Archive | April, 2011

A minor, two others arrested amid West Bank raids

[ 30/04/2011 – 02:21 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Three Palestinians including a minor were assaulted amid Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raids sweeping the West Bank Saturday morning. The IOF raided several villages in Jenin province and took custody of several Palestinians but later released them. Military patrol men entered the villages of Bardala east […]

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Egyptian Military: Israel has no Right to Interfere in the Opening of Rafah Crossing

PNN – Palestine News Network  | 30.04.11 – 16:30 Cairo – PNN – The Egyptian Army Chief of Staff, General Sami Adnan, announced on Saturday that the opening of Rafah crossing located on the southern Gaza Borders with Egypt is a Palestinian-Egyptian matter that Israel do not have the right to interfere in. Rafah crossing […]

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Is Israel’s Rightwing in Eric Cantor’s District?

By David Swanson * | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | apr 30, 2011 In May 2009, Congressmen Eric Cantor (R., Va.) and Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) wrote to President Barack Obama about U.S. policy toward Israel. Their staff sent the letter as a PDF but forgot to change the name of the file to something […]

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Jordan Valley school named after Vittorio

27 April 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity  | International Solidarity Movement On Monday 25th the first brick was laid for a new school in the Jordan Valley. Volunteers from the Jordan Valley Solidarity working with Ras Al Auja community members have been making mud bricks for the building during the last two weeks. On Monday […]

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Jewish settlers raid Kifl Hares in bid to claim shrine

[ 30/04/2011 – 07:49 AM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– Thousands of Jewish settlers raided Friday the West Bank town of Kifl Hares north of Salfit to perform traditional prayers at what they have claimed is the tomb of Joshua the son of Nun. Israeli Radio put the number of settlers that raided the site from Thursday […]

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Jerusalemites clash with Israeli security forces

[ 30/04/2011 – 08:06 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Jerusalemite youths in Silwan town, south of the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, clashed with Israeli occupation forces who stormed the Bustan suburb after the Friday congregation. Eyewitnesses said that as soon as the Jerusalemites finished their weekly congregation at the sit-in tent in the Bustan […]

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UN chief welcomes Palestinian deal

Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:18AM UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Despite Israeli efforts for denunciation of Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the unity deal. “The secretary general welcomes efforts being made to promote Palestinian reconciliation and the important contribution of Egypt in this regard,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said in […]

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Publishing Propaganda, Ignoring Facts

Friday, 29 April 2011 17:32 By Nima Shirazi Zuckerman rag prints bald-faced lies on upcoming flotilla to Gaza by Alex Kane and Nima Shirazi It comes as no surprise that a newspaper owned by Mort Zuckerman, an ardent Zionist, would be anti-Palestinian and that it would strongly oppose efforts to break the Israeli naval blockade […]

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A Closer Look at Israel’s Role in Terrorism

By Jeff Gates  | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | April 30, 2011 Response of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when asked on September 11, 2001 what the attacks meant for U.S.-Israeli relations. His quick reply was: “It’s very good. Well, it’s not good, but it will generate immediate sympathy (for Israel).” Game theory war-planners […]

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Israel’s Discriminatory Laws – Update April 2011 – Adalah

P.O. Box 8921 Haifa 31090 Israel Tel: (972)-4-950-1610 Fax: (972)-4-950-3140 04 – 04 فاكس 9503140 – حيفا 31090 ، ص.ب 8921 هاتف 9501610 חיפה 31090 , ת.ד. 8921 טלפון 04-9501610 פקס 04-9503140 Email: adalah@adalah.org http://www.adalah.org Discriminatory Laws – Update April 2011 During its 2011 Winter Term, the Knesset passed at least six new discriminatory laws […]

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Daughter of Mossad Chief: I Refuse to Enlist in the Israeli Military – video

I refuse to take part in the war crimes committed by my country. Violence will not bring any kind of solution, and I shall not commit violence, come what may. Omer Goldman, age 19, Tel Aviv First Prison Sentence: 22nd Sept. – 10th Oct. 2008 (18 days) Second Prison Sentence: 12th – 24th Oct. 2008 […]

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PLO urged to rescind Israel recognition

PressTV – Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:29AM Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Mahmoud Abbas (file photo) Hamas’ democratically-elected Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has called on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to “rescind recognition of Israel.” Making his position very clear to the PLO on Friday, Haniyeh pointed out that the resistance group will never recognize Israel. […]

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Anan: Israel has no right to interfere in decision to open the Rafah crossing

[ 29/04/2011 – 09:48 PM ] CAIRO, GAZA, (PIC)– The Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Sami Anan said that Israel has no right to interfere in the Egyptian decision to open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip. Anan said in a statement he published Friday on his page on Facebook: “Israel has no […]

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Memorial held for Arrigoni turns into demonstration of support for Palestine

[ 29/04/2011 – 09:48 PM ] MANCHESTER, (PIC)– A memorial held in the city of Manchester in north England to honour Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni, who was murdered in Gaza, turned into a demonstration of support for the Palestinian cause with ISM activist chanting for the freedom of Palestine, the end of the siege and […]

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Generation Palestine and Code Rouge – video

Apr-29-2011 19:01 | Salem News | Tim King We will all in the end get what we deserve, unlike the innocent Palestinians. Learn more, visit: Generation Palestine (SALEM, Ore.) – Certainly one of the most powerful songs ever written for the struggle in Palestine, Code Rouge, shows the viewer the one truth about Palestine that […]

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