Bil’in Demo | May 27, 2011 – video

20-30 Israelis and a similar numbers of internationals joined each of the last two Palestinian demos in Bil’in. The protesters marched, chanted, reached the wall, got skunked, and watched the army escalate its repression as kids started throwing stones to get them out of their lands. Last week the army continued shooting massive amounts of […]

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“Brave” israeli soldier In Nabi Saleh | 28-05-2010

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From the US Archives 1991: Israel’s 1967 Attack Was Aggression – Israel’s Current Occupation Is Illegal

Washington Report Archives (1988-1993) | July 1991, Page 40 | In the Public Prints By Sheldon L. Richman In The Wall Street Journal of April 22, Harry V. Lerner, an attorney in Bethesda, Maryland, issued a challenge to anyone who believes that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is illegal. […]

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Group of 12 Israeli settlers severely beat elderly Palestinian shepherd

  Saturday May 28, 2011 19:56 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News An elderly Palestinian shepherd, Hamad al-Kett, 67, was admitted to the hospital on Friday with a fractured skull, internal bleeding, and bruising throughout his body, after he was attacked and beaten by a group of 12 Israeli settlers south of Nablus. Palestinian shepherd […]

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European campaign slams Ban Ki-moon calls curtailing Gaza aid flotilla

[ 28/05/2011 – 05:11 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The European campaign to end the Gaza siege has criticized calls by UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to thwart a Gaza aid flotilla, dubbed Freedom Flotilla 2, set to deliver humanitarian aid late this June in defiance of Israel’s illegal siege on the Gaza Strip. It is the […]

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NGO declares ‘commercial disaster’ in Jerusalem’s Old City

[ 28/05/2011 – 11:16 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights has declared a “disaster” in the Old City’s commercial and tourism sectors after Israel used hefty taxes and other pressures to shut down 250 shops in the past few years. JCSER director Ziyad al-Hammouri expected the situation to […]

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Opening the Rafah crossing – video

AlJazeera | May 28, 2011 Hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza have entered Egypt as the Rafah border crossing was reopened on Saturday by Egypt’s interim military government. The gateway has been mostly shut since Hamas routed Fatah from the Gaza Strip in internecine fighting in 2007. Al Jazeera’s Nicole Johnston reports the Gazan side of […]

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Hope for Gaza, headache for Israel as border opens at Rafah – video

RussiaToday | May 28, 2011 After 4 years under total lockdown, Gaza’s 1.5 million residents finally have a gateway to the outside world. Egypt’s dropped the stringent security that Israel insisted on for its border crossing with the blockaded region. Israel’s long struggled to keep Gaza’s borders watertight, depriving people there in the hope of […]

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PGPF Hopes Egypt Allows Transport Of Gaza-Bound PVC Pipes On Land (Update on Spirit of Rachel Corrie Flotilla to Gaza)

  PGPF Hopes Egypt Allows Transport Of Gaza-Bound PVC Pipes On Land KUALA NERANG, May 28 (Bernama) — Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) has expressed the hope that Egyptian authorities allow Gaza-bound PVC pipes to be transported on land without going through Israel. PGPF advisor Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir said the foundation was told […]

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Lebanese NGO welcomes president’s statements on right of return

[ 28/05/2011 – 11:24 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– The Thabit organization for the right of return in Lebanon has welcomed statements by Lebanese president Gen. Michel Suleiman on Thursday confirming the Palestinian refugees’ right of return. The president declared that the UN has recognized the “inalienable” right as a basic human right and reiterated refusal […]

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Hamas, Fatah discuss enhancing reconciliation during Gaza meeting

[ 28/05/2011 – 11:32 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas and Fatah have met in Gaza to discuss several issues in the interest of the Palestinian reconciliation accords recently signed in Cairo. The meeting included Ismail al-Ashqar and Jamal Abu Hashim from Hamas and Nabil Shaath, Diab al-Lawh, and Mohammed al-Nihal from Fatah, our correspondent says. […]

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CPT: Settlers torch Palestinian olive grove

Published  28/05/2011 15:21 A handout photo taken on May 27 by the Christian Peacemaker Teams shows a Palestinian fireman surveying damage to an olive tree. CPT said Israeli settlers set fire to the Palestinian-owned field near Hebron damaging 16 trees. (MaanImages/CPT) HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers set fire to an olive grove belonging to a […]

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Rafah Crossing Opens; Egypt Refuse Israeli Interference

  PNN – Palestine News Network – 28.05.11 – 13:55 Gaza – PNN – Hudnreds of Palestinian moved in and out of the Gaza Strip on Saturday as the Egyptian Authorities reopened the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip after four years of closure. Rafah crossing – Archive As Palestinian residents expressed happens and hope […]

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Live update from “Spirit of Rachel Corrie” – Ship to Gaza

TEXT Message May 28 approx 6am  from Jenny on board of the vessel “Spirit of Rachel Corrie” to Gaza: “Morale good on board. Now 17 people as relief crew arrived. Enough food for a few days but water running out. The 12 still absolutely refuse to allow cargo through Israel and insisting it go through […]

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Egypt Opens Rafah Border – in pictures

Special Topic | Egypt opens Rafah Border with Gaza but still no Real End of the Restrictions on Movement for Palestinians Skiping the opinions of media | Here The Real Facts Rafah: a return to the status quo? | Leila Hada Gaza Rheat Sheet | Real data on the Gaza Closure| PDF | Gisha

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