Archive | April 3, 2012

PALESTINE NEWS | April 3, 2012

LIVE BLOG – HANA SHALABI DEPORTED TO GAZA – April 1, 2012 آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Apr 3, 2012 | 23334 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1757 days For news of previous news days Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter NEW PAGES ON THIS BLOG —— OVERVIEWS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED █▌ CHILD […]

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IOF soldiers arrest journalist Fadl Beitawi, MP Hamed Beitawi’s son

[ 03/04/2012 – 09:19 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the city of Nablus at dawn Tuesday and arrested Fadl Beitawi, the son of MP Hamed Beitawi, from his home, sources told the PIC. They said that journalist Mohammed Anwar, 29, who works with Quds Press, was also taken from his home […]

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15 Israelis Attack 42 Year Old Ahmad Younis, Palestinian Worker in Jerusalem

BETHLEHEM, April 3, 2012 (WAFA) – Around 15 Israelis Tuesday attacked a Palestinian worker in Jerusalem, injuring him and causing bruises all over his body, according to local sources. Ahmad Younis, 42, from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, was on his way to work in western Jerusalem when around 15 Israelis battered and […]

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Palestinian prisoners in four Israeli prisons on hunger strike

[ PIC 03/04/2012 – 10:23 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The ministry of prisoners in Gaza said that Palestinian prisoners in four Israeli jails are going on a single day hunger strike on Tuesday as part of their protest steps against oppression and violation of rights. The ministry said that the prisoners in Askalan, Nafha, Eshel, […]

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IOF soldiers bulldoze land, damage olive trees near Yatta & Summon released prisoner

[ PIC 03/04/2012 – 11:30 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed Palestinian agricultural land and uprooted olive trees, some dating 30 years back, in Um Nir to the east of Yatta town south of Al-Khalil on Tuesday. Ratib Al-Jibour, the coordinator of the popular committee in Yatta, said that IOF soldiers bulldozed […]

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IOA officially reveals a new settlement project in Abu Dis

[ PIC 03/04/2012 – 01:47 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Nir Barkat, the occupied Jerusalem Mayor, revealed his plan to establish a new Jewish neighborhood near Abu Dis to the east of occupied Jerusalem. About 200 new houses are being planned for the new neighborhood, known as Kidmat Zion, on a Palestinian land allegedly purchased […]

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Abbas Assayed threatens to go on hunger strike to end his isolation

[ PIC 03/04/2012 – 03:04 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Abbas Assayed, a detained commander of the Qassam Brigades, has threatened to go on hunger strike if the Israeli occupation authority decided to renew his isolation. Assayed said in a leaked message from his isolation cell in the Israeli Gilboa jail that the Israeli intelligence and […]

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ICC sides with Israel, rejects Gaza war crimes probe

Published Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | Al Akhbar Amnesty International accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of “political bias” after it refused to investigate crimes carried out by Israelis during the 2008-9 Gaza War. The court’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Palestinian Authority to clear the way for the permanent war […]

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Medics: Israel returns body of Palestinian Bilal Yousef al-Saayed. Killed in Gaza

Maan News Agency | April 3, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel on Tuesday returned the body of Bilal Yousef al-Saayed to Gaza, three days after he was shot dead by Israeli forces, medics said. Palestinian medics received al-Saayed’s body at the Erez crossing, emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya told Ma’an. The International Committee […]

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4 Year old Aseel Ara’ara, shot by Israel to Quadriplegia last year died today

انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون الله يرحم كل الشهداء April 3, 2012 Little Aseel Ara’ara was shot on Wednesday morning Oct 26, 2011 by Israeli snipers in her neck with live ammunition resulting in Quadraplegia. She died today. Violence against children and direct targeting of (playing) children is reaching unknown heights and intolerable. Not […]

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Shalabi’s mother: Hana was subjected to harassment during her Strike

[ PIC 03/04/2012 – 11:19 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The freed detainee Hana Shalabi’s mother and family appealed on Monday to all international institutions and Egypt, as a mediator, to demand the return of her deported daughter from Gaza to her home in Burkin village, Jenin province. The mother has confirmed, in a meeting with […]

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Land Day commemoration in Al Huda School, Khan Yunis

by Nathan Stuckey | 1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Al Huda School is a small, private primary school in Khan Yunis. It serves about 400 students, a quarter of them orphans. The school isn’t in the center of town, it is more out in the countryside. You look out the windows over […]

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Extension of administrative detention of Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq for the second time

31 March 2012 | Tanwer | ISM Human beings are born free, but we are surrounded by restrictions everywhere Jean-Jacques Rousseau Today on the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day, which confirms for our people the unity and integrity of our case, the unity of its land, and the right of return and self-determination, […]

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Swedish peace activist beaten up by Israeli Occupation Forces – Video

by Jonas Weber and Jeff 1 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Linking Elbows at Qalandia A Swedish peace activist at the Land Day demonstration in Qalandia, outside of Ramallah, was arrested. During the arrest he was kicked and beaten by the Israeli soldiers. “It happened so fast, I never understood what was […]

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