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syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'A mother\'s grief';
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syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '9 February 2010';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nNejoud al-Ashqar is a 30-year-old mother from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya. Two of her sons, Bilal, 5, and Mohammad, 6, were killed during Israel\'s invasion of Gaza last winter. Al-Ashqar also lost her right arm in the assault. EI contributor Rami Almeghari writes from Gaza about the hardships endured by the al-Ashqar family since the Israeli invasion. ';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nJerusalem\'s mayor threatened last week to demolish 200 homes in Palestinian neighborhoods of the city in an act even he conceded would probably bring long-simmering tensions over housing in East Jerusalem to a boil. His uncompromising stance is the latest stage in a protracted legal battle over a single building towering above the jumble of modest homes of Silwan. Jonathan Cook reports from Jerusalem. ';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'United solidarity with Gaza';
syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11060.shtml';
syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '8 February 2010';
syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = ' \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n ![\"100208-cassel-beirut-th.jpg\"](\"http://electronicintifada.net/artman2/uploads/2/100208-cassel-beirut-th.jpg\") \r\n \r\n\r\n |
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nOnce the Gaza Freedom March arrived in Cairo I repeatedly heard justification that organizers did not want to put Egyptian protesters at risk. Yet, Egyptians regularly protest in Egypt despite the risks. For a group of outsiders to justify the exclusion of our involvement without asking our opinion -- in spite of the good intentions of \"protecting\" us -- felt paternalistic and demeaning. Philip Rizk comments for The Electronic Intifada.';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Justice denied in Gaza';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nRAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel\'s indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 -- which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead -- could be waiting in vain. The Israeli government has taken the offensive in the propaganda battle and attacked United Nations-appointed Justice Richard Goldstone\'s report into war crimes committed during the war.';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Israel slaps six-month travel ban on Palestinian map expert';
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syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '5 February 2010';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nCiting \"security reasons\" -- the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense -- Israel\'s Ministry of the Interior has just issued a six-month travel ban on map expert Khalil Tafakji. Tafakji, like almost all other Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, is a \"permanent resident,\" but not a citizen of Israel. Marian Houk reports.';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project';
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syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '5 February 2010';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nFrench transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The light rail project is part of the \"Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan\" sponsored by the Israeli government and the Jerusalem municipality. Adri Nieuwhof reports for The Electronic Intifada. ';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Naseer Shamma and the music of resistance';
syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11054.shtml';
syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '4 February 2010';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nCelebrated Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma plays emotive compositions in beautiful tones on the oud to major audiences across the Middle East, stirring musical reflections on human realities in US-occupied Iraq. Although Iraqi current affairs are clearly interwoven into Shamma\'s sound, it is also unique musical talent that has earned Shamma a reputation as one of the world\'s preeminent oud players. Stefan Christoff profiles Shamma for The Electronic Intifada.';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Report: Israel stole $2 billion from Palestinian workers';
syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11056.shtml';
syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '4 February 2010';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nOver the past four decades Israel has defrauded Palestinians working inside Israel of more than $2 billion by deducting from their salaries contributions for welfare benefits to which they were never entitled, Israeli economists have revealed. A new report, \"State Robbery,\" to be published later this month, says the \"theft\" continued even after the Palestinian Authority was established in 1994. Jonathan Cook reports.';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Raze illegal buildings -- unless they are Jewish';
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syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '4 February 2010';
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\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nSILWAN, occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - Backed by armed security men, the municipal inspectors race their jeeps through the narrow alleyways and up a hillside crowded with buildings. One block of flats stands out for its unusual seven-story height in an area of the city where two or three storied buildings are the norm. And then there is the giant, blue-and-white Israeli national flag draped demonstratively over the front of the building, from the roof down to the ground.';
syndicate.index++;syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Nightmares continue to plague Gaza children';
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syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '3 February 2010';
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