Archive | August 10, 2011

‪Al-Walaje Demo | August 10, 2011‬‏ – video

Dozens of olive trees were uprooted in Walaje. and it seems many more will be uprooted.

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Palestinian old woman wounded in IOF shooting

[ 10/08/2011 – 10:31 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A 75-year-old Palestinian woman was wounded afternoon Tuesday at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to the southeast of Gaza city, medical sources said. They said that the old woman was hospitalized with a bullet in her foot fired by the IOF soldiers stationed to […]

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Israeli military prosecutor demands banishment of Palestinian minor

[ 10/08/2011 – 10:44 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– An Israeli military prosecutor in Ofer court has asked for the banishment of a Palestinian minor from his hometown of Beit Ummar village in Al-Khalil province for six months, his family said. The father of 16-year-old Mohammed Awad said that his son was arrested from his village […]

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JIDF and the Megaphonies Take Down Reddit Page Pointing Out Their Existence

Related to ISRAEL’S WEB WAR DECLARATION: HASBARA GOES WWW! August 10, 2011 by Palestinian Field Negro Weblog Post Copied from redactednews which addresses a serious issue concerning the Jewish Internet Defense Force. Mazel Tov! The Megaphonies are out in force today.  JIDF, claiming they have no conspiratorial power in shutting down internet posts, in turn […]

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11 detained at rally near Bethlehem

Published today (updated) 10/08/2011 15:40 Walaja hosts regular protests against land confiscation [MaanImages, File] BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained 11 protesters Wednesday afternoon during a rally in the village of Al-Walaja, near Bethlehem, the village committee and Israel’s army said. Alaa Darras, a member of the village’s local committee against the wall, said Israeli […]

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West Bank wall: Illegal, unjust and ultimately destructive

By Ghassan Khatib August 10, 2011, 4:04 pm Ten years after Israel started building a Wall in the occupied West Bank, the project has not proven Israeli arguments in its defense, but rather illustrated the Palestinian view that this is one more component of illegal Israeli settlement expansion. Israel, for the most part, said that […]

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Black Ops: A Fifteen-Hour Blackout Story ~ by @ImNadz from #Gaza

Related to  Latest Update on Gaza | #Gaza #GazaBlackOut August 10th, 2011 | Nader K. | Thoughts A fifteen-hour absolute blackout started with a loss of mobile phones signal. I was using my mobile phone, and tweeting here and there and this and that as usual. There was electricity, fans that seemed useless because of […]

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IOF arrests Al-Jazeera correspondent Samer Allawi, 5 Palestinians in Al-Khalil

[ 10/08/2011 – 10:59 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained Samer Allawi, Al-Jazeera TV network’s correspondent in Afghanistan, while leaving the West Bank en route to Jordan. Well informed local sources said that Allawi, who was travelling from his home village of Sabastiya, was detained at Al-Karame Bridge between the West Bank […]

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Health Ministry : We are waiting for medicine arrival to Gaza

2011-08-10 | Alresalah News Gaza,(Alresalah.ps)–Dr. Monir El-Bursh, the general manager of pharmacy in Palestinian Health Ministry, declared that 40% of medicines deserved to Gaza’s hospital was scheduled to arrive in Gaza the next few days. El-Bursh pointed out that the Health Ministry calls many international associations inside and outside Gaza in order to put pressures […]

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MPs: Palestinians tired of promises, want real reconciliation

[ 10/08/2011 – 11:08 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– MP Hassan Yousef, who represents Hamas on the Palestinian Legislative Council, said Tuesday that the Palestinians are “tired of promises” and want to see the Palestinian reconciliation implemented on the ground. “Arrests and deals do not go together at all,” Yousef said in a statement, referring to […]

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Israel cuts Gaza communication lines

Related to  Latest Update on Gaza | #Gaza #GazaBlackOut PressTV – Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:26PM GMT Israeli bulldozers demolishing Palestinian homes in the West Bank. (File Photo) Israel has damaged communication lines in the Gaza Strip, imposing a complete information blackout on the besieged territory, Palestinian reports say. The communication lockdown occurred late on […]

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Israel is accused of using illegal settlements to divert attention from domestic issues

  Wednesday, 10 August 2011 13:30| MEMO A member of the Palestinian Legislative Council member has accused the Israeli government of trying to divert attention from its domestic crises at the expense of the Palestinian people. Mr Qais Abdul Karim, known as Abu Laila, has claimed that the real reason for further construction in the […]

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Rightists enter Aqsa mosque compound

Published today 14:19 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Religious and right-wing Israelis entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Tuesday guarded by Israeli security forces, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said. Around 100 Israelis toured the mosque area on the day which they believe marks the destruction of a biblical temple, leading to minor scuffles with Palestinians […]

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Calls for renewed Saturday protests in Israel

Published today (updated) 10/08/2011 14:23 Israeli demonstrators protest against rising housing prices and social inequalities in Tel Aviv on August 6. [AFP/Menahem Kahana, File] JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel’s social protest movement on Wednesday called for demonstrations to be held across the country on Saturday except in Tel Aviv which saw mass rallies last week. “We […]

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