Archive | July 9, 2011

10,000 sign petition for Sheik Raed Salah’s release

  PressTV –  Sat Jul 9, 2011 10:18AM 10,000 people in Britain, among them civil rights activists, have signed a petition for the release of Sheikh Raed Salah, the most influential Palestinian political leader in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This petition, which has been signed by 10,000 in just a week, is to be handed […]

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Christian Peacemaker Team: Palestinians protest expansion of Havat Ma’on Outpost; Israeli Military responds with violence

9 July 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Team – At-Tuwani | ISM Carrying a large banner that read “We want to live in Peace and Dignity,” over one hundred Palestinians, internationals and Israeli activists marched in protest of an extension to the illegal Israeli settlement of Havat Ma’on on the morning of July 9th. In response […]

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Israel arrests Gaza man crossing borders for treatment

[ 09/07/2011 – 05:36 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Health Ministry has strongly condemned Israel’s inhumane arrest of Aaid Rafeeq Abdul-Jawwad Ziyada, 27, while he was crossing borders to get medical attention in Jordan. The ministry said in a statement on Saturday: “Not only have [Israeli] occupation authorities prevented medicines and medical consumables from entering […]

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#Airflotilla | July 9, 2011 | Israel attacks pro-Palestine protesters

  PressTV –  Sat Jul 9, 2011 2:42PM A pro-Palestinian activist holds signs in English and Arabic reading “Welcome to Palestine” at Ben-Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, Israel Friday, July 8, 2011. Israeli forces have reportedly attacked peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including some foreign activists, in the occupied West Bank. The clashes took place on […]

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Turkish PM says apology over flotilla a condition for restoring ties with Israel

[ 09/07/2011 – 04:14 PM ] ANKARA / JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again refused to normalize relations with Israel before it formally apologizes for the 2010 Gaza flotilla attack and lifts the siege on the Gaza Strip. The statement came as the Turkish premier presented the government’s new program […]

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British court denies bail for Salah

[ 09/07/2011 – 03:15 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– A British court has denied bail for Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, after the judge said Salah was a “menace to the public”. The judge in the Salah case said during a session on Friday that the country’s supreme […]

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#Flotilla2 | Israeli pressure blocks sail of Sierra Leone flagged ship to Gaza

[ 09/07/2011 – 10:19 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli pressures on Freetown succeeded in foiling the sail of a Sierra Leone flagged ship, a part of the Freedom Flotilla II, from Greece to the Gaza Strip. The Hebrew radio said on Saturday that Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman made a telephone contact with the […]

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Haneyya calls on London to free Raed Salah

[ 09/07/2011 – 10:51 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya has called on the British government to release leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, who was kept prisoner after his appeal on a deportation decision was denied. “We stand by Sheikh Raed Salah and we demand his release and […]

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#Airflotilla | July 9, 2011 | Despite Israeli arrests, threats and scare tactics, “Welcome to Palestine” tour begins

  Saturday July 09, 2011 14:51 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Hundreds of supporters of Palestinian equal rights arrived in Bethlehem Saturday to begin a program organized by 40 international and Palestinian civil society organizations meant to raise awareness about what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank and inside Israel. One […]

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IOF troops close Burin village, arrest blind boy in OJ

[ 09/07/2011 – 02:29 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed entrances to Iraq Burin village, south of Nablus city, on Saturday and tightened security measures at roadblocks in the vicinity of the village. Abdul Rahim Qadus, the municipality chief, told the PIC on the phone that the soldiers refused to allow entry […]

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IOF soldiers round up 30 Palestinian children in Bethlehem village in two months

[ 09/07/2011 – 02:01 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 30 Palestinian children in the Housan village, south of Bethlehem, over the past two months, the ministry of prisoners in Gaza said in a report on Saturday. It said that the children were arrested on charges of throwing stones and resisting […]

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#Airflotilla | July 9, 2011 | Demo in Paris France: “Liberez Nos Amis!” | “Free Our Friends!” – in pictures

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#Airflotilla | July 9, 2011 | A special form for Arab passengers to warn airport ahead of their arrival

Saturday, July 9 2011|Dimi Reider | +972 Magazine Israel responded to the “flytilla” with a wildly disproportionate deployment of police and extraordinary security checks. But Palestinian citizens of Israel are discriminated at the Ben Gurion Airport on an hourly basis – and are now able to racially profile themselves, using a specially provided form to […]

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Erekat: Dismantle separation wall, 7 years since ICJ ruling

Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Art 13:1 “Everyone has the right 2 freedom of movement & residence within the borders of each state” Published today (updated) 09/07/2011 12:51 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — PLO official Saeb Erekat urged the international community to abide by its commitment to international law on Saturday while marking the seventh anniversary […]

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