Archive | May 14, 2011

Jerusalem Says Goodbye to its Martyr 16 Year Old Milad Ayyash | مواجهات القدس – video

Jerusalem Says Goodbye to its Martyr 16 y.o. Milad Ayyash who was killed by the Israeli Occupation Forces yesterday ameerq1 on May 14, 2011 مواجهات القدس بين الشبان الفلسطينين والاسرائيليين ، تشيع جثمان الشهيد ميلاد عياش Source

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Arrests as Palestinians prepare to mark Nakba

Clashes erupt in East Jerusalem ahead of “Day of Catastrophe” as activists gather in Egypt in support of Palestinians. Last Modified: 14 May 2011 17:22 A Palestinian teen has died from gunfire during Friday’s clashes in East Jerusalem [AFP] Several people have reportedly been arrested following clashes in Jerusalem as Palestinians gear up to mark the 63rd anniversary […]

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Egyptians united against Israel – video

Sat May 14, 2011 5:38PM Interview with Sarah Akl, Political activist, Cairo Thousands of Egyptian activists poured into the streets of Cairo and other major cities to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people. The Cairo rally — named a million-man march — coincides with the anniversary of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories in 1948. […]

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Hamas launches official website

[ PALESTINIAN INFORMATION CENTER 14/05/2011 – 05:32 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The information office of Hamas announced on Saturday that an official website for the movement would be launched on Sunday to coincide with the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba. It said that the site would serve as a reference for all those interested […]

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Campaign warns against legalizing banishment of Palestinian officials

[ 14/05/2011 – 05:20 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The international campaign to Free PLC Members has sent messages to secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and president of the European Parliament warning against decisions that could be made by the Israeli supreme court legalizing the banishment of Palestinian public officials. Palestinian Legislative Council members and […]

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Do you see that land? That land is mine and I cannot go there

14 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On May 8, 9, and 10th the farmers of Khuza’a harvested their wheat. Khuza’a is a village near the Israeli border in the southern Gaza Strip. For three days they visited the fields, starting very early in the morning and picking the fruits of their land. For […]

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Hussein: Palestine cause is a priority for Egypt

[ 14/05/2011 – 04:11 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Secretary General of the Egyptian Labor party Majdi Hussein said that his country has embraced the Palestine cause anew as one of its priorities. Hussein, also a presidential hopeful, told the first session of the Palestinian Ahrar movement’s general conference, that the Egyptian people pay special attention […]

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Palestinian teen buried in Jerusalem

Published 14/05/2011 19:43 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Around 2,000 mourners laid the body of a Palestinian teen killed in Jerusalem clashes to rest on Saturday. Milad Said Ayyash was fatally wounded on Friday as Palestinians across occupied East Jerusalem staged protests in the runup to Sunday’s anniversary of the 1948 creation of Israel, an event known […]

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Haneyya calls for mega dawn prayer tomorrow in all Palestine mosques

[ 14/05/2011 – 04:37 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya invited the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and all the occupied Palestinian lands to perform a mega dawn prayer on Sunday in all mosques of Palestine on the 63 anniversary of the 1948 Nakba. Premier Haneyya intends to lead the congregation at […]

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Catastrophe and Dispossession – “Their Independence is our Nakba”

The right of Return to Our Homeland is enshrined in International Law justghassan on May 12, 2011 That is the slogan that was chosen for this year protests. In Bethlehem same as West Bank and Gaza Strip main cities; school students, teachers and politicians as well as religious leaders; both Muslims and Christians, marched affirming […]

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Challenging AIPAC’s Abuse of Taxpayers Money

by Omar Barghouti |  May 14th, 2011 |   Dissident Voice The Arab democratic spring, striving to end authoritarian rule and establish freedoms and social justice, has not been welcome by all. Israel and its main lobby in the U.S., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), for instance, appear to have been caught off guard […]

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Arab MK to Israeli internal security: Stop playing with fire

[ 14/05/2011 – 03:00 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Arab Knesset member Afu Eghbariye has warned the Israeli police force and other security apparatuses against igniting confrontations with the Arab population in 1948 occupied Palestine on the occasion of Nakba (catastrophe). He described the presence of policemen at junctures in Palestinian towns as “provocative”. The MK […]

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Human Trafficking in Israel

Human Trafficking in Israel – by Stephen Lendman In February 2003, the Tel Aviv-based Hotline for Migrant Workers (HMW) published a report titled, “Modern Slavery and Trafficking in Human Beings in Israel,” saying: “In September 2002, a new ‘Deportation Police’ (Immigration Administration) was set up (to) expel 50,000 migrant workers” by year end 2003. Unprecedented […]

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