Archive | October 4, 2011

Mosque burning draws int’l anger as unrest rocks ‘48-occupied territories

Related: Radical Jewish terrorists torch Mosque in Tuba – in pictures [ 04/10/2011 – 06:39 PM ] JEDDAH, CAIRO, RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The arson of a mosque in the Upper Galilee Valley has drawn worldwide anger as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has called on Israel to shoulder responsibilities as an occupying force and strikes and […]

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Palestinians protest against US in Ramallah

Maan News Agency | Oct 4, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinians rallied Friday against US diplomats visiting the occupied West Bank, throwing shoes and shouting slogans outside a restaurant, onlookers said. Police kept the protesters away from the Ramallah restaurant where diplomats were hosting an event for graduates and other beneficiaries of US programs, a […]

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Cutting Aid to Palestine Harms Interests of US and Israel

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category Tuesday October 04, 2011 13:13 by Majd Qumsieh – IMEMC & Agencies The American Financial Times newspaper states that cutting off aid to the Palestinian Authority will damage the interests of Americans and Israelis, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported today. In […]

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Closing The Ibrahim Mosque for Muslims and Opening it to Israeli Settlers

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Tuesday October 04, 2011 14:22 by Majd Qumsieh – IMEMC & Agencies  Israeli Military forces closed the Ibrahim Mosque in Hebron in the West Bank today, October 4th, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The director of Hebron Endowments, Zayd Al-Ja‘bari, reported to WAFA that the Israeli military […]

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Palestinians warn of “kristallnacht” following settler torching of mosque

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine | PIC | Oct 4, 2011 Palestinian leaders on both sides of the Green Line have warned against rising mass terror by Jewish religious fanatics against Muslim holy places. The warnings came hours after suspected Jewish terrorists torched […]

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Targeting Tuba: The Ongoing Nakba

▣ Related: Special Topic Settler Violence | All posts on Settler Violence Part of the Tuba mosque after the arson attack. (Aljazeera)By Georgina Reeves | Palestine Chronicle | Oct 3, 2011 On Sunday night, the mosque in the small village of Tuba suffered an arson attack. Unknown agitators entered the building and set the fire, […]

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Sabra Camp Braces for Winter Floods

Sabra residents and street vendors call the yearly flood caused by heavy winter rains ‘the river.’ Sabra is geographically lower than its surrounding areas, making it a perennial location of flooding. (Photo: al-Akhbar) By: Alaa al-Ali | | Al Akhbar English | October 3, 2011 Yearly floods plague residents of the Sabra Palestinian refugee camp […]

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Netanyahu: Master of Deception

By Samuel Dowell | Palestine Chronicle | Oct 3, 2011 I tend to believe things that a son says to his father in private. To this end, we should go back to 2009, to the words revealed by the father, Benzion Netanyahu, regarding the conduct of his son, Benjamin. With the consent of his son, […]

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Striking Palestinian Detainee Suffers Health Deterioration

Related: Palestinian Prisoners – Special Topic | Prisoners – Category Monday October 03, 2011 22:46 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The health condition of Palestinian detainee Akram Mansour, 52, witnessed a sharp deterioration Monday as he continues his hunger strike along with hundreds of detainees imprisoned by Israel. Held in Asqalan prison, Mansour […]

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Israel’s Livni to visit Britain as war crime law amended

Maan News Agency | Oct 4, 2011 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni will visit Britain this week now that a war crimes law that kept her away for fear of arrest has been changed. Livni’s centrist Kadima party said she would travel to London at the invitation of British Foreign Secretary William […]

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MP Attoun refuses to leave Jerusalem in deal for freedom

[ 04/10/2011 – 12:05 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– MP Ahmed Attoun has rejected a deal to leave Jerusalem in exchange for his freedom as court has convened for the first time in a banishment case since his arrest a week ago. Safa news agency quoted one of Attoun’s defense attorneys as saying that the […]

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Action Alert | Support Palestinian Prisoners – World Wide Event

Related: Palestinian Prisoners – Special Topic | Prisoners – Category Friday, October 7 · 12:30pm – 3:30pm |  Location: Worldwide More Info حملة التضامن العالمية مع اسرانا في سجون الاحتلال ليكن يوم الجمعة7\10\2001 يوم تضامن عالمي يدخل اسرانا في سجون الاحتلال يومهم الثامن على التوالي من معركة الامعاء الخاوية! -يتبع- Shout protests outside the prisons, […]

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Settler Rams vehicle Into Two Palestinian Sisters

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Tuesday October 04, 2011 11:24 by Mais Azza – IMEMC & Agencies Two Palestinian sisters were injured on Tuesday when an Israeli settler hit them with his vehicle at the Huwwara Road, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before fleeing the scene, the Maan News […]

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An insult to Arab Spring: Palestinian bloggers denied visa ~ by @AbirKopty

12 Palestinian bloggers where invited to attend the 3rd Arab bloggers meeting in Tunisia. They will NOT make it, after denied entry visa by the Tunisian embassy. This is an insult to the Arab Spring. By Abir Kopty | October 3, 2011 This event, which started today October 3rd and continues until October 6th, gathers […]

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Palestinians protest Israel inmate abuse

Related: Palestinian Prisoners – Special Topic | Prisoners – Category PressTV –  Tue Oct 4, 2011 8:43AM GMT Families of Palestinian prisoners during a sit-in protest in Ramallah, October 3, 2011 Palestinian activists have begun a hunger strike in solidarity with thousands of their compatriots in Israeli jails, Press TV reports. During a Monday rally […]

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