Barak: Army to remain on alert at Egypt borders

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:24 AM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– Israeli war minister Ehud Barak has said the Israeli army will stay on alert along borders with Egypt until the security situation during the revolution there stabilizes. He added the army will also boost efforts to raise the security fence along the border. The Israeli army […]

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Jordan summons Israeli ambassador over provocative Eldad statements

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:18 AM ]   AMMAN, (PIC)– The Jordanian foreign ministry denounced Israeli MK Arieh Eldad’s provocative statement and anti Jordan activity. The ministry described Eldad’s statements as “ridiculous and unacceptable”, urging Israel to stop all provocative acts that would only spur hostile feelings. It said that Eldad, who is famous for his […]

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ei: Facing up to Jewish nationalism and racist violence

Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana, The Electronic Intifada, 3 March 2011 When we released the now famous and censored video Feeling the Hate in Jerusalem, we were widely attacked and dismissed for daring to publicize footage of college-age Jewish kids behaving like racist fanatics while intoxicated. We argued that our footage revealed a deep sickness […]

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Acquitted Palestinian businessman tortured in PA prison

[ 03/03/2011 – 11:12 AM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A Palestinian businessman who is also a citizen of the U.S. has been severely tortured while in Palestinian Authority custody, sources told the PIC. Idris Hajja, 46, of north Jerusalem was flogged on the feet and had sustained severe blows to the face in the Byutiya […]

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Mandela: IOA holds Palestinian woman in cell with homicide convicts

[ 03/03/2011 – 11:05 AM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Mandela institution catering for prisoners and human rights said that the IOA imprisoned Palestinian woman Samha Hijaz in one cell with Jewish homicide convicts before being transferred to Talmund jail. Lawyer Buthaina Dakmak of the institution said that Samha was arrested on 8/2/2011 after female […]

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Qabaha: Boosted Fatah reconciliation calls a media maneuver

[ 03/03/2011 – 11:02 AM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Former prisoner affairs minister Wasfi Qabaha has called on Fatah to translate its intentions behind the recent boost of calls to reconciliation. He said the least tangible act that can be done to reflect good intentions is to empty its prisons of Hamas political prisoners. ”There […]

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Askalan prisoners complain of being shackled during visits

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:56 AM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prison of Askalan have complained that the prison administration shackles their hand and feet during visits by their relatives or lawyers. Human rights groups said that the Israeli soldiers unshackle the prisoners’ hands only during lawyers’ visits, adding that the step […]

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Chamber of commerce warns of economic crisis in Gaza after Al-Mintar closure

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:54 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– A senior official of the Palestinian chamber of commerce warned of a major crisis in importing basic goods to the besieged Gaza Strip following the closure of Al-Mintar commercial (Karni) crossing. “The closure of Al-Mintar crossing will lead to a big crisis in the supply of […]

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Israeli Forces Arrest Residents From Hebron – International Middle East Media Center

Thursday March 03, 2011 11:42 by Ahmad N. – IMEMC The Israeli army arrested, on Thursday, residents from the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli military forces raided the area of Bir al-Mhajer, north of Hebron, and arrested two brothers, Mohammed and Abdul Majid, and Rami Abu Alillat. These men were taken to an unknown […]

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Update on US brokered “Ease”. No “Ease” but Slow Suffocation: Gaza’s Crossings Squeezed Shut

03.03.11 – 11:01 Tel Aviv –  Gisha To PNN – the Israeli based Legal Center for freedom of Movement – Gisha – expresses concern that Wednesday closing of Karni Crossing will further restrict the ability of Palestinian residents of Gaza to engage in dignified, productive work. Gaza border crossing closed – Archive Gisha said in […]

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IOF storms OJ suburb, detains 80 Jerusalemite children in two months

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:04 AM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces and municipality teams stormed a number of suburbs in Beit Hanina, to the north of occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday, eyewitnesses reported. They said that the municipality vehicles escorted by a military unit roamed the suburbs of Ashqariya, Wadi Al-Dam, and Marwaha, without […]

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No Political Immunity in Palestine: IOF kidnap anew Palestinian MP Salhab

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:08 AM ]   Al-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday evening kidnapped once again Hamas lawmaker Azzam Salhab at a military checkpoint near Jericho city. An aid to MP Salhab told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the IOF erected abruptly barriers near Khan Al-Ahmar area, located between Jericho […]

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IOF detains 7 Palestinians including crippled man, 90 in Al-Khalil in February

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:12 AM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained seven Palestinian citizens in pre dawn incursions in West Bank cities on Thursday, the Israeli radio said. The broadcast quoted an IOF spokesman as saying that the arrests were made in Bethlehem and Al-Khalil districts. Meanwhile, locals said that an IOF […]

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Muhammad al-Za’tari: Innocent, Accused of Stabbing Settler, and Tortured for Five Months

03.03.11 – 11:27 PNN – Palestine News Network Maysa Abu Ghazala – Jerusalem –PNN/Exclusive – At 14, Muhammad Imad al-Za’tari is not old enough, according to international law, to be treated as an adult. But in the eyes of the Israeli authorities, he is responsible for his actions and eligible for long and cruel imprisonment. […]

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Calls on Facebook for millions to march for right of return

[ 03/03/2011 – 10:00 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian activists have used the Facebook social network calling to a peaceful million man march for the Palestinian refugees’ right of return due to kick off May 15. Dubbed ”the 2011 march of return”, it aims to ensure that every last exiled Palestinian returns to the […]

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