Archive | March 18, 2013

PALESTINE NEWS | March 18, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات March 18, 2013 | 24120 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2105 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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PHOTOS | South Hebron Hills Popular Committee struggle for dignified life for Palestinian schoolchildren

Operation Dove | March 18, 2013 PRESS RELEASE South Hebron Hills Popular Committee struggle for dignified life for Palestinian schoolchildren At-Tuwani – On 16-17 March, the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee built a tent near the village of At-Tuwani to provide shelter for the twenty schoolchildren who must wait outdoors for the Israeli military escort […]

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#Potus2Palestine | Palestinians say Obama visit meaningless without change in Washington policies

MEMO | March 18, 2013 One hundred Palestinian non-governmental organizations have considered U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to the Palestinian territories scheduled in a week “meaningless as long as the U.S. administration does not change its policy toward the Palestinian issue and its view of the region”.During a reading of the joint letter from the […]

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Live Blog | Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Sharawna exiled to Gaza

Ayman Sharawna (file photo) PressTV | Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:0AM GMT A Palestinian detainee who was on an extended hunger strike in an Israeli prison has arrived in Gaza after a deal was reached with Israeli officials. Ayman Sharawna, who started the protest action in July, was released Sunday under the agreement which exiled […]

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#PalHunger | Al-Zaq condemns deportation of detainees

Live Blog | Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Sharawna exiled to Gaza Maan News Agency | March 18, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Popular resistance leader Mahmoud al-Zaq on Monday condemned Israel’s deportation of Ayman Sharawna to the Gaza Strip. “We shouldn’t legalize deportation even if detainees are freed from Israeli detention centers,” al-Zaq said in […]

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PCHR: Sharawna deportation violates Geneva Conventions

Live Blog | Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Sharawna exiled to Gaza Maan News Agency | March 18, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The deportation to Gaza of hunger-striking prisoner Ayman Sharawna is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, a Palestinian rights group said Monday. Sharawna arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening after signing a […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel launches mock raids on Gaza

Note occpal | Full list of Israeli violations since cease-fire [ PIC 18/03/2013 – 08:27 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes launched a series of mock raids off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. The PIC reporter said that the mock raids caused big bangs that resounded in all areas of the […]

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Israeli occupation forces close Jeet barrier in Nablus, storms Fawar camp

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline [ PIC 18/03/2013 – 08:13 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed Jeet barrier that links between the cities of Nablus and Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, after an armed attack against an Israeli settler in that […]

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Jewish settlers damage Palestinian tractors in Nablus village

[ PIC 18/03/2013 – 08:31 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers raided the outskirts of Burin village, near Nablus, on Monday morning and damaged a number of tractors used by Palestinian farmers in tending to their land. Eyewitnesses said that the settlers, coming from Bracha settlement, also chased a number of Palestinian shepherds and tried […]

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AOHR warns of true dangers threatening al-Aqsa

[ PIC 18/03/2013 – 08:25 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– The Arab Organization for Human Rights in UK called on Secretaries-General of the United Nations, the Arab League, and the Islamic Cooperation to act immediately for the protection of the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli violations. The organization condemned in a statement on Monday the storming […]

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#PalHunger | Prisoners group to protest outside US consulate in Jerusalem

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Maan News Agency | March 18, 2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian prisoners group will organize a sit-in protest on Tuesday in front of the US consulate in Jerusalem, a day before President Obama visits the region. Director of the Jerusalem office […]

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Israeli court delays trial of Abu Arafah and Totah

LIVE BLOG ABOUT THE DEATH OF ARAFAT JARADAT [ PIC 18/03/2013 – 07:35 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The so-called District Court in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday adjourned the trial of former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Khalid Abu Arafa and MP for Jerusalem Mohammed Totah to April 10. The trial’s postponement came at the request […]

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Protest against desecration of Mamanullah cemetery

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 18/03/2013 – 05:35 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– National and Islamic Jerusalemite leaders have organized on Sunday a protest against the continued Israeli escalation Jerusalem’s Mamanullah cemetery, with the participation of […]

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Russell Tribunal accuses Israel of apartheid violations

MEMO | March 18, 2013 The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) demanded on Sunday that the ICC investigate crimes against humanity being committed by Israel in the Palestinian occupied territories. The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, which was created in 2009 to look into the various accountabilities that have led to the continued occupation of the […]

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New Israel housing minister pledges more settlements

“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 | March 18, 2013 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s new housing minister said on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming cabinet would keep expanding Jewish settlements to the same extent […]

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