PALESTINE NEWS | April 24, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 24, 2013 | 24156 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2142 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. Khudari: Gaza harbor project to be tabled with Erdogan http://wp.me/p16sn9-yvr Islamic bloc wins 33 seats in student […]

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VIDEO | How Israeli occupation demolishes a house and building in al-Tur village – Jerusalem

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article LAW “States may not deport or transfer parts of their own civilian population into a territory they occupy.” Summary State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in […]

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FPJ slams PA intelligence for kidnaping journalist from hospital

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 10:50 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The forum of Palestinian journalists (FPJ) strongly denounced the Palestinian authority intelligence agency for kidnapping journalist Tareq Khamis from a hospital in Ramallah city. In a press release on Tuesday, the forum said that this incident proved further the size of the violations committed by the […]

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Israeli forces enter border area in north Gaza

Maan News Agency | Apr 24, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli military forces entered an area in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, locals said. Israeli bulldozers and tanks entered 300 meters into an area of land used for farming east of Beit Hanoun, witnesses said. An Israeli army spokeswoman said there was “routine […]

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Israeli occupation soldiers nab five Palestinians in Al-Khalil

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 10:51 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) nabbed five Palestinian citizens in Al-Khalil province on Wednesday. Local sources said that the five were taken from their homes after searching them, adding that one of them was from Doura town and the others from Al-Khalil city. They said that the […]

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Israeli occupation authority razes three homes in Aroub refugee camp

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 10:53 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) razed three Palestinian homes in Aroub refugee camp, north of Al-Khalil, at dawn Wednesday. Ahmed Abu Khairan, a spokesman for the popular committee in the camp, said that Israeli occupation forces stormed the camp at the early dawn hours and used […]

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“My land is like my identity…I will always replant my trees” – farmer resists as 500 olive trees uprooted in Beit Dajan

24th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Beit Dajan, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus Jamal Kanaan stays steadfast in Beit Dajan On the 22nd April 2013, 500 trees belonging to Beit Dajan villager Jamal Kanaan were uprooted by the Israeli military; making a total of six times since 2002 that his olive trees have been […]

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Gov’t: Covering up occupation’s practices in Jerusalem complicity

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 09:26 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza has warned of covering up for the Israeli occupation’s crimes in Jerusalem, charging those involved in such practice as accomplices in those crimes. Justice minister in Gaza Dr. Attala Abulsabh, commenting on the Hebrew radio report that the PLO, Jordan, and […]

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Khudari: Gaza harbor project to be tabled with Erdogan

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 09:25 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– MP Jamal Al-Khudari has said that the visit to Gaza by Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be an opportunity to discuss with him the project of upgrading the Gaza harbor. He told Quds Press on Wednesday that Arab and Islamic parties had promised to upgrade […]

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Hamas: Najah election results big victory

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 09:24 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement described the results of the students’ elections in the Najah university in Nablus as a victory for the Islamic bloc after six years of boycott. Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said on Wednesday that winning 33 seats against 43 seats for the Fatah-affiliated bloc […]

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Resheq: Issawi forced occupation to acquiesce

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 09:23 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has renewed his movement’s commitment to prioritize the issue of prisoners above all other national issues. Resheq was speaking in a press statement on Wednesday commenting on the news that Jerusalemite hunger striker Samer Issawi would be released from […]

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Prisoner Younis Al-Haroub ends his hunger strike following deal

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 09:17 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Palestinian prisoner Younis Al-Haroub ended his hunger strike that lasted for 65 days in exchange for his release following an official deal with the Israeli prosecutor. Yousuf Al-Haroub, the brother of Younis, told Quds Press that his brother was given a written pledge to release him […]

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Palestinian resistance confronts Israeli incursion east of Beit Hanoun

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 09:10 PM ] Beit Hanoun, (PIC)– Israeli Military tanks and bulldozers on Wednesday penetrated Beit Hanoun from the Memorial Gate toward Palestinian fields in the northern Gaza strip. According to PIC reporter, 8 Israeli tanks and 4 bulldozers penetrated 300 meters east of the town, amid heavy fire from the Israeli […]

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ISRAEL’S NEWEST PIRACY ON PRIVACY! Israel airport security ‘allowed’ to read tourists’ email

Reported by Maan News Agency | April 24, 2013 (Updated April 29, 2013) JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists’ email accounts and deny them entry if they refuse, the country’s top legal official said on Wednesday. Details of the policy were laid out […]

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Israeli occupation forces storm Jenin and a mosque, set up checkpoints in al-Khalil

[ PIC 24/04/2013 – 09:03 PM ] JENIN, AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided at dawn on Wednesday the city of jenin and stormed a mosque, and conducted extensive combing operations. Local sources said that Israeli forces raided Halima al-Sa’diyeh Mosque in the eastern neighborhood in Jenin and searched it at dawn prayer, and […]

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