PALESTINE NEWS | April 8, 2012

Christianity & Easter in Palestine – Beautiful Photography آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Apr 8, 2012 | 23339 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1762 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | Pictures Aug | Oct | Dec 2011| Jan […]

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Shalabi: Lawyer pushed me into accepting banishment deal

[ 08/04/2012 – 05:13 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Liberated prisoner Hana’a Shalabi, who was deported to Gaza Strip from her hometown in the West Bank, said that the lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner’s society had pushed her into accepting that deal. She said in a press release on Sunday that the society and head of […]

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Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to start hunger strike within days

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 04:34 PM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails would start a comprehensive hunger strike on 17 April to coincide with the Palestinian prisoner’s day, Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center for human rights, said on Sunday. Khafsh, who was released on Sunday after ten months of imprisonment and […]

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IOA renews house arrest on 70-year-old journalist, activist

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 09:51 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) renewed the house arrest on 70-year-old Palestinian journalist and human rights activist Abdul Latif Ghaith. Palestinian sources in occupied Jerusalem said on Sunday that the IOA summoned family of Ghaith, who is one of the founders of Dameer institution for […]

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ICC Jurisdiction in Palestine: Blurring Law and Politics

Jurist.org | April 8, 2012 JURIST Guest Columnist Valentina Azarov of Al-Quds Bards College, Al-Quds University says that the ICC was wrong to find that it did not have jurisdiction over Palestine, but due to the procedural nature of the decision, there are still avenues open for Palestine in the ICC… On April 3, 2012, […]

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Israeli repression of Palestinian Christians – Video

by PressTVGlobalNewson Apr 8, 2012 During the Holy Week, Jerusalem has a special spiritual connection for Christians all around the world as it is the time of the year when pilgrims visit the Old city. However, that period also represents a time of new restrictions for Palestinians, especially for Christian Palestinians who experience a number […]

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Jewish settlers desecrate the Aqsa mosque

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 11:55 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Dozens of Jewish settlers broke into the holy Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning under Israeli police protection. Local sources said that 50 settlers barged into the holy compound from the Maghareba gate to celebrate Pesach, a Jewish feast that started on Friday […]

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Haneyya: Efforts underway to bridle Israeli escalation

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 11:50 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza premier Ismail Haneyya has said that his government was exerting big efforts to avert further escalation in the Israeli occupation forces’ aggression on the Gaza Strip. Haneyya, who was attending a celebration to lay down foundation stone of a hospital for the elderly people in […]

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Settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque, form dance rings

Israeli settlers storm the A-Alqsa Mosque and form singing and dancing rings inside its courtyard Sunday during Passover Israeli settlers storm the A-Alqsa mosque. ( Photo: Internet Ahram Online, Sunday 8 Apr 2012 Tens of Israeli Jews stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque yards on Sunday, three days into the Jewish holiday of Passover (Pesach), reports Egypt’s official […]

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MK slams Israeli basketball player’s Facebook racism slur

Maan News Agency | April 8, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Knesset member Muhammad Baraka on Sunday criticized racism in Israel after racial slurs were reported on the Facebook page of an Israeli basketball player on Friday. “There is nothing like celebrating Passover with Matzah [unleavened bread] seasoned with the blood of Christian and Muslim […]

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Palestinian child, two foreign activists wounded in IOF quelling of march

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 09:53 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful anti-wall march in Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil on Saturday wounding a Palestinian child and two foreign activists. The national committee against the wall in the village said that the IOF soldiers beat up Hamza […]

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Palestinian resistance fighters survive Israeli raid

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 10:32 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A group of Palestinian resistance fighters survived at dawn Sunday an Israeli raid that targeted them in Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, local sources said. The raid comes only few hours after a similar one that wounded two Palestinian citizens to the north east […]

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IOF soldiers round up 10 Palestinians

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 10:22 AM ] QALQILIA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up ten Palestinians in various West Bank areas at dawn Sunday, including four in Qalqilia village of Azzun, Hebrew press reported. It said that IOF soldiers found four automatic rifles and 500 bullets in a Palestinian car south of Tulkarem on […]

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Ahrar warns of Israeli intention to attack Gaza

[ PIC 08/04/2012 – 11:04 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Ahrar movement has warned that the Israeli occupation was preparing for launching a new war on the Gaza Strip. It said in a statement on Sunday that Israeli war threats would not terrorize the Palestinian people who would defend themselves in face of any […]

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