Archive | July 13, 2011

‪Israeli warship attacks international human rights boat‬‏ – video

CPSGaza | April 13, 2011 CPS Gaza boat and crew were attacked with water cannons on 13 Jule 2011 at midday. The boat filled with water, as those aboard were hit in the face with powerful blasts of water. The attack occurred at 2 miles out to sea, well within the 3-mile limit imposed by […]

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Hundreds attend funeral in West Bank

  PressTV – Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:36PM Palestinians carry the body of Ibrahim Sarhan, who was killed by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday. Hundreds of people have attended the funeral service of a Palestinian man, who was shot dead by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers killed Ibrahim Sarhan during a raid […]

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Israeli warplanes attack Rafah

PressTV | Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:14PM An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet Israeli warplanes have once again launched a strike against the tunnels area in Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The attack took place late on Wednesday after a similar strike happened in the early hours of the day, […]

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#Flotilla2 organisers consider sailing from Egyptian ports

Military rulers unlikely to go along with proposal By Abbas Al Lawati, Staff Reporter and Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent | Published:  July 14, 2011 Image Credit: AP Protesters denounce Greek President Karolos Papoulias ahead of his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, the West Bank, on Tuesday. Dubai/Cairo: The organisers of the Gaza […]

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How Greece abandoned Palestine

David Cronin | The Electronic Intifada |13 July 2011 Once a champion of Palestinian rights, Greece is now being protested for thwarting the Freedom Flotilla II. ( Oren Ziv / ActiveStills ) When Andreas Papandreou died in 1996, The New York Times noted that he often left Western governments “befuddled or exasperated” as he took positions […]

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Blogging for change in Palestine

  Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad (Issues) | 14 July 2011, 7:35 PM | Khaleej Times I was born in Jerusalem in the 1980s into the reality of occupation. My father had been politically active in the 1970s and my uncle is a former cabinet minister.  As for myself, during my teenage years I became head […]

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#Airflotilla | I flew in to help Palestinians plant olive trees. The Israelis took me to a prison in the desert

by annie on July 13, 2011 at Mondoweiss Elke Zwinge-Makamizile is a member of the German Peace Council as well as The International League for Human Rights. She took part in the “Fly in” protest action to Palestine. She is being interviewed by Gitta Düperthal, a journalist for Junge Welt, in German. Translation by Cynthia […]

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Israel cancels amnesty for members of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigade

Published today 21:50 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The armed wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, announced Wednesday that Israel has canceled an amnesty it granted two of its members from Bethlehem. “Israeli intelligence had informed the security departments in Bethlehem of the decision to cancel amnesty granted to Hadi Dadara and Mohammad Ramadan affiliated with […]

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Boycott ban prompts heated debate in Israel

Published today (updated) 13/07/2011 22:19 Israeli left wing activists hold signs as they demonstrate against the suggested “boycott law”, in front of the Justice ministry in east Jerusalem on July 10. [AFP/File Ahmad Gharabli] JERUSALEM (AFP) — Right-wing Israeli MP’s warned judges on Wednesday not to overturn a controversial new ban on the boycott of […]

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Israeli forces storm Aisawiye in eastern Jerusalem, injure civilians

[ 13/07/2011 – 06:05 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation police stormed the Aisawiye village in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon and fired tear gas and stun grenades at inhabitants, local sources said. They said that youngsters in the village threw stones and empty bottles at the police forces smashing the window shield of […]

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US Zionist Groups Voice Opposition To Israeli Anti Boycott Law – International Middle East Media Center

Wednesday July 13, 2011 12:43 by Kevin Murphy – IMEMC and Agencies Both soft and hard line US Israeli supporters have come out against the new Israeli Boycott Law that came into effect on Monday when it gained a majority vote in the Knesset. Groups have described the bill, which makes illegal the boycotting of […]

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Greece ignores racism to pursue alliance with Israel

Khalid Amayreh | Wednesday, 13 July 2011 11:00 MEMO It remains to be seen if Greece has completely abandoned its erstwhile moderate stance vis-à-vis the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice. On the eve of his visit to Israel, Greek President Karolos Papoulias spoke of the “strong relationship in all aspects” between his country and […]

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Make A Dream Come True : Just Once, Please – for Nader K.

Make a Dream “Just Once, Please…” Come True! On June 19 we reposted a touching blogpost (see below) of Nader aka @imNadz from Gaza about the difficulties Gazans are facing in education, and his hope and his despair on chances for a scholarship abroad. All his and our prayers have been heard because Nader – […]

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Settler Youth throw stones at Palestinian shepherds‬‏ – video

AtTuwaniProject | July 13, 2011 On July 13th, three settler youth from the outpost of Havat Ma’on threw stones and yelled insults at a Palestinian shepherd grazing his flock with his nephew on Palestinian land.

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Settler Youth throw stones at Palestinian shepherds – video‬‏

  On July 13th, three settler youth from the outpost of Havat Ma’on threw stones and yelled insults at a Palestinian shepherd grazing his flock with his nephew on Palestinian land. AtTuwaniProject |  july 13, 2011  

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