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While Nablus is raided: Gordon Brown, another false prophet praises Israel

By Khalid Amayreh • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Human Rights, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Our Authors, Palestine, Zionism

As British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was having an audience with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, the Israeli occupation army was raping anew the Palestinian town of Nablus, rounding up and humiliating innocent people, violating homes and vandalizing businesses.
On Sunday and early Monday, the so-called Israeli Defense Forces raided [...]

Khalid Amayreh - Behavior Unbecoming of a Palestinian

By Khalid Amayreh • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Our Authors, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, holds a number of key portfolios of immense significance and symbolism.
He is the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian ‘national’ Authority (PA) and Chief of the Fatah organization.
As such, he ought to strive to represent his tormented people in the best possible manner. [...]

Abbas’s Presidential Guard fighting opposition to Israeli occupation

By Mary Rizzo • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Israel, Newswire, Palestine, War, Zionism

WRITTEN BY ERNESTO PARAMO
Three people were injured on Tuesday, following the deployment to the Jenin governorship last Saturday of a large PA military force, which included the US trained Presidential Guard, to squelch any resistance to the brutal and murderous Israeli occupation, in what has been called “Operation Smile and Hope”, a military operation which [...]

Palestinian forces deployed in Jenin

By Mary Rizzo • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Israel, Newswire, Palestine

By Ernesto Paramo
A 500-strong force made up of Palestinian national security forces and Presidential Guards has begun deploying in the West Bank city of Jenin for a “law-and-order campaign”. This force will join the 150 men already there preparing the ground. The operation has been ordered by Mahmoud Abbas trying to demonstrate to Israel and [...]