Archive | March 26, 2012

Inside the Home of Hana Shalabi ~ by @LinahAlsaafin

Badia Shalabi, mother of Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi, holds her daughters portrait her daughter in at a protest in the West Bank City of Burqin on 28 February 2012. (Photo: AFP – Saif Dahlah) By: Linah Alsaafin Published Monday, March 26, 2012 | Al Akhbar Burqin, Occupied West Bank – A tent, decorated with the […]

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40 Days and 40 Nights: The Biblical Fast of Hana Shalabi

A Palestinian woman holds a placard depicting Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi during a rally in support of her hunger strike as well as calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in front of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City 24 March 2012. (Photo: REUTERS – Ammar Awad) By: Fadi Abu Saada […]

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Israeli forces storm Aissawiye, arrest 12-year-old child

[ PIC 26/03/2012 – 05:14 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Undercover Israeli forces arrested 12-year-old Mousa Darwish in Aissawiye suburb in occupied Jerusalem on Monday, local sources said. They said that the undercover agents also arrested 19-year-old Fadi Othman and took both away in a military vehicle. Violent clashes had erupted between the security forces […]

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Israeli court extends detention of 7 Palestinian children for 100 days

[ PIC 26/03/2012 – 03:22 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– An Israeli military court has extended the detention of seven Palestinian children from Al-Khalil for 101 days for further interrogation. The Ofer military court said on Monday that the children from Beit Ummar village, to the north of Al-Khalil, should remain in custody for a further […]

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IOF soldiers launch demolition campaign in Jordan Valley

[ PIC 26/03/2012 – 05:26 PM ] JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale demolition campaign of buildings and installations in the northern Jordan Valley areas on Monday. Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed the Farisiya and Hima areas and unleashed their huge bulldozers against buildings, installations, and animal pens for […]

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IOF soldiers arrest 9 Palestinians, field interrogate others

[ PIC 26/03/2012 – 03:21 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up nine Palestinian citizens in the provinces of Al-Khalil and Bethlehem at dawn Monday. IOF sources said that the arrested Palestinians were wanted for interrogation over possible involvement in attacks on Israeli targets. Other IOF units stormed three villages to the […]

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Hamas urges UN council to send investigators

Maan News Agency | March 26, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas on Monday urged the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to Palestinian territories after Israel said it would block the visit. Israel on Monday said it had severed contact with the UN council after its launch last week of an […]

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Occupation – Routine of expelling Palestinians from their lands – Video

Video by guybo111 on Mar 14, 2012 Watch Caught on Camera: Ethnic Cleansing Israel is NOT looking for Peace but for this: “Greater Israel” Published by Radical Settler Movement On Aug 30,2010 Before previous peacetalks Netanyahu VOWED NO CONCESSIONS: “Eretz Israel” stretches from the med 2 river jordan INCL West Bank & Gaza With his […]

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Israel’s total moral bankruptcy confirmed again as it ends contact with UN council over settlement probe

Published today (updated) 26/03/2012 14:57 Maan News Agency JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel said on Monday it has severed contacts with the UN Human Rights Council after its launch last week of an international investigation into settlements in the occupied West Bank. The decision, announced by a Foreign Ministry spokesman, meant that the fact-finding team the […]

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Women in Gaza Voice Support for Global March to Jerusalem

FARS NEWS MARCH 26, 2012 | News number 9012153273 14:34 | 2012-03-26 TEHRAN (FNA)- Women in Gaza held a gathering outside the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza City to underline their support for the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ). The GMJ is drawing global attention to the dangers to Jerusalem’s very survival as the embodiment […]

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Israelis Demolish Shacks in Jordan Valley

Wafa News Agency | March 26, 2012   TOUBAS, March 26, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities Monday demolished a number of Palestinian shacks in al-Himma area in the southern parts of the occupied Jordan Valley, according to a local official. Aref Daraghmeh, head of Wadi al-Maleh village council, said Israeli forces stormed al-Himma area and […]

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Settlers Attacks Leave One Injured; Troops Arrest Nine Civilians in Dawn Invasions

Monday March 26, 2012 14:48 by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A Palestinian farmer was injured when Israeli armed settlers attacked a group of farmers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday. armed Israeli settlers in the West Bank Local sources announced that Ayman Loui’e sustained moderate wounds when an Israeli […]

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Four-year-old girl perishes in Gaza power outage

PressTV | March 26, 2012 Officials in the Gaza Strip have announced that a four-year-old girl has died due to power outage in a hospital in the besieged coastal area, Press TV reports. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that the four-year-old child died as a result of failure in hospital back-up […]

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Tadamun: Israel jailers force Palestinian prisoners to take DNA tests

[ PIC 26/03/2012 – 10:13 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The international Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights said the Israeli prison authority known as Shabas started lately to carry out a collective DNA test campaign among Palestinian prisoners in its jails and interrogation centers. Spokesman for Tadamun Ahmed Al-Betawi said that a number of prisoners […]

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#AmplifyHana | Ministry of prisoners hails Amnesty’s call for release of Shalabi

[ PIC 26/03/2012 – 10:25 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian ministry for prisoners affairs hailed Amnesty International for condemning Israel’s administrative detention of female hunger striker Hana Shalabi and demanding its immediate release. Amnesty’s deputy director of middle east and north Africa program Ann Harrison stated a few days ago that Israel has no right […]

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