PA security services arrest dozens in al-Khalil

[ PIC 13/04/2012 - 09:02 PM ] AL-KHALIL,(PIC)– PA security services launched, yesterday, a wide arrest and summons campaign against dozens of Hams supporters in al-Khalil southern West Bank. Witnesses confirmed to the PIC that The PA intelligence services raided an aluminum workshop in al-Khalil city and kidnapped Mohammed Yousef Abu Sneineh (23 years). The […]

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Good for Gunter! ~ by Stuart Littlewood

Palestine Chronicle | April 13, 2012 Can’t say I’m crazy about the German Nobel laureate’s poetry. Much is lost in translation, of course. But the sentiment expressed in ‘What Must Be Said’ is spot-on. And now that the dust has settled we can marvel at how the avalanche of outraged squawks and screeches sent the […]

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Israel forces airline to cancel tickets of British ‘flytilla’ activists | #Airflotilla2

Jet2.com move follows pressure from Israel as 2,000 pro-Palestinian activists prepare to fly in on way to West Bank Guardian | Harriet Sherwood | April 13, 2012 Pro-Palestinian activists will be trying to get to the West Bank via Tel Aviv. Above, the wall separating the West Bank town of Bethlehem from Jerusalem. Photograph: Gil […]

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Lufthansa bars passengers en route to Palestine | #Airflotilla2

Maan News Agency | April 13, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Germany’s national airline is canceling tickets of passengers who intend to visit the occupied West Bank, a group organizing a visit by foreigners said Friday. Lufthansa canceled the tickets of dozens of people who are signed up to join the Welcome to Palestine week which […]

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Settlers ‘destroy olive trees’ in Hebron

Maan News Agency | April 13, 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Settlers destroyed dozens of olive trees belonging to Hebron villagers on Friday, a local committee said. Settlers from Maon settlement southeast of Hebron chopped down dozens of trees belonging to Jebril Mousa Khalil, a spokesman for the popular committee against the wall and settlements said. […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | April 13, 2012

Christianity & Easter in Palestine – Beautiful Photography آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Apr 13, 2012 | 23344 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1766 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | Pictures Aug | Oct | Dec 2011| Jan […]

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Abu Halbiyya calls for international lawsuits against Judaization of Jerusalem

[ 13/04/2012 - 06:40 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The head of the Gaza branch of Al-Quds International Institution and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Ahmed Abu Halbiyya, stressed the need to start immediately bringing lawsuits in international courts against the occupation’s Judaization of Jerusalem. He explained in a press release to «Quds Press” […]

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Israel denies activists entry – keeps Palestine in isolation | #Airflotilla2

 Socialist resistance | April 13, 2012 Israel is denying entry to activists trying to enter the West Bank from Tel Aviv to bring solidarity with the Palestinian people. Up to 2,000 people, mainly from Europe, will attempt to board planes in what has been nicknamed a “flytilla” – referring to previous attempts to breach the […]

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Bil’in Weekly Demo – April 13, 2012 – Video by haithmkhatib@gmail.com

Apr 13, 2012 Video by haithmkatib   Action Alert Global March to Jerusalem- Official Website All related posts on this blog about the GM2J Al-Quds & Al-Aqsa 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 […]

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Welcome to Palestine: "Even Prisoners Are Allowed Visits" ~ by @naiman | #Airflotilla2

Reblogged from Welcome to Palestine:  Source: Huffingtonpostblog |Robert Naiman | April 13, 2012 What difference will it make to the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank when the world meets their demands for freedom and self-determination? One difference it will make: like other peoples of the world, the Palestinians will get to decide who […]

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Palestinians welcome Tunisian President’s support for Palestinian captives

[ PIC 13/04/2012 - 02:27 PM ] GAZA,(PIC)– Riad Ashkar, researcher in prisoners’ affairs, has welcomed the Tunisian president Mohamed Moncef Marzouki’s decision of hosting an international conference in support of Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons in coming months, in addition to organizing activities to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners Day in a few days. Such a […]

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PFLP: the Quartet’s statement equates the victim with the executioner

[ PIC 13/04/2012 - 03:43 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The PFLP considered the Quartet statement as a “declaration of failure [that reflects] lack of willpower and determination to confront the occupation’s disregard for international conventions, the binding principles of international and humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.” In a press release on Friday, the […]

