RAMALLAH, May 19, 2012 (WAFA) – The South African government decided last week to draw attention of consumers that products they buy labeled “Made in Israel” could have been made in illegal Jewish settlements mushrooming the occupied Palestinian territories, a press release issued by the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee said on Saturday.
It said that after more than a year of joint work between Palestinian and South African organizations,...
HEBRON, NABLUS, May 19, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Sunday uprooted and destroyed olive and fruit trees in Beit Ummar, a town north of Hebron, and in the Nablus-area village of Bourin, according to local activists.
Spokesman of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, Mohammed Awad, said dozens of Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of Beit Ein sneaked into Palestinian private land at dawn and uprooted grape,...
RAMALLAH, May 19, 2012 (WAFA) – Foreign Minister Riyad Malki Saturday condemned the Israeli government’s decision to expand the settlement of Ariel, southwest of Nablus, with 2100 housing units and considered the decision, in an interview with Voice of Palestine radio, “a blatant breach of law.”
The Israeli expansion project is expected to be carried out in two phases and the new homes will be built on Palestinian-owned land in the northern West...
RAMALLAH, May 19, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas’ visit to Egypt was the prime focus of Saturday’s issue of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida’s prime headline highlighted Abbas’ meeting with the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Jomaa, during which they discussed ways to rally support for Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, as well as Abbas’ meeting with Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi. Abbas and Arabi agreed to take...
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