Archive | July 21, 2011

Gazans fear more Israeli offensive – video

  PressTV –  Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:26AM GMT Residents in the besieged Gaza Strip fear that Israel might escalate attacks on the impoverished enclave when Palestinians request statehood at the United Nations in September. “I think the Israelis will not stay calm against what is going to happen in September. They are going to […]

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Brother of Sarhan martyr arrested at Bir Ayyub checkpoint

Follow @silwanic on Twitter for the latest news on Silwan – Jerusalem Thursday, 21 July, 2011 | 14:37 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Residents of Bir Ayyub district of Silwan were targeted by Israeli forces on the pretext of traffic control yesterday. Palestinian drivers were stopped and searched […]

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Passionate Letter Highlights the Unrelenting Plight of Palestinian Prisoners

PNN – Palestine News Network – 21.07.11 – 13:02 Ramallah – PNN – In a letter sent by Ms. Feda Abdelhady-Nasser, Charge d’Affaires, to the UN Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council and the President of the UN General Assembly, Ms Abdelhady-Nasser outlined the grave plight Palestinians prisoners continue to face under Israeli occupation. […]

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Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Releases Comprehensive Report Titled ‘Hamas’s Gaza – Four Years Later”

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On July 20, The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) released a comprehensive report titled “Hamas’s Gaza – Four Years Later” which assesses the situation in Gaza since Hamas took control of the area. MEMRI explores the Middle East through the region’s media, websites, religious sermons, and schoolbooks. MEMRI […]

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Troops Uproot Olive Orchards Near Jerusalem

  Thursday July 21, 2011 16:38 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli army bulldozers uprooted, on Thursday morning, Palestinian olive orchards that belong to residents of Beit Iksa village, in occupied East Jerusalem, in order to build a section of the illegal Annexation Wall, and to allow the expansion of Ramot illegal settlement. […]

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Israel rejects Turkish conditions for a resumption of security coordination

  Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:45| MEMO Moshe Ya’alon has said that the Turkish government has decided not to resume security coordination with Tel Aviv. Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon has said that the Turkish government has decided not to resume security coordination with Tel Aviv. Such coordination stopped in mid-2010 following Israel’s assault […]

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Malaysian Astronaut Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor To Join Ramadan In Gaza Mission

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 (Bernama) — Malaysian Astronaut Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha will be among at least 26 people joining the “Ramadan in Gaza” humanitarian mission for 10 days from Aug 15. Malaysian Islamic Organisation Consultative Council chairman Dr Jamnul Azhar Mulkan said today that the team would bring medicine, food and […]

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UN: Marked increase in forced displacement of Palestinians

Published today (updated) 21/07/2011 17:01 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released a report Thursday documenting alarming trends in the forced displacement of Palestinians in Area C. The OCHA report found that more demolitions have taken place so far in 2011 than in all of 2009 and 2010 combined. […]

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Israeli restrictions ensure slow pace of Gaza reconstruction

While Gaza needs 670,000 truckloads of construction material, an average of 715 enter per month  Published today (updated) 21/07/2011 17:40 [Erica Silverman/IRIN] RAMALLAH (IRIN) – The housing crisis in the Gaza Strip is not going to be resolved any time soon: Only a small number of the 40,000 units needed to meet natural population growth […]

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#Flotilla | The Mavi Marmara Will Go Whenever the Palestinians Need It

by Silvia Cattori | July 21st, 2011  | Dissident Voice In mid June, Bülent Yıldırım, chairman of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation, declared that the Mavi Marmara ship, which was hard hit in the Israeli raid, could not take part in the “Freedom flotilla II” but will “definitely set sail for Gaza when it completes repair […]

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Refugees in Gaza Protest at UNRWA HQ for Second Day

  PNN – Palestine News Network –  21.07.11 – 16:03 Gaza – PNN – The popular committee for refugees in Gaza continued on Thursday to organize protests outside the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City. The committee called for a sit-in on Wednesday and Thursday to protest as organizers say a decline in UNRWA’s services and […]

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PCHR Condemns Punitive Measures against Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Thursday July 21, 2011 18:41 by PCHR The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the decision taken by the Israeli Prisons Administration on Wednesday, 20 July 2011, to stop the higher education program provided to the Palestinian prisoners. PCHR calls on the international community to exert pressure on Israel and compel it to […]

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Christian Zionists embrace the very people who call Jesus “Hitler of Bethlehem”

[ 21/07/2011 – 10:18 AM ] By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem As many as 5000 Christian Zionists gathered this week at the Convention Center in Washington, D.C. for the annual conference of the organization CUFI, Christians United For Israel. The annual event is considered a key occasion when Christian supporters of Israel reassert their […]

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Israeli forces detain 7 people in Hebron

Published today (updated) 21/07/2011 13:04 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained seven people from Al-Thahriyeh village south of Hebron on Wednesday night after raiding their houses. Israeli forces entered the village and broke into the home of Muhammad Al-Batat detaining him and his two sons Haitham and Adham, local witnesses said. Israeli forces also detained […]

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