Israeli Police Officer Rapes Two Palestinian Boys ~ by @KawtherSalam

Kawther Salam – May 19, 2013 Defence for Children International Palestine – The boys live in fear with their attacker still on the loose. Ramallah, 18 May 2013—Defence for Children International Palestine is deeply disturbed by the sexual abuse of two Palestinian children by an armed Israeli assailant dressed in a police uniform late April […]

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Israeli occupation forces arrests six Palestinians in al-Khalil and Bethlehem

[ PIC 19/05/2013 – 09:53 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces arrested six Palestinians from the governorates of al-Khalil and Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, while they detained a woman in her fifties in the old city of al-Khalil. Security sources told Quds Press that the IOF arrested two young men in […]

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Israeli occupation cuts off eastern from central West Bank

[ PIC 19/05/2013 – 09:04 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday closed the main entrance to the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah city, effectively cutting off villages in the eastern West Bank from the Central West Bank. Local sources said that IOF troops accompanied by military bulldozers raided at […]

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Palestinian prisoners’ issue discussed at the European Parliament

[ PIC 19/05/2013 – 07:47 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners raised the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on the sidelines of a meeting held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Nakba anniversary, in coordination with Council for European Palestinian Relations. Mr. Mohammed Hamdan, head […]

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Kibbutz ‘residents’ attack Bedouin village in the Naqab

#NAKBA65  | 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 NEGEV (Ma’an) — Israelis from a Negev kibbutz attacked a Bedouin village on Sunday, setting fire to a tent, a Ma’an reporter said. Residents from the Kibbutz of Retamim attacked the adjacent Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj and set fire to […]

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Abu Zuhri: Closure of Rafah crossing is an unjustifiable action

[ PIC 19/05/2013 – 07:56 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately re-open the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, closed for the second day. Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman for the movement, considered in a written statement the closure of the Rafah crossing “an unjustified act” that harms […]

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Prisoner Barghouti refuses to drink water after being isolated

[ PIC 19/05/2013 – 12:26 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Wa’ed Society for Detainees and Ex-detainees said that the Israeli authorities transferred on Friday evening captive leader Abdullah Barghouti, sentenced to 67 life terms, to solitary confinement. Wa’ed said in a statement on Saturday that prisoner Barghouti has been on hunger strike for the past 15 […]

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Negev demolitions: ‘War in the full sense’

#NAKBA65  | 65 YEARS NAKBA = ENOUGH! Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 NEGEV (Ma’an) – “What I have seen was like post-war footage rather than home demolition as the Hebrew media misleadingly describe it,” says the head of the Islamic movement in northern Israel Sheikh Raed Salah. Salah’s remarks Sunday came during a […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | May 19, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات May 19, 2013 | 24181 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2167 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. ICC gets complaint against Tel Aviv for 2010 flotilla raid http://arabnews.com/news/451766 Palestine blames Israel for stealing its […]

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Israeli troops storm ‘Awarta near Nablus, detain 27 year old Samir Faisal Qadah

Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 NABLUS (Ma’an) – Israeli forces stormed the northern West Bank village of Awarta south of Nablus on Sunday and detained a young Palestinian man, locals told Ma’an. They added that Israeli military vehicles stormed the village at midday before they detained 27-year-old Samir Faisal Qadah and took him […]

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Organization demands that condition of sick captive be revealed

[ PIC 19/05/2013 – 09:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies demanded that the Israeli Prison Authority reveals the nature of illness of captive Muhammad al-Sharha, 32, from the town of Dura, south of al-Khalil, who is suspected of having throat cancer. The center said that Sharha has been in detention […]

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“TORCHING ARABS FOR EDUCATION”: Israel youth movement shirts display anti-Arab racism

Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Picnickers in northern Israel were surprised Thursday when they saw anti-Arab racist slogans printed on T-shirts of a guide affiliated to a religious youth movement Ezra. “Torching Arabs for education,” was written on the guide’s shirt, families who were picnicking in the north told the […]

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Report: Israeli regime sells $400mn of drones annually

An Israeli spy drone (file photo) PressTV | Sun May 19, 2013 6:19AM GMT On May 11, the Israeli regime shot down one of its Shoval-type drones over the Mediterranean Sea due to a ‘technical malfunction.’ The Israeli regime exports about $400 million worth of drones per year, an Israeli daily reports. The Ynet daily […]

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The Egyptian Siege on Gaza continues: Egypt closes Gaza crossing for third day

Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian police at Rafah are closing the crossing for a third day in a row Sudnay after the kidnappings of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai, officials said. They are preventing all Palestinians from traveling through the crossing or leaving the Gaza Strip, the […]

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Palestinian vehicle burned by Israeli settler Molotov

Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013   RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Settlers from Beit El on Saturday evening threw a Molotov cocktail toward Palestinian vehicles on the Ramallah-Nablus road and near al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah. The settlers threw Molotovs toward more than one Palestinian car, and even toward passers-by. A Palestinian car completely […]

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