PALESTINE NEWS | April 12, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 12, 2013 | 24144 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2130 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Hamas says ‘collaborator’ campaign a success http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=584900 Israel’s definition as a ‘Jewish state’ http://arabworld360.blogspot.com/2013/04/israels-definition-as-jewish-state.html Israeli soldier shoots […]

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PHOTOS | Army invasion of Burin – by @IsmPalestine

12th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Burin, Occupied Palestine At 2am on Thursday 11 April Burin village near Nablus was invaded by over ten army jeeps, 100 soldiers and border police. The Army raided houses arresting 3 young men from the village and destroying the cultural centre used by the community. Solidarity activists entered […]

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Sheikh Al-Khatib: Al-Aqsa Mosque in grave danger

[ PIC 11/04/2013 – 02:21 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, deputy head of Islamic Movement in the Palestinian 1948-occupied territories, stressed that Al-Aqsa Mosque is in grave danger, in light of the escalated settlers’ raids inside it. Sheikh Al-Khatib called on the Jerusalemites and the 48-Palestinians to confront the settlers’ incursions and […]

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PA forces storm home of Hamas leader, continue harassment of movement cadres

[ PIC 12/04/2013 – 04:29 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Two units of the PA’s Preventive apparatus and General Intelligence raided in Jenin the house of the captive leader Sheikh Jamal Abu Haija, in search of his son Hamza to arrest him. In Nablus, the Preventive Security service has continued to held liberated prisoner from Ain […]

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Israeli occupation soldiers open machinegun fire at residential areas, farmland

[ PIC 12/04/2013 – 10:52 AM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened heavy machinegun fire at residential quarters and farmland to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Friday morning. Local sources told the PIC reporter that the shooting focused on the eastern outskirts of Qarara town and […]

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Khudari calls on UN to pressure Israel to end Gaza siege

[ PIC 11/04/2013 – 01:59 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian MP Jamal Khudari sent letters to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, asking them to immediately intervene and pressure Israel to end the Gaza siege. Khudari, the head of the Popular Committee against the Siege, said in […]

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PCHR Weekly Report: 11 civilians wounded, 59 abducted; 350 trees cut by Israeli troops this week

Friday April 12, 2013 01:06 by PCHR-Gaza | IMEMC News In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 04- 10 April 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters, wounding 11. Young protester […]

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