Palestine’s Prisoners Day: In the Footsteps of Khader Adnan

Palestinian children take part in a rally in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City marking Palestinian Prisoners Day 17 April 2012. (Photo: REUTERS – Suhaib Salem) By: Charlotte Silver | Al Akhbar English |  Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Khader Adnan was expected to return to his village of Arrabeh today after waging […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | April 17, 2012

Christianity & Easter in Palestine – Beautiful Photography آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Apr 17, 2012 | 23348 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1770 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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Gaza man & Sole Parent of 10 Children, seeking family reunification ‘detained at Erez’

Maan News Agency | April 17, 2012 (updated)   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a Palestinian man at a military crossing from the Gaza Strip last week, relatives told Ma’an. Eyhab Ahmad Abu al-Jidyan, 39, attended an interview with security officials at the Erez crossing last Monday and never returned, his family said. […]

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Special IOF unit kidnaps two Palestinians including injured youth #Israel #ChildSnatchers

[ PIC 17/04/2012 - 11:08 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Special units of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped two Palestinians from Beit Ummar village, to the north of Al-Khalil, on Tuesday including an injured youth. Yousef Abu Mariya, the spokesman for the village’s popular committee, told Quds Press that the unit, backed by IOF soldiers, […]

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Resheq: Resistance only means to liberate prisoners #PalestinePrisoners #IsraeliJail

[ PIC 17/04/2012 - 03:05 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has said that liberating prisoners should precede the liberation of the occupied lands. In a press release on Tuesday on the occasion of the Palestinian prisoner’s day, Resheq called on the Palestinian factions to compete in capturing Israeli soldiers […]

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Report: Israel ignores troops’ violence against Palestinians in West Bank

Two young Palestinians are seen during clashes with Israeli forces at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. (File photo) PressTV Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:19PM GMT A report says many Israeli military personnel do not face prosecution over engagement in violent actions against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. According to Tuesday news reports […]

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Press Release: “50 Peace Activists In Israeli Jails Declare Hunger Strike” | #Airflotilla2

 Monday April 16, 2012 23:29 by WELCOME FRANCE PALESTINE MISSION – Press Release 50 international peace supporters and peace activists detained by Israel and imprisoned at the Givon Prison, near Tel Aviv, declared hunger strike in support of the Palestinian political prisoners and rejecting the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine. About forty French participants of […]

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27 year old Palestinian man Walid Eshneno, wounded in IOF shooting

[ PIC 17/04/2012 - 08:10 AM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– A Palestinian man was wounded on Tuesday morning when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at Khuza’a area to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. The PIC reporter said that Walid Eshneno, 27, was walking near the Khuza’a dispensary when the […]

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Palestinians mark prisoners day in Gaza, West Bank | #PalestinePrisoners #IsraeliJail

Maan News Agency | April 17, 2012 JENIN (Ma’an) — Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank marked Palestinian Prisoners Day on Tuesday with ceremonies symbolizing long-hoped-for freedom from Israeli jails. In Arraba village, south of Jenin, officials gathered to mark the day ahead of the expected release of local Khader Adnan, whose 66-day hunger […]

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320 Local, International Groups Campaign For Detainee’ Rights | #PalestinePrisoners #IsraeliJail

Tuesday April 17, 2012 11:58 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies An International campaign, supported by 320 local and international human rights groups, was launched on Tuesday morning in Gaza city declaring support to the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners held in dozens of Israeli prisons, detention and interrogation facilities, the Palestinian News & […]

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Denmark urges Israel to probe police beating of Danish activist

Israeli army Lieutenant-Colonel Shalom Eisner uses his rifle to strike Danish pro-Palestinian protester Andreas Las. PressTV Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:39AM GM Denmark has demanded information and clarifications from Tel Aviv concerning an assault by a senior Israeli military officer against a Danish pro-Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank. “We are not aware of […]

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Health of hunger strikers sharply worsens | #IsraeliJail #PalestinePrisoners

