Palestine News | Aug 31, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Aug 31,  2013 | 24284 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2272 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuously updated Today’s News Military action in Syria only serves Israel http://www.islamtimes.org/vdciuqarqt1a3q2.ilct.html Israel “outsourcing” deprivation-policies: Egypt Clamps Down on Gaza […]

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Israel’s occupation forces killed 6 Palestinians, detained 250 others in August

Al Qassam Website | 01-09-2013,06:59 RAMALLAH – Ahrar center for human rights said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed six Palestinian citizens and detained 250 others in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during August. According to a monthly report released by the center, five Palestinians from Gaza were among the detainees during […]

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@BBC editor Raffi Berg urged colleagues to downplay Israel’s siege of Gaza

Al Qassam website (EI) | 31-08-2013,08:52 The new Middle East online editor for BBC News has been praised by a pro-Israeli website for being “willing to listen to his critics” after he sent internal emails guiding BBC staff to write more favorably about Israel. Raffi Berg was promoted to head the BBC website’s Middle East desk […]

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On-going resistance in Bil’in: six protesters including one child injured, foreign journo arrested

31st August 2013 | Friends of Freedom and Justice – Bilin | ISM Palestine |  Bi’lin, Occupied Palestine On Friday 30th August 2013, six citizens were injured in the demonstration. Four were shot with plastic coated steel bullets in the foot, thigh, groin and abdomen respectively. Two were shot with teargas canisters, one of whom […]

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Sweeping the West Bank for Israel’s desires: PA detains 4 members in West Bank

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 31/08/2013 21:23 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority security forces arrested four Hamas members on Friday and summoned three others for interrogation, the Islamist movement said. PA forces detained four teachers in Yatta and summoned an Imam and an ex-prisoner for interrogation, Hamas said. A student from Palestine Polytechnic University in […]

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Israel extends the arrest of a disabled Palestinian

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 02:54 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Magistrate’s Court has extended the arrest of a disabled Palestinian for 15 additional days despite his difficult health status. Ahmed Dawoud Obaid’s arrest was extended for 15 days although his father has provided the court with medical reports proving his mental disability. The […]

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Israeli occupation blocks travel of 39 Palestinians in one week

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 03:38 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) last week blocked the travel of 30 Palestinians at the Karame crossing, the only crossing linking the West Bank to the outside world. A statement for the PA police in Ramallah on Saturday said that the IOA returned 39 Palestinians at […]

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Egyptian man killed in Israeli shooting

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 10:35 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli army forces fired at two Egyptians near the borders killing one of them and injuring the other at the pretext they did not respond to orders to stop and identify themselves. Egyptian media quoted a security source as saying that both were smugglers, adding that […]

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18 year old Palestinian Karim Subhi Saleh shot by Israeli fire dies of his injuries in Jenin

Al Qassam website | 31-08-2013,09:57 Jenin- Palestinian youth Karim Subhi Saleh, 18 years old has died of injuries he has sustained few days ago in  the West Bank city of Jenin.Medical sources said that Saleh has been shot by Israeli occupation soldiers who stormed the  city recently. The same sources added that Saleh was shot […]

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Abu Zuhri condemns Egyptian navy for shooting Palestinian fishermen

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 08:41 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, has condemned the Egyptian navy for shooting at a group of Palestinian fishermen. Abu Zuhri said in a press release on Friday that the act was “unjustified”, and called on the Egyptian authorities to release those arrested during the […]

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Israel provides military aid to African state in return for taking refugees

Middle East Monitor | Aug 30, 2013   Haaretz newspaper has reported that Israel is preparing to start a large-scale campaign to deport African immigrants after September’s Jewish holidays. It revealed that the Israeli government has reached an agreement with an unnamed African country to “absorb” the migrants in return for agricultural and other assistance, […]

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IOF violence fails to stop Friday marches against wall and settlement

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 07:02 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Despite the tear gas attacks and unjustified violence used by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF), thousands of Palestinian and foreign activists participated on Friday afternoon in their peaceful marches against Israel’s wall and settlement activities in different West Bank areas. Dozens of Palestinian and foreign activists […]

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222nd Israeli cease fire violation: Israeli forces shoot farmer in Gaza

Maan News Agency | Aug 30, 2013 –  19:52 GAZA (Ma’an) — A Palestinian farmer was shot and injured on Friday East of Jabalia north of the Gaza Strip, medics said. Israeli forces opened fire at Yousef Saad, 20, injuring him in the thigh. He was taken to Kamal Edwan hospital in Jabalia. An army […]

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Daily zionist pogrom update Aug 30, 2013: Israeli Soldiers Attack and Shoot Nonviolent Protesters, Journalists, In Bil’in

 Saturday August 31, 2013 03:49 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News [Friday August 30, 2013] Israeli Soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, leading to dozens of injuries. Soldiers attacked reporters and detained an international journalist. Bil’in – Photo […]

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Palestinian farmer hit with IOF bullet

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 06:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian farmer was moderately wounded when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at him to the east of Jabaliya, north of Gaza Strip, on Friday night. Medical sources told the PIC reporter that the 20-year-old farmer, Yousef Saad, was hit with a bullet in his […]

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