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Israel Celebrates Tu B'Shvat by planting trees - Itamar

Thousands of Israelis took to the hills and parks to celebrate the holiday of Tu B'Shvat, known as the birthday of trees. The holiday marks the...

by Judy Lash Balint in Israel on 08/02/2012

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Palestinians hold a sit-in protest at the Red Cross - Ramallah

Families of Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails, hold their relatives pictures during a protest in front of the International Committee of...

by Mahmoud illean in Palestinian Territory on 07/02/2012

Sports

Italian and Palestinian women's U19 teams hold friendly match

The Italian and Palestinian women's U19 national teams face off in Hebron. The match ended in a 7-0 win for the Italian team. Palestinian...

by Mahmoud illean in Palestinian Territory on 07/02/2012

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Israel Celebrates Tu B'Shvat by planting trees - Itamar
Thousands of Israelis took to the hills and parks to celebrate the holiday of Tu B'Shvat, known as the birthday of trees. The holiday marks the beginning of Spring. 8th February 20...
The Jordan Valley
The Jordan Valley is the easternmost area of the West Bank. 95% of it is classified Area C, under full Israeli control. Most Palestinian communities residing there are in danger of bein...
Popular Resistance against Israeli occupation in Qaryut, West Bank
The Palestinian village of Qaryut held its first protest against the forced closure of one its main roads by the Israeli army. Since the beginning of the year, many new protests have be...
Italian and Palestinian women's U19 teams hold friendly match
The Italian and Palestinian women's U19 national teams face off in Hebron. The match ended in a 7-0 win for the Italian team. Palestinian Territory. 7th February 2012
Shops demolished in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood - Jerusalem
House demolition is a controversial tactic used by the Israeli Defence Forces in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip against Palestinians and Israeli settlers. Israel. 7th Febr...
Palestinians hold a sit-in protest at the Red Cross - Ramallah
Families of Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails, hold their relatives pictures during a protest in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross offices in the West Ban...
Religious Extremists Target The Holy Cross - Jerusalem
In an intensifying wave of religious intolerance, two cars belonging to members of the Monastery of the Cross were vandalized overnight. Car tires were slashed and they were littered wi...
Italian National Women's U19 team in West Bank for match - Bethlehem
The Italian Women's National Team under 19 is in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for two friendly matches with the Palestinian national team. Palestinian Territory. 6th February 20...
Orthodox Christmas Mass lead by Archbishop Torkom Manoogian.
For the Armenian Christmas in the Holy Land, the Patriarch in Jerusalem, priests, and a marching band, will make a procession from the Old City of Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Israel. 18th ...
Orthodox Armenian midnight Christmas mass in Grotto of the Nativity
Midnight Christmas mass in the Grotto of the Nativity lead by Archbishop Torkom Manoogian in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Israel. 18th January 2011.
Weekly demo in Kafr Al Dik - Palestine
Weekly demonstration in Kafr Al Dik village to protest against the israeli occupation, land confiscations and settler attacks. Kafr Al Dik, West Bank, Palestine. 3rd February 2012
Barclays Bank reopens its Great Portland Street branch - London
Barclays Bank celebrates the reopening of its revamped Great Portland Street branch in the West End giving customers balloons, hot chocolate and entertainment by staff dressed in costum...
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem leads Christmas Celebration
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads a Christmas procession and mass in the Church of the Nativity, believed by Christians to be the birth place of Jesus Christ. B...
Senegalese demonstrate across the country rejecting the President Wade
Senegal has been a leading example when it comes to Democracies in Africa, Abdoulaye Wade the acting president has allegedly changed the Constitution three times to his advantage in ord...
Woman locked in bathroom for past decade poses for photos - Ramallah
Baraa Melhem poses for a photo at her mother's house in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The 21-year-old Palestinian woman has told authorities she was locked in a bathroom for the ...
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon vists West Bank housing project
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon listens to explanations regarding the new real estate investments after a visit to Rawabi, a Palestinian housing project near the West Bank city of Ra...
In photos: The West Bank's largest unauthorized Israeli settlement
A general view of the center of the settlement Migron, which was set up by settlers on private Palestinian land near Ramallah. Ramallah, Palestinian Territory. 31st January 2012
Palestinian village in a tough neighborhood - Susya
The Palestinian West Bank village of Susya is surrounded by Israeli settlements. Unrecognized by Israeli administration, it is denied building permits, basic infrastructures and is unde...
Palestinians launch creative protest against Israeli separation wall
Palestinian and activists confront Israeli soldiers during a creative costumed protest against the Israeli separation barrier that would separate their village from their ancestral land...
Ex-IDF soldiers guide tours through the 'occupation' - Yatta
Israeli whistleblower NGO, Breaking the Silence, organizes tours in the Palestinian Occupied Territories with the aim of raising awareness about the reality of the Israeli Occupation. Y...