PALESTINE NEWS | April 16, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 16, 2013 | 24148 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2134 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Jerusalemite Foundation: Jerusalemites have become refugees in their city http://bit.ly/ZpNyKn Palestinians from Syria: Living a “Double Joke” […]

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Apartheid Israel detains 5 Palestinians for raising flags charges two of them with bail of $1378

Maan News Agency | April 16, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel on Tuesday detained and interrogated five Palestinians for raising Palestinian flags on their cars in Jerusalem. Two of those detained were released on bail of 5,000 shekels ($1378) and on condition that they do not raise Palestinian flags as Israel celebrates Independence Day, a […]

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6 injured in clashes with Israeli forces near Bethlehem

Maan News Agency | April 16, 2013 (Updated) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Six Palestinians were injured by plastic-coated bullets on Monday in clashes with Israeli forces near Bethlehem, medics said. Israeli troops fired tear gas and plastic bullets in the Um Rukbeh area of al-Khader, medics told Ma’an. A tear gas grenade fell in the home […]

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Barhoum: Resistance will defend our people in face of any aggression

[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 09:14 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said that the latest Israeli army threats to launch a large-scale aggression on Gaza were part of the psychological warfare launched to terrorize the Palestinian people. He said in a statement on his Facebook page on Tuesday that the threats by […]

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Israeli journalist accuses army of executing two Palestinians

Al Qassam website | April 16, 2013   Al Qassam website- West Bank – A report written by Israeli Journalist, Gideon Levi, and published by Haaretz Hebrew Language daily, accuses the Israeli military of deliberately executing two Palestinians, who were recently shot by the army at the Ennab roadblock, east of Anabta near the northern […]

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Israeli occupation sends negotiators to captive Issawi’s room

[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 09:19 PM ] RAMALLAH, AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights sources said that the Israeli authorities have continued attempts to persuade the Jerusalemite hunger striking prisoner Samer Issawi to stop his hunger strike and accept a proposal to deport him from Jerusalem in exchange for his release. Jawad Boulos, director of the […]

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Gaza gov’t denounces Canadian FM for meeting Israeli officials in Jerusalem

Al Qassam websit | 16-04-2013,09:18 Gaza- The Palestinian foreign affairs ministry in Gaza has denounced the Canadian foreign minister John Baird for meeting Israeli justice minister in her office in Jerusalem. The ministry described the meeting, in a statement on Monday, as a serious precedence, explaining that it constituted a clear recognition by Canada of […]

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Israeli occupation soldiers attack Palestinian citizens in Ramallah and Jerusalem villages

[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 09:16 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Confrontation were reported in two villages in Ramallah and Jerusalem on Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas canisters and stun grenades at civilians. Local sources said that IOF soldiers fired teargas at university students in Abu Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem, for celebrating the […]

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4804 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails

[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 09:15 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Adala human rights center has said that 4804 Palestinians were languishing in Israeli occupation jails including 14 women and 235 minors. The center said in a statement on Tuesday that 170 prisoners were from 1948 occupied Palestine, 177 from occupied Jerusalem, two from the Golan Heights, […]

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Sit-in outside UNRWA in Gaza protesting the reduction of its services

[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian refugees staged a sit on Monday for the second time outside the headquarters of UNRWA in Gaza protesting against the reduction of the services provided by the international agency to the refugees in Gaza. The Palestinian refugees demonstrated continuously throughout the past two weeks calling […]

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1,000 sick prisoners including 25 cancer patients in Israeli jails

[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 07:23 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The head of the Follow up committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, Amin Shauhan, confirmed that more than 1000 Palestinian prisoners suffer different illnesses including 25 cancer patients. The prisoners face deliberate medical neglect by the Israeli prison services aiming to assassinate them as what happened with the […]

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Arrests and clashes in al-Khalil

[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 07:12 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A number of suffocation cases were reported when the occupation forces stormed Arroub refugee camp near the city of al-Khalil, where soldiers fired tear gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets towards citizens. One injury was reported in addition to dozens of suffocation cases during the Israeli […]

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Israel bans family visits for Gaza prisoners for 5th week

Maan News Agency | April 16, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel on Monday prevented Palestinians in Gaza from visiting their relatives in Israeli jails for the fifth consecutive week, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. Israel informed the ICRC that prisoners from Gaza could not receive family visits because of Jewish holidays, […]

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Rizqa: Erdogan’s visit to Gaza will have far-reaching political implications

Al Qassam website | April 16, 2013 Gaza- The Palestinian government considered the upcoming visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Gaza Strip next month as “historic, and will have repercussions and far-reaching political implications.” Erdogan had formally declared that he will visit Gaza strip at end of next month. Dr. Youssef […]

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Hamas: Jewish marches won’t succeed in wiping out facts

Al Qassam website | April 16, 2013 Hamas warned against proceeding with the Jewish march slated to start from Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s house to the Aqsa Mosque demanding full sovereignty over the holy site. The movement described the march in a statement on Monday as “provocative” and a desperate attempt. It added that the […]

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