Gaza: urgent fuel supplies for hospitals – Reuters AlertNet

  Gaza: urgent fuel supplies for hospitals Reuters AlertNet 23 Feb 2012 00:00 Source: member // International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – Switzerland “The lack of fuel restricts the functioning of vital public services, especially hospitals,” said Irfan Sulejmani, the head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gaza. “Without these emergency supplies, the treatment [...]

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Russia warns Israel: Attacking Iran catastrophic for Middle East

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov PRESS TV Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:11PM GMT The scenario of military action against Iran would be catastrophic for the region and possibly the whole system of international relations.” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov Russia has once again warned Israel of the “catastrophic consequences” of a military attack [...]

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#KhaderAdnan: A selfless Palestinian hero – by Daoud Kuttab

by Daoud Kuttab PNN FEBR 23 2012 It might have been a small gesture, but it spoke volumes. After Khader Adnan, the Palestinian administrative detainee in his 66th day of hunger strike, agreed to end his strike he refused to eat until all fellow hunger striking Palestinians are informed about such decision. Speaking on Voice [...]

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Biology of Peace – by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh

PNN FEB 23 2012 I grew up under Israeli occupation, a brutal military occupation accompanied by “colonization” (land theft). My family suffered, though not as much as other Palestinian families. It is hard to describe how much the occupation invades every aspect of one’s life here: from eating and drinking to education and from healthcare to travel, from economy [...]

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Jewish settlers plan to storm the Aqsa on Thursday

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 06:13 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba settlement plan to storm the holy Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said on Wednesday. AFEH said in a statement that a number of Hebrew websites affiliated with the Zionist far right [...]

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Israel’s Hospital refuses treatment to wounded Palestinian than Israel’s Army dumped him. He died at the side of a road.

Tragic death of injured Gazan man near Ofer prison Thursday, 23 February, 2012 | 02:02 | Silwanic Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) – An injured Palestinian man from Gaza has died after was forced to leave an Israeli hospital in Jerusalem and dumped near Ofer military prison in the West Bank by Israeli forces. Omar Jebreen, from [...]

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Special Request #KhawajaStrike – Show solidarity with Bahraini hunger striker suffering from kidney bleeding

FEB 22 2012 We received a request to spread news and create awareness for Khawaja, a hunger striker in Bahrain now suffering kidney bleeding. Please follow hashtag #Khawajastrike and help Bahrain’s hungerstriker get media attention this matter deserves for his and many Bahrainis’  human rights are being violated. Follow on twitter @occpal Help us spread [...]

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Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area attacked 100 times during 2011

MEMO FEB 22 2012 A study conducted by Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage in Israel has revealed that Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area has been subjected to around 100 attacks and violations in 2011 alone. The study noted that the attacks varied between physical attacks and plots which pose threats to the sanctity [...]

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Cairo summit confirms Palestinian unity deal

Morning Star Online Febr 23 2012 by Tom Mellen Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the Hamas leadership approved a national unity deal in Cairo on Wednesday. Izzat al-Rishq, an aide to Hamas secretary-general Khaled Mashaal, said the Islamist resistance movement’s political bureau signed the deal after more than 12 hours of talks over two [...]

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Palestinians arrested after “provocative” Israeli tour of Al-Aqsa

Published Thursday, February 23, 2012 Al Akhbar English Seven Palestinians were arrested on Thursday after Israeli forces sanctioned a contentious tour of the Al-Aqsa Mosque site in Jerusalem that included settler extremists. Around 65 Israelis, including some from illegal settler communities, were permitted to visit the site, despite warnings from Palestinian leaders that it would [...]

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When it is illegal to use your front door: Freedom of movement in Al Khalil

by Andreas  23 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Al-Khalil (Hebron) is a divided city. As a result of the Oslo agreements negotiated in the 1990s – the people of Al Khalil became familiar with two new terms – H1 and H2. H1 refers to 80% of the city, which is officially under [...]

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Hamas sets new terms for reconciliation with Fatah

By Nidal al-Mughrabi – MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEBR 23 2012 GAZA CITY (Reuters) — Hamas has set new terms for implementing a reconciliation deal with President Mahmoud Abbas’s rival Fatah group, an official said on Thursday.Abbas and Khalid Mashaal, Hamas’s political chief in exile, agreed in Qatar earlier this month to form a unity government [...]

