Archive | February 21, 2013

PALESTINE NEWS | Febr 21, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Febr 21, 2013 | 24095 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2080 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. LIVE BLOG | Feb 21, 2013 | 103 VIOLATIONS OF TRUCE BY ISRAEL OVERVIEW (All linked to […]

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Immediate action needed to ensure Israel respects hunger-strikers’ rights

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Thursday February 21, 2013 19:27 by Joint Press Release – Ad-Dameer, Al-Haq and PHR | IMEMCNEWS Ramallah-Jaffa, 20 February 2013 – Addameer, Al-Haq and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) express their grave concern for the health of four Palestinian hunger-strikers and outrage […]

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Another Cease Fire Violation: Israeli soldiers raid southern Gaza amidst intermittent shooting

[ PIC 21/02/2013 – 10:46 AM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided southern Gaza Strip at dawn Thursday amidst intermittent shooting. A field observer told Quds Press that six bulldozers advanced into eastern Khan Younis and bulldozed land near to the border fence. Meanwhile, IOF soldiers manning the Kissufim military outpost, to […]

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#PalHunger | New Palestinian prisoner, Younis Hroub declares hunger strike

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 21/02/2013 – 09:13 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The captive Younis Hroub, from of al-Khalil, has declared a hunger strike, protesting against his continued administrative detention, human rights sources revealed. The Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs confirmed that the prisoner Hroub joined […]

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Israeli Settlers Invade Qasra Village Near Nablus

Thursday February 21, 2013 10:28 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Thursday February 21; a group of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded, shortly after midnight, the village of Qarsa, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into several homes and torched six cars that belong to the residents, the Arabs48 News […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Dozens Injured As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron

 Thursday February 21, 2013 20:18 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Thursday February 20; The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that dozens of residents have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest demanding the army to reopen a main street it blockaded 12 years ago, in Hebron, in the southern part of […]

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#PalHunger | Brigade threatens to fire rockets if hunger striker harmed

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Maan News Agency | Febr 21, 2013   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Ahmed Abu Rish Brigades on Thursday threatened to fire rockets at Israel if any jailed hunger striker is harmed. “We will continue to work with rockets and we will […]

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#PalHunger | Lawyer condemns Issawi court decision

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Maan News Agency | Febr 21, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The director of the Palestinian prisoners’ club, Qadoura Fares, said the decision of an Israeli court not to release hunger-striker Samir Issawi showed the Israeli government was a “mafia.” “The Israeli court […]

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Settlers burn 6 vehicles in Nablus

[ PIC 21/02/2013 – 09:19 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli settlers continued their attacks in different areas of the West Bank, where they attacked, after midnight, Palestinian houses and vehicles in the village of Kasra south of the city of Nablus, causing panic among the citizens. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of settlements […]

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Israel hands eviction notices to Nablus villagers

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Maan News Agency | Febr 21, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Thursday handed four Palestinians orders to evict their homes which are slated for demolition near Nablus in the northern West […]

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#PalHunger | Dozens injured at Ofer protest for hunger strikers

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Maan News Agency | Febr 21, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces clashed with hundreds of Palestinians protesting near Ramallah on Thursday in solidarity with long-term hunger strikers in Israeli jails. A Ma’an reporter said 29 protesters were injured by rubber-coated bullets […]

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#PalHunger | Turkey studies the striking prisoners’ demands

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 21/02/2013 – 09:29 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A group of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have sent a letter to Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging them to act to save the prisoners on hunger […]

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#PalHunger | Samer Issawi to be released March 6, pending military ruling

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Israeli prison service police surround Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi flashes the V-sign for victory as he is wheeled in his wheel chair down a ramp to a waiting police van after his hearing in Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2013. […]

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Israeli occupation soldiers arrest youth, prevent family from farming their land

[ PIC 21/02/2013 – 12:35 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian youth at the Container roadblock, to the north east of Bethlehem, at dawn Thursday. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped a car at the checkpoint and ordered all commuters to get out of it and checked their IDs before detaining […]

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#PalHunger | Israeli court refuses to release Issawi, his mother faints at court

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 20/02/2013 – 09:39 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli Magistrate Court in occupied Jerusalem has refused to release detained hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi on bail and decided to keep him incarcerated. Lawyer Jawad Bulous, the head of the legal section […]

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