Israelis retaliate for killing of settlers

Hugh Naylor | Last Updated: Mar 20, 2011 Palestinians survey the damage after their home was ransacked by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank hamlet of Awarta. Nasser Ishtayeh / AP Photo next photo previous photo Go to photo 0 next photo previous photo AWARTA, WEST BANK // A week after Israel’s military put this […]

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UN: Massive increase in home demolitions

  BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The latest numbers from the United Nations show a two-fold increase in the number of Palestinian homes and agricultural buildings destroyed by Israel order this year, causing concern among officials.   The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recorded 70 demolitions since the start of 2011, displacing 105 Palestinians, […]

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Resistance labels onslaught ‘winds of change’

March 20, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — In a Sunday statement announcing the latest projectile launch from the Gaza Strip, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees named the recent barrage of projectile fire operation “Winds of Change.” The group, known as the An-Nasser Brigades, said the campaign was “in response to the offensive […]

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Report: Israel admits to abduction of Gaza engineer

March 20, 2011 TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — Israeli media released details on the abduction of Gaza engineer Dirar Abu Sisi on Sunday, after the country partially lifted its gag order on the plight of the Power Plant official who went missing in the Ukraine in February. In a report released in the Israeli daily news […]

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Ramallah protesters resume hunger strike for national unity

Published today (updated) 20/03/201118:59 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Protesters resumed a hunger strike Sunday morning in Ramallah’s Manara square, as youth rallies in the West Bank and Gaza continue to demand national unity. On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of young Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza City, and thousands rallied in cities across the West […]

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Erekat: We will seek UN recognition soon

March 20, 2011 RAMALLAH (AFP) — The United Nations will be asked to recognize a Palestinian state with full membership of the world body, a Palestinian official said on Sunday. The decision to go forward with the plan had been made by the Palestinian leadership and it is the “choice of president Mahmoud Abbas,” resigned […]

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Settlers break Ayman’s horse’s neck before his eyes

Saturday, 19 March 2011 11:20 19.03.2011 Three days ago, Ayman, a boy of eleven years old from Ein Il Hilwe, was attacked by three settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Maskyyot. The settlers arrived in a blue car when Ayman was playing with four friends near the spring water. This spring water is 30 […]

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Interior ministry condemns recent military attacks on east of Gaza

20/03/2011 – 02:53 PM GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of interior strongly denounced the latest Israeli military attacks on Saturday morning on the eastern border areas of Gaza which led to considerable damage to homes and injured civilians and a number of security men. In a press release, the ministry blamed the international community for […]

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Fired Helen Thomas defends her comments about Israel

DUBAI (Alarabiya.net) | March 19, 2011   Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas defended her comments she made about Israel in 2010, in an interview she had with Playboy magazine. Thomas,89, served as the White House correspondent for more than five decades, but had her White House career reach a complete halt when she made […]

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Israeli Army kills 2 teenagers in Gaza

█▌ Note from OccupiedPalestine: Huffington Post is linking today this article dated March 20, 2011.  On August 16, 2011 though, 3 Palestinians we’re killed: An 17 or 18-year-old boy was just shot dead suffered over 10 gunshots in head and upperbody in Dier Al Balah : awaiting confirmation of name . According to reporting from […]

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Ambulances Retrieve Bodies of Two Palestinians in Gaza

WAFA | Date : 20/3/2011   Time : 14:55 GAZA, March 20, 2011 (WAFA) – Ambulances retrieved bodies of two Palestinians who were killed by Israeli gunfire near the northern borders of the Gaza Strip last night. Israeli sources last night declared the death of two Palestinians during Israel shelling of Gaza, and ambulance crews were not […]

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Israel detains Gaza merchant at Erez crossing

March 20, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities detained a Palestinian merchant on Thursday as he tried to leave the Gaza Strip via Erez crossing on the border with Israel. Rajih Mahmoud Kahlout, 57, had been granted a permit to enter the West Bank from the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Commerce, his son Rajaee […]

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Nilin Demonstration In Solidarity With Tristan Anderson & Rachel Corrie 18.03.2011

Ni’lin/Ramallah | 18.03.2011 Ni’lin Commemorates The Second Anniversary Of The Shooting Of The American Activist Tristan Anderson &The Eighth Anniversary Of The killing Of Rachel Corrie. In the Ni’lin Demonstration today Dozens suffer from inhaling the poisonous gas Due to the suppression of the israeli occupation forces to the weekly protest against the annexation and […]

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Israeli forces attack prayers near Bethlehem

Sunday, 20 March 2011 09:31| Samar Mohaisen| Palestine Telegraph           West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli forces raided yesterday evening Abu Baker El-Sediq mosque in Hwasan town in West Bank city of Bethlehem . Local sources told that Israeli soldiers stormed the mosque and harassed prayers as they held them for an hour […]

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Abbas Hamideh: Invitation to Al-Awda’s Ninth Annual Convention

March 20, 2011 For information about the upcoming Ninth Annual Int’l Al-Awda Convention, visit http://al-awda.org Onward, United and Stronger Until Return!   Ninth Annual International Al-Awda Convention The Embassy Suite Hotel, Anaheim South 11767 Harbor Boulevard Garden Grove, California 92840 April 29, 30, 2011 A significant event at a critical time in Arab history At […]

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