12 Feb
U.N. Chief Says Israel Is Blocking Most Gaza Aid
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Published: February 10, 2009
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, repeated Tuesday his demand that Israel allow significantly more humanitarian aid into the beleaguered Gaza Strip, and he announced that he would send a team to investigate the bombings of United Nations [...]
5 Jan
Fear, shortages for civilians caught in Gaza fight
AP
Posted: 2009-01-04 17:23:30
ContentType:Spot Development; ContentElement:FullStory; Breaking:True;
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and BEN HUBBARD
Associated Press Writers
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Anas Mansour sleeps in his street clothes in a south Gaza refugee camp, with his ID in his pocket so he can flee quickly if fighting gets worse. In Gaza [...]
30 Dec
Subject: MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ANNOUNCE HUMANITARIAN CAMPAIGN
FOR PALESTINIAN VICTIMS OF ISRAELI AIR S
(Los Angeles – 12/29/08) — Southern California Muslim leaders will
hold a news conference on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 11 a.m. to
condemn the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Community leaders will also announce their support for a [...]
2 Dec
For entire article go to: http://palestinechronicle.com/
‘Israel’s hilltop settlement in our nation’s capital (must be) dismantled
November 28, 2008
Israel’s Settlement on Capital Hill
By Robert Weitzel
“With [traditional Israeli defense strategists] it’s all about tanks and land and controlling territories… and this hilltop and that hilltop. All these things are worthless.” – Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Soon after the sand [...]
20 Nov
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=97818
UN rights chief implores Israel to lift illegal siege of Gaza Strip
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
GAZA CITY: The top United Nations human rights official on Tuesday called on Israel to immediately lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, as invading tanks from the Jewish state sparked retaliatory rocket fire from the [...]
14 Oct
Dear Neighborhood Civic Association Leaders,
I am reaching out to you because the City of Boston Election Advisory Board is in desperate need of help in recruiting poll workers for November 4 elections. Volunteers are paid $10 an hour with no tax. They need nice and friendly people to help the Election Day process run smoothly. Please [...]
7 Oct
Best practices in Islamic and Governmental Relations:
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/Changing_Course_-_A_New_Direction_for_US_Relations_with_the_Muslim_World.pdf
3 Oct
Washington, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty has issued a Proclamation honoring October 2008 as America’s Islamic Heritage Month in the District of Columbia. As October is a month in which the United States celebrates the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, it is also a month where many Americans are discovering that Muslims from West Africa [...]
12 Sep
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9 Sep
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