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Finland’s foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja visits Gaza, pledges more funds for UNRWA

May 22, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 22/05/2013 - 09:38 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja on Tuesday paid a brief visit to the besieged Gaza Strip and pledged a €1.5 million increase in his country’s support for the UNRWA’s relief activities. Tuomioja arrived in Gaza through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to the north of Gaza and […]

Human rights organizations call for re-opening Rafah crossing

May 21, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 21/05/2013 - 05:16 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights institutions called on Egyptian authorities to re-open the Rafah crossing in both directions immediately. A Number of Egyptian police and army conscripts closed the crossing in both directions on Friday morning protesting the abduction of a number of their colleagues in Sinai by […]

Egyptian Siege on Gaza Day 5: 2400 Palestinians Stuck At The Rafah Terminal

May 21, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Tuesday May 21, 2013 08:14 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Tuesday May 21, 2013; the Himaya Center for Journalists Defending Human Rights has reported that more than 2400 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are currently stuck at the Rafah Border Terminal between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, awaiting to be allowed through. In […]

Army Kidnaps Two Palestinian Fishermen In Northern Gaza

May 20, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Monday May 20, 2013 23:41 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, has reported that the Israeli Navy kidnapped, on Sunday at night, two Palestinian fishermen near the coast of Beit Lahia city, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. File – Palestinian Fishermen Attacked […]

Reporter: Israeli forces abduct fishermen and confiscate their boat

May 20, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Maan News Agency | May 20, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Israeli forces detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, a Ma’an correspondent said. Mahmoud and Khaled Zayed were taken to an unknown location and their boat was confiscated. An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return […]

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Abu Zuhri: Closure of Rafah crossing is an unjustifiable action

May 19, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ 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 […]

The Egyptian Siege on Gaza continues: Egypt closes Gaza crossing for third day

May 19, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

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 […]

Risheq denies claims that Hamas has cells in US

May 18, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 18/05/2013 - 06:42 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Hamas Politburo member Izzat al-Risheq denied New York authorities’ claims concerning the arrest of 15 elements affiliated to Hamas movement for smuggling untaxed cigarettes. These allegations are failed attempts to tarnish the Palestinian people’s struggle and just cause, he said on Friday. New York authorities have […]

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More death due to the Israeli siege on Gaza: 26 year old Mousa Ghunaim killed in tunnel collapse

May 18, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Maan News Agency | May 18, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A man was killed on Saturday when a smuggling tunnel in Rafah collapsed, a Gaza medical official said. Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an that Mousa Ghunaim, 26, was pronounced dead on arrival at a Gaza hospital after a tunnel collapsed while he was working. In […]

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Under Zionist pressure @Newseum drops 2 Palestinian journalists from honors list

May 16, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 16/05/2013 - 05:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expressed its disappointment and astonishment with Newseum decision to revoke its decision to honor the Palestinian Journalists Mohamed Salama and Hussam Al Koumi, who were killed by Israeli Occupation Forces during their coverage of the Israeli aggression […]

Farmers are reaping their wheat from the fields adjacent to the border with Israel.

#GazaUnderAttack | Israelis fire at Palestinian farmers in eastern Gaza Strip

May 16, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

MEMO | May 16, 2013 Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinian farmers working to the east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The incident took place on Thursday morning.Witnesses said that farmers fled from their land due to the severity of the attack by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Kisuffim […]

ICC investigating Israel’s attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla | #MaviMarmara

May 15, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

An Israeli speedboat escorts the Mavi Marmara near the port of Ashdod on May 31, 2010. PressTV | Wed May 15, 2013 2:32AM GMT On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos attacked the first Freedom Flotilla in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, killing nine Turkish citizens, including a teenager with Turkish-US dual citizenship, on board […]

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Israelis kidnap scrap collecting man and boy in the Gaza Strip | #Nakba65

May 14, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

MEMO | May 14, 2013 In the occupied West Bank the Israelis arrested four Palestinians from different cities Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped two Palestinian workers in Johr Al-Deik in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Obaid, 27, and his cousin Ra’ouf Obaid, 17, were taken on Tuesday morning while they were […]

