آخر الأخبار والتحديثات March 16, 2013 | 24118 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2103 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Featured Music Video | HUNGRY! | by @DocJazzMusic Live Blog | Buses: “Nur für Palestinenzer” (Only for […]
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Israel orders removal of EU-funded solar cells in Al-Khalil
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 02:09 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) ordered the removal of solar cell panels providing a Palestinian community east of Yatta town in Al-Khalil with electric power. Local sources reported that the occupation civil administration handed on Friday notices to the residents of Umm Al-Kharouba area near Yatta […]
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Corrie family calls on Obama to seek justice from Israel
Maan News Agency | March 16, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The father of Rachel Corrie on Friday called for justice from Israel, a day before the tenth anniversary of his daughter’s death. Rachel Corrie, 23, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003, while trying to prevent the […]
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#ArafatJaradat | Lawyer: Israeli court delays delivery of report about death of Jaradat
LIVE BLOG ABOUT THE DEATH OF ARAFAT JARADAT Includes Preliminary Autopsy Report Maan News Agency | March 16, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — An Israeli court in Petah Tikva has decided to postpone delivery of final medical reports related to the death of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat in Israeli custody in February, the Palestinian ministry of […]
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PHOTOS | Israeli forces ‘detain 3 child shepherds’ in Hebron
Maan News Agency | March 16, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces arrested three teenage shepherds in the south Hebron hills on Friday after settlers complained to Israeli police that the boys had damaged a settlement fence, an international peace group said Saturday. The boys, aged 14, 15, and 16, were grazing their sheep near […]
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Updated: Palestinian official says 15 killed in Jordan bus accident
Maan News Agency | March 16, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The governor of Jenin district said Saturday that most of the 15 victims who died after a bus carrying pilgrims in Jordan overturned were from the Jenin area. “We are working on arrangements to bring the bodies to Jenin,” Talal Dweikat told Ma’an. The bus, […]
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Families of detainees urge UN to intervene and end their suffering
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 05:51 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Families of two Palestinian detainees delivered on Saturday a message to the UN Secretary General’s envoy for human rights in Palestine on the prisoners’ plight. The family of hunger striker Ayman Al-Sharawne and family of Jerusalemite detainee Hussam Shahin appealed in the message addressed to UN […]
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Haneyya: Gaza will remain a shield for Egyptian security
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 05:39 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier in Gaza Strip Ismail Haneyya said that Gaza would continue to serve as a shield for the security and stability of Egypt. Haneyya, in a telephone conversation with Al-Sayyed Al-Badawi the leader of the Egyptian Wafd party, said that the Palestinian people appreciate the […]
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Appeals for saving Palestinian prisoner Sami Issa Aridi’s life
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 05:08 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Family of prisoner Sami Issa Aridi, from Arrabah town near Jenin, appealed to all human rights organizations to save the life of its detained son, who suffers from a weakness in the heart muscle and shortness of breath. Rami Aridi, prisoner Sami’s brother, told Ahrar Center […]
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Jewish settlers seize control of Palestinian farmland
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 04:58 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– A group of Jewish settlers seized control of a Palestinian cultivated land lot in Khader town, south of Bethlehem, on Saturday. Ahmed Salah, the coordinator of the village’s committee against the wall and settlement, said that settlers from Eliezer settlement, established on Khader land, started to […]
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#PalHunger | Ex-captive Mazen Natshe: Prisoners will resume mass hunger strike
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 04:46 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The liberated captive and activist Mazen Jamal Natshe, 41, from al-Khalil, said that the prisoners inside the Israeli jails plan to step up their protest steps in April in protest at the escalation of the repressive measures against them. Natshe told PIC’s correspondent that the Israeli […]
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Israeli occupation forces in southern Jenin prevent farmers from entering their land
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 02:09 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces prevented on Saturday morning citizens from the town of Ya’bad from entering their lands in the village of Mraiha, southwest Ya’bad, under the pretext of closing the area for military purposes. The mayor of Ya’bad Samer Abu Bakr said in a press statement […]
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Euro-mid welcomes putting key Palestinian issues on HRC’s agenda
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 01:56 PM ] GENEVA, (PIC)– The Euro-mid observer for human rights welcomed the UN human rights council’s intention to table key issues related to the Palestinian affairs during its 22nd round of meetings currently taking place in Geneva. In a press release on Saturday, the Euro-mid observer said that the UN […]
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Adalah: Israel denies Palestinian kids in its jails access to education
[ PIC 16/03/2013 – 11:54 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The legal center of Arab minority rights Adalah demanded in a joint letter with defense for children international (DCI) the Israeli prison authority to grant Palestinian children and minors access to schooling in its jails. The center pointed out that there are about 400 prisoners aged […]
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Palestinian official: Most dead in Jordan bus accident carrying pilgrims from Jenin
Maan News Agency | March 16, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The governor of Jenin district said Saturday that most of the 15 victims who died after a bus carrying pilgrims in Jordan overturned were from the Jenin area. “We are working on arrangements to bring the bodies to Jenin,” Talal Dweikat told Ma’an. The bus, […]
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