PALESTINE NEWS | March 22, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات March 22, 2013 | 24124 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2109 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Israeli forces detain 18 in overnight arrest raids http://bit.ly/11yFj1u Demonstration in demand for decisive action on Apartheid […]

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Hamas denies firing rockets into Israel during Barack Obama’s visit

Note occpal:  Full list of documented Israeli violations since cease-fire MEMO | March 22, 2013 A minister in the Hamas-led government in Gaza has denied that the movement fired rockets into Israel during Barack Obama’s visit. Minister of Religious Endowments Ismail Radwan accused Israel of fabricating the story to provide an excuse for an escalation […]

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Indicators of War, Not Peace, in Obama’s Visit

Kawther Salam | March 22, 2013 President Barak Obama speaks in Jerusalem: “I have made the position of the United States of America clear: Iran must not get a nuclear weapon. This is not a danger that can be contained. As President, I have said to the world that all options are on the table […]

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Exiled Jerusalem MP Mahmud Abu Tier addresses meeting in House of Lords

[ PIC 22/03/2013 – 11:12 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– On Wednesday night, a meeting in the House of Lords, heard testimony, via phone, from a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on his exile from Jerusalem to the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mahmud Abu Tier, MP, is one of four Palestinian Legislative Council […]

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Protesters rally against Obama visit outside Bethlehem refugee camp

Maan News Agency | March 22, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated outside Bethlehem’s Duheisha refugee camp on Friday against US President Obama’s visit to the city. Protesters chanted slogans against US foreign policy and President Obama, raising pictures of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Abu Ali Mustafa, who was the Secretary […]

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2 critically injured by Israeli live fire in clashes near Jerusalem

Maan News Agency | March 22, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were critically wounded on Friday during clashes with Israeli forces north of Jerusalem, medics said. Two Palestinian youths were shot with live fire, one in the pelvis and the other in the abdomen, after clashes broke out with Israeli forces in the Jerusalem-area […]

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Hamas appeals to Egypt after Israel halves fishing zone

Maan News Agency | By Dan Williams | March 22, 2013 GAZA CITY (Reuters) — Hamas complained to Egypt on Friday after Israel suspended part of a Cairo-brokered truce agreement by halving Palestinian access to fishing waters in response to a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. Thursday’s salvo at the Israeli border town of […]

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Obama in the West Bank: Map of Palestine Removed From Entrance of Jesus Place of Birth

Kawther Salam | March 22, 2013 The Palestinian Authority has spent thousands of the donation dollars meant for poor Palestinians to raise US flags and impose new repressive measures in Ramallah and Bethlehem, were the centres of the cities were closed and restrictive controls were imposed on the movement of all Palestinians. Several thousands of […]

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Demonstration in support of Palestinian captives in Jenin

[ PIC 22/03/2013 – 09:54 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Palestinian residents of Arraba, south of Jenin, demonstrated Friday in support of Palestinian captives on hunger strike and captives Muhammad Mardawi and Sami al-Oweidi who are suffering from medical neglect. Participants called for the release of captives and headed to the homes of the two ill […]

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The @BBC: Impartial Reporting or Pro-Israel Bias?

By Lesley Docksey | Global Research |  March 22, 2013 The British Broadcasting Corporation has often been accused of anti-Semitism, usually by representatives of the Israeli government, the Israeli Ambassador to the UK or the Chief Rabbi. Any passing mention of the plight of the Palestinians on the news used to result in either Ambassador […]

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Israel closes Kerem Shalom crossing

Maan News Agency | March 22, 2013   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities on Thursday decided to close the Karem Shalom crossing a few hours after opening it on Thursday morning, officials said. Nathmi Muhana, the director general of crossings, told Ma’an that Israel informed the Palestinian side that the crossing would be closed. […]

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Shoes On Display to protest Obama Visit

Kawther Salam | March 22, 2013 In Bethlehem, the American flags raised by the Palestinian Authority to greet President Obama were torn down by Palestinian youths in the early hours at the morning of Friday March 22 2013. Instead, the youths replaced the flags with old shows (a sign of disrespect) all along the route […]

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Israeli settlers throw stones at car carrying Ramallah governor

Maan News Agency | March 22, 2013   RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Settlers threw stones at a car carrying the governor of Ramallah on Friday, Ma’an’s correspondent said. Laila Ghannam was unharmed in the incident, which took place near Beit El settlement north of Ramallah. (Some) Examples of attacks by Jewish Colonists in Palestine I emphasize, […]

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Middle East Wars and the Unbreakable US-Israeli Ties ~ by @StephenLendman

By Stephen Lendman | Global Research | March 22, 2013 Longstanding US/Israeli ties remain firm. Obama’s visit reinforces them. It does more. It assures continued support. It endorses hardline extremism. It affirms occupation harshness. It lets Israel do what it pleases. America’s special relationship does more harm than good. It’s wrongheaded. Israel is more strategic […]

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Bardawil: Obama has turned his back to all Arabs

[ PIC 22/03/2013 – 06:15 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas leader Dr. Salah Bardawil called on Palestinian political leaders in the Authority and the factions to review the Palestinian political program to face the repercussions of the remarks made by Obama on Thursday during his visit to Jerusalem and West Bank. Bardawil described in a […]

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