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HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE

Upcoming Events:

Mahmoud Darwish Memorial
(August 16th, 2008 at 7:30 PM)

It was with great sadness that Palestinians and their supporters received the news of the death of Mahmoud Darweesh on August 9, 2008. Darweesh was considered the Palestinian national poet laureate and was one of the best known internationally of the first generation of "resistance poets" after the Nakba.

Here in Vancouver, Canada Palestine Association and friends will be hosting a memorial for Mahmoud Darweesh on Saturday, August 16th at 7:30 pm at the Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr., Vancouver (several blocks south of Hastings). (read more)

Also in the News:

15 AUGUST, 2008

Hamas says ice begins to melt with Jordan (Source: Reuters)

Officials from Hamas have met with a top Jordanian security official to try to patch up ties soured since 2006 by charges that the Islamist Palestinian groups was planning to carry out attacks in Jordan.
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14 AUGUST, 2008

The Poetry of Loss (Source: Guardian)

Mahmoud Darwish, who died last week, should have been honoured as a national poet of both Palestinians and Israelis.
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12 AUGUST, 2008

Israel 'proposes West Bank Deal' (Source: BBC)

Israel has offered a peace deal to the Palestinians which would annex 7.3% of the West Bank and keep the largest settlements, Israeli reports say.
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Israel shuts Gaza crossings but lets in cash (Source: Reuters)

Israel closed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a cross-border rocket attack, but Palestinian officials said banks were able to bring in 68 million shekels ($19 million) to ease a cash shortage.
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