Archive | January 18, 2012

PALESTINE NEWS | Jan 19, 2012

“Israel kills by deprivation of Healthcare” Facts tweeted earlier now storified آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Jan 19, 2012 | 23258 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1681 days | Spread the News! NEW PAGES ON THIS BLOG —— OVERVIEWS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED █▌ CHILD ARRESTS BY ISRAEL ▶ OVERVIEW █▌ ALL ATTACKS ON […]

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Palestinians in Holland press for Netanyahu arrest warrant

Memorial Website | Never Cast Lead Again – War on Gaza [ 18/01/2012 – 04:50 PM ] AMSTERDAM, (PIC)– Palestinians in Holland have declared their intention to seek a court order for the arrest of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on his visit to the Netherlands scheduled to start on Thursday. The Palestinian home, a society […]

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Internationalizing the Palestinian Prisoners Question | Al Akhbar English

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category Palestinians are reflected in a car window during a demonstration at an UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) distribution center in Nusirat, central Gaza 12 January 2012. (Photo: REUTERS – Ibraheem Abu Mustafa) […]

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IOA renews administrative detention of Hamas leader for 8th consecutive time

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category [ 18/01/2012 – 06:11 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has renewed the administrative detention of Ra’fat Nassif, a Hamas leader, for six months for the 8th time running. Ahmed Al-Beitawi, a researcher with the international Tadamun foundation […]

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EU calls on Israel to release pre-Oslo prisoners

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category Maan News Agency | Jan 18, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — European Union officials have called on the Israeli government to release Palestinian prisoners detained before the Oslo Accords, Israeli daily Maariv reported on Wednesday. The Hebrew language paper said that EU […]

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IOF soldiers round up 12 Palestinian, break into mosque

Related: All Attacks on Palestinians – Timeline – Category [ 18/01/2012 – 04:47 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 12 Palestinians in various West Bank areas at dawn Wednesday and broke into a mosque in Al-Khalil, local sources said. IOF sources said that the arrested were wanted for interrogation but would […]

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Israeli “hacker” threatens to “harm” people “regardless of religion, creed or gender” ~ by @AliAbunimah

Related: Israel’s Own Web War Declaration Ali Abunimah on Wed, 01/18/2012 | Electronic Intifada Israel’s Ynet website has published an article supposedly by an Israeli hacker named “Yoni” (last name not given) which threatens a “war” in response to a Saudi hacker who disrupted several Israeli websites in recent weeks in what is has been […]

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#Airflotilla | Two Belgians file war crimes complaint against Israeli leaders over “flytilla” abuse ~ by @AliAbunimah

Related: Airflotilla Mission 2012 | Overview #Airflotilla | #Airflotilla2 Electronic Intifada | Ali Abunimah | Wed, 01/18/2012   Two activists have filed a war crimes complaint with federal prosecutors in Belgium, against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials. Hajar Moumni and Muhammad Najar allege they were detained, mistreated, beaten and harshly interrogated when […]

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Eight homes ordered to be demolished in Khalit Al-Dar

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures by Jack English | 17 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On January 4th, an Israeli military commander served 8 demolition orders in the town of Khalit Al-Dar, just south of the city of Al-Khalil, also known as Hebron. Suleiman Abu Snina, […]

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Welcome to the world’s first bunker state ~ by Jonathan Cook

By Jonathan Cook, http://www.jkcook.net – 18 Jan 2012 Room for Jews only in Israel’s ‘villa in the jungle’ Jonathan Cook Nazareth – The wheel is turning full circle. Last week the Israeli parliament updated a 59-year-old law originally intended to prevent hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees from returning to the homes and lands from […]

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Occupy AIPAC prepares for DC action

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute.   An alliance of activist groups in the United States has announced that they will occupy the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) headquarters in early March. PressTV – Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:51AM GMT Anti-corporate protesters from over 120 groups are devising plans to […]

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Gaza Under Attack – Two killed of which one child – Jan 18, 2012 – in pictures

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/AlqassamBrigade/status/159589537595670528 2 dead in Israeli strike on Gaza GAZA CITY (Ma’an) Published today (updated) 18/01/2012 14:15 — Israeli forces opened fire on the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing two people and seriously injuring at least two others, witnesses and […]

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A Roadmap for Brave UN Reforms ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. The UN must be reformed to live up to its own ideals. (UN) By Ramzy Baroud | Palestine Chronicle | Jan 18, 2012 Theodore MacDonald was too ill to attend the launch of his book, Preserving the United Nations; Our Best Hope for Mediating Human […]

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Israeli shelling east of Beit Hanoun north of Gaza Strip

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec2011 18-01-2012,12:14 Al Qassam website– Gaza- Israeli artillery and apache helicopters shelled on Wednesday noon, January 18th, 2012 an open area near the memorial statue east of Beit Hanoun north of the Gaza Strip.  Al Qassam correspondent at north of the […]

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IOF soldiers launch large-scale arrest campaign

Related: All Attacks on Palestinians – Timeline – Category [ 17/01/2012 – 06:06 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale arrest campaign in lines of Palestinian citizens at dawn Tuesday in various West Bank areas. Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers detained a student in Al-Khalil University after breaking into his […]

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