[ 30/08/2011 – 03:54 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) A report published in Haaretz newspaper on Tuesday says that the IOF is training Jewish settlers on how to deal with the Palestinians including the use of fire arms against them if they got near Jewish settlements. The IOF is expecting a new intifada to break […]
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Jewish settlers attack Qasra village and damage hundreds of olive trees
[ 30/08/2011 – 02:15 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers attacked on Monday evening the village of Qasra to the south east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and inflicted damage on a number of fields planted with olive trees. Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of settlements file in the northern West Bank, said […]
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Does the Palestinian UN Bid Threaten Refugee Rights?
PA president Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the UNGA last year. (UN/file) By Ma’an News – Bethlehem As the leadership in Ramallah prepares to approach the UN for membership in September, it is also fighting back charges that its initiative is shortsighted and even a threat to Palestinian refugees. Last week Ma’an published for the first […]
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Israeli army trains West Bank settlers
Maan News Agency | Aug 30, 2011 JERUSALEM (AFP) — The Israeli army is training settlers in the West Bank to repel any violent protests in the territories when the Palestinians try to secure UN membership next month, the military said. Asked to confirm a story first reported in Haaretz newspaper, the army issued a […]
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Israel gives settlers weapons for September
30.08.11 – 15:20 | PNN News Network Bethlehem – PNN – The Israeli military has given West Bank settlers ‘non-lethal’ weapons to use against Palestinian demonstrators this September, according to Haaretz. A military document, obtained by the newspaper, claims ‘disorder’ will increase due to the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN. It discusses the […]
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Palestinians call for investigation into high incidence of illness in Israeli jails
Related: Special Topic Palestinian Prisoners Tuesday, 30 August 2011 01:50| MEMO PCDD: Israeli prisons lack specialist doctors and Palestinian detainees are given nothing but pain killers. A Palestinian rights centre has called for an investigation into the high incidence of illness and disease among Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails. A significant number die very soon […]
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Miles of Smiles convoy reaches Sinai on its way to Gaza
[ 30/08/2011 – 12:08 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– The Miles of Smiles aid convoy arrived Monday afternoon at the northern Sinai district on its way to the Gaza Strip which has been reeling under an oppressive siege for the fifth year running, with the hope to enter the Gaza Strip on Eid day. Egyptian sources […]
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Israeli attempts to confiscate 4 dunums in Sheikh Jarrah
[ 30/08/2011 – 12:04 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Hebrew Maariv newspaper revealed on Sunday that there Zionist attempts to confiscate 4 dunums (1dunum= 1000 square meters) in east Jerusalem suburb of Sheikh Jarrah, near the so called “Shimon HaTzadik”, to use the area as a car park for Zionist settlers. The tomb of […]
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#PALESTINE NEWS | Aug 30, 2011
CONTINUOUS UPDATES Picture by Ahmad Mesleh آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Aug 30, 2011 | Gaza has been under siege for 1539 days | Spread the News! Videos from Gaza’s As Shifa Hospital Dr Ayman Al-Sahbani re medical supplies – video New weapons being used – what are they? Medics explains the injuries – video Critical Care […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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), […]
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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 […]
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