Archive | September 17, 2011

Weekly Demo in Nabi Saleh – Sept 16, 2011 – in pictures

Photos by Helene Berube, Elyakim Genazzani, @PalYouthVoice, Frank Khan, Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org, Haitham Al Khatib, Majdi Mohammed, Reuters, Ahmad Al-Jorbaji & many others with special thank to @RichardDufek for collecting the gallery.

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Naksa Day protester Khaled Zawahre loses battle in military court

Related: All events concerning Khaled Zawahre’ since June5, 2011 Maan News Agency | By Charlotte Alfred | Sept 16, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — 26-year-old Khaled Zwahre is crouched in front of an Israeli army jeep, clapping encouragingly to his two friends backed against the vehicle. It is June 5, or Naksa Day, 2011, marking the […]

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Women’s demonstration for a Palestinian State

Related: Women Rally for an Independant Palestine – in pictures ennahar 17 September, 2011 06:02:00 Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli women have demonstrated Saturday on both sides of Kalandia Israeli checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah, in favour of a Palestinian state at the UN. “Abu Mazen do not hesitate, we are with you”, “Israel out, […]

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Palestine, pillar of Islamic Awakening

PressTV –  Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:48PM GMT Secretary General of the first International Conference on Islamic Awakening Ali Akbar Velayati The secretary general of the first International Conference on Islamic Awakening says the issue of Palestine has become a fundamental aspect of the recent wave of popular uprisings across the Arab world.   “Palestine […]

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Settlers attack PA employee, family near Bethlehem

Maan News Agency | Sept 17, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – A group of Israeli settlers on Saturday morning attacked a Palestinian family in their car after they picked grapes from their field near Efrat settlement south of Bethlehem. The deputy director of the Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of education, Bassam Jabir, from […]

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Army Tightens Measures At Two Main Roadblocks

Saturday September 17, 2011 12:48 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers tightened on Saturday the security measures at the Container Roadblock, 10 Km northeast of Bethlehem, in “Wadi El Nar road” (The Valley of Fire Road) and the Qalandia Terminal, north of Jerusalem. Qalandia Protest – Maan News Wadi El Nar, a […]

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Palestinian shot by armed settlers

PressTV –  Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:43PM GMT | updated Palestinian youths evacuate a man injured by Israeli forces following clashes with Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank town of Kusra, September 16, 2011. One Palestinian has been wounded in a clash with Israeli settlers in the West Bank, as Palestinians prepare to seek […]

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Israel fears future Palestinian demands – video

PressTV –  Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:38AM GMT Interview with Khalil Jahshan, National Association of Arab Americans Israel is worried about the upcoming UN bid for an independent Palestinian state and the effect this might have on its occupation and settlement expansion.   Press TV talks with Khalil Jahshan, with the National Association of Arab […]

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Britain bows to Zionist lobbies

PressTV –  Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:28AM GMT The British government seems to be risking its independence from Zionist lobbies after its recent moves to protect Israeli war crimes suspects from prosecution and boycott a UN anti-racism conference that could lead to the condemnation of the regime. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said his country […]

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Adnan Ghaith banished from Silwan again, one day after return home

Saturday, 17 September, 2011 | 02:53 « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Silwan Fatah secretary-general Adnan Ghaith has been returned to Ramallah by Israeli court order, with a new ban issued on his entering his home city of Jerusalem. A relative reported that Ghaith had been arrested on new, […]

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Israeli forces arrest five children

Saturday, 17 September, 2011 | 02:58 | « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem  (SILWANIC) — Israeli forces arrested five children from throughout Silwan . The five accused face charges of throwing stones, Molotov cocktails and paint at Israeli forces and settler security jeeps. Source   Special Topic | The “Pied Piper […]

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Ghaith denies Israeli authorities’ allegations

Saturday, 17 September, 2011 | 03:07 |  Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Silwan Secretary-General of Fatah Adnan Ghaith has denied claims made by Israeli authorities that he was involved in stone-throwing and incitement of local youth to engage in illegal activities. Ghaith, in an interview with Silwanic, stated that […]

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Possible Implications of the Recognition of Palestinian Statehood – Report by ACRI

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid 1 Human Rights in the Occupied Territories: Possible Implications of the Recognition of Palestinian Statehood Written by: Atty. Anne Suciu and Atty. Limor Yehuda1 (ACRI) September 2011 Introduction The Palestinian initiative planned for September 2011, in which a request will be made to admit Palestine to the UN […]

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