Archive | March 14, 2012

Burying Nayif Qarmout – Photography by @rosa_schiano

by Nathan Stuckey | 13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Nayif Qarmout was killed by an Israeli missile today at 9:30 A.M. He was 14 years old. Five other teenagers with him were injured, Tamer Azzam, 16, Mu’ayyad al-Qanou’, 18, Hani al-Qanou’, 16, Salih Qarmout, 14; and Sa’eed al-Attar, 14. The boys were […]

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Israeli minister: Gaza campaign should have been stronger

Maan News Agency | March 13, 2012 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The latest military campaign in Gaza should have been stronger, the country’s internal security minister said Tuesday after a ceasefire with Palestinian armed groups. Yitzhak Aharonovich said that “This round was too long, unnecessarily so, and we should have increased our response. We […]

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Army Uproots Farmlands Near Hebron

Tuesday March 13, 2012 22:00 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Tuesday, Palestinian farmlands that belong to local residents of the Al-Majnouna area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Resident Mohammad Amro told the Palestinian information center that army bulldozers uprooted trees and farmlands in […]

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Silent Palestinian Warriors ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud On March 8, Palestinian women rallied in Gaza and Ramallah to mark International Women’s Day. Activities were held in various cities, villages and refugee camps. Women in Palestine are united by a shared struggle, untold hardship, and also a legendary ability to withstand, survive and flourish under the harshest of circumstances. Even those […]

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