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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Resheq slams PA attitude against granting Sheikh Qaradawi Palestinian passport

[ 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 […]

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PA security forces continue political arrests in West Bank

[ PIC 10/05/2013 - 10:13 AM ] WB, (PIC)– PA security forces have escalated political arrests against Hamas supporters in the West Bank, where 9 of the movement’s supporters were arrested while 2 others were summoned, in addition to extending the detention of 2 students. In Nablus, the PA preventive security arrested 2 Palestinians including […]

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Arab Sell-Out 2.0 | Zahhar: We will not swap our land for our land

[ PIC 07/05/2013 - 11:40 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahhar warned against any Arab and Palestinian moves to waive the Palestinian rights and constants, reiterating his Movement’s rejection of any solutions giving up an inch of the Palestinian land. The Hamas official made his remarks in a ceremony held on Monday […]

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Abu Marzouk: Kerry’s moves pose a threat to the Palestinian rights

[ PIC 07/05/2013 - 10:45 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk said that the moves being made by US secretary of state John Kerry to revive the peace process are grave and detrimental to the Palestinian rights. Abu Marzouk stated on his facebook page on Monday that Kerry […]

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PA security forces detain 38 of Hamas supporters during April

[ PIC 05/05/2013 - 11:49 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hamas movement has revealed, in its report issued on Saturday, that PA security services have detained 38 of its supporters, while summoning 9 others during April. The report confirmed that 20 liberated prisoners, 3 university students, 2 journalists, a teacher and an imam were among the […]

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PA security forces arrest 4 Hizb al-Tahrir members at Jenin rally

Maan News Agency | May 4, 2013 JENIN (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority security forces arrested four members of the Hizb al-Tahrir party on Saturday during a rally in Jenin. The Islamist group held a rally in the northern West Bank city to protest the Arab League’s recent public backing for land swaps with Israel as […]

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Ahrar Center condemns PA pledges to halt ICC plans

[ PIC 02/05/2013 - 07:06 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies, Fouad Khuffash, considered the PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki’s statements regarding the PA pledges not to turn to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to give chance for peace negotiations as disavowal of the Palestinian blood. The minister’s statements […]

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Hizb al-Tahrir: PA surrenders our members to the occupation

[ PIC 02/05/2013 - 06:33 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hizb al-Tahrir accused, during a press conference in Ramallah yesterday, the PA security services of torturing the party’s members and handing them over to the occupation authorities. The party’s Media Office confirmed that it will increase its activities throughout the West Bank regardless the PA restrictions. […]

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PA security forces kidnap four Hamas members, send prisoner to hospital

[ PIC 29/04/2013 - 11:16 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian authority security forces kidnapped four Palestinians affiliated with the Hamas Movement in the West Bank and transferred one of the political prisoners to hospital as a result of his exposure to torture. The PA intelligence agency kidnapped ex-detainee Mohamed Rabie, 21, from his home […]

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Qasem: Abbas is not serious about forming a unity government

[ PIC 28/04/2013 - 09:27 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Political analyst Abdul-Sattar Qasem played down the seriousness of de facto president Mahmoud Abbas to form a national unity government. Abbas said on Saturday that he would start consultations in order to form a national government according to the Doha declaration. “If Abbas was concerned about […]

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FPJ slams PA for imposing news blackout on its corruption

[ PIC 28/04/2013 - 09:23 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The forum of Palestinian journalists (FPJ) criticized the Palestinian media for ignoring the report that was issued by the coalition for accountability and transparency-Aman on the corruption rampant in the Palestinian authority institutions in the West Bank. In a press release on Saturday, the forum denounced […]

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Haneyya: The reconciliation files must be treated en bloc

[ PIC 28/04/2013 - 09:17 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya reiterated the need for ending the national division and dealing with the reconciliation agreement as a one package deal. Haneyya made his remarks in a meeting on Saturday with a delegation from the democratic front for the liberation of Palestine (DFLP) led […]

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PA security arrest Quds Press reporter in Ramallah

[ PIC 26/04/2013 - 08:04 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– PA security apparatuses in the West Bank arrested on Friday afternoon the correspondent of Quds Press agency in Ramallah journalist Khaldun Mazloum. Mazloum’s wife said that a force of the Preventive Security men surrounded the house of her parents in law, in Janiya village near Ramallah, […]

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Bardawil: Abbas stopped the reconciliation and Hamas is ready for debate

[ PIC 26/04/2013 - 07:54 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas leader Dr. Salah Bardawil held the Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas “personally” responsible for the failure of the reconciliation process, to comply with “American conditions.” Bardawil said that Hamas is ready for a debate with Saeb Erekat, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian […]

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MP Abu Teir and Hamas spokesman slam PA for withdrawing UNESCO draft resolutions

[ PIC 25/04/2013 - 06:53 PM ] RAMALLAH, GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian Jerusalemite MP Mohammed Abu Teir condemned a decision by the Palestinian Authority to withdraw five draft resolutions denouncing Israel’s practices in Jerusalem at UNESCO, following US intervention. The MP for the Change and Reform Bloc, affiliated with Hamas, told Quds Press on Thursday: “what […]

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FPJ slams PA intelligence for kidnaping journalist from hospital

[ PIC 24/04/2013 - 10:50 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The forum of Palestinian journalists (FPJ) strongly denounced the Palestinian authority intelligence agency for kidnapping journalist Tareq Khamis from a hospital in Ramallah city. In a press release on Tuesday, the forum said that this incident proved further the size of the violations committed by the […]

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Hamas! Don’t drink the poisoned chalice ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 21/04/2013 - 09:54 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh I hope Hamas will be sufficiently vigilant these days and not be duped into drinking the poisoned chalice being prepared for it under the misleading rubric of holding general elections in the West Bank. Last night, Israeli occupation troops raided the homes and dorms of […]

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Hizb Attahrir slams PA security for suppressing its rallies in West Bank

[ PIC 14/04/2013 - 11:12 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Hizb Attahrir (liberation party) strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatuses for preventing public gatherings and marches in the West Bank, affirming that it would defy this repressive policy and would organize its activities normally. In a statement distributed during a rally it staged on Saturday […]

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PA security forces kidnap three Hamas members, summon others

[ PIC 31/03/2013 - 09:35 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– The Palestinian authority security forces kidnapped three Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and summoned for interrogation three others in the West Bank. Local sources said that the PA preventive security apparatus re-detained Islamboli Riyadh after he was released by the PA intelligence agency. Riyadh was an […]

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The Picture Which Imprisoned a Journalist ~ by @KawtherSalam

Kawther Salam | March 29, 2013 The picture published with this report earned Palestinian journalist Mamdouh Hamamreh one year in jail on charges of insulting President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamamreh was charged by the Palestinian Magistrate’s Court of Fatah in Bethlehem over a photo posted on Facebook juxtaposing President Abbas besides a similar-looking man, Mamoun Baik, […]

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PA security services arrest 2 Hamas supporters

[ PIC 19/03/2013 - 05:41 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– PA security services arrested two Hamas supporters in al-Khalil and Jerusalem, and banned a family from visiting their son in PA jails. PA preventive security arrested the liberated prisoner Kedar Ghaith after storming and searching his house in al-Khalil, and confiscating his mobile phone and […]

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