UN’s Mideast envoy Serry slams Israeli PM’s plan to expand Beit El settlement

File photo shows the illegal Ulpana outpost adjacent to the Beit El Jewish settlement near the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah. PressTV Thu Jun 7, 2012 5:50PM GMT The United Nations Middle East envoy Robert Serry says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to expand Beit El Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | June 7, 2012

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات June 7, 2012 | 23838 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1821 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah http://wp.me/p16sn9-oGg 102 Episcopal bishops ask Obama for continued aid […]

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3 detained, Israel raids ex-prisoner’s house

Maan News Agency – June 7, 2012 JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces seized at least three Palestinians near Ramallah and Hebron and raided a prisoner’s home in the northern West Bank, residents said Thursday. Locals said two men were arrested from Yamoun and Araba villages near Jenin and soldiers broke into a former prisoner’s home […]

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#PalHunger | Free Mahmoud Sarsak: An Open Letter to Alistair Burt

Palestine Chronicle | June 7, 2012 The Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt, M.P., Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH. Dear Mr Burt, Re: Mahmoud al Sarsak. As Minister with responsibility for the Middle East and North Africa, the plight of Palestinians both held without trial, legal representation and […]

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#PalHunger | Red Cross spokesman: “No information about Gaza prisoners’ visits”

MEMO | June 7, 2012 The International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip has said that it has not received any information from the Israeli authorities regarding visit schedules for Gazan prisoners in Israeli jails. The Committee confirmed that it is in touch with the authorities concerned, as well as with the […]

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The 1967-war revisited ~ by Khalid Amayreh

Al Qassam Website | 07-06-2012 | By Khalid Amayreh Part-1 When Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, I was ten years old. Then, I didn’t fully grasp what was happening to us. Arab radio stations transmitting from Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad had been galvanizing us into believing that Israel’s days were numbered and that […]

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Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah

Thursday June 07, 2012 21:18 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian medical sources reported Thursday that a Palestinian was killed and another was injured when a siege-busting tunnel, on the Gaza Egypt border, collapse while they were working inside it. File – Palinfo The Higher Committee for Medical and Emergency services reported that […]

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#PalHunger | Human rights groups call for immediate transfer of hunger strikers to civilian hospitals

MEMO | Thursday, 07 June 2012 13:30 As organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights, the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations (PCHRO) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) are gravely concerned for the lives of three Palestinian prisoners who remain on hunger strike in Israeli prison. Today (Wednesday, 6 June), Mahmoud […]

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Hamas: We will not give up an inch of Palestine

[ PIC 05/06/2012 – 06:36 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas has asserted that it would not surrender one inch of historical Palestine regardless of the lapse of time. In a statement on Tuesday on the 45th anniversary of the Israeli war on three Arab countries that ended with the occupation of the West Bank, the […]

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#PalHunger | Mahmoud Sarsak continues his hunger strike for the 85th day running

[ PIC 07/06/2012 – 03:17 PM ] GAZA,(PIC)–The Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Sarsak, 28, has entered the 85th day of his grueling hunger strike which is considered the longest hunger strike in Palestinian history, protesting against his renewable administrative detention without charge or trial for more than three years. The detainee Sarsak is now in a […]

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Wounded detainee Laith Mishaal, shot in abdomen held in hospital with both hands and feet shackled

[ PIC 07/06/2012 – 09:17 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Palestinian detainee Laith Mishaal was held in Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in occupied Jerusalem with both his hands and feet shackled to his hospital bed, human rights sources said. They said that Laith, 26, was shot in his abdomen at the hands of the Israeli […]

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Violent clashes at dawn between Nabi Saleh villagers and troops

[PIC 07/06/2012 – 10:16 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Violent clashes broke out at dawn Thursday between Palestinian young men and Israeli troops in Nabi Saleh village near Ramallah city during raids on homes. The confrontations took place when the invading troops stormed a number of homes in the village including the house of a noted […]

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Peace Now: Gilad society to build a tourist center in Silwan district

[ PIC 07/06/2012 – 03:20 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Peace Now movement revealed an Israeli plan to build a tourist center in Ein Silwan district south of the Aqsa Mosque. Spokeswoman for Peace Now Hagit Ofran stated on Thursday that the settlers of Gilad society intend to exploit the tourist sector to justify […]

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#PalHunger | Political detainee Abdullah Aker transferred to hospital

[ PIC 07/06/2012 – 03:19 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Political detainee Abdullah Aker, who is on hunger strike in Palestinian Authority jails, was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after deterioration in his health condition. Well informed sources in Nablus city said that Aker, who has been on hunger strike for 12 days, was taken from […]

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Israeli occupation forces storm Jenin villages, arrest youth

[ PIC 07/06/2012 – 03:21 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a number of villages in the Jenin province on Thursday and rounded up a youth and interrogated a liberated prisoner. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of IOF soldier encircled the home of Muayad Jaradat in Yamun village, west of Jenin, before dawn […]

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