Abbas’s militia kidnaps 28 Hamas supporters

[ 09/12/2010 – 01:22 PM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– PA security militia loyal to de facto president Mahmoud Abbas rounded up 28 Hamas supporters in the past 24 hours in the districts of Al-Khalil, Nablus, Bethlehem, Tulkarem, Salfit, and Jenin, local sources reported on Thursday. They noted that among the kidnapped in Al-Khalil were a […]

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Abu Sha’ar slams General Electric for supporting settlement expansion

[ 09/12/2010 – 01:30 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian minister of religious affairs Dr. Taleb Abu Sha’ar strongly denounced the American company General Electric for supporting and participating in a settlement project in Abu Ghunaim Mount between occupied Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Dr. Abu Sha’ar in a press release on Thursday said that this company […]

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IOF kidnap 9 Palestinians in W. Bank

[ 09/12/2010 – 01:27 PM ]   WEST BANK, (PIC)– The Hebrew radio said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn Thursday nine Palestinian citizens from different West Bank areas at the pretext they were wanted. The radio added that the IOF kidnapped the nine young men at dawn during raids on homes […]

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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory ( 02– 08 Dec 2010)

PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights http://www.pchrgaza.org   Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)   ·               Two activists of the Palestinian resistance were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip. ·       A resistance activist was wounded by IOF in the central Gaza Strip. […]

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Zahalka demands international probe into Israeli diggings under Aqsa Mosque

[ 09/12/2010 – 12:31 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Arab Knesset member Jamal Zahalka called for forming an international committee of specialist architects to investigate the reported dangers threatening the structure of the Aqsa Mosque as a result of the Israeli excavations underground. Zahalka demanded in a press release on Wednesday the Israeli occupation […]

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Palestinian female prisoner on seventh day of hunger strike

[ 09/12/2010 – 12:34 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– Palestinian prisoner Linan Abu Ghulma has entered her seventh day of hunger strike on Thursday demanding transfer from the Israeli Hasharon jail to that of Sharon to join her sister. Linan, From Beit Forik village in Nablus, told the lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner’s association that she […]

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Asian aid shipment en route to Gaza

[ 09/12/2010 – 12:23 PM ]   TEHRAN, (PIC)– An Asian convoy loaded with humanitarian material to the besieged Gaza Strip has arrived in the Iranian city of Zahdan after passing through many cities to rally support for the trip. 125 relief institutions in India, Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, and other Asian nations have […]

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Israeli raids target house, Qassam positions

[ 09/12/2010 – 12:16 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes launched a series of pre-dawn raids Thursday against a number of targets in Gaza Strip including a house and a position for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in central Gaza. Local sources said that a number of missiles fired in the […]

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Airstrikes on Gaza in Pictures

A Palestinian woman pleads in front of her destroyed house after it was damaged when Israeli air force bombed a Hamas facility in Gaza City on December 9, 2010 along with 3 other sites in the territory.The Israeli Defense Forces stated that the strikes were in response to the firing of three rockets at Israel’s […]

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If Americans Knew – what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution. […]

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Emir of Qatar receives Hamas delegation led by Mishaal

[ 08/12/2010 – 03:27 PM ]   DOHA, (PIC)– Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, on Wednesday received a Hamas delegation led by its supreme leader Khaled Mishaal in Doha. A Hamas press release said that the discussions tackled latest Palestinian developments, the reconciliation efforts, the stalled settlement process, and the overall […]

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Hamas slams US for giving up demand for settlement freeze

[ 08/12/2010 – 03:11 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement condemned the US administration for giving up its attempts to pressure Israel to stop its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying this position would encourage Israel to make more serious violations against the Palestinian people. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in […]

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Hamas: Banishing MP Abu Tir racist decision

[ 08/12/2010 – 03:18 PM ]   DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Hamas strongly condemned the Israeli occupation authority’s decision to banish Jerusalemite MP Mohammed Abu Tir out of his hometown in occupied Jerusalem. The movement said in a press release on Wednesday that the racist, arbitrary decision, was meant to absent the Palestinian leaders who defend Jerusalem […]

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Israeli court sentences Nelly to 20 months in prison

  [ 08/12/2010 – 03:15 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– The international Tadamun (solidarity) foundation for human rights said that the Israeli military court of Salem issued a few days ago a 20-month imprisonment sentence against Palestinian female prisoner from Nablus city Nelly Al-Safadi, 34, and ordered her to pay a fine of 2, 000 […]

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