Erasing links to the land in the Negev

Posted By Noga Malkin Friday, March 11, 2011 – 2:16 PM Hiding in the cemetery where her parents are buried, Hakma al-Turi, an Israeli citizen, has watched bulldozers demolish her village — al-Araqib — more than 20 times. The Israel Land Administration first demolished the 45 structures on this patch of land in the Negev […]

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Jailed Bil’in Protest Organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, to be Released on Sunday

    Posted by palestinesolidarity[at]gmail.com (ISM Palestine) at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 8:14 pm. Abu Rahmah is expected to be released after having served the 16 months sentence imposed on him by the Israeli Military Court of Appeals for organizing demonstrations. Abu Rahmah will be received by his family, friends and supporters, […]

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ei: Global actions, backlash during Israeli Apartheid Week « Arab Revolt | الثورة العربية

Report, The Electronic Intifada, 11 March 2011 The 7th annual Israeli Apartheid Week launched this week, with more than 75 cities across six continents participating in educational events and direct actions in support of the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. With events taking place from Boston to Zurich, Durban to Perth, and Montreal […]

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Palestinian engineer who disappeared in the Ukraine is at an occupation jail

[ 11/03/2011 – 09:46 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Human rights sources have revealed that  Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Seesi who disappeared last month in the Ukraine is detained in an Israeli occupation jail. This announcement coincided with the announcement of the Ukrainian government that it was opening an investigation into the disappearance of Seesi. […]

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ei: Gaza truckers protest Israel’s closure of commercial crossing

Rami Almeghari, The Electronic Intifada, 11 March 2011 Palestinian truck drivers stop protest Israel’s closing the Karni crossing, 7 March. (ZUMA Press) On 2 March Israel announced the complete closure of Karni, the principal commercial crossing into the Gaza Strip, prompting protests by Palestinian traders who rely on the crossing to bring goods into the […]

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Abbas Al-Sayyed goes on hunger strike in Israeli jail

[ 11/03/2011 – 03:08 PM ]   TULKAREM, (PIC)– Abbas Al-Sayyed, commander of the Qassam Brigades in Tulkarem who is serving 36 life- imprisonment terms in the Israeli Rimon jail, has decided to go on hunger strike protesting incarceration conditions in jail, his wife said. According to his wife Ikhlas Al-Sayyed, Abbas was punished by […]

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Abbas militia imposes blackout on hunger-striker in Al-Khalil jail

[ 11/03/2011 – 04:23 PM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Family of kidnapped Palestinian citizen Wajdi Taha, 25, has accused the militia of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank of imposing blackout on the condition of their son who is on hunger-strike for many days now, holding Abbas personally responsible for the well-being of their son. […]

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Hamdan: Hamas initiative based on the resistance option and liberation

[ 11/03/2011 – 04:40 PM ]   AMMAN, (PIC)– Osama Hamdan, The head of Hamas’s external relations department, asserted Thursday that his movement’s new reconciliation initiative was based on the resistance option, liberation, and to end the occupation. In an interview with the Jordanian Al-Sabeel newspaper, Hamdan said that the new initiative took into consideration […]

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Sane’: extremist Jewish MK’s compete to show animosity to Palestinians

[ 11/03/2011 – 02:51 PM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– Arab member of the Knesset, Talab al-Sane’, head of Arab Democratic Party, said during the discussion on amending the nationality law at the Knesset that extremist Jewish members of the Knesset “compete with one another on hate and animosity to Palestinians and propose racist laws that […]

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Undercover forces infiltrate Silwan, heavy barrage of gas fired on prayer attendants

Friday, 11 March, 2011 | 13:22 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Israeli undercover forces raided Bir Ayyub district of Silwan immediately after the midday prayer today, firing a heavy barrage of tear gas and soundbombs. Eyewitnesses state that Israeli police, accompanied by undercover forces, infiltrated the neighborhood in a small unmarked minibus. An attack of tear […]

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Mofaz expects military showdown with Palestinians

[ 11/03/2011 – 11:12 AM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Head of Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, Shaul Mofaz, said on Thursday that he expected a military showdown with the Palestinians if the political process remains stagnant. Israeli radio quoted Mofaz, who is also a former War Minister, as saying that if the political […]

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Israeli settlers threaten foreign envoys

PressTV – Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:42AM Jewish settlers in the West Bank (file photo) Foreign diplomats in Israel say Israeli settlers have given them threatening letters over their respective countries’ criticism of Jewish settlements in the occupied lands. Diplomatic sources at several foreign missions in al-Quds (East Jerusalem) and Ramallah told AFP on Thursday […]

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PUTTING A HALT ON THE ONGOING NAKBA

Posted by desertpeace at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm. “We all want to return to our village. I’m sure we can achieve our dream through peaceful means….We will never give in. They say that every human being is born in the land, but for us Palestinians, our land is born in […]

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Occupation evicting Jerusalem family and raids Baarta village to issue demolition notices

Posted by gazasolidarity on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:49 am. The so-called evacuation department in Jerusalem approved Thursday the demolition of parts of a home belonged to a Palestinian family in the area of Ras El-Amoud, eastern the city to make way for Israelis. more The village of Baarta near Jenin was attacked by […]

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Israel to come up with new plan for Palestinian border

PressTV –  Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:34PM | Ibrahim Husseini, Press TV, al-Quds According to sources at Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to cooperate with the Palestinians. The plan, the sources say, is aimed at establishing a Palestinian state with temporary borders as part of an interim peace agreement with […]

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