Archive | December 17, 2011

Kristallnacht in Palestine ~ by Stephen Lendman

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures by Stephen Lendman | Saturday Dec 17th, 2011 12:39 AM| Indybay Virtually daily, Israeli security forces attack, kill, or injure Palestinian civilians with impunity. They also destroy their property by bombing, shelling, bulldozing and uprooting it.At the same time, Israeli authorities wink and nod, […]

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US-made tear gas becomes fatal ingredient of protests ~ by Joseph Dana

Related: Israel’s Weapons a Crime on Humanity Joseph Dana| The National | Dec 17, 2011 Residents of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank have been demonstrating, each week for the past two years, against the slow encroachment on their land by Israeli settlers. Gathering in the village centre on Friday afternoons, villagers along with Israeli […]

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The Jews Go To War (With Themselves) ~ by Lawrence Davidson

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures by Lawrence Davidson on Dec 17, 2011 | Sabbah Report Part I On 12 December 2011 hundreds of Israeli settler fanatics besieged a West Bank IDF army base. They destroyed equipment, set fires, and even stoned the base soldiers. This was the […]

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2 Palestinians arrested in Nabi Saleh still in jail for resisting occupation

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Mohammad Katib from Bi’lin, one of the leaders of the Palestinian popular resistance, arrested when a group of protesters walked towards the entrace of the Halamish settlement during the weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Salih, 16.12.2011. Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org/ 17 […]

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Innocent civilians suffer most in Israeli air strikes

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 Image Credit: Nasser Najjar/Gulf News The widow of Bahgat Al Zalan and their children said she found her husband covering their six-month-old baby in the rubble of their house that collapsed following an Israeli airstrike. Survivors narrate their harrowing […]

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Obama campaigns with rabbi who doesn’t want “too many Arabs” in Israel ~ by Max Blumenthal

By Max Blumenthal – Sat, 2011-12-17 – Gadfly – Al Akhbar On December 16, President Barack Obama delivered a major address to the Union for Reform Judaism, the national umbrella for America’s largest liberal Jewish denomination. Obama’s speech was a naked appeal for campaign donations and re-election votes, with the standard cant about America’s “unshakeable” […]

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“Right of Return” ~ New Music Video by Doc Jazz

Music video by Doc Jazz, for the song ‘Right of Return’, released  Dec 17th, 2011. This song is a musical response to the words of Ben Gurion he spoke in 1948 about the expulsion of over 800,000 Palestinians from their homeland:”The old will die, and the young will forget”. This song shows the world that […]

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Families of political prisoners: 76 political arrests since Abbas-Mishaal meeting

[ 17/12/2011 – 02:11 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– The committee representing families of political prisoners in the West Bank revealed a list of 76 names of Palestinians who have been detained by the PA security forces since the meeting in Cairo between Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Mishaal last month. A statement by the committee […]

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The Economic WhiteWashing of Political Discrimination against Arabs in Israel ~ by @benabyad

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem 15 November 2011. (Photo: REUTERS – Baz Ratner) By: Ben White | Published Saturday, December 17, 2011 In the last couple of years, there has been a concerted effort by both the […]

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Report: UK Diplomat wife dies after forced to renew Jerusalem permit

Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity| Water | Communication Maan News Agency | Dec 17, 2011 LONDON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities forced the wife of the Palestinian ambassador to the UK to return to Jerusalem to renew her residency status during chemotherapy treatment, British media reported on Friday. Samira Hassassian died […]

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Obama defends Israel policy to US Jews

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures Maan News Agency | Dec 17, 2011 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US President Barack Obama assured Jewish voters on Friday he remains committed to Israel’s security and a two-state solution as he defended himself against attacks on his policy from Republican presidential challengers. […]

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#PALESTINE NEWS | Dec 17, 2011

Related: The Eagle of Palestine | Masked in Gaza – The Untold Story CONTINUOUS UPDATES Photography by Ahmad Mesleh آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Dec 17, 2011 | 23225 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1648 days | Spread the News! Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov […]

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Brutal Israeli Crackdown on Nabi Saleh Demo 16.12.2011 – video

Related: Israel killed Mustafa Tamimi – Overview | The Funeral – in pictures Nabi Saleh Friday 16.12.2011 protest against the theft of their land and against the occupation. Video by David Reeb Go to Live Updates of the demo Dec 16, 2011 | Page 1 | 2 More Photos of the protest around the West […]

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