PALESTINE NEWS | May 1, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات May 1, 2013 | 24163 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2149 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. #GazaUnderAttack | April 30, 2013 | One Martyr in Gaza after Israel targeted a motorcycle http://wp.me/p16sn9-yEU Updated American […]

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Arab Sell-Out Part 2: Accepting concept of land swaps strengthens culture of concessions, claims Hamas

MEMO | April 1, 2013 Yesterday, the Arab League agreed to endorse a peace plan that would allow Israel to keep it’s large illegal settlements in the West Bank The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed its concern that an agreement over land swaps with Israel will lead the Palestinian Authority and Arab world even […]

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Villages of Urif, Burin and Asira violently attacked by settlers

1st May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus Yesterday Israeli settlers from the Illegal settlement of Yizhar set fire to the fields of Asira al Qibliya, Burin and Urif as well as attacking the school and many homes in the villages, all while the Israeli Military and Border Police provided […]

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Jewish extremists call for storming al-Aqsa

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 09:38 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said that Jewish extremist groups have called for storming al-Aqsa mosque next Wednesday to mark the 46th anniversary of the occupation of the eastern part of the occupied city of Jerusalem. The Foundation warned against the seriousness of such […]

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Ahrar: 259 detainees and 4 martyrs during April 2013 due to Israeli aggression

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 07:19 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights said in its monthly report that 259 Palestinians were arrested and 4 others were killed in the West Bank and the Gaza strip during April 2013. According to the report, 94 Palestinians were detained in al-Khalil, 42 others […]

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Report: Settlers start over 50 fires in West Bank

Maan News Agency | May 1, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Settlers started over 50 fires across the West Bank on Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a settler in Nablus, official news agency Wafa reported. A report by the civil defense said firefighters had to deal with 57 fires caused by settlers. Hundreds of olive […]

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Zahar: The resistance will respond to the occupation in a timely manner

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 06:54 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The leader in the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Mahmoud Zahar, said that the Israeli escalation against the Gaza Strip is not an isolated incident but is part of the Israeli daily aggressions. The resistance will respond to the occupation in a timely manner, he said on […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli gunboats fire at Palestinian fishing boats

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 12:12 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats opened machinegun fire at Palestinian boats off the coasts of Gaza Strip at dawn Wednesday. Sources in the marine police told the PIC reporter that the Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire at the fishing boats working off the Sudaniya beach, north west of […]

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Israeli scheme to establish monorail in Jerusalem

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 06:14 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli mayor of the occupied city of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, declared during a press conference yesterday evening the establishment of monorail in the city, noting that it will be ready by 2015. The monorail will start from Jabal al-Zaytun towards the old town and […]

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Al-Resheq: Our people will confront Israeli settlers’ crimes

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 06:05 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Izzat al-Resheq, a member of the political bureau of Hamas, warned the occupation authorities of giving the green light to Jewish extremist settlers to carry out brutal attacks against Palestinians and their properties. Al-Resheq held the occupation authorities fully responsible for these serious crimes and their […]

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Official: Israel raids village near Tubas, arrests 23-year-old Jihad Abdul Karim

Maan News Agency | May 1, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli tanks raided the al-Aqaba village north of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, causing damage to roads and agricultural lands, an official said. Sami Sadeq, head of the local village council, said that a number of tanks raided the village without prior notice and […]

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Lawyers banned from seeing suspect in settler stabbing

Maan News Agency | May 1, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have banned lawyers from visiting a man suspected of fatally stabbing a settler in Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Wednesday. Salam al-Zaghal, from Tulkarem, on Tuesday fatally stabbed a settler while he waited at a hitch-hiking spot in the occupied West Bank. […]

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Israeli incursion in southern Gaza

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 12:16 PM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in armored vehicles escorted eight military bulldozers that advanced into eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, at dawn Wednesday. Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF troops advanced 150 meters and reached the outskirts of Khuza’a town and […]

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Jewish settlers stab Jerusalemite youth

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 11:00 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A Jerusalemite youth was knifed by Jewish settlers in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Israeli press said that the young man was found stabbed in his chest near a Jewish suburb in the holy city. It said that ambulance crews extended first aid to the […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli warplanes launch two raids on resistance position

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 10:57 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes launched two raids on a position for the Palestinian resistance to the west of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night. Local sources told the PIC reporter that the warplanes targeted a position for the Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic […]

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