Bilin Weekly Demo 17.06.2011 By haithmkatib@gmail.com

Three injured, fields and trees burnt, and Freedom Theatre performers fired on in Bil’in In today’s demonstration in Bil’in against the Jewish-only colonies and the Apartheid Wall that illegally annexes 60% of the village’s land, the local protesters and their international and Israeli supporters were accompanied by a group of acting students from the Freedom […]

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Settlers set fire to Palestinian crops, IOF troops burn olive groves

[ 17/06/2011 – 02:22 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Extremist Jewish settlers on Thursday torched Palestinian crops in agricultural land belonging to the villagers of Awarta to the south east of the Northern West Bank city of Nablus. Qais Awwad, head of the village council of Awarta, told the PIC correspondent that settlers from Itamar and […]

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Troops Attack West Bank Anti-Wall Protests; Ten Injured

PNN – Palestine News Network 17.06.11 – 16:13 Ramallah – PNN – Ten civilians were injured as Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protests organized at a number of West Bank communities. This week, protests were reported in the villages of al-Nabi Salleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in in the central West Bank, as well as al-Ma’ssara […]

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Growing concerns over fate of 17 parliamentarians in Israeli prisons

Friday, 17 June 2011 16:15 | MEMO A human rights center concerned with prisoners’ issues stated that the Israeli Occupation Authorities are currently detaining 17 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. The center noted that the Israelis, yesterday, arrested and detained MP Samir El Qadi, from the Hebron town of Surif, in the Occupied West […]

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Statement | To accusations made against Shaikh Raed Salah, Head of the Islamic Movement in Palestine

Friday, 17 June 2011 11:00 16 June 2011 This statement was issued by the Office of Shaikh Raed Salah, Um al Faham People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones The vicious political harassment of Sh. Raed Salah, the Head of the Islamic Movement in Palestine, began many years ago, long before the current allegations which […]

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The Bertini Agreement – Aug 2002

Related to the post: The Brutal blockade of Gaza Subject: Re: Bertini Agreement From: Wiltrud Harms <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: International Law Librarians List (Int-Law) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:35:09 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Type: text/html Greetings, INT-LAWers: After conducting keyword and full-text searches in UNBISnet and ODS without success, and finding no references […]

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#Palestine | Live Updates & Pictures from Demos June 17, 2011 | Page 2

نبي صالح : ما زالت قوات الاحتلال تحاصر القريه وترد بعنف و قنابل الغاز على المتظاهرين العزل #nabiSalhe #SawtAlManara — Occupy Together (@Occupy2gether) June 17, 2011 #SawtAlManara #Nabi Saleh: IOF still inside the village and responding with extreme violence against the peaceful demo. — Occupy Together (@Occupy2gether) June 17, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/PalYouthVoice/status/81706825854099456 https://twitter.com/#!/NabiSalah/status/81707655483240448 6 Palestinians injured at […]

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MIFTAH: Waiting Game & About Israeli Detention “Policies”

By Meg Walsh for MIFTAH | June 17, 2011 In a small village near Hebron, I am invited to attend a wedding with my new friends, Amirah and her mother. Amirah is nine years old. She is quiet yet seems wise beyond her years— always aware of what is going on around her. At the […]

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The Confrontation to Come

PNN – Palestine News Network –  17.06.11 – 13:36 By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh – Israel reported a record $7.2 billion weapons exports solidifying its position in the top four countries profiting from war and destruction.  The other two main official sources of income for Israel (foreign aid and its pillaging of the Palestinian economy) are […]

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The Turkish Aid Boat Mavi Marmara Will Not Sail to Gaza for Technical Reasons

PNN – Palestine News Network –  17.06.11 – 14:04 Ghassan Bannoura – PNN & Agencies – Mavi Marmara, the Turkish aid ship attacked by Israel last year, will not take part in the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla 2, according to mission organizers, reported AFP. Mavi Marmara sailing to Gaza last year IHH (the Humanitarian Relief Foundation), organizers of […]

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Press Release | Gaza Freedom Flotilla II – June 17, 2011. (61)

FREEDOM FLOTILLA II-STAY HUMAN WILL SAIL TO GAZA! PRESS RELEASE Istanbul,                                                                                                                     17.6.2011 This is a rainbow coalition of human rights defenders. It does not only concern Muslims, but everyone, be they Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu, secular or whatever. This is world citizenry united, Our destination is Gaza. Our means are non-violent. Our goal […]

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Settlers Torch Palestinian Orchards Near Nablus

  Friday June 17, 2011 09:25 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies On Thursday evening, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers torched Palestinian Olive orchards near the illegal Itamar settlement, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus. File – Ocrahrds Torched By Israeli Settlers Ghassan Douglas, in charge of the settlements file at […]

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Tears in Knesset: Herzog: “U.S. Does Not Even Want To Hear Netanyahu’s Name”

Friday June 17, 2011 10:31 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Labor Party member of Knesset, Yitzhak Herzog, stated that he recently met with a number of American government officials close to president Barack Obama. They allegedly told him that they are angry with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, due to his rejection to […]

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#Palestine | Live Updates & Pictures from Demos June 17, 2011 | Page 1

More and more people are now arriving in #Maasara. Getting ready for the demo — Irene Nasser (@Irene_Nasser) June 17, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/PalYouthVoice/status/81656719226306560 I have arrived in #Al-Ma'asara where people are arriving. Big group from Bethlehem al Mubadara group of Mustafa Barghouthi — Gershon Baskin (@gershonbaskin) June 17, 2011 A group from Al Mubadara have just […]

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Lieberman: “We Will Cancel All Peace Accords Should Palestinians Declare State”

  Friday June 17, 2011 11:13 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli Foreign minister and leader of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated during his meeting with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, that Israel will void all related peace agreements with the Palestinians, including Oslo, should the Palestinian leadership unilaterally […]

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