When Netanyahu Crossed the Line

By Deepak Tripathi Palestine Chronicle Febr 20 2012 The bombing of an Israeli embassy car in Delhi threatens India’s diplomatic maneuvers between Israel and Iran, and has put India’s discreetly nurtured ties with Israel since 1992 through a severe test. Those who are attracted to Israel’s depiction of Iran as a terrorist threat to world […]

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Israeli High Court of Justice schedules hearing for 23 February while Khader Adnan continues to be in “immediate danger of death”

20 February 2012 Israeli Occupation Archive UPDATED Israel’s Supreme Court moves up Khader Adnan’s hearing to tomorrow, 21 Feb, 2012 19 Feb 2012 http://www.addameer.org/etemplate.php?id=442Joint Press Release, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Ramallah, 19 February 2012 — Israel’s High Court of Justice has today scheduled a petitions hearing regarding […]

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Report: Dozens protest Israeli president visit to Nazareth

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEBR 20 2012 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Dozens of people gathered in Nazareth on Monday to protest a visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres, Israeli media reported. The protesters waved Palestinian flags and held banners denouncing the president’s visit to the majority Palestinian city in northern Israel, Israeli news site Ynet […]

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Knesset member Tibi visits Khader Adnan in Israeli hospital

Maan News Agency Febr 20 2012 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Knesset member Ahmad Tibi on Monday visited hunger-striking prisoner Khader Adnan in an Israeli hospital, expressing his support for the detainee’s protest against his detention without charge. “Adnan in a very serious health condition but his spirits are high,” Tibi told reporters after the visit […]

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Official: Israeli military exercise damages Palestinian agriculture

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEBR 20 2012 NABLUS (Ma’an) — An Israeli military drill in the northern West Bank on Monday damaged hundreds of dunams of Palestinians crops, a Palestinian Authority official said. Hundreds of soldiers drove through planted fields and practiced shooting, destroying the agriculture, Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors northern West Bank settlement activity, told […]

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Sheikh Qaradawi urges Arab nation to defend Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 20/02/2012 – 06:25 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Head of the international union for Muslim scholars Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi called for Arab popular moves to protect the Aqsa Mosque and confront the Jewish attempts to defile it. In a press release issued on Monday by Al-Quds international foundation, Sheikh Qaradawi stressed that the Aqsa […]

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Gaza’s energy crisis threatens hospitals, water supply

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEBR 20 2012   GAZA CITY (IRIN) — An energy crisis is currently hitting the Gaza Strip’s public services hard and could lead to a severe humanitarian crisis if a sustainable solution is not found soon. “If the power plant does not resume its work in the next days, some hospitals will […]

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Closed shops, empty pockets: Israel’s policy of economic strangulation in Hebron

by Paige L | 20 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Walking down Shuhada Street in occupied Hebron (al-Khalil) is an eerie experience even during peek commercial hours in the rest of the city. Nearly empty streets are framed by rows of closed Palestinian shops, doors welded shut under Israeli military orders. Armed […]

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Egypt to Supply Gaza with Power

WAFA FEBR 20 2011 RAMALLAH, February 20, 2012 (WAFA) – Egypt agreed Monday to supply the Gaza Strip with 5 megawatt of power starting next week in the first stage of providing power to the coastal enclave to solve its electricity crisis, according to an official. Chairman of the Palestinian Energy Authority Omar Kittaneh told […]

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Gaza’s energy crisis close to tipping point

IRIN FEBR 20 2012 Photo: Erica Silverman/IRIN Patients receiving kidney dialysis at Shifa Hospital could be affected by the power outages GAZA CITY, 20 February 2012 (IRIN) – An energy crisis is currently hitting the Gaza Strip‘s public services hard and could lead to a severe humanitarian crisis if a sustainable solution is not found […]

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The History of the Palestinian Captive Movement Hunger Strike and the Story of Khader Adnan

20 February 2012 Palestine Solidarity Project By Younes Arar, co-coordinator of Beit Ommar Popular Committee Open hunger strike or what is known as “The Battle of empty Intestines”, is the detainee’s refrain from eating all varieties and forms of food in the reach of the prisoners with the exception of water and a pinch of […]

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Palestinian Journalists Facing Wave of Detentions, Attacks

Journalists Being Held without Charges by Israeli Military International Press Institute Febr 20 2012 By: Scott Griffen, IPI Associate   A Palestinian activist (R) holds his scarf with the word Palestine as he faces Israeli soldiers during a protest near the village of Karyout, north of Nablus, the West Bank, 03 February 2012. EPA/ATEF SAFADI. […]

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Child dies from injuries after school bus crash

Maan News Agency Febr 20 2012 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A five-year-old boy injured in a deadly school bus crash near Ramallah last week has died from his injuries, medics told Ma’an on Monday. Salah Dweik was severely wounded when the vehicle collided with a truck near the Jaba checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Thursday. Five […]

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Israeli court moves forward Adnan hearing

Maan News Agency Febr 20 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel’s High Court has agreed to hear an appeal against the administrative detention of hunger-striking prisoner Khader Adnan two days earlier than scheduled, his lawyer said Monday. The Supreme Court will now hold the hearing on Tuesday, Jawad Bulus said, adding that the prosecutor is required […]

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Palestinian activist to judge: I do not recognize your rules

20 February 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee | ISM Bassem Tamimi from Nabi Saleh testified yesterday as part of the defense’s case in the ongoing trial against him. Tamimi, suspected of protest related charges, was arrested on March last year, and remains in detention since. Bassem Tamimi photo: ActiveStills After 11 months in an […]

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