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Birzeit University

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Type: Organization

Name: Birzeit University

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Roman Catholic Church

Cremisan vs. Apartheid Wall

Israel recently rejected appeals against the Apartheid Wall Israel in the Cremisan Valley near Beit Jalla, a town adjacent to Bethlehem. The Apartheid Wall, when completed, will surround from three sides the Cremisan Convent, which hosts Salesian nuns, ... [Published Palestine News Network - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Apartheid, Israel, Roman Catholic Church

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Birzeit University

Army Invades Awarta Town, Kidnaps One Resident

File - PalinfoLocal sources reported that the army surrounded the village before several military vehicles invaded it.The source added that the soldiers broke into and searched several homes before kidnapping Samer Faisal Qdeih, 27.Soldiers withdrew from ... [Published International Middle East Media Center - May 20 2013]

Entities: Kidnapping, Birzeit University, Ramallah

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

UN Group Helping Palestinians Overcome Trauma of Occupation

(WAFA)- The conflict in the region and the Israeli occupation and its practices traumatizing Palestinians prompted a team from the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP) of Meaningful World to visit the occupied territory this week to help ... [Published Palestine News Agency - May 07 2013]

Entities: United Nations, Rehabilitation, Peace Building, Birzeit University

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

US Environmental Protection Agency

U of U engineering teams compete for chance to change the world

Washington • Whether it’s providing clean cookstoves to Nepalese villagers, or waste filters for Palestinian olive farmers, two groups of University of Utah students believe they can change the world — if they can convince the Environmental Protection ... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: COMPOST, US Environmental Protection Agency, Olive Oil, Borders Group Inc

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

HAMAS

Irish Teachers Union Calls for Academic Boycott of Israel

In what has nearly become a perverse, recurring rite of spring, and yet more evidence that universities have become, as Abigail Thernstrom has described them, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), which represents ... [Published Frontpagemag.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Boycott, Israel, Melanie Phillips, HAMAS

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Regional Voices: Egypt, Syria, Israel, and Palestine

“Enough already of formations, committees and groups and whatever else…We want action not words and, let me say this, there are many names and committees but there is no action on the ground.”$ -Coptic pope Tawadros II’s reaction to Egypt president Mohammed ... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Egypt, Israel, Syria

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

John Kerry

Newspapers Review: Pressure to Release Prisoners Focus of Daily

(WAFA) – Al-Quds daily Thursday said in its top front page story that US Secretary of State John Kerry is putting pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release 123 Palestinian prisoners who were arrested before 1993.The headline read: ... [Published Palestine News Agency - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Elections

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 1 reports

Obama Can't Help Himself: Lectures Israelis on Empathy

President Barack Obama visit to Israel was going well until a speech to students in Jerusalem Thursday. The speech itself was a success until Obama chose to lecture Israeli students about having empathy for Palestinians: And put yourself in their ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Israel, Suicide Bomb, Jerusalem

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 06 2013 - 3 reports

Palestinian protests force UK Consul from West Bank university

The British Consul-General to Jerusalem, Sir Vincent Fean was forced to cancel a speech at Bir Zeit University in Ramallah yesterday after angry protests disrupted his visit. Sir Vincent had been scheduled to meet the university’s head Dr Khalil al-Hindi ... [Published BICOM News - Mar 06 2013]

Entities: Consul, United Kingdom, protest, Birzeit University

First reported Feb 21 2013 - Updated Feb 22 2013 - 1 reports

West Bank demonstrations continue over Palestinian prisoner hunger strikes

Tension simmered in the West Bank this week with Palestinian demonstrations expected to continue over the ongoing hunger strikes of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. Four Palestinian prisoners are continuing their hunger strike in protest of ... [Published BICOM News - Feb 21 2013]

Entities: Custody, Israel, Birzeit University, Gilad Shalit

First reported Dec 31 2012 - Updated Jan 01 2013 - 1 reports

The PA's Ministry of Health

Sammy responded to the reply by Muhammad from yesterday:"Professor AngryArab, I saw Mohamed's response to my message you posted on your blog. He challenged me to "document a single case" of Palestinians dying due to simple illnesses due to the ... [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - Dec 31 2012]

Entities: Ministry of Health, Ramallah, Birzeit University

First reported Dec 14 2012 - Updated Dec 14 2012 - 1 reports

Birzeit University group calls on Cornell to end partnership with Technion

In light of news that Cornell University has engaged in a joint bid with Israel's Technion Israel Institute of Technology to build a campus of applied science and technology on New York's Roosevelt Island, we, the students and volunteers at Birzeit ... [Published Mondoweiss - Dec 14 2012]

Entities: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, Birzeit University, United Nations Office for the Coordination of H...

