Archive | July, 2011

Israel continues to plough through Salfit farmlands

[ 31/07/2011 – 05:40 PM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– Israeli bulldozers have continued to plough through farmland in the northern West Bank province of Salfit, locals said. They reported that bulldozers have been leveling land and crushing boulders round the clock to pave the way for roads to be built near 19 nearby Jewish settlements. Also […]

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6 activists arrested near Bethlehem

Published today 20:12 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli border guards detained six protesters Monday in the occupied West Bank, activists said. The six demonstrators — three Israelis, one Palestinian, and two from abroad — were accused of throwing stones. The activists were protesting land confiscation to make room for Israel’s wall in the Walaja village northwest […]

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‫Wallaja demo July 31, 2011 – video

Wallaja west bank on July 31, Israel attacking civilians, palestinians, press and internationals with live ammunition, gas, also shot at houses grenades AFTER a NON VIOLENT demo that had already ended against construction of the apartheidwall ‫مواجهات الولجه 31 7 2011‬‎ – YouTube Israeli commander says waiting for 1 stone so his ‘soldiers can fuck […]

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Three more arrested in West Bank political persecution

31/07/2011 – 09:56 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Two Najah University students as well as the wife of a West Bank political prisoner were arrested on Saturday as Palestinian Authority security agencies continue to politically persecute Hamas supporters in the West Bank. The students, Ala Saud Taha, 26, and Mohammed Jamal Khatir, 26, had previously declared […]

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Francois Abutbul Zionist Crime Boss Shot to Death

Al Manar | July 31, 2011 Francois Abutbul, alleged to be one of Zionist top organized crime bosses, was gunned down overnight by unknown assailants, Israeli police said on Sunday. Abutbul “was killed in his car at a service station,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Local media reported that two assailants riding motorbikes, their faces […]

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Live Killed Before it is Born: Palestinian lady miscarries after choking on tear gas in Al-Khalil

[ 31/07/2011 – 09:51 AM ] Al-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Palestinian pregnant woman miscarried at dawn Saturday when tear gas grenades fell onto her home in the old city of Al-Khalil. Local sources said that Israeli troops during a raid on Palestinian neighborhoods in the old city fired without reason a heavy barrage of tear gas […]

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Crisis of medical supplies in Gaza shoots up

[ 31/07/2011 – 09:49 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– An official at the Palestinian health ministry said that the list of medical supplies that ran out in the Gaza Strip rose to 180 types of medicines and 149 of medical disposables. The ministry’s public relations and information director Ashraf Al-Qudra warned on Saturday that this acute […]

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Egypt turns back 450 people at Rafah crossing

Published today 09:36 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities on Saturday turned back 450 people from Gaza at the Rafah border crossing. The step was believed to be related to the deteriorating security situation in Egypt’s Sinai. Five people were killed in clashes which erupted Friday between the army and Islamists in the city of […]

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#j14 | Another Tsunami!

Palestine News Network | 30.07.11 – 05:00 By Adam Keller/Gush Shalom – It was not Binyamin Netanyahu who started the occupation. Keeping millions of Palestinians under military rule, constantly expanding settlements throughout the Occupied Territories, diverting the country’s best resources for it – many previous governments have done the same, including governments headed by the […]

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Two Palestinians arrested for working in Jerusalem

[ 30/07/2011 – 09:01 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli police have detained two Palestinian men in a crackdown on Palestinian workers in Israel and occupied Jerusalem. Locals identified those men as Ahmed Adel Hajajira, 19, from Ayeda refugee camp and Mohammed Ibrahim Hajajira, from al-Deheisha refugee camp. They were taken from their work place in […]

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Israeli troops to use putrid gas to disperse protest rallies

[ 30/07/2011 – 09:09 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli army plans on using putrid gas to disperse potential upcoming protests, Israel’s Ynet has reported. The Israeli war ministry has spent a total of US $22 million on ”anti-riot” weapons as Israel’s military gears up for possible riots, the paper also said. The sickening gas […]

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