PALESTINE NEWS | April 23, 2012

ACTIONALERT & LIVE BLOG ▶ 3000 PALESTINIANS ON HUNGER STRIKE | #PalHunger آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Apr 23, 2012 | 23354 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1776 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter Continuous updates.. Gaza in dire need of medical supplies and […]

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Official: Israel demolishes Bedouin village in Negev

Maan News Agency | Updated April 23, 2012 NEGEV (Ma’an) — Israeli forces demolished the Bedouin village Al-Araqib village on Monday for the 37th time, a political official who witnessed the demolition said. The Palestinian residents began to immediately rebuild the site, after forces left just a mosque and cemetery standing, PFLP official Ayman Odeh […]

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A Zionist march calls to speed up the “Temple” construction

[ Palestinian Information Center 23/04/2012 - 08:16 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Zionist groups have organized, on Sunday, a march under the name “March of the doors” that marks the start of the Hebrew month, touring Old City’s alleyways in Jerusalem, chanting slogans against Arabs and Muslims, and calling to speed up the construction of […]

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IOF soldiers storm elementary school in Yatta, threaten to close it

[ Palestinian Information Center 23/04/2012 - 03:18 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed an elementary school in Yatta village, south of Al-Khalil, on Monday and threatened the headmaster that it would be closed if students continued to throw stones at Israeli vehicles. The headmaster, Wajih Al-Adra, told the PIC that officers of […]

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‘Hunger strike a signal to world’s oppressed’ | #PalHunger

By Al Jazeera – 21 April 2012 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/20124205447499671.html Khader Adnan recounts his 66-day fast in Israeli jail that has made him a symbol of Palestinian resistance Khader Adnan’s image held by Palestinian scouts When Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan called his mother at 11:30pm on Tuesday night, she burst into tears. “He told me, ‘Mother […]

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#Egypt | Tantawi vows to defend Egypt’s border with #Israel

Maan News Agency | Updated April 23, 2012   CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt’s military ruler said on Monday the armed forces would defend the borders with Israel if necessary, state media reported after an Israeli official voiced concerns about relations between the two neighbors. Ties between Egypt and Israel have been strained since a popular […]

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Israel denies it has access to Azerbaijan air bases

Maan News Agency | April 23, 2012 BAKU (Reuters) — Israel denied on Monday that it had gained access to air bases in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, which borders its foe Iran. “Such reports are from the sphere of science fiction and do not correspond with the truth,” Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman […]

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Israel military vehicles ‘raze land in northern Gaza’

Maan News Agency | Updated April 23, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli military vehicles crossed into the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, witnesses told Ma’an. Four tanks and two bulldozers entered Gaza east of Beit Hanoun, and dug up lands in the border area, they said. Eyewitnesses reported gunshots heard in the area. An […]

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Israeli forces seize at least 10 in West Bank

Maan News Agency | April 23, 2012   HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained at least ten Palestinians throughout the West Bank overnight Sunday, according to witnesses and military officials. Locals told Ma’an soldiers raided several homes in southern city Hebron, before detaining Fatima Sader, 24, Fadi Ihrez, 22, Muhammad Amr and Maath Al-Haymooni. An […]

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Settlers attack a school and injure 8 students – Photography

NABLUS, April 23, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers from Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, Monday raided the nearby village of Urif and attacked the local school, injuring eight students, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said a group of settlers attacked the school […]

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IPS transfers prisoner to an unknown location | #PalHunger

[ 23/04/2012 - 09:54 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli prison service (IPS) has transferred the Palestinian prisoner Ala’a Abu Jazar from Nafha jail to an unknown location for leading Fatah prisoners in the hunger strike. The Wa’ed society for prisoners said in a statement on Sunday evening that the transfer targets aborting the hunger […]

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Clampdown on Palestinian media spreads to the Web | #Art19ICCPR

 George Hale | Maan News Agency | April 23, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority has quietly instructed Internet providers to block access to news websites whose reporting is critical of President Mahmoud Abbas, according to senior government officials and data analyzed by network security experts.As many as eight news outlets have been rendered […]

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Israel replenishing its jails with peaceful Arab students

23-04-2012,08:59 | Al Qassam Website   Khalid Amayreh In an effort to scuttle Palestinian resistance, including peaceful opposition, to the harsh Israeli occupation, Israel has been arresting dozens of Palestinian college students, ostensibly for involvement in peaceful political activism on their college campuses. The semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority is nearly totally powerless to stop daily Israeli […]

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Israeli zionist settlers wound Eight children

Monday April 23, 2012 11:49 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that eight school children were injured when a group of extremist Israeli settlers of the illegal Yitzhar settlement, attacked them in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Armed Israeli Settlers – wattan.tv The […]

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Egypt Cancels Gas Deal with Israel (including update) ~ by @Zeinobia

Egyptian Chronicles (For REAL NEWS from Egypt) By @Zeinobia | April 22, 2012 Al Arabiya News network has reported from short awhile ago that Egypt has cancelled the gas deal with Israel today from one side. Haartez has published that the National gas company in Egypt “EGAS” has notified EMG that it will cancel the […]

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Abu Ataya warns Israel of targeting resistance fighters

[ PIC 22/04/2012 - 10:23 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Abu Ataya, the Nasser Salahuddin Brigades’ spokesman, has warned Israel of targeting his armed wing’s cadres or leaders. He said in a terse statement on Saturday night that any such targeting would entail serious consequences and the “Zionist enemy will pay a heavy price”. Aby Ataya […]

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