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AFP: Chomsky makes first Gaza visit
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Jewish-American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky reportedly called for an end to Israel’s siege of Gaza, on his first ever visit to the Hamas-ruled enclave on Thursday.

Chomsky, who was in the Gaza Strip for a conference at the Islamic University, called “to end the Israeli siege on Gaza,” a member of Gaza’s legislative council and head of the university’s administrative board, Jamal al-Khudari, told AFP.

“The Palestinian people have a right to live peacefully and in freedom,” Khudari also quoted Chomsky as saying.

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Noam Chomsky is now at the Islamic University of Gaza,

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Affaire tic-o-tac : le courant du Futur contre-attaque
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Deux députés du courant du Futur, Hadi Hobeiche et Jamal Jarrah, ont défendu hier, dans une conférence de presse tenue au Parlement, l’ancien chef de gouvernement, Fouad Siniora, mis en cause par la Cour des comptes dans une affaire de dilapidation et de détournement de fonds publics pour ce qui a trait aux redevances payées par la Société libanaise d’investissements, exploitant le jeu de hasard « tic-o-tac », aujourd’hui disparu.

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Dans une intervention parallèle, le député Ziad Assouad a confirmé indirectement que l’affaire avait été classée, tout en affirmant que la société exploitant le tico-tac avait payé 1,11 milliard de livres de compensation, alors que l’amende pour sa violation de la loi aurait dû lui valoir une amende de 6,01 milliards de livres.

Main power line to Gaza down for 13 days
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Israel is refusing to allow technicians to repair a main power line supplying the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Gaza’s electricity company said Wednesday.

Jamal Dardasawi said the line has been down for 13 days, exacerbating the electricity crisis in the coastal enclave.

The Israeli government has not allowed technicians from the Israel Electric Company or from Gaza to repair the line, which usually provided 12 Megawatts of power, Dardasawi said.

Iraq : Union leader forcibly relocated
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The Northern Oil Company of Iraq has forcibly relocated the President of the Kirkuk Oil and Gas Workers Union, Jamal Abdul-Jabbar, to a remote location. Jamal recently led a major walk out in support of better rights for contract workers and for a better, safer working environment. This forced relocation is a common tactic of oil sector employers in Iraq hoping to remove union activists from their positions in the union, and deter other workers from taking action, but global pressure from unions often prevents such management bullying, so we are appealing for urgent action - not least because the International Labour Conference is taking place in Geneva and the Iraqi Government, which controls the Northern Oil Company, will be particularly sensitive to further allegations of trade union repression.

Les joies du #syndicalisme dans l’#Irak occupée.

Palestine: Israeli army kidnaps three children in Bil’in
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Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers kidnapped Jamal Atef Al Khatib, 14, Mahmoud Samara, 16, and Ammar Raed Al Khatib, 13, the Maan News Agency reported.

Bil’in is a leading village in its creative nonviolent resistance against the Annexation Wall Israel is building on Palestinian lands and orchards, and against settlements.

#Israël #Palestine

Israel to compensate Palestinian for disability caused by interrogation - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
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The Shin Bet has agreed to compensate a Palestinian former militant who claimed that he had become permanently disabled due to torture he underwent during interrogation by agents of the security services.

The Shin Bet was ordered by the court in the wake of a lawsuit to compensate Jamal Mustafa al-Hindi, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Al-Hindi said that torture during his arrest 15 years ago for his alleged role in murder two Israelis caused him 30 percent disability.

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