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Village protester gives testimony of beatings, torture and land theft by Israelis

JFJFP FEB 23 2012 For background to this story – and the statement Bassem Tamimi was then not allowed to make in court – see Peaceful protester tried under military law Bassem Tamimi to Judge: I Do Not Recognize Your Rules Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, uruknet info 21.02.12 After 11 months in an Israeli jail, [...]

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Palestinian liberated woman go on hunger strike to protest her re-arrest

[ 23/02/2012 - 05:19 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Hana’a Shalabi, who was recently liberated in the Hamas-Israel exchange deal, went on hunger strike for her re-arrest and subsequent administrative custody. Lawyer Shireen Iraqi said that Hana’a, from Bruqin village in Jenin province, went on hunger strike since her re-arrest a week ago. She said in [...]

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What Adnan’s release tells us about the occupation

Thursday, February 23 2012|Yossi Gurvitz | 972 magazine The Khader ‘Adnan affair showed the true face of all of the Israelis involved in the occupation, from its enablers in the courts to the Israeli mob Khader ‘Adnan became a Palestinian national hero two days ago, and rightly so. He brought the Netanyahu government, as well [...]

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Israeli bulldozers level 12 dunums of Palestinian land

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 04:13 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation bulldozers leveled 12 dunums of cultivated land in Sourif village to the north of Al-Khalil on Thursday, local sources said. They said that the land is owned by Issac Al-Qadi and Mohammed Eghnaimat. The Israeli occupation authority claimed that the land was confiscated at [...]

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Jewish settlers launch fundraising campaign to raze Aqsa Mosque

[ 23/02/2012 - 04:05 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Leaders of Jewish settlers, given the green light from their government, declared the launch of a wide campaign to raise funds for the demolition of the Aqsa Mosque and the building of the alleged temple in its place. The campaign started Wednesday morning near the Aqsa [...]

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IOF soldiers round up 21 Palestinians

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 04:08 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem at dawn Thursday. IOF sources said that the army detained nine Palestinians seven of them in Nablus at dawn Thursday, but well-informed Palestinians sources said that the IOF soldiers arrested [...]

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Abulsabh: Israel retracts promises in exchange deal, Egypt should intervene

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 04:10 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza minister of prisoners Dr. Attalla Abulsabh has lashed out at the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for recanting on its promises in the prisoners’ exchange deal, brokered by Egypt, not to re-arrest freed prisoners. He said in a press release on Thursday that the IOA has [...]

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IOF maneuvers damage Palestinian cultivated land

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 04:12 PM ] JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– Palestinian inhabitants have appealed to human rights groups to visit the northern Jordan Valley and see for themselves the damage inflicted by Israeli army maneuvers. The Maleh and Bedouin tribes municipal council in the Jordan Valley said in a statement on Thursday that the ongoing [...]

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Haneyya confers with Jihad leaders, leads Aqsa demo in Cairo

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 04:07 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya conferred with Islamic Jihad secretary general Dr. Ramadan Shallah and his deputy Ziyad Nakhale on latest Palestinian and regional developments in Cairo on Thursday. The premier’s office said that the discussion also tackled the reconciliation process, noting that both parties agreed on [...]

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Government Condemns Israeli Plan on Qalandia Airport

RAMALLAH, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – Palestinian government spokesman Ghassan Khatib Thursday condemned an Israeli plan to transfer Qalandia airport into an industrial zone, considering it a violation of international law. “The airport is located in an occupied land according to international law and therefore Israel has no right to make any changes to the [...]

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Army Orders Construction on Houses to Stop

HEBRON, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities Thursday issued notices to stop construction work on eight Palestinian houses in the Hebron area village of Surif as a prelude to demolish them under the pretext they were built without permit, according to the Land Research Center (LCR). A field researcher at the center said [...]

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Israeli Bulldozers Raze Palestinian Land

QNA FEBR 23 2012 Hebron, February 23 (QNA) – Israeli bulldozers Thursday razed 30 dunums of Palestinian-owned cultivated land and demolished a water well in Surif, a town northwest of Hebron, according to official sources. Surif mayor Mousa al-Sha’er told Palestine’s (WAFA) news agency that Israeli bulldozers accompanied with soldiers razed 30 dunums, demolished a [...]

