Palestinian minister calls for UN boycott of Israel over torture claims

MEMO | June 21, 2012 The absence of any obvious commitment to human rights and the terms of the UN Charter has led the Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs to call for a UN boycott of Israel. Isa Qaraq’e pointed out that 178 UN Resolutions condemning Israeli violence against Palestinian prisoners since 1967 have not […]

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Hundreds of settlers break into Yussef’s Tomb performing Talmudic rituals

[ 21/06/2012 – 05:14 PM ] NABLUS,(PIC)– Hundreds of Jewish settlers broke into Yussef’s Tomb to the east of Nablus in West bank last night to perform Talmudic rituals under IOF protection. Eyewitnesses said that 15 military vehicles stormed the eastern part of Nablus, and headed towards Yussef’s tomb to secure the entry of buses […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli forces detain 6 fishermen off Gaza coast

Maan News Agency | June 21, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained six fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, a local official said. Mahfouz al-Kabariti, Chairman of the Palestinian Association for Fishing and Marine Sports, said in a statement that Israeli troops detained six fishermen from three boats […]

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Twelve Injured In Tunnel Accident

Thursday June 21, 2012 13:08 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian medical sources reported that twelve residents were wounded, on Thursday before noon, after a siege-busting tunnel collapsed, east of the Sheikh Zayed area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Siege-Busting Tunnel – File, Palinfo The Quds Net News Agency reported […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | The Al-Qassam Brigades Seeks Truce After Third Day of Airstrikes

Thursday June 21, 2012 11:23 by Craig Harrington – International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Following days of strikes and counterattacks between Israeli military forces and Qassam brigades in Gaza the Palestinian organization has announced its desire for a truce. Al-Qassam Briagdes The conditional ceasefire would be brokered by Egypt and put an end […]

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Report: 90% of WB water is under occupation control

“Israeli development” | Israel’s Facade at the World Expo #Floriade2012 [ 20/06/2012 – 10:50 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The water crisis in the West Bank worsens especially in the southern provinces, each year with the beginning of summer, because of the increased water consumption. Many officials and experts said that this water crisis is due […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | June 21, 2012 | Bardawil: No one-sided calm

[ PIC 20/06/2012 – 08:19 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas leader Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil has refused the idea of a one-sided calm with the Israeli occupation forces. Bardawil told Quds Press on Wednesday that the Israeli military escalation was meant to test the Palestinian resistance and to impose new conditions on it, which, he said, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | June 20, 2012 | Four Palestinians wounded in Israeli evening raids including two children

[ PIC 20/06/2012 – 08:16 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Four Palestinian citizens were wounded in new Israeli air raids on northern and central Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening. Local sources told the PIC reporter that the Israeli raids bombed Jabalia, north of the Strip, and injured four citizens including two children. Other warplanes blasted targets […]

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Israel occupation soldiers raze houses, animal enclosures in Al-Khalil village

[ 20/06/2012 – 08:15 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) razed a number of houses and animal enclosures in Rahwa hamlet near Dhaheria town, south of Al-Khalil, at noon Wednesday, locals told the PIC. They said that IOF soldiers escorted bulldozers that knocked down two houses made of asbestos in addition to a […]

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The IOF arrest 16 citizens in occupied WB

[ PIC 21/06/2012 – 05:17 PM ] RAMALLAH/GAZA,(PIC)– IOF troops arrested at down on Thursday, 16 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Local sources in West Bank said that Israeli Occupation Forces have stormed Al-Khalil and Ramallah and Jenin, where they carried out search and raid campaigns that affected dozens of homes […]

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Originally posted on Desertpeace:
“We, Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals, who took part in the “Bienvenue en Palestine” initiatives of July 2011 and April 2012, call on you to continue the struggle with us for the freedom of movement in Palestine and against the isolation of the Palestinian people. * Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff *…

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DELIBERATE MEDICAL NEGLECT | Health of prisoner Alaa Hassouna’s badly deteriorated

[ PIC 21/06/2012 – 04:57 PM ] AL-KHALIL,(PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner center confirmed the serious deterioration of the prisoner Alaa Hassouna’s health, detained since 2004, in light of the deliberate medical neglect by the Ramla Prison administration where he is serving an 8-year sentence. The center said in a press release, on Wednesday, that the […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Zahhar: Qassam retaliation to Israeli aggression is Hamas position

[ PIC 21/06/2012 – 04:45 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar has said that the Qassam Brigades’ retaliation to the Israeli attacks on Gaza reflected his movement’s position. He said, in press statements on Thursday, that Gaza had suffered a lot as a result of the Israeli attacks and […]

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Political detainees go on hunger strike to demand their release from PA jails

[ 21/06/2012 – 04:43 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The families of five political prisoners being held by the Palestinian authority intelligence agency in Jericho city said their sons went on indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday morning to demand their release. According to the families, Mohamed Al-Atrash, Mohamed Abu Hadid, Othman Qawasmi and Moatassem Natsheh from […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Soldiers Kidnap Six Fishermen In Gaza

 Thursday June 21, 2012 13:34 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, six Palestinian fishermen in Palestinian territorial waters, near the as-Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza City. File – alresalah.ps Local sources reported that several Israeli Navy ships surrounded three small Palestinian fishing boats before opening fire at […]

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