follow Up, Security, Activism, Protests, demos, Khaled Said

Former IDF Soldier: ‘I would gladly kill Arabs – even slaughter them’

Haaretz.com "In war there are no rules," Abergil allegedly wrote on the wall of her profile page on the social network Facebook. Photographs uploaded by Abergil from Ashdod and labeled "IDF...

Posted Aug 19 2010, 10:02 PM by Intifada Palestine

Eden , Eden Down with Eden and Her brothers in Arms

Our dear Eden is angry from all that attack on her , especially she did not do anything wrong , in fact she will be glad to kill Arabs , in fact to slaughter them The IDF should hire a good PR company...

Posted Aug 19 2010, 04:56 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, Follow Up, Zionism, Facebook, POWs, IDF, Eden

The IDF’s Sociopathic Mentality Towards Palestinians: a Reflection of the Israeli “State of Mind”

Middle East Monitor In a news item reminiscent of the shocking and disturbing photos that came out of Iraq's notorious Abu-Ghraib prison a few years ago, now ex-IDF soldier Eden Aberjil has posted...

Posted Aug 18 2010, 08:04 AM by Intifada Palestine

Palestinian Female Prisoners and the Struggle for Freedom

Palestinian women have always stood side by side with their fathers, brothers, husbands, comrades to resist the Zionist occupation, to fight for freedom and legitimate rights. They are the first to go...

Posted Aug 18 2010, 05:13 AM by My Palestine

Help Pakistan

I am really ashamed of myself of speaking about this matter now , Pakistan is devastated and millions of its people are threatened by death not from floods but from hunger and disease. It is shame that...

Posted Aug 17 2010, 10:58 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, citizen Journalism, international, world, Asia, Pakistan, charity, Heath, floods

The Best Days of Her Life

Eden Abergil thinks the best days of her life were the days she was in the IDF serving her country , believe me as an Arab I do not think that there is not anything wrong in this but what I think is wrong...

Posted Aug 17 2010, 10:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, Geek, Facebook, IDF, Geeks, Israel Hassan Fadallah, Abergil

Welcome Back Tariq

I am not sure form the news but I read through twitter that Syrian blogger Tariq Biassi has been released at last after three years in jail for a simple comment he left online criticizing the treatment...

Posted Aug 17 2010, 12:18 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, middle east, citizen Journalism, Arab, Democracy, Syria, mideast, regional, Follow Up, Bloggers

Omar Afifi : John Does Are Victims of Torture

Former police officer /lawyer and activist Omar Afifi has opened his fires on MOI in his interview in Al Hurra Channel. 1 You should all watch it below Omar Afifi reveals new secrets about torture in Egypt...

Posted Aug 16 2010, 08:36 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Democracy, Video, National, America, Torture, Al Hurra, Omar Afifi

Fredrick Toben: Materialism that Sustains the Western Democracies is Exhausting Itself

Dr. Fredrick Toben The materialism that still physically sustains the western democracies is exhausting itself. This is so evident by the number of countries where US troops are stationed. This physical...

Posted Aug 15 2010, 10:41 PM by Intifada Palestine

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150 Irish Artists Pledge to Boycott Israel

CONOR SULLIVAN A CULTURAL boycott of Israel was launched yesterday, with more than 150 Irish artists announcing that they intend not to perform or exhibit in Israel, or to accept any funding from institutions...

Posted Aug 13 2010, 09:10 PM by Intifada Palestine

Palestinian Prisoners: A Symbol of Resistance, Steadfastness and Pride

A couple of days ago I read the following tweet on twitter: “Too many long days and night passed since Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas 1501 is beyond comprehension.” Shalit, as any human being with...

Posted Aug 11 2010, 03:50 PM by My Palestine

Children are just Israel’s latest victims

Mya Guarnieri Israel's plan to deport the children of foreign workers is yet another reminder of the state's ongoing inhumanity Read More...

Posted Aug 11 2010, 03:38 PM by Intifada Palestine

Once again, is the West’s Frankenstein out of control?

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban While Israel demolishes Palestinian homes and expropriates the properties of absent Palestinians by forcibly expelling them from their homes, it demands that Arab countries return...

