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VTJP Headlines - Occupied Palestine and Israel 5/21/2012
News

Lebanon dilemma for UAE travellers
The National - 20 May 2012

Getting beyond Gilad Shalit, and learning from suffering
Palestine Note - 16 Nov 2011

How Terry Jones can get away with it
Intifada-Palestine - 7 May 2012

Scores killed in Yemen suicide blast
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Migrant boats intercepted off Australia
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Protesters clash with police at NATO summit
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Yahoo to offload stake in China's Alibaba
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dies
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012

IN PHOTOS: Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day
Alternative Information Center
Israel reacts with extremism to South African decision on settlement product labeling
Alternative Information Center

Poverty Fuels Clashes in Lebanon
Inter Press Service - 20 May 2012

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (10– 16 May 2012)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Occupied Lives: Not knowing what your son looks like
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
PCHR Welcomes the Agreement, Based on Which Palestinian Prisoners Ended their Hunger Strike, and Expresses Respect to the Prisoners' Decision
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

Occupied Palestine: farce, tragedy, travesty
International Solidarity Movement - 5/20/2012
Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya
International Solidarity Movement - 5/20/2012
Israeli settler filmed firing gun at Palestinians
The Guardian - 21 May 2012
Israeli settlers fire at Palestinians – video
The Guardian - 21 May 2012
Palestinian protester cleared of incitement charge
The Guardian - 20 May 2012
Israel PM: illegal African immigrants threaten identity of Jewish state
The Guardian - 21 May 2012

Weekly Report PRCS’ Operations Room 27 April – 4 May 2012
Relief Web - 20 May 2012
The Monthly Humanitarian Monitor - occupied Palestinian territory, April 2012
Relief Web - 18 May 2012

Third suspect in Ramat Yishai rape surrenders to police
YNet News
TA police chief: Migrants committing 'survival crimes'
YNet News
Police commander: Illegal refugees commit crimes to survive
YNet News
Bar Association calls for extended legal internships
YNet News
2 Palestinians indicted for Jaffa woman's death
YNet News
Police commissioner vows to reduce crime rates
YNet News
Chinese execs to study at Tel Aviv University
YNet News
Ministers approve ban on biking with headphones
YNet News
Mother recalls West Bank kidnapping attempt
YNet News
Russian refusenik remembers Jerusalem
YNet News
Katsav leaves prison to attend son's wedding
YNet News
Video: Settlers fire rubber bullets at Palestinians while soldiers stand by
YNet News
The new Jerusalem
YNet News
Expel all the criminals
YNet News
The truth about 'refugees'
YNet News

Five years without visits – Will family visits be renewed for prisoners from Gaza?
B'tselem - 16 May 2012

Support for the Hunger Strikers across Palestine
Stop The Wall - 12 May 2012
ICRC: Closed
Stop The Wall - 12 May 2012

U.N. nuclear chief in Iran on key mission
Daily Star - 21 May 2012
Russia says West still considering military action on Iran
Daily Star - 21 May 2012
Lawyer: Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail
Daily Star - 20 May 2012
Lebanon mufti sets 3 days of mourning over Muslim preacher’s killing
Daily Star - 20 May 2012
Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned
Daily Star - 20 May 2012

Egypt presidential race gets new twist: Mubarak-era figure surges
21 May 2012 - Los Angeles Times

Suicide Attack in Yemen
New York Times - 21 May 2012
Megrahi’s Death Revives Debate Over Trial and Release
New York Times - 21 May 2012
Cairo Journal: In Streets and Online, Campaign Fever in Egypt
New York Times - 21 May 2012
International Agency Resumes Talks With Iran on Nuclear Program
New York Times - 21 May 2012
Hamas and Fatah Agree in Cairo to Begin Work on Elections
New York Times - 21 May 2012
International Agency Will Try to Resume Talks With Iran on Nuclear Program
New York Times - 21 May 2012
In Egypt’s Election, Dark-Horse Candidates Add to Suspense
New York Times - 20 May 2012
News Analysis: The Fight Over Who Fights in Israel
New York Times - 19 May 2012

