Archive | June 20, 2012

#GazaUnderAttack | June 20, 2012 | Al-Quds Brigades declares a state of general mobilization

[ 20/06/2012 – 07:30 PM ] GAZA,(PIC)– The armed wing of Islamic Jihad, Al-Quds Brigades, has declared a state of general mobilization in all sites and frontlines, calling on its fighters to stay in a state of readiness. Al-Quds Brigades’s announcement came after the recent Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip, where seven people were […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | June 20, 2012 | Israeli raid kills Palestinian child, seriously wounds his father

[ PIC 20/06/2012 – 08:13 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian child was killed and his father and a neighbor were seriously injured in an Israeli air raid on Gaza city afternoon Wednesday. Local sources said that an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired two missiles at a field in Zaitun suburb, south west of Gaza […]

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#PalHunger | Charities warn of “imminent” death of Palestinian hunger striker Akram Rikhawi

URGENT | June 14, 2012 | 20 children started hunger strike in Israeli prison Al Akhbar English Published Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Two leading charities called on Wednesday for Israel to give proper medical treatment to a hunger striker in an Israeli jail, warning that his health is deteriorating rapidly. Prisoners’ rights charity Addameer and […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hadeel to triumph


Hadeel Haddad Waleed al-Meadana | Mondoweiss | June 20, 2012 It is hard when a man beholds his innocent child, laid dead and mingled with her blood. The smell, the scattered parts of the soft body, the silent heart –or better the silenced heart—alongside the tears of the woeful kinsfolks, weeping before the fragmented body, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Palestinian killed, others injured in a new wave of Israeli raids

[ 20/06/2012 – 01:42 PM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– A Palestinian fighter was killed and several others were wounded in a new wave of Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, local and medical sources said. Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a motorbike to the […]

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IOF soldiers arrest Hamas supporter shortly Assad Badran after his release from PA jails

[ PIC 20/06/2012 – 01:34 PM ] TULKAREM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Assad Badran, a Hamas supporter, from his village of Deir Al-Ghusoon near Tulkarem, shortly after his release form Palestinian Authority jails. Local sources said that the IOF soldiers raided the village on Monday and took away Badran, a newly-wed, after searching […]

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Official: Settlers erect homes, level land by Nablus outposts

Maan News Agency | June 20, 2012   NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers have brought 45 caravans to expand settler outposts near Nablus, a local official said Wednesday. Construction began on Monday on three settler outposts adjacent to Eli and Shilo settlements in the northern West Bank, PA official monitoring settler activities Ghassan Daghlas told […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Ministry: Boy killed as Israel bombs Gaza City

Maan News Agency | June 20, 2012   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 14-year-old boy was killed Wednesday afternoon as Israel bombed Gaza City in the third day of strikes on the enclave, Gaza’s health ministry said. Momen al-Adam was killed and two people were injured, including Momen’s father, in the strike east of the […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | …. Again

Al Qassam Website 20-06-2012,09:45By: Julie Webb-PullmanIn the last 24 hours in Gaza, four people have been killed and at least nine more taken to hospital as a result of Israeli air strikes. A woman and child were among the injured. Forget administrative detention – the blame game that imprisons without evidence – Israel now openly […]

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#VIDEO | Video features Dutch politicians opposing Israeli practice of administrative detention ~ by @docjazzmusic

Wednesday, 20 June 2012 04:01 By Dr. Tariq Shadid – Dutch politicians and other prominent citizens have participated in a video protesting against the ongoing Israeli practice of administrative detention of Palestinian civilians. In this short film by Dutch filmmaker Abdelkarim El-Fassi, former prime minister Dries van Agt and members of Dutch Parliament Harry van […]

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#VIDEO | In retaliation for killing 8 Palestinians, E.Q.B fire qassam rockets at Israeli military bases

Jun 20, 2012 In retaliation for killing 8 Palestinians, E.Q.B fire qassam rockets at Israeli military bases     Recommended read: A “Leaflet” to the World about it’s own “forgotten” Extermination Camp called Gaza Featured Gaza Siege Harshness Continues. Israel’s committing slow-motion genocide ~ by Stephen Lendman – March 23, 2012 For who does not […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel escalates aggression, launches more airstrikes on Gaza

[ PIC 20/06/2012 – 11:22 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli regime resumed its aerial attacks on Tuesday evening on the Gaza Strip inflicting a number of casualties among Palestinian civilians and resistance fighters. According to Quds Press, two air-to-ground missiles targeted a group of resistance fighters east of Azzeitoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza city […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Gaza Experiment: Mere Words Will Not Help Solve Gaza Crisis ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Gaza has never been truly free from blockade. (IRIN) By Ramzy Baroud | Palestine Chronicle | June 20, 2012 The fifth anniversary of the Israeli siege on Gaza was commemorated on June 14 with a barrage of statements, urging Israel to end the blockade and allow Gazans long-denied humanitarian assistance, freedom of movement and access […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Another Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza

PressTV | June 20, 2012 Another Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza, raising the death toll from three days of attacks to eight. Medics said on Wednesday that an Israeli war plane opened fire on a Palestinian man riding a motorcycle in Rafah city. The Israeli regime’s military frequently bombs […]

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