Archive | August 7, 2011

The fault and the hope of J14

Sunday, August 7 2011| Noam Sheizaf | +972Magazine Now that the entire Israeli public is listening, it’s time to open up the conversation Protesters in Tel Aviv. Does Justice refer to Palestinians as well? (photo: Oren Ziv / Activestills) Many people have rightly pointed out that the J14 protests, which mobilized Israelis to the country’s […]

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J14 may challenge something even deeper than the occupation

Sunday, August 7 2011| Dimi Reider | +972 Magazine The social justice demonstrations have been accused of ignoring the key issue of the occupation. But their tremendous groundswell of solidarity and cooperation is  slowly gnawing at something even more significant than that – the principle of separation, of which the occupation is just one exercise. […]

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Israeli authorities impose house arrest on Palestinian child

[ 07/08/2011 – 03:20 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israeli court has imposed house arrest on a 15-year-old Palestinian child in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem. The committee for the defense of Silwan said in a press release on Sunday that the child, Khaled Uwaida, was ordered to remain in his family home until […]

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Some of entitled medicines to arrive in Gaza in days

[ 07/08/2011 – 04:34 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Munir al-Bersh, the Gaza health ministry’s director-general of pharmaceuticals, said a portion of entitled medicines are scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip within the next few days. Bersh said the health ministry has contacted organizations both at home and abroad in a bid to pressure the […]

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‪’Israel protests silent on occupation issue’‬‏ – @ibnezra on AJE

August 7, 2011   It has been a summer of discontent in Israel as hundreds and thousands of protesters have held rallies across the country against soaring cost of living. Speaking to Al Jazeera on the significance of the protests, Joseph Dana, writer and journalist based in Tel Aviv, said the protest have been spontaneous […]

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PA absent from funeral of man hailed as ‘symbol of steadfastness’

انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون Published today (updated) 07/08/2011 16:31 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Former Bethlehem governor Salah Tamari expressed disappointment on Sunday that Palestinian Authority officials did not attend the funeral of Hajj Ibrahim Atallah, who he praised as “a symbol of Palestinian steadfastness.” Hajj Ibrahim Atallah remained in Zakariyya, a small hamlet built […]

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Collaborating PA & Israel security forces agree to thwart September demonstrations

Universal Declaration Human Rights Art.20 (1) “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.” [ 07/08/2011 – 02:32 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that Palestinian Authority security officials have agreed with those of Israel not to allow a violent escalation to develop during September when the PA […]

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IOA cuts off water to Jenin neighborhoods

[ 07/08/2011 – 02:21 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Palestinian municipal council in Jenin city strongly denounced the Israeli water company Mekorot for cutting off arbitrarily the water supply for the fourth consecutive day to many neighborhoods in the city. The Jenin council stated in a press release that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) turned […]

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OCHA: Jewish settlers persistent in their attacks on Palestinian property

“Not only the trees, rather whoever breaks vessels and rents garments, destroys a building and obstructs a wellspring, or wastes food in a destructive way transgresses the mitzvah of “Bal Tashchit” (“don’t destroy”)…” (Rambam, Mishna Torah, Hilchot Melachim 6:10)   [ 07/08/2011 – 01:13 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The UN office for the coordination of […]

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Aug 7, 2011 PALESTINE HEADLINES

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Aug 7, 2011 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under siege for 1516 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News! Israeli commander says waiting for 1 stone so his ‘soldiers can fuck this village up’ – Live Updates & Pictures | July 31, 2011 https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/israeli-commander-says-hes-waiting-for-one-stone-so-his-soldiers-can-fuck-this-village-up/ Live updates catched […]

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Israeli forces detain 4 in Beit Ummar

Published today 14:04 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided Beit Ummar on Saturday evening and detained four residents during a ceremony to honor Palestinian prisoners, Ma’an’s correspondent and the army said. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and live ammunition during the raid on the town north of Hebron, witnesses said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said […]

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Hamas calls for urgently stopping growing Judaization activities in Palestine

[ 07/08/2011 – 10:57 AM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement appealed to the Arab League and the organization of the Islamic conference to urgently move to protect the occupied Palestinian lands against Israel’s accelerating Judaization and settlement activities. In a press release, Hamas stated that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has started increasingly to […]

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UK condemns Israeli settlement plan

PressTV – Sun Aug 7, 2011 11:47AM GMT The British Foreign Office has condemned Israel’s plan to build 930 new housing units in the illegal settlement of Har Homa in the southern East al-Quds (Jerusalem). “I condemn yesterday’s announcement by the Government of Israel to approve the construction of over 900 housing units which will […]

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#j14 | Occupation soldiers are also protesting in Israel | Cartoon by @CarlosLatuff

Click on the image for a high resolution version This Cartoon by Carlos Latuff is free to use without previous written permission. Source More Cartoons by Carlos Latuff Category | Cartoons More about BDS Frequently Asked Questions BDS Factsheet| BDS BDS | on Youtube BDS | BDS Movement BDS | BDS Nederland BDS | Boycot […]

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