A must read: Israel’s Willing Executioners: AIPAC Invades Washington

Dissident Voice | James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya / March 17th, 2012 A Week of National Humiliation From March 4th to March 9th, 2012, 13,000 militant Israel Firsters, took over “political Washington”1 and imposed a foreign regime’s (Israel) political agenda to the rousing applause and appreciation of their captive vassal US legislators and executives who […]

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Settlers Attack Child in Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Al-Khalil

by Joshua | 17 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Saturday, March 17 2012, illegal settlers in Al-Khalil (Hebron), guarded by Israeli Occupation Forces soldiers, trespassed onto the private property of the Abu Ayesha family and proceeded to attack fifteen year old Said, striking him on his arms. The settlers refused to […]

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Memories of violence haunt Gaza children

Most of them spending sleepless nights Image Credit: AFP | Wounded Palestinian children receive medical attention at a hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, following an Israeli air raid. By Ahmad Najjar, Correspondent Published: 00:00 March 18, 2012 | Gulfnews Gaza: While a fragile truce between Palestinians and Israelis that […]

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Originally posted on Desertpeace:
IDF soldiers release attack dog on unarmed Palestinian protesters (video) Lisa Goldman  * An attack dog released on unarmed Palestinians by Israeli security forces sank its teeth into the arm of a Palestinian man and refused to release it for several minutes. Soldiers released an attack dog on unarmed Palestinians at…

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Nabi Saleh – March 16, 2012 – Video

by davidreeb on Mar 16, 2012 Friday 16.3.2012 protest by the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah against the Israeli occupation and against encroachment on their land     Related Unarmed protesters in Palestine attacked with Bullets, Rounds & … Dogs – March 16, 2012 – Photography & Video

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UFree: 74-year old MP Haj Ali may not survive his hunger strike and should be let go

[ PIC 17/03/2012 – 01:35 PM ] OSLO, (PIC)– The European network to support rights of Palestinian prisoners-Ufree said Palestinian lawmaker Ahmed Al-Haj Ali has entered a life-threatening stage and may not survive if his hunger strike continues for more days, and demanded his immediate release. UFree noted that Haj Ali, an 80-year-old man, was […]

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Jewish settlers cut off hundreds of olive trees in Nablus village

Do you know:  Israeli destroyed over 2.5 Million trees since 1967 – Report Page 31 [ PIC 17/03/2012 – 01:47 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers cut off hundreds of fruitful olive trees in Duma village, south of Nablus city, on Friday night, local sources said. Ghassan Daghlas, monitoring Jewish settlement activity north of the […]

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Tadamun society condemns Israel’s use of dogs to suppress Palestinian protestors

[ PIC 17/03/2012 – 04:59 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The international Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights strongly denounced the Israeli occupation forces for using police dogs to subdue protest marches or to arrest civilians, affirming such action violates international law and anti-torture agreements. Spokesman for Tadamun society Ahmed Al-Beitawi stated in a press release […]

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Sit-in staged at Rafah terminal asking Egypt to end Gaza fuel, power crisis

[ PIC 17/03/2012 – 04:26 PM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– Palestinian citizens and notables staged a sit-in at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on Saturday demanding an end to the fuel and power crisis. The participants hoisted placards asking Egypt to expedite sending fuel supplies, criticizing Cairo for delaying sending fuel shipments despite […]

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Number of Palestinian detainees on hunger strike on the rise

[ PIC 17/03/2012 – 02:08 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Megiddo prison administration transferred the prisoners, who went on hunger strike in solidarity with Hana Al-Shalabi, to other prisons, lawyer Jawad Boulus said. The prisoners told the lawyer, who visited them, that the prison’s administration had transferred Mohammed Sabha, the Hamas prisoners’ representative, to isolation in […]

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Jewish settlers assault Palestinian shepherd

[ PIC 17/03/2012 – 03:16 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd from Madma village, to the south of Nablus, near Yitzhar settlement on Saturday. Quds Press quoted Ehab Al-Qut, the Madma municipality chairman, as saying that a number of Yitzhar settlers and guards assaulted Mamun Nassar, 38, about two kilometers away […]

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Israel allocates millions of dollars for building synagogues in O. Jerusalem

[ PIC 17/03/2012 – 02:53 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli municipality of occupied Jerusalem has earmarked millions of dollars to build more synagogues and other Jewish institutions in a bid to Judaize the occupied holy city. The Israeli army radio said on Saturday that the municipality’s budget for Jewish religious buildings had doubled […]

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FACEBOOK PAGE ICAI2 HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK – HOW ZIONISTS TRIED TO CONQUER FACEBOOK (Updated)

March 17, 2012 19:10 | Continuous updates In solidarity with ICAI2 and it’s tireless admins we issue an  ACTION ALERT Facebook Page ICAI2 reports latest news from Palestine and facts mostly not even published by media as well as many updates live from the ground from Palestine. They strive to empower the Palestinian people and […]

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Opinion: Enforced disappearances are a stain on the government

By Philip Luther | Maan News Agency | March 17, 2012   “Life is hard without him,” says Shereen Ayash, who has lived without knowing the fate of her husband Ismail Ayash since he disappeared from Palestinian Authority custody in 2002. Their daughter Jihan was three months old at the time; she is 10 now. […]

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Israeli forces dump child on roadside with hands tied at 4 am

Al-Haq Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:37 – 5-12 March – Ref.: 64/2012 A total of 27 Palestinian children were arrested by Israeli forces last week. The largest number of arrests took place in Silwan, East Jerusalem, where 11 children were detained. Also among those detained was 16-year-old ‘Anan Naji al-Tamimi from al-Nabi Saleh (Ramallah governorate). […]

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