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Demonstration calls on EU to stop Israeli crimes in Palestine

2008-03-05

Arab and European human rights and peace activists held a demonstration in front of the European Union headquarters in Brussels Tuesday afternoon condemning the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians. "Lift the siege in Gaza. No to Israeli terror," shouted the protestors. Amin Abu Ibrahim, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Platform for Human Rights and Solidarity which is based in Holland told KUNA that "we are calling on the EU to lift the siege on Gaza". Ibrahim said they also met the foreign relations committee of the European Parliament to press their demands. The protestors who numbered in the hundreds had come from several EU states to take part in the demonstration. "The EU has a duty to stop the crimes in Palestine," read one placard held by the protestors. "Starving civilians is a crime," read another.

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Haniyeh to telecommute to Rotterdam Paleofest

2007-05-05

'Cos Hamas can't get a visa... Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh will be addressing a conference in Rotterdam via satellite connection on Saturday. The Hamas politician had been invited to attend the Palestinian European Conference but Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen decided not to grant him a visa because Hamas is regarded as a terrorist organisation by the EU. The Palestinian Platform for Human Rights and Solidarity announced on Friday that Haniyeh would be addressing the meeting via satellite. The Platform is organising the conference on the fate of Palestinian refugees. The gathering will be held at the Doelen conference centre in Rotterdam. The organisation says that former Prime Minister Dries van Agt will also attend. The foreign ministry reported on Thursday that Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Ikrima Sabri has decided not to attend the conference. He apparently withdrew his application for a visa. MP for the Freedom Party PVV Geert Wilders had asked Minister Verhagen to refuse Sabri admittance to the Netherlands as well. Wilders says the Muslim cleric supports suicide attacks on Jews.

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