Khaled Abdul Aziz's Blog (6)

AZZUN ATMA, occupied northern West Bank (IPS) - For seven years Majda Abdul Qader Sheikh, 38, has not been allowed to visit the home of her parents, just a few hundred meters from her house.



"I tried to get a special visitor's permit for a quick visit during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but I was refused," says Sheikh, mother of seven children. "I have had no problems with the Israeli authorities, nor am I considered a security threat," she added.



Sheikh is not trying… Continue

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From Associated Press

August 22, 2010 2:57 PM EDT



NEW YORK (AP) — The proposed mosque near ground zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, "Say no to racist fear!" and American flags waving on both sides.



Police separated the two groups but there were some nose-to-nose confrontations, including a man and a woman screaming at each other across a barricade… Continue

Despite Arab government denials, Muslim officials on the ground confirm Jewish extremists are escalating plans to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque



By Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem *



Government-backed Jewish religious extremists have stepped up their efforts to seize a foothold at Al-Aqsa Mosque esplanade in East Jerusalem, ostensibly in order to erect there a Jewish temple.



Al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the three holiest Islamic sanctuaries. The other two are the Sacred… Continue

Fox News regular lights up Tea Party rally: 'Terrorists are coming in droves'

August 21, 2010 7:04 PM

Jeff Barker

Daily News



OKALOOSA ISLAND — Brigitte Gabriel, a prominent activist who says she’s fighting to keep the United States from being overrun by Islam, asked local tea party supporters to join her cause Saturday.



Gabriel, who frequently appears on Fox News, was the keynote speaker at the U.S. Constitution Freedom Rally at the Emerald Coast Conference… Continue

Israeli soldiers are routinely taking degrading photographs of dead and captured Palestinians and posting them on the internet, human rights groups have said.



The claims come a day after the Israeli military attempted to quell controversy over photographs showing a female soldierposing provocativelywith blindfolded Palestinian detainees.



The Israeli military said on Monday that the pictures were "disgraceful" and insisted that the incident was in "total opposition" to the… Continue

The court found Israeli forces responsible for Aramin's death [EPA]







An Israeli court has ruled that the Israeli government is responsible for the death of a young Palestinian girl in the occupied West Bank three years ago, lawyers for the family said.



The Jerusalem court found Israeli forces responsible for the death of Abir Aramin, 10, in the town of Anata, north of Jerusalem, in January 2007.



Aramin died from a rubber bullet shot by a border guard… Continue