[ 03/10/2010 – 06:14 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A statistics report issued by Palestine’s supreme national committee to support prisoners said Israeli occupation forces have ramped up in this last month of September arrest campaigns against Palestinians, confirming 485 arrests, mostly in occupied Jerusalem. The report issued on Sunday said the Israeli army last […]
Continue readingHaneyya: The next round of talks the real test for reconciliation
[ 03/10/2010 – 05:57 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haneyya said the real test for the latest inter-Palestinian reconciliation efforts will be the next round of dialogue. The premier added that setting a date for the talks and a concrete breakthrough in security issues would “place us in front […]
Continue readingHuman rights groups demand release of political detainees in WB
[ 03/10/2010 – 06:00 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Two Palestinian human rights groups on Sunday demanded the immediate release of Sheikh Khader Adnan, an Islamic Jihad leader, and all political detainees in the West Bank jails. Dhamir (Conscience) for human rights said that it was concerned over the PA intelligence’s detention of Sheikh Khader, describing […]
Continue readingIOF troops advance into eastern Gaza during funeral of minister’s wife
[ 03/10/2010 – 05:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) mounting tanks advanced into eastern Gaza city on Sunday during the funeral procession of the wife of Palestinian health minister Basem Naim. PIC reporter said that the advance was seen during the procession in which ministers in the government, MPs and national and […]
Continue readingZionist settlers block Palestinian villagers from harvesting olive crop
[ 03/10/2010 – 05:21 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Zionist settlers stormed the village of Al-Mughir in northern Ramallah on Sunday and wreaked havoc in olive fields, cutting trees, and stealing the harvest. Eyewitnesses said that the settlers prevented farmers from reaching their land near the settlement of Adey Ad, which was originally established on Mughir […]
Continue readingAshaal belittles all attempts to achieve peace between Palestinians and Israelis
[ 03/10/2010 – 03:33 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Noted Egyptian diplomat and former deputy foreign minister Abdullah Al-Ashaal downplayed the international, Arab and Palestinian efforts to achieve any breakthrough in the peace process and affirmed these efforts are aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause. “I do not think there will be peace between the Palestinians […]
Continue readingHamas: The absence of int’l justice caused Jerusalem killing
[ 03/10/2010 – 03:31 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum stated that the absence of international justice and the American bias were the reasons that encouraged Israeli troops to kill a Palestinian young man on Sunday morning in occupied Jerusalem. In a statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC) on Sunday, spokesman Barhoum […]
Continue readingMasri: Hamas will not allow the reconciliation to be a cover for the peace talks
[ 03/10/2010 – 03:21 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Hamas official and lawmaker Mushir Al-Masri stated that the national reconciliation is an irreversible strategic option for his Movement, but it rejects to let Fatah use it as a cover for its negotiations and security cooperation with Israel. “We are, in Hamas, advocates for unity, and […]
Continue readingMaan News Agency: Acting Hebron governor slams land confiscation
Published today (updated) 03/10/2010 13:40 HEBRON (Ma’an) — The acting governor on Hebron denounced on Saturday the confiscation of 66 dunums of land in the Taffuh village in the district. Samir Abu Zneid said Israeli forces delivered confiscation warrants to the Banat Khalet Hatem area on plot number 24 in the village, which falls under […]
Continue readingEgypt to issue decision over entry of Gaza-bound Lifeline 5 convoy
[ 03/10/2010 – 11:15 AM ] LATAKIA, (PIC)– The spokesman for the British Viva Paletina’s fifth convoy to Gaza, dubbed “Lifeline 5”, said efforts are being made with the Egyptian government to allow the convoy to transit through the country. The fleet was staged after rising sympathy from international activists and civil society organizations for […]
Continue readingNational bureau for lands: Settlement activities reported during alleged freeze
[ 03/10/2010 – 10:56 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The national bureau for defending lands and resisting settlement said that Israel’s settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem were taking place during last September before its alleged freeze period expired. Immediately after the period of settlement freeze ended, the Israeli settlers declared the […]
Continue readingArab League to discuss negotiations with Israel on Friday
[ 03/10/2010 – 10:32 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Deputy Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Bin Hilli has said that the Arab League ministerial council would meet on Friday to discuss the “peace negotiations” between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Israeli occupation authority. Bin Hilli said in a statement on Saturday that […]
Continue readingPalestinian man shot and killed for allegedly ‘sneaking into Israel’
[ 03/10/2010 – 09:33 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A Palestinian worker from Al-Khalil was shot and killed Sunday morning by the Israeli army near the occupied city of Jerusalem. Sources said Izz al-Din Kawaziya, 37, from the West Bank city of Al-Khalil, who was father of six, was killed after an Israeli soldier in […]
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