#Flotilla2 – Irish Ship Responds to “Terrorism” Accusation – video

  http://www.irishshiptogaza.org It was predictable that Israel would come out with the “terrorist” line in relation to Freedom Flotilla 2. Meet some of the Irish members and make your own mind as to who the terrorists are. Ireland and the wider world is starting to see through the spin and excuses for violence and oppression […]

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More than third of Palestinian prisoners denied visitation rights

[ 28/06/2011 – 06:49 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Prisoner affairs expert Abdul-Nasser Farwana has said that more than a third of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons have been denied the right to family visits. Prisoners from the Gaza Strip were denied visits as a “collective punishment” in mid-June of 2007 and others faced the same […]

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IOF confiscates hundreds of Ramallah dunums

[ 28/06/2011 – 06:41 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) confiscated hundreds of Palestinian dunums surrounding the villages of Mazra’a Gharbiya and Janiya to the west of Ramallah city, citizens told the PIC on Tuesday. Supplying the PIC with the published map, they said that IOF troops and settlers stormed the confiscated land […]

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Gaza woman calls on Qatar Emir to save her husband

[ 28/06/2011 – 04:35 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The wife of Iyad Ali Hassan Salim has called on the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to open the country’s doors to her husband as he desperately needs treatment. “We have learned of the possibility of planting a brain-wave regulation device under the skin […]

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Give Palestine its Due

The Hindu – Opinion – Editorial | June 28, 2011 Palestinians have yet again been denied their due. The recently concluded session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee rejected the first-ever Palestinian nomination. While it considered proposals from six West Asian countries, it overlooked Palestine’s proposal to include the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, one […]

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Israel steps up campaign to stop flotilla sailing to Gaza in defiance of blockade

Organisers say ships carrying humanitarian aid and peace activists, not ‘extremists’ as claimed by Israeli intelligence Conal Urquhart in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 28 June 2011 18.29 BST The Mavi Marmara ship, above, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip was stormed by Israeli naval commandos last year. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP Israel […]

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Mayor: Israel uproots olive trees in northern West Bank

Published today 20:10 SALFIT (Ma’an) — Israeli forces uprooted dozens of olive trees on Tuesday in Deir Istiya in the northern West Bank, local officials told Ma’an. Village mayor Nazmi Sulaiman said some of the trees uprooted had been planted more than five years ago on land belonging to Kamal Muhammad Abdul Rahman. The mayor […]

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#Flotilla2 activists deny Israeli claims of violent intent

Published June 28, 2011 Activists hold banners reading ‘Free Gaza’ and ‘Let freedom ring’ during a press conference in Athens. Israel will be able to handle any violence from “hardcore activists” on board a new Gaza-bound flotilla, the foreign minister said, amid claims some were planning attacks with chemicals.[AFP Jean-Philippe Ksiazek] JERUSALEM (AFP) — International […]

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Qassam Brigades: Pro-Shalit statement ignores suffering of Palestinian prisoners

[ 28/06/2011 – 05:06 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The joint statement by Israeli and Palestinian rights groups urging Hamas to release captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit ignores the suffering of thousands of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said in a statement on Monday. “The participation of Palestinian rights party in […]

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US foreign policy invigorated at the expense of Gaza ~ by Ramzy Baroud

June 28, 2011 | Arab News US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made a series of stern and fiery statements recently, giving the impression that war is somehow upon us once again. Oddly, Clinton’s sudden reappearance onto the Middle East diplomacy scene was triggered by the brave attempts of peace activists to break the […]

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British MPs Show Support for Gaza #Flotilla2

PNN – Palestine News Network –  28.06.11 – 15:04 London – PNN – British MPs have voiced their support for the flotilla to Gaza which is due to set sail in the coming days, says the British Palestine Solidarity Campaign.  Parliamentarians have sent messages of support to the British people on board the flotilla, which […]

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International solidarity and history in the making

28 June 2011 | Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK | International Solidarity Movement Today we had a great international press conference. There were representatives from Greece, Sweden, France, Norway, Canada, Spain, Turkey and of course, the U.S. The room was packed with press and passengers; there was really a feeling that we are part of something historic. […]

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IOF soldiers destroy tens of Palestinian olive trees

[ 28/06/2011 – 11:10 AM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed tens of Palestinian olive trees in Deir Estiya village west of Salfit city on Tuesday. Nazmi Salman, the village’s mayor, said that the bulldozing took place west of the village and damaged trees that have been planted there for five years. Noting […]

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IOF soldiers fire at Palestinian car

[ 28/06/2011 – 03:57 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at a Palestinian car near Za’tara roadblock south of Nablus city on Tuesday after claiming that the driver tried to run over a soldier. Witnesses on the scene said that the driver sped away and the soldiers combed the nearby Hawara village […]

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Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians including Legislator, Journalist, Human Rights Activist

  Tuesday June 28, 2011 10:03 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn a Palestinian legislator, the head of a center that defends the rights of Palestinian detainees and human rights and a Journalist. 11 Palestinians were kidnapped across the occupied West Bank. Legislator Nasser Abdul-Jawad – Palestine-Info […]

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