PALESTINE NEWS | March 15, 2012

“Israel kills by deprivation of Healthcare” Facts tweeted earlier now storified آخر الأخبار والتحديثات March 15, 2012 | 23314 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1737 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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Palestinian Detainees To Hold Largest Open End Hunger Strike

Thursday March 15, 2012 11:43 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Media Office of the Waed Society for Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps intend to declare, in April, one of the largest open-ended hunger strikes.   Freedom To The Detainees – Image By Paldf.net The […]

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Syrian security forces ‘warn Palestinian camp’

Maan News Agency | March 16, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Sources in Damascus say Syrian security forces threatened to raid the Yarmuk refugee camp due to Fatah’s alleged support of demonstrations against Syrian leader Bashar Assad. “Yarmuk is not more precious than (Homs neighborhood) Baba Amro, and it will be raided if the demonstrations which […]

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Zahhar: “Resistance Is Solid, Ongoing”

Friday March 16, 2012 00:38 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, stated Thursday that resistance against the Israeli occupation, and all of resistance strategies and methods are strong, solid and ongoing. Mahmud Zahhar – Islam Times His statements came during a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbhar […]

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Jordanian students call for the expulsion of Israeli envoy

Protesters, mostly university students and unemployed graduates, gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan to call for its closure. September 15, 2011. PressTV Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:44PM GMT LAST UPDATE Hundreds of Jordanian students have staged a demonstration in the University of Jordan to call for the expulsion of Israeli ambassador to Jordan […]

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#GazaUnderAttack – Army Bombards Farmlands In Gaza

 Friday March 16, 2012 00:06 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli Air Force bombarded, on Thursday evening, Palestinian farmlands in Sheikh Ejleen area, west of Gaza city; no injuries were reported. Maan Images Eyewitnesses told the Maan News Agency that the missiles landed and detonated at the farmlands, and that an Apache […]

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‘Global March’ set to mark Palestine Land Day

PressTV | Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:48PM GMT Hundreds of organizations and committees from all over the world are set to launch a global initiative to demonstrate solidarity with Palestinians and to mark the Palestine Land Day. The event called the ‘Global March to [East al-Quds] Jerusalem’ aims to voice the international support for the […]

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Arab parliamentary convoy arrives in Gaza

Maan News Agency | March 15, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — An Arab parliamentary convoy arrived Thursday in Gaza through the Rafah crossing. Abdul Qader Samary, chairman of the Arab committee to lift the siege on Gaza, said, “we will continue struggling to liberate Palestine from the enemy who acts outside any laws.” He stressed […]

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Gaza attacks show Israel desperation: Salehi

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Ali Akbar Salehi PressTV – Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:55PM GMT Iran’s Foreign Ministry Ali Akbar Salehi has condemned the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, saying such assaults illustrate the desperation and frustration of the Zionist regime. Speaking in a meeting with senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar on Thursday, Salehi […]

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US editor’s lament for Israel overlooks Zionism’s inherent racism

By Lawrence Davidson | Redress | 16 March 2012 Lawrence Davidson argues that Israel’s anti-democratic and racist traits are not recent phenomena, located mainly among the settlers on the West Bank, but “flow from structural problems that were built into the Zionist experiment that ultimately resulted in the Israeli state. They were built in by […]

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Israel attacks Gaza to test its military warfare: Analyst

Related: Israel’s Weapons a Crime on Humanity   PRESS TV Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:8AM GMT Interview with Derek Graham, human rights activist, Gaza.‎ … they’re using Gaza as a training ground when they think they have something major ‎upcoming like they’re testing the waters now for an attack in Iran. They use Gaza to […]

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Aircraft open fire west of Gaza City

Aircraft open fire west of Gaza City Maan News Agency Published yesterday (updated) 15/03/2012 22:55 GAZA CITY (MA’an) — Israeli helicopters opened fire toward farmland in the Sheikh Ajlen area west of Gaza City late Thursday, witnesses said. No injuries were reported. An Israeli military spokeswoman said aircraft fired warning shots in response to rocket […]

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Medics: 1 killed, another hurt by gunfire at funeral

Maan News Agency | March 15, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — One Palestinian was killed and another injured by gunfire during a funeral for one of the victim’s of the latest escalation between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, a medical official said Thursday. For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance […]

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Why did Israel stop me from visiting the West Bank?

Patrick Keddie |The Electronic Intifada |15 March 2012 What does Israel have to hide? (Ryan Rodrick Beiler) The standard line trotted out by Israeli politicians is that Israel is the only democracy among a sea of repressive Arab autocracies. Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz claimed recently that “Israeli democracy is alive, liberal and breathing; I […]

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Mother with Baby Arrested while Crossing Checkpoint in Hebron

Wafa News Agency | March 15, 2012 HEBRON, March 15, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint at Shuhada street, in the old city of Hebron, Thursday arrested a 28-year-old Palestinian woman when she tried to cross the checkpoint with her three-year-old child claiming she tried to attack the soldiers, according to local sources. […]

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