Archive | February 8, 2013

PA sentences Anas Saad Awwad to 1 year in jail for writing an anti-Abbas comment on Facebook

Maan News Agency | Febr 7, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) — A Palestinian court has sentenced a man from the Nablus area to a year in prison for insulting President Mahmoud Abbas on Facebook, officials said Thursday. The Nablus magistrates court sentenced Anas Saad Awwad, 26, of Awarta village, in absentia to a year in prison […]

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#PalHunger | Clashes break out in Issawiya after Israeli forces demolished a protest tent

[ PIC 08/02/2013 – 08:10 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces demolished a protest tent set up in solidarity with hunger striking captives in Israeli jails, in the village of Isawiya north of Jerusalem on Thursday evening. Local sources said that the Israeli forces have raided the area of al-Khaimah in the center […]

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VIDEO | Caught on Camera: Israeli troops’ violations against Urif village

[ PIC 08/02/2013 – 07:53 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din published a videotape documenting Israeli soldiers violations against Palestinian citizens in the village of Urif, adjacent to Nablus (northern West Bank). The videotape, which was published on Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper website today, depicted Israeli soldiers while they were disturbing the […]

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Cyprus formally recognizes State of Palestine

Al Akhbar English | February 8, 2013 Cyprus said on Friday it has upgraded its relations with the Palestinians to full diplomatic mission status, one of just eight European Union countries to do so. The decision was announced by Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis during an official visit by her Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Malki. “I informed […]

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Harsh sentences against Jerusalem youth who stand to settlers

[ PIC 08/02/2013 – 09:03 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Prisoners’ Families and Jerusalemite detainees Committee confirmed that the so-called Israeli District Court in Jerusalem issued harsh sentences against a number of young children who confronted settlers aggressions. The committee added in a statement that the court sentenced the child Mohammed Emad Zaatari to 22 […]

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Israeli occupation continues to falsify al-Aqsa’s history

Special Topic Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians & Islamic Identity [ PIC 08/02/2013 – 07:43 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– In light of the Israeli campaign to falsify history in Jerusalem, Jewish groups have smuggled a model of the alleged temple into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning and displayed outside the Dome of […]

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#PalHunger | Al-Rikhawi is free after 104 days on hunger strike

[ PIC 08/02/2013 – 05:59 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation authorities released on Thursday evening, prisoner Akram al-Rikhawi from Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip, after 104 days on hunger strike. The released prisoner said, during a press conference upon his arrival from Beit Hanoun checkpoint in the northern Gaza Strip, that his […]

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Twelve Palestinian Refugees Killed in Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria

Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria DRAH | Febr 8, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH.ps)– According to sources, six of those killed were from one family, as their family home underwent heavy shelling. Mohammed Teroyh, a medic, died while trying to help a number of people in an area just opposite the Palestinian hospital, […]

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17 year old youth arrested in Tel Rumeida, Hebron

by Team Khalil | 7 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine A 17 year old youth was arrested and 2 others, including a 13 year old boy, were detained at checkpoint 56 in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. At around 8 pm on 7th February Israeli occupation forces soldiers detained three men, accusing them […]

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PHOTOS | Jericho in Pictures

Febr 5, 2013 Photos by WAFA More photos and info about Jericho Related: Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. But this… ~ The Facts

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PHOTOS | Army Demolishes Homes In Beit Hanina – Jerusalem

Tuesday February 05, 2013 13:54author by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Report post Tuesday, Feb. 5 2013; Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Ashraqiyya area, in Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished a home for a Palestinian, leaving its members in the cold. Army to demolish 10 homes in the Jordan Valley. Image By […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | Febr 8, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Febr 8, 2013 | 24082 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2067 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. LIVE BLOG | Feb 1, 2013 | 83 VIOLATIONS OF TRUCE BY ISRAEL OVERVIEW (All linked to […]

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VIDEO | Israeli generals must be tried at ICC

For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of Palestine, recommended read: The History of Resistance – The Eagle of Palestine Special Topic – All Israeli Massacres on Palestinians iRemember… – Confirmed Names of Martyrs Occupation 2011 * Special Topic – Ethnic Cleansing Israeli escalation in Gaza – A “cover-up for settlement […]

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