“You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You see, I know it and you know it that no American president can be in a position to challenge us even if we do the unthinkable. What can they (Americans) […]
Continue reading
Gaza teen dies from injuries sustained in Israeli airstrikes
Maan News Agency | Aug 29, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A teenager in Gaza died on Monday after being seriously injured in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya 10 days earlier, medics said. Haitham Marouf, 14, died in the intensive care unit of Ash-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, medical officials said. Shortly after midnight […]
Continue reading
Israel boosts military presence on borders with Egypt, Gaza
[ 29/08/2011 – 01:53 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli chief of staff Benny Gantz has ordered boosting military presence along the borders with Egypt and the Gaza Strip after alleged intelligence reports on a new attack on Israeli targets near them. The Hebrew radio said on Monday that the reports pointed to Islamic […]
Continue reading
MADA demands freedom for Palestine journalists
PNN – Palestine News Network -29.08.11 – 14:57 The Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has condemned the continued incarceration of five Palestinian journalists by Israeli authorities. The five journalists come from across the West Bank and work for a wide variety of Arab media agencies. Their names are: Walid Khalid (‘Palestine’ newspaper), […]
Continue reading
Police: Palestinian run over by settler car in Al-Khalil
Maan News Agency | Aug 29, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Omar Abdel Hadi Ismael, 18, was seriously injured on Monday after being run over by a settler car in the village of Halhul in Hebron, police said. Police visited the victim in Al-Ahli hospital and have opened an investigation into the incident. Locals were advised […]
Continue reading
Israel moves to further isolate Gazans
Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:25PM GMT Interview with Sharyn Lock, author of ‘Gaza beneath the bombs’ A series of Israeli air strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip has killed at least five people over the past weeks. The recent killings of the people of Gaza underscore the brutal nature of the Israeli regime. Moreover,Israel has […]
Continue reading
US Congress takes decrees from Israel
PressTV – Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:25AM GMT The US Congress is controlled by the ‘Zionist lobbies’ who work in the interest of Israelis, Lawrence Davidson, professor of History at West Chester University, has told Press TV. “What we’ve got here is a congress, the US Congress, that is really, literally controlled by various Zionist […]
Continue reading
Pilgrims return from Mecca via Allenby
Related: Album Ramadan 2011 Worldwide Maan News Agency | Aug 29, 2011 JERICHO (Ma’an) — Pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia during the holy month of Ramadan flooded the terminal between the West Bank and Jordan Sunday evening, Palestinian police said. Police stationed at Allenby Bridge, the bottleneck sole crossing for West Bank Palestinians to travel […]
Continue reading
PA eyes EU support on statehood bid
Related : Palestinian Americans “unequivocally reject” PA’s UN statehood bid PressTV – Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:32AM GMT Palestinian Authority (PA) views the European Union (EU) stance on its upcoming full UN membership bid as positive, an official says. “There’s progress in the EU position and preparedness to get in sync with the PA plan […]
Continue reading
Israel Traffics Palestinian Body Parts, Says Qaraqe’e
WAFA | Date : 28/8/2011 Time : 23:06 RAMALLAH, August 28, 2011 (WAFA) – Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, Sunday said that Israel is the largest international trade center for body parts, due to its continuous trafficking of the remains of Palestinian bodies, which are held by the Israeli government. During a speech he […]
Continue reading
This Thursday, a protest against the illegal settlement of “City of David” in Silwan, obliges settlers to delay a concert planned there.
Sunday, 28 August, 2011 | 23:13 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Palestinian Residents from Silwan and Solidarity activists conducted a protest in front of the settler-center “ City of David” objecting to the concerts that have been held by the settlers for the past three weeks in Silwan. […]
Continue reading
Arrigoni: Suspects to Be Tried in September
By Michele Giorgio| Palestine Chronicle | Aug 29, 2011 In recent days we have truly felt the loss of Vittorio Arrigoni. The man we loved to call ‘Vik’ spoiled us with accurate real time information on what was happening in Gaza, without neglecting the smallest of details. His contribution would have been invaluable during these […]
Continue reading
Israeli troops attack non-violent protest in Al-Walaja; 5 abducted
Monday August 29, 2011 00:00 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News A group of several dozen residents of Al-Walaja village, near Bethlehem, held a march and rally on Saturday calling on Israel to end the takeover of their land for the construction of the Annexation Wall. They were joined by a number of Israeli peace […]
Continue reading
Slaughter in Gaza Amid World Silence – Yet ‘no comments from Western gov’ts
Gaza Under Attack- in pictures | Part 1 | Part 2 | Yet ‘no recorded comments from Western governments.’ (SANA) Palestine Chronicle | Aug 29, 2011 | By Richard Lightbown In the words of Julie Webb-Pullman (reporting from Gaza) ‘civilians are once again being slaughtered by Israel in a blatant act of collective punishment for […]
Continue reading →