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  1. UNHCR increasingly concerned for Palestinians in Baghdad

    stranded in no man’s-land between Iraq and Jordan earlier this week after fleeing threats and intimidation ... affected by the general insecurity in Iraq, Palestinians feel especially vulnerable and targetted as they ... stay there. The group is adamant they do not want to return to any part of Iraq. UNHCR is trying to ...

    arjan - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  2. Palestinian refugees fear for their lives after recent attack

    IRIN 16 December 2006 Palestinian refugees in Iraq face daily death threats to leave the country, ... but have nowhere to go. (Afif Sarhan/ IRIN) BAGHDAD — Palestinian refugees living in Iraq say there is ... situation in Iraq. We cannot leave the country because the borders are closed to us and the government ...

    arjan - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  3. Death threats cause panic in Baghdad's Palestinian refugee community

    Iraq and Jordan are ill-equipped to cope with the approaching winter. (UNHCR /P. Kessler) GENEVA ... Palestinians in Iraq, of whom 23,000 have been registered by UNHCR in Baghdad. The Palestinian refugees came to ... Iraq in three main waves- in 1948, in 1967 and in 1991. They were provided with protection and ...

    arjan - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  4. Yearning for World War IV: The Israel-Iraq connection

    Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada 3 October 2002 The irony of Israel’s position between Iraq ... and the United States, is that the more Israel wants the US to attack Iraq, the quieter Israel will ... would dearly like to see a U.S. war against Iraq, as Sharon certainly would. Leading the pack is ...

    Ali Abunimah - 12/01/2012 - 06:40

  5. HRW calls on Syria to open border to Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq

    of Saddam Hussein’s government, Palestinian refugees in Iraq have increasingly become targets of ... the past week, nearly 150 Palestinian refugees have arrived at the Iraq-Syria border, bringing the ... Iraqi refugees but is shutting the door on hundreds of Palestinians also fleeing Iraq,” said Sarah Leah ...

    charlotte - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  6. Elizabeth Tsurkov's Iraq travel was not authorized, Princeton confirms

    intelligence veteran Elizabeth Tsurkov who has been missing in Iraq since March. Majdi Fathi NurPhoto via ZUMA ... ban on students traveling to Iraq to conduct research. This corroborates the reporting of The ... Electronic Intifada that Tsurkov, an Israeli military intelligence veteran, could not have been in Iraq for ...

    Ali Abunimah - 11/15/2023 - 05:03

  7. No safe haven for displaced Iraqis

    Iraq, millions of displaced Iraqis have nowhere to go. For the overwhelming majority of refugees and ... home country. Now, back in Jordan, they do not live under fear of death like in Iraq. Barring this difference, ... same time, conditions are not yet ripe for a voluntary and sustainable return to Iraq in large ...

    Maureen Clare Murphy - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  8. Evicted Palestinians in Baghdad to receive UNHCR aid

    of a backlash against them in post-war Iraq. UNHCR has also expressed concern about the expulsion of ... scores of Iranian refugees in southern Iraq. According to recent reports from the Iraqi capital, some ... Friday, a three-truck UNHCR convoy crossed from Jordan into Iraq with emergency supplies for up to 2,000 ...

    arjan - 12/01/2012 - 06:14

  9. U.S. State Department Pushes for Palestinian Resettlement

    solutions for the estimated 15,000 Palestinian refugees currently stranded in Iraq. “At this point, we have ... The security of Palestinian refugees in Iraq has deteriorated dramatically since the U.S.-led invasion ... militias and Iraqi police in efforts to expel them from the country. Iraq’s Interior Ministry has been ...

    matthew - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  10. UN: "More Palestinians leave Baghdad for border"

    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 4 April 2006 Palestinian refugees in Iraq have been ... insecurity in Baghdad and travelled to the Iraq-Jordan border to join a group of 94 others who arrived there ... 10 days ago. On Saturday, a group of 25 including 2 children travelled twelve hours from Iraq ...

    arjan - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  11. Thirteen Palestinians fleeing Iraq drown after boat capsizes

    Badil 30 October 2007 Last weekend, 13 bodies, most likely of Palestinian refugees from Iraq, were ... Palestinian refugees. Saving the lives of Palestinian refugees persecuted in and fleeing Iraq is a priority. Emergency ... from Iraq to enter their territory to seek temporary protection and/or relocation. Badil also calls ...

