#PALESTINE NEWS | Aug 17, 2012

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SPECIAL | RAMADAN IN PALESTINE – 2012| PHOTOS

SPECIAL | RAMADAN WORLDWIDE – 2012| PHOTOS

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How to deal with Zionism: Oppose – Expose – Dispose ~ by @docjazzmusic
http://wp.me/p16sn9-q61

Why Israel will not attack Iran > Palestine > Redress Information & Analysis
http://shar.es/7m3WH

JDECO Warns of an Impending State of Chaos in the West Bank if Power Outage Takes Place
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/jdeco-warns-of-an-impending-state-of-chaos-in-the-west-bank-if-power-outage-takes-place/

Defending inciter @jstrevino, @PeterBeinart’s Open Zion repeats lie @intifada “gleefully compared Jews to Nazis”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/17/josh-trevino.html

Blast kills one in Pakistan Quds Day rally
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256732.html

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Zahra Billoo on the rise of Islamophobia in the US
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora/electronic-intifada-weekly-podcast-featuring-zahra-billoo-rise-islamophobia-us

Netanyahu’s empty gun: War with Iran seems less and less likely
http://972mag.com/netanyahus-empty-gun-war-with-iran-seems-less-and-less-likely/53177/

Tweeps check out  @HandalaChiapas’ weekly #Palestine feature on new radical media project in #Scotland
http://tiny.cc/bsg7iw

Islamophobic Billboard At Metro-North Station Causes Outrage One Month After … – Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/islamophobic-billboard-at-metronorth-station-pamela-geller-pro-palestinian-ad_n_1797651.html?utm_hp_ref%3Dnew-york

Hezbollah issues stern warning to Israel
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201281717556151270.html

How US activists are campaigning against Veolia
http://jfjfp.com/?p=33437

#VIDEO | Solidarity with Palestine against racism and apartheid growing – via @Press_TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/08/17/256788/apartheid-israel-fears-boycott-movement/

‘Iran response to Israel attack massive’
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256795.html

#US gives #Israel green light for crimes
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256734.html

Erekat: The Israeli government bears responsibility for Palestinian Family Attack
http://www.qnaol.net/QNAEn/Foreign_News/Politics4/Pages/ErekattheIsraeligovernmentbearsresponsibilityforPalestinianFamilyAttack.aspx

Martyrdom of Qassam leader Majid Kahlout
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qD2

Palestinian youth beaten unconscious in suspected lynch in Jerusalem
http://972mag.com/palestinian-youth-beaten-unconscious-in-suspected-lynch-in-jerusalem/53132/

#Iran: #Israel’s Zionist regime ‘an insult to humanity’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/17/iran-israel-zionist-insult-humanity

#Airflotilla3 | Israel attempts to foil a flight in solidarity with Palestinians
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCW

Tomorrow Aug 18 3pm Van Art Gallery – Rally for #Palestine + oppressed ppl on #Quds day 2012:
http://www.boycottisraeliapartheid.org/2012/august-18-voice-of-the-voiceless-international-day-of-quds/

#VIDEO | Israeli troops beating up Journalist in Kufr Qaddoum | Aug 17, 2012 | قوات الاحتلال تعتدي على الصحفيين في قرية كفر قدوم
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCZ

“How many Arabs are too many?”, @YousefMunayyer asks racist @aarondmiller2:
http://bit.ly/P3dWlj

PHOTOS | Al-Ma’sara weekly demonstration – Aug. 17, 2012
http://on.fb.me/OspkWo

PHOTOS | #Bilin weekly demonstration – Aug. 17, 2012:
http://on.fb.me/Ona3ZI

PHOTOS | Kufr Qaddom weekly demonstration –  Aug. 17, 2012:
http://on.fb.me/NNmGva‎

PHOTOS | Last Friday of Ramadan in the #Gaza Strip –  Aug. 17, 2012:
http://on.fb.me/Q7VXZK

#Airflotilla3 | Israel attempts to foil a flight in solidarity with Palestinians
http://wp.me/p286U0-j9

Thousands of Palestinians cross checkpoints into Jerusalem for Friday prayers
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/17/232753.html

Six Palestinians including children injured in settlers’ attack
http://t.co/umjixAX1

Azeri police nab Quds Day protesters
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256742.html

Thousands of Palestinians enter al-Quds
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256743.html

