PALESTINE NEWS | April 8, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 8, 2013 | 24140 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2126 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Settlers spray graffiti on mosques in Bethlehem http://www.qassam.ps/news-6844-Settlers_spray_graffiti_on_mosques_in_Bethlehem.html Dr. Rizqa: The Palestinian official representation is not exclusive […]

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Palestinian Cameraman Shot In The Face In Bethlehem

Monday April 08, 2013 22:20 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Bethlehem, Monday April 8, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian cameraman was shot in the face, on Monday evening, by a rubber-coated metal bullet, in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Image By PNN The Palestine […]

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Man shot in the face with teargas canister at Hagai roadblock demonstration (Update)

8th of April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil UPDATE 8th April 2013: ISM activists visited Ameen today at his home in Al Fawwar. He still suffers from intense migraines, struggles to speak, regularly experiences dizziness and a has bloodshot eye. His X-ray shows considerable damage to his jaw, cheekbones, […]

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Israeli forces shoot, injure worker in Nablus

Maan News Agency | Apr 8, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers shot and injured a construction worker south of Nablus on Monday, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that Israeli forces opened fire at two construction workers near Madama village south of […]

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Issawi family delivers letter to EU demanding his release

Maan News Agency | Apr 8, 2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The family of hunger striker Samer Issawi handed a letter to EU officials on Monday demanding his release from Israeli prison custody, a Palestinian official said. Issawi’s family handed the letter to the Office of the European Union Representative in East Jerusalem, former minister of […]

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UN aid agency to reopen food distribution centers in Gaza on Tuesday

A Palestinian boy sits next to bags of flour at a United Nations food aid distribution center in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City in January. PressTV | Apr 8, 2013 8:47PM The UN aid agency provides food to 800,000 Palestinians, nearly half the population of the impoverished enclave. It also provides assistance to an […]

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Israeli military invade South Hebron Hills with tanks for military training

8th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, South Hebron Hills, Occupied Palestine On 7th April around three kilometres from the Palestinian village of Al Majaz, the Israeli army conducted major training exercise with tanks and automatic weapons, using live ammunition. Al Majaz in the South Hebron Hills is in what the Israeli authorities refer to […]

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Hamas will not commit suicide by recognizing Israel ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 08/04/2013 – 05:23 PM ] Comment by Khalid Amayreh There have been sporadic reports of late suggesting that Hamas might rethink its principled stance of refusing to recognize Israel. The reelection of Khalid Mashaal as the chief of the movement’s politburo may have created a certain impression that Hamas is opting for more […]

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Clashes in Aroub refugee camp after Israeli invasion

[ PIC 08/04/2013 – 04:32 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Inhabitants of Aroub refugee camp engaged in violent clashes with an invading force of the Israeli occupation army on Monday morning. Ahmed Abul Khairan, the coordinator of services in the camp, told the PIC that Israeli occupation soldiers fired tear gas canisters and metal bullets at […]

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Three Palestinians including child killed in Syria

Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria [ PIC 08/04/2013 – 04:31 PM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Three Palestinian refugees in Syria were killed during the past twenty-four hours after their refugee camps came under Syrian regular army shelling. Action Group for Palestinian refugees in Syria stated in a press release on Monday that […]

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Delegation of 30 children from Gaza to visit US soon

[ PIC 08/04/2013 – 02:39 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– 30 Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip were chosen to visit the US soon to explain the justice of the Palestinian cause, especially the issue of the prisoners. Palestinian ex-detainees, families of prisoners and human rights activists met on Sunday with these children, who were chosen […]

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Israel closes Gaza crossings (Again)

GO TO LIVE BLOG | Full list: All documented Israeli violations of the cease-fire [ PIC 08/04/2013 – 08:04 AM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) closed the Beit Hanun (Erez) and Karm Abu Salem crossings on Monday in reprisal to the alleged firing of a missile from Gaza on Sunday evening. The […]

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VIDEO | TV presenter cries on air for Palestinian prisoner

ACTION ALERT | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Emirates 24/7 | Monday, April 08, 2013 A female presenter at the Saudi MBC satellite TV channel cried on air as she read a letter sent by a Palestinian prisoner in Israel. Lujain Omran could not stop crying as she read […]

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VIDEO | Gazans struggle with high rate of unemployment

  Published on Apr 6, 2013 Israel’s constant closure of crossings and Egypt’s crackdown on tunnels between its border and the Gaza Strip have deteriorated the already battered economy of the blockaded territory. This has resulted in high unemployment rate among the impoverished population. According to the United Nations Office for the coordination of Humanitarian […]

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VIDEO | Refugees in Gaza condemn UN aid cuts‎

Published on Apr 7, 2013 Under severe scarcity and high rate of unemployment, over 1.1 million registered Palestinian refugees live in the blockaded coastal enclave. They form more than 68 percent of the population of the Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the socio-economic situation in Gaza has been on […]

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