European organization says shocked at how Salah was arrested

[ 02/07/2011 – 04:56 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe has condemned the UK’s arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, on 28 June and expressed shock over the way the arrest was conducted. The statement called the arrest surprising and said […]

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Kevin Neish writes from Greece: How Low Can They Go?

By Kevin Neish | | July 2, 2011 | Rabble.ca Earlier flotilla ships in 2007-08 got rammed by the Israeli navy, and then others were boarded by commandos with beatings and kidnappings of harmless peace activists.  Last year, they attacked the flotilla. They beat, tasered, gassed, and shot 63 peace activists, murdering nine and outright […]

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Israel afraid of the truth

Sat Jul 2, 2011 3:57PM Interview with Dr. Paul Larudee, Co-Founder of Free Palestine Movement in Greece. Greece has strongly blocked the peace activists, setting sail to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza, a peace activist says. In an interview with Press TV, Dr. Paul Larudee, Co-Founder of Free Palestine Movement in Greece, explains the latest […]

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Flotilla organizers to discuss alternatives should Greek ban persist

[ 02/07/2011 – 04:06 PM ] AMMAN, (PIC)– The international coalition to break the siege on Gaza will hold a consultative meeting in Athens on Sunday to discuss Greece’s position on the Freedom Flotilla II, a source from the coalition said Saturday. Greece declared two days ago that it would stop any ship joining the flotilla […]

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US boat captain jailed in Athens

Published today (updated) 02/07/2011 19:42 ATHENS, Greece (Ma’an) — The captain of a US boat carrying activists who tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza was jailed Saturday in Athens, organizers of the flotilla told Ma’an. John Klusmer is being charged with two felonies, organizers of the boat told reporters at a news conference […]

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‘LA Times’ fails to state that ‘law prof’ writing that Gaza siege is legit is ex-IDF Lawyer

  by Ira Glunts on July 2, 2011 | Mondoweiss Amos Guiora had an op-ed in the LA Times yesterday which seeks to justify the Israeli blockade of Gaza and its plans to stop the Freedom Flotilla. The arguments Professor Guiora employs are standard Israeli hasbara  which makes you wonder why the paper chose to […]

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بالصورة.. اسطول الحرية “2” المتجه لغزة | Freedom #Flotilla2 – in pictures

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Violent clashes in Shuafat refugee camp, one youth injured

[ 01/07/2011 – 11:19 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The IOF announced on Thursday night the closure of the Shuafat roadblock until further notice due to violent clashes between IOF troops and Palestinian youth at the Shuafat refugee camp and which resulted in the injury of a Palestinian young man and his arrest by the IOF. […]

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Mishaal: Expelling Jerusalem MPs part of open war against Palestinian people

[ 01/07/2011 – 08:28 PM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Khaled Mishal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, said on Thursday that the Israeli plan to expel three Palestinian lawmakers and a former minister from Jerusalem was part of the Israeli open war against the Palestinian people and land. In a televised speech he made on the […]

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6,300 Palestinian prisoners to go on hunger strike on Sunday

[ 02/07/2011 – 11:21 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The ministry of prisoners in Gaza said that around 6,300 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails would go on hunger strike on Sunday as a warning protest step against the repressive practices by the prisons’ administrations. The ministry’s spokesman Riyadh Al-Ashqar said in a press release on […]

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#Flotilla2 – US BOAT TO GAZA – The Audacity To Love‬‏ -video

In 2010, the Freedom Flotilla took sail, sparking an unprecedented international human rights mission, dedicated to ending Israel’s blockade on Gaza. Joining Freedom Flotilla II is the first-ever U.S. Boat to Gaza, “The Audacity of Hope.” The individuals on this boat will be simply delivering LETTERS OF LOVE to the people of Gaza. Thirteen of […]

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IOF troops raid the village of Kafr al-Deek and uproot trees

[ 01/07/2011 – 11:47 AM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– IOF troops raided on Thursday afternoon the village of Kafr al-Deek near Salfit and uprooted dozens of olive trees from the fields belonging to the villagers under the pretext that the trees are in “government lands” close to the Eili Zahaf settlement. Local sources said that IOF […]

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Jewish settlers burn Palestinian olive trees

[ 02/07/2011 – 08:02 AM ] QALQILIA, (PIC)– Jewish settlers set tens of Palestinian olives trees on fire in Kufr Qaddoum village, near Qalqilia, on Friday as Israeli occupation forces (IOF) wounded six citizens in the same village while quelling a protest march. The blaze destroyed tens of olive trees before the Palestinian fire brigades […]

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7th annual Palestine Day to be held in London, Manchester

Published today (updated) 02/07/2011 11:33 LONDON (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Forum in Great Britain has confirmed that the seventh annual Palestine Day will be held as scheduled on July 2 in London and July 3 in Manchester, despite last week’s detention of Sheikh Raed Salah , the head of an Islamic movement in Israel. Zahir […]

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Israeli activists protest in front of Greek embassy in Tel Aviv

PNN – Palestine News Network – 02.07.11 – 12:07 Tel Aviv – PNN – On Saturday Israeli leftists are planning to conduct a protest in front of the Greek embassy in Tel Aviv in demonstration against the Greek navy ban on Freedom Flotilla II ships departing from Athens to Gaza. Activists announced that the protest […]

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