Monday May 20, 2013 12:15 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Monday, more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a village, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. File – http://pages.ucsd.edu/~gfields/PalestinePhotos/ Ata’ Jaber, a local farmer, told the Palestinian New & Info […]
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Israeli Army Demolishes Five Commercial Structures Near Jenin
“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Monday May 20, 2013 10:17 by IMEMC & Agencies Monday Morning, May 19 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, demolished five commercial buildings, and […]
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Israeli Police Officer Rapes Two Palestinian Boys ~ by @KawtherSalam
Kawther Salam – May 19, 2013 Defence for Children International Palestine – The boys live in fear with their attacker still on the loose. Ramallah, 18 May 2013—Defence for Children International Palestine is deeply disturbed by the sexual abuse of two Palestinian children by an armed Israeli assailant dressed in a police uniform late April […]
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Israeli occupation forces arrests six Palestinians in al-Khalil and Bethlehem
[ PIC 19/05/2013 - 09:53 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces arrested six Palestinians from the governorates of al-Khalil and Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, while they detained a woman in her fifties in the old city of al-Khalil. Security sources told Quds Press that the IOF arrested two young men in […]
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Israeli occupation cuts off eastern from central West Bank
[ PIC 19/05/2013 - 09:04 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday closed the main entrance to the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah city, effectively cutting off villages in the eastern West Bank from the Central West Bank. Local sources said that IOF troops accompanied by military bulldozers raided at […]
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Palestinian prisoners’ issue discussed at the European Parliament
[ PIC 19/05/2013 - 07:47 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners raised the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on the sidelines of a meeting held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Nakba anniversary, in coordination with Council for European Palestinian Relations. Mr. Mohammed Hamdan, head […]
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Kibbutz ‘residents’ attack Bedouin village in the Naqab
#NAKBA65 | 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 NEGEV (Ma’an) — Israelis from a Negev kibbutz attacked a Bedouin village on Sunday, setting fire to a tent, a Ma’an reporter said. Residents from the Kibbutz of Retamim attacked the adjacent Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj and set fire to […]
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Abu Zuhri: Closure of Rafah crossing is an unjustifiable action
[ PIC 19/05/2013 - 07:56 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately re-open the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, closed for the second day. Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman for the movement, considered in a written statement the closure of the Rafah crossing “an unjustified act” that harms […]
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Negev demolitions: ‘War in the full sense’
#NAKBA65 | 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 NEGEV (Ma’an) – “What I have seen was like post-war footage rather than home demolition as the Hebrew media misleadingly describe it,” says the head of the Islamic movement in northern Israel Sheikh Raed Salah. Salah’s remarks Sunday came during a […]
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PALESTINE NEWS | May 19, 2013
آخر الأخبار والتحديثات May 19, 2013 | 24181 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2167 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. ICC gets complaint against Tel Aviv for 2010 flotilla raid http://arabnews.com/news/451766 Palestine blames Israel for stealing its […]
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Israeli troops storm ‘Awarta near Nablus, detain 27 year old Samir Faisal Qadah
Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) – Israeli forces stormed the northern West Bank village of Awarta south of Nablus on Sunday and detained a young Palestinian man, locals told Ma’an. They added that Israeli military vehicles stormed the village at midday before they detained 27-year-old Samir Faisal Qadah and took him […]
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Organization demands that condition of sick captive be revealed
[ PIC 19/05/2013 - 09:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies demanded that the Israeli Prison Authority reveals the nature of illness of captive Muhammad al-Sharha, 32, from the town of Dura, south of al-Khalil, who is suspected of having throat cancer. The center said that Sharha has been in detention […]
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“TORCHING ARABS FOR EDUCATION”: Israel youth movement shirts display anti-Arab racism
Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Picnickers in northern Israel were surprised Thursday when they saw anti-Arab racist slogans printed on T-shirts of a guide affiliated to a religious youth movement Ezra. “Torching Arabs for education,” was written on the guide’s shirt, families who were picnicking in the north told the […]
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Report: Israeli regime sells $400mn of drones annually
An Israeli spy drone (file photo) PressTV | Sun May 19, 2013 6:19AM GMT On May 11, the Israeli regime shot down one of its Shoval-type drones over the Mediterranean Sea due to a ‘technical malfunction.’ The Israeli regime exports about $400 million worth of drones per year, an Israeli daily reports. The Ynet daily […]
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The Egyptian Siege on Gaza continues: Egypt closes Gaza crossing for third day
Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian police at Rafah are closing the crossing for a third day in a row Sudnay after the kidnappings of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai, officials said. They are preventing all Palestinians from traveling through the crossing or leaving the Gaza Strip, the […]
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Palestinian vehicle burned by Israeli settler Molotov
Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Settlers from Beit El on Saturday evening threw a Molotov cocktail toward Palestinian vehicles on the Ramallah-Nablus road and near al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah. The settlers threw Molotovs toward more than one Palestinian car, and even toward passers-by. A Palestinian car completely […]
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VIDEO | Qaryut Boy Attacked by Settlers – May 16, 2013
Published on May 18, 2013 Video by B. Qaryoute At about 2pm on 16 May, a 13 year-old boy was shot at and beaten by settlers; he broke bones in his leg running from the shots at him and from being beaten. After falling, the boy was threatened with his life by settlers, but soldiers […]
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PALESTINE NEWS | May 18, 2013
آخر الأخبار والتحديثات May 18, 2013 | 24180 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2166 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Israeli troops shoot, wound 9 Palestinians in Ramallah clash http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=596622 2 Palestinians injured as Israeli forces storm […]
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Hamas: who waives land is an enemy for Palestine
DRAH | May 18, 2013 Gaza,(DRAH.ps)– Khalil Alhayya, the prominent member of Hamas political bureau slammed the position of ” Palestine Liberation Organization” PLO over lands’ swap , which recognizes right of what so called Israel of 78% of the occupied territories of Palestine in Oslo Accords. Talking to Alresalah Paper, Alhayya said that whoever […]
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VIDEO | Hebron woman taken by Israeli forces whilst helping son with homework
18th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Khalil | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Zleikha Muhtaseb being arrested from her home Israeli forces tonight,18th May, abducted 51 year old Zleikha Muhtaseb from her home on Shuhada Street, in the old city of Hebron. Zleikha was helping her son complete his homework when a squad of Israeli […]
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Worshipers stage a march in Al Aqsa Mosque in protest at its desecration
[PIC 18/05/2013 - 07:46 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque staged a march in its squares after Friday prayers; in protest at settlers’ raids and the targeting of the mosque by the occupation. The protesters chanted slogans condemning the occupation and calling for supporting Al Aqsa Mosque. Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head […]
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