Archive | June 1, 2011

Report: Israel rounded up 1,200 minors since start of 2010

[ 31/05/2011 – 09:28 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A report released Tuesday reveals a drastic escalation in friction between Israeli police and the Palestinian citizens of Jerusalem, especially those in the Silwan and Al-Issawiyya districts. Issued by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the report documents that police since the beginning of 2010 […]

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Turkey marks flotilla attack anniversary

[ 31/05/2011 – 08:11 PM | PIC ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– Tens of thousands crowded in Istabul’s Taksim Square Monday evening to mark one year since Israel’s lethal military attack on an international aid convoy to the Gaza Strip. The mission set out on 31 May 2010 to defy Israel’s  blockade of the Strip, but an […]

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Official says Israeli army gearing up for large protests

Maan News Agency  | June 1, 2011 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel’s army is gearing up for large protests, its chief of staff said Tuesday. “There’s a new player in the Middle East – the street,” Benny Gantz said. “The IDF has drawn lessons from the Nakba Day events and knows it may find […]

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Refugees to march from Lebanon on June 5

Published yesterday (updated) 31/05/2011 21:16 LEBANON (Ma’an) — Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will march toward borders between Lebanon and the occupied territories on Sunday commemorating the mass dispossession of Palestinians in 1967. In Lebanon, two rallies will be held in Maron Ar-Ras and Naqoura near the country’s borders with Israel, a top Fatah official said. […]

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Freedom Flotilla-2 to start voyage to help Palestinian victims

  Staff Reporter | Pakistan Observer | June 1, 2011 Islamabad—Freedom Flotilla-2 will start voyage to help Palestinian victims sieged in Gaza comprising 20 countries representatives including 15 ships carrying tons of humanitarian aid. Nadeem Ahmed Khan, Chairman Kubaib Foundation said while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday said that the Freedom Flotilla which […]

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Palestinians remember Freedom Flotilla martyrs in Gaza port

  31 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Mina, the port of Gaza City, to remember the nine Turkish activists killed by Israeli naval commandos during their attack on the Freedom Flotilla on 31 May 2010. The gatherings occurred over Monday, 30 May and Tuesday, 31 May. The Palestinian NGO […]

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Why Ban Ki-Moon Trying to Scupper Flotilla Plans?

  By Stuart Littlewood ‘Intercepting the Mavi Marmara on the high seas…  was clearly unlawful.’ The United Nations said so. It’s in the report of the UN fact-finding mission set up by the Human Rights Council to investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks a […]

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June 1, 2011 PALESTINE NEWS

SPECIAL TOPIC آخر الأخبار والتحديثات June 1 2011 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under siege for 1449 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News! █  NEW: Gaza Cheat Sheet | Real data on the Gaza Closure | PDF | May 29, 2011 █  NEW: Hasbara Handbook| This is how Israel […]

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Olive trees destroyed outside Bethlehem

  31 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Broken olive tree This morning Maher Abu Sab’a’ discovered that 248 out of the 250 olive tree saplings that had recently been planted on his land had been destroyed over-night. The saplings which had been planted three months previously had been systematically uprooted from the earth and […]

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Gaza hospitals face health crisis

  Tue May 31, 2011 6:2PM Gaza is facing an imminent heath crisis due to lack of fuel. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the coast of sliver is facing an imminent health crisis due to lack of fuel and shortage of medicine in hospitals. The ministry said the shortages are the direct […]

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Returning to Safed in shackles

  Budour Youssef Hassan |The Electronic Intifada |31 May 2011 Israeli forces confront Palestinian youth in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on Nakba day, 15 May 2011. (ActiveStills) Much attention has been paid to the marches of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Syria to the borders with occupied Palestine, as well as the courageous protests at […]

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Health ministry says Gaza hospitals still suffering lack of medicine

[ 31/05/2011 – 03:04 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza health ministry said Monday that hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip are still suffering from lack of medicines and medical supplies as 310 medicines and consumables are completely out of stock. The deficit has effected such important departments as reception, emergencies, and intensive care as […]

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Israeli national parks policy used to dispossess Palestinians

  Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:30| MEMO An Israeli organization has warned against the dangerous repercussions of the implementation of a new Israeli plan to establish a national garden in the East Jerusalem towns of Issawiya and Al Tur. The Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement has said that if the plan to establish the Mount Scopus […]

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The Wall

  by Gilad Atzmon / May 31st, 2011 The Wall is a thought provoking new play based on Douglas Watkinson’s own experiences. At the age of sixty, David visits a British military cemetery in Israel. For the first time in his life he is about to call upon the grave of his father Ralph who […]

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Israel Prepares to Stop Gaza Flotilla 2

  PNN – Palestine News Network | 31.05.11 – 15:55 One year after the raid by Israeli commandos on the Gaza flotilla that ended in the deaths of nine activists, the Israeli government has promised to block any future attempts to reach Gaza by sea. The Mavi Marmara Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said force […]

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