Archive | January 4, 2012

Twisted Logic of Using Violence to Achieve Peace ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec2011 (Image Credit: Luiz Vazquez – Gulf News) Palestine Chronicle | Jan 4, 2012 | Ramzy Baroud ‘Sooner or later, there will be no escape from conducting a significant operation [in Gaza],’ said Israeli army Chief of Staff Lieutenent General Benny […]

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International Solidarity: Israeli Court Extends the Arrest of PNN Reporter for 12 Days

Some examples of Israel’s policies to crackdown on PRESS & journalists to prevent you SEE TRUTH about Palestine PNN – 05.01.12 – 03:09 PNN -On Wednesday, the lawyer of the International Solidarity institution of human rights, said that the Israeli Salim Court extended the arrest of PNN reporter, Amin Abu Warda, for 12 days to […]

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This smear against Israeli human rights activists is all too familiar ~ by @benabyad

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Adalah defends Palestinian rights. The European Jewish Congress attack on it reflects a wider pattern of bullying Ben White | guardian.co.uk,  4 January 2012 ‘Adalah is a legal rights centre in Israel that works to promote and defend the rights of Palestinian citizens.’ Photograph: APAimages/Rex […]

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Israeli Forces Raid Khan Yunis, Distribute 169 confiscation Orders, Selfit

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures 04.01.12 – 21:40 – PNN – Palestine News Network PNN -On Wednesday, Israeli forces raided al-Farahin village east of Khan Yunis in Gaza Strip, and vandalised several agricultural lands, they also distributed consification orders for several agricultural lands in Salfit governarate. Eyewitnesses said that […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | Jan 4, 2012

Related: The Eagle of Palestine | Masked in Gaza – The Untold Story آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Jan 4, 2012 | 23243 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1666 days | Spread the News! Palestine Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug 2011 | Oct 2011 | Dec 2011 Deprivation of […]

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Settlers torch 2 cars and a car wash station – in pictures

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map PNN – Palestine News Network – 04.01.12 – 22:29 PNN -Israeli settlers, who named themselves as the “Price Tag” group set fire to a car wash station, belonged to a Palestinian citizen in Sharafat village, nearby Gilo settlement in Jerusalem. Israeli Police spokeswoman, Luba […]

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Israeli gunboats ‘fire at fishermen’

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec2011 Maan News Agency | Jan 4, 2012   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli gunboats on Wednesday opened fire at fishermen off the coast of southern Gaza, witnesses said. No injuries were reported. Meanwhile, Israeli tanks entered the Gaza Strip through […]

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UN urged to censure al-Quds Judaization

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures PressTV –  Wed Jan 4, 2012 8:37AM GMT   Israeli Knesset (parliament) recently passed a legislation which declares al-Quds (Jerusalem) “the united capital of the Jewish people and Israel.” An Iranian lawmaker has called for a serious UN reaction to the recent Israeli bill […]

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CALL TO ACTION: JUSTICE FOR YOUSEF IKHLAYL ~ by @PalestinePSP

Related: iRemember…The Martyrs of Occupation 2011 | الشهداء Palestine Solidarity Project | Jan 4, 2012 When: January 28, 2012 What: International day of solidarity with Yousef Ikhlayl Background: On January 28, 2011, Yousef Ikhlayl was murdered by an Israeli settler from Bat Ayn settlement while working in his family’s fields in the Saffa valley. Yousef […]

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Palestinian cars torched in Jerusalem ‘price tag’ attack

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map Extreme right wing Jewish settlers argue with protesters during a weekly protest, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem Dec. 30, 2011. (Reuters/Ammar Awad) Maan News Agency | Jan 4, 2012 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian-owned vehicles were torched in East […]

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Israelis, Palestinians Meet in Jordan to Flog Dead Horse; Barghouti Says Talks DOA ~ by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein | Jan 4, 2012 | Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place Yet another meeting to talk about what they will talk about (Jordan News Agency) Palestine’s most popular political prisoner in Israeli jails, Marwan Barghouti offered the kiss of death (original Maan story) to today’s meeting in Jordan between Israel and […]

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The Camp David treaty is not a sacred text ~ by Khalid Amayre

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec2011 04-01-2012,09:55 By Khalid Amayre – Ezzedeen al Qassam Brigades It is quite heartening that leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brothers are speaking of their disdain and contempt of the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel. It seems also prudent […]

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Chicago and Nabi Saleh Honor Gaza’s Children with Mass Balloon Release – must see video

Related: Never Cast Lead Again – Memorial On the third anniversary of Gaza Invasion, Chicago and Nabi Saleh Honor Gaza’s Children with Mass Balloon Release CHICAGO, IL (December 31, 2011) — Over two hundred people gathered to honor Gaza’s children with a mass release of balloons marking the third anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s […]

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Palestine 2011: Winds of Revolution Break Isolation | Al Akhbar English

Director Juliano Mer Khamis was murdered last April in Jenin camp. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) Rasha Hilwi | Wednesday, January 4, 2012 | Al Akhbar Despite decades of occupation, the cultural scene in Palestine has never been totally isolated from what happens around it. This was particularly the case this year, as its interaction with its regional […]

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Undercover Forces Kidnap A 6-Year-Old Child In Jerusalem

Related: ACTION ALERT ▶ 3 LITTLE CHILDREN ARRESTED BY ISRAEL Wednesday January 04, 2012 07:52 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Maan News Agency reported that undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped a 6-year-old child in Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and detained him for several hours before releasing him. Israeli […]

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