On the 64th anniversary of Al Nakba, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hails the courage and resilience of thousands of Palestinian prisoners as they continue to peacefully struggle for their basic rights and freedoms. We positively note that an agreement was reached between representatives of around 2,000 Palestinian hunger strikers inside Israeli [...]
CAIRO: Dozens of Egyptians and Palestinians assembled in front of the Arab League headquarters on Tuesday to mark the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian “catastrophe” that followed Israel’s establishment. The commemoration took place amidst an alleged “victorious achievement” of 2000 Palestinian prisoners who ended a 77-day hunger strike after their demands were met to ease [...]
Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh sparked a media frenzy this week when he lashed out, calling Israel a “racist” threat. His words received the usual condemnation from Western commentators, who attempted to paint Aboul Fotouh as “yet another Arab who attacks Israel.” Was he really “just another Arab” attacking Israel? No, he was [...]
TEL AVIV: A crowd of a few hundred amassed in front of Tel Aviv University to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian “Nakba,” or disaster, which refers to certain consequences of the establishment of the State of Israel: the destruction of an estimated 622 villages and the exodus of roughly 700,000 Palestinians who became [...]
CAIRO: Egypt has once again taken the role of mediator between Israel and Palestine, brokering a deal aimed at ending a hunger strike involving no less than 1,600 Palestinians held captive in Israeli jails. News agencies have reported that of the 4,800 Palestinian prisoners, roughly one in three began refusing food on April 17 as [...]
CAIRO: The international media was again in a frenzy as Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh lashed out at Israel, calling the country “racist” and a threat. While the condemnation of his statements flowed in from Western commentators, in Egypt, the vast majority of both activists and average citizens agree with Aboul Fotouh’s assertions. [...]
CAIRO: Egypt and Israel are expected to sign a prisoner swap deal that will see one Israeli citizen freed for some 63 Egyptian prisoners held in Israel, the country’s semi-official al-Ahram newspaper quoted security officials as saying on Saturday. The deal will see Ouda Tarabin set free for the Egyptians. It is to be signed [...]
RAMALLAH: Thousands took to the streets today in Palestinian cities and villages across the West Bank, in solidarity with over 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike. Hundreds protested in the town of Beitunia, adjacent to Ramallah, in front of the Israeli Ofer prison and military court, which have become a recent flashpoint with nearly [...]
CAIRO: Calls are reaching the highest international levels for solutions over the plight of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails currently on hunger strike. The most recent voice to enter the fray was United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who stressed on Wednesday the importance of averting any further deterioration in the condition of Palestinian prisoners in [...]
Egypt has a problem; it continues to deploy merciless killers to protect its borders. On Monday, three Eritreans were shot dead on the southern border with Sudan as they attempted to cross into Egypt illegally. In total, some 35 Eritrean nationals attempted to cross the border in the southern governorate of Aswan and were chased [...]
RAMALLAH: Following the examples of Khader Adnan and Hana Shalabi, 1,500 Palestinian prisoners have joined a mass hunger strike campaign inside Israeli military prisons. They are calling for an immediate termination of the policy of administrative detention and the excessive use of solitary confinement, and demanding humane living conditions, family visits, and reasonable access to [...]
CAIRO: Egypt has denounced Israel’s approval of plans to build 1,100 new hotel rooms in a settlement neighborhood of occupied east Jerusalem. This decision proves Israel’s insincerity towards efforts to reach a solution to the conflict with Palestinians based on the establishment of an independent and geographically viable Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Kamel Amr said [...]
TEL AVIV: April 26, 2012, marked the 64th birthday of the state of Israel. May 15th, however, will bring the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian al-Nakba, or disaster, during which roughly 700,000 Palestinians were displaced by fleeing or expulsion. Yesterday, as a show of solidarity for Palestinian refugees’ right of return, thousands of Palestinians and Israelis [...]
CAIRO: Gaza’s Hamas rulers yesterday executed a Palestinian convicted of collaborating with Israel and two others deemed complicit in murder, an Interior Ministry statement said. It said the three men were hanged in a “security center” in Gaza City. It was the first time this year that the Islamist movement had carried out an execution [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: At this young cafe, most of the Malaysians give little credence to statements being made by the government’s official Islamic body. They argue it has little to do with reality and is an attempt to get support from the Islamic world as a whole. “We know what they want to be,” said Marin, [...]
CAIRO: Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, spoke on Monday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about a means to offer more support to the Palestinian cause. The meeting stressed the importance of dialogue between Palestinian factions to end the internal strife in preparation for parliamentary elections as [...]
CAIRO: According to Egypt’s State Information Service, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr stressed that marking the Land Day will be a reminder to all parties of the need for taking a serious and prompt action to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands and to establish an independent Palestinian state with al-Quds as its [...]
CAIRO: An Egyptian delegation from the ministry of foreign affairs traveled on Sunday to Israel to hold talks with officials from their Israeli counterparts on some economic issues and the possibility of establishing more joint industrial zones between the two countries, according to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) agreement. The state–run MENA news agency reported [...]
CAIRO: An Egyptian parliamentary delegation crossed Rafah crossing, winding up a visit to the Gaza Strip on Friday. The delegation was led by head of the Arab Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly Mohamed el-Saeed Idris. It comprised 25 members of the committee and 20 members of the general secretariat along with journalists. They met [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s presidential hopeful Amr Moussa called on Israel to abandon its policy of “intransigence and to halt the building of settlements in Palestinian Territories.” The presidential candidate, who also served as Secretary General of the Arab League and Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs during ousted President Hosni Mubarak`s era until the end of the [...]
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