An international delegation including senior European parliamentarians returned yesterday to their home countries after successfully completing a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip. The delegation led by British peer Lord Nazir Ahmed and accompanied by former UK International Development Minister Clare Short and Baroness Jenny Tongue conducted a number of visits to schools, hospitals and refugee camps in the besieged Palestinian territory.

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The British charity Interpal, dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the Palestinians, has been notified by their bank, the Islamic Bank of Britain, that Lloyds TSB (their clearing bank) has given them the instruction to cease all dealings with Interpal with effect from 8 December 2008.

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Hamas Movement on Monday described PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's meeting with the resigned Israeli premier Ehud Olmert as a "farce" and a "challenge to the Palestinian people's feelings who are suffering at the hands of Israeli occupation in all areas of Palestine".

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- News reports said Monday that a group of 200 Indian Jews are getting prepared to emigrate to Israel next January after the Israeli government approved their request.

GAZA, (PIC)-- The ministry of agriculture reported Tuesday morning that three international activists and 16 Palestinian fishermen have been kidnapped in Palestinian waters by the Israeli navy.

Palestinian sources reported on Sunday that Israeli soldiers and policemen kidnapped 10 Palestinian children in Al Bustan neighborhood near the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem and took them to an unknown destination.

Sunday November 16, 2008 21:36 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News

JENIN, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces at dawn Monday rounded up four Palestinian young men including two brothers in Burkin village, west of Jenin city, local sources reported.

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The British charity Interpal, dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the Palestinians, has been notified by their bank, the Islamic Bank of Britain, that Lloyds TSB (their clearing bank) has given them the instruction to cease all dealings with Interpal with effect from 8 December 2008.

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Friday morning that Israel's Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, approved in recent months plans for the construction and marketing of hundreds of units in illegal West Bank settlements.

Friday November 14, 2008 08:57 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

GAZA, (PIC)-- The UNRWA, the UN agency that caters for Palestinian refugees, has announced Thursday that food supplies and basic needs in Gaza Strip had ran out due to the Israeli rejection to allow the agency trucks into the populated Strip.