Archive | March 29, 2011

Jerusalem Bombing Likely To Be A Mossad False Flag

Terror Attack In Jerusalem, Counter To Fatah-Hamas Unity Feroze Mithiborwala | Counter Currents A bomb has struck a crowded bus stop in West Jerusalem, killing at least one person and wounding 30 in what authorities said was the first major attack in the city in several years. At least eight Palestinians, including children, were killed […]

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Minister Abu Assabeh demands Ban Ki-moon to protect Palestinian prisoners

[ 29/03/2011 – 11:11 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian minister of prisoners’ affairs Attallah Abu Assabeh appealed to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to assume his responsibility towards the issue of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails. Abu Assabeh made his remarks during a sit-in held on Monday at the Red Cross headquarters in solidarity with […]

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IOF troops raid Awarta, round up dozens

29/03/2011 – 10:56 AM NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Awarta, southeast of Nablus, at a late hour on Monday and withdrew at dawn Tuesday after rounding up dozens of its inhabitants. Eyewitnesses said that the IOF soldiers wreaked havoc in the village and broke into many homes and took more than […]

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Soldiers seal off Palestinian town and arrest teenagers after settler attacks

Posted by gazasolidarity at PSHAD.news.com on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 2:15 pm. IDF seals off town of Beit Ommar on the West Bank and arrests teenagers, all because a stone was thrown at a settler four days ago, while settlers themselves are allowed to attack Palestinians with near impunity. On 21 March a settler […]

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Leila Farsakh on the Arab Revolutions and Palestine

In this episode of Palestine Studies TV, Dr. Leila Farsakh discussed the implications of the protest movements in the Arab world on Palestinian politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Dr. Farsakh is a professor of Political Science at the University of Massachussetts, Boston, and a member of the editorial committee of the Journal of Palestine Studies. […]

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More citizens of Awarta arrested in night raid

29 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Expansion of illegal Itamar settlement Last night at midnight Israeli troops again entered the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, arresting a large number – estimated to be around 40 – men and boys. According to the village Council they were taken to Huwwara military base where they […]

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Hamas: Israeli onslaught on our people would not weaken them

29/03/2011 – 05:33 PM GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement strongly condemned the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for demolishing ten homes and detaining many Palestinians in Um Neir village in Al-Khalil at dawn Tuesday. It described the act as a “racist crime” aimed at forcing the Palestinian people to emigrate and abandon their land. The movement affirmed, […]

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Israel’s residential building strategy driven by aim of keeping Arabs ‘in their place’

Posted by gazasolidarityat PS.HADNEWS.COM  on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 2:43 pm. By Roi Maor – The State of Israel is building a town in the country’s north. Its purpose: to make sure “the Arabs won’t rear their heads” and to “put them in proportion.” Anybody objecting to this goal should “go live with the […]

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Detainees join March 15 movement hunger strike

March 29, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons announced Tuesday that they have joined the March 15 youth hunger strike to demand an end to the national division. Thirty detainees in Israel’s Jalbou’a, Ramon, Nafha and Beersheba prisons said they would remain on hunger strike until Palestinian reconciliation was achieved, said Raed […]

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Israeli court illegally extends detention of lawyer Issawi and her brothers

[ 29/03/2011 – 04:38 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli high court of justice in the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem on Monday decided, at the behest of the Israeli prosecutor, to extend the detention of lawyer Shirin Al-Issawi and her brothers, Medhat and Ra’fat. The court is expected to give its final decision […]

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Israel plans 1608 new housing units in OJ

[ 29/03/2011 – 04:42 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is planning to build 1608 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said on Tuesday. It added that the planning and construction committee of the Jewish controlled municipality of occupied Jerusalem would endorse a new neighborhood in […]

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Homes destroyed by Israeli Army in Amnyir, South Hebron Hills

  29 March 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams | | International Solidarity Movement At 7:00 am on the morning of March 29th 2011 the Israeli military demolished the village of Amniyr , destroying seven tent dwellings and confiscating the remains. This is the second time in just over a month that the Israeli army has […]

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European initiative against settlement and wall launched in The Hague

29/03/2011 – 02:28 PM AMSTERDAM, (PIC)– Pro-Palestinian organizations in Europe declared the launch of the European initiative for removing the wall and settlements in The Hague, Netherlands. This came during “Palestina festival 2011…No occupation, no blockade” that was held earlier this week in Zazat Blaine hall in Rotterdam city. The initiative is a consortium of […]

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The Israeli incitement problem: A personal look at a children’s book

Tuesday, March 29 2011|Noam Sheizaf | +972 Magazine Israeli leaders and advocacy groups love to complain about Palestinian incitement, but militaristic and nationalistic indoctrination is all too common in Israel itself. Some personal reflection, following a mail from an outraged parent When I was a kid, I loved Danni Din stories. Their hero was wonder-kid […]

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IOF assaults six senior citizens during demolitions east of Yatta, raids Gaza

[ 29/03/2011 – 03:59 PM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces used sticks and fired tear gas during clashes with senior citizens as they rushed in to demolish makeshift homes owned by the Al-Jabour family in the village of Um Neir east of Yatta. The IOF rushed in Tuesday morning to tear down […]

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