Another Whitewash of Israeli Warcrimes: Prosecution To Close File Of Four Civilians Shot Dead During The War On Gaza

Children Killed During Gaza War – File Alhawra.com Tuesday April 12, 2011 19:31 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli prosecution intends to close an investigation that was initiated to reveal the circumstances that led to the death of four Palestinian civilians, including a three-year –old child, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at […]

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ei: EU turns blind eye to Palestinian citizens in Israel

Palestinian children in the city of Lydd near Tel Aviv. (Oren Ziv/ActiveStills) David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 12 April 2011 Answering questions from YouTube viewers over the past few weeks, Benjamin Netanyahu depicted Israel as an oasis of interracial harmony in a region of strife. “There’s only one country in the heart of the Middle […]

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List shows prisoners jailed despite court order

By George Hale | April 12, 2011   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Nine days have passed since President Mahmoud Abbas met in Ramallah with hunger-strikers calling for an end to division in the occupied territories. During that meeting, leaders of the March 15 pro-unity movement told Abbas that their first demand was for the Palestinian Authority […]

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Zoabi: Palestinians entitled to defend themselves

[ 12/04/2011 – 05:49 PM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– Arab member of the Israeli parliament Hanin Zoabi said that Hamas and other Palestinian resistance factions are entitled to fire rockets for the sake of attaining their people’s freedom. She was quoted by Hebrew daily Maariv as saying on Monday that those living under siege and […]

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Sit-in before EU office in OJ demanding end to escalation against Gaza

[ 12/04/2011 – 05:53 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– National forces organized a sit-in before the offices of the European Union in Sheikh Jarrah suburb in occupied Jerusalem on Monday demanding an end to the Israeli military escalation against the Gaza Strip. They asked the EU to intervene and curb the Israeli savage aggression, holding […]

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Sawasya: Karam Abu Salim closure a crime against humanity

[ 12/04/2011 – 06:29 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Sawasya center for human rights in Palestine has called for the formation of a commission of border specialists to assess the impossible circumstances of life in the Gaza Strip seven days after Israel closed the Karam Abu Salim border crossing. The group called the terminal’s closure ”a […]

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Netanyahu approves building in Itamar settlement in WB

[ 12/04/2011 – 05:34 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has approved construction plans of buildings in Itamar settlement north of the occupied West Bank, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday. Yediot Ahronot said that Netanyahu and his war minister Ehud Barak had agreed to the step, which would also allow development of buildings […]

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Islamic-Christian commission warns of serious Judaization plan in J’lem

[ 12/04/2011 – 05:38 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites revealed a comprehensive Israeli plan to Judaize the entire old city of occupied Jerusalem. Secretary-general of the commission Hasan Khater told a news conference on Monday that this Judaization plan is real and has been […]

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80 Year Old Woman arrested as Awarta arrests continue

[ 12/04/2011 – 05:47 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– An eighty-year-old woman was arrested as the Israel occupation force (IOF) causes havoc in Awarta village near Nablus in search for the killers of a family of five Jewish settlers in nearby Itamar. A burst of arrests took place after the IOF enforced a curfew on the […]

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Agha denounces IOA plan to change landmarks in OJ

[ 12/04/2011 – 05:41 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Minister of tourism in Gaza Dr. Mohammed Ramadan Al-Agha has denounced the Israeli occupation authority’s new plan of changing historical landmarks in occupied Jerusalem. He described the new IOA plan in a statement on Tuesday as an unprecedented step in the history of Jerusalem and its landmarks. […]

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Abu Marzouk: Hamas vision for reconciliation contradicts Abbas initiative

12/04/2011 – 06:11 PM DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Deputy chief of the Hamas political bureau Moussa Abu Marzouk has confirmed that contacts are being made with Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas to end the current Palestinian political split, but he said that the persecution of Hamas elements in the West Bank must be curbed before reconciliation can be […]

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2 million flowers in Gaza to rot if crossings not opened

[ 12/04/2011 – 05:59 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Heads of the flower and berry societies, agricultural relief workers and farmers met on Tuesday to discuss the impacts of Israel’s closure of Gaza crossings on the export of wild flowers and berries to foreign markets. Two million flowers are stored in refrigerators waiting to be […]

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7,000 Palestinian Prisoners Hold One-Day Hunger Strike To Protest Conditions

Tuesday April 12, 2011 11:59 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News According to the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, a one-day hunger strike was held on Monday to protest the conditions where Palestinian prisoners are being held by Israeli authorities, including medical negligence, prevention of family visits, poor food quality, and the continual imposition of fines […]

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Israeli Soldiers Abducts Seven Citizens From Hebron

Tuesday April 12, 2011 12:25 by Sandy Khair – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, seven citizens from the West Bank city of Hebron. Security sources reported to Wafa News Agency that the Israeli military invaded the town of Beit Ummar and kidnapped five citizens. The citizens were identified as ‘Adi […]

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No-fly zone over Gaza

PressTV –  Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:10AM By Mohyeddin Sajedi Arab League Amr Moussa Arab governments are planning to ask the United Nation’s Security Council (UNSC) to impose a no-fly zone over Gaza in the near future. At the end of a meeting in Cairo, Arab League (AL) chief Amr Moussa said, “The Arab bloc […]

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