[ PIC 16/04/2012 - 08:18 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– A human rights group has held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) responsible for the life of two hunger strikers whose health condition had sharply deteriorated. Muhjat Al-Quds group said in a statement on Monday that Thaer Halahle and Bilal Dhiab have lost 18 kilograms of their […]

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Israeli military court sentences Palestinian journalist

[ PIC 16/04/2012 - 11:55 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli military court in Ofer passed a four-month imprisonment term against Suhaib Al-Asa, 26, along with 3000 shekels fine. Aziz, the father of Suhaib Asa, said that the sentence falls in line with the Israeli occupation authority’s constant attacks on the Palestinian people and journalists. […]

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470 Of Passengers Marked As Activists, Had Nothing To Do With “Welcome To Palestine” | #Airflotilla2

Monday April 16, 2012 09:50 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that 470 of the 1200 persons that Israel labeled as “pro-Palestinian”, part of the Welcome To Palestinian Flytilla, were not activists, two of them were a French diplomat and his wife. Haaretz said that %40 of those marked as […]

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European Airlines Silence Palestine Protest | #Airflotilla2

Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, April 16, 2012 | Anti-War.com JERUSALEM — As 60 percent of the international activists set to land at Ben Gurion airport Sunday had their plane tickets cancelled, organizers of the “Welcome to Palestine” fly-in campaign condemned what they say is European complicity in Israel’s illegal restrictions on their right to travel freely. “It’s […]

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IPS threatens unprecedented punishments against striking prisoners | #IsraeliJail #PalestinePrisoners

[ PIC 14/04/2012 - 10:00 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli prison service (IPS) has threatened unprecedented penalties and measures in the event the Palestinian prisoners went ahead in their plan of mass hunger strike. The Tadamoun foundation for human rights said in a statement on Sunday that the IPS established a committee to negotiate […]

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Palestinian prisoners… Justice? ~ via @ManaraRam

Reblog of @ManaraRam’s blog This is an art project lead by activist Michal Vexler. The complete project will be uploaded online later on during the year, for now and in the Palestinian prisoners day, enjoy this amazing illusration of the prisoners cause. All facts listed in this illustration have been collected from the following sources: […]

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VIDEO | Gaza health crisis deteriorating | #IsraelKills by Deprivation

PressTV | April 15, 2012 The health situation in Gaza has once again reached catastrophic levels as hospitals face severe shortages in medicines and hospital supplies. According to health officials in Gaza, nearly 500 patients have died due to lack of medicines or their inability to seek treatment outside the blockaded territory since the beginning […]

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Israel blocks entry of 80 foreign solidarity activists | #Airflotilla2

[ PIC 16/04/2012 - 08:24 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli authorities blocked the entry of 80 foreign solidarity activists, who were supposed to visit the West Bank in solidarity with the Palestinian people, on Monday. A spokesperson for the Israeli police said that 78 solidarity activists were detained at Ben Gurion airport including […]

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#Breaking | Palestinian farmer injured by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:36AM GMT | PressTV A Palestinian farmer has been injured by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, with no further details on the incident, yet. AO/HJL Featured Gaza Siege Harshness Continues. Israel’s committing slow-motion genocide ~ by Stephen Lendman – March 23, 2012 For who does not understand the need or […]

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Israelis arrest pro-Palestinian activists arriving at Ben-Gurion airport | #Airflotilla2

MEMO | April 17, 2012 The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested a number of foreign nationals who arrived at Ben Gurion Airport to take part in solidarity events in the occupied West Bank. The Europeans were arrested when they arrived on Sunday from airports across Europe, despite attempts by Israel to block the airlines from […]

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Statement No. 1: Leadership Committee of Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike | #PalestinePrisoners

Samidoun | April 17, 2012   The following statement, titled Statement No. 1, was issued on April 16, 2012 by the coordinating committee of Palestinian prisoners engaged in a massive hunger strike to launch on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day 2012. Translated from the Arabic. The text of the statement follows: Statement No. 1 Issued by the […]

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