Doha Conference – Turkish Minister: Jerusalem has to be freed of Israeli occupation

Atalay described Jerusalem as “a captive city in the hands of Israel,” saying that Israel’s policy is aimed at denying Jerusalem’s thousands-year-old history with Muslims, Christians and Palestinians. WORLDBULLETIN FEBR 26 2012 Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay has said Jerusalem had to be freed of Israeli occupation if a lasting settlement was to reign […]

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Doha Conference on Al-Quds – Photography

FEBR 26 2012 Related Doha – Turkish Minister: Jerusalem has to be freed of Israeli occupation – Feb 26 2012 Doha – Abbas backs Emir’s proposal to go to UN for action against Israel – Feb 26 2012 Ethnic cleansing & Denial of Palestinian identity – Special Topic Israel’s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque […]

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Doha Conference – Abbas backs Emir’s proposal to go to UN for action against Israel

HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and (right) Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Omar at the opening of the International Conference on Jerusalem in Doha yesterday GULF TIMES FEBR 27 2012 QNA/Doha Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his support to the proposal, presented yesterday by HH the Emir Sheikh […]

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Abbas: Israel carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Jerusalem

MAAN FEB 26 2012 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Sunday of trying to erase any Arabic identity from Jerusalem, drawing a strong response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Abbas, speaking at a conference in Qatar, said that for the past few years Israel has been waging a “final battle” aimed […]

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Four political detainees on hunger strike for one week

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 06:03 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Four detainees in the PA jails have been on hunger strike in Nablus jails for the past week demanding their release, relatives said on Sunday. They said that the four, all from Nablus, have been on hunger strike since Monday and are adamant on continuing in […]

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IOA boosts security presence in occupied Jerusalem

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 06:01 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) deployed large numbers of policemen and border police in and around the occupied city of Jerusalem on Sunday turning the city into a large army barracks. The policemen stopped Arab cars and asked for IDs after searching the vehicles. A […]

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Owners of destroyed homes close UNRWA offices

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 05:55 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Angry Palestinian demonstrators closed the UNRWA offices in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday to protest the delay in rebuilding their destroyed homes. Dozens of citizens participated in the demonstration to demand expediting the reconstruction of their homes before they closed the UNRWA offices. […]

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Palestinian activists plan massive march on Israel’s borders next month

HAARETZ FEB 26 2012 Israeli officials monitoring the planned event, but are skeptical as to whether it will amount to anything more than similar mass march attempts in the past. By Anshel Pfeffer You probably have not yet heard about the Global March to Jerusalem (GM2J) planned in less than five weeks for March 30, […]

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#HanaShalabi – Detainees in Israeli jails announce strike action

MAAN FEB 26 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Detainees in Israeli jails on Sunday announced a series of measures to undertake strike action in protest against the practice of administrative detention, the Ministry of Prisoner Affairs said. A report produced by the ministry said that prisoners in Nafha, Ramon, Ofer and Eshel jails would initiate a […]

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#KhaderAdnan – Adnan driven by higher logic

My husband has helped expose the plight of Palestinians held under administrative detention by Israel By Randa Musa, Guardian News & Media Ltd Published: 00:00 February 27, 2012   Image Credit: Illustration: Dana A. Shams ©Gulf News Khader Adnan has been an activist for many years. He is no shadowy figure but an outspoken local […]

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IOF soldiers storm Nabi Saleh village, search for demonstrators

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 05:59 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Nabi Saleh village to the north west of Ramallah on Sunday and broke into many homes at the pretext of looking for demonstrators. Local sources said that the soldiers wreaked havoc on searched homes and terrorized children and women. They […]

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#HanaShalabi – Hana’a on 11th day of hunger strike amidst calls for saving her life

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 05:59 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian administrative detainee Hana’a Shalabi has entered her 11th day of hunger strike demanding her immediate release as a human rights group called for saving her life. Hana’a was released only four months ago in the prisoners’ exchange deal between Hamas and Israel that stipulated among […]

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Women rally for Al-Aqsa – Gaza Feb 26 2012 – Photography

FEB 26 2012 Ethnic cleansing & Denial of Palestinian identity – Special Topic Israel’s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque – Overview More Information about Al-Aqsa Under Threats (PDF) All posts about Al-Aqsa Mosque on this blog – Category Photography Al-Aqsa Assault – February 19, 2012 – Video & Photography Al-Aqsa Assault – February 24, […]

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Arab MKs: Harming al-Aqsa will lead to global jihad

Ynetnews Feb 26 2012 Website lists them as Palestinian representatives On the one hand they are members of Israel ‘s Knesset, on the other hand, they are taking part in the International Conference for Defense of Jerusalem in Qatar as representatives of Palestine… more Arab MKs: Harming al-Aqsa will lead to global jihad Ethnic cleansing […]

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Abbas slams Israel’s heinous policy of Judaization

Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas (file photo) PRESSTV Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:30PM GMT Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas says Israel uses “heinous methods and policies” to erase the Arab, Islamic and Christian character of East al-Quds (Jerusalem). The Palestinian Authority chief said on Sunday the Tel Aviv regime exercises “all sorts of” […]

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Official: Israel to confiscate Salfit village land

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 26 2012 SALFIT (Ma’an) — Israeli military authorities have issued an order for the confiscation of a northern West Bank village’s land, local officials told Ma’an on Sunday. The military order confiscates 21.3 dunams of Qarawat Bani Hassan village in Salfit, citing security reasons. The village is bordered by three Israeli […]

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Egyptian FM: We won’t remain silent toward violation of Aqsa sanctity

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 01:57 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Egyptian foreign minister Mohammed Kamel Amr has condemned the Israeli occupation authority’s desecration of the sanctity of the holy Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem. He said in a press release shortly before the inauguration of the Doha international conference on Jerusalem on Sunday that the world […]

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Turkish medical delegation lands in Gaza

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 02:10 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A Turkish medical delegation landed in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after crossing the Rafah border terminal. Local sources said that the 15-member team would visit Gaza hospitals and get acquainted with medical conditions. The arrival of the team coincided with the arrival of another aid […]

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Jewish settler deliberately run over Palestinian

[ PIC 26/02/2012 - 01:53 PM ] File photo of a settler running over Palestinian children in Jerusalem AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Jewish settler driving a Mazda car ran over a Palestinian young man near the entrance to the village of Beit Ummar, north of Al-Khalil, on Saturday then sped away. Medical sources said that the […]

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Doctors Worldwide Turkey sends mission to Gaza

The mission will remain in Gaza for 10 days where its team of 10 doctors, among them two brain surgeons, a urologist and a plastic surgeon, are slated to perform dozens of surgeries on CIHAN WORLDBULLETIN FEB 26 2012 The Turkish wing of the UK aid group Doctors Worldwide announced on Sunday that it is […]

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Hamas: Israeli crimes will not be forgiven

26-02-2012,09:14 Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades Al Qassam website- Damascus- Hamas has affirmed that the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people would not be forgiven and would not be forgotten despite the lapse of time.The movement said in a press release on Saturday on the 18th anniversary of the Israeli massacre in Al-Khalil that the Palestinian people […]

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Palestinian activist Fadi Quran faces Israeli administrative detention

Scores of Palestinian protestors have been detained by Israel under its policy of administrative detention which sees them being held without charges for an extended period of time. (Reuters)   By Rana Khoury | Al Arabiya | Feb 26 2012 Palestinian nonviolent youth activist, Fadi Quran was assaulted and arrested in Palestine on Friday as […]

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