[ PIC 26/02/2012 – 10:37 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A Palestinian youth was hit with three rubber bullets in Enata village, north of occupied Jerusalem, in confrontations with Israeli occupation police on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said that the 25-year-old young man was hit with a bullet in his head, another in his face, and a […]
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IOF soldiers arrest two minors, raid Jenin villages
[ PIC 26/02/2012 – 10:38 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two Palestinian minors near Yatta village in Al-Khalil province while rearing sheep. Eyewitnesses said that the brothers Tarek, 16, and Ahmed, 16, were taken to an unknown location. Meanwhile, in Jenin IOF troops combed several areas in five villages in a […]
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Abbas Supports Presenting East Jerusalem’s Question to UN Security Council
WAFA FEB 26 2012 DOHA, February 26, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas supported the presenting of the Jerusalem question to the United Nations Security Council in Qatar on Sunday. Abbas said, during the International Conference for the Defense of Occupied Jerusalem, that Israel is using all sorts of heinous methods and policies to execute […]
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Islamic-Christian Committee Calls For Protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque
Sunday February 26, 2012 12:52 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Islamic-Christian Committee for Protecting Jerusalem and the Holy Sites, called on the Arab, Islamic and international countries to intervene for halting the escalating Israeli attacks against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, especially amidst repeated attempts by extremist settlers who have […]
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Legislative Council to Consist of 150 Members, Says Official
WAFA FEB 26 2012 RAMALLAH, February 26, 2012 (WAFA) – The committee on restructuring the PLO, resulted from the reconciliation talks, agreed to raise the number of the members of the Palestinian Legislative Council from 132 to 150 members from the Palestinian Territory, Saturday said an official. Chairman of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) Salim […]
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PALESTINE NEWS | Feb 26, 2012
“Israel kills by deprivation of Healthcare” Facts tweeted earlier now storified آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Feb 26, 2012 | 23296 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1719 days For news of previous news days Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter NEW PAGES ON THIS BLOG —— OVERVIEWS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED █▌ CHILD ARRESTS […]
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Newspapers Review: Dailies Focus on Violent Clashes near Jerusalem
WAFA FEB 26 2012 RAMALLAH, February 26, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Sunday focused on the violent confrontations erupted between Palestinian mourners and Israeli soldiers in the northern Jerusalem town of al-Ram following the funeral of Palestinian killed by soldiers. Al-Ayyam dedicated most of its front page to report on 12 injuries […]
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Action Alert #HanaShalabi – The price of a Palestinian prisoner and Hana Al-Shalabi – continuing the fight
My Appeal to this world – from Hana Shalabi Rana Hamadeh | Feb 26, 2012 Zaytouni weblog Khader Adnan ended his 66-day hunger strike last Tuesday, wherein he protested against his administrative detention – that is, arrest without charge or evidence for an indefinite period of time. The final deal reached essentially just shortened his […]
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US creates chaos in ME to reap financial profits
A prominent political analyst insists that the US seeks a “creative chaos” situation in the Middle East in efforts to perpetually reap financial benefits from the weakened region. PRESS TV FEB 26 2012 To further discuss the matter, Press TV has conducted an interview with Hayyan Haidar, a Middle East expert in Beirut. The following […]
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OCHA: Over 300 Administrative Detentions in Israeli Jails
WAFA FEB 26 2012 JERUSALEM, February 26, 2012 (WAFA) – There are over 300 Palestinians being currently held under Israeli administrative detention, around 45% of them from February 2011, Sunday said the weekly report of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OCHA). Violent clashes erupted between […]
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Israeli Strikes Destroy Tunnel, Injure 2 Palestinians in Gaza
WAFA FEB 26 2012 RAFAH, February 26, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli warplanes Sunday launched a strike targeting a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah near the borderline between Gaza and Egypt, acorrding to witnesses. They said the raid completely destroyed the tunnel and caused damage to the surrounding area. No injuries […]
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Re-arrested female prisoner Hana Shalabi on hunger strike for 11 days
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 26 2012 JENIN (Ma’an) — A 29-year-old woman, who was re-arrested by Israeli forces four months after her release from jail in a prisoner swap deal, has been on hunger strike for eleven days, relatives told Ma’an on Saturday. Hana Shalabi, from the northern West Bank village Burqin, is being held […]
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Diaspora, Palestine ‘to elect PLO parliament’
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 26 2012 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian factions agreed on Saturday that the PLO parliament will be directly elected, and balance representatives from the Palestinian territories and the diaspora. The PLO reform committee, set up in the wake of the May 2011 reconciliation deal, met in the Egyptian capital to agree […]
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VIDEO – West Bank villages protest in solidarity with Hebron
Sunday, February 26 2012| Haggai Matar 972 Magazine Weekly demonstrations throughout the West Bank focused this week on the demand to open Shuhada St. in Hebron. While hundreds of people took to the streets of Hebron in two mass demonstrations, hundreds more dedicated the weekly Friday demonstrations against the wall and the settlements to solidarity […]
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Israeli airstrikes hit south Gaza, no injuries
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 26 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli warplanes fired on two sites in in the southern Gaza Strip early Sunday, causing severe damage. Gaza emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said there were no injuries in the raids. Security officials in Gaza told Ma’an that Israeli jets hit a concrete […]
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