Posted Aug 11 2010, 03:08 PM by Intifada Palestine

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Chris Hedges on Gaza

“The tears of Gaza must be our tears – via Mondoweiss Read More...

Posted Aug 09 2010, 07:32 PM by Filasteen

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Solidarity, International Law, State Terrorism, Gaza Siege

NO AMOUNT OF HASBARA CAN BEAUTIFY ISRAEL’S FACE

Khalid Amayreh As a Palestinian who has been an eyewitness to Israeli crimes for so many years, I can testify before God and man that Israel is a Nazi state par excellence. This is why cataloging Israeli...

Posted Aug 09 2010, 08:16 AM by Intifada Palestine

Is Not The first Lady Against Child Labor !!??

Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak , Egypt's first lady is known to be vocal against the child labor and the minister of family and childhood affairs Moshira Khateb is keen to reminds us that she works against child...

Posted Aug 09 2010, 02:59 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, society, media, citizen Journalism, mideast, Economy, Suzanne Mubarak, child labor, Masrawy

“JODI”: A FILIPINA’S STORY

Interviewed by John Lillywhite The following account is that of a Filipina house-maid in Amman who asked to be known as “Jodi.” The interview took place on 27th February 2010, four months after she ran...

Posted Aug 08 2010, 01:15 AM by 7iber Dot Com

Filed under: Human Rights, Jordan, Labor, Featured | قصص مختارة, Headline | المقال الرئيسي, Society | اجتماعيات, filipinas

A Scream In A Void

In the past two days there is a 5 years old Palestinian child who screamed and cried the arrest of his father by the IDF , this Palestinian child's scream was heard so strong because unfortunately...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 10:22 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Video, water, Economy, Children

The Sikhs in Afghanistan

I did not know that there is a Sikh minority in Afghanistan except only today from Al Jazeera news report. Watch the video below "Unfortunately it is in Arabic" The agony of the Sikh community...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 09:51 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, media, politics, Democracy, Video, Religion, America, Economy, Asia, Minorities, Sikhs

Israeli Soldiers assault Adults and Children in Peaceful Demonstration [VIDEO]

Wednesday was another honorable and painful chapter in the struggle of the village of Al-Walaja. Apartheid soldiers assaulted children and adults protesting peacefully, injured many, and arrested six Palestinians...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 06:41 PM by Intifada Palestine

“The horror show at the Arakib village”

From Prof. Oren Yiftachel: Even veterans of struggles for human rights cannot recall such a horror show as took place in the Negev last when 1500 border guards, riot squad members and armed police accompanied...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 01:29 PM by Filasteen

Filed under: Human Rights, Israel, State Terrorism

Police Brutality And Racism in France

The outrage of the video is something natural but it is not enough , you do not expect people to admire grown men regardless of who they are and what they do when they drag pregnant women in the street...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 07:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Women, citizen Journalism, Video, africa, Europe, immigrants

Breaking News : Saad El-Din Ibrahim To Return Back Home

Egyptian human rights activist Saad El-Din Ibrahim is currently on his way home to Egypt after self exile in the United States for 3 years. Ibrahim will arrive Cairo tonight insh Allah 10 PM Cairo local...

Posted Aug 04 2010, 12:54 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Saad El-Din Ibrahim

You Got it Wrong, Mr. Abbas!

Mahmoud Abbas "I would never deny [the] Jewish right to the land of Israel" "You know that from the year 2000 to 2005 we had a period of Intifada. That period destroyed everything that had...

Posted Aug 03 2010, 04:23 PM by Intifada Palestine

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Moataz Matar : The price of popularity

Many Egyptians did not watch Modern Misr TV nor its daily show "Mahat Misr" (Cairo station) or even knew it except after its extensive coverage of Khaled Said's murder , it was more active...

Posted Aug 03 2010, 03:45 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, tv shows, Khaled Said, Moataz Matar, Modern Misr

GAZA: The Broken Hearted [VIDEO]

Chris Hedges Excerpts from a speech by Chris Hedges at the Revolution Books Town Hall Meeting at Ethical Culture Society on January 13, 2009 Read More...

