-
Never miss what matters.
Subscribe to Malarkynews RSS Feed Categories
Twitter
- Costa Rica: A Woman in Charge? http://is.gd/7PUIW 2010-02-06
- Virginia GOP Mocks Epic Snow Storm As ‘12 Inches Of Global Warming’ http://is.gd/7PODH 2010-02-06
- No room for new vehicles http://is.gd/7POzm 2010-02-06
- House Likely to End Health Insurers' Antitrust Exemption http://is.gd/7PCPo 2010-02-06
- Saturday hate mail-apalooza http://is.gd/7PwZj 2010-02-06
- More updates...
Tag Archives: Ramallah
PA gets another chance to practice “democracy”
Palestinian groups — mainly left-wing “factions” — are holding a demonstration now in the center of Ramallah, at Manara Square, to protest the Palestinian leadership’s decision to accept a U.S. invitation to resume direct talks with Israel today and tomorrow in Washington.
UPDATE: About 300 people were at the demonstration and — as [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged demonstration, Human Rights, Manara Square, Palestine & Palestinians, Palestinian Authority Leave a comment
Happy smiling faces?
A new crop of billboards has gone up at strategic locations around Ramallah — that is, at the entrances to the city, where diplomats from donor countries is most likely to see them.
The second target seems to be the cadres of the Palestinian Authority’s various Ramallah-based ministries.
The billboards, sponsored by USAID, show headshots of various [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged "I'm very happy", Brian Baird, Donors, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Sam Bahour, USA, USaid Leave a comment
Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The People’s Record
Less than four months ago, Israeli commandoes boarded the boats in the Freedom Flotilla headed for Gaza and killed nine peace activists. Investigations are underway into just what happened the night of May 31st, but just a few months after the attacks, a new anthology collects eyewitness testimony, analyses and thought pieces, and responses from artists and poets into a "people's record" of what happened that night--and how it just might be a turning point for the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Marleine Bastien, Midnight on the Mavi Marmara, and Green for Buffalo
"Community organizer" was Sarah Palin's favorite slur on the campaign trail, but grassroots organizers have been fighting for the rights of marginalized people, often without recognition, for longer than Palin has been around. Marleine Bastien has been an organizer in the Haitian-American community in Miami for 30 years, and is now running for Congress.
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged alice walker, BAN Ki-Moon, buffalo, community organizer, Congress, Energy, Esther Armah, florida, flotilla, food, freedom, Gaza, Green for All, green jobs, Haiti, House, huwaida arraf, internet killed israeli pr, Israel, marleine bastien, Mavi Marmara, Max Blumenthal, Miami, midnight on the mavi marmara, Moustafa Bayoumi, netanyahu, organizing, Palestine, people united for sustainable housing, PUSH, Sustainability, UN, Video, West Bank Leave a comment
Between four governments*
Randomly, from Ma’an News: the Hamas government in Gaza banned displaying lingerie or pajamas in the windows of stores. It also banned fitting rooms inside those stores or using tinted glass for their windows. This comes shortly after the government banned smoking sheesha for women in public. The Fateh government in Ramallah meanwhile prevents the [...] Related posts:
- the blackouts in Gaza are over, for the moment I didn’t know before I came to Gaza how laptop...
- Gisha on the “easing of the blockade” for people Via Gisha: As discussion of “easing” the closure of Gaza...
- No, I don’t care about the new “mall” in Gaza I did not see the new Gaza “mall” before leaving...
Posted in News Feeds, Uncategorized Also tagged Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, misogyny, Palestine, resistance movements Leave a comment
the blackouts in Gaza are over, for the moment
I didn’t know before I came to Gaza how laptop batteries wear out. It turns out that laptop batteries wear down from the constant charge-discharge cycle. Massive power stations produce a relatively smooth flow of energy, as do very large generators. Smaller generators, rougher pulse. That rougher pulse destroys laptop batteries, [...] Related posts:
- How to Market Gaza as an Israeli Success Story Via Gisha’s Gaza Gateway [Verbatim]: The following guide was inspired...
- Palestinians Don’t need diesel anyway right? Via Gisha’s Gaza Gateway: The 720,000 liters make even the...
- Blackouts? Yup I’m still settling into Gaza, setting up Arabic lessons, making...
Posted in News Feeds, Uncategorized Also tagged blackouts, electricity, flotilla, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, PA, Palestine, siege Leave a comment
Netanyahu offers to come to … Ramallah
In public remarks after his meeting with U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell this evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu offered to come to Ramallah if the Palestinian side were ready for direct negotiations.
It would be a first.
Netanyahu told Mitchell, in front of the cameras: “I call on President Abu Mazen to come to Jerusalem. [...]
Quote of the day – (2nd in our series)
After Hamas police on Sunday made a “forced withdrawal” from the Islamic Bank in Gaza of cash [belonging to an Islamic charity] that had been frozen by a decision of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Monetary Authority, Ma’an News reported on Monday that “officials within the banking sector said making withdrawals at gunpoint was not a good [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Gaza, Hamas, Palestine & Palestinians, Palestinian Monetary Authority Leave a comment
Qalandia checkpoint today: Israeli-fired stun gun blows air bags in car
Today, a friend was coming from Jerusalem to Ramallah, via the Qalandia checkpoint, and got stuck again in the middle as Israeli forces fired all they had at Palestinian demonstrators.
She said that when Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades very near her car, the airbags reacted, the way they should in a major crash — they [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Israeli Defense Forces, Jerusalem, Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians, Qalandia checkpoint Comments closed
Hamas leaders jailed
I will not comment on the Hamas killings of four settlers in the West Bank except to comment that I will not comment on those killings. As Seham points out in the last several months there were many Israeli attacks against Palestinians. Many Palestinians were shot or died and I did not even write about every [...] Related posts:
- Vote Hamas? Suppose you’re a Palestinian. One-fifth of your countrymen are herded...
- very bad Hamas Amira Hass reports—kind of—from Gaza, that the Hamas government broke...
- Between four governments* Randomly, from Ma’an News: the Hamas government in Gaza banned...
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.