#PALESTINE NEWS | July 31, 2012

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات July 31, 2012 | 23891 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1875 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates NEW REPORT Published by Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights | June […]

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Deliberate medical neglect: Prisoner from Tammun suffering serious health condition

[ PIC 31/07/2012 – 12:38 PM ] TUBAS, (PIC)– A human rights center warned of a serious deterioration in the health condition of prisoner Abdul Salam Abdul Rahim Bani Ouda from Tammun town in Tubas, who was sentenced to 30 years, amid a deliberate neglect to his treatment by the Israeli Prison Service. Center for […]

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Former official reveals 25% of Palestinian detainees arrested by Israel due to collaboration

MEMO | July 30, 2012 Fahmi Shabaneh mocked calls by the PA and Fatah to free Palestinian prisoners. A former senior Palestinian security official has revealed that around 25 per cent of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are there as a direct result of collaboration between the Israeli and Palestinian Authority security forces. Fahmi Shabaneh […]

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One year after killings: Iraq Burin continues its struggle

By Jonas Webber |  31 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Three days before the start of Ramadan, the small mountainside town of Iraq Burin was attacked by Israeli settlers from the illegal colony of Bracha. The attackers descended from the settlement at 12:30 a.m. and were soon followed by the Israeli military, […]

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America: from a shining city on a hill to virtual Jewish fiefdom ~ by Khalid Amayreh

Al-Qassam Website 31-07-2012By Khalid Amayreh One of the grim signs underscoring the utter corruption of the American political environment is the ongoing tuneful and vapid contest between incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney to win the heart of the Zionist state of Israel. The two are behaving like determined political whores, hell-bent […]

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An Image of Hebron: the Occupation’s Ugly face

A Hebron roadblock. (Patrick O. Strickland) By Patrick O. Strickland – Hebron (Al-Khalil) | The Palestine Chronicle A winding road, smooth and freshly paved, carries passengers from Jerusalem to Hebron, situated deep in the stomach of the West Bank. This route, like 80 percent of the total highway system in the West Bank, is prohibited […]

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Al-Aqsa to be Converted into a Park by Israelis

Tuesday July 31, 2012 11:43 by Kelly Joiner – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group & Agencies The Jerusalem municipality has issued a decision to convert Al-Aqsa mosque’s yards into public parks and gardens that would be open to the general public, according to Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, deputy head of the Islamic […]

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Palestinian ‘shot, injured’ by Israeli forces near Beit Ummar

Maan News Agency | July 31, 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and injured a 19-year-old Palestinian overnight Monday near Beit Ummar in the southern West Bank, a local official said. Israeli forces shot Ziad Muhammad Ikhlil twice during a military operation west of Beit Ummar, local popular committee spokesman Muhammad Awwad said in […]

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Tuesday Raids Follow Monday Killing

Tuesday July 31, 2012 14:07 by Craig Harrington – IMEMC & Agencies On Tuesday the Israeli military raided several refugee camps south of Hebron and detained two residents. Five more Palestinians were arrested simultaneously around the West Bank. Source: File The arrests of seven Palestinians on Tuesday morning as part of strategic Israeli raids into […]

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Israeli Checkpoints: Deathtraps for Palestinians

A Palestinian woman walks in front of a section of Israel’s controversial barrier near Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan 20 July 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Mohamad Torokman) By: Fadi Abu Saada Al Akhbar English | Published Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Jerusalem […]

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Israelis resume demolition of historic bridge to Al-Aqsa Mosque

MEMO | July 31, 2012 Sheikh Raed Salah, meanwhile, reiterated the importance of publicising Israel’s “aggressive plans” against Islamic holy places. The Israeli occupation authorities are resuming their demolition of the historic Al-Magharibah Bridge to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Details of the Israeli project were disclosed during a press conference arranged by Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and […]

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Palestinian youth threaten protests against EU

Maan News Agency | July 31, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian youths said Monday they would organize protests against European Union “complicity” in Israel’s occupation unless Brussels suspended plans to upgrade relations with Israel. The group, Palestinians for Dignity, called on the EU to freeze a new upgrade of relations with Israel, suspend an existing […]

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MK calls for moving Aqsa Mosque to build the alleged Temple in its place

[ PIC 30/07/2012 – 10:13 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The rightist Knesset member Aryeh Eldad of the “National Union” bloc has proposed to his government to “cut up and move” the Aqsa Mosque in order to build the alleged Temple in its place. Eldad said, during a march around the walls of the Old City […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | IOF soldiers open machinegun fire at Palestinian fields

[ PIC 31/07/2012 – 09:11 AM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fields east of Qarara town to the north east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, local sources said. They said that the Israeli troops stationed near Kissufim military outpost fired at the agricultural fields […]

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Australia to investigate Israeli treatment of Palestinian children

Al Qassam Website 31-07-2012,11:43 Al Qassam website- The Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, announced on Monday that he plans to send officials from his office to Israel to observe trials of Palestinian children who are sentenced to military prison, a local Palestinian news agency eported. Carr expressed his concern about violations of the rights […]

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