Archive | April 17, 2013

PALESTINE NEWS | April 17, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 17, 2013 | 24149 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2135 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Palestinian village in UNESCO bid (Al Jazeera) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imeu/newsAnalysis/~3/Xd3vbOIMWv8/2013416134749982408.html Health minister: The gov’t will establish a kidney transplant […]

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A Hundred Deir Yassin and Counting: Beit Daras and the Buried History of Massacres ~ by Ramzy Baroud

The importance of the Deir Yassin massacre to historians often obscures important facts. One amongst them is that Deir Yassin was one of many massacres perpetrated by Zionist troops, including Haganah units, stresses Ramzy Baroud. Middle East Online | April 17, 2013 Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the […]

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Health minister: The gov’t will establish a kidney transplant center in Gaza

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 10:50 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian health minister Mufid Al-Mukhalalati said the government intends to establish the first kidney transplant center in the Gaza Strip using local doctors to be trained in Britain. Mukhalalati returned to the Gaza Strip on Monday after an official tour to Britain and Egypt. He reviewed […]

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Only 2 years left for Mideast deal, Kerry warns

Maan News Agency | April 17, 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry again warned Wednesday that time was slipping away to reach a Middle East peace deal, but for the first time said there may only be a year or two left. Appearing before US lawmakers for the first time since […]

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7 injured in clashes near Hebron

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline Maan News Agency | April 17, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Seven Palestinians were injured in clashes in Beit Ummar north of Hebron on Wednesday, a local official said. A popular struggle coordination committee spokesman said that Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets […]

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Israel: Stop Isolating Gaza

The Daily Beast | Benedetta Berti | April 17, 2013 After agreeing to the terms of the November 2012 ceasefire, Hamas and Israel have been engaged in indirect talks, mediated by Egypt, the guarantor of the peace. These talks represent a step in the right direction. However, to save the fragile ceasefire, they must be […]

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Army Opens Fire At Palestinian Ambulance In Bethlehem

Wednesday April 17, 2013 21:04 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian Red Crescent Ambulance while trying to provide medical care to family members, including an infant, injured by gas bombs fired by the army at their home, in Al-Khader town, south of […]

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Activists cut through barbed wire near Ofer jail

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 09:44 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Dozens of popular resistance activists cut through a barbed wire surrounding the Israeli Ofer jail to the west of Ramallah on Wednesday morning. Activists, who were celebrating the Palestinian prisoner’s day, marched from Rafat village, which overlooks the jail, to Ofer where more than 800 Palestinians […]

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VIDEO | Soldiers continue to intimidate and provoke school children in Hebron

17th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine By Team Khalil This morning an Israeli jeep drove around an area of Hebron that is home to 5 schools as children made their way to class. To get to school, the pupils of these schools already need to pass through a metal detector at […]

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Israeli occupation forces brutally attack citizens of Khader town

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 09:41 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Violent clashes broke out Tuesday afternoon between young men and Israeli soldiers in Al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, especially in Jabal Umm Al-Rukba neighborhood. During the clashes, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) brutally and randomly fired a barrage of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets directly […]

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Mass hunger strike in all occupation jails to mark Prisoners’ Day

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 09:37 PM ] RAMALLAH, GAZA, (PIC)– Some 5,000 Palestinian captives in Israeli jails went on a one-day hunger strike on Wednesday to mark the Prisoners’ Day. The prisoners refused breakfast as part of a final warning message to leaders of the Prison Service to meet their fair and legitimate demands and […]

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OCHA investigates the killing of sheep by settlers in Jordan Valley

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 09:31 PM ] JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– A delegation from the Office of Humanitarian Affairs in UN (OCHA) launched on Wednesday an investigation into the death of sheep and cows belonging to Bedouin citizens in Jordan Valley and Tubas after being poisoned by Jewish settlers. The OCHA’s delegation pointed out that the […]

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Violent clashes in Aroub on the Prisoner’s Day anniversary

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 09:21 PM ] AL-KHALIL, JENIN, NABLUS, (PIC)– Violent clashes broke out on Wednesday near the Aroub refugee camp north of al-Khalil following a raid by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Eyewitnesses told PIC that dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded the camp’s main entrance, adjacent to the road between Bethlehem and al-Khalil, […]

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Abu Marzouk: Gaza siege does not contribute to ending the division file

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 09:17 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy head of Hamas political bureau, criticized the attitude of Fatah movement which considered that the scheduled visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Gaza promotes Palestinian division. Abu Marzouk said in a press statement published on his official Facebook page: […]

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Haniyeh: All options are open for the liberation of prisoners

[ PIC 17/04/2013 – 08:55 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said that all options are open to the resistance and the people for the liberation of the prisoners from the occupation jails. Haniyeh said during a meeting held by the Legislative Council in Gaza on the anniversary of the Palestinian Prisoner’s […]

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