Archive | April 2, 2011

Hamas warns Israel of airstrike outcome

PressTV | Sat Apr 2, 2011 5:16AM A fresh Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed at least three Palestinians. (file photo) The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has warned Israel of consequences of its airstrike on south of the Gaza Strip that killed at least three Palestinians. In a statement, Hamas identified the victims […]

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Israeli forces shut down anti-wall rally

April 1, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Protesters commemorated Land Day during a weekly demonstration against Israel’s separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in. Land Day marks the anniversary of a 1976 shooting in which Israeli troops killed six people during protests against land confiscations. Israel’s separation wall cuts through Bil’in, confiscating 60 percent […]

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Photo: A tree in Lifta for me and my mum – awaiting return

  April 1, 2011 | Ali Abunimah’s Blog On Land Day, Budour Hassan (@Budouroddick on Twitter), visited Lifta, the village where my mother was born, just outside Jerusalem, and planted an olive tree in honor of my mother and me, as the photo shows. My mother and her family, along with all other Liftawis were […]

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Abu Arafa: Jerusalem is a time-bomb that could cause entire region to erupt

[ 01/04/2011 – 08:59 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Khalid Abu Arafa, the former minister of the Jerusalem affairs, has described Thursday Jerusalem as a time-bomb that could cause the entire region to erupt. In an interview with the PIC from his sit-in tent in Jerusalem, Abu Arafa said that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas […]

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Abu Sisi denies knowledge on Shalit’s whereabouts; Hamas says he isn’t a member

01/04/2011 – 07:58 PM OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Dr. Dhurar Abu Sisi, the Palestinian electrical engineer who was kidnapped by the Isreali Mossad from the Ukraine, has categorically denied Thursday Israeli allegations that he knows the whereabouts of Gilad Shalit. Abu Sisi made his remarks as he appeared at the Israeli Petah Tikva court on Thursday, […]

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Palestinian detainees held in Egypt to be released Sunday

April 1, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egypt’s Supreme Military Council says it will release 14 Palestinians from prisons on Sunday, a rights group said. The UK-based Arab Organization for Human Rights said the council decided to release the Palestinian detainees after lobbying efforts by prisoners’ relatives and lawyers. The Egyptian courts had already agreed […]

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Alert | Palestinian woman missing in Egypt

Apr 1, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A young woman from the Gaza Strip has been missing in Egypt for nine days, her family said. Nida Al-Basayna, from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, went to Egypt for medical treatment with her husband in January, her father said. Abdullah Izza Abdullah Al-Basayna told Ma’an that his […]

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Peace Now: East Jerusalem settlement set to grow

Apr 1, 2011 JERUSALEM (AFP) — An Israeli landowner is seeking to sell plots for 30 homes in a Palestinian neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, where 117 settler families already live, Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said on Friday. Peace Now spokeswoman Hagit Ofran said that although the landowner has declared himself ready to sell […]

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Corrie trial resumes in Haifa court with testimony of bulldozer unit commander

Posted on: April 1, 2011 | International Soliaity Movement 29 March 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation After a five month recess, the Haifa District Court will resume hearings Sunday, April 3, in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza on March 16, […]

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Apr 2, 2011 PALESTINE NEWS

Apr 2, 2011 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under siege for 1389 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News! آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Gaza Under Israeli Attacks | Overview of Attacks and Related News http://wp.me/p16sn9-4Ey ♻ Palestine Unity Protests March 15 http://wp.me/p16sn9-3P1 #Palestine #Gaza #Mar15 ♻ All about Gaza Cast Lead […]

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Volunteer in Gaza with the ISM

International Solidarity Movement |  April 1, 2011 The International Solidarity Movement is appealing for activists to join our team in the besieged Gaza Strip. In recent months numerous people have managed to cross into Gaza through Egypt, so at present, there is a small window of opportunity to enter. ISM Gaza was reinstated in August […]

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March 2011 Videos of Palestine

  Courtesy of PalestineVideo, the best resource on the web for Video’s abouts Palestine, Gaza and related news in video. Israelis defend abduction of Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Sisi Palestinians rally to mark Land Day – Press TV Report from Arabeh Israeli soldiers harassment of Palestinian Farmers and Bedouins continue in the Jordan Vally Palestinians […]

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Medics: 3 killed in Israeli air strike on southern Gaza

April 2, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli war planes struck the southern Gaza Strip overnight Friday killing three Palestinians and seriously injuring a fourth, medics said. Gaza medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said the deceased were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Khan Younis, adding that their bodies were charred from the intensity […]

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‘Three Palestinians killed’ in Israeli Gaza strike

Africaasia | April 2, 2011 Three Palestinians were killed and one wounded in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, according to medical staff and witnesses. They said the target was a car driving between the town of Khan Yunis and the Deir al-Balah refugee camp. The identities of the dead were not […]

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Three Fighters Assassinated In Gaza

Saturday April 02, 2011 03:22 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News The Israeli Air Force assassinated, after midnight on Friday night, three fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that the Air Force fired […]

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