#PALESTINE NEWS | Oct 17, 2012

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Oct 17, 2012 | 23969 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1953 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates The new “Jud Süß” Attempt on the Innocence of Muslims this time Incitement and abuse of religions: 1939 […]

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#Estelle Ship to Gaza | Former Canadian MP Jim Manly and parliamentarians from around the world sailing to Gaza

By Canadian Boat to Gaza | Rabble.ca| October 17, 2012 The Freedom Flotilla Coalition tall ship, The Estelle is on its way to Gaza carrying parliamentarians from Greece (Vangelis Diamandopoulos), Norway (Aksel Hagen), Spain (Ricardo Sixto Iglesias) and Sweden (Sven Britton); and a retired Canadian parliamentarian (Jim Manly – see his personal message below). Also […]

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PA arrests eight Hamas members and summons teachers who returned to their work

[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 04:45 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– PA security arrested eight Hamas cadres and summoned others in Nablus, al-Khalil, Ramallah, Tulkarem and Qalqiliya, while the occupation authorities arrested a liberated captive and sentenced another to imprisonment. The General Intelligence Service arrested two liberated captives and former prisoners in PA jails, in Nablus, and […]

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Unity and the art of keeping it together ~ by @DocJazzMusic

In full agreement with all stated below, I am publishing  this statement written by Doc Jazz.  I hereby endorse the statement’s entire message, content and especially the call for unity. ~ @occpal “Truth is one of the first victims of conflict, but there is one that dies before it: Respect.” Wednesday, 17 October 2012 | […]

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Britain renews allegiance to Israeli regime out of Iran fear

PressTV | Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:24PM GMT British Prime Minister David Cameron has once again renewed his allegiance to the Zionist lobby, when speaking at the annual dinner of the United Jewish Israel Appeal in London. Cameron told his Zionist masters that his coalition government’s support to Israel was non-negotiable. The Prime Minister’s allegiance […]

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PRESS RELEASE | Five attacks on olive harvesters and damaged olive groves in four days ~ B’Tselem

B’Tselem | Published 11 Oct 2012 Events raise suspicion that Security forces not prepared to protect Palestinian olive harvesters and their property from settler violence Between October 7th and 10th, 2012, with the start of the West Bank’s annual olive harvest, B’Tselem has documented five cases of injury to Palestinian farmers and their olive trees in […]

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Two Palestinians nabbed in Nablus refugee camp

[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 11:24 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Two Palestinian citizens were nabbed in the Balata refugee camp to the east of Nablus at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), local sources said. The sources told PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers arrested Yazan Asy and Amir Sawalme after breaking into their homes […]

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International campaign calling for the release of isolated prisoner Abu Sisi

[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 12:31 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– European Network for the Defense of the Palestinian prisoners’ rights launched an international campaign calling for the release of captive Dirar Abu Sisi. Abu Sisi was kidnapped from the Ukraine on February 18, 2011, and had been held by the Israeli occupation authorities in solitary confinement […]

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Report reveals more Palestinians than Jews “between the river and the sea”

MEMO | Oct 17, 2012 A new economic report has revealed that there are now more Palestinians than Jews in the territory under Israel’s jurisdiction between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan. Published in The Marker, a Haaretz newspaper article says that the report virtually implies official acknowledgement by the Netanyahu government that Jews […]

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#Israel re-jailed 8 Palestinians freed as part of the swap deal

Note from occpal: Previously by Israel released prisoners received a Presidential Pardon of Peres. Also called Amnesty or Clemency by law to restore ones civil rights and being totally pardoned for the (alleged) crimes if even in the case of Palestinians’ ever charged before at all. Re-arresting pardoned prisoners without any charge is a severe […]

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Jewish settlers assault Palestinian teen, steal olive harvest

[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 11:57 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– A group of Jewish settlers attacked and beat up a Palestinian teen in Irak Burin village, south of Nablus, on Wednesday, local sources said. Ghassan Daghlass, in charge of monitoring settlement activity north of the West Bank, said that settlers from Bracha settlement attacked Dheeb Qadoos, […]

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Kadoorie university threatens to use force against student protestors

[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 10:01 AM ] Islamic bloc students hold a sheet of paper protesting political arrests TULKAREM, (PIC)– The administration of Fatah-controlled “Palestine technical university-Kadoorie” in Tulkarem city threatened to use force to end the sit-in being held by students from the Islamic bloc inside the campus. The students have staged their sit-in […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Palestinian gov’t appeals to int’l community to stop Israel’s crimes in Gaza

[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 09:57 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza warned on Tuesday of the dire consequences of Israel’s persistent military aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and demanded the international community to intervene. This came in the weekly cabinet meeting that was chaired by deputy premier Ziyad Zaza. […]

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#Estelle Ship to Gaza | Israeli regime calls on UN to act against Gaza-bound ship

A man raises the Palestinian flag at the port of Gaza City on October 7, 2012. PRESSTV | Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:41AM The Israeli regime has called on the United Nations to act against a Swedish ship attempting to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip. “I call on the Secretary General, the Security […]

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Jewish settlers stage anti-Arab march in Sheikh Jarrah, harass natives

[ PIC 16/10/2012 – 09:00 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers stormed Tuesday morning Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem and attacked Palestinian natives. According to Al-Quds media center, the settlers marched under military protection across the neighborhood behaving provocatively and harassing the Palestinian residents and passerby. More than 250 soldiers […]

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