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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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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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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UPDATED: Cousins of teenager murdered at checkpoint arrested ~ by @IsmPalestine
18th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Nablus | ‘Anabta, Occupied Palestine UPDATED: Two brothers of the arrested Deiyaa’ Nassar, cousins of the murdered Amer Nassar, were arrested last week Monday, May 13 past 2 am at night. Deiyaa’ Nassar, 19, and Fadi Abu-’Asr continue to be held in Mejiddo Israeli prison as their […]
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Risheq denies claims that Hamas has cells in US
[ 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
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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More settler terror: 3 injured as settlers attack Nablus villages
Maan News Agency | May 18, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Three Palestinians were injured in clashes in Urif village south of Nablus, a local official said. Settler monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma’an that three people were injured with both live and rubber-coated steel bullets. They were taken to a nearby hospital. Dozens of settlers […]
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Al-Risheq denies Hamas’s willingness to negotiate with the occupation
All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline [ PIC 17/05/2013 - 11:06 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Izzat Al-Risheq, member of Hamas’s political bureau, denied statements attributed to Khaled Meshaal concerning the movement’s willingness to negotiate with the occupation. Al Masry Al Youm Egyptian newspaper claimed that Meshaal expressed, during […]
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13-year-old Palestinian boy shot at and beaten by Israeli settlers, leg broken
16th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine The young Qaryut boy here has his entire right leg in a cast, expecting a potential surgery. Team Nablus At about 2 pm on May 16, a 13-year-old boy was shot at and beaten by settlers; he broke bones in his leg running from […]
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Israeli Settlers Attack Schoolchildren Near Nablus
Friday May 17, 2013 00:41 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Thursday May 16 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked several schoolchildren in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. File – Image Radio Bethlehem 2000 Local sources reported that the settlers hurled stones at the students as […]
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Meshaal renews rejection of a two-state solution
All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline [ PIC 16/05/2013 - 09:32 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Khaled Mashaal, head of the political bureau of Hamas movement, confirmed his movement’s adherence to resistance in confronting the occupation and liberating Palestine. Meshaal’s remarks came during an exclusive interview with the American […]
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Arab Sell-Out 2.0 | Captive Abbas Sayyed: Arab Peace Initiative is worse than Balfour Declaration
All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline [ PIC 16/05/2013 - 09:37 PM ] (PIC) — Captive leader Abbas Al-Sayyed, head of the leadership of Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails, stressed that the prisoners are in permanent conflict with the Israeli occupation inside its jails. In an interview with […]
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Under Zionist pressure @Newseum drops 2 Palestinian journalists from honors list
[ 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 […]
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#GazaUnderAttack | Israelis fire at Palestinian farmers in eastern Gaza Strip
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 […]
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Pew:The Palestinians in the occupied lands favor armed resistence
All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline [ PIC 16/05/2013 - 10:28 AM ] WASHINGTON, (PIC)– A US opinion poll stated that majority of the Palestinians do not believe a way can be found for an independent Palestinian state to coexist peacefully with Israel. According to a recent survey […]
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Palestinian child injured by Israeli metal bullet in the head in Beit Ummar confrontations
ACTION ALERT | #NAKBA65 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! [ PIC 15/05/2013 - 09:46 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Palestinian child was hit with a metal bullet in the head in violent confrontations between inhabitants of Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday. Activist Yousef Abu Mariya told the […]
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Sawiya night attack by Israeli settlers sees property damaged and graves vandalized
15th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, As Sawiya, Occupied Palestine By ISM Nablus In the early hours of Monday morning, a group of Zionist settlers from the Eli and Rechalim colonies attacked the Palestinian village of As Sawiah, east of Salfit. The two graves spraypainted, including a Star of David, a Jewish symbol co-opted […]
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Israelis kidnap scrap collecting man and boy in the Gaza Strip | #Nakba65
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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