Special Request #KhawajaStrike – Show solidarity with Bahraini hunger striker suffering from kidney bleeding

FEB 22 2012 We received a request to spread news and create awareness for Khawaja, a hunger striker in Bahrain now suffering kidney bleeding. Please follow hashtag #Khawajastrike and help Bahrain’s hungerstriker get media attention this matter deserves for his and many Bahrainis’  human rights are being violated. Follow on twitter @occpal Help us spread […]

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Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area attacked 100 times during 2011

MEMO FEB 22 2012 A study conducted by Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage in Israel has revealed that Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area has been subjected to around 100 attacks and violations in 2011 alone. The study noted that the attacks varied between physical attacks and plots which pose threats to the sanctity […]

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Top 450 Palestine News of the Occupied Palestine weblog

PAST WEEK’S TOP POSTS FROM 17 FEB 2012 – 23 FEB 2012 Israelis celebrate death of Palestinian children killed in accident (incl video) A Must Read – Khader Adnan’s letter from his prison Palestinians Foil Settlers Attack On Al-Aqsa Mosque Bus and children devoured by fire in Al-Quds – in pictures Al-Aqsa Assault – February […]

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My husband Khadar Adnan, has shed a light on Israel’s disregard for human rights

Through his own suffering, Khadar has helped expose the plight of Palestinians held under ‘administrative detention’ by Israel Randa Musa |guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 February 2012 13.30 GMT   Maali Adnan holds a picture of her hunger-striking father, Khadar Adnan, a member of Islamic Jihad. Photograph: Mohammed Ballas/AP The name of my husband, Khadar Adnan, has […]

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Despite video evidence, officer who shot Israeli demonstrator won’t be charged

Wednesday, February 22 2012|972 Magazine Haggai Matar The Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem received notification from the military prosecution yesterday, informing it that charges will not be filed against an officer who shot an Israeli activist during a 2008 demonstration in Bil’in. B’Tselem intends to appeal the decision. The incident took place during the weekly […]

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MADA releases a study on Palestinian media’s role in fuelling internal division

PNN FEB 22 2012 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) released a new study analyzing Palestinian media’s role in fuelling the internal division between Fatah and Hamas. The study was conducted with the support of the UNESCO office in Ramallah. The study was prepared by journalist and researcher Muntaser Hamdan under the […]

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Dance Group Urged to Cut Ties to Brand Israel Campaign

WAFA FEB 22 2012 NEW YORK, February 22, 2012 (WAFA) – More than 20 American and Canadian organizations representing human rights activists and artists have called on the Batsheva Dance Company to cut all ties to the Brand Israel campaign and take a stand against the Israeli government’s violations of Palestinian rights, according to a […]

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Sharp rise in Palestinians held without trial: NGO

FEB 21 2012 DAILY STAR LEBANON OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel is holding 309 Palestinians in prison without charge, a sharp increase from last year, an Israeli human rights group said on Tuesday, calling for the prisoners to be charged or released. B’Tselem said figures received from the Israel Prison Service (IPS) showed there were 309 Palestinians […]

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Abbas, Meshaal to Continue with Reconciliation

WAFA FEB 22 2012 CAIRO, February 22, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said Wednesday after meeting in Cairo that they are determined to continue with reconciliation. “We have started, God willing, correctly and will continue on the right road toward implementing the reconciliation agreement,” said Abbas. Meshaal also said […]

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UN Deplores Israeli Decision to Expand Settlement

WAFA FEB 22 2012 JERUSALEM, February 22, 2012 (WAFA) – The United Nations said Wednesday that it deplores an Israeli decision to build 500 new housing units in Shilo settlement, north of Ramallah. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry said in a statement that Israel’s decision “to approve a large […]

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Jewish nationalists scrawl ‘Jesus son of Mary the whore’ on Christian church

JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS FEB 22 2012 By Marc Gopin and Aziz Abu Sarah, + 972 21.02.12 Yesterday, Pastor Chuck Kopp of the Baptist Church in West Jerusalem woke up to find his church vandalized. The Ierusalem Post reported that police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld suspects that Jewish extremists are responsible for the act. According […]

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Settler Violence: Broken Glass on Shuhada Street

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDAITY MOVEMENT FEB 21 2012 by Silvia   Five years ago Abed Seder’s wife, Kefah, was shot five times in the chest by Israeli soldiers as she went onto her roof to check her water tank. She was 23 years old and left three sons motherless. He tells me his sons are afraid to […]

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Erekat Condemns Decision to Build 500 Housing Units in Settlements

WAFA FEB 22 2012 RAMALLAH, February 22, 2012 (WAFA) – PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat Wednesday condemned an Israel government decision to build 500 housing units in the northern West Bank settlement of Shilo. He told Voice of Palestine radio that the government of Israel has chosen settlement expansion over peace. The French news […]

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Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes “on the retreat” in UK

Asa Winstanley |The Electronic Intifada |London |22 February 2012 A flyer for a JNF fundraiser in the UK. Palestinian activists and their supporters have condemned a recent fundraising campaign by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) as a “greenwashing” cover for ethnic cleansing. The JNF “Green Sunday” fundraiser took place in several countries on 5 February. […]

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Administrative Detainees to Boycott Israeli Courts

WAFA FEB 22 2012 RAMALLAH, February 22, 2012 (WAFA) – More than 300 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails decided Wednesday to boycott Israeli military courts, according to a press release by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club. It said the struggle of Khader Adnan, who went on hunger strike to protest his detention and won a […]

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