#PALESTINE NEWS | Aug 7, 2012

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Aug 7, 2012 | 23898 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1882 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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Mitt Romney: conduct unbecoming of a presidential candidate ~ by Stuart Littlewoord

As the “political prostitution season” hots up, are Americans in the mood for another Israel-first commander-in-chief? By Stuart Littlewood | Redress |  8 August 2012 Stuart Littlewood explores the propaganda of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s “special adviser” on foreign policy, Dan Senor, an apprentice of the Israel lobby AIPAC and organizer of Romney’s recent […]

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Palestinian prisoners tortured by permission of the Israeli judiciary

[ PIC 07/08/2012 – 02:01 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Human rights organizations criticized the Israeli Supreme Court’s refusal to investigate the guards who practiced torture against Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons. The Israeli Committee against Torture stated that it presented a petition along with other Palestinian activists to the Israeli court where they confirmed […]

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Settler deliberately hit & runs 10 year old Palestinian child in Al-Khalil

[ PIC 07/08/2012 – 02:02 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Jewish settler ran over a 10-year-old Palestinian boy on Tuesday in the city of Al-Khalil south of occupied West Bank causing him several injuries. Local sources reported that the settler was from “Kiryat Arba” settlement established on a bypass road between Al-Khalil and Jerusalem. The […]

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Bedouin Livestock Confiscated in the Jordan Valley

Tuesday August 07, 2012 15:28 by Kelly Joiner – International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group & Agencies On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces confiscated the livestock of Palestinian Bedouins in the Jordan Valley and placed them in an Israeli military camp. The head of the Wadi al-Maleh village council, Aref Daraghmeh told WAFA News that […]

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Israel ‘closes road’ linking Hebron villages slated for demolition

Maan News Agency | Aug 7, 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces closed a road linking two villages in the Hebron hills on Tuesday, a local official said. Rateb Jabour, head of Yatta’s popular committee against the wall, told Ma’an that Israel’s army closed the road linking Jinba and Khirbet Bir al’Idd villages and set-up […]

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IOA holds university lecturer Dr. Mohammed Izzat Yahya Sayed in administrative detention

[ PIC 07/08/2012 – 12:12 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights affirmed that the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have recently issued a decision holding a Palestinian university lecturer in administrative detention after ending his sentence period. Ahmed Beitawi, a researcher at the foundation, stated that the Israeli military commander, at the […]

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URGENT APPEAL | To International Diplomatic and Humanitarian Actors

PNN | Aug 6, 2012 More than 90,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites at risk of forcible displacement by Israel On Monday, 6th August, the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem (Civic Coalition-Jerusalem) said in a press release that it is deeply concerned about the situation of the more than 90,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites who have been cut […]

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IOA escalates demolitions and confiscations in Yatta

[ PIC 07/08/2012 – 12:30 PM ] Al-Khalil, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) escalated its repressive and abusive procedures against the residents of the eastern part in Yatta south of the city of Al-Khalil. These procedures come in implementation of the IOA decision to raze eight Palestinian villages, east of Yatta, and the establishment […]

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Arab League accuses Israel of being involved in Sinai attack

[ PIC 07/08/2012 – 08:28 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Assistant secretary-general of the Arab League for Palestine affairs Mohamed Sabih said he does not rule out the possibility of Israel’s involvement in the Sinai attack on Sunday. In a press release on Monday, Sabih said the Israeli side had known about the attack before it […]

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Abu Marzouk: Israeli intelligence involved in Sinai attack

[ PIC 07/08/2012 – 11:51 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk has said that the Israeli intelligence was involved in the Sinai attack that left dozens of Egyptian soldiers killed or wounded. He said in a TV interview on Monday that the speed at which the Israeli […]

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