Tuesday May 21, 2013 03:22 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian security officers kidnapped, on Monday evening, one of the political leaders of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), from his home, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. File – Image Maan News […]
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ICC investigating Israel’s attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla | #MaviMarmara
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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PHOTOS | Provocative settlers march as army suppresses and arrests 21 Jerusalemites
Silwanic | Friday, May 10, 2013 | 00:43 0 Follow: Israeli Forces provocations A A Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) —The streets of Jerusalem turned into hit-and-run yards on Wednesday afternoon between the Jerusalemites and Israeli occupation forces which suppressed any youth peaceful gatherings in the city conducted as a response to the “flags dance” march celebrating […]
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Father Atallah Hanna, Archbishop in Occupied Jerusalem slams Israel’s actions during Easter and Holy Saturday holiday
[ PIC 07/05/2013 - 11:03 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Father Atallah Hanna, Archbishop of the Palestinian Orthodox Church in occupied Jerusalem, strongly denounced the Israeli arbitrary measures that were taken last Saturday against the Christian worshipers as they were commemorating the Easter day and the Holy Saturday in the old city. In a press […]
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Odwan meets with UNRWA director in Gaza
[ PIC 06/05/2013 - 09:11 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Essam Adwan, Head of the Hamas Department of Refugee Affairs, met with UNRWA’s Director of Operations in Gaza, Robert Turner, at the agency’s headquarters on Sunday. During the meeting, Adwan called on the UNRWA’s director to resume its services and to increase, not reduce, the […]
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Orthodox groups slam Israel’s restrictions on Christian freedom of worship
[ PIC 06/05/2013 - 02:07 PM ] Israeli policemen attack Palestinian Christian worshipers at the Church of the Resurrection OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Palestinian Orthodox institutions expressed their dismay at the Israeli restrictions imposed on the Christian Palestinians and religious events. In a press release on Sunday, the Orthodox institutions accused the Israeli regime and […]
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Orthodox Christians celebrate Holy Saturday
Maan News Agency | May 4, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Thousands of people celebrated the start of Orthodox Easter in Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Saturday. Tens of thousands of worshipers visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City to witness the Holy Fire ceremony, where a lamp is placed on the tomb […]
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Israeli forces deploy in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday
Maan News Agency | May 4, 2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces deployed at the the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday as Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter, a Christian official said. Israeli police set up check points and deployed heavily in the Old City, said Dimitri Diliani, head of the […]
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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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UNRWA transfers security employees from its head office, step denounced
[ PIC 29/04/2013 - 11:03 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The UNRWA has embarked on transferring many of its security personnel from its main headquarters to its regional office in Gaza as part of preparations believed to be intended for shutting down its head office. An official from the union of local civil servants told the […]
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Israeli Settlers Burn Greek Orthodox Church Land In Jerusalem
Monday April 29, 2013 00:35 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Sunday evening April 28, 2013, a group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt a land that belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church in Wadi Hilweh, in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. File – Wadhi Hilweh Information Center The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that […]
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Dozens protest at UN office in Gaza City
Maan News Agency | April 22, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Dozens of people gathered outside the UNRWA offices in Gaza City on Monday to protest the suspension of aid by the agency for Palestinian refugees. Protestors told Ma’an that they would continue to protest until their demands were met. The UN agency stopped food […]
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(Israeli sources) Rocket hits western Negev
[ PIC 21/04/2013 - 11:41 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A rocket landed at dawn on Saturday in western Negev, south of the 1948-occupied territories, no injuries were reported, Israeli sources claimed. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area of Eshkol settlement in western Negev. No injuries or damage were […]
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Detained: Testimonies from Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel ~ by Samar Hazboun
+972Magazine | April 19, 2013 ‘Detained: Testimonies from Palestinian Children Imprisoned by Israel’ uncovers one of the most painful experiences that Palestinian children endure in the ongoing Israeli occupation. Through interviews with ex-detainees and mothers of minors presently in detention, the project documents their stories and aims to lend a voice to those who are […]
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More zionist crimes against Christianity: Settlers raise Israeli flag over West Bank church
Maan News Agency | April 19, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Friday took over a monastery in a village near Ramallah and raised an Israeli flag over the building. Priest Aziz Raei told Ma’an that Israeli settlers used force to occupy the monastery and its adjacent chapel in al-Taybeh, a Christian village in […]
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Sit-in outside UNRWA in Gaza protesting the reduction of its services
[ PIC 16/04/2013 - 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian refugees staged a sit on Monday for the second time outside the headquarters of UNRWA in Gaza protesting against the reduction of the services provided by the international agency to the refugees in Gaza. The Palestinian refugees demonstrated continuously throughout the past two weeks calling […]
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