refugees

Aid efforts begin for Palestinians pushed from Syria refugee camp

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 12:12

Aid efforts have begun for some of the thousands of Palestinians forced to flee from a refugee camp in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia earlier this week.

Thousands of Palestinians flee refugee camp near Latakia, Syria - UNRWA

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 13:17

Thousands of Palestinian refugees have fled their camp in the city of Latakia on Syria’s Mediterranean coast amid an assault in the area by Syrian forces, UNRWA Spokesman Chris Gunness told The Electronic Intifada by telephone from Gaza.

Bringing hope and history to Balata camp youth

Mel Frykberg
Balata refugee camp
6 July 2011
The Yaffa Community Center, named after the city of Jaffa in present-day Israel, was established in 1996 by a group of Palestinian intellectuals. It was established to teach the next generation of Palestinians about their culture, history and the Palestinian political struggle.

The case for UN recognition of Palestine

Victor Kattan
13 June 2011
Victor Kattan argues that UN membership for a State of Palestine would be a strategic asset to the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, although there are risks involved.

UK 'anti-Sharia' legislator backed Israel group calling for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 21:29

A UK legislator who has introduced an ‘anti-Sharia’ bill into the UK parliament supposedly in the name of equality is co-president of an Israeli organization that favors expulsion of Palestinians, denies the Nakba, and espouses extreme anti-Muslim views.

On Naksa Day, Palestinians carry on popular struggle

Eva Bartlett
Beit Hanoun
6 June 2011
While Lebanon’s Naksa Day demonstrations were prevented by Lebanese security, demonstrations went on throughout the occupied West Bank as well as by Palestine supporters worldwide.

The young will never forget, and will one day return

Merna Alazzeh
19 May 2011
“The old will die and the young will forget” — this was the prediction of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben Gurion. Sixty-three years later, I still wonder what made him think so.

Moving extended footage of Sunday's Nakba march in Lebanon

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 19:42
A new 19-minute video from Sunday’s Nakba march in Lebanon shows emotional scenes from the day.

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon invisible to international media

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 01:55
Just as Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have been disenfranchised from the political process after Oslo, they have been disenfranchised in the media.

Palestine Papers whistleblower revealed and Saeb Erekat responds

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 11:54

In an article on Al Jazeera English and in The Guardian today, Ziyad Clot, a former legal advisor to Palestinian negotiators has revealed that he was one of the key sources for thousands of pages documents called the Palestine Papers, published in January by Al Jazeera which detail 10 years of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and US and European intervention, including minutes of conversations with top Israeli, Palestinian, American and other officials.

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