Archive | February 19, 2013

#WestBankUnderAttack | Confrontations in Beit Ummar following Israeli raid

[ PIC 12/02/2013 – 12:14 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the northern Al-Khalil village of Beit Ummar on Tuesday morning and arrested a Palestinian citizen. Local sources said that IOF soldiers fired teargas canisters at citizens on attacking the village forcing a number of them to seek treatment for gas inhalation. […]

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#PalHunger | Pro-Palestine protest held outside @BBC headquarter

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi PRESSTV | Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:17PM GMT Pro-Palestine campaigners have gathered outside the BBC office in London on February 18, condemning the corporation’s news blackout on reporting the plight of Palestinian hunger strikers. The demonstration, which was organized by the London-based […]

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Palestinians flee to Lebanon after jet bombs Syria’s largest refugee camp

Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria DRAH | Febr 19, 2013 Gaza,(DRAH.ps)– Thousands of Palestinians in Syria are fleeing Damascus after an attack on the country’s largest refugee camp, according to survivors who have reached Lebanon. Some of those who have made it to the relative safety of Beirut claim the attack […]

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PCHR Condemns the Israeli Forces’ Assaults on Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza Waters

Note occpal | Full list of Israeli violations since cease-fire Tuesday February 19, 2013 17:54         by Palestinian Centre For Human Rights | IMEMC 2 Fishermen Arrested and Fishing Boat Confiscated The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Navy’s escalation of attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses its deep […]

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#PalHunger | Campaign to free Samer Issawi exposes international double standards on human rights

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Quds Media Center -Ramona Wadi – Febr 19, 2013 Samer Issawi’s hunger strike in protest against administrative detention has exposed the myth of human rights organisations and the limits of official concern from the international community. The pervading silence about Issawi’s deteriorating […]

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International Organizations Appeal to Provide a Protection for Palestinian Refugees to Syria

Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria DRAH | Febr 19, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH.ps) — Three International organizations sent urgent appeals to the international community for providing a protection to Palestinian refugees the camps in Syrian territory. The organizations of ” Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights based in Geneva”, “working group for Palestinians […]

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Israel soldier posts photo of Palestinian boy in cross-hairs of sniper rifle (And There’s More…. Updated!)

[ PIC 19/02/2013 – 09:28 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israel occupation soldier has published a photograph of what appears to be a Palestinian boy in the cross-hairs of a sniper’s rifle, prompting angry criticism after it was picked up by The Electronic Intifada and other news sites around the world. Haaretz newspaper quoted […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Barghouthi: Third intifada in the horizon

[ PIC 19/02/2013 – 07:25 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The dean of liberated prisoners Nael Al-Barghouthi has opined that a third Palestinian intifada was in the horizon due to the Israeli practices against prisoners, political stalemate, and escalating settlement activity. Barghouthi told the PIC on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authorities had escalated aggression on […]

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Yesh Din: ‘Price tag’ attackers hit West Bank town of Yasouf for second time

 +972blog | Published February 19, 2013   With the active and passive support of the IDF, Shin Bet and police, the terrorists have already won by continuing their attacks with impunity. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Yesterday morning a “price tag” pogrom took place in the Palestinian village of Yasouf. If the name […]

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130 Palestinian and Arab detainees in Israeli secret jails

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi MEMO  | Febr 19, 2013 Dozens of families in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are awaiting the fate of their missing sons. This is according to information received from former prisoners who were themselves held by Israel in secret prisons […]

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#PalHunger | Israeli forces teargas Palestinian hunger strike protesters

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Israeli forces clashed with protestors outside Ofer detention center near Ramallah on Tuesday at a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners. World Bulletin / News Desk | Febr 19, 2013 Palestinians in Israeli jails were on Tuesday refusing food in solidarity with […]

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UNRWA to reduce number of aid beneficiaries from 15,0000 to 5,0000

DRAH | Febr 19, 2013   Gaza, (DRAH.ps)– A source at UNRWA stated Tuesday that (UNRWA) intends to reduce its aid provided to the refugees in the Gaza Strip under the pretext of the budget deficit. The source said under condition of anonymity that such procedure is intended to be implemented in April as dozens […]

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Family visits to prisoners is a journey of suffering and humiliation

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 19/02/2013 – 08:38 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Palestinian prisoners’ families have complained against the ill-treatment of the Israeli occupation during their visits to their sons in Israeli prisons. At each visit to the Israeli jails, where thousands of Palestinian prisoners […]

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#PalHunger | 20 Palestinians wounded during clashes with Israeli occupation forces

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 19/02/2013 – 09:34 PM ] RAMALLAH, AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– More than 20 Palestinian citizens were wounded in the clashes that broke out on Tuesday afternoon in front of Ofer prison, after a march organized by Birzeit University students in support of […]

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Confrontations and cases of suffocation in Beit Ummar after Israeli attack Elementary School

[ PIC 19/02/2013 – 09:37 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Violent clashes broke out on Tuesday in the town of Beit Ummar, near al-Khalil in southern West Bank after Israeli soldiers attacked an elementary school for girls. A number of Palestinian youths threw stones at Israeli soldiers, who responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades […]

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