IOF refuses to return confiscated tractors, water tanks
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCT

Palestinians take to the streets in the annual #JerusalemDay march
http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/4178-palestinians-take-to-the-streets-in-the-annual-jerusalem-day-march

Bahraini forces attack Quds Day demos
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256746.html

Palestinian Majed Zaki Al-Kahlout killed in Jabalia
http://www.qnaol.net/En/Pages/default.aspx?web=/QNAEn/Foreign_News/Politics4/Pages/PalestinianKilledinJabalia17082012.aspx

Nasrallah threatens “hell” if Israel strikes Lebanon
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/nasrallah-threatens-hell-if-israel-strikes-lebanon

Mass rally marks the international Jerusalem Day in Gaza
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCP

IOF raids eastern Rafah, clashes with resistance in Shijaia
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCM

AOHR calls for boycotting security company providing services to Israel
http://t.co/OaA5ZgbV

Eid al-Fitr to begin in Palestine on Sunday
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=513239

#PHOTOS | Jerusalem Day | #AlQuds Day rallies
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.354998687910192.81724.123678367708893&type=1&l=382e43b194

According to eyewitness, Jewish teens were on lookout for an Arab to beat up in what she called an attempted “lynch”:
http://tinyurl.com/93ehbzy

Rights groups slam Bahraini activist sentence
http://goo.gl/fb/UGDFQ

Even ‘NYT’ says Israel is bluffing to play Obama
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/08/even-nyt-says-israel-is-bluffing-to-play-obama.html

PHOTOS | Settler firebomb attack on Palestinian family, West Bank, Aug. 16, 2012:
http://on.fb.me/P2EXWi

PHOTOS | Last Friday of Ramadan, A-Ram, West Bank, Aug. 17, 2012:
http://on.fb.me/S12Kch

PHOTOS | Last Friday of Ramadan in Jerusalem, Aug. 17, 2012:
http://on.fb.me/OEuqof

PHOTOS | Last Friday of Ramadan at Qalandia checkpoint, West Bank, Aug. 17, 2012:
http://on.fb.me/S3DBiV

Demolition and violence in Al #Arakib, NCF petitions against destruction of #Bedouin villages, and more:
http://eepurl.com/ou-tL

#Israel Interior Min: “Until I can deport [refugees], I’ll lock them up to make their lives miserable”
http://bit.ly/Pg0GwG

Jewish mob “lynch” Palestinian youth, one in critical condition
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCI

Ahmadinejad: Israel a “cancerous tumor”
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/mass-rallies-mark-jerusalem-day-iran

DFLP adds caution to joint electoral list proposal
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=513140

Three israeli protesters were just arrested in #qaddum by soldiers who entered the village
https://twitter.com/AwallsA/status/236421238640234496

#VIDEO | Bahrain – Shahrakkan: The march of Al-Quds international day – Aug 17, 2012
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCG

CALL For ACTION: #Call4Palestine
http://beyondcompromise.com/2012/08/15/telephone-falasteen/

Gaza: The Weakest Link
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=19487

Palestinians head to Al-Aqsa for last Ramadan Friday
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=513136

Fall of Israel, key to Palestine freedom
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256723.html

Dozens of Jewish youths attack 3 Palestinians in suspected Jerusalem lynch
http://t.co/ixJj97ot

Saudi backed Bahrain forces attack Quds protesters
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256711.html

Ecuador embassy siege to cost millions
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256725.html

Palestinian Olive grove destroyed in south Hebron
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCy

Life Under Lockdown
http://www.guernicamag.com/features/life-under-lockdown

Don’t Stop With Chick-Fil-A –Why The LGBT Community Should Boycott Israel
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imeu/newsAnalysis/~3/2BbabluIVWM/dont-stop-chik-fil-why-lgbt-community-should-boycott-israel

Scandinavian Ship Sails to End Siege on Gaza – Journal of Turkish Weekly
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/140556/scandinavian-ship-sails-to-end-siege-on-gaza.html

Quds Day rallies start across Iran
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256692.html

BDS roundup: Members of United Church of Canada affirm resolution to boycott via .@Intifada (blog)
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora/bds-roundup-members-united-church-canada-affirm-resolution-boycott-israeli-settlement

Palestinian refugees forced out of Iraq feared lost at sea en route to Australia
http://bit.ly/QD4wwi

