Urgent: Humanitarian tragedy in Gaza within a week

[ PIC 18/03/2012 – 07:59 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Mahmoud Al-Shawwa, the head of the union of petrol and gas companies in Gaza, has warned of a humanitarian tragedy in the Gaza Strip in the event no petrol was allowed into it within one week. He said in a press release on Sunday that all […]

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Fears for her life grow as Shalabi starts 32nd day of hunger strike

[ PIC 18/03/2012 – 08:01 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Palestinian detainee Hana’a Shalabi entered on Sunday her 32nd day of hunger strike amidst fears for her life after her health greatly deteriorated. Shalabi’s family appealed to the UN, the Red Cross, the international quartet committee, world parliaments, and human rights groups to intervene for her […]

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JI ameer condemns use of dogs by Israeli police to chase Palestinians

[ 18/03/2012 – 10:50 AM ] PAKISTAN, (PIC)– Jamaat e Islami Pakistan ameer Syed Munawar Hasan has strongly condemned Israeli soldiers for unleashing dogs on Palestinian protestors, calling it one of the worst violations of human rights and civil liberties committed under the nose of western media as their regimes were keeping a criminal silence […]

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Abu Zuhri: Hamas did not receive any Israeli warning

[ PIC 18/03/2012 – 09:19 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, has said that Israel did not give his movement 24 hours, ending Saturday night, to stop the firing of rockets at Israeli targets. He told the Palestine.online website on Saturday that reports of an Israeli warning to Hamas to […]

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Global march organizers say will not confront forces

Maan News Agency | March 18, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Organizers of an international rally to support Palestinians at the end of the month said Sunday they are not interested in confrontation with the Israeli army, after similar demonstrations a year earlier ended in bloodshed. “We are after all not an army, but popular peaceful […]

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Colonization of the Mind: Normalize This!

They will never colonize our minds! (Photo: Tamar Fleishman) By Samah Sabawi | Palestine Chronicle | March 18, 2012 (Full Transcript. Excerpts from this speech were presented at the University of Sydney Australia during Israeli Apartheid Week 2012.) I would like to talk about normalization. I found the best definition of the word normalization on […]

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Zionist regime is an insult to independent nations: Ahmadinejad

PressTV Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:53PM GMT The hegemonic current aims to establish this regime in Palestine as the focal point of the Middle East which is also the center of the world’ resources and energy, in order to continue the historical trend of hegemony.” Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the […]

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IOF troops storm Al-Khalil villages

[ PIC 18/03/2012 – 11:01 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of villages in Al-Khalil province and Fawar refugee camp south of the city before dawn Sunday. Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the soldiers stormed the camp and used police dogs in combing it. They said that an infantry […]

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Domestic gas shortage follows Gaza power blackouts

Maan News Agency | March 18, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The ongoing electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip has led to a shortage in domestic-use gas for heating and cooking, as residents exhaust limited supplies permitted into the blockaded coastal strip. Muhammad Al-Abadlah, a member of the board of gas companies association in Gaza, […]

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Mishaal discusses Palestinian developments with Gul

[ PIC 18/03/2012 – 12:13 PM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– Political bureau chairman of Hamas Khaled Mishaal conferred with Turkish president Abdullah Gul in Istanbul on Saturday night on Palestinian developments. Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq said in a press release that Mishaal Thanked Gul for his country’s support for the Palestinian people and […]

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#HanaShalabi’s health deteriorates in Israeli jail

The mother of female Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi holds the picture of her daughter (file photo) PressTV – Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:53PM GMT Palestinian activists say the health of female prisoner Hana Shalabi who has been held in an Israeli jail for over a month is deteriorating. Shalabi has reportedly been on a hunger […]

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Hamas official to speak at human rights council

Maan News Agency | March 18, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Senior Hamas official Ismail al-Ashqar is set to speak before the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, a statement said. Al-Ashqar arrived in Switzerland on Sunday, ahead of a talk which will address the issue of Hamas members being held in Israeli jails, […]

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27 laborers injured in intentionally by Israeli soldiers caused road accident

Maan News Agency | March 18, 2012 QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Twenty-seven Palestinian laborers were injured in a West Bank road accident on Sunday, witnesses said. An Israeli military jeep hit a vehicle carrying the laborers near Qalqiliya, causing it to flip over, one of the workers told Ma’an. The military jeep intentionally hit the vehicle, […]

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Tunisian president to patronize the “Palestinians in Europe” conference

[ PIC 18/03/2012 – 03:10 PM ] TUNIS, (PIC)– Tunisian president Al-Muncef Al-Marzouki is to patronize this year’s conference for Palestinians in Europe that is scheduled to be held in Denmark on 28 April. Adel Abdullah, the secretary general of the Palestinians in Europe conference, told Quds Press on Saturday after meeting with the Tunisian […]

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A “Leaflet” to the World about it’s own “forgotten” Extermination Camp called Gaza

This “Leaflet” didn’t reach you before… March 18, 2012 by occpal For a long time we could have been stating Gaza is world’s largest open air prison. A concentrationcamp. Besieged by land, air and the sea. Unilateral limited further and further every day. Shrinking the space and air it breaths. And even that has become […]

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