Netanyahu warns against next flotilla

Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:23PM Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says European states should stop the next humanitarian aid convoy bound for the Gaza Strip. “I think it’s something that you should transmit to your governments, that this flotilla must be stopped,” Netanyahu told a group of European representatives on […]

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Settlers uproot olive trees in Al-Khalil

11/04/2011 – 02:48 PM AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Jewish settlers on Monday attacked the Palestinian village of Beit Ummar in Al-Khalil and destroyed 45 fruitful olive trees under protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF), local sources reported. Mohammed Awad, the spokesman for the national anti wall and settlement committee in the town, said that the settlers […]

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Mofaz: Israel failed to weaken the internal front of Gaza

11/04/2011 – 02:40 PM GAZA, (PIC)– Specialist in Israeli affairs Naji Al-Batta said that head of the Knesset security committee Shaul Mofaz admitted that Israel finds itself completely impotent to destabilize the internal front of Gaza thanks to the security precautions taken by Hamas government. In a statement posted on the ministry of interior’s website, […]

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Israel carries out mock raids on Gaza

11/04/2011 – 02:41 PM GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes carried out on Monday afternoon a series of mock raids on different parts of Gaza, according to the Palestinian information center (PIC). The PIC reporter said these raids were carried out amid cautious calm prevailing in Gaza and caused panic among children and women. He affirmed that […]

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Yousef Al-Helou: The Israeli Escalation is to Sabotage Unity

11.04.11 – 17:55 | PNN – Palestine News Network Bethlehem- C. Martín/PNN Exclusive – Yousef Al-Helou is a Gazan journalist and PressTV correspondent. His reporting during the Operation Cast Lead exposed to the world the real dimmension of the War on Gaza and its aftermath for the civil population. Yousef covering the Israeli war on […]

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OIC calls for protection for the Palestinians

Monday, 11 April 2011 11:40 The OIC, the Secretary General called on all international bodies to intervene in order to protect the Palestinian people, stop Israel’s aggression. The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s “atrocious” military aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip […]

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The Sharp End of Hebron

11.04.11 – 13:51| PNN – Palestine News Network By Issa Amro – Hebron’s problems began after 1967. The Israeli army worked hard to create the Kiryat Arba settlement, and after that the settlers and soldiers started living inside Hebron, transforming it into an occupied city. We started to feel it when they created settlements in […]

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Deir Yassin Massacre

Deir Yassin Kabobfest ⋅ April 10, 2011                      This weekend marked the 63rd anniversary of the massacre at Deir Yassin village near western Jerusalem: April 9-10, 1948.  Pre-state Zionist militias descended on Palestinians, killing scores, many of whom were shot at close range. The massacre was […]

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Thabit slams UNRWA for ignoring the forced displacement of refugees

11/04/2011 – 11:55 AM BEIRUT, (PIC)– Thabit organization for the right of return in Beirut strongly denounced the UNRWA for repudiating the forced migration of Palestinians from their homes in 1948. Thabit organization said in a statement that the UNRWA in its bulletin number 100 on Naher Al-Bared included a short interview with an elderly […]

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Municipality: Israel shelled drinking water tank in Gaza city

[ 11/04/2011 – 10:33 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza municipality accused the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) of targeting sources of potable water in Gaza city during the military escalation a few days ago. It said in a statement on Monday that an IOF army tank fired a shell at the 12-meter high Mintar […]

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Israel ordered assassination of resistance fighters

[ 11/04/2011 – 09:49 AM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– The militant Israeli government has refused to curb its aggression on the Gaza Strip, declaring that military leaders have been ordered to target Palestinian resistance fighters, a move that would be countered with a violent Palestinian response. The Security-Political Cabinet has instructed the army to continue […]

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Israel extends isolation sentence on blind Palestinian

11/04/2011 – 10:28 AM NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli prison administration has extended the isolation term of blind Palestinian prisoner Obada Saeed Bilal for six additional months, Palestinians held in the Israeli prisons have said. According to their statements, a prison officer informed Bilal that the Israeli prison authority was planning to extend his term in […]

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Haneyya gov’t asks Arab League to activate its resolutions

11/04/2011 – 09:53 AM GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza government of Ismail Haneyya has called on the Arab League to seriously follow up implementation of its resolutions regarding the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. It said in a statement on Sunday that it appreciated the speedy meeting of the League to discuss the aggression, adding […]

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Campaign against PA purchase of palm seedlings from settlements

[ 11/04/2011 – 11:56 AM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The “Save the Valley” campaign has called on de facto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and his premier Salam Fayyad to stop purchasing palm seedlings from Jewish settlements. Coordinator of the campaign Fathi Khudairat said in a press release that officials of the PA in Ramallah were […]

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Cairo and Ankara support no-fly zone over Gaza

11/04/2011 – 10:13 AM CAIRO, (PIC)– Cairo and Ankara on Sunday declared their support for the Arab League’s decision which called on the UN security council to impose a no-fly zone on the densely-populated Gaza Strip in order to prevent Israel from striking civilians. Egyptian minister of foreign affairs Nabil Al-Arabi said the Arab demand […]

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