#PalHunger | URGENT | Advanced stages of hunger strike and still IPS obstructs access to independent doctors

PCHR Israel – May 5, 2012 Dear Colleagues, In face of the complete reluctance of the IPS to allow PHR Israel’s doctor to regularly visit the detainees on advanced stages of hunger strikes PHR Israel took the following actions today, Saturday May 5th: Bilal Diab PHR Israel learnt that he refuses treatment and examinations, and […]

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A putsch against war: Israel’s hawks in open revolt against war on Iran

By Uri Avnery | Redress | 5 May 2012 Uri Avnery looks at how a number of leading hardliners in Israel’s military and security establishments have spoken out against the Israeli government’s plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear installations and called into question the fitness for office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence […]

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50 Palestinian workers sentenced for working without permit

[ 05/05/2012 – 08:37 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Palestinian workers from the West Bank arrested for working in 1948 occupied Palestine without permit have been sentenced in summary trials over the past couple of days, the Palestinian prisoner’s association in Jenin said. The PPA said in a press release on Saturday that 50 Palestinian workers, […]

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#PalHunger | Condition of injured Ofer protester Musa al-Shuani worsens, medics say

Maan News Agency | May 5, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The condition of a protester injured in Friday clashes near Ofer prison has worsened, medics said on Saturday. Musa al-Shuani, 21, was sent to intensive care and his condition was described as serious. Al-Shuani, a student at Bir Zeit university, was shot in the eye […]

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#PalHunger | IOF quells march supporting prisoners

[ PIC 05/05/2012 – 05:11 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces quelled a peaceful march in Al-Khalil city on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have been on hunger strike for nearly three weeks. Yousef Abu Maria, the coordinator of the National Committee against the Wall and Settlements in […]

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Sit-in outside parliament of Netherlands later this month to celebrate Nakba

[ PIC 05/05/2012 – 02:48 PM ] The HAGUE, (PIC)– Palestinian activists in the Netherlands intend to organize a sit-in outside the parliament in The Hague to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the Nakba and to highlight the cause of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails. The Palestinian house in the Netherlands, an assembly of […]

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IOF troops open gunfire at Palestinian homes in Juhr Ad-Deek in Gaza

[ PIC 05/05/2012 – 02:46 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened their machinegun fire at Palestinian homes in Juhr Al-Deek area to the south east of Gaza city on Saturday, local sources said. They told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers stationed to the east of Juhr Al-Deek also fired projectiles […]

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#PalHunger | Hamas threatens to use all means to support striking captives

[ PIC 05/05/2012 – 02:35 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Member of Hamas’ political bureau Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya has called for the escalation of efforts supporting the prisoners’ issue using all means: the media, the law, and resistance. During the Friday sermon delivered by Hayya at a solidarity sit-in tent in Gaza, he stressed the need […]

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Turkey condemns the building of 1100 new housing units in O. Jerusalem

[ PIC 05/05/2012 – 04:30 PM ] ANKARA, (PIC)– Turkish foreign ministry has expressed concern at the Israeli government’s endorsement of the building of 1100 new housing units in occupied Jerusalem. The ministry’s statement on Saturday said that the expansion of the Givat Hamatos settlement was a new addition to the illegal Israeli activity in […]

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Raed Salah: Visiting Jerusalem while occupied serves only Israel’s interests

[ PIC 05/05/2012 – 04:09 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948, said that Arab officials’ visits to Jerusalem under the occupation, “serves only the occupation’s interests” and the Zionist program and not a program supporting Al-Aqsa. During an exclusive interview […]

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#PalHunger | Liberated prisoner Ruhi Mushtaha taken to hospital for the 2nd time in less than 12 hours

[ PIC 05/05/2012 – 04:05 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Liberated Hamas leader Ruhi Mushtaha was transferred to Shifa hospital in Gaza city on Saturday for the second time in less than 12 hours after his health worsened again. Hamas sources told the PIC that Mushtaha was among dozens of other liberated prisoners in Gaza who […]

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FLAGS REPLACED! – Activists Replace Israeli Flags – May, 5, 2012 – Photography

May 5, 2012 Photos by Rani Burnat,  AjyaL Radio Network-ARN Video May 5, 2012 Video by ibleedpalestine ازالة اعلام الاحتلال واستبدالها بأعلام فلسطين In honor of our Political prisoners, we removed the occupiers flags near Singel, Palestine on the main road from Ramallah to Nablus. The flags were replaced with the proper Palestinian flags. May […]

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#PalHunger | Solidarity protest in Ramallah for the hunger strikers – May 5, 2012 – Photography

May 5, 2012 Photos by Fadi Arori, Majdi Mohammed & ABBAS MOMANI, Moh’d Idrees More photography PHOTOS | Beit Ommar weekly protest, May, 5, 2012 | ICAI2 PHOTOS |FLAGS REPLACED! – Activists Replace Israeli Flags  – May, 5, 2012 – Gallery ACTIONALERT & LIVE BLOG ▶ 3000 PALESTINIANS ON HUNGER STRIKE | #PalHunger Palestinian Prisoners […]

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Originally posted on Abbas Hamideh's Blog:
[Please read, respond and forward widely!] URGENT ACTION NEEDED FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS BILAL DIAB AND THAER HALAHLEH! Al-Awda, The Palestine Right To Return Coalition calls on all people of conscience to take immediate action to try to save the lives of Palestinian political prisoners Bilal Diab 27, and…

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#PalHunger | Solidarity marches with the hunger strike prisoners – Photography

Silwanic | Saturday, 5 May, 2012 | 15:48 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — A lot of marches and sit-ins happened in Jerusalem in different parts of the city, the Friday’s prayer and speech happened in front of the building of the Red Cross in Sheikh Jarrah area, a solidarity tent was sit up in the area […]

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