Archive | June 10, 2011

وفاة الشيخ المؤسس أبو حسن شمعة

. غزة – فلسطين الآن توفي فجر في ساعة مبكرة من صباح الجمعة 10-6-2011، الشيخ المؤسس في حركة المقاومة الإسلامية حماس الأستاذ أبو حسن شمعة في مدينة غزة. وقالت مصادر طبية ان شمعة توفي بعد إصابته بجلطة دماغية أدخل على إثرها إلى المستشفى . وشمعة هو أحد قيادات جماعة الأخوان المسلمين، وهو من السبعة الذين […]

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Live updates & Pictures from Demos in Palestine | June 10, 2011 | Part 3

Four youth throwing stones now. Gas from all directions in nabi saleh — joseph dana (@ibnezra) June 10, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/PalYouthVoice/status/79157928963219456 2 Israeli army jeeps sped into the village #NabiSaleh http://yfrog.com/gz6ebmej — Irene Nasser (@Irene_Nasser) June 10, 2011 In the meanwhile…. this couple just got married… no expensive cars, no parade, just a wall, checkpoints and […]

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Live updates & Pictures from Demos in Palestine | June 10, 2011 | Part 2

Preparations for the later combined demo at the illegal quarry near Shuqba mean that the Wall demo underway is smaller than usual. #Nilin — Ni'lin Village (@nilin_village) June 10, 2011 @PalYouthVoice is your live stream equipment wired? can you move to get us to see the perspective of the protestors under attack? — Jalal (@JalalAK_jojo) […]

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Real peace only possible ‘if Hamas on board’

Published today 17:24 President Mahmoud Abbas (left) speaks with Hamas leader Khalid Mash’al after talks in Cairo in May 2011. A lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians is only possible if Hamas is involved, a group of former top statesmen and diplomats said in a letter made public on Friday. [AFP/Hamas Press Office/File] JERUSALEM […]

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Live updates & Pictures from Demos in Palestine | June 10, 2011 | Part 1

…continuous updates…. 1 Tomorrow morning we're going to Nebi Saleh – 50 Israelis, the villagers, Palestinian activists from the area and… http://fb.me/11igROtXO — Gershon Baskin (@gershonbaskin) June 9, 2011 Just before 8 #nebisalah is already closed. Trying to figure out how to get in thru back door — Gershon Baskin (@gershonbaskin) June 10, 2011 We […]

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IAWM to protest Israeli siege on Gaza

Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:24PM The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) has urged British people to take part in the upcoming “End the Siege on Gaza” demonstration, to support an Irish aid ship to the Gaza Strip and the second Freedom Flotilla. The IAWM leaders asked the people to participate in the public demonstration on June […]

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Flotilla II-Stay Human!

Jun-10-2011 00:38 | Salem News By M. Dennis Paul, Ph.D. Salem-News.com As Ministers And Other Politicians Beg To Wait For The Appearance Of “Common Sense”, The Palestinian People, Like Shuttlecocks, Are Painfully Served And Volleyed Back And Forth Across The Rafah Border The phrase ‘Stay Human’ will always be tied to the late Vittorio ‘Vik’ […]

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67 Children Dispossessed Or Affected By Demolitions In May

Friday June 10, 2011 12:03 by Kevin Murphy – IMEMC and Agencies The UN Works and Relief Agency, UNWRA, has reported that the month of May shows the highest number of children disposed or affected by Israeli demolitions in the West Bank for 2011. According to the report 304 Palestinians were dispossessed or affected by […]

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برمو فيلم طريق مغلق فيلم تسجيلي … Promo Film Road Closed at Israeli Embassy May 15, 2011 – video

فيلم تسجيلي عن احداث السفاره الاسرائليه .. يوم ١٥-٥-٢٠٠١١ ..مظاهرات ضد الكيان الصهيوني الآنتفاضة الثالثة ضد الكيان الصهيوني فيلم من ٌاخراج : عبدالله خالد و شادي نور A documentary film about the events of Israeli embassy .. 15-5-20011 .. on demonstrations against the Zionist entity Third intifada against the Zionist entity A film directed by: […]

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Annals of Israeli Judicial Racism

Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place | June 10, 2011 | Richard Silverstein Judge Uri Shtruzman, portrait of judge as old racist James Joyce wrote A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.  Tonight I’m writing a portrait of a judge as an old racist. Some readers develop an allergic reaction […]

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Hamas leader dies in Gaza City

انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون Published June 10, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Muhammad Hasan Sham’a died in hospital Friday morning after having a stroke two days earlier, medics said. Sham’a died at Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. He was 70 years old. He was one of the founders of the Hamas […]

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Promised Crossing Denied

By Mohammed Omer – IPS ipsnews.net Palestinians agitate for the promised opening of the Rafah crossing. Credit:Mohammed Omer/IPS. Buy this picture RAFAH, Jun 8, 2011 (IPS) – Many hoping to find free movement between Egypt and Gaza have found the border gates at the Rafah crossing closed. Egyptian officials closed the gates on Saturday, according […]

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Gaza health sector on verge of collapse – video

Thu Jun 9, 2011 11:40PM Hamas Health Minister Basem Naem says the Gaza health sector is on the verge of collapse due to shortage of medical supplies caused by the ongoing Israeli siege. He told a press conference that amid the worst shortage of medicine in Gaza in the last five years due to the […]

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‘My kids won’t live under the same illusion I did’ – video

Guardian Raised in West Jerusalem, Sara Benninga is an emerging activist leader in a growing mixed solidarity movement. We gave her a camera to record her daily life moving between opposing cultures in East and West Jerusalem Watch the film in Arabic Watch the film in Hebrew Source Watch more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/jun/08/east-jerusalem-israel…

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Secret cables show Israel’s battle plan over Palestinian UN bid

10 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement 10 June 2011 | HaaretzForeign Ministry documents outline instructions to envoys to thwart international recognition of Palestinian state. Israel has started mobilizing its embassies for the battle against UN recognition of a Palestinian state in September, ordering its diplomats to convey that this would delegitimize Israel and foil […]

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