Quotes

"First, that Israel is a colonial entity that involves violations of the rights of the Palestinians, including academic freedom, and then asking him to stand in solidarity with Palestinian academic colleagues who have called for solidarity from international academics in the form of boycotting Israeli academia and academic institutions."

Stephen Hawking DID boycott Israeli conference over Palestine after Cambridge University claimed ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 09 2013]

On Wednesday morning, following the Guardian's revelation that Hawking was boycotting the Presidential Conference, Holt issued a statement saying: "Professor Hawking will not be attending the conference in Israel in June for health reasons – his doctors have advised against him flying."

Furore deepens over Hawking's Israel boycott [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 08 2013]

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Cremisan vs. Apartheid Wall [Published Palestine News Network - 21 hours ago]
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ATM in your pocket! [Published Private Sector Qatar - May 16 2013]
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Palestine - Hawking Needs To Do More Talking [Published Canada Free Press - May 13 2013]
Stephen Hawking boycotts Israeli event [Published Times Education Supplement - May 10 2013]
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As Obama Weighs Options for Syria, No-Fly Zone ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 08 2013]
UN Group Helping Palestinians Overcome Trauma o... [Published Palestine News Agency - May 07 2013]
occupied Palestinian territory: Hamas ‘Talibani... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 03 2013]
Hamas ‘Talibanising’ Gaza [Published Inter Press Service - May 03 2013]
U of U engineering teams compete for chance to ... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - Apr 19 2013]
Irish Teachers Union Calls for Academic Boycott... [Published Frontpagemag.com - Apr 19 2013]
Daniel Pearls Litmus Test Seed of Israel-based ... [Published Media Line - Apr 19 2013]
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Baird Accused Of 'Wilful Violation Of Internati... [Published Huffington Post Canada - Apr 15 2013]
Israel extends law preventing Palestinian citiz... [Published Mondoweiss - Apr 15 2013]
Fayyad's departure may signal comeback for old-... [Published Miftah - Apr 15 2013]
Regional Voices: Egypt, Syria, Israel, and Pale... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 15 2013]
Fayyad quitting 'may harm Palestine statehood bid' [Published AlterNet.org - Apr 14 2013]
Palestinian Prime Minister Resigns, Despite US ... [Published CNBC - Apr 14 2013]
Fayyad quitting 'may harm Palestine [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Apr 14 2013]
Fayyad quitting 'may harm Palestine statehood bid' [Published Yahoo Philippines News - Apr 14 2013]
Newspapers Review: Pressure to Release Prisoner... [Published Palestine News Agency - Apr 13 2013]

Blogs

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Israel extends law preventing Palestinian citiz... [Published Mondoweiss - Apr 15 2013] Land, property theft & destruction / Judaization / Apartheid / Restriction of movement Israel extends law restricting unification of citizens with spouses from 'enemy states' Haaretz 14 Apr by Jonathan Lis -- Photo: Acre-based Israeli Arab Taysar ...
West Bank village protests setter sewage destro... [Published Mondoweiss - Apr 01 2013] b> Land in village of Qusin used as garbage dump by settlers ISM 27 Mar by IWPS -- On Wednesday March 27 at 15:00 the village of Qusin organized a tour of a nearby quarry that is regularly used as a garbage dump. The residents of Qusin invited ...
Colonizing Childhood and Zionist Pedagogy: Inte... [Published groundviews - Apr 01 2013] Nurit Peled-Elhanan is a professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, peace educator and activist and co-laureate along with late Prof. Izzat Gazzawi of the 2001 Sakharov Prize for Human Rights and the Freedom ...
Obama Can't Help Himself: Lectures Israelis on ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Mar 21 2013] President Barack Obama visit to Israel was going well until a speech to students in Jerusalem Thursday. The speech itself was a success until Obama chose to lecture Israeli students about having empathy for Palestinians: And put yourself in their ...
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Press Releases

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