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VIDEO – Welcome To Palestine 2012 – Press Update April 13, 2012 | #Airflotilla

Vide posted on Apr 13, 2012 by justghassan Seven minutes interview with Dr. Abed Elfatah Abu Srour — one of the Welcome to Palestine 2012 organizers #Airflotilla2 | Mission “Welcome to Palestine”: The detailed program

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#BREAKING | Jet2 cancelling reservations from UK with no refund | #Airflotilla2

Aside from Lufthansa, who canceled en masse tickets of people traveling to Israel, even when not participating in the mission Welcome to Palestine, now Jet2 canceled bookings of participants.  BDS  JET2→ Apparently serving Israel & apartheid is more important for Jet2 than seving humanitarian customers. Welcome to Palestine Website | April 13, 2012  From: “CustomerCare” […]

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Hamas: Destroying Qassam tombstone a crime

[ PIC 12/04/2012 - 11:36 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Hamas denounced the Israeli authorities for attempting to destroy the headstone of Sheikh Ezzuddin Al-Qassam’s grave in Haifa. The movement, in a statement on Wednesday, described the diggings in the cemetery as racist, charging that Israel was not respecting the dead or the living. The blatant […]

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PRESS RELEASE GUSH SHALOM – Mr. Minister, Greet Them with Flowers! | #Airflotilla2

Scoop – Friday, 13 April 2012, 9:12 am Press Release: Gush Shalom April 12, 2012 Gush Shalom Calls For Termination Of Police Mobilization At Tel Aviv Airport And Welcoming Of “Fly-In” Activists Mr. Minister, greet them with flowers! Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, calls upon the Minister of Public Security to cancel plans for […]

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Egyptian religious scholars refuse to visit Jerusalem while under occupation

[ 13/04/2012 - 11:36 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Egyptian religious scholars are unanimous in their rejection of the idea of visiting Jerusalem while it is still under occupation, because such a visit requires and Israeli visa, which means an implicit recognition of the occupation state and a step in the direction of normalisation with the […]

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Must read: Surgeon Dr. Mads Gilbert Shares Stories of Humanitarian Medical Work in Gaza

His presentation is 7 p.m. April 14 at Tomson Hall 280, St. Olaf College. By Allison K. Schmitt | NorhfieldPatch | April 13, 2012 Amid falling bombs, electricity blackouts and medical personnel stretched to the breaking point, Dr. Mads Gilbert was only one of two Westerners to witness the 2008-09 Israeli bombing of Gaza. Dr. […]

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Abbas calls for NATO forces to replace Israeli troops

Maan News Agency | April 13, 2012 TOKYO, Japan (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called for NATO forces to replace Israeli troops on Palestinian land. The president’s call for an Israeli withdrawal was made during a meeting with Arab ambassadors in Tokyo, a Ma’an correspondent reported. ISRAEL’S WEB WAR DECLARATION: HASBARA GOES WWW! […]

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Israeli forces disperse demo in Bethlehem village

Maan News Agency | April 13, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces suppressed a weekly demonstration on Friday in the Bethlehem village of al-Masara, a local committee said. Palestinian and international peace activists took part in a demonstration after Friday prayers, the popular committee against the wall and settlements said in a statement. Israeli forces […]

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A Zionist plan to build a Jewish museum in Al Buraq courtyard

[ PIC 13/04/2012 - 02:00 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Al-Quds International Institution (QII) exposed a new Zionist outline that aims to build a Jewish museum in the northwest part of the Buraq Square in Al Aqsa Mosque. The Beirut-based organization said, in a press statement on Thursday: “The occupation is planning to confiscate three Dunums […]

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Nathalie Arthaud : Gaza est un camp de concentration | Gaza is a concentration camp – Video

on Apr 13, 2012 Video by abunawfal Nathalie Arthaud explique aux pauvres journalistes de France2 la différence entre camps de concentration et camp d’extermination. Et leur rappelle surtout le sort des palestiniens occupés à l’état d’Israel, dont on est complice par notre silence. Nathalie Arthaud explains to ignorant journalists France2 the difference between concentration camps […]

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