Rare TV satire mocks Palestinian politicians

Palestine TV was once the boring channel that viewers skipped over while searching for entertainment. But this time, the state-run station has picked a winner — an irreverent comedy show that mocks and often bites the hand that feeds it: the government.

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U.S.-trained Palestinian force is keen for action

In the live-fire exercise, everything was carefully choreographed — Palestinian commandos, faces blackened, stormed a hide-out in an abandoned building, "wounded" one gunman and "arrested" a second.

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Palestine to play first match in home stadium

Palestine is set to play its first international soccer match on home soil.

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Hamas captures Fatah security HQ in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas gunmen captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, seizing control of a key prize in the bloody power struggle between the sides, Hamas and Fatah officials said.

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Palestinian Film Poses Oscar Quandary

Before "Paradise Now" received its best foreign-language film nomination Tuesday, Academy Award executives debated a movie credit with rare geopolitical dimensions.

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UK-based Australian peace activist Allen Jasson has great regard for pro-peace Israeli Uri Avnery but rejects his description of "The Quiet American" re Iraqi War - rather the Very Loud American made war for OIL

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Next week, or the week after, Barack Obama may well see intelligence reports of tank battalions moving south and west along Israeli highways, and whole infantry brigades setting up camp in the western Negev.

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The High Court of Justice's deliberation over these settlements has become a symbol of other petitions to the court concerning illegal West Bank construction.

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The Foreign Ministry has threatened not to renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, under which six countries observe and report on breaches of international humanitarian law in that West Bank city.

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A look into the minds of the supporters of Israeli territorial expansion. If you can't see the video try the Youtube Version:

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Israeli security forces on Sunday knocked down shelters that were home to about 150 Palestinians in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said

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Defence for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI/PS) on Wednesday submitted 13 cases to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture for investigation.

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The Israeli authorities at Erez checkpoint this week prevented the exit of 17 sight-impaired patients, suffering from various eye diseases, from the Gaza Strip in order to undergo cornea transplants, a treatment that is not available in the Gaza health system

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"To Israelis, the practice of picking people out based on racial stereotypes is so self-evident, there isn't even a Hebrew term for it.

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"The Israel Defense Forces has not denied allegations that it trains its canines to attack anybody heard saying Allah Hu Akbar, Arabic for 'God is great.' "

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Israel's relentless drive to establish "facts on the ground" in the occupied West Bank, a drive that continues in violation of even the limited settlement freeze to which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu committed himself, seems finally to have succeeded in locking in the irreve …

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According to a September 2009 report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), "living conditions and access to sources of livelihood in Gaza are currently at their worst since 1967, with poverty affecting 90 percent of the population." The World B …

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An overwhelming force of Israeli military soldiers converged on farmlands outside Qaryut today as villagers attempted to replenish their endangered lands with water and new olive trees.

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On the eve of his visit to the Middle East, US special envoy George Mitchell threatened that his country would freeze its aid to Israel if the Jewish state failed to advance peace talks with the Palestinians and a two-state solution.

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Epstein: "If the occupation were to stop overnight, it would make all the difference in the world. Israel is the fourth-largest military entity in the world. They have the newest equipment, and it's used on the Palestinians"

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An article from Ali Abunimah about the march to the American Embassy, where only he Medea Benjamin and Kit Kettredge were allowed inside to talk to representatives about the situation in Gaza. Really great insight and pictures...

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During the eight years before Israel's military operation in Gaza a year ago, about a million residents of southern Israel endured a barrage of about 10,000 missiles. That comes to an average of three or four rockets and mortars every single day.

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"Ingenuity, creativity, and guts have sustained this People longer than any other identifiable group of people in existence today. The only thing that may have outdone this is their sensitivity to needs of others.

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One of the well-worn memes of the anti-Israel crowd is that Israel is only offering 14%, or 12%, of "Historic Palestine" to the Palestinian Arabs. For example, here is a small sample of how the phrase has been used in recent days:

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Settlement Activities and Attacks by Settlers against Palestinian Civilians and Property

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The United Nations and media suffer from "Obsessive Compulsive Israel Disorder (OCID)," says the British-born designer of the FreeMiddleEast.com, website which illustrates the anti-Israel agenda.

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For the past year the Guardian has been following Palestinians who were caught up in the devastating war in Gaza.

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The United States, Israel and Egypt A mismatch made in hell. Read em an weep kiddies..... Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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The Arts Are Global-VIII It's Really About The Music-Or So We're Told. Plus, "Miss Crazy" & "Nicki J"

Well, friends, what a week. The AP put up a story about Muslim/Hindu Bands and an organization called Taqwacore.

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Gaza Freedom marchers, blocked from entering Gaza by Egyptian authorities have called for international endorsement of a Cairo Declaration demanding the End of the Israeli Gaza Blockade and Occupation

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