Israel killing the two-state solution ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 09:38 PM ] From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry making a last effort to salvage the moribund peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) it seems that Israel has finally made any prospective peace deal based on the two-state solution vision utterly […]

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Khatib condemns Israel’s prevention of UN delegation from visiting Jerusalem

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 08:04 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Kamal Khatib, deputy head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948-territories condemned the occupation’s decision to prevent the UNESCO delegation from visiting Jerusalem. Israel decided to cancel a planned visit by a delegation from UNESCO, the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to […]

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Al Mezan: Israeli denial of al-Dorra Killing is a new attempt to hide Israeli occupation forces’ crimes

Note from occpal: Israel shooting children with live ammunition, whitewashing assassination of Al-Duraah goes unpunished and violence against minors is totally being silenced by media. While 1519 children have been killed by Israel since Sep 2000 Their names and stories at: Remember The Children – Memorial [ PIC 22/05/2013 - 05:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– […]

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Unsupported accusations against French TV correspondent over coverage of Palestinian teenager’s shooting ~ by @RSF_RWB

Reporters without Borders | May 22, 2013 Read in Arabic (بالعربية) The Israeli government has just published a report of its investigation into French TV station France 2’s controversial coverage of 12-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Durrah’s death during rioting in the Gaza Strip on 30 September 2000 and the disputed claim that he was killed by […]

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Palestinian children meet football star Messi in Qatar

Maan News Agency | May 21, 2013 DOHA, Qatar (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian children had the chance to meet international soccer star Lionel Messi in the Qatari capital of Doha on Monday. Messi visited Doha as the global brand ambassador of the Qatari telecommunications company Ooredoo. Thanks to a partnership between Ooredoo and Palestine’s Wataniya […]

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Israeli soldiers shoot 12 year old Palestinian boy Atta Mohammed Sharadeh in chest

Israeli soldiers (file photo) PressTV | Wed May 22, 2013 3:13AM GMT Palestinian youth and children have been among the most vulnerable victims of the Israeli soldiers’ brutality in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.” Israeli troops have shot and critically injured a Palestinian boy in the chest in the occupied West Bank, […]

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Researcher: Israel cancels @UNESCO delegation’s visit to hide its crimes

[ PIC 21/05/2013 - 05:21 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Jerusalemite researcher Jamal Amr stated that canceling UNESCO delegation’s visit to Jerusalem by the occupation authorities aims to hide the Israeli violations. The UNESCO delegation came under Israeli conditions after international guarantees to Israel not to prosecute its violations, he stated. He told Quds press […]

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Israel to “re-extend” Gaza fishing zone to 6 miles and still violates the Bertini Agreement

Maan News Agency | May 21, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Israeli government has decided to re-extend Gaza’s fishing zone to 6 miles, after reducing it in March following a rocket attack from the coastal territory, a statement from Israel’s army said Tuesday. The decision was announced after a meeting between Israeli premier Benjamin […]

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Censorship from Churchill 1948 to Al Jazeera in 2013: “The Last of the Semites” ~ by Joseph Massad (Updated)

May 20, 2013 – by occpal | Updated May 22, 2013 After @Newseum killed the commemoration of by Israel slain journalists, now also Al Jazeera falls for the zionist lobby which is pushing all buttons to silence all who even dare to speak or publish truth. Main stream media and it’s journos: prostituting it’s very […]

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Negev demolitions: ‘War in the full sense’

#NAKBA65  | 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 NEGEV (Ma’an) – “What I have seen was like post-war footage rather than home demolition as the Hebrew media misleadingly describe it,” says the head of the Islamic movement in northern Israel Sheikh Raed Salah. Salah’s remarks Sunday came during a […]

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Another Hit & Run Attack: Jewish extremists run over a Palestinian female student near Safed

[ PIC22/05/2013 - 09:02 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– A female student at the Safed College, in the northern 1948-occupied territories, sustained injuries after being run over deliberately by Jewish extremists’ vehicle; while crossing the road heading to her college. The Association of Arab students at Safed College asserted in a press statement that they recognized […]

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Ahrar: Health condition of prisoner Adel Shaniur deteriorates

[ PIC 21/05/2013 - 09:39 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights called on the international human rights organizations to work for the release of 64-year-old administrative detainee Haj Adel Shaniur, from al-Dhahiriya town near al-Khalil. Haj Shaniur was arrested on November 21, 2012 and is held at Negev desert […]

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Deterioration in hunger striker Abu Daoud’s health status

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 06:33 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has transferred the prisoner Ayman Abu Daoud, 39 days on hunger strike, from Ramle prison hospital to Afula hospital due to his urgent need for intensive care, PPS lawyer Jawad Boulos confirmed. Dozens of prisoners’ families organized on Tuesday a sit-in […]

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MP Sherafi: The day of liberation is looming

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 10:12 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian lawmaker Yousuf Al-Sherafi said the improvement of the Palestinian armed resistance and the changes taking place in the Arab world heralds the imminent demise of the Israeli occupation state. During a private meeting held on the occasion of the 65th Nakba anniversary in northern Gaza, […]

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Abu Marzook: It’s a shame Europeans care more about the Palestinians than the PA

MEMO | May 22, 2013 Deputy Chairman of Hamas’ Political Bureau, Moussa Abu Marzook, has expressed grief over the torture taking place in Palestinian Authority prisons and believes that the EU statement issued on Wednesday (5/22) is somewhat saddening as it indicates that Europeans seems to care more about the rights of Palestinians than Palestinians […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | May 22, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات May 22, 2013 | 24184 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2170 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Rachel Shabi: Muhammad al-Dura and Israel’s obsession with the propaganda war http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsraeliOccupationArchive/~3/kUaR6Pi0Pck/ Israeli Attorney General slams Defence […]