South African artists, intellectuals and gov’t ministers take steps to isolate Israel
Mondoweiss
Aharon Appelfeld’s rage at the German language (and Arendt’s need for it)
Mondoweiss
Feeling the hate in Long Island
Mondoweiss
The awakening: Missouri paper runs a Jew’s call for equal rights for all
Mondoweiss
Monumental Dutch exhibit: Zionism built ‘a house, a cage, a UN shelter… a zoo’
Mondoweiss

Egypt: Tantawi, Abu Mazen Discuss Means to End Palestinian Division
allAfrica.com
Tanzania: Govt Still Committed to the Palestinian Independence
allAfrica.com
South Africa: Country Working On Response to Iran Crude Oil Sanctions
allAfrica.com
Israeli Raid Violates Palestinian Freedom of Association
Al-Haq
Palestinian Prisoners near Death
Al-Haq
Six Water Cisterns Demolished near Hebron
Al-Haq
PA Arrests Palestinian Cartoonist
Al-Haq
Palestinian Child Knocked Down and Physically Assaulted by an Israeli
Al-Haq
Rashad Shawakha killed by Israeli agents in disguise
Al-Haq
Minister Erdan proposes to cut power supply to the Gaza Strip. Is he not aware of the state’s position?
Gisha
How do you lower the price of tomatoes in Israel? Market tomatoes from Gaza
Gisha
Major General Dangot: The government's policy is intended to create a separation between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Gisha
Gisha Executive Director, Sari Bashi, participated in an online symposium on the functional approach to the law of occupation
Gisha
Fuel shortage continues: only 20% of commercial trucks in Gaza operated today
Gisha
The Israeli Population and Immigration Authority has agreed to accept power of attorney forms sent by fax from Israelis who live in the Gaza Strip.
Gisha
First Beirut clashes over Syria
BBC
IAEA chief 'positive' over Iran
BBC
Lockerbie bomber's funeral due
BBC
Syria town shelling 'kills 34'
BBC
Protesters angered by Gulf union
BBC
Powerful car bomb hits Syria city
BBC
What has become of the United States of America
Sabbah report
Israelis rejoice at the death of Palestinian children in bus accident
Sabbah report
Ignore the intelligence reports, let’s make war on Iran
Sabbah report
Obama and AIPAC
Sabbah report
America on Israel’s Altar
Sabbah report
Palestinian Children Detained Oppressively in Isolation
Sabbah report
"Above and Beyond" for Israel
US Campaign to End the Occupation
Stop the Wall offices raided by Israeli military
US Campaign to End the Occupation
In Their Name, We Remember the Nakba
US Campaign to End the Occupation
Palestinian Christians Urge United Methodists to Divest
US Campaign to End the Occupation
A Suggestion for the State Department on Human Rights and Business
US Campaign to End the Occupation
Obama Admin. Catalogues Effort to Protect Israeli Occupation/Apartheid at UN
US Campaign to End the Occupation

Articles

Occupied Palestine: farce, tragedy, travesty
Patrick Keddie, International Solidarity Movement 5/20/2012
Jerusalem Day 2012: Unprecedented Deterioration in East Jerusalem
Association for Civil Rights in Israel - ACRI 5/16/2012
House Stealthily Passes Extreme Pro-Israel Legislation Featured
Philip Giraldi, Council for the National Interest 5/21/2012
"We must sustain hunger strike solidarity," says leading prisoner rights campaigner
Electronic Intifada - 18 May 2012

Toronto Remembers the Nakba and Protests the NATO summit in Chicago
In Gaza - 20 May 2012

Amidst Fragmentation and Dispossession: Which Palestine?
Palestinian Chronicle - 18 May 2012

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