Abu Zuhri: PA has to end political detention once and for all

[ PIC 07/07/2012 – 04:47 PM ] GAZA, (PIC) — The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, demanded the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to end the political arrests campaign. The movement’s spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, demanded in a statement on Saturday the PA to close the political detention’s file once and for all, to stop […]

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#Torture | Israeli trainee soldiers attack prisoners in Etzion jail

[ PIC 07/07/2012 – 02:32 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A number of Israeli trainee soldiers stormed Saturday afternoon Etzion detention center north of Al-Khalil city and physically assaulted Palestinian prisoners. Lawyer Abeer Al-Wahsh told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the soldiers forced all prisoners in this jail to put their hands behind their backs […]

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#VIDEO | Ni’lin Demo – July 6, 2012

Jul 6, 2012 by Nilinvillage Website: http://www.nilin-village.org/  

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Hunger strikers in PA jails reach agreement with jailers

[ 07/07/2012 – 11:00 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Political activist and journalist Lama Khater told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that an agreement between the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence agency and political prisoners on hunger strike in its jails was reached on Friday. “The agreement happened due to the determination and the defiance showed by the […]

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Israeli occupation forces detain old man and his four grandchildren for hours

[ PIC 07/07/2012 – 10:04 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained an old Palestinian man and his four grandchildren near Bani Naim village to south west of Al-Khalil on Saturday. A security source told Quds Press that the soldiers detained the four children and their grandfather at a bypass road near Bani […]

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#PALESTINE NEWS | July 7, 2012

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات July 7, 2012 | 23867 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1851 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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Four children injured by unexploded Israeli ordnance in Gaza

Qassam Website 07-07-2012,12:54 07-07-2012,13:09Al Qassam website- Gaza- Four Palestinian children have been wounded on Saturday morning after unexploded Israeli ordnance went off in the besieged Gaza Strip. The explosion took place in the Central Gaza Strip east of Deir Al Balah City as the children were playing. Father of the four children said that they […]

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Israeli Electric Corporation threatens to cut off power to Palestinian villages in WB

[ 07/07/2012 – 07:33 AM ] Nazareth, (PIC)– The Israeli Electric Corporation (IEC) threatened to cut off power to Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank due to PA’s failure to pay funds due to the provider company. The IEC chairman, Yiftach Ron-Tal, stated: “The company will cut off electricity to Palestinian villages in the […]

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Israeli army initiates war games on the borders with Syria

[ 07/07/2012 – 09:16 AM ] Nazareth, (PIC)– The Israeli army started on Friday extensive military exercises on the northern border of 1948 occupied Palestine near the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Eyewitnesses said that they heard the sound of explosions in the region after the Israeli army reinforced the presence of its troops and military […]

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Haneyya rejects alternative homeland for Palestinian refugees

[ PIC 07/07/2012 – 06:59 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza premier Ismail Haneyya has said that the Palestinians categorically refuse the idea of an alternative homeland. Haneyya, addressing the Friday congregation in a newly inaugurated mosque in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, said six million Palestinians, living outside Palestine, would not accept any other country […]

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Repressive PA police trained, equipped by Western donors

Palestinian Authority police undergo training in Ramallah. (Fadi Arouri / MaanImages) The Electronic Intifada |7 July 2012 DUBAI (IRIN) – “I have never seen such brutality in my life, except from the Israeli forces,” said Aliya still shocked a day after her protest march through the West Bank city of Ramallah was violently attacked by […]

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Soldiers Attack Bil’in’s Weekly Protest

Saturday July 07, 2012 04:17 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Soldiers Also Attacked Several Nonviolent Protests Across the West Bank The Freedom Of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Annexation Wall and Settlements, […]

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UNHRC names experts to probe Israeli settlements

Palestinians check belongings scattered on the ground after Israeli bulldozers razed four Palestinian homes near the ancient city of Ariha on November 15, 2011. PressTV Sat Jul 7, 2012 5:8AM GMT UNHRC President Laura Dupuy Lasserre on Friday named Christine Chanet of France, Unity Dow of Botswana and Asma Jahangir of Pakistan to “carry out […]

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Turkey condemns Israel settlement plans

Maan News Agency | July 6, 2012   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Turkey on Thursday condemned Israel’s tenders for construction of additional settlement units in the illegal Har Homa, Pisgat Zeev and East Talpiot developments. “We strongly condemn Israel’s issuing tenders for the construction of several additional units in the settlements,” a statement from Turkey’s foreign […]

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A Refugee Is What I Am ~ by @YasirTineh

June 20, 2012 By Yasir Tineh | Beyond Compromise Weblog Kuwait – A refugee is what I am, a person whose body resides far from where his heart and soul chose to live, heartless because as simple as the saying goes, home is where the heart is. It is hard for most people to understand […]

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