Posted Jul 30 2010, 11:33 PM by Intifada Palestine

What Happened When They Had Stayed

What happens if we leave The Time magazine has a published a very shocking cover that it will be from the historical covers of the famous American magazine A shocking effect the cover will create ,no one...

Posted Jul 30 2010, 08:48 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, America, Economy, war, Afghanistan, Time Magazine

Another Victim of Police Brutality

Honestly I wish to post more cheerful news in my blog yet I can’t ignore that sort of news : a police officer scalps a citizen !! So Ashraf was beaten by the police officer Ahmed Mustafa because he asked...

Posted Jul 28 2010, 11:12 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Human Rights, Egypt, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, National, Police Brutality, Abdel Rahman Ashraf

The Usual violence in Protests at Khaled Said’s Trial

It has become a usual scene to see clashes between protesters and the police forces in any opposition protest in Egypt , it has become a usual scene to see a brutal attack on the peaceful protesters from...

Posted Jul 28 2010, 07:05 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, Video, National, America, Follow Up, Alexandria, Eric Holder, Khaled Said

Hundreds of Palestinians Losing Residency Rights in Jerusalem

IMEMC Hundreds of residents are being stripped of their residency rights in occupied East Jerusalem, hundreds of families are not granted family reunifications and not allowed to register their children...

Posted Jul 28 2010, 05:21 AM by Intifada Palestine

Tunisia, the Cyber Wife-beater, Pt. 2

And so Tunisia’s shady love affair with democracy and censorship trots into another phase of contradiction. That the consistent infringement on the right to freedom of expression passes relatively...

Posted Jul 28 2010, 05:03 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Human Rights, Blogging, Culture, politics, africa, Tunisia, Censorship, North Africa, maghreb, Tunisie

Palestinian Prisoners Suffer from Hunger

Omar Ghraieb A number of prisoners sitting in the prisons of the Israeli occupation said that the food served to them is not fit to eat or for human use or consumption because of its poor processing, dirtiness...

Posted Jul 28 2010, 04:57 AM by Intifada Palestine

Khaled Said Protest in New York

You can see here the photos of Khaled Said protest that was held in NY in front of the UN last Saturday at Mona ElTahaway' s Facebook page , yes we do not agree with all her opinions but we must admire...

Posted Jul 28 2010, 12:43 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, mideast, America, Follow Up, Activism, UN, New york, Khaled Said, Mona ElTahawy

What Happens At Almost Every Police Station in The Arab World

This video below which Nawaa published is from Facebook activist " Tounsi Libre Free " and it shows a Tunisian citizen after being tortured at a Tunisian police station , it seems now the custom...

Posted Jul 27 2010, 05:17 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Video, mideast, Tunisia, police abuse, Nawaa

Define The Role of the Media

A group Students in Cairo university the faculty of mass communication , the radio and television department made a documentary as a graduation project ; this documentary was discussing Sufism in Egypt...

Posted Jul 26 2010, 11:56 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Islam, Video, Religion, mideast, Sufism, documentaries, Mass communication TV

Follow Up : Khaled Said Trial "Day 1" Live

From an hour ago the trial of the year , the trial of Khaled Said was supposed to start in Alexandria yet according to journalists there the trial itself has not started yet till 9.30 AM.We do not know...

Posted Jul 26 2010, 06:07 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, Video, National, Follow Up, Alexandria, Khaled Said

Hours later The Real Trial of The Year Will Begin

Sorry for the belated post but hours later Alexandria will witness the real trial of the year : The trial of Khaled Said murder. It will start at 9 AM Alexandria local time. I do not know why I have the...

Posted Jul 26 2010, 07:46 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Abuse, Alexandria, trials, Khaled Said

Israel’s New Land Grab Master Plan

“There is no way for Israel to get rid of Palestinians. (They) shar(e) the land that has thrust (them) together (and must do it jointly) in a truly democratic way, with equal rights for (all) citizen(s...

Posted Jul 26 2010, 06:33 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Israel’s (Potential) Anti-Rights Legislation

Although this deserves so much more than a brief snippet and a link, my flight from Barcelona beckons and I must type against the clock. In essence, therefore: Four bills and amendments are pending that...

