Monday May 20, 2013 19:40 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Monday May 20 2013, according to Israel’s daily, Haaretz, the Salem Israeli Military Court issued a warrant ordering the Israeli army to arrest Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’. Qaraqe’ said that he was never informed of such a warrant. Palestinian Minister Of […]
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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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Photo essay: Israeli soldiers sing “We wish your whole village would burn down” to residents of Nabi Saleh
17th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Ramallah | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Today Palestinian, international and Israeli activists marched towards a well that was stolen from the village of Nabi Saleh by the establishment of Halamish illegal settlement. As activists walked down the hill towards the well, Israeli soldiers shot tear gas at […]
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PA Ramallah intelligence “service” summons a journalist for interrogation
[ PIC 17/05/2013 - 08:28 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) said the Palestinian intelligence service summoned on Wednesday journalist Haroun Abu Ora for interrogation, in its headquarters in Ramallah. Abu Ora told MADA that he had received a summons from the intelligence service on Wednesday to attend […]
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Israeli occupation extends Palestinian of 4 MPs’ detention with additional six months
[ PIC 15/05/2013 - 06:24 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human rights condemned the Israeli court decision to extend the detention of 4 Palestinian MPs held in the Negev desert prison. Fouad al-Khuffash confirmed in a press release that the Israeli authorities have renewed the arrest of MP Dr. Mahmoud […]
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Israeli occupation forces arrest three Palestinians, including two minors aged 14 and 15
[ PIC 11/05/2013 - 03:02 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested three Palestinians including two minors in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. IOF soldiers detained late on Friday a Palestinian student at Al-Najah National University at a military checkpoint near the entrance to Araba town. The student Badr Issam Abu […]
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Israeli occupation forces abuse liberated captive at checkpoint in al-Khalil
[ PIC 11/05/2013 - 03:01 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Liberated captive Issa Halaiqa was taken to al-Khalil government hospital on Friday after he fainted at a checkpoint near Ras al-Jura district, north of al-Khalil, where he was stopped and attacked by an Israeli force. Halaiqa, aged 38, told PIC’s correspondent that the occupation soldiers stopped […]
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Israeli court extends remand of journalist Walid Khaled
[ PIC 11/05/2013 - 06:45 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli military court in Salem has extended the remand of journalist Walid Khaled for two more days for further interrogation. The court also extended the detention of Atta Ayyash, the uncle of martyr Yeha Ayyash of the Qassam Brigades, for six days at the same […]
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Ofer court sentences Palestinian journalist Musab Shawer Al-Tamimi to five months
[ PIC 08/05/2013 - 09:48 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli Ofer court sentenced Palestinian journalist Musab Shawer Al-Tamimi on Tuesday to five months in jail along with a 2000 shekel fine. Tamimi, who works as a correspondent for a local radio station in Al-Khalil, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on 25/2/2013. Tamimi, […]
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Odwan meets with UNRWA director in Gaza
[ PIC 06/05/2013 - 09:11 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Essam Adwan, Head of the Hamas Department of Refugee Affairs, met with UNRWA’s Director of Operations in Gaza, Robert Turner, at the agency’s headquarters on Sunday. During the meeting, Adwan called on the UNRWA’s director to resume its services and to increase, not reduce, the […]
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Arab Sell-Out 2.0 | Palestinian Scholars Council refuses Land Swap
[ PIC 05/05/2013 - 08:39 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– The Palestinian Scholars Council in exile declared its rejection of the idea of Land Swaps with the occupation which was accepted by the Arab league delegation to Washington. In its statement, the committee confirmed its refusal to concede or swap any part of historic Palestine, stressing […]
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Ahrar center asks @Amnesty International to demand immediate release of 5 Palestinian academicians
[ PIC 05/05/2013 - 12:16 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights has asked Amnesty International to urgently intervene and demand the release of five Palestinian academicians from Israeli administrative custody. Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the center, said that three of those academicians were already serving administrative detention terms, […]
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Israeli forces and settlers attack Palestinians praying on their own lands east of Ramallah
[ PIC 04/05/2013 - 08:15 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Jewish settlers brutally attacked on Friday afternoon thousands of Palestinians who rallied to pray on their lands which are located between the villages of Silwad and Deir Jarir to the east of Ramallah city. Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) […]
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Arab Sell-Out 2.0 | Zahhar: Land swap ‘an attempt to alter history’
Maan News Agency | April 3, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Arab Peace Initiative seeking a swap of land between Palestine and Israel is “an attempt to alter history”, a senior Hamas leader said Friday. Mahmoud Zahhar said that no one can take the rights of Palestinians to return to their lands. He added […]
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Israeli court sentences Palestinian journalist Tariq Abu Zaid to 3 months imprisonment
[ PIC 03/05/2013 - 08:04 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– An Israeli court sentenced on Thursday the correspondent of Al-Aqsa TV Channel in the West Bank to three months imprisonment and ordered him to pay a fine. Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights said in a press statement that the Israeli court has sentenced […]
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127 Palestinians were prevented from traveling during April
[ PIC 02/05/2013 - 06:41 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) prevented during April 2013 nearly 127 Palestinians from traveling through al-Karama border crossing, the only exit for Palestinians in the West Bank to the outside world. Quds Press quoted Palestinian official sources as saying that the IOA has prevented during the […]
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UNRWA transfers security employees from its head office, step denounced
[ PIC 29/04/2013 - 11:03 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The UNRWA has embarked on transferring many of its security personnel from its main headquarters to its regional office in Gaza as part of preparations believed to be intended for shutting down its head office. An official from the union of local civil servants told the […]
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Israeli occupation forces prevent children from going to school
[ PIC 28/04/2013 - 08:58 PM ] TOBAS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented schoolchildren in Wadi Bazik, Tobas province in the Jordan Valley, from heading to classes on Sunday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers were seen deployed in the area and blocked movement of citizens at the pretext of launching maneuvers. They said […]
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Israeli occupation soldiers storm Azza refugee camp, arrest youth
[ PIC 28/04/2013 - 09:35 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Azza refugee camp to the north of Bethlehem at dawn Sunday and nabbed a young man. Local sources said that limited clashes broke out when the IOF soldiers burst into the camp in armored vehicles. They said that the soldiers arrested […]
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