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Occupation desecrates 2350 Islamic and Christian holy sites in Palestine 48

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 22/05/2013 - 03:51 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– A Palestinian Foundation, located in the 48 occupied territories, revealed that “Israeli gangs have been using malicious methods to destruct and Judaize Islamic and […]

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Finland’s foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja visits Gaza, pledges more funds for UNRWA

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 09:38 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja on Tuesday paid a brief visit to the besieged Gaza Strip and pledged a €1.5 million increase in his country’s support for the UNRWA’s relief activities. Tuomioja arrived in Gaza through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to the north of Gaza and […]

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Israel detains 5 students (aged 13-15 years) in Jerusalem

Maan News Agency | May 22, 2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained five students from a school belonging to an Islamic orphanage after they were accused of attacking a settler in Jerusalem, officials said Wednesday. Headmaster Mazen Jamjoum told Ma’an that Israeli troops raided the school and detained five students between the ages of […]

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Israeli troops raid Beit Jala vocational training center

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline Maan News Agency | May 22, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided a vocational training center in the Bethlehem-area town of Beit Jala on Wednesday, witnesses said. Military vehicles entered a northern area of Beit Jala and soldiers raided the center, […]

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Settling. A Warcrime by Law. But Israel constructed 16,000 settlement units over the past 3 years anyway

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article MEMO | May 22, 2013   Saeb Erekat, member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, stated that the Israeli government “Continues to exercise the settlement policy on the occupied Palestinian territories.”During […]

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With photos… Demolition of 7 residential houses in Jerusalem and 57 individuals are homeless

#NAKBA65  65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Silwanic | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | 15:13 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) —Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s camera spotted the demolition process that occurred in the city of Jerusalem yesterday where 7 residential houses in Al-Tur and Jabal Al-Mukabber with 57 people living in them were demolished, under the pretext of […]

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48 Individuals are homeless…: Demolition of the Abu Al-Dab’at family home

…and the arrest of three Jerusalemites Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | 15:11 0 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) —The occupation municipality’s bulldozers demolished on Tuesday afternoon a residential building belonging to Abu Al Dab’at family in Al-Farouq neighborhood in Jabal Al-Mukabber in Jerusalem, under the pretext of building without a permit. The 2-storey building has 4 apartments […]

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Demolition of 2 houses for Sha’lan family in Al-Tur

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 14:54 Silwanic | May 21, 2013 The Israeli bulldozers demolished this morning two houses belonging to the Sha’lan family in Khallet Al-Ayn in Al-Tur village east of Jerusalem. The house’s owner, Um Mahmoud Sha’lan, told Wadi Hilweh Information Center that a large Israeli force raided the house around 6 a.m. […]

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“No-one can explain to me why” – With Photos

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline 22 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qalil, Occupied Palestine The Israeli army invaded seven family homes in the village of Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus, between 1am and 2am on 20th May. They trashed the properties and […]

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Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank

Wednesday May 22, 2013 10:42 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Wednesday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, the army broke into several homes and searched them causing property damage. File – Soldiers Kidnapping A Palestinian – Radio Bethlehem 2000 Local […]

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Israel Kidnaps 12 Children of the Orphanage School In Occupied Jerusalem

Wednesday May 22, 2013 11:42 by IMEMC & Agencies Wednesday, May 22 2013, The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped twelve children, students of the Orphanage School in occupied East Jerusalem. File – Image By Wadi Hilweh Information Center Bassam Khalil, vice-principal of the school, stated that the army […]

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Hamas demands @UNESCO to curb Israel’s Judaization activities in Jerusalem

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 09:20 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– A senior Hamas official on Tuesday called on the UNESCO to put an end to Israel’s violations against the occupied city of Jerusalem and its Islamic historical sites, warning that there would be dire consequences for Israel’s actions in the holy city. Ezzat Al-Resheq, a member […]

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Palestinian Ambassador Demands EU Boycott Nakba Activities ~ by @KawtherSalam

#NAKBA65  65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Kawther Salam | May 21, 2013 سفيرة فلسطين في بروكسل تحث أعضاء في البرلمان الأوروبي على مقاطعة فعاليات النكبة مؤتمر فلسطينيي أوروبا ينهي أعماله بنجاح رغم الجهود المبذولة من أجل إفشاله غابت سفيرة فلسطين… وحضرت أجيال العودة PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his Ambassador to Brussels, Leila Shahid, conspired […]

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Israel Claims Arresting Two Hamas, Islamic Jihad “Cells” In Hebron

Wednesday May 22, 2013 02:04 by IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli Security Agency (Shabak) revealed Tuesday that the army managed to arrest, a month ago, members of two “cells” that belong to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in the Hebron area, in the southern parts of the West Bank. File – Image By Palestine […]

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Photos | Prelude to land theft: a livelihood trashed in Aqraba ~ by @ISMPalestine

#NAKBA65  65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! 21st May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | Aqraba, Occupied Palestine Seven hundred olive trees were uprooted first thing in the morning of 16th May while a bulldozer got to work destroying the farmer’s concrete water storage facility and surrounding dry stone walls and fences in Aqraba. […]

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Settlers attack a Palestinian village in the Negev

[ PIC 21/05/2013 - 09:27 PM ] NEGEV, (PIC) — Palestinian sources in the Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj in the Negev, in the southern 1948 territories, said that Jewish extremists from Ratmim settlement attacked the village and its residents on Sunday evening. Salman Ibn Ehmid, head of the local committee in the village, told […]

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