PALESTINE NEWS | March 29, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات March 29, 2013 | 24131 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2116 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. VIDEO | Settler attacks ISM (@ISMPalestine) activists http://wp.me/p16sn9-xVi Without Addressing Settlements, There’s Little Hope (@daoudkuttab  The New […]

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Four More Years of This? Obama’s Peace Antics in Israel ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Dissident Voice | by Ramzy Baroud | March 29th, 2013 At the precise moment US President Barack Obama’s Air Force One touched down at Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, persisting illusions quickly began to shatter. And as he walked on the red carpet, showered with accolades and warm embraces of top Israeli government and […]

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The Picture Which Imprisoned a Journalist ~ by @KawtherSalam

Kawther Salam | March 29, 2013 The picture published with this report earned Palestinian journalist Mamdouh Hamamreh one year in jail on charges of insulting President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamamreh was charged by the Palestinian Magistrate’s Court of Fatah in Bethlehem over a photo posted on Facebook juxtaposing President Abbas besides a similar-looking man, Mamoun Baik, […]

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Israel imposes house arrest and 30,000 NIS bail on prisoner’s elderly and ill mother

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 10:30 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces continued to impose house arrest on an elderly patient from Jenin after her arrest while visiting her son on 11 February. The Israeli military court imposed house arrest on Hajja Fethiye Khanfar, 58, at a house in Rahat city in 1948-occupied territories, […]

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Israeli occupation forces deployed in large numbers in al-Khalil

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 09:50 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– IOF troops in large numbers were deployed on Friday in al-Khalil district in the southern West Bank, where they stepped up security measures to coincide with Jewish holidays. Local sources told PIC that IOF troops were deployed from an early morning hour near the southern entrance […]

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Israeli settlers attack 80-year-old man near Tulkarem

Maan News Agency | March 29, 2013 TULKAREM (Ma’an) — A group of settlers attacked an 80-year-old man tending his land in Tulkarem on Friday, medics said. Hasan Barhoush was in a private field in the village of Kafr al-Labad when settlers attacked him. Barhoush was moderately wounded in the assault and taken to Thabit […]

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Miles of smiles (20) aid convoy arrives in Gaza

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 09:23 PM ] Gaza, (PIC)– Miles of Smiles convoy (20) arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening through the Rafah border crossing, some of the members were due to arrive Friday. Sources from the Gaza government reception committee told PIC that 41 members of the convoy arrived, while 54 others […]

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PHOTOS | Palestinians demonstrate against sewage settlers spill onto their land

+972 Magazine | by Haggai Matar | March 29, 2013 About 100 Palestinians from the ancient village of Sebastia and their supporters held a demonstration today to protest against settlers spilling their sewage onto the village’s agricultural lands. This was the third demonstration in two months, and villagers are also starting weekly demonstrations, much like […]

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Syrian Forces kill 11Palestinians including five family members in Syria

Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria DRAH | March 29, 2013 Gaza,(DRAH.ps)– Eleven Palestinian refugees were killed during the last 24 hours in light of the continued targeting and shelling of the Palestinian refugee camps, where 5 members of the same family were executed by the Syrian security forces. The Working group […]

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Ahrar: Israeli occupation punishes prisoners’ families

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 05:58 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights denounced the occupation procedures punishing the families of Palestinian prisoners and preventing them from traveling. The center’s director Fuad Al Khuffash said that the Israeli occupation authorities have prevented on Wednesday the mother of the prisoner Israr Al-Barghouti, […]

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Settlers desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 05:36 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Scores of Israeli settlers stormed and desecrated the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday morning, guarded and accompanied by Israeli forces. Local sources said that over 90 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and started provoking the Muslim worshipers who tried to prevent the Israelis from entering […]

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Israel destroyed 25,000 Palestinian houses since 1967

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article In East Jerusalem 1,234 houses were destroyed between 2000-2012 and a total of 4,966 Palestinians were left homeless. World Bulletin/News Desk | March 29, 2013 The report by the Palestinian Statistics Center said […]

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1.7 Million people suffer collective punishment: Israel closes Abu Salem crossing for 4 days

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 01:03 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) re-closed Karam Abu Salem crossing southern Gaza strip for 4 days after opening it for only one day, the Popular Committee Against the Siege said. The Palestinian follow-up committee of crossings sated on Thursday that the crossing continued to be closed […]

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More excess death due to Israel’s Siege: 20-yr old Mohammad Ahmad al-Sarhi killed in eastern Gaza

Maan News Agency | March 28, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of Hamas’ armed wing died Thursday during a mission in eastern Gaza, medical officials and witnesses said. Mohammad Ahmad al-Sarhi, 20, from the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City, was killed in a tunnel collapse, and three other people were wounded, health ministry […]

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PCHR Weekly Report: 4 wounded, 30 abducted by Israeli troops this week

Friday March 29, 2013 02:33 by PCHR Gaza | IMEMC In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21- 27 March 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank. […]

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