Archive | November 20, 2011

Israeli Interior Ministry approves the construction of 4000 settlement units in Galilee

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Sunday November 20, 2011 20:49 by Alaa Ashkar – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli Ministry of Interior approved on Sunday a plan to build 4000 new settlement units in Deir Al-Asad, Ash-Shagour, Be’ana, Nahariya, Keebuteen, Ashalhout and Rashaveem, the Maan News Agency reported Sunday […]

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PCBS: 1 in 4 Palestinian children live in poverty

Related: When will the UN bring Human Rights to Palestine? Maan News Agency | Nov 20, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — More than a quarter of children in the West Bank and Gaza live in poverty, the official statistics agency said in a report marking universal children’s day on Sunday. According to data collected by PCBS […]

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Israeli Court Granted Gag Order in Peace Now Price Tag Attack Because Suspect’s Father is Senior Shin Bet Official ~ by Richard Silverstein

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map Tikun Olam | Richard Silverstein | Nov 20, 2011 Graffiti: ‘Hagit Ofran RIP’ UPDATE:I have learned that there are likely two different sets of Peace Now attackers. The suspect described below who confessed to price tag attacks is the one who phoned a bomb […]

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Emergency Action Alert for Tahrir Cairo Egypt – in video & pictures

Manual:  Encountering Tear Gas Protection & 1st Aid – Treatment Injuries FOLLOW HASHTAGS Follow: #TahrirNeeds for supplies | #FF @TahrirSupplies | Cont updates – Website Follow: #TahrirHints for alerts & warnings Follow: Collection Points for Supplies in Tahrir on Facebook Follow: Interactive Map for rides of supplies – volunteers to Tahrir Follow: @harassmap  when harrassed | […]

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Azhar Imam warns against Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Maan News Agency – Nov 20, 2011 CAIRO (Ma’an) — Egypt’s top Muslim cleric warned on Sunday that Israel’s settlement building in East Jerusalem was opposed by Muslims the world over. Imam of Al-Azhar Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb said that harming the compound enshrining Al-Aqsa […]

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Searching for a Ticket ~ by @YasirTineh

Trapped at the airport, Terminal bound Destinations are endless but I’m terminal bound The place I want to be is not an option for me Trapped at the airport. Terminal bound Looking for the plane with the #Palestine crowd Trapped at the airport. Destinations are endless But the place I want to be,There is no […]

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Media watchdog: Israeli court extends journalist detention

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Maan News Agency | Nov 20, 2011 SALFIT (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court in the West Bank has extended the detention of newspaper journalist Walid Khaled, Reporters Without Borders said on Saturday. Khaled was detained on May 8 and has spent six months in […]

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Bittersweet Eid

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map by Lydia de Leeuw | 19 November 2011 | A Second Glance Donkey carts lined up opposite the market in Jabaliya refugee camp (Photo: Lydia de Leeuw, A Second Glance) – Click here for more images Last week Eid al Adha was celebrated in […]

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1000 Zionist tourists descend on Hebron, harass Palestinian residents ~ by Ben Lorber

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map Sunday, 20 November 2011 17:02 Ben Lorber for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) Over 1000 American and international Zionists joined 700 extremist settlers in Hebron this weekend to celebrate the reading of the Torah portion detailing Abraham’s biblical purchase of Hebron land, intimidating and […]

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Netanyahu tries to stem Lieberman, Mossad conflict

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures Maan News Agency – Nov 20, 2011 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called in Israel’s top diplomat and the Mossad spymaster on Sunday to try to end a feud that has harmed ties between their agencies, Israel Radio said. […]

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Gaza warns of devastating floods if Israel opens dams

Special Topic ▶  No Water, No Sewerage [ 20/11/2011 – 04:28 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gazan agriculture ministry and civil defense have warned of devastating floods if Israel carried out its threat to open Gaza valley dams. Col. Yousef Al-Zahhar, the head of the civil defense squad in Gaza, told the PIC on Sunday that […]

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Prof. Qasem: The internal rift will end only if the PA ends its ties with Israel

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures [ 20/11/2011 – 01:02 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Professor of political science Abdulsattar Qasem downplayed the chances of reaching a genuine national reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah factions if the Palestinian authority (PA) did not end its security cooperation with Israel and […]

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Hamas: Israel arrested 64 Palestinians (incl. 14 children) over the past week

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category [ 20/11/2011 – 12:58 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 64 Palestinian citizens in the West Bank over the past week including 14 children, a press release by Hamas issued on Saturday said. It pointed out that […]

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IOF soldiers detain Palestinian, settlers attack others

Related: IN GOD ..oh no.. IN DOG WE TRUST | Wanted Dead Not Alive [ 20/11/2011 – 12:24 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a Palestinian man in Yatta village, south of Al-Khalil, on Sunday while settlers beat up two others in the city of Al-Khalil. Eyewitnesses said that a group of […]

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Israeli Police Silence Peace Radio Station ~ by Richard Silverstein

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Written by: Richard Silverstein –  eurasia OpEd – November 19, 2011 Israeli police have just succeeding in murdering peace (Hebrew)–or at least the voice of peace that Israelis and Palestinians can hear on the radio.   Police summoned the Radio Kol HaShalom (“All for Peace” Radio, which […]

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