Report: Israel kidnapped over 440 Palestinians last month

05/04/2011 – 07:46 PM GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs said it documented more than 690 raids carried out last March by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on homes in the West Bank during which they kidnapped more than 440 Palestinians including 60 children. The youngest child kidnapped was Mohamed Al-Natsheh, an 11-year […]

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Khafsh: Israel uses isolation cells to damage prisoners’ psyche

[ 05/04/2011 - 07:30 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– Director of Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies Fouad Al-Khafsh said that the policy of solitary confinement pursued by Israel is intended to humiliate the Palestinian prisoner, break his will and damage his psyche. In an interview with the Palestinian information center (PIC), Khafsh described the isolation […]

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Hayya: Hamas’s calls for Abbas visit still pending

[ 05/04/2011 - 09:00 PM GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya has said his party’s invitation for Abbas to visit Gaza is still up, but he emphasized that the visit should culminate in a comprehensive agreement and should not just serve as a protocol trip. His statements came during a press conference following a […]

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Samouni Family Responds to Goldstone Backtrack on Israeli War Crimes – Ken O’Keefe

Source.   Related to the special topic: WHITE WASH WATCH | Goldstone’s Reconsiderations on the Gaza Cast Lead Report

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Juliano Mer Khamis – Remembered in Ramallah

Live Images from the Juliano Mer Khamis Memorial Rally in Ramallah, April 5, 2011 with Special Thanks to @Palendia   Related SPECIAL TOPIC | JULIANO MER-KHAMIS | ARNA’S CHILDREN In honor of his life and work  the film Arna’s Children, a documentary about Mer-Khamis’ mother and her struggle to fight Israeli and Palestinian injustice from […]

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Gaza officials ask EU to step in after Goldstone comments

April 5, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Over 100 Palestinian figures from Gaza Strip sent a letter of protest to the EU Representative in Palestine, after delegates voted against a move forward on the recommendations of the Goldstone Report at the UN. “Our Palestinian people feel shocked and angered regarding the European vote on Friday, […]

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Two Workers Injured in Gaza, 11 West Bankers Arrested as Troops Raid the Freedom Theater

05.04.11 – 12:35 Gaza – PNN – Two Palestinian workers were injured when Israeli tanks fired shells at them near the northern Gaza–Israeli borders on Tuesday morning. Palestinian medics announced that tanks shelling made it difficult to reach the two injured men to evacuate them to a hospital. Meanwhile 11 Palestinian civilians were arrested by […]

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Israeli troops shoot Gazan dead (updated)

PressTV – Tue Apr 5, 2011 8:55AM An Israeli soldier prepares to open fire at Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers have shot dead one Palestinian and wounded another in the northern Gaza Strip near the Erez border crossing, witnesses say. The troops targeted the […]

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Israeli tanks kill Palestinian man in Gaza

05-04-2011,12:44 |  Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades  Al Qassam website- Gaza- A Palestinian citizen killed by Israeli occupation forces’ tanks near the Gaza border north of Beit Lahya town, Tuesday April 5, 2011. Israeli occupation forces’ tanks opened fire at a civilian Palestinian man north of the Gaza Strip near the Erez crossing, one shell at least […]

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Thousands expected for funeral of slain director

April 5, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Jenin Freedom Theater Director Juliano Mer-Khamis will be buried on Tuesday, with thousands expected to turn out for the funeral processions, set to take place in Jenin, Haifa and Ramallah. Hours after the artist was gunned down in his car outside of the theater in the Jenin refugee camp, […]

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Gaza families shocked after Goldstone retraction

[ 05/04/2011 - 09:51 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Families of some of the casualties laid to rest during the 2008-9 Israeli war on Gaza expressed shock over recent statements by Judge Richard Goldstone that he retracted his opinion that Israel had committed crimes during aggression. Goldstone headed a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission which […]

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Israeli troops shoot two Gazans dead

PressTV – Tue Apr 5, 2011 8:55AM An Israeli soldier prepares to open fire at Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers have shot dead two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip near the Erez border crossing, witnesses say. The troops targeted the Palestinians while they […]

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Palestinian shot dead on Gaza Border

Published Apr 5, 2011  | Al Bawaba Israeli army Israeli troops on Tuesday opened fire at two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip near the Erez border crossing, witnesses said. Cited by AFP, they said soldiers targeted the Palestinians while they “were collecting gravel in the area.” Medics also said that “the ambulance service was […]

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♻ Gaza Under Attack | April 5, 2011

Gazan FM radio report:Medics reporting 2 deaths in the Israeli bombardment in Biet Lahia (Northern Gaza strip) 1st martyr is Mohammad Ziad Shalha (21), killed by Israeli shelling northeast Beit Lahiya while collecting gravel Ma’an News & Al-Aqsa FM Radio confirming just one death in the Israeli bombardment in Biet Lahia. Mohamad shalha Related Gaza: […]

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Goldstone To Visit Israel

Tuesday April 05, 2011 11:34 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Only a few days after retracting his report on Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, South African Judge, Richard Goldstone, said will be happy to visit Israel next summer, starting his tour with Sderot settlement, south of the country. Richard Goldstone – wikipedia […]

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Palestinian figures slams European countries for supporting Israel’s war crimes

[ 05/04/2011 - 09:19 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Human rights activists, academics and intellectuals in Gaza strongly denounced all European union countries for not voting in favor of Goldstone report in the UN human rights council 10 days ago, saying that this European position provided a political cover and immunity for Israel against international law […]

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ISM calling for activists to come to Gaza

Posted by Michael at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 11:22 pm. – Please circulate widely – The International Solidarity Movement is appealing for activists to join our team in the besieged Gaza Strip. In recent months numerous people have managed to cross into Gaza through Egypt, so at present, there is a small […]

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ISRAEL – PALESTINE | MOURNING FOR JULIANO MER-KHAMIS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WALL HE SO DESPISED

April 5, 2011 at 07:39 by Desertpeace Teaching children in the Theater he founded….. Gideon Levy remembers Juliano Mer-Khamis: An Arab, a Jew, a human being Juliano Mer-Khamis was one of the most talented theater actors to ever emerge here was also the most courageous of them. By Gideon Levy A little over a month […]

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Juliano Mer Khamis

by Anthony Alessandrini Jadaliyya is tremendously saddened to report the death of Juliano Mer Khamis earlier today. Juliano, 52, who was the Artistic Director of The Jenin Freedom Theater and the co-director of the award-winning documentary Arna’s Children, was shot by unknown assailants in Jenin as he was leaving the theater. We offer our deepest […]

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6 more detained from Awarta in Itamar investigation

April 5, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers entered the village of Awarta on Tuesday morning, detaining six, in the latest wave of detentions said to be in relation to investigations of the Itamar murders. Village council head Qais Awwad said the six, all men, were taken from their homes after they were entered and […]

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UN Council: Will Not Retract Goldstone Report Due To Op-ed By Chief Investigator

Tuesday April 05, 2011 03:32 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Richard Goldstone, the Chief Investigator of the UN Human Rights Council’s investigation into war crimes and violations by Israel and Hamas during Israel’s 2008-9 invasion of Gaza, created a diplomatic stir when he published an op-ed on Friday entitled “Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on […]

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PA official warns Israel over settlements

PressTV | Tue Apr 5, 2011 1:54AM A file photo of an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank An aide to acting Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas has warned Israel over its “destructive” settlement policy that exacerbates the situation in the Arab world. “We warn Israel and the international community of the […]

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