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Collective punisment of 1.7 Million people to celebrate a Jewish feast: IOA closes Karm Abu Salem for two days

May 14, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 14/05/2013 - 12:58 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) decided on Tuesday to close Karm Abu Salem, the only commercial crossing in Gaza Strip, for two days to celebrate Jewish feasts. Raed Fattuh, the head of the committee entrusted with entry of goods into Gaza, told Quds Press that the […]

Israel tanks, bulldozers invade northeast Gaza Strip | #Palestine4Palestinians

May 13, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

ACTION ALERT | #PALESTINE4PALESTINIANS An Israeli tank (file photo) PressTV | Mon May 13, 2013 3:32PM According to Israeli Walla website, the Israeli army is preparing to launch Operation Pillar of Defense II against the Gaza Strip in a bid to eliminate Hamas resistance movement. Israeli tanks and bulldozers have carried out an incursion into […]

Haneyya: The wounded in Gaza will continue to hold the resistance banner

May 11, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 11/05/2013 - 03:04 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya said that the wounded in Gaza insist on carrying the banner of resistance and steadfastness despite the limbs or eyesight they have lost. Haneyya made his remarks during a ceremony held to inaugurate a forum for the wounded as part of the […]

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Resheq slams PA attitude against granting Sheikh Qaradawi Palestinian passport

May 11, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 11/05/2013 - 06:47 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Member of Hamas’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Resheq criticized the Palestinian Authority and its de facto interior ministry for its objection to giving Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi a Palestinian passport in honor of his role in supporting the Palestinian cause. Resheq said that such attitude by the PA […]

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (R) meets with Egyptian Cleric
Yousuf al-Qaradawi (L) in Gaza City on May 9. (AFP/Mohammed Abed

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Influential Muslim cleric Yousuf al-Qaradawi on Friday called on the Palestinian resistance to hold onto its arms in a sermon at a Gaza City mosque.

"I advise all the people of Gaza to be patient and continue to build their country, and continue resistance," the sheikh told worshipers at al-Omari Mosque.

"We will not give up on the resistance, and we will not give up our arms," he added.

Qaradawi urges Palestinian resistance to ‘hold onto arms’

May 10, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Maan News Agency | May 10, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Influential Muslim cleric Yousuf al-Qaradawi on Friday called on the Palestinian resistance to hold onto its arms in a sermon at a Gaza City mosque. “I advise all the people of Gaza to be patient and continue to build their country, and continue resistance,” […]

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Egyptian MP calls for supporting Palestinian resistance

May 10, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 10/05/2013 - 11:04 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Egyptian member of the Shura Council, Sheikh Safwat Abdel Ghani, called on the Arab and Islamic world to support Palestinian resistance against the occupier. In an interview with the PIC reporter, Abdel Ghani stressed the need to confront the Israeli Judaization schemes in Jerusalem city […]

Israel won’t pursue criminal charges despite damning Gaza report

May 9, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Maan News Agency | May 9, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli army said Wednesday it has found no incidents warranting criminal investigations into the conduct of its soldiers during Operation Pillars of Defense, despite a report suggesting its inquiry was lacking. The army’s comments follow reports by Israeli rights group B’Tselem that the army […]

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Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi, welcome to Palestine ~ by Khalid Amayreh

May 9, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 09/05/2013 - 09:33 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi is indisputably one of the most venerable and knowledgeable sages of Islam in our times. He is also one of the most respectable and honorable Alim (religious scholar) under the sun. The 86-year-old philosopher and theologian has spent the […]

Israeli forces breached humanitarian law during recent war on Gaza

May 9, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

MEMO | May 9, 2013 80 per cent of those killed by Israeli forces killed during the last four days of the war waged on the Gaza Strip in November were uninvolved civilians, Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem said on Thursday. “After several months of field research and crosschecking data, human rights organization B’Tselem published […]