The village of Awarta face repression from soldiers after attack on settlers

Posted on: March 12, 2011 | ShareThis 12 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Today the village of Awarta, the Palestinian village located closest to the illegal settlement Itamar which witnessed the murder of an entire settler family this morning, was put under severe military restrictions. According to the village council, 19 people are still […]

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In Palestine, Everything is Relative: The Settler Violence You Won’t Hear About

By Yousef | Mar 12, 2011 at 2:10 PM When I heard the horrific news last night that 5 Israeli settlers were murdered in their home in the settlement of Itamar, I knew it would only be a matter of hours before a shoddy piece of journalism describes the murders as the end of a […]

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Meet the people bringing down the division

Published today (updated) 12/03/2011 20:57 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — “The people want to end the division,” said protesters in the Gaza Strip on Friday. Activists in Gaza and elsewhere are gearing up for protests on Tuesday calling for an end to division and restoring national unity. Leaders from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and others got an […]

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Fayyad Denounces Stabbing That Led To The Death Of Settler Family

Saturday March 12, 2011 16:10 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, strongly denounced that stabbing attack that was carried out in Itamar settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to the death of five settlers; a father, mother and their three children. According to Israeli […]

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Massacring Truth: The Story of Jenin Jenin

09:40 03/12/2011 Palestinian director and actor Muhammad Bakri. (Aljazeera) By Seraj Assi ‘They whom got shy died,’ goes the Arab proverb. In Hebrew they call it Chutzpah, that is, the quality of extreme audacity. Nowhere is Israel’s Chutzpah more acute than in the story the Palestinian actor and director Muhammad Bakri and the Sisyphean war […]

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British coalition to join Freedom Flotilla 2 to besieged Gaza

code: 230984 Date: 2011/03/12 source: P.I   British coalition to join Freedom Flotilla 2 to besieged Gaza Pro-Palestinian British organizations announced the formation of a coalition to participate in the second aid convoy, Freedom Flotilla, to the besieged Gaza Strip next May. .img1 { max-width: 400px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(240, 240, 243); […]

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If HAMAS is a Terrorist Organization, What Does That Make Israel?

11. Jul, 2010 Intifada Palestine Political Perspective by Tim King Salem-News.com     It’s time to move past convenient political descriptions. (SALEM, Ore.) -The term ‘terrorist’ group ranks among the most overused descriptions in existence for a political enemy. Hamas, an acronym of Harakat al-Muq?wamat al-Islamiyyah, meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is the only political group […]

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Settlers threaten Palestinian villagers near Ramallah

Settlers threaten Palestinian villagers near Ramallah Published today (updated) 12/03/2011 16:53 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Settlers handed out leaflets in a Palestinian village near Ramallah on Saturday threatening residents that their lives were at risk, villagers said. Beitillu residents said settlers distributed the statement signed by “the Jews from the land of Israel” at the village […]

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Settlers raid villages across West Bank

Settlers raid villages across West Bank Published today (updated) 12/03/2011 20:02 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Villages across the West Bank have reported raids by settlers following the murder of five Israelis early Saturday morning in Itamar settlement. A three-month old baby girl, two children aged three and 11, and their parents were all stabbed to death […]

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UN slams Israel’s demolition of 96 Palestinian homes since start of 2011

[ 12/03/2011 – 02:46 PM ]   NEW YORK, (PIC)– A report issued by the UN said that Israel has demolished since the start of 2011 about 96 Palestinian homes and buildings in the occupied territories of Jerusalem and the West Bank. UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied territories Richard Falk stated […]

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IOF troops launch large-scale arrest campaign in Orta, settlers attack Burin

[ 12/03/2011 – 03:03 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Orta east of Nablus and rounded up 17 Palestinian youths mostly brothers on Saturday. Local sources said that the campaign started shortly after the attack on nearby Itamar settlement in which five settlers were killed. They noted that […]

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Interior ministry: Kidnapping Abu Seesi “Zionist piracy”

[ 12/03/2011 – 04:27 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian interior ministry in Gaza has described the Israeli kidnapping of Palestinian citizen Dirar Abu Seesi while on a trip to the Ukraine as “Zionist piracy”. The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the world community should work on returning Abu Seesi, 39, […]

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Geneva Palestinian POW conference names 2011 the year of women

[ 12/03/2011 – 03:59 PM ]   GENEVA, (PIC)– The Palestinian POW conference held in the UN’s Geneva headquarters has a approved a plan to make 2011 ”the year of the captive Palestinian women.” More ambitious plans were announced as the conference staged by the European Network to Support the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners (Ufree) […]

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Fayyad condemns killing of five Jewish settlers near Nablus

[ 12/03/2011 – 04:37 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Illegitimate PA premier in Ramallah Salam Fayyad has denounced the killing of five Israelis from the Itamar settlement near Nablus in the northern West Bank. But Fayyad meanwhile failed to denounce the daily attacks and riots targeting Palestinians by armed Jewish settlers backed by Israeli armed […]

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Confrontations spread throughout Silwan

Friday, 11 March, 2011 | 16:28 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Confrontations in Silwan have spread to other districts that were previously unaffected by the violence that unfolded on the village’s streets today. Israeli forces fired massive amounts of tear gas wantonly through Silwan, causing asphyxiation effects in several Palestinian residents. Witnesses stated that Israeli troops’ […]

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