Gaza Cancer Rates Soar Following Times of War

A Palestinian woman lifts her son, who is being treated for cancer, in the pediatric ward of Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem Nov. 6, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Baz Ratner) By: Asmaa al-Ghoul for Al-Monitor Palestine Pulse. Posted on April 1, 2013 إقرأ باللغة العربية The Information Center at the Ministry of Health in Ramallah […]

Continue reading →

PALESTINE NEWS | April 1, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 1, 2013 | 24134 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2119 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Mishaal elected again to lead Hamas http://wp.me/p16sn9-xYC Dying prisoner treated cruelly by Israeli doctors over many years […]

Continue reading →

Mishaal elected again to lead Hamas

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 11:41 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– The Shura Council of Hamas has re-elected Khaled Mishaal as head of the movement’s political bureau for another term, according to a Quds Press report. Quds Press quoted “well informed sources within the Hamas movement” that the Shura Council of the movement met in the Egyptian […]

Continue reading →

45 year old Palestinian farmer Jihad Salameh Makhamrah hurt escaping settler attack

Maan News Agency | April 1, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) — A Palestinian farmer sustained bruises while fleeing an attack by a group of armed settlers near Hebron on Monday, a local official said. Four settlers carrying guns chased 45-year-old Jihad Salameh Makhamrah from his land east of Yatta, said Ratib al-Jubour, spokesman of the southern […]

Continue reading →

Israel’s soldiers detained 90 children last month

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 09:49 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 330 Palestinians in the past month of March including 90 children, a human rights group said on Monday. The Palestine prisoners center for studies said in its monthly report that the detainees were taken in 295 incursions in the West […]

Continue reading →

Israeli occupation closes Beit Kahil Bridge in al-Khalil, arrests a college student

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 09:48 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed on Monday morning Beit Kahil Bridge west of al-Khalil, preventing passengers and vehicles’ movement, conducting accurate inspections for one hour and a half. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the traffic was disrupted this morning, where many employees and students were barred access to […]

Continue reading →

Israeli occupation closes Gaza sole commercial crossing for 4th day running

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 09:48 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) continued to close on Monday the sole Gaza commercial crossing of Karm Abu Salem for the fourth day running. Raed Fattuh, in charge of coordinating entry of goods into the Strip, said that the IOA informed his department with closure of […]

Continue reading →

Minister Jabari: the prisoners suffer difficult conditions in Israeli jails

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 09:42 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Former Minister of Local Government, Issa Jabari, who was released from occupation jails yesterday, said that the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffer very difficult conditions where the IPS exercises different forms of repression against them. Our brothers in Israeli jails are in extreme need for […]

Continue reading →

Al-Masri: Israeli occupation tries to drive a wedge between Egypt and Gaza

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 09:30 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– MP Mushir al-Masri stated that the idea of settling the Palestinians in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is an Israeli attempt to drive a wedge between Egypt and Gaza. Al-Masri stressed, during Land Day anniversary in the Egyptian Labor Party headquarters, the Palestinians definitely refuse resettlement in the […]

Continue reading →

Aqsa mosque students’ detention extended

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 08:33 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli forces extended the detention of two Palestinian students of al-Aqsa mosque for 4 days on charges of Takbeer at al-Aqsa and assaulting a policeman after a long hearing at the Israeli Magistrate’s Court, al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage stated. The detainees’ lawyer […]

Continue reading →

Israeli soldiers close suburb in Al-Khalil after settlers injured a 12 year old child playing football

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 08:53 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A 12-year-old Palestinian child was injured in his head after Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba attacked Palestinian citizens in Jaber suburb east of the Ibrahimi mosque in Al-Khalil on Sunday night. Eyewitnesses said that the Jewish settlers threw stones and empty bottles at young men and […]

Continue reading →

16 Palestinian refugees including six children killed in Syria

Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria [ PIC 01/04/2013 – 09:39 AM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– A barrage of Grad rockets and mortar shells showered the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus killing and wounding dozens of refugees. A statement by the action group for Palestinians in Syria on Monday said that 16 […]

Continue reading →

Israel killed 3 Palestinians and arrested 236 in March

[ PIC 31/03/2013 – 09:40 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed three Palestinian citizens, including a teenager, and rounded up 236 others including a heart patient, a disabled man and five fishermen from Gaza. Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights said in its monthly report on Saturday that 231 Palestinians […]

Continue reading →

Al-Khuffash: Captives in Israeli jails exposed to slow death

[ 31/03/2013 – 08:50 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Fuad Al-Khuffash, director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and human rights, stressed that the sick prisoners in Israeli jails are exposed to slow death, due to the continuation of the policy of medical neglect against them. Khuffash’s statements came during his speech about the serious health […]

Continue reading →