#PALESTINE NEWS | Jan 24, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Jan 24, 2013 | 24067 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2052 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. LIVE BLOG | Jan 24, 2013 | 60 VIOLATIONS OF TRUCE BY ISRAEL OVERVIEW (All linked to […]

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Four Palestinian refugees killed in Syria

DRAH.ps | Jan 24, 2013 Gaza,(DRAH.ps)– Working Group for Palestinian Refugees in Syria declared the martyrdom of 4 Palestinian refugees yesterday, in light of the heavy shelling on the Yarmouk and Husseiniya camps. Meanwhile, the Palestinian camps network news union announced the Palestinian camps in Damascus as disaster areas, including al-Sabina camp. The group said […]

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Israeli soldiers disperse funeral procession, no injuries

Maan News Agency | Jan 24, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound grenades at a funeral procession in southern West Bank town Beit Ummar, a local activist said. The town had gathered to mourn Fayqa Ikhlayel, a female resident in her 50s, when soldiers tried to direct the procession down […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Israel launches raids and arrests in WB and Jerusalem

[ PIC 24/01/2013 – 07:06 PM ] WB, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at dawn on Thursday a Palestinian young man south of al-Khalil, and carried out raids in the district. Local sources reported that IOF invaded Thaheriya town, where they searched a number of houses and arrested the young man Nabil Al-Til who […]

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Israeli soldiers demolish Palestinian houses in Jordan Valley for 3rd time

[ PIC 24/01/2013 – 07:09 PM ] JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley on Thursday for the third time running. Aref Daraghma, the head of the Wadi Al-Malih municipal council, told Quds Press that IOF soldiers escorted bulldozers into Mayta and Hamamat areas and destroyed homes for […]

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Israel’s Settler Terrorism: Jewish settlers storm Nablus, youth arrested

[ PIC 24/01/2013 – 11:51 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers stormed Nablus in big numbers before dawn Thursday and offered rituals at Yusuf tomb to the east of city. Eyewitnesses and well informed sources said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the city and its environs to secure the arrival of the settlers. They […]

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ACRI’s Annual Report 2012 – Human Rights in Israel and Occupied Palestine

Source: ACRI Website ACRI’s 2012 Situation Report examines the current state of human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: house demolitions continue in Palestinian and Bedouin village; asylum seekers are persecuted relentlessly; the occupation of the West Bank and the regime of discrimination are bolstered by doublespeak and efforts to silence opposition; […]

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Witness: Israeli soldier killed woman ‘in cold blood’

Maan News Agency | Jan 24, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) – “I saw an Israeli soldier on the main road firing gunshots haphazardly, so I put my left hand on Lubna’s back, and grabbed her to try and run backward. A gunshot hit my hand, and I shouted as I ran. “I thought Lubna was running […]

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Israel’s policy of deliberate medical neglect: The prisoner Nasser Shawish loses the ability to walk

[ PIC 24/01/2013 – 02:27 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Human rights sources warned against the deteriorating health situation of the prisoner Nasser Shawish, from Jenin, sentenced to life imprisonment, where he has been detained since 11 years in Shatta prison in very poor conditions. The lawyer Yamen Zidane, who visited the prison, confirmed that the […]

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Israel’s Colonial Terrorism: Settlers drench Palestinian land with wastewater

[ PIC 24/01/2013 – 10:56 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers drenched Palestinian cultivated land to the west of Nablus with wastewater and ruined crops causing huge material damage to the farmers. Nader Al-Shaer, the mayor of Sabastiya village, told the PIC on Wednesday that Jewish settlers in Shavi Shimron settlement used to collect their […]

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DFLP chief Nayif Hawatmah to return to Palestine

Maan News Agency | Jan 24, 2013 BEIRUT (Ma’an) — The secretary-general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Nayif Hawatmah will return from Syria to the West Bank soon, the al-Liwaa newspaper reported Thursday. Hawatmah is the last veteran PLO leader still in exile. The 84-year-old co-founded the Arab Nationalist Movement and […]

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Open Letter to New York Times Editors ~ by @StephenLendman

Stephen Lendman | Jan 19, 2013 | Sabbah Report Media misinformation on what matters most exceeds it manyfold. Billions suffer globally at home and abroad. A personal note: I’m one of your fiercest critics. I’m certainly one of the most outspoken. My critiques are justified. I don’t prepare them lightly. I scrupulously strive for truth […]

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#SumudZaytoun | Protest tent in Shuafat against land confiscation

“Settling” by Israel constitutes a WARCRIME according to International Law and the ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislation’ it is forbidden. A Reminder to all that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 13:1 states:  “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state” Law resources […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Army Invades Several West Bank Districts, Kidnap Several Residents

Thursday January 24, 2013 12:48 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Thursday January 24; Israeli soldiers invaded several districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, installed roadblocks, interrogated and kidnapped several residents. Soldier also Invaded an area east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, and uprooted farmlands. File […]

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Universalism and Individualism versus Tribalism ~ by William A. Cook

By William A. Cook | Jan 24, 2013 | Sabbah Report “As it looks now, more than half the members of the 19th Knesset will belong to the extreme right and beyond, at least a dozen of them honest to goodness fascists. (Uri Avnery, Israel’s Elections and the Voters Dilemma”) Illustration by Mr Fish On […]

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