August 2011: 30 Palestinians killed, some 400 arrested in Israeli operations

Gaza Under Attack- in pictures | Part 1 | Part 2 | [ 04/09/2011 – 07:30 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights has released a report documenting that 30 Palestinians died and almost 400 were arrested last month in Israeli occupation operations in the occupied Palestinian territories. “Hardly a day […]

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خلال آب- استشهاد 30 مواطنا واعتقال اكثر من 380

انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون الله يرحم كل الشهداء نشر الـيـوم الساعة 14:47 نابلس- معا- كشف التضامن الدولي لحقوق الإنسان في تقريره مواصلت قوت الاحتلال الإسرائيلي سياساتها بحق الشعب الفلسطيني خلال الشهر الماضي من عمليات قتل واعتقال وتوغلات في الأراضي الفلسطينية، مشيرة إلى استشهاد 30 مواطنا واعتقال اكثر من 380. وجاء في التقرير الذي […]

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US cable tells of Israel’s ‘harsh measures’

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art.20 (1) “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.” Leaked documents highlight efforts by army to use use force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank. 04 Sep 2011 16:15 | Al Jazeera The Israeli army chief is quoted as threatening to be ‘more assertive’ in dealing with […]

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Israeli settlement expansion in Ramallah signals isolating Palestinian towns

[ 04/09/2011 – 10:30 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli ministry of war has signed a contract with the municipality of Beit Arye settlement in Ramallah governorate in the West Bank to construct an additional 100 units to the settlement, the Israeli Peace Now organization has reported. Beit Arye was erected on land that […]

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Jewish settlers storm Aqsa plaza

[ 04/09/2011 – 12:11 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Jewish settlers stormed the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem under Israeli police escort at dawn Sunday, eyewitnesses said. They said that groups of settlers entered the Mosque via the Maghareba gate and roamed in its plazas while Palestinian citiznes were present in a bid to […]

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Iranian president affirms support for resistance in a call with Mishaal

[ 04/09/2011 – 11:10 AM ] TEHRAN, (PIC)– Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has affirmed in a telephone call with Hamas political bureau chairman Khaled Mishaal that Tehran would continue to support the Palestinian people and resistance until victory. The official Iranian news agency (IRNA) said that Ahmedinejad reached Mishaal over the phone on Saturday to […]

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IOF soldiers arrest 3 Palestinians including young woman

[ 04/09/2011 – 12:35 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation soldiers (IOF) rounded up three Palestinian citizens on Sunday, two young men in Al-Khalil and a young woman in Ramallah. Palestinian police said that IOF soldiers arrested 24-year-old Raufa Hamed from Silwan, Ramallah, while passing at a crossing in Mazra’a Sharqiya village. An IOF patrol […]

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OIC censures UN report on flotilla attack

  PressTV –  Sun Sep 4, 2011 3:20PM GMT |UPDATE Israeli attacked the Turkish-flagged MV Mavi Marmara in international waters on May 31, 2010. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the UN report on Israel’s deadly attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Mavi Marmara, in 2010. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in […]

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Hamas lawmaker sentenced to 6 months in administrative detention

Maan, September 4, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — An Israeli court Sunday sentenced Hamas-affiliated lawmaker Anwar Zuboun to six months in administrative detention, Hamas officials said. The sentence was condemned by Hamas lawmakers as part of Israel’s “arrogance and systematic crime.” Another Hamas lawmaker Sheik Hassan Yousef was detained last week at a checkpoint in Nablus, […]

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Occupation Soldiers Opens Fire at Civilian Houses in Gaza

Qatar News Agency | Article Date: 13:55 2011/09/04 | Article ID: 0025 Gaza, September 04 (QNA) – Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire this morning at houses of citizens in southern Gaza area”s adjacent to the border with the Palestinian territories occupied in 48. Palestinian eyewitnesses said the soldiers opened heavy fire towards the houses in […]

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Fatah demands that Hamas release collaborators, convicted killers

[ 04/09/2011 – 09:41 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Fatah party has demanded that Hamas release 34 men, 9 of whom are agents who collaborated with Israel, security sources in the Gaza Strip said Saturday. The remaining part of them were convicted of murder. In May, Hamas and Fatah agreed to release all political prisoners […]

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Gaza holds rally in support of Turkey

PressTV – Sun Sep 4, 2011 10:38AM GMT Palestinian supporters of Hamas rally in support of the Turkish decision to expel the Israeli ambassador, in Gaza City, Sept. 3, 2011. Dozens of supporters of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas have rallied in the streets of Gaza to show support of Turkey’s decision to cut its […]

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As UN Vote on Palestinian Statehood Approaches, U.S. Careens Toward Irrelevance ~ By Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein | September 4, 2011 | Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place I wasn’t going to write a blog post on this story, but I read one statement from a clueless U.S. official that was so galling I just had to, if only to express my outrage as a U.S. citizen […]

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UN Report on Mavi Marmara Massacre ~ by Stephen Lendman

  By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | September 4, 2011 On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos willfully and maliciously interdicted Freedom Flotilla vessels in international waters, bringing humanitarian aid to besieged Gazans. In the process, they slaughtered nine Turkish nationals aboard the mother Mavi Marmara ship, wounding dozens more, and arresting everyone […]

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Here comes September! ~ by @YasirTineh

September 4, 2011 | Yasir M. Tineh Here comes September, the long awaited month in the eyes of Palestinians everywhere, within Palestine itself, displaced in refugee camps and scattered across the globe as part of the yearning for home diaspora Palestinians. We await without having a say in the matter of the Palestinian bid for statehood, we […]

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