Maan News Agency | March 16, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The father of Rachel Corrie on Friday called for justice from Israel, a day before the tenth anniversary of his daughter’s death. Rachel Corrie, 23, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003, while trying to prevent the […]
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When Cars Become Weapons: 28 year old Man and father of two, dies after being hit by settler car in Salfit
Maan News Agency | Updated March 13, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) — A man died on Tuesday after being hit by a settler’s car last week in Salfit, local sources said. Zeid Ali Rayyan, 28, was seriously wounded after being knocked down by a settler car on Saturday near Barqan settlement, west of Salfit. He was […]
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#WestBankUnderAttack | Israeli soldiers beat father, arrest his son
[ PIC 15/01/2013 - 10:43 AM ] QALQILIYA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked a father and his son while tending to their land in Azzun village, east of Qalqilia, on Monday night. Local sources said that the soldiers beat up the father and arrested his son at trivial pretexts. They said that the father […]
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A tale of blind father with four sons in jails
[ PIC 06/12/2012 - 04:37 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The family of Hajj “Abu Azzam Meri” is one of the Palestinian families who suffered a lot from the occupation, where his four sons were detained in Israeli jails and banned from seeing their children. Haj Abu Azzam, father of the four prisoners, said to Ahrar […]
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Samer Sarhan’s family home raided as second anniversary of death nears
Friday, 7 September, 2012 | 02:19 | Silwanic Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) – Israeli forces raided the family home today of Silwan man Samer Sarhan who was shot dead by an Israeli settler guard in September 2010. The raid fell a few days short of the second anniversary of Sarhan’s death in al-Bustan district of Silwan. […]
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Israeli occupation forces arrest prisoner’s disabled father
[ PIC 15/08/2012 - 12:36 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights stated that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested several days ago a father of a prisoner held in occupation jails for nine years. Ahmed Beitawi, a researcher at the Foundation, confirmed that Ghalib Mahmoud Abdullah, 59, from Sorrah village to the […]
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Father of blind children still jailed after 5 months without any charge
Maan News Agency | Aug 1, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Ihab Abu al-Jedyan is one of dozens of Palestinians from Gaza detained during interviews with Israeli security forces to secure a permit to visit the West Bank. Abu Al-Jedyan, 35, is the father to two blind children who study at al-Shuroq school for the […]
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PA preventive security detain 63 year old father of liberated and exiled captive
[ PIC 29/06/2012 - 07:42 PM ] TUBAS, (PIC)– The PA preventive security detained, in Junaid prison in Nablus, 63-year old Muhammad Besharat, father of liberated captive Said Besharat who has been exiled to the Gaza Strip. The Nablus magistrates courts extended the detention of Besharat for 15 days. Meanwhile, the PA security continued to […]
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#PalHunger | BBC’s World Football interviews father of gravely ill hunger-striking Palestinian footballer jailed by Israel ~ by @AliAbunimah
Electronic Intifada | Ali Abunimah | Fri, 06/01/2012 – 14:29 The BBC World Service’s World Football program today broadcast an interview with Mahmoud Sarsak, the father of Mahmoud Sarsak, a member of the Palestinian national football squad whose life is at grave risk after 75 continuous days of hunger strike. A podcast of the interview […]
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URGENT | A Father’s Appeal to save the life of his son: Mahmoud Sarsak | #PalHunger
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-apartheid Wall Campaign | May 24, 2012 An Appeal to save the life of Mahmoud Sarsak Our brother and son, Mahmoud Sarsak, is a 25 years old professional footballer from Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, today entering his 67th day of hunger strike. We ask you to support Mahmoud and his […]
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#PalHunger | Gaza girl hopes to see jailed father for first time in 9 years
Maan News Agency | May 19, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Ten-year-old Jumanah Abu Jazar is preparing to visit her father for the first time since he was detained by Israeli forces in 2003. Following the recent agreement between prisoners and Israeli authorities to end hunger strike action, families from Gaza can now visit their […]
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Zionist forces fire teargas at homes hurt father, two children
[ PIC 13/05/2012 - 09:04 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A father and his two children were treated for breathing difficulty after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas at Palestinian homes in Shalalde street in downtown Al-Khalil. Eyewitnesses said that Zakaria Yaghmur and his two children were hospitalized on Sunday after they inhaled the gas fired […]
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Gaza man & Sole Parent of 10 Children, seeking family reunification ‘detained at Erez’
Maan News Agency | April 17, 2012 (updated) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a Palestinian man at a military crossing from the Gaza Strip last week, relatives told Ma’an. Eyhab Ahmad Abu al-Jidyan, 39, attended an interview with security officials at the Erez crossing last Monday and never returned, his family said. […]
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Father of two martyrs survives Israeli shelling today
[ PIC 03/04/2012 - 02:44 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A 67-year-old Palestinian man survived on Tuesday an Israeli shelling of his home to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, human rights sources said. They told the PIC reporter that Mohammed Sharab was in his home, which is only 350 meters away […]
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#HanaShalabi reunited with her parents in Gaza – Photography
PIC April 5, 2012 GAZA, (PIC)– The parents and uncle of deported ex-detainee Hana’s Shalabi arrived in Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening and were received by government officials and Islamic Jihad leaders. The family members crossed into Gaza through the Rafah border terminal after leaving their Jenin village to Jordan then to Egypt. Shalabi was […]
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IOF soldiers kidnap Palestinian child from his father’s car
[ PIC 02/04/2012 - 10:13 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped a Palestinian child from his father’s car while en route to school in Nabi Saleh village to the north west of Ramallah on Monday morning. Sources in the village’s popular resistance committee said that the child Anan Al-Tamimi was taken from […]
Read moreGilad Schalit’s father: “If I were Palestinian I’d kidnap soldiers”
Published Thursday, March 15, 2012 | Al Akhbar Noam Schalit, father of former imprisoned soldier Gilad, told Israel’s Channel 10 that if he were Palestinian, he would kidnap Israeli soldiers in his fight for freedom. Gilad Schalit was held captive by Hamas in Gaza for five years. Israel and Hamas agreed to a prisoner exchange […]
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Father, Mother, Their Two Children Injured In Israeli Strike On Gaza
Sunday February 19, 2012 10:36 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, on Sunday at dawn, that a father, mother and their two children, were wounded when the Israeli army bombarded their home in Gaza City. Two Palestinians were wounded in an earlier strike on Gaza. Gaza […]
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Speech by the father of Khader Adnan at the demonstration outside Ziv Hospital in Safed 15.2.12 – video
Related: WE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN KHADER! ~ Overview- Photos – Video – Action Alert 60 days of hunger strike, detained without charges Khader Adnan is dying in the walls of this hospital room chained to a bed and surrounded by cops. Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture […]
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ACTION ALERT ▶ Randa Adnan: The world must intervene to save my husband
Related: WE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN KHADER! ~ Photos & Action Alert by Joe Catron | 13 February 2012 | Mondoweiss | ISM As Khader Adnan entered his 59th day on hunger strike, his wife Randa appealed for the international community to end his isolation and save his life. “My husband is dying […]
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