July 2011
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“From today, it is permissible in the State of Israel to boycott dairy farms,...”
– Yossi Verter in left-of-centre, independent broadsheet Ha’aretz
June 2011
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Living in East Jerusalem – a video interactive →
East Jerusalem: Six Voices” is the result of an innovative collaboration between B’Tselem and The Guardian newspaper, in which five Palestinians and two Israelis created personal video diaries about the human rights’ reality in East Jerusalem.
May 2011
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Anyone using Sparrow? →
What do you think of the “world’s first social email client”?
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““The Immortal Principle was first called water by Thales. Anaximenes...”
– Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance
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National Geographic: The Birth of Religion - The...
We used to think agriculture gave rise to cities and later to writing, art, and religion. Now the world’s oldest temple suggests the urge to worship sparked civilization.
View a photo gallery of Gobekli Tepe here
By Charles C. Mann
Every now and then the dawn of civilization is reenacted on a remote hilltop in southern Turkey.
The reenactors are busloads of tourists—usually Turkish,...
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U.S. to investigate Secure Communities deportation...
“Secure Communities “has been shrouded in secrecy and we hope that the OIG takes a real and serious look at all aspects of its operation,” said MELISSA KEANEY, an attorney with the National Immigration Law Center.”
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U.S. to investigate Secure Communities deportation program
Homeland Security’s inspector general plans a review of the...
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Israel's West Bank policies render the two-state... →
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
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Palestinians Mark 63 Anniversary of Nakba →
Ramallah – PNN – Nakba protests commemoration is expected to take place all over the West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza and worldwide countries. In the West Bank at 12 midday sirens will be herd and people…
US Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell,... →
Washington – PNN - George Mitchell U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East resigned his post on Friday the US state department reported. “When I accepted your request to serve as U.S. Special Envoy…
Their Independence is our Nakba; Thousands of... →
By Munjed Jadou – PNN Editor in Chief- Their Independence is our Nakba. That is the slogan that was chosen for this year protests. In Bethlehem same as West Bank and Gaza Strip main cities; school…
Fayyad: We will not Surrender to Israeli Purser →
Ramallah – Husam Iz-Deen/PNN- Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, announced that the Palestinian Authority is widening its efforts and contacts with international states to force Israel to…
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Sources: Israelâs Army Gears up to Suppress... →
Tal Aviv – PNN and Agencies – Israeli media sources reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Army are set to increase West Bank deployment as Palestinians prepare to commemorate the Nakba, or in…
Sources To PNN: President Abbas Affirm his... →
Ramallah – PNN Exclusive – Sources told PNN that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah told its Revolutionary Council that he will not be running for a new tern in the 2012 elections. Moreover…
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Uncovering the Future →
ANERA – PNN - In the early morning, the spring sun warms the fertile fields of Gaza. It’s time for planting but first it’s time for cleaning. Wearing hats against the hot sun, workers spread out…
Three Injured, Four Arrested as Troops Attack West... →
Ramallah - PNN - Three civilians, including a child, were injured, four arrested as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protests taking place in Bil’in, Nil’in, al-Nabi Salleh, central West…
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“What Phaedrus has been talking about as Quality, Socrates appears to have...”
– Robert Pirsig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle, pg.498