PALESTINE NEWS | April 22, 2012

ACTIONALERT & LIVE BLOG ▶ 3000 PALESTINIANS ON HUNGER STRIKE | #PalHunger آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Apr 22, 2012 | 23353 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1775 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter Continuous updates.. URGENT: Administrative detainee Zuhair Lubada suffering serious health […]

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EMOHR urges European organizations to support Palestinian hunger striking prison | #PalHunger

[ PIC 22/04/2012 – 09:58 PM ] GENEVA, (PIC)– The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights (EMOHR) started contacting some European and international officials, within the framework of the European Campaign for the Defense of Palestinian prisoners, which was launched a few days ago, and which aims at supporting the prisoners. EMOHR said in a statement […]

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Israeli ISP Bans Access to Tikun Olam Website ~ by @Richards1052

Tikun Olam – By Richard Silverstein – April 22, 2012 Thanks to an Israeli reader who was visiting a Haredi community, Beitar, and tried unsuccessfully to access my blog.  Using the ISP Etrog, he received the following message: Dear User, This site is blocked by Etrog Internet. In the event that you think this is […]

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#Airflotilla3 boarding on August 23, 2012! – “Welcome to Palestine” organizers decide to organize another broad campaign

[ 22/04/2012 – 09:43 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– “Welcome to Palestine” organizers announced to organize a wider campaign, late August, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and as a response to the Zionist arrogance against the international activists. The organizers, about 23 Palestinian institutions and 15 international activists, have agreed, in a meeting held in […]

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Mishaal confers with Turkish foreign minister in Qatar | #palestine #turkey

[ 22/04/2012 – 10:21 AM ] DOHA, (PIC)– Political bureau chairman of Hamas Khaled Mishaal conferred with Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davetuglo in Doha on Saturday, Turkish and Qatari media reported. The Anatolia news agency said that the discussion tackled the Arab-Israeli conflict and the internal Palestinian reconciliation. For its part, the Qatari news agency […]

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Islamic-Christian commission: IOA blocking political solutions

[ PIC 22/04/2012 – 12:13 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem has lashed out at the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for endorsing the construction of hundreds of new housing units in the holy city. The commission said in a statement on Sunday that the IOA wants to tighten […]

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IOA renews administrative detention of Jenin municipality member Mohammed Nasser

[ PIC 22/04/2012 – 12:14 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) renewed the administrative detention of Mohammed Nassar, member of Jenin municipal council, for four months for the second time running. Local sources said that Nassar was arrested since 22-11-2011 during a campaign of arrests in lines of activists of the popular […]

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Radwan: Hamas keen on Palestinian state

[ PIC 22/04/2012 – 03:56 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas is keen on the establishment of a Palestinian state with Gaza Strip included, Dr. Ismail Radwan, a Hamas leader, said on Sunday. He told the PIC that Palestinian land should be liberated in order to establish a Palestinian state, adding that his movement would never […]

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MP Natshe joins hunger strike | #PalHunger #IsraeliJails

[ PIC 22/04/2012 – 03:58 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Wife of detained Hamas MP Mohammed Jamal Al-Natshe has said that her husband joined the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike on Saturday. Ahlam Al-Natshe said that her husband phoned her at a late Saturday night hour and told her he joined the strike along with all Nafha […]

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Sheikh Abu Hija and his two sons launched a hunger strike in occupation prisons

[ Palestinian Information Center – 22/04/2012 – 04:52 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The family of Sheikh Jamal Abu al-Hija from the Jenin Camp expressed their support for Sheikh Jamal and his two sons Abdul Salam and Hamza after announcing they were joining the mass hunger strike that was launched in the Prisoners’ Day (17 April) […]

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Zionist Occupation launches an arrest campaign in West Bank

[ Palestinian Information Center 22/04/2012 – 04:50 PM ] OCCUPIED WB, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale arrest campaign in lines of Palestinian citizens in various West Bank areas including Two students and two children. The Islamic bloc has affirmed that the occupation forces stormed Seir town in Al-Khalil, broke into the home […]

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Meshaal: We will definitely get our prisoners released

[ Palestinian Information Center – 22/04/2012 – 05:02 PM ] DOHA, (PIC)– Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas political Bureau, warned, in a meeting held to mark the Prisoners’ Day at the Palestinian Embassy in Doha on Saturday, the occupation authorities to free all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Meshaal called, in the meeting attended […]

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Originally posted on Desertpeace:
Mads Gilbert, eyewitness to ‘Cast Lead’, says Gaza remains besieged and ‘shattered’ By Alex Kane *   Two years ago, Dr. Mads Gilbert (left) told me that his experience in Gaza during Israel’s assault in 2009 was the “most horrific experience” of his life, a grim honor previously held by Israel’s…

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UN: Israel displaced 67 Palestinian refugees in the last week

Maan News Agency | April 22, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel forcibly displaced 67 Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem over the last week, UN agencies said Sunday. On Wednesday, Israeli forces evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina. Jewish settlers moved into the homes the same day. Also on Wednesday, […]

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