Archive | July, 2011

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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Zionist trail in Norway terror attacks – video

PressTV – Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:37PM GMT An interview with Peter Eyre, a Middle East Consultant An analyst says that there are evident Zionist footprints in the twin terror attacks in Norway’s capital, Oslo, and on a nearby island which claimed the lives of 76 people.     Press TV has interviewed Peter Eyre, […]

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July 30, 2011 PALESTINE HEADLINES

SPECIAL TOPIC آخر الأخبار والتحديثات July 30, 2011 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under siege for 1508 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News! Live updates catched Israeli Soldiers Hijacking Tweep @Abou_Charlie ‘s Phone To Send Out Lies | July 29, 2011 https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/soldiers-hijacking-twitter/ Israeli Soldier: “We follow you at Twitter!” […]

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Palestinian Christians protest Anglican chief’s occupation blindspot

Sarah Irving |The Electronic Intifada |29 July 2011 Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (center) pays a solidarity visit to Bethlehem, December 2006. (Fadi Tanas /Maan Images) “We lived like brothers, but the Israelis don’t want to be brothers,” declared Father Emmanuel Awwad, the Orthodox priest of the village of Aboud, north of Ramallah. “We can live […]

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Gaza Hospitals Face Major Fuel Shortage

Friday July 29, 2011 10:14 by Danny Johnes – IMEMC and Agencies Serious fuel shortages in Gaza are about to lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe” according to the director of public medical supplies. Already major hospitals have begun shutting down operating rooms as a result of the shortages according to Ma’an News Agency. Al Shifa […]

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Israeli bulldozers edge ever closer to… Al Badawi

by R. Taylor on July 28, 2011 | Mondoweiss Yesterday there were more arrests in al Walaja, the village west of Bethlehem which is being enveloped by The Wall, as people protested against the destruction of village land. Once again Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh was arrested by Israeli soldiers (for the third time), as were Sherin […]

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Palestinian ‘ghosts’ keep the Israeli economy moving

Mona Issa| Jul 29, 2011  | The National   “We built Israel,” says Abbas, a young migrant worker from Salem. A decade ago, he began travelling illegally from the northern West Bank to Tel Aviv to work in construction. “We have no jobs, so the only option is to work in Israel.” Years ago, between […]

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Jewish association launches tourism project promoting the West Bank as “part of Israel”

Friday, 29 July 2011 15:15 | MEMO Hebrew press sources have unveiled a tourism project that urges Israeli citizens to visit the occupied West Bank and learn about its history and landmarks as “part of the State of Israel”. According to the Thursday (28/7) edition of Haaretz newspaper, a new Israeli association allocated $2 million […]

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