Archive | January 8, 2013

#PalHunger | Resheq calls for bigger support for prisoners

[ PIC 08/01/2013 – 09:39 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has called for supporting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails in face of the racist administrations’ practices. He said in a press release on Monday night that the Israeli prison administrations enjoy torturing Palestinian prisoners especially in winter and […]

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Report: Israel stepped up its violations against press freedom in 2012

[ PIC 08/01/2013 – 11:00 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– An official Palestinian report said that Israel’s press freedom violations in the occupied Palestinian lands escalated during 2012. The report affirmed that Israel committed last year 177 violations against the freedom of the press, including three attacks that resulted in the death of three journalists. Israel […]

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Why It’s Important to Participate in Planting Trees in the Occupied Territories ~ by Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann (@rhreng)

Rabbis for Human Rights |  Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann ‏| 08.01.13 Rabbi Yechiel Greinman returns from planting in Mureir and Sinjil with new insights into the contribution it makes to Israeli society. Also, we bring you a wonderful letter we received from Gila Avni, who joined us for the planting trip. By: Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann Last […]

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700 Rabbis Against Israeli Settlements

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article The Daily Beast by Orly Halpern Jan 8, 2013 9:00 AM EST “On one hand, it wants to be a people’s army and on the other, [it’s] a cruel occupation army, similar to […]

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Health ministry: Gaza suffers anew a pharmaceutical crisis

[ PIC 08/01/2013 – 09:34 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza warned that the pharmaceutical crisis came to the surface again due to an acute shortage of medicines and medical consumables. In a report issued by its department of pharmacy, the numbers of medical supplies that ran out in the stores […]

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Netanyahu Claims Settlements Do Not Threaten Peace

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislation’ Law resources below this article   Tuesday January 08, 2013 13:36 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that Israel’s construction and expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, mainly […]

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Palestinian Home Demolished In Jerusalem

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Tuesday January 08, 2013 13:20 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli bulldozers of the Jerusalem City Council demolished, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian home in Sweij neighborhood, in Silwan, in occupied […]

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New Haredim suburb built on ruins of historical Palestinian suburb in Lod

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 08/01/2013 – 12:27 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The establishment of a Jewish suburb in the middle of the heavily populated city of Lod would bring about friction between the Arabs […]

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Abu Marzouk: Mishaal, Abbas to meet Morsi on Wednesday

[ PIC 08/01/2013 – 12:28 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Political bureau chairman of Hamas Khaled Mishaal and PA chief and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Wednesday. Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, the deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas, said in a press release on his Facebook […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | IOF summons a citizen and raids villages

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 09:24 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation intelligence handed a citizen a summons to its headquarters, after storming his house in the village of Deir al-Assal in the west of al-Khalil, at dawn Monday. The Shawamra family told PIC that the Israeli patrols stormed Deir al-Assal and broke into their […]

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Rainwater cause material damage to the citizens’ properties in West Bank

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 09:42 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– A state of emergency has been announced in the West Bank’s governorates, particularly in the North, after heavy material damage has been recorded due to heavy rain. Local sources stated that the rain water flooded seven houses in different areas of the city of Jenin, […]

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More Than 600 Medications Missing In Gaza

Tuesday January 08, 2013 06:15 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that more than 602 types of medications and medical supplies are not found in Gaza, including several types of essential medications such as heart medications and medications used by patients who suffer from […]

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Family: Prisoner Shabana needs medical help due to respiratory problems

[ PIC 06/01/2013 – 11:11 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The family of prisoner Mahmoud Shabana, 40 years, said he still suffers from severe speaking and respiratory problems despite the first surgery he had undergone. The family told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the news reports that claimed that prisoner Shabana lost his ability to […]

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Human Rights organization: Conditions in Ofer prison deteriorate

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 08:35 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A Palestinian Human Rights organization warned of the deterioration of the situations in the Ofer military prison as a result of the “squalid conditions” experienced by the Palestinian prisoners in the jail. The Ahrar Center for the Studies of Prisoners and Human Rights noted in a […]

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The launch of a project to serve heart patients in Gaza

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 08:58 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Qatari Red Crescent, in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, is scheduled to launch a project of equipping cardiac surgery sections in Gaza’s Shifa Hospital with advanced medical equipment. Engineer Rif’at Diab, an advisor at the Islamic Development Bank in Gaza, said in a […]

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