PALESTINE NEWS | May 23, 2012

LIVE BLOG ▶ PALESTINIANS ON HUNGER STRIKE | #PalHunger LIVE BLOG ▶ Commemorating 64 Years of Catastrophe in Palestine | #Nakba64 LIVE BLOG ▶ Israel Attacks Gaza May 17, 2012 & lies about it | #GazaUnderAttack continuous updated آخر الأخبار والتحديثات May 23, 2012 | 23823 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege […]

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Prisoners’ leadership: We will not leave Abu Sisi in isolation

[ PIC 23/05/2012 – 05:43 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Tadamun foundation for human rights confirmed that Captive leadership in occupation prisons is making a great effort to end Dirar Abu Sisi’s isolation in Ashkelon prison. Ahmed Betawi, a researcher at the foundation, quoted Mohammed Sabha, leader in Captive movement, as saying that the movement leadership […]

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Gaza fleet leashed by Israel, starved for fuel

Maan News Agency | May 23, 2012 By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA CITY (Reuters) — Israeli gunboats and an Egyptian clampdown on fuel smuggling into the Gaza Strip are strangling the enclave’s little fishing fleet, slowly turning a generation of fishermen into fishmongers. Since 2009, they have been unable to sail out beyond three miles because […]

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Zughayar tells the real story of how he got seriously injured after Israeli soldiers’ stabbing

[ PIC 23/05/2012 – 04:59 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– 18-year-old Palestinian prisoner, Muhammad Salah Zughayar, from the occupied city of Al-Khalil, revealed the details of the incident that caused him serious injuries, and after which some reports announced his martyrdom. The lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Mufeed al-Haj, who visited Zughayar in Hadassah […]

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Palestinian teen, two children rounded up in Qalqilia village

[ PIC 23/05/2012 – 12:00 PM ] QALQILIA, (PIC)– A Palestinian teen and two others under 18 years old were detained in Azzun village, east of Qalqilia city, in a pre-dawn raid on Wednesday by Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers broke into locals’ homes and searched many of them after forcing […]

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Teen stabbed by soldiers in ‘stable condition’

Maan News Agency | May 23, 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — An 18-year-old stabbed by Israeli soldiers near Bethlehem on Sunday is in a stable condition after surgery, the Palestinian prisoners society said Wednesday. Salah al-Zghayar underwent surgery at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center after he was stabbed in the abdomen at Gush Etzion junction, prisoners society […]

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IOF incursion in central Gaza

[ PIC 23/05/2012 – 12:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided eastern Deir Al-Balah town in central Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, local sources told the PIC reporter. They said that the IOF soldiers in five tanks escorted seven bulldozers that entered from eastern Khan Younis and headed north to the eastern […]

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MK Sarsour: Israel bears consequences of any attempts against the Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 23/05/2012 – 12:44 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Arab Knesset member Ibrahim Sarsour warned Tuesday that the Israeli government and its forces would be fully responsible for the consequences of any plan to raze the Aqsa Mosque or Dome of Rock. In a speech before the Knesset, Sarsour stated that the rituals made […]

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Israeli Forces Abduct Palestinians From Across the West Bank, Take Them to Unknown Destinations

Wednesday May 23, 2012 09:11 by Heidi Williams – IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian News Network, PNN, and Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot, reported that Israeli forces invaded several areas of the West Bank on Tuesday, and abducted nine Palestinians. The Israeli Army transferred the detainees to unknown destinations to investigate allegations that they are wanted […]

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Lawyer: Abducted Gaza engineer Dirar Abu Sisi still in isolation despite deal

Al Qassam Website 23-05-2012,11:11 Al Qassam (Agencies)- A Gaza engineer kidnapped by Israel in the Ukraine last year is the last remaining prisoner held in solitary confinement, after the hunger-strike deal sought to end the practice, his lawyer said Tuesday. Dirar Abu Sisi is still being held in an isolation cell in Ashkelon prison, while […]

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Jewish extremist settlers attack again, this time in Bethlehem village

[ PIC 23/05/2012 – 09:39 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Dozens of Jewish settlers attacked Taku village to the south east of Bethlehem on Tuesday night, local sources said. They said that the settlers came in around 20 vehicles under protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and tried to assault citizens and shop owners. The […]

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Palestinian factions: Egypt’s new president will be an ally to Palestine

[ PIC 23/05/2012 – 09:45 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Some Palestinian factions expressed their optimism about the first presidential election in Egypt after the January 25 revolution, saying the coming president would be a strong supporter of the Palestinian people. In a press statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC), senior Hamas official and lawmaker […]

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#PHOTOS | Demo in London against the visit of Israel’s Lieberman | #LiebermanLondon

May 22, 2012 As Reported by BDSLondon One of the most dramatic demonstrations we’ve had in London in a long time. Pro-Palestinian supporters protested in Hendon (which should be renamed Little Israel) outside the hotel where Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, was having a meeting with the racist Jewish National Fund (JNF). Supporters of Israel […]

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