Israel major organ harvesting center

By MOHAMMED MAR’I | Published Aug 28, 2011 23:23 RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Ex-detainees Issa Qaraqi’ on Sunday accused Israel of harvesting parts from the bodies of dead Palestinian martyrs without the consent of their families. Qaraqi’ said during the national day of Palestinian campaign to retrieve martyrs’ bodies said that “Israel […]

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Abbas: I am ready to resume peace talks with Israelis

[ 28/08/2011 – 10:46 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– De facto president Mahmoud Abbas declared his willingness to listen to any international proposal that can convince him to resume peace talks with Israelis and refrain from resorting to the UN to extract an acknowledgement of a Palestinian state. Abbas made his remarks on Saturday in a […]

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Iran invites neighbors to Intifada confab

PressTV – Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:10PM GMT File photo shows a Palestinian youth throwing a stone towards Israeli forces. Iran’s Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani invites his Iraqi, Kuwait, Omani, and Turkish counterparts to an upcoming Palestinian Intifada (uprising) conference in Tehran. Larijani extended invitations to the Fifth Conference in Support of the Palestinian […]

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Israel bans wife of prisoner from visiting Gilbo’a prisoner for six months

Related : Album Palestinian Prisoners. A Nation behind bars [ 28/08/2011 – 01:14 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A Palestinian woman has been banned from visiting her husband in the Israeli Gilbo’a prison for six months after she refused to visit him by herself two months ago. The woman Um Azzam, the wife of long-time […]

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PA security storm home of senior Islamic Jihad member

[ 28/08/2011 – 02:17 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Palestinian Authority security services Saturday afternoon stormed the home of senior member of the Islamic Jihad Palestinian resistance group Bassam al-Saadi, 50, from the West Bank city of Jenin, after arresting earlier his son Izzuddin, 24, in the commercial district. More than five PA security patrols […]

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Somalia and Gaza will miss Eid celebrations

It is crucial that people in these areas receive the maximum support and help Image Credit: Reuters | A woman attends to her malnourished child outside their makeshift shelter at a temporary camp in the Hodan district of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Gulf News | Aug 28, 2011 As millions of Muslims around the world prepare […]

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Jerusalem parking lot ‘to be built on private Palestinian land’

Maan News Agency | Published today (updated) 28/08/2011 17:18 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities in Jerusalem are to build a parking lot on privately-owned Palestinian land in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of the city, a local resident told Ma’an. The compound is to be built on 4,000 square meters of land owned by Kamal Ubeidat, […]

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Cairo called to oversee reconciliation after Ramadan prisoner deal breached

[ 28/08/2011 – 03:04 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The families of the West Bank political prisoners committee has released an important report documenting statistics on the West Bank security services in Ramadan as the holy month comes to a close. Officials from Hamas and Fatah met in Cairo before Ramadan when promises were made to […]

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Israeli court places mother, her three sons under house arrest

[ 28/08/2011 – 11:33 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem arbitrarily issued a verdict of house arrest against Palestinian activist Abeer Abu Khadir, three of her sons and one of her relatives, and banned them from leaving Shuafat refugee camp except for work and study. The court also ordered their […]

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Haneyya: No turning back on Palestinian reconciliation

[ 28/08/2011 – 11:16 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Prime minister of the government in Gaza Ismail Haneyya reiterated on Saturday evening that there is no turning back on Palestinian reconciliation, describing national unity as a “safety valve”. While breaking Ramadan fast with veteran athletes at Yarmouk Stadium in the Gaza Strip, Haneyya said that the […]

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Palestinian Americans “unequivocally reject” PA’s UN statehood bid

Related: Another major Palestinian organization – @USPCN – Rejects PA’s UN “statehood” bid, warning it endangers rights Ali Abunimah | Sun Aug 28, 2011  | The Electronic Intifada Palestinian Americans have called on Arabs, Palestinians and their allies everywhere to reject a bid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to ask the United Nations next month […]

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PRESS RELEASE | Reprisals & Collective Punishment against Civilians Israel’s Response to the Aug 18 Eilat Incidents

Gaza Under Attack- in pictures | Part 1 | Part 2 | AL-HAQ PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref. 274/2011 DATE: 23 AUGUST 2011 As an organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is concerned with the escalation in violence in the Gaza Strip, the […]

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Israeli forces detain Palestinian in Nablus

Aug 28, 2011 | Maan News Agency NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a Palestinian man overnight Saturday in the West Bank city of Nablus, locals and the army said. Local sources told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers raided a number of neighborhoods in Nablus and detained Adel Abdul Jabbar Dweikat, 25, after searching his home. […]

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124 Out Of 193 Countries Recognize Palestinian Independence

Suggested read:  Palestinian Americans “unequivocally reject” PA’s UN statehood bid Sunday August 28, 2011 01:42 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A total of 124 countries, out of 193 UN member countries, have officially declared recognition of Palestine, and the Palestinian UN move this September, to seek recognition of statehood and a full UN […]

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#PALESTINE NEWS | Aug 28, 2011

CONTINUOUS UPDATES Picture by Ahmad Mesleh آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Aug 28, 2011 | Gaza has been under siege for 1537 days | Spread the News! Videos from Gaza’s As Shifa Hospital Gaza: Dr Ayman Al-Sahbani re medical supplies – video 1 Gaza: New weapons being used – what are they? Medical staff explains the injuries […]

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