Turkish FM urges Israel to lift siege on Gaza unconditionally

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline “We cannot accept or tolerate the sufferings of our Palestinian brothers and sisters who live in an open-air prison in Gaza” ~ Davutoglu Updating: 16:40, 16 November 2011 Wednesday The 4th meeting of foreign ministers’ of Turkish-Arab Cooperation Forum has ended in Rabat, […]

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#FreedomRides to Resume in Palestine ~ by Ben Lorber

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | Pictures | Video Freedom Rides will protest Apartheid. (Alternativenews.org) By Ben Lorber – ISM, West Bank The upcoming Freedom Rides has tethered itself very tenuously to an event in the past, and has thereby taken a stand in a historical legacy that leaves itself highly open […]

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#FreedomRides Defy Segregration On Israeli Settler Bus Route Nov 15, 2011 – video

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures By haithmkatib@gmail.com – Nov 15, 2011 Several activists were arrested by Israeli forces today while attempting to ride segregated buses serving illegal Israeli settlements..        

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IOF troops storm southern Nablus village, arrest old man in Al-Khalil

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category [ 16/11/2011 – 11:25 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Madma village, south of Nablus, and Yatta village, south of Al-Khalil, at dawn Wednesday and detained an old man in the latter. Local sources said that more than […]

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Israel threatens Gaza with new war

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline PressTV – Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:9AM GMT Israel’s Military Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz Israel’s Military Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz has threatened Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip with another large-scale war. Speaking at a meeting of the Parliament’s […]

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IOA blocks entry of 82-year-old liberated prisoner into West Bank for 11 years

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category [ 16/11/2011 – 11:39 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– An 82-year-old Palestinian, who was recently released from Israeli jails in the prisoners’ exchange deal with Hamas, was ordered not to enter the West Bank for 11 years. Israeli policemen went to Sami […]

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The Palestinians’ new weapon

Essential Read: The Promised Land ~ by Jad KhairAllah U.S. law could force America out of international agencies, and into isolation By Gwynne Dyer | Sabbah Report The Palestinians have finally come up with a strategy that may produce some results. But only by accident, so to speak. They were fed up with 19 years […]

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The Independent: Jewish settlements are encroaching on Palestinian territory

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map [ 16/11/2011 – 09:43 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Independent newspaper said Monday that the Jewish settlers are expanding their presence in the occupied city of Jerusalem as the number of Palestinian natives continues to shrink. The newspaper noted that the Palestinian town […]

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Prisoners Report Use of Attack Dogs during Recent Arrests

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category PNN – Palestine News Network – 16.11.11 – 22:02 PNN A Wednesday report from the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs authored by ministry lawyer Hussein al-Sheikh claimed that during the last month, Israeli soldiers used attack dogs to frighten prisoners after arresting […]

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Palestinian Family incl 3 children Stripped Jerusalem Residency Rights

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Wednesday November 16, 2011 08:00 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) reported that the Israeli Authorities stripped the residency rights of Ammar Khaled Badriyya, and his family, living in Al Matar neighborhood, in Qalandia, […]

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Israeli housing ministry to build 5000 new housing units in OJ

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures [ 15/11/2011 – 09:10 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli housing and construction ministry has published tenders inviting those interested to bid for the construction of 5000 new housing units in occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli radio said that some of the units would […]

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Expert remarks on Palestinian #FreedomRides

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures IMEU, Nov 15, 2011 Following Tuesday’s Palestinian Freedom Rides, the IMEU offers the following quotes for publication from veterans of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and members of Palestinian civil society. Clarence B. Jones, close friend and advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., Scholar […]

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Israel warplanes fire on northern Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline Maan News Agency | Nov 16, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli warplanes fired on the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, onlookers said after two rockets were reported to have struck southern Israel. No injuries were reported in either incident. An Israeli army spokeswoman […]

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CODEPINK: Freedom for the #FreedomRides! Take Action Now!

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – updates | in pictures Freedom for the Freedom Riders! End the Israeli Occupation of Palestine! On November 15th, a historic group of Palestinian youth Freedom Riders, inspired by the US Civil Rights movement attempted to board segregated buses serving Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Their attempt to […]

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Palestinians To Ride At The Front Of The Bus

FreedomRides | Topic – Action Alerts – Updates | in pictures By Avaaz  –  Information Clearing House – Nov 15, 2011 Right now, history could be made in Palestine. A small number of brave Palestinians will risk attack and arrest to commit a forbidden act — they will board a public bus. Lacking their own […]

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