Archive | April 12, 2011

Free Gaza Movement Puts Israel “On Notice”

12.04.11 – 16:44 Athens – PNN Today the Free Gaza Movement, one of the chief organizers of the upcoming “Freedom Flotilla” bound for the Gaza Strip, released a press statement from Athens. On May 10 two of the movement’s members will go to the European Parliament for meetings with MEPs; they will also meet with […]

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Gaza Massacre 9 April 2011 – video

YouTube – Gaza Massacre 9 April 2011 – Advisory Content.

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استغاثة نساء عورتا

YouTube – استغاثة نساء عورتا.

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The Gold and the Stone; There is Something Tragicomic About the Persona of Richard Goldstone

12.04.11 – 12:44| Palestine News Network Uri Avnery – Gush Shalom – First there was a veritable storm of fury when the original Goldstone report was issued. What a fiend! A Jew who claims to be a Zionist and an Israel-lover, who publishes the most abominable slanders about against our valiant soldiers, aiding and abetting […]

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Reading Between the Lines of Truce and Escalation in Gaza

12.04.11 – 12:49| PNN – Palestine News Network Fadi Abu Sa’da – PNN’s Editor in Chief – No one can ignore the atmosphere of chaos in fomenting in Israel when tension rose in the Gaza strip between the Israeli army and Palestinian resistance groups. It began with the myriad conflicting statements by Israeli politicians, which […]

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Netanyahu Considers West Bank Pullout

PNN – Palestine News Network 12.04.11 – 13:19 Tel Aviv – PNN – In a campaign to woo Western countries against a vote for Palestinian statehood with 1967 borders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that he is considering withdrawing the Israeli army from portions of the West Bank, Israeli sources report. Netanyahu, pessimistic […]

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Awarta residents detained from Ramallah

April 12, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Concern is mounting for the residents of Awarta, as 71 villagers including a teenage girl and two elderly women remain held in Israeli custody without charge, and official visits to ensure their well being were prevented by Israeli forces. Detentions of Awarta residents spread even outside of the village […]

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Israel moves to destroy West Bank town

PressTV – Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:30AM Aftermath of a raid in Awarta Israel’s military is on a daily basis raiding a Palestinian town in the north of the occupied West Bank, humiliating residents and damaging property in an attempt to expand nearby settlements. The mayor of the town of Awarta, Qais Awwad, announced the […]

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Awarta 1 Month under Siege: Collective Punishment Beneath the Blanket of World’s Silence & Ignorance

SPECIAL TOPIC …continuous updates… occupiedpalestine | Apr 12, 2011 For 1 whole month now,  the Village of ‘ Awarta is under curfew, suffering of disgusting Israeli agrression, curfews, arrest, violent forced DNA tests. While actually,  no one at all has been charged officialy for the horrible killing of 5 Jewish Settlers in the nearby situated […]

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The Truth about Gaza

By Samah Sabawi April 11, 2011 The media coverage of Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza that left many dead and many more injured echoes Israel’s claim that it was part of an escalation that began on Thursday when Hamas militants fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus, critically wounding a teenager and lightly […]

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Bahar demands expediting the no-fly zone decision

11/04/2011 – 06:32 PM GAZA, (PIC)– First deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Dr. Ahmed Bahar has urged the Arab League to expedite issuing a UN Security Council resolution imposing a no-fly zone over the Gaza Strip to protect Palestinian civilians from Israeli crimes. Describing the decision as an advanced step in the right […]

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Settlers Uproot Olive Trees In Hebron

Tuesday April 12, 2011 05:17 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted and destroyed more than 45 Olive trees that belong to the residents of Beit Ummar village, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Olive Orhcard Burnt By Settlers – File Local sources reported that the […]

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The Dos and Don’ts of Palestine – A Poem

By Remi Kanazi don’t call it genocide we don’t want to offend anyone if we offend them they’ll never listen to us we have to be reasonable 1,400 is just a number no names no death we want peace and negotiations don’t mention Zionism if you mention Zionism they’ll call you anti-Semitic and people will […]

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Director of Jerusalem Media Center detained by Israeli troops

Tuesday April 12, 2011 00:01 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After filming an Israeli jeep blocking traffic and driving through pedestrians in Silwan neighborhood, in east Jerusalem, Muhammed Sadeq of the Jerusalem Media Center was detained by Israeli forces, then released soon after. Detention of Muhammed Sadeq (image from Wadi Hilweh Information Center) The […]

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ei: Resilience in the green fields of Gaza

Rana Baker writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 11 April 2011 Khuzaa village in the occupied Gaza Strip. (Rana Baker) I was surfing the web late at night a couple months ago when a number of Apache helicopters began to hover heavily in the sky. The sound of an explosion was soon […]

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