Bilin Weekly Demo 13.05.2011 – video

13.05.2011 By haithmkatib@gmail.com Today, 13th of May 2011, the people of Bil’in commemorated the Nakba day. About 200 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals marched together towards the Wall. Some had dressed up as refugees from 1948, to commemorate those who were forced from their homeland 63 years ago. Also some were carrying a large key symbolizing […]

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Silwan: most violent confrontations since the assassination of Samir Sarhan | 13-5-2011 | المواجهات الأعنف منذ استشهاد سامر سرحان – video

تدور الآن مواجهات بين العشرات من الشبان المقدسين وقوات الإحتلال في سلوان أمام خيمة الإعتصام وتعد هذه المواجهات هي الأعنف منذ استشهاد سامر سرحان واصيب خلال المواجهات حتى الآن العديد من الشبان بالرصاص المطاطي وقنابل الغاز عدا اصابة العشرات بالإختناق بالغاز جراء اطلاق الغاز بشكل كثيف جدا بشكل عشوائي. كما أغلقت القوات جميع مداخل المؤدية […]

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Jordan rallies in support of Palestine

PressTV –  Fri May 13, 2011 6:28PM A Palestinian refugee holds the keys to his family houses left by relatives in 1948, during a rally marking the 63rd anniversary of the “Nakba” in the village of Alberrj near Ramallah, May 11, 2011. Several hundreds of Jordanians have taken to the streets in the capital, Amman, […]

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Thousands Protest For Palestinian Right Of Return

by The Associated Press Associated PressEgyptians carry a giant Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel’s closure of Gaza as they march at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Friday, May 13, 2011. Associated PressThousands of Egyptians gather at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, during a protest […]

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AIPAC 101 — What Every American Should Know – video

Written by: Anthony Lawson | Intifada Palestine The AIPAC circus is coming to town, Washington, May 22nd to May 24th, 2011. “The AIPAC Policy Conference is the pro-Israel community’s preeminent annual gathering. The event attracts more than 6000 community and student activists from all 50 states, and more than half of the Senate, a third […]

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34 Palestinians abducted, teen shot in East Jerusalem protests

Friday May 13, 2011 19:33 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News In protests against Israeli settlement expansion in the Silwan and Ras al-Amud neighborhoods of East Jerusalem Friday, Israeli police assaulted demonstrators with rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, abducting 34 and shooting a 17-year old with live ammunition. Silwan neighborhood (archive photo) Israeli sources […]

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Youth critically injured by live ammunition in Baten al-Hawa

Friday, 13 May, 2011 | 19:21 |  Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) Silwanic has received news that a young resident of Silwan has been shot in the stomach with live ammunition in Baten al-Hawa by either Israeli armed forces or militant settlers. The 16 year old boy has been transferred […]

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Londoners to protest at Israeli embassy

PressTV – Fri May 13, 2011 1:9PM Londoners are to gather outside the Israeli embassy in London to respond to the call of Palestinian people for the famous uprising on 15 may. In solidarity with the third Palestinian intifada, British protesters are to meet outside the Israeli embassy to show Palestinian people that the UK […]

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Turkish prosecutor requests names of Israeli flotilla attackers

13 May 2011, Friday / MUSTAFA TURAN, İSTANBUL Raided by Israeli commandos last year, the Gaza-bound Mavi Mamara being escorted to the port of Ashdod. A Turkish prosecutor has written to Israeli authorities requesting information on the identities of the Israeli soldiers who killed nine Turkish civilians on the Mavi Marmara passenger ship in international […]

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The Arab world rises up in support of Palestine

[ 13/05/2011 – 03:49 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, ARAB CAPITALS (PIC)– PIC correspondents reported on Friday that more than a million Arab people rallied on Friday in support of the Palestinian cause in Palestine and a number of Arab countries. Our correspondents reported that the largest such rally was the one held at the Tahrir […]

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Nakba: A Remembrance

How rekindle love in a world of sin? By William A. Cook What silent communion this scene holds, Of a life lived and one yet to unfold; What forlorn love those encircling arms portend, That would protect against the evils that descend From unseen missiles yet to come with unlived years, Where hopes and dreams […]

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Bil’in Villagers Protest Againt The Wall To Mark The Nakba

Friday May 13, 2011 18:54 by George Rishmawi – IMEMC & Agencies Three civilians were injured in the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as the villagers carried out their weekly anti-wall protest. As is the case every Friday since six years, international and Israeli supporters joined the villagers after […]

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Egyptians stage anti-Israeli rallies

PressTV – Fri May 13, 2011 4:16PM Egyptians attend an anti-Israeli rally in Cairo’s Liberation Square on May 13, 2011. Thousands of Egyptian activists have taken to the streets of the capital, Cairo, and other major cities to voice their support for the Palestinian cause. Egyptians gathered at Cairo’s Liberation Square — the epicenter of […]

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Israeli Police Prevents Dawn Prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque

JERUSALEM, May 13, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli police Friday prevented Muslim worshippers from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque inside the Old City of Jerusalem to perform dawn prayers forcing them to hold the prayers outside the city wall, according to local residents. They said the police, which had set up checkpoints outside the gates to the Old […]

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Fifteen Civilians Arrested as Troops Attack Protesters in Jerusalem

PNN – Palestine News Network –  13.05.11 – 18:42 Jerusalem – PNN – fifteen Palestinian civilians were arrested on Friday at least lightly injured during clashes between protesters and Israeli forces at a number of locations in east Jerusalem. Archive Palestinian sources reported clashes in Jerusalem’s old city, Shofat refugee camp, Damascus gate, and Al […]

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