VIDEO | Salfit continues to suffer from illegal settlement sewage

18th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Salfit, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus The agricultural district of Salfit, about 25 miles north of Jerusalem, is facing health and environmental problems throughout its villages because of a constant stream of sewage from nearby illegal Israeli settlements, most notably Barkan and Ariel settlements which also hold illegal […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | April 18, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 18, 2013 | 24150 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2136 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. 13 Palestinian Workers Held in Jerusalem and Forced to Remove Clothes http://silwanic.net/?p=37337 VIDEO | Gazans rally to […]

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School year extended in Gaza, West Bank

Maan News Agency | April 18, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – The ministry of education of the Hamas-run government in Gaza announced Thursday that the school year would end on June 3. Minister of education Osama al-Muzayni said in a statement that the summer holiday would start June, 4. The decision to extend the school […]

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Moroccan human rights organisations demand dismissal of “G4S”

MEMO | April 18, 2013 Moroccan human rights organisations and associations have demanded the dismissal of the Israeli company, “G4S”, from Morocco stating that they intend to call on representative institutions and official bodies to take the necessary measures to prevent certain parties and their partners that have carried out war crimes and crimes against […]

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Activists remove section of Israeli Wall in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners

Thursday April 18, 2013 22:51 by International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah This Palestinian Prisoners Day, April 17th 2013, Palestinian and international activists cut down a fenced section of the Israeli apartheid wall in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation jails. A section of around ten metres was torn down near Ofer prison, where Palestinian […]

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Israeli forces detain 3 Palestinians in Jenin, Tubas

Maan News Agency | April 18, 2013 JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Thursday detained three Palestinians in Jenin and Tubas, locals said. Israeli forces stopped cars at a checkpoint near the Yabad village southwest of Jenin, scrutinizing vehicles hearing to Tulkarem and Barta, locals said. They also raided the home of Yassir Tahayneh, 22, […]

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Israeli forces demolish store belonging to Bedouin orphans

Maan News Agency | April 18, 2013 BEERSHEBA, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Thursday demolished a store belonging to orphans in Wadi al-Niam, a Bedouin village in the Negev. “The demolition is immoral and unjustifiable. How can a state which claims to be an oasis of democracy and equality explain demolition of orphans’ homes […]

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Hamas: Jerusalem under real danger

[ PIC 18/04/2013 – 09:57 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A report issued by the Information Office of Hamas on Thursday stressed that the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem are exposed to a real danger aimed to obliterate their landmarks. The report, which monitors the settlement projects and Israeli attacks in the West Bank, said that […]

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An Israeli Likud MK Miri Regev intends to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 18/04/2013 – 09:51 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Likud MK Miri Regev, appointed Wednesday to chair the Knesset Interior and Environmental Affairs Committees, announced she will enter al-Aqsa Mosque with Interior Committee members to examine possibility of allowing Jewish prayer at the site. MK Regev told Haaretz newspaper “I don’t understand why a […]

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Israel frees sick prisoner Muhammed Al-Taj

Maan News Agency | April 18, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Israel released sick Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Taj Thursday after a serious deterioration in his health, the Palestinian ministry of prisoners affairs announced. Al-Taj had been serving a 15-year sentence since 2003. He recently began suffering from pulmonary failure. He was immediately transferred to the Palestine […]

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Abu Zuhri: U.S. pressure disrupts reconciliation process

[ PIC 18/04/2013 – 09:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman for Hamas movement, asserted that the remarks made by John Kerry prove that American pressures are the real cause behind the obstruction of the achievement of reconciliation. Kerry stated that he does not see any signs of reconciliation between the Authority […]

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Ministry: Al-Taj stable but may need surgery

Maan News Agency | April 18, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Mohammad al-Taj, who Israel freed on Thursday, is in a stable condition but may require dangerous surgery, a Palestinian Authority Health Ministry official said. Israel released al-Taj, who had carried out two long-term hunger strikes, on health grounds. He was transferred to intensive care at […]

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Occupation issues harsh sentences against Palestinians accused of stone throwing

[ PIC 18/04/2013 – 09:18 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies confirmed that the sentences issued by the Israeli courts against Palestinians involved in acts of throwing stones at Israeli occupation soldiers have significantly increased. Kaher Abu Kamal, media spokesman for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies, said in a […]

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A sit-in in Jerusalem in solidarity with prisoners

[ PIC 18/04/2013 – 09:07 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Islamic and national forces and the Palestinian Prisoners Society organized with participation of Jerusalemite prisoners’ families on Wednesday evening a sit-in to support the prisoners on the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, in Damascus Gate square in Jerusalem. The participants raised photos of Jerusalemite prisoners, […]

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Israeli forces ‘detain teens, child’ in al-Arrub refugee camp

Maan News Agency | April 18, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Thursday detained two teenagers and a child in the al-Arrub refugee camp in the southern West Bank, a local popular committee spokesman said. Mohammad Awad said Israeli soldiers raided the camp and detained 11-year-old Abdulla Abu Sharar, Odai Nemr Jawabreh, 18, and […]

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