    Maureen Clare Murphy - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  12. Press conference: Rumsfeld announces new Iraqi leader

    Faced with increasing violence and chaos across Iraq as the June 30 deadline for handing over to an ... democracy.” The shock move follows the decision last week by the head of the US occupation authority in Iraq ... schoolteachers and police. Iraq’s US appointed defence minister even reappointed three of Saddam’s former ...

    admin - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  13. Police raids spread panic among Palestinians in Iraq

    refugees in Iraq after Iraqi security forces killed one and detained dozens in raids last week, causing ... The agency called for the immediate protection of Palestinians in Iraq. Iraqi Interior Ministry ... their compatriots who have been stranded on the Iraq-Syria border since last May. More were expected to ...

    Maureen Clare Murphy - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  14. More Palestinians arrive at Iraq-Syria border after fleeing Baghdad

    Iraq-Syria border after fleeing Baghdad to escape increasing violence, harassment and targeted killings. The ... Saturday. Iraqi border authorities initially refused to allow them to leave Iraq, citing a lack of proper ... to exit and at least enter the no-man’s land between Iraq and Syria to join an earlier group of 350 ...

    charlotte - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  15. Increasing numbers of Palestinians leaving Baghdad

    the Iraq-Syria border after fleeing violence in Baghdad has risen to 80, with more reported on ... earlier group of 41, including 19 children, has been stuck just inside Iraq since Dec. 16. UNHCR received ... Palestinians. A recent agreement between Iraq and Syria called for tighter control of population movements ...

    charlotte - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  16. Palestinian refugees hold Iraq border protest

    The Electronic Intifada 15 April 2007 Palestinian families in Iraq suffer discrimination and ... Iraq-Syria border have staged an open sit-in since 12 April to draw international attention to what they say ... was born, and later married, in Iraq. He now lives with his wife and two children in a tent at the ...

    Maureen Clare Murphy - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  17. War in Iraq and Israeli occupation: A devastating resonance

    combat helicopter. (DoD) For all the physical devastation being produced by the war in Iraq, the political and diplomatic ... infrastructure and society of Iraq. This conflict is further poisoning the already noxious political atmosphere ... their homeland. The profound Arab sense of violation trumps particulars about who is in charge of Iraq ...

    Ali Abunimah - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  18. Economist: Main reason for UN inaction against Israel glossed over

    a recent trend in the media of noting that both Israel and Iraq are in a state of noncompliance with United ... pro-Israel views, has published a seminal article, “Double Standards: Iraq, Israel and the United Nations,” ... explaining the difference between binding UN resolutions that Iraq has ignored, versus non-binding UN ...

    admin - 12/01/2012 - 06:41

  19. Canada to resettle 46 Palestinian refugees

    IRIN 10 October 2006 A Palestinian refugee from Iraq sits in his tent at al-Rweished camp all day ... Iraq who have been languishing at al-Rweished refugee camp, some 250 km east Amman, for the past three ... and Iraqi asylum seekers, who fled Iraq following the collapse of former President Saddam ...

    Maureen Clare Murphy - 02/12/2017 - 03:13

  20. What we know about Elizabeth Tsurkov

    missing in Iraq months ago, Israeli officials went into damage limitation mode. Briefing a select group of ... minister’s office confirmed that Tsurkov had “been missing in Iraq for several months” and said she was being ... Tsurkov is still alive and we hold Iraq responsible for her safety and well-being,” Netanyahu’s office ...

    Anonymous - 11/15/2023 - 05:03 - 2 comments

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