#FreedomRides | Arrest of Palestinian Freedom Rider Fadi Quran – video

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures Imeu | Nov 15, 2011 A brief interview, followed by the arrest of Palestinian Freedom Rider Fadi Quran, taken from the livestream of the November 15 protest. Quran was one of seven Palestinian Freedom Riders who were violently arrested while attempting to ride on […]

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Palestinian Youth Deliver “Thirsting for Justice” Petition to European Diplomatic Representations

Related: When will the UN bring Human Rights to Palestine? “Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right.” Kofi Annan PNN – Palestine News Network –  15.11.11 – 21:56 EWASH Representatives of the Jerusalem Youth Parliament delivered on Thursday a photo petition to European diplomatic representations as part […]

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Israeli forces demolish homes in Jericho

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Maan News Agency | Nov 15, 2011 JERICHO (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished four homes west of Jericho in the central West Bank. Palestinian security officials said over 30 army vehicles and 100 soldiers deployed in the Ein al-Duyuk al-Tahta area early […]

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Freedom Riders Defy Segregration On Israeli Settler Bus Route

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures Tuesday November 15, 2011 19:42 by Adam Kerry and William Gibson – IMEMC & Agencies As people around Palestine celebrate their Independence, six Palestinian activists attempt to make the journey to Jerusalem on a settler only bus, highlighting the segregation prevalent in Israeli society. […]

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Hamas government contacts Egyptian leadership following Israeli raid on Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:30 | MEMO The Hamas-run Palestinian government has been in contact with the Egyptian leadership following Israel’s raid on a naval police station north of Gaza City on Monday. Government spokesman Taher Al Nunu said that officials had updated […]

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Ex-prisoner banned from seeking treatment abroad

Related: When will the UN bring Human Rights to Palestine? Maan News Agency | November 15, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israel on Tuesday rejected an official application by the Palestinian Authority to allow a former female detainee to visit Jordan for urgent medical treatment. Director general of the Nablus district Tayseer Nasrallah said Israel informed […]

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Palestinian Freedom Riders On Their Way to Jerusalem Violently Arrested on Israeli Settler Bus | PRESS RELEASE #FreedomRides

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures PALESTINIAN FREEDOM RIDERS For Immediate ReleaseTuesday, 15 November 2011 Palestinians who boarded a segregated Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem were arrested for taking action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement’s Freedom Rides Earlier today, seven Palestinian Freedom […]

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Freedom Riders, Palestine’s Time ~ by WrittenResistance

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures The Palestinian Freedom Rides movement was inspired by the Civil Rights Act of 1961, when African Americans and Americans alike boarded buses and road throughout the south in order to break segregation marked by Jim Crow laws. This act branded them the name “Freedom […]

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Israel to invite bids for 800 East Jerusalem homes

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Maan News Agency | Nov 15, 2011 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel is to invite tenders for the construction of more than 800 new homes in two settlement neighborhoods of annexed East Jerusalem, a housing ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Ariel Rosenberg told AFP the […]

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Rosa Parks is Alive! – #FreedomRides for #Palestine ~ Cartoon by @CarlosLatuff

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures Source and more – Courtesy of Carlos Latuff

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7 arrested after boarding Israeli bus

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures Maan News Agency – Nov 15, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian activists boarded Israeli settler buses Tuesday in an action inspired by the American civil rights movement which resulted in several arrests. The activists headed toward the Kohav Yakov and Psagot settlement bus stops […]

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#FreedomRides – in pictures

FreedomRides | Special Topic,  Action Alerts & Continuous updates On November 15, six Palestinian activists boarded an Israeli bus in the West Bank in effort to call attention to Israel’s policies of segregation and restricted freedom of movement for Palestinians. Drawing inspiration from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement’s “Freedom Rides” of the 1960s, the activists rode […]

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Israeli tanks bomb east of Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline [ 15/11/2011 – 11:08 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli tanks on Tuesday morning fired a barrage of artillery shells at the eastern part of Gaza city. Local sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that at least 10 shells were fired by Israeli […]

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Haneyya gov’t slams Israel’s terrorist attack on police center in Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline [ 15/11/2011 – 11:33 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza strongly denounced the Israeli wanton attack on the naval police headquarters north of the Gaza Strip on Monday which led to the killing of one policeman and the injury of […]

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On Independence Day, Six Palestinians Prepare for #FreedomRides to Jerusalem

Related: Special Topic – Video – Live Stream PNN – Palestine News Network –  15.11.11 – 23:45 PNN At 2 p.m. on November 15, Palestinian Independence Day, a group of six Palestinians and many more international solidarity activists set out to board segregated Israeli buses headed into East Jerusalem from the West Bank in a […]

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