[ 10/02/2011 – 11:40 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed several neighborhoods in the East Jerusalem district of Silwan Wednesday morning arresting three minors. They were identified as Abd Fayiz Zaitoun, 15, who is serving house arrest, Ammar Zaitoun, 15, and Baronaq Zaitoun, 8. Seven Palestinians, including a 47-year-old […]
Continue readingReport: IOA arrested 12,000 Palestinian females since 1967
[ 10/02/2011 – 11:42 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has arrested 12,000 Palestinian females since its occupation of the remaining Palestinian lands in 1967, Abdul Nasser Farwana, a researcher in prisoners affairs, said. He added in a statement that the IOA is currently holding 35 Palestinian women in Hasharon and […]
Continue readingDCI: Report to UN Exposes Israel’s Systematic Torture and Ill-treatment of Children
PNN – Palestine News Network – 10.02.11 – 12:29 Ramallah – DCI to PNN – after releasing a report this week documenting torture and Ill-treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli detention centers, Defence for Children International -Palestine Section have asked the UN Special Rapporteurs: on torture; on the independence of judges and lawyers; and on […]
Continue readingInternet groups launch campaign against Abbas’s regime in W. Bank
[ 10/02/2011 – 10:18 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Many Palestinian bloggers have launched lately online forums and pages, especially through Facebook service, aimed at rallying West Bankers against de facto president Mahmoud Abbas and his repressive authority in Ramallah city. Any internet surfer can notice the increasing number of online groups who invite people […]
Continue readingHawara prisoners poisoned after jail served rotten food
[ 10/02/2011 – 10:05 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinians held at the Israeli Hawara detention center were poisoned after eating breakfast served by the prison on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said. Several prisoners had suffered extreme stomach pains and diarrhea. They rejected breakfast served the following day complaining of its bad smell and […]
Continue readingJustice ministry: WB elections null and void
[ 10/02/2011 – 10:09 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The justice ministry in Gaza has lashed out at the illegitimate Ramallah government of Salam Fayyad for calling for local elections next July, describing the process as null and void. The ministry in a statement on Wednesday evening said that the Fayyad government is illegitimate and […]
Continue readingMasked Israeli settlers chase schoolchildren, give directions to Border Police [With Video]
At-Tuwani Team CPTHebron 7.2.11 On the afternoon of 7 February 2011, three Israeli settlers from Havat Ma`on outpost chased a group of 12 Palestinian schoolchildren who were walking home from school. The Israeli military had failed to arrive to escort the schoolchildren, forcing the children to take a longer path without the army`s escort. Shortly […]
Continue readingMaan News Agency: Hamas says Egypt ex-minister tied to church attack
Published today (updated) 10/02/2011 02:06 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas says legal action against former Egyptian Minister of Interior Habib Al-Adili linking him to the Alexandria church bombing exposes the baselessness of the minister’s accusations against Palestinians. The Islamist movement said in a statement that accusations that Palestinians targeted the Saints Church […]
Continue readingGaza situation deteriorating: UNRWA | VIDEO
PressTV – Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:18AM The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that years of Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip have seriously deteriorated the humanitarian crisis in the coastal sliver. UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said that unemployment rate in Gaza has reached around 45.5 percent, a Press […]
Continue readingUNRWA calls for European leaders to “end suffering” in Gaza
Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:49 | MEMO Christopher Gunness pointed out that the rate of unemployment in the Strip reached 44.5% by the end of 2010. EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has called on the leaders of European countries to work collectively to bring an […]
Continue readingei: The ascent of the Palestinian pharaoh
Abdaljawad Hamayel, The Electronic Intifada, 9 February 2011 Palestinians in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied West Bank demonstrate in support of the Egyptian people, 6 February. (Luay Sababa/MaanImages) “They are marching to freedom, while we march to surrender.” These were my mother’s words as she reacted spontaneously, but intensely to the Egyptian and […]
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