Archive | February 25, 2012

The Stanford Daily: Stanford activist Fadi Quran arrested, detained in West Bank

Stanford Daily February 24, 2012 By Kristian Davis Bailey Fadi Quran ‘10, a Palestinian Stanford graduate from the West Bank, was arrested today in Hebron, West Bank, for allegedly pushing an Israeli soldier, according to tweets from journalists and activists in Palestine. A Facebook video of altercations between Israeli security and Palestinian protesters shows a […]

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Palestinians protest Israel’s brutality in al-Quds

Palestinians stage a demonstration in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 24, 2012 to denounce Israeli aggression in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. PRESSTV Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:11AM GMT Palestinians in the Gaza Strip take to the streets to denounce Israeli brutalities against Palestinian worshipers at the holy site of al-Aqsa Mosque in […]

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Palestinian killed in West Bank clashes

Protester fatally shot near checkpoint, as Israeli police clashed with Palestinians near al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. AL JAZEERA 25 Feb 2012 06:49 A Palestinian man has died after being shot in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian protesters and Israeli police also clashed near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The […]

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Video: Biblical park in Silwan east of Jerusalem

Jerusalem Center for Media – Sources – Qudsmedia Feb 23 2012 An Israeli planning commission has approved the controversial construction of a Jewish biblical park in an Silwan (Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem). The planning and construction commission of Jerusalem gave the go ahead for the establishment of a 5,000 square meter tourist complex in […]

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Violent confrontations not seen in Silwan since the beginning of the year

QUDSMEDIA FEB 24 2012 Jerusalem Center for Media – Exclusive – Broke out shortly before very violent clashes in the village of Silwan south of Al Aqsa Mosque. Our Correspondent said that the young Jerusalemites threw Molotov cocktails at the military checkpoint in Maragha neighborhood and was followed by another Molotov cocktail on the settlement […]

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Jerusalem clashes video: Police use flashbangs against Palestinians at Al-Aqsa

Jerusalem Center for Media – Sources – Qudsmedia Feb 24 2012 Clashes broke out Friday between Israeli police and hundreds of Palestinian at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. Police used stun grenades against the demonstrators. Police sources report that “dozens of people” barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa mosque as well as the golden-topped Dome of […]

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Clashes at Al-Aqsa February 24 2012 – Photography

February 24 2012 Ethnic cleansing & Denial of Palestinian identity – Special Topic Israel’s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque – Overview More Information about Al-Aqsa Under Threats (PDF) All posts about Al-Aqsa Mosque on this blog – Category Al-Aqsa Assault – February 19, 2012 – Video & Photography

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Soldiers Invade Al-Boreij Refugee Camp In Central Gaza

Saturday February 25, 2012 02:13 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, an area east of the Al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while military choppers flew overhead firing flares. Archive Photo – rabeta.net The motives of the invasion remain unknown as […]

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“UN must prosecute Israel for war crimes,” says Bloody Sunday lawyer

Adri Nieuwhof |Electronic Intifada |Geneva |24 February 2012 Michael Mansfield addressing the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. (David Vilaplana / Russell Tribunal on Palestine) Israel was the focus of discussions by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) earlier this month. Israel is obliged to submit a report to the Geneva-based committee on […]

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Palestinian woman in Israeli jail continues hunger strike for ninth day

A Palestinian prisoner looks out of the jail truck, set to be released as part of the first stage of an Israeli-Palestinian prisoner exchange, as it arrives at Ketzion jail, October 16, 2011. PRESS TV Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:36AM GMT A Palestinian female prisoner protesting her illegal detention by Israeli forces continues her hunger […]

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Clashes erupt in northern Jerusalem

MAAN FEB 25, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fierce clashes erupted Saturday between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in al-Ram in northern Jerusalem, a day after soldiers killed a young man in the occupied West Bank. Ethnic cleansing & Denial of Palestinian identity – Special Topic Israel’s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque – Overview More […]

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VIDEO – Clashes continue at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa

by AlJazeeraEnglishon Feb 24, 2012 Israeli police and hundreds of Muslim worshippers have continued to battle near the al-Aqsa mosque. In the third street battle this week, Israeli police on Friday fired tear gas at stone-throwing Palestinian protesters. Al Jazeera’s Hazem Sika reports. Ethnic cleansing & Denial of Palestinian identity – Special Topic Israel’s Likud […]

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Palestinian critical after being shot 7 times in Tulkarem

TULKAREM (Ma’an) — Security sources say a man from Taybeh living in Israel was taken to Thabet Thabet hospital in Tulkarem after being shot seven times in the legs and pelvis. Midhat Yassin, 34, was robbed by masked men who opened fire, the sources said. He is said to be in critical condition.

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The first martyr in Aqsa support campaign hails from Ram

[ PIC 24/02/2012 – 09:11 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Tala’t Ramieh (25 years), from the village of Ram, was killed Friday afternoon at the Qalandia roadblock when he was hit by an IOF bullet during their attempts to quill protests in support of the Aqsa Mosque. The IOF troops also wounded six others, including a […]

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Gaza’s Race Car Students ‘Inspirational’

By Stuart Littlewood Palestine Chronicle February 24 2012 Imagine a handful of engineering students imprisoned in the tiny Gaza enclave taking on the cream of Europe’s technical universities in a competition to build a race car and compete with it. They did it last year. And they’re planning to do it again this year – […]

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