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Israeli occupation forces violent crackdown protest and injures journalist in the head | #PalHunger

#5MayPPSolidarity ▶ May 5: Mobilize in support of Palestinian political prisoners [PIC 02/05/2012 - 11:35 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful rally in front of the Ofer jail on Tuesday that was organized in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. Samer Al-Shuyukhi, the brother of Palestinian photojournalist Naser Al-Shuyukhi, said that [...]

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Latest night raid on Bilal and Manal Tamimi’s house – April 8, 2012 – Video

Video by tamimi1966 on Apr 9, 2012 قوات الاحتلال تقتحم قرية النبي صالح بعد منتصف الليل وتداهم منزل المصور بلال التميمي وتعبث بمحتوياته ، وتنحسب بعد اندلاع مواجهات مع شبان القرية ورشق اليات الاحتلال بالحجارة .

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Friends of Humanity demands freedom for Palestinian journalists

[ PIC 10/04/2012 - 04:55 PM ] VIENNA, (PIC)– The Friends of Humanity organization has called on the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) to release seven Palestinian reporters held in its prisons. The Vienna-based organization charged that the detention of journalists constitutes a flagrant violation of the freedom of the press. It said that no authority [...]

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Detained journalist Abu Arafa boycotts the Zionist military court

[ 09/04/2012 - 12:28 AM ] AL-KHALIL,(PIC)– Detained journalist Amir Abdul Halim Abu Arafeh, 28, who is held in administrative detention at the Negev Desert prison, refused to appear before the Zionist military court last Thursday in accordance with the administrative detainees’ decision to boycott these courts which try to give legitimacy to administrative detention. [...]

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IOA renews house arrest on 70-year-old journalist, activist

[ PIC 08/04/2012 - 09:51 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) renewed the house arrest on 70-year-old Palestinian journalist and human rights activist Abdul Latif Ghaith. Palestinian sources in occupied Jerusalem said on Sunday that the IOA summoned family of Ghaith, who is one of the founders of Dameer institution for [...]

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Human rights organizations concerned over persecution of Journalists in the WB

[ PIC 06/04/2012 - 11:31 AM ] RAMALLAH,(PIC)– Palestinian and international human rights organizations expressed concern about what they called “the high frequency of breaches against media freedoms and freedom of expression in the Palestinian territories.” On this issue, AFP published a detailed report on persecution of journalists, bloggers and social media users in the [...]

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Reporters without Borders – Concern about health of woman journalist held for Facebook comments

Reporters Without Borders – April 6, 2012 Reporters Without Borders is concerned about an increase in arrests and prosecutions of netizens and journalists in the Palestinian Territories. The authorities are taking utterly disproportionate measures against journalists. The organization is particularly worried about the health of Asmat Abd Al-Khaleq, a journalist who was transferred to hospital [...]

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Israeli military shooting directly at press in Kufr Qaddoum – Video

by Axel | 4 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday the 30th of March the weekly demonstration was held in the village Kufr Qaddoum outside of Nablus. This day was however the same day as the Global March to Jerusalem, meaning less media attention than normal, and also less internationals present [...]

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Reporters without Borders – Illegal action by Israeli authorities shuts down Palestinian media centre

Reporters without Borders | April 4, 2012 Reporters Without Borders is shocked by a raid by Israeli security forces two days ago on a Palestinian radio, television and online media network set up by Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. “With this illegal intrusion into the premises of media organizations in illegally occupied and annexed Palestinian [...]

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PA court extends detention of journalist Shayeb two weeks

[ PIC 29/03/2012 - 08:23 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Ramallah Magistrate’s Court, on Wednesday, extended the detention of the Palestinian journalist Youssef Shayeb 15 more days on the backdrop of a report about corruption in the PA diplomatic mission in France which he published last month. Youssef’s wife, who attended the court, said that [...]

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Journalists urged to boycott PA press freedom award

Maan News Agency – March 28, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority has launched a prize to recognize exemplary reporting, but Palestinian journalists are calling for a boycott in protest of the government’s treatment of the media. The prime minister in Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, unveiled the prize Tuesday and invited journalists to submit work [...]

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Al-Quds TV Resumes Broadcast

WAFA March 8, 2012   RAMALLAH, March 8, 2012 (WAFA) – Al-Quds Educational Television resumed on Thursday broadcast, a week after Israeli soldiers raided the Ramallah-based TV station and seized its transmitters and other equipment. The resumption of broadcast was done in the presence of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who praised the station for resuming [...]

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Journalists Syndicate Denounces Plans to hold Separate Elections in Gaza

MARCH 6 2012 WAFA NEWS AGENCY RAMALLAH, March 6, 2012 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) Tuesday denounced an attempt by a group of Hamas journalists in Gaza to hold separate elections from the one the PJS is planning for this weekend. It said in a statement that while it was agreed to hold [...]

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WAFA: Israeli Forces Commit 25 Violations Against Journalists in February

Monday March 05, 2012 15:30 by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian News and Information Agency, WAFA, issued a report on Monday documenting the violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists during February 2012. Israeli Troops Attacking a Palestinian Journalist The report stated 11 journalists were injured during the 25 violations. The [...]

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Preporters without Borders: Israeli troops force two Palestinian TV stations to close

Reporters without Borders Friday 2 March 2012. Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the raids that Israeli troops carried out on two Palestinian TV stations in the West Bank in the early hours of 29 February, seizing equipment and thereby forcing the stations to close. “These arbitrary and illegal operations served yet again to [...]

