Archive | July 30, 2011

The Chutzpah of Israeli Tent Protests

Mohammad Al Kurd is dead. An old paralyzed man in a wheelchair, his wife Fawzia, Um Kamel, and their five children and their families, casted out of their home in Sheikh Jarrah in the East of Jerusalem. Went live in a tent and Mohammed died….That is what happens to one in Palestine who puts up […]

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Ramadan Kareem | رمضان كريم

Official Decision and Announcement of the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia Just a short time ago, Fatwa-Online was informed of the official decision and announcement of the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia that since the moon of Ramadhaan was sighted this evening, here in Saudi Arabia, we have completed twenty nine (29) days […]

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‪Nabi Saleh Non Violent Demo meets Israeli Violence | 29.7.2011‬‏ – video

Nabi Saleh Friday 29.7.2011 nonviolent protest against the theft of the village’s land, against the occupation and against apartheid; harassment of journalists, photographers Source

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Disguised Israeli security men arrest 6 Palestinians in Silwan

[ 30/07/2011 – 09:30 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Disguised Israeli security men arrested six Palestinian young men in Wadi Rababa in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem in a pre-dawn raid on Saturday, eyewitnesses reported. They said that the disguised policemen backed by a special force stormed the suburb and arrested the youths near the […]

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IOF soldiers arrest Jordanian Lifeline activist

[ 30/07/2011 – 02:59 PM ] AMMAN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Jordanian activist while crossing into the West Bank from Jordan to visit relatives in Al-Khalil province two week ago, his family said. They told the PIC reporter in Amman on Saturday that Hamza Al-Dabbas, 29, who is carrying a Jordanian passport, […]

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Israeli soldiers attack Palestinian journalist

Published today (updated) 30/07/2011 17:47 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian photojournalist Moheeb Al-Barghouthi was beaten by Israeli soldiers on Friday while covering an anti-wall protest in Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. Al-Barghouthi, who works for the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, suffered head injuries and sustained bruises across his body in the attack. He said soldiers […]

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Israeli soldiers injure 15 protesters

PressTV –  Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:58PM GMT Israeli soldiers have injured fifteen peaceful Palestinians protesters in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the West Bank, 29 July, 2011. Israeli soldiers have injured fifteen Palestinians in an attempt to disperse peaceful protesters demanding the reopening of the main entrance of their village. Murad Shteiwi, a […]

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Israeli soldiers violently suppress demo; sweep through houses to carry out arbitrary arrests in Nabi Saleh

29 July 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee  | International Solidarity Movement Military checkpoints were set up early in the morning on all roads leading in and out of Nabi Saleh this Friday, as the Israeli army does every Friday in its attempt to prevent people from outside the tiny village to support the villagers […]

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Relatives of West Bank political prisoners hold sit-in

[ 30/07/2011 – 10:38 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Scores of Palestinians held a sit-in at Dawar al-Shuhada Square downtown Nablus amid demands for the release of their relatives held as political prisoners in the prisons of the Palestinian Authority. Elements from the PA’s preventative security agency already arrested one protester for joining the sit-in and […]

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Int’l campaign calls for end to world silence over Israeli detention of MPs

[ 30/07/2011 – 10:34 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The international campaign to release Palestinian lawmakers held in Israeli occupation jails have denounced the world’s silence towards the Israeli practice of detaining elected representatives of the Palestinian people. It described the Israeli arrest of MP Khaled Abu Tahous, Tobas district, at dawn Friday as a serious […]

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‪The weekly demonstration in Bilin | July 29, 2011 – video

by haithmkatib | haithmkatib[ at]gmail.com‬ | July 29, 2011 Wounding dozens of cases of suffocation in the process of Bil’in weekly demonstration Dozens of cases of asphyxia in the weekly march organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, with the participation of dozens of Palestinians, dozens of international activists, and […]

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‪Riding on bicycle from London to Bil’in – July 29, 2011 – video

Cyclists arrived from London to Bil’in in solidarity with the Palestinian nonviolent struggle against the Israeli occupation and the apartheid Source

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Ban calls for more Israeli steps to lift blockade of Gaza

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense of Israel 29 July 2011 –United Nations The Israeli Government needs to take more steps to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip, particularly to allow the free import of construction materials into the area, Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said today.In a meeting with Ehud […]

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IOF intensify presence in and around Jerusalem on the eve of Ramadan

[ 29/07/2011 – 06:55 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– IOF troops have increased their presence in and around the occupied city of Jerusalem and tightened measures on all roads leading from the West Bank to Jerusalem on the eve of Ramadan to prevent Palestinian worshipers from reaching the Aqsa Mosque. Local sources said that the […]

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Israeli army shuts down West Bank protests – pictures

Published yesterday (updated) 29/07/2011 20:13 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday fired tear gas and sound grenades to shut down weekly anti-wall protests in villages across the West Bank. Activists said three women were injured and three foreign nationals were detained in Nabi Saleh. A journalist for Al-Hayat Al-Jadida was attacked and briefly detained […]

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