Resistance factions reject holding elections under division in O. lands

[ 13/02/2011 – 05:25 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian opposition resistance factions said they reject the idea of holding any local, legislative or presidential elections in the occupied Palestinian territories in light of the internal division, stressing that the Palestinian people and their resistance forces would not be bound by the results of […]

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Crossings authority working hard to re-open Rafah terminal

[ 13/02/2011 – 05:34 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The crossings and borders authority in Gaza Strip has announced that it was working hard to restore traffic to normalcy at the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and the Strip. It said in a statement on Sunday that contacts with Egyptian officials and other concerned parties […]

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Statement: Israel holding more than 20 Egyptians captive

[ 13/02/2011 – 06:11 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– At a moment of celebration in Egypt over freedoms attained after the ouster of the 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak, several Egyptians remain captured by Israeli occupation, whose new relations with Egypt have yet to unfold. According to the Ahrar prisoner studies center, more than 20 […]

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Israeli forces storm prison cells

[ 13/02/2011 – 06:19 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli prison forces stormed the ward 14 in Nafha jail at a late night hour on Saturday and searched all cells while looking for banned mobile phones, the Palestinian prisoner’s association said on Sunday. It added in a statement that the violent search took two hours […]

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Statistics: Israel arrested 300 Palestinians in January including 30 minors

[ 13/02/2011 – 06:52 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Statistics released Sunday by the prisoner affairs ministry in Gaza reveal Israel arrested around 300 Palestinians in January during arrest campaigns sweeping the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. That includes 30 minors and two elected Palestinian representatives, the report says, naming MPs Omar Abdul-Raziq and Mohammed […]

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Villagers harassed by Israeli army whilst trying to farm their land

Posted by palestinesolidarity@gmail.com (ISM Palestine) at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 12:38 pm. In the village of Jaloud, south of Nablus, around thirty villagers, two internationals, and six Israeli peace activists accompanied farmers to their land to help plant one hundred olive trees. Towards the end of the planting, a settler from the […]

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Peace Now – updated West Bank and Jerusalem Map – 2011 | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

You can download a high-resolution PDF of this map, showing West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements. Peace Now – updated West Bank and Jerusalem Map – 2011 | Jews for Justice for Palestinians.

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Teenager Detained in Beit Ummar

Sunday February 13, 2011 19:02 by Alessandra Bajec – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian teen in Beit Ummar near Hebron, witnesses told Ma’an News Agency on Saturday. (photo from http://palsolidarity.org) Mohammad Awad, local popular committee spokesman, said the youth, identified as Mohammad At-Teet, 16, was rounded up after Israeli troops broke into […]

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Hamas urges Egypt’s new leaders to revise Mubarak’s policies towards Gaza

[ 13/02/2011 – 05:08 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called on the new Egyptian leadership to reconsider ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s policies towards the besieged Gaza Strip and to immediately issue a decision to open the Rafah border crossing before individuals and goods. In a press release on Sunday, spokesman […]

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Another Victim of Occupation 2011 | Hussam Hussain Rwidy 27 | Killed in Al Quds by Extremist’s knife attack

Saturday, 12 February, 2011 | 13:50   Hussam Hussain Rwidy, 27   Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Two Palestinians were brutally attacked yesterday in West Jerusalem, leaving one dead and the other critically injured. Hussam Hussain Rwidy from Kufor A’aqab and Murad Khader Julani from Al-Thouri were stabbed by an unknown number of Israeli extremists in […]

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UN slams Israel over illegal settlements

Press TV | Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:25AM An illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank (file photo) The United Nations has lashed at Israel for ignoring international calls to stop the expansion of its illegal settlement activities on occupied Palestinian lands. A UN statement said on Monday that Tel Aviv has ignored the […]

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UN rights head slams Israeli violations

PressTV –  Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:51AM United Nations High Commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has denounced Israeli illegal settlements built on occupied Palestinian lands as “clear-cut violations of human rights on a very large scale.” At the end of a six-day visit to the region, […]

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Multilingual PIC back online after cyber attack by Fatah

[ 13/02/2011 – 01:03 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The technical support team of the Palestinian information center (PIC) has managed to address the cyber attack that blocked after midnight Saturday the website’s access to online users temporarily. In a statement issued by the PIC on Sunday, the news outlet accused cyber saboteurs hired by […]

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Silwan’s Captive Children – When home is jail

13-02-2011,12:02 Al Qassam website/Agencies – Seventeen children currently live under house arrest in the besieged neighborhood of Silwan in Jerusalem. Combined with a fierce campaign from Jewish extremists and armed Israeli forces, these young men are routinely arrested, beaten and interrogated. showaib Qutayobeh, 15, on his 45th day of house arrest “They have been subject […]

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MP Ramadan: The Egyptian revolt was against dictators

[ 13/02/2011 – 10:39 AM ]   Al-KHALIL, (PIC)– Hamas lawmaker Nizar Ramadan said the victorious Egyptian revolution was not narcissistic as some people portrayed, but it was an uprising against tyrants and oppressors. “The victory of the people’s revolution that happened in Egypt is more like the French revolution. This uprising will make further […]

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