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US, France seek answers after Israel raids TV stations

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MAR 2 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli raids on two Palestinian television stations on Wednesday has drawn international concern from media freedom groups and foreign governments who have contributed to the channels. The US is trying to establish the reason for the raids, US State Dept. spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Thursday. [...]

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Tom Hurndall: a remarkable man’s photographs of the Middle East

Peace activist Tom Hurndall died at 22 after being shot by an Israeli sniper. His images and articles, that grew in intensity as his journey became more difficult, are published in a new book Sean O’Hagan  The Guardian, Thursday 1 March 2012 Sean O’Hagan The Guardian, Thursday 1 March 2012 Article history Human shield … [...]

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PA: Israel seizing broadcast frequencies

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 29 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – The Palestinian Authority is describing Wednesday’s raids on TV networks in the occupied West Bank as the possible beginning of a “frequency war” over limited broadcasting space. The confiscation of equipment from Watan TV and Al-Quds Educational TV deprives Palestinians of their right to have frequencies [...]

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Fayyad Condemns Israeli Raid on TV Stations

WAFA FEB 29 2012 RAMALLAH, February 29, 2012 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Wednesday condemned Israeli army pre-dawn raid on two local television stations in Ramallah, describing it as an act of “piracy.” “The Israeli piracy and raids targeting Palestinian media institutions bring back to mind the Israeli actions in the beginning of the [...]

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REPORT: Violations of media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territories

PNN FEB 28 2012 MADA/IFEX The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has released its annual media freedom violations report for the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) in 2011. The report includes documentation of all violations committed against journalists and media freedoms monitored by MADA, in addition to analysis of the most prominent and [...]

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206 Violations of Media Freedoms, the Murder of Italian Journalist Arrigoni in Gaza Representing the Most Serious Violation of the Year

MADA PNN FEB 24 2012 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) released its annual media freedom violations report for the occupied Palestinian territories in 2011. The report includes documentation of all violations committed against journalists and media freedoms monitored by MADA, in addition to analysis of the most prominent and dangerous types [...]

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Journalists light 66 candles in solidarity with the imprisoned Khader Adnan

Tuesday February 21, 2012 13:04 by Victoria Awad – IMEMC News On Monday evening, in the field of Martyr Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, a number of Palestinian journalists lit 66 candles to represent the number of days spent by the prisoner Khader Adnan on hunger strike. Photo (Maan) This protest was organized by a group [...]

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Meet the New York Times’ New Israel-Palestine News Chief

FEBR 21 2012 COUNTERPUNCH – ALISON WEIR Judi Rudoren, Another Member of the Family Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun Magazine, is known for his frequent condemnations of Israeli violence against Palestinians. He is labeled “pro-Palestinian” for such statements and is regularly attacked by pro-Israel zealots who charge that he is disloyal to the Jewish [...]

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Palestinian journalists under pressure

GREENSLADE BLOG FEB 21 2012 The International Press Institute (IPI) has registered its concern over the treatment of Palestinian journalists by both Israeli forces and Palestinian security services. The press freedom watchdog says that since the beginning of 2012, at least five journalists working in the Palestinian territories have been subjected to arbitrary arrest. Two [...]

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Newspapers Review: Dailies Highlight Adnan’s Hearing, Israeli Version of Talks

WAFA FEB 21 2012 RAMALLAH, February 21, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies highlighted in their Tuesday issue hunger-striker Khader Adnan’s High Court hearing and leaks by Israeli officials about the Amman talks. Al-Ayyam front page story highlighted warnings by lawmaker Ahmad Tibi, member of the Israeli parliament, of the fast deteriorating condition [...]

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Journalist Amin Abu Warda to Ofer Military Prison

  PNN FEB 20 2012 On Monday, the Israeli forces transferred journalist Amin Abu Warda to Ofer Israeli military prison west of Ramallah, north of the West Bank, without giving justification behind the transfer. The transference of Abu Warda, who was detained two months ago in Negev desert prison, coincides with a session that was [...]

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Palestinian Journalists Facing Wave of Detentions, Attacks

Journalists Being Held without Charges by Israeli Military International Press Institute Febr 20 2012 By: Scott Griffen, IPI Associate   A Palestinian activist (R) holds his scarf with the word Palestine as he faces Israeli soldiers during a protest near the village of Karyout, north of Nablus, the West Bank, 03 February 2012. EPA/ATEF SAFADI. [...]

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IOF soldiers summon journalist, arrest his brother

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. [ PIC 09/02/2012 - 05:58 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Arub refugee camp to the north of Al-Khalil at dawn Thursday and served a summons to journalist Ala’a Al-Titi and arrested his brother Abdul Qader. Local sources told the PIC reporter [...]

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IOA holds journalist in administrative detention

Some examples of Israel’s policies to crackdown on PRESS & journalists to prevent you SEE TRUTHabout Palestine [ 08/02/2012 - 01:29 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has ordered the administrative custody of Palestinian journalist Amin Abu Warda for five months starting today Wednesday without counting the previous period of detention. The [...]

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“MADA” warns of escalating Israeli campaign against journalists

More Israeli Attacks on Press to prevent they show you Truth PNN | MADA | Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 09:47 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) warns of the escalating Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) campaign against Palestinian journalists, which most recently arrested Radio Bethlehem 2000 correspondent Suhaib Al-A’sa and photo [...]

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