Paris to host Abbas-Netanyahu meeting on Oct. 21

[ 06/10/2010 – 06:45 PM ] PARIS, (PIC)– Richard Prasquier, President of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, said an upcoming meeting may be held between de facto Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton under French auspices in Paris this October 21. Prasquier said […]

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Haneyya confers with Red Cross team on Palestinian prisoners

[ 06/10/2010 – 05:54 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya conferred with a delegation of the Red Cross on the latter’s activities in the Palestinian lands and the Israeli ban on visits to prisoners. The meeting, held at the premier’s office on Tuesday, tackled problems suffered by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation authority […]

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PressTV – Israeli jets stage mock raid over Gaza

Wed Oct 6, 2010 4:47PM Israeli warplanes frequently violate Gaza’s airspace. Israeli warplanes have violated the Gaza Strip’s airspace, staging a mock raid over the besieged Palestinian territory, reports say. The fighter jets broke the sound barrier over Gaza and caused sonic booms as they flew over the tiny coastal silver, a Press TV correspondent […]

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ei: Boy used as human shield by Israeli soldiers speaks out

Rami Almeghari writing from occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 6 October 2010 Majid Rabah (Rami Almeghari) Majid Rabah, age 11, had a broad smile on his face as he relaxed at his family’s apartment in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday, 4 October. He had just heard the news that the […]

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Abu Sha’ar warns of religious war between Muslims and Jews in O. Jerusalem

[ 06/10/2010 – 03:00 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian minister of religious affairs Taleb Abu Sha’ar warned that a devastating war is likely to happen between Muslims and Jews as a result of Israel’s escalating Judaization plans in occupied Jerusalem, the latest of which in Al-Buraq wall square, west of the Aqsa Mosque. In a statement […]

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Dweik asks Arab summit to provide protection for holy shrines

[ 06/10/2010 – 03:01 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Palestinian legislative council speaker Dr. Aziz Dweik has asked the extraordinary Arab summit to be held in Libya next Saturday to include protection of holy Islamic shrines in occupied Palestine on its agenda. Dweik in a message to the Libyan leader Muamer Al-Gaddafi on Wednesday also asked […]

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Bardawil calls on upcoming Arab summit to end peace talks

[ 06/10/2010 – 02:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas leader Salah Bardawil called on an upcoming special Arab summit next Saturday in Libya to denounce the PA’s  “pointless” peace talks with Israel. Bardawil said in a press statement that he was hopeful that the Arab summit would result in a resolution to end the talks, […]

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Families of Diyab and Shreim appeal to int’l organizations to help free them

[ 06/10/2010 – 02:44 PM ] QALQILIYA, (PIC)– The families of prisoners Alaa Diyab and Abdulfattah Shreim from Qalqiliya city appealed to local and international human rights organizations to urgently intervene to pressure the Judicial system in the West Bank to revoke the unjust military decisions issued against their sons. Shreim’s mother said that the […]

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Palestinian business forum encourages projects in support of O. Jerusalem

[ 06/10/2010 – 02:54 PM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– The second conference of the Palestinian business forum held in Istanbul urged the Palestinian and Arab businessmen to actively adopt development projects in the occupied city of Jerusalem. The conference highlighted the importance of supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinians in Jerusalem in the face of Israel’s […]

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Batsh warns Israeli settlers may repeat 1994 Ibrahimi massacre

[ 06/10/2010 – 02:07 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Islamic Jihad official Khaled Al-Batsh warned that the repeated attacks waged by Israeli settlers and troops against the Palestinian people and their holy shrines could be a prelude to an intended massacre similar to the one committed in the Ibrahimi Mosque in 1994. In a press […]

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Fayyad’s gov’t names Jihad ‘banned organization’

[ 06/10/2010 – 02:00 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine said Fayyad’s illegitimate government in the West Bank has officially labeled the Jihad movement a “banned organization”. The government has prohibited interaction with the group and denied its elements and supporters the right to engage in public, charitable, or social activities. […]

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IOF troops break up march protesting burning of mosque

[ 06/10/2010 – 01:57 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used force on Wednesday to break up a demonstration by inhabitants of Beit Fajjar village, Bethlehem district, protesting Zionist settlers’ burning of their village’s mosque. The IOF soldiers used teargas to disperse the demonstrators while youths, majority of the marchers, threw stones at […]

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Armed wings of factions slam PA military trials against resistance fighters

[ 06/10/2010 – 09:55 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The armed wings of the opposition resistance factions strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority’s security cooperation with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and the military trials held against resistance fighters in the West Bank. In a news conference held in Gaza Tuesday evening, the armed wings called on […]

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Aqsa Foundation warns of effects of approved Buraq Wall renovations

[ 06/10/2010 – 09:29 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage warned of the effects of a new plan to judaize the Buraq (Western Wall) region in Jerusalem, amid a great threat against the Aqsa Mosque and the surrounding area. Israeli authorities approved a comprehensive plan to renovate the Buraq Wall […]

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IOF rounded up 700 Palestinians in Al-Khalil this year

[ 06/10/2010 – 09:10 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 700 Palestinians in Al-Khalil district since the start of 2010 until end of September, a report by the Palestinian prisoner’s association said. The report said that the IOF soldiers launched a series of search and break, into homes of Palestinian citizens, […]

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