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The legal tsunami is on its way - 29 April 2011

The significance of a Palestinian state joining the UN is that, for the first time, it will be the Palestinians who will decide what the international legal framework is that is binding in their territory.

Source: Haaretz

Israel FM says Palestinian deal crosses 'red line' - 28 April 2011

The Palestinian unity deal agreed to in Cairo crossed "a red line," Israel's settler Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday, warning that an array of measures could be taken against the Palestinian Authority.

Source: Ma'an News Agency

Qaradawi calls on Arab revolutionaries to act in support of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa - 28 April 2011

The prominent Egyptian scholar Sheikh Youssef El Qaradawi, who heads the Board of Trustees of the Quds International Institute, has called on the Arab world's revolutionaries to act promptly in support of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Source: Middle East Monitor

Fatah and Hamas sign reconciliation deal - 27 April 2011

Palestinian factions agree to form interim government and fix general election date following talks in Cairo.

Source: Al Jazeera

Egyptian government to ease siege on Gaza - 26 April 2011

The Egyptian government will apply new procedures at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border to ease travel for residents of the besieged coastal enclave, officials said Thursday.

Source: MAP

Raja Khalidi on the neoliberal consensus in Palestine - 25 April 2011

the PA is offering the Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank “a program predicated upon delivering growth and prosperity without any strategy for resistance or challenge to the parameters of occupation.”

Source: the Electronic Intifada

Mission Creep in Libya - 23 April 2011

Western claims that “Gaddafi is killing his own people” need an honest examination in a wider context. War is a crime whenever and wherever civilians and peaceful protesters are killed or suppressed.

Source: The Palestine Chronicle

Medical Aid Allowed into Gaza - 19 April 2011

Gaza – PNN – Five tons of medical supplies and medicine were allowed into the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

Source: Palestine News Network

Yousef Al-Helou: The Israeli Escalation is to Sabotage Unity - 19 April 2011

Bethlehem- C. Martín/PNN Exclusive - Yousef Al-Helou is a Gazan journalist and PressTV correspondent. His reporting during the Operation Cast Lead exposed to the world the real dimmension of the War on Gaza and its aftermath for the civil population

Source: Palestine News Network

Michael Jansen: Murder of Vittorio Arrigoni - 17 April 2011

Hammas has accused Israel of indirect responsibility for the abduction and murder of Italian rights activist Vittorio Arrigoni whose body was found Thursday in an empty flat in Gaza city.

Source: Gulf Today