[ PIC 28/02/2012 – 03:46 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) transferred detained Palestinian academician Dr. Mohammed Salibi from Ofer jail to hospital after his health condition declined. Salibi, 63, suffers a lot of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, and pain in the neck, the Tadamun foundation for human rights said, […]
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IOF soldiers arrest 390 Palestinians in February
[ PIC 28/02/2012 – 04:07 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 390 Palestinians in February from various West Bank areas, a Palestinian human rights group said on Tuesday. Ansar Al-Asra said in a statistics report that the detainees included old men, women, minors, liberated prisoners, journalists, and others. It noted that […]
Continue readingA European Aid Convoy Sorry for the Gaza Afflicted
AL RESALAH FEB 28 2012 Gaza, (Alresalah.ps)–The European aid convoy “Loyalty to Palestine” visited Monday morning the compound of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The undersecretary of the ministry of health Hassan Khalaf and many department heads received the visiting convoy. The convoy, which arrived in Gaza on Sunday evening, includes about eighty of solidarity activists […]
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Violent clashes in Jerusalem, Qardawi prohibits visiting it for non-Palestinians
[ PIC 28/02/2012 – 10:09 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation police forces arrested five Jerusalemites on Monday night during violent confrontations with young men in Tur suburb. Local sources said that the Israeli policemen and border guards fired rubbers bullets, teargas canisters, and stun grenades on the demonstrators. They said that the clashes, […]
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PCBS: December Exports Up, Imports Down
WAFA NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 RAMALLAH, February 28, 2012 (WAFA) – Palestinian exports increased by 11.9% while imports decreased by 3.6% in December 2011 compared to the previous month, according to a report published by the Palestinian Central Bureau for Statistics (PCBS) on Tuesday. Exports reached $66.9 million while imports reached $318.1 million in […]
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Newspapers Review: Dailies Highlight West Bank Railway Plan
WAFA FEB 28 2012 RAMALLAH, February 28, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Tuesday highlighted a new Israeli plan to build 11 railways through the West Bank for settlers use. Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Quds front page stories featured the new Israeli plan to build a 475-kilometer railway network in the West Bank, which, […]
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Gaza power plant closes again
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza’s only power plant has been forced to shut down for the second time in two weeks due to a fuel shortage, the energy authority in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday. Energy officials appealed to Egypt to provide Gaza with a sufficient amount of fuel […]
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Uproar over arrest of Palestinian activist #FadiQuran
Fadi Quran, a Palestinian activist, set to appear in an Israeli court for the second time since his arrest on Friday. Quran graduated from Stanford in 2010 with a double major in international relations and physics before returning to the West Bank. Read more at Al Jazeera Related: Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. […]
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Israeli Settlers Pray in al-Nabi Younis Mosque
QATAR NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 Ramallah, February 28 (QNA) – A large group of Israeli settlers stormed the al-Nabi Younis mosque in the town of Halhul, north of Hebron in the West Bank, on Tuesday and performed Jewish Talmudic prayers. Confrontations erupted between Palestinian youths and the settlers in the mosque under the protection […]
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Khader Adnan ‘stable’ after surgery
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Khader Adnan is in a stable condition after undergoing surgery on his intestine after his 66 day hunger strike, a lawyer for the Palestinian detainees’ center said Tuesday. Raed Mahamid said after visiting Adnan in Zeev hospital in northern Israeli town Safed that his condition is […]
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The Israeli Military Arrest Five civilians; Settlers Attack a Palestinian Village
Tuesday February 28, 2012 10:02 by Ghassan Bannoura – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Israeli forces invaded on Tuesday morning Jenin refugee camp, in northern West Bank and arrested five civilians while in a separate incident settlers attacked the village of Halhul near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli […]
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PLO Considers Halting Security Coordination with Israel
Tuesday February 28, 2012 11:50 by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Yasser Abed Rabbo, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), announced Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority is considering halting security coordination with Israel in response to the ongoing settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Yasser Abed […]
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Stanford Progressive – Free Fadi – And the Rest of Palestine – #FadiQuran
By Shadi Bushra, published February, 2012 – Stanford Progessive A recent graduate of my university was arrested last week for participating in a protest in the West Bank. The videos below tell much – but not all – of the story. As he was being arrested, he was pepper sprayed (the orange color on […]
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Police: Man dies after falling from Hebron roof
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — A 53-year-old man died in Hebron on Tuesday after falling from a shopping center rooftop while hanging an advertisement, police said. Abdul Fattah Qawasmeh was taken to hospital but died from his injuries. Related: Israel’s Weapons a Crime on Humanity
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Israeli forces kill man along Egypt border
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and killed a man overnight Monday along the Egypt-Israel border, Israel’s army said. Israeli soldiers patrolling the border with Egypt identified a group of suspects who had reportedly entered the country illegally. After failing to comply with orders to stop, soldiers and the […]
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