Archive | March 11, 2012

Originally posted on Desertpeace:
 Take ONE Guess * * Who started it? The IDF and the Shin Bet security service did. The impression is that they carry out the targeted killings whenever they can, and not whenever it is necessary. * Way to go, IDF! The cyclical ritual of bloodletting between Israel and Gaza always…

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Gaza activists prepare for Israeli Apartheid Week ~ by @RanaGaza & @JoeCatron

Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:9PM GMT PressTV by Rana B. Baker and Joe Catron The goal of IAW, here and everywhere, is to educate people about Israel’s apartheid system and how to build BDS around the world.” Eman Sourani, a 22-year-old PSCABI coordinating committee member After two successful Israeli Apartheid Weeks (IAWs) in 2010 and […]

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Tolerable Savagery: Israeli Killing of Palestinians

By As’ad AbuKhalil – Sun, 2012-03-11 20:30- Angry Corner – Al Akhbar The carnage continues. Israel, or more accurately the Zionist movement, has not stopped its brutality and repression of Palestinians since the advent of the Zionist movement in Palestine in the late 19th century. Lately, we have been able to watch with disgust. Western […]

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Israeli raid kills an old man, bringing death toll to 18

[ PIC 11/03/2012 – 04:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A 60-year-old Palestinian man was killed in downtown Gaza city in an Israeli air raid at noon Sunday, local sources told the PIC. They said that Adel Isy was the guard of a Wahidi family field that was the target of an Israeli raid. A Palestinian […]

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Hamdan: Hamas will not give up armed resistance

[ PIC 11/03/2012 – 04:55 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Osama Hamdan, a Hamas leader, has said that the Israeli military escalation against the Gaza Strip was part of the Israeli aggressive nature. He told Quds Press in an interview on Sunday that the aggression serves a new practical proof on failure of the “peace process”. […]

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Haneyya: Egypt exerting big efforts to end the Israeli aggression

[ PIC 11/03/2012 – 05:03 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier in Gaza Strip said on Sunday that Egypt was exerting big efforts to halt the Israeli aggression on the enclave that claimed the lives of 18 Palestinians so far. He said in a statement that the “Egyptian brothers” were working round the clock to […]

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Funeral march for 12-yr old Ayoub Assaleya, killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza – March 11, 2012 – video by @rosa_schiano

by rosaingaza on Mar 11, 2012 Jabalia, north of Gaza city. The funeral march for a 12-year-old boy, Ayoub Assaleya, killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza while he was going to school. For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of Palestine, recommended read: History of Resistance | The Eagle of Palestine […]

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Political detainee in PA jail rushed to hospital

[ PIC 11/03/2012 – 04:17 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The PA intelligence apparatus carried political detainee Anas Abu Markhia to hospital after one week of going on hunger strike, local sources in Al-Khalil said on Sunday. The sources said that Abu Markhia had gone on hunger strike a week ago to protest his continued incarceration […]

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Ashrawi: “Israel Is Committing Extrajudicial Executions

Sunday March 11, 2012 17:10 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Offensive Continues – Child, Elderly Man Killed, 18 Since Friday Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated Saturday that Israel is committing crimes and extrajudicial assassinations against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and […]

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Caught on Tape: Drunk settlers in Al Khalil assault two international women; Israeli military admits special relationship with violent settlers

11 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On March 9 2012, 6 volunteers of International Solidarity Movement were walking down Shuhada Street near Checkpoint 55 at approximately 11 AM, when drunk settlers attacked the group and injured one international volunteer. About 5 drunk male settlers began to scream at and surround the internationals, […]

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Iran slams international silence on Israeli attacks on Gaza

Palestinian men inspect damage to a house following an Israeli airstrike nearby in Gaza City on March 10, 2012. PressTV | Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:34PM GMT International organizations and rights bodies must not remain silent toward this blatant violation of human rights and the killing of innocent Palestinians by the Zionists and must fulfill […]

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Press Release – 7 Palestinians, Including a Child, Killed and 24 Others Wounded

IMEMC |  Sunday March 11, 2012 16:34 by Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR – Press Release Raising Number of Victims of Ongoing Israeli Military Escalation against the Gaza Strip to 18 Deaths and 35 Injuries Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have continued the military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which they have initiated since […]

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Originally posted on Desertpeace:
Timely messages for the Easter Season ;) * * It is becoming a common occurrence in Israel to hear about Jews burning churches, spitting on Christian clerics, burning Christian Bibles and intimidating and harassing other Jews who believe in Jesus. Unfortunately this is almost unheard of from the Western media. If…

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#GazaUnderAttack March 11, 2012 – Israel Massacres 3 more Palestinians – Photography

March 12 2012 After March 9 and March 10 assault on Gaza,  disproportional attacks,  massive collective punishment of Gaza, Israel pounding and killed already 15 Palestinians, it again killed early sunday 2 people in Gaza. A 12 year old child named Ayoub Useila and Ahmed Deeb Salem, 23 years old. Ahmad Deeb Salem was married […]

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Gaza power station shuts down

[ PIC 11/03/2012 – 10:33 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The sole electricity generation station in Gaza came to a halt on Saturday night for the third time in less than a month after it ran out of fuel. The energy and natural resources authority in Gaza announced in a statement that the station used lately […]

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