Who Was the Donkey Who Signed The Miserable Paris Economic Protocol?? ~ by @KawtherSalam

Kawther Salam | Sept 10, 2012 من هو الحمار الفلسطيني الذي وقع إتفاقية باريس Israel and the Palestinian leadership signed the miserable Paris Protocol in April 1994, (PDF 1994 Paris Protocol) as part of the Oslo Accords. Mr. Maher Al-Masri was responsible for negotiating the 1994 Paris Economic Protocol with Israel, an agreement designed to […]

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Palestinian anger on “Facebook” over Abbas’s statements

[ PIC 09/09/2012 – 09:10 PM ] GAZA,(PIC)– Hundreds of Palestinian journalists and citizens expressed deep dissatisfaction and anger at the PA president Mahmoud Abbas’s statements, saying that his speech does not live up to the Palestinian people’s expectations. Hundreds of citizens, including journalists and intellectuals, protested against Abbas’s speech by writing comments on their […]

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Over 90 students poisoned in Jenin

[ PIC 10/09/2012 – 06:15 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Scores of students in the secondary school of Sanur town, near Jenin in the northern West Bank, were transferred to hospital for treatment after being poisoned, Palestinian medical sources reported. Dr. Saleh Zakarna, the Director of Jenin’s Health, pointed out that the number of cases affected […]

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EU called for recanting its decision to widen relations with Israel

[ PIC 10/09/2012 – 06:09 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Independent Agency for the prosecution of Zionist occupation crimes demanded EU to recant its recent decision, widening the circle of economic and diplomatic relations with Israeli occupation, in light of Israel’s continued violations of rules of international law and its war crimes against Palestinian […]

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Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque plazas

[ PIC 09/09/2012 – 09:51 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Dozens of settlers and intelligence agents, at noon Sunday, stormed the Aqsa Mosque plazas in occupied Jerusalem, according to the Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage (AFEH). AFEH said in a statement that about 30 settlers accompanied by a number of intelligence agents along with […]

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#PalProtests | Jarrar calls for rising up against the Oslo agreement

[ PIC 09/09/2012 – 09:50 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Khaleda Jarrar, member of the PFLP political office, expressed her organisation’s support for the economic needs of the Palestinian people, warning against restricting the protests to this aspect. She called for the popular activities to go beyond the protest against the economic situation to protesting against […]

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#VIDEO | Lia Tarachansky: Israeli Defense Minister rumored cooling on attacking Iran

The Real News | Sept 10, 2012 Reports in Israeli press suggest Netanyahu’s main supporter on attacking Iran may be backing off According to local press, the Israeli leadership has been “climbing down from the tree” this week with a distinct change in tone from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding attacking Iran. The change in […]

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PCHR Submits Memorandum to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Ref: 74/2012 Date: 10 September 2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has sent a submission, in the form of an Individual Complaint, to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, related to the willful killing of Saad al-Majdalawi by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on 16 August 2011. On 16 […]

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Palestinian man injured by Israeli fire in Hebron

Maan News Agency | Sept 10, 2012   HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli troops shot and injured a Palestinian man on Monday morning in the southern West Bank of Hebron, residents and army officials said. Israeli forces evacuated the Kamal al-Batsh, 31, from Bab al-Zawiya neighborhood to a hospital in Israel, locals said, noting that Palestinian […]

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Is it the Palestinian spring?

[ PIC 09/09/2012 – 09:55 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh Thousands of Palestinians have been taking to the streets in major west bank towns to protest the worst economic crisis to hit the occupied territories since the start of the Israeli occupation in 1967. Protesters called for the resignation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, holding […]

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No aid, no pay, says Palestinian PM as civil servants go hungry

Published September 10th, 2012 – 06:25 GMT | Al Bawaba Salam Fayyad’s effigy burns Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas says that government employees won’t receive full salaries next month because donor countries have not delivered promised aid. The US and Arab countries have failed to come through this year with the aid money they […]

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#Israel settler terror: Settlers attack several vehicles belonging to Palestinians in Silwan

[ PIC 10/09/2012 – 06:12 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A group of Israeli settlers punctured, on Sunday morning, tires of a number of Palestinians’ cars parked in front of their owners’ houses in Wadi Hilweh in Silwan, in occupied city of Jerusalem. Tawfiq Hassan Abu Hadwan, one of the residents of Wadi Hilweh, said […]

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#PALESTINE NEWS | Sept 10, 2012

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Sept 10, 2012 | 23932 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1916 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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IOF raze two water tanks, agricultural land south of Nablus

[ PIC 10/09/2012 – 05:47 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished Monday morning two water containers and a tract of agricultural land in Jurish town south of Nablus city. Director of settlement affairs in northern West Bank Ghassan Daglas said three Israeli military bulldozers destroyed without prior notice two large water […]

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The Myth of the US-Israel Special Bond ~ by Jonathan Cook

Forget Iran: It’s Israel’s Nuclear Gun Pointed at Obama’s Head by Jonathan Cook / September 10th, 2012 | Dissident Voice It is possibly the greatest of American political myths, repeated ad nauseam by presidential candidates in their election campaigns. President Barack Obama has claimed that the United States enjoys a special bond with Israel unlike […]

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