PHOTOS | Last Friday of Ramadan in Palestine – Aug 2, 2013

August 2, 2013 Photos will be updated continuously during the day. Click on any photo to start a slideshow Today, also marks International Quds Day. For more information and live updates go here Photography Aug 2 2013 – Last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan Photos by Samer Nazzal –  Raya,  ActiveStills, PalToday, SAFA […]

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Hamas calls on @UNRWA to meet demands of residents of Nahr al-Bared camp

[ PIC 02/08/2013 – 03:43 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Hamas movement confirmed its support for the peaceful protests which demand the URNWA to continue providing services for the residents of Nahr al-Bared camp. Hamas’s office for Refugee affairs in Lebanon called, in a statement on Thursday, on the UNRWA administration to meet the demands of […]

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Zionist settlers attack a Palestinian farmer, kill sheep in Aqraba

2nd August 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Aqraba, Occupied Palestine At 530pm on July 30th three settlers from the illegal settlement of Itamar violently attacked a farmer from the village of Aqraba, south east of Nablus. Four farmers from the village  had spent the day grazing their more than 500 sheep on […]

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220 Palestinians, including 35 children, arrested last month by Israeli occupation

[ PIC 02/08/2013 – 05:32 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)— Palestinian human rights reports said that last July the occupation carried out more than 195 raids in different areas in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, during which it arrested over 220 Palestinians. The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies reported that most of […]

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VIDEO | Nasrallah Speech on International Al Quds Day (English voice-over) – Aug 2, 2013

Published on Aug 2, 2013 Hezbollah Secretary General, his eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivered a live speech in person before the crowds marking the International Al-Quds Day in the southern suburbs of Beirut (Dahiyeh). For a full summary of the speech in English, please visit: http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/ade… To watch the speech in Arabic (in full), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCVp7a… […]

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VIDEO | Al-Quds Day 2013

Published on Jul 16, 2013 ‘End the Siege, End the Occupation, End the Israeli Apartheid…’ if these words are ever going to become a reality we have to stand united for the Palestinian cause. Join IHRC’s annual Al Quds Day Demonstration on Friday 2nd August 2013 from Portland Place (assemble near BBC Broadcasting House) at […]

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Israeli occupation quells demonstration in solidarity with residents of the Negev

[ PIC 02/08/2013 – 03:51 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday afternoon suppressed a Palestinian demonstration that was heading towards the Negev through the Israeli Hizma barrier north of Jerusalem. PIC’s correspondent said that a number of buses left the city of Ramallah and headed into the Hizma checkpoint […]

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VIDEO | Quds Day Dar es Salaam 2013 | #QudsDay2013

Ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian & Islamic identity Al Quds, Jerusalem is the main target of the ethnic cleansing to turn the city of “Jerusalem” into the City of David. Occupiedpalestine weblog dedicates this post to create awareness to this ongoing atrocity of the “State of Israel” for the occasion of the awarenesscampaign #Blog4Quds from […]

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#PalHunger | Al-Barghouthi risks death on his 91st day of hunger strike

[ PIC 02/08/2013 – 01:28 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The health condition of prisoner Abdullah Al-Barghouthi has seriously deteriorated after 91 days of hunger strike along with four other Jordanian captives. Lawyer Mohammed Al Shayeb, who visited Al-Barghouthi yesterday in Afula prison, warned of the serious deterioration of the striker’s health condition due to his […]

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Rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Ramallah

[ PIC 02/08/2013 – 03:17 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hamas movement has organized a demonstration Thursday in Ramallah in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Hundreds marched from Bireh mosque to Yasser Arafat square in Ramallah where they joined the sit-in in solidarity with the hunger strikers. The leader in Hamas movement, […]

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Israel refuses to freeze Jerusalem home eviction

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Maan News Agency | Aug 2, 2013   JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The absentee properties office in Israel refused Thursday to freeze the evacuation order of a Palestinian family in East Jerusalem, locals said. […]

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Media Forum condemns PA arrest of Journalist covering a sit-in

[ PIC 02/08/2013 – 01:15 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Media Forum strongly condemned the PA Intelligence Services for the arrest of the journalist Musab al-Ibrahim Said while covering a sit-in of prisoners’ families in Ramallah. PA forces arrested on Thursday the journalist Said, who works with a local news agency, while covering a […]

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VIDEO | Praying at al-Aqsa

Ramadan is an auspicious month for the revelations of God to humankind: The month in which the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad. Amin Alemi reports from Kabul on how the Muslims there celebrate the holy month. Video by PressTV | August 2, 2013 Related Ramadan Kareem | رمضان كريم […]

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#QudsDay2013 | UK protesters to mark Al-Quds Day in London

Al-Quds Day demonstration in London, August 2011 PressTV | Fri Aug 2, 2013 8:30AM GMT Hundreds of British nationals, including Muslims and anti-war activists, prepare to take part in the annual Al-Quds Day demonstration in London in support of the Palestinian resistance against the Zionist regime of Israel. The demonstration, which is organized by the […]

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International Quds Day rallies will prove Muslims’ strength | #QudsDay2013

Iranians hold massive rallies on the International Quds Day on August 2, 2013. PressTV | Fri Aug 2, 2013 8:37AM GMT In August 1979, the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini declared the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as International Quds Day, calling on Muslims across the world to […]

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