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Palestinian teens spend 3 months in jail due to cops` false reports

Nir Hasson – Haaretz – Two Palestinian teens who spent three months in jail on suspicion of throwing a firebomb were released this week because the border policemen who incriminated them turned out to have submitted false reports. The bomb was allegedly thrown at a Jerusalem checkpoint on October 21. But according to Border Police [...]

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EU Concerned over Israeli Settlement Expansion

BRUSSELS, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – The European Union Wednesday expressed deep concern by Israeli plans to expand illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to a statement issued by Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief. She said she was “deeply concerned” by the Israeli approval of new construction in the settlements of [...]

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France Pledges 22 Million Euros to Palestinian Projects

RAMALLAH, February 23, 2012, (WAFA) – The French Development Agency pledged to support Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority by allocating 22 million euros to finance several development projects, a press release by Minister of Planning Ali Jarbawi’s office said Thursday. Jirbawi and regional director of the French agency, Mary Perry Nicolette, discussed projects such as [...]

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Hamas: Egypt to supply Gaza Strip with fuel for electricity

  Hamas: Egypt to supply Gaza Strip with fuel for electricity Ahram Online Palestinian resistance faction makes fuel-import agreement with Egypt in hopes of ending Gaza’s electricity crisis; Red Cross ships 150,000 litres of fuel to Gaza health ministry on Thursday via Karam Abu Salem AFP & MENA, Thursday 23 Feb 2012 Hamas has reached [...]

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Israel Prevents Palestinian Lawmaker from Travelling

13:18-RAMALLAH, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities prevented on Wednesday Palestinian Legislative Council member Qais Abdul Karim (better known as Abu Laila) from travelling abroad and turne Israel Prevents Palestinian Lawmaker from Travelling

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‘Israel should annex 60% of Area C’

Former Yesha Council Head Naftali Bennett says Israel should take unilateral action to protect its West Bank interests; suggests Egypt annex Gaza Strip ‘Israel should annex 60% of Area C’ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:38:44 GMT Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures

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Land research center: Israel plans to bring more Jews to O. Palestine

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 09:17 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Land research center warned that the Israeli occupation government intends to bring more Jews from all over the world to occupied Palestine in order to change its demographic composition and annex more lands for their settlements. The center said in a report that the Israeli [...]

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Israeli Forces Arrest 20 Palestinians in Jerusalem, West Bank

WAFA FEB 23 2012 RAMALLAH, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Thursday arrested 20 Palestinians from Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said that four Jerusalem residents were arrested for trying to prevent a group of Jewish extremists from breaking into al-Aqsa Mosque. Forces also arrested seven Palestinians [...]

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Palestinians Condemn Israeli Provocations at Al-Aqsa Mosque

WAFA FEB 23 2012 JERUSALEM, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh Thursday condemned ongoing provocations by Israeli settlers and extremists at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israeli police Thursday allowed dozens of Jewish extremists on al-Aqsa Mosque yards in spite of tension in the area, leading to confrontations with Palestinian [...]

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Jewish settlers and troops defile Aqsa Mosque, attack Muslim worshipers

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 10:39 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Several groups of extremist Jewish settlers under police protection desecrated the Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, while Israeli soldiers prevented hundreds of Palestinians from entering the Mosque to defend it and fend off the attackers. The Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said that a [...]

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Israeli Bulldozers Raze Land, Demolish Water-Well

WAFA FEB 23 2012 HEBRON, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli bulldozers Thursday razed 30 dunums of Palestinian-owned cultivated land and demolished a water well in Surif, a town northwest of Hebron, according to official sources. Surif mayor Mousa al-Sha’er told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers accompanied with soldiers razed 30 dunums, demolished a water well [...]

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Al-Quds institution warns of Israeli intent to divide Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 23/02/2012 - 09:14 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Al-Quds international institution warned of an Israeli scheme to divide the Aqsa Mosque as already happened with the Abrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil city. In a press release on Wednesday, Al-Quds institution added that this scheme started with the current spate of break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque. [...]

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ICRC supplies fuel to Gaza Strip to ease crisis

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 23 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday supplied 150,000 liters of fuel to the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip. “The lack of fuel restricts the functioning of vital public services, especially hospitals,” Irfan Sulejmani, the head of the ICRC sub-delegation in [...]

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Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on Israeli settlement approvals

PNN FEB 23 2012 European Union The spokesperson of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton issued the following statement today: “The High Representative is deeply concerned by the approval on 22 February by the Israeli Civil Administration of new construction in the [...]

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