WAFA MARCH 5 2012 JERUSALEM, March 5, 2012 (WAFA) – Fractures were discovered Monday in the Wadi Hilweh playing ground in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan prompting residents to warn of imminent collapses in structures in the area due to Israeli excavations, according to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center. It said collapses are […]
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WAFA: Israeli Forces Commit 25 Violations Against Journalists in February
Monday March 05, 2012 15:30 by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian News and Information Agency, WAFA, issued a report on Monday documenting the violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists during February 2012. Israeli Troops Attacking a Palestinian Journalist The report stated 11 journalists were injured during the 25 violations. The […]
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Nasrallah calls on Muslims, Christians to ‘liberate’ Al-Quds
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC NEWS AGENCY MARCH 5 2012 BEIROUTH, 12 Rabi al-Thani/5 March (IINA)-Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations were doomed to fail, and called on Muslims and Christians to take Jerusalem from Israel. “Every Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Christian has a national, popular, and ethical responsibility towards Al-Quds. It needs from […]
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14 detained in West Bank, 5 minors arrested in Silwan
MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 5 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained 14 people overnight Sunday across the West Bank, Israel’s army and Palestinian security sources said. Four people were detained in the Ramallah area, two in Qalqiliya, two in Nablus and six in the Hebron area, an Israeli army spokeswoman said. All those detained […]
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Gaza Biscuits to Feed West Bank School Children
WAFA MARCH 5 2012 GAZA, March 5, 2012 (WAFA) – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Monday helped transfer pallets of fortified date bars from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank through Israeli crossing ports, a WFP press release said. This is the first batch of a total of 140 tons of locally-produced date […]
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US event to polish Israel’s face turns into protest against it
[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 01:32 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israeli student symposium was organized recently in a US university to improve Israel’s tarnished image suddenly turned into a rally in support of the Palestinian people and the besieged Gaza Strip. According to Jerusalem Post newspaper on Monday, a group of Jewish students dubbing […]
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Successive cave-ins in O. Jerusalem threaten Aqsa Mosque
[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 12:02 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The cave-ins and collapses that happen successively in the area extending from Silwan district to the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem illustrate the density of the Jewish tunnels under the holy Mosque and its vicinity, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said on Sunday. […]
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Report: Israel to dissect W. Bank with rail network reaching 1948 occupied land
[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 11:17 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The land research center said the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) plans to annex vast tracts of Palestinian land in the West Bank to construct a railroad extending from its West Bank settlements to the 1948 occupied territory. The center stated in a report that the Israeli […]
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Palestinian youth seriously wounded by an Israel teargas canister targeted at his skull
[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 11:58 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A Palestinian youth was seriously wounded on Monday during clashes between Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and citizens at the Atara roadblock to the north of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses told Quds Press reporter that Mohammed Awad, 19, was hit with a gas bomb in his head, which was […]
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Israeli court hearing today against Palestinian mother of three kids
[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 11:33 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Palestinian woman, Mufika Al-Qawasmi, who was kidnapped recently from her home in Al-Khalil, will stand trial on Monday in the military court of Ofer jail, her family said. The family added that Israeli troops kidnapped her from her home in Ras Al-Jura neighborhood in Al-Khalil […]
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IOA renews administrative detention of PLC secretary MP Ramahi
[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 11:11 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has renewed the administrative detention of Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ramahi, secretary of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC). Human rights sources told Quds Press that the military court in Ofer passed the renewal ruling on Sunday against Ramahi for the fourth time running. […]
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Israeli occupation arrests 5 children in Silwan, 5 citizens in WB
[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 11:25 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A large number of occupation policemen stormed the Silwan town, south of the Aqsa mosque, at dawn Monday and rounded up five children. Jawad Siyam, the director of the Wadi Hilwa data center, said that the policemen arrested Shaddad Al-Awar, 12, Suhaib Al-Awar, 13, Elias […]
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PALESTINE NEWS | March 5, 2012
“Israel kills by deprivation of Healthcare” Facts tweeted earlier now storified آخر الأخبار والتحديثات March 5, 2012 | 23304 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1727 days For news of previous news days Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter NEW PAGES ON THIS BLOG —— OVERVIEWS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED █▌ CHILD ARRESTS […]
Continue readingPalestinian Prisoners: A Look at Adminstrative Detention
Published March 4th, 2012 – 22:12 GMT Al Bawaba Palestinian prisoners have to endure overwhelming odds. End Administrative Detention With the current hunger strike of Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi, the focus on Palestinian arrests and administrative detention is ever strong. Her situation has been horrifying and begs the question of why don’t human rights institutions […]
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