Archive | January 7, 2011

Jan 7, 2011 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under a siege for 1304 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News

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One IOF soldier killed, four others wounded in a resistance attack

[ 07/01/2011 – 08:37 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian resistance fighters on Friday evening opened fire at a group of IOF soldiers near the colony of Nirim to the east of the Maghazi refugee camp wounding five soldiers, two of them seriously. PIC correspondent said that a heavy exchange of fire was heard to […]

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Abbas’s militia barred the raising of Hamas’s flag during Qawasmi funeral

[ 07/01/2011 – 07:46 PM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The militia of the de facto PA President Mahmoud Abbas arrested on Friday afternoon a number of participants in the funeral of Omar al-Qawsmi because they chanted slogans in support of Hamas and called on the Qassam Brigades to retaliate to the cold-blooded murder of Qawasmi. […]

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Thousands participate in the funeral of Qawasmi

[ 07/01/2011 – 06:48 PM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Thousands of residents of the southern West Bank  district of al-Khalil participated in the funeral of Omar al-Qawasmi, the 65-year-old who was murdered in cold blood while asleep by IOF troops on Friday morning. The martyr was taken to Ali al-Bakaa mosque where the funeral prayer […]

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Israel admits killing innocent man

PressTV –  Fri Jan 7, 2011 5:30PM The wife of Omar Kawasme holds his picture as she sits on his blood-stained bed where he was killed by Israeli troops on Friday. Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a Palestinian man, who was brutally shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The […]

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ei: Security firm G4S confirms involvement in Israel’s occupation

Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 7 January 2011 The Danish-British security firm G4S recently confirmed in a letter its involvement in the Israeli occupation and violations of international law — reported on last month by The Electronic Intifada. After the publication of The Electronic Intifada’s report on 15 December 2010, the Business & Human Rights […]

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Wall Protests & West Bank Funeral of Omar Salim Qawasmi

Israeli soldiers have launched an attack on a number of homes in the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank, killing an old Palestinian man, a report says. The Israeli troops shot dead the Palestinian during a Friday attack on several homes in al-Khalil, AFP reported. Palestinian security officials and witnesses say the […]

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Shin Bet investigated officials in Netanyahu’s office over leaks

Friday, 07 January 2011 15:10 Radio Israel claims that the investigation was prompted when information about a secret visit made by Netanyahu to Moscow more than a year ago was leaked to the Israeli media Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, has announced that it has been investigating suspected leaks of sensitive information from the […]

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Israel arrested UK consulate staff

PressTV – Fri Jan 7, 2011 3:5PM Israeli forces have arrested two UK consulate staff in East Jerusalem planning to fire a rocket at a football stadium, the UK Foreign Office has confirmed. The two men are accused of helping in obtaining weapons for other members of their consulate behind the plot. However, their plan […]

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Palestinians hold anti-wall protests

PressTV –  Fri Jan 7, 2011 2:28PM Hundreds of Palestinians and international peace activists have held a protest rally against the Israeli separation wall in the occupied West Bank, calling for the destruction of the illegal barrier. Protesters say Israel has forcibly and illegally captured land owned by Palestinians to construct the ‘apartheid wall,’ which […]

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13 IOF bullets penetrated the head and heart of an elderly Palestinian man

[ 07/01/2011 – 02:48 PM ] Qawasmi’s wife showing journalists where her husband was murdered in cold blood   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Haj Omar al-Qawsmi, 65 years, was asleep in his bed at 4:15 Friday morning when IOF troops quietly sneaked into his flat and went straight to his bedroom and riddled his head and upper […]

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Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure | Dissident Voice

    by Ramzy Baroud / January 7th, 2011 When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years ago, Palestinians everywhere were enthralled. They held on to his every word during the Palestinian National Council (PNC) session in Algeria on November 15, 1988. The council members incessantly […]

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Wild Card IX: Obama’s first litmus test just around the corner

  Friday, January 7 2011| Ami Kaufman | + 972 Magazine The Palestinians are bringing their first challenge of the year to the UN. Hopefully, Barack Obama will just sit back and watch President Obama. Time for some payback? (photo: Flickr / MattCadwallader) U.S. President Barack Obama may be put to the test as early […]

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Wadi Hilweh Information Center Director, Jawad Siyam released today

Friday, 7 January, 2011 | 14:42 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Detained Wadi Hilweh Information Center director Jawad Siyam was released this morning following his hearing in the Jerusalem Magistrates Court. Siyam was released due to police’s failure to present sufficient evidence in support of the assault charge laid against him. Siyam was initially ordered by […]

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