Posted Jul 25 2010, 02:42 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, Israel, Democracy, Conflict Zones

Sinai Saga Goes On : Assassination Attempts , Interviews and Press Conferences

In the past 4 days there was a lot of a drama in Sinai , it is actually another episode in the Sinai saga starring the regime’s stupidity. Nobody understands exactly what the regime wants to achieve from...

Posted Jul 24 2010, 11:17 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Video, National, Follow Up, Press, National Security, Sinai, North Sinai, Mourad Mwafi

Follow Up : 23rd of July Khaled Said's silent Revolution

May be it was not a silent revolution in Cairo but it was huge silent revolution indeed in Alexandria. As agreed activists across the country held the usual weekend silent stands for Khaled Said ; of course...

Posted Jul 23 2010, 10:59 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, National, Follow Up, Cairo, Alexandria, Khaled Said

What If She Were An African Supermodel !!??

I am following with huge admiration the current campaign in Lebanon against racism especially racism against domestic workers whether from Africa or Asia. It is not a new campaign but now it is getting...

Posted Jul 23 2010, 06:31 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, society, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, Video, Lebanon, africa, RACISM, Minorities, Domestic workers

Exclusive Intifada Interview with Archbishop Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna

Archbishop Theodosius Atallah Hanna "For those who use the Bible to support Israel need to differentiate between God promise and Balfour promise, because the occupation is the result of a promise...

Posted Jul 23 2010, 06:08 PM by Intifada Palestine

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Haneen Zoabi: The largest Threat to Democracy is Zionism

M.K. Haneen Zoabi The Knesset is the worst we've ever had. The guards and the workers who've been around the Knesset for 30 years said it's never been this racist before. I think when you have...

Posted Jul 23 2010, 07:21 AM by Intifada Palestine

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Follow Up : Khaled Said 23rd of July Silent Stand

Today is the big day which Khaled Said campaign wants to achieves something from , today is the 5th weekend in a role the campaign organizes a silent stand across the country dedicated to Khaled Said and...

Posted Jul 22 2010, 09:20 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Torture, Khaled Said, silent stands

Congressman Joe Sestak Attacked for Signing a Letter Asking for End of Israeli Blockade on Gaza [VIDEO]

Congressman Joe Sestak Attacked for Signing a Letter Asking to End the Israeli Blockade on Gaza [VIDEO] Read More...

Posted Jul 22 2010, 07:05 PM by Intifada Palestine

Pastor John Hegee, an Israeli Echo, Gets an Earful from Protesters

On the evening of July 21, 2010, the Pastor John Hegee-led Christians United for Israel (CUFI) held a "summit" at the convention center in Washington, D.C. However, outside, human rights activists...

Posted Jul 22 2010, 07:38 AM by Intifada Palestine

The Syrian Ban of Burqa, Older Than You Think

The Syrian government has decided to ban Burqa in universities , a news that has been making headlines around the globe especially it came after the French decision to ban Burka in public places. The world...

Posted Jul 22 2010, 06:07 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, middle east, Islam, Arab, politics, Democracy, Religion, Syria, mideast, Muslims, Bashar Al Assad, Hafiz Al Assad, burqa

There Will Be A Kind of Hash Tag For Khaled Said All Over The World Starting From Tonight

To make Khaled Said a global trending topic , we have to start tweeting using #Khaledsaid Hash tag from Thursday night in order to create more awareness and reaction online. Last Friday we tried and succeeded...

Posted Jul 21 2010, 09:58 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

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BBC HARDtalk: Israeli Arab Minister of Knesset Haneen Zoabi [VIDEO]

BBC HARDtalk Arab Knesset member Haneen Zoabi who has had her diplomatic privileges revoked by parliament has condemned what she calls the civilian 'siege' of Gaza. She was sanctioned this week...

Posted Jul 20 2010, 11:15 PM by Intifada Palestine

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Exclusive Intifada Interview with Ken O’Keefe: “Israel Executed People in International Waters”

Ken O'Keefe The terrorists on that night wore Israeli commando uniforms, complete with Balaclavas, assault rifles and pistols. They executed people in international waters, that is the truth no matter...

Posted Jul 19 2010, 07:06 AM by Intifada Palestine

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