The fight gets stronger through the years and tears fall like thrown spears from over cliffs -
#Poem http://beyondcompromise.com/2012/07/21/stand-as-i-did/

#GazaUnderAttack | Aug 17, 2012 | Witnesses: Military vehicles enter Gaza border
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCu

August 17, 2012 Palestinian men use a ladder to cross over the separation wall, at the Palestinian town of…
http://fb.me/1SzVflVaW

August 17, 2012 Palestinian women worshipers cross from the Qalandiya checkpoint outside Ramallah, West Bank
http://fb.me/29IZjNhU0

‘Quds Day will remove Zionist black stain’
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/256703.html

Hamas brigades: Fighter killed in accidental explosion in Gaza
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=513134

Settlers Uproot 30 Olive Tree, East of Yatta / #UN
http://t.co/XgawO3nl

2007: ” Files prove that MI5 spied on SNP”
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/files-prove-that-mi5-spied-on-snp-1-1423283

Gaza prepares for Eid-ul-Fitr – Press TV
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/08/16/256483/gaza-prepares-eidulfitr/

The ABCs of Israeli demolitions in Occupied Palestine – by IRIN
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qCh

Ethnic Cleansing on the Road to an Israeli Colony: ‘For the past four years, Khalid al-Sanih Daragha…
http://bit.ly/NHI1aL

United Church affirms #Israel settlements #boycott
http://bitly.com/N1eNHy

Islamic-Christian Commission warns of fake Jewish history imposed on the Temple Mount
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qC8

For who REALLY wants to know, what #ISRAEL does in #JERUSALEM #ALQUDS: “The Story Behind the Tourist Site”
http://silwanic.net/?page_id=57

Made in Palestine? Farmers in Occupied Territories struggle to sell
http://rt.com/news/made-territories-palestinian-market-806

While #Israel loots & LIES
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/floriade2012-israels-facade-at-the-floriade

Egypt security official: Forces deployed without Israel approval
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=513015

How Many Is Too Many? ~ by by Yousef Munayyer
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qBX

PHOTOS: Hate Graffiti at Muslim Cemetery in Evergreen Park
http://shar.es/7nRWD

“Words flower from fragile bodies”: the poignant poetry of Lisa Suheir Majaj
http://bit.ly/QydgUe

15 palestinian men detained now in al ram under sun. 1 injured
https://twitter.com/annepaq/status/236332432188653570

Murderous Zionist terrorism played down as cuddly Jewish nationalism
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4269639,00.html

New Guardian team member openly incited Israel to murder Alice Walker and others
http://bit.ly/QCd1rs

PCHR Weekly Report: 8 wounded, 9 abducted by Israeli forces this week
http://t.co/3E3qSKfb

Video: Firebomb Thrown at Florida Muslim Family’s Home (CAIR):
http://youtu.be/-zPcqoYBIGA

WATCH: Spotlight on torture in Israel
http://972mag.com/watch-spotlight-on-torture-in-israel/53050/

ok if u didn’t know MSM/Journalism   DIED… it DID NOW FOR SURE as trevino uses MSM to explain his TWEET!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2012/aug/16/2011-gaza-flotilla-tweet-clarification

Father, Mother And Children Injured By Settlers Firebomb
http://www.imemc.org/article/64081

Millions preparing to rally for Palestinian cause on Quds Day
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qBO

Bibi’s Secret War Plan ~ by Richard Silverstein
http://wp.me/p16sn9-qzd

To understand the history of Palestinian dispossession look to the words of Zionist and Israeli leaders by Adam (cont)
http://tl.gd/ilfmjg

Jonathan Cook: Israel’s annexation plan
http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2012-07-18/jonathan-cook-israels-annexation-plan

Levy is Right – By Yousef Munayyer
http://wp.me/p16sn9-pT2

Are Israeli Settlements Legal? Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah vs. Commentary’s Jonathan Tobin (cont)
http://tl.gd/iaqbbt

Al-Quds & Al-Aqsa and Ethnic Cleansing
	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
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	Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. But this…
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	Al-Aqsa Assault – February 19, 2012 - Video & Photography
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Illegal Detention & Human Rights abuses of (Child)Prisoners
	Palestine’s Prisoners Pictures
	Palestinian Prisoners Special Topic
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	The History of Israeli Torture Topic
	All posts about Torture Category
	Child Arrests – Topic

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