Archive | August 18, 2013

Palestine News | Aug 18, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Aug 18,  2013 | 24271 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2259 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuously updated Today’s News Despite recent improvements, Israeli government can do more for Gazans http://972mag.com/despite-recent-improvements-israel-can-do-more-for-gazans/77498/ Laborer dies at construction […]

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Hamas calls for biggest ever sea convoy to bust Gaza blockade

[ PIC 18/08/2013 – 09:46 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement called on free people of the region and the world to exert all efforts possible to lift the siege on Gaza Strip especially after the closure of Rafah crossing and destruction of most of the tunnels. Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, called […]

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Daily zionist pogrom update: Israeli forces wound Palestinian, nab nine others

[ PIC 18/08/2013 – 09:45 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinian citizens in Balata refugee camp near Nablus on Sunday wounding one of them in the foot. Local sources said that IOF soldiers stormed Nablus city, Beita village, and Balata refugee camp and nabbed eight […]

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Hamas: PA security forces arrest 6 West Bank members

Maan News Agency | Aug 18, 2013   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority security forces detained six Hamas affiliates on Sunday across the West Bank, a statement from the Islamist group said. PA forces made the arrests in Salfit, Hebron and Jenin, Hamas said. A reconciliation deal signed by Fatah and Hamas in May 2011 […]

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Boycotts that aid the Palestinians ~ by @Benabyad

Al Jazeera | 16 Aug 2013 13:00 Ben White Ben White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He is a graduate of Cambridge University. Ben White details four main reasons why a boycott on Israeli goods will benefit the Palestinian people. Nearly 93 percent of Palestinians working in the settlements are […]

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Israel starting attacks In May 2013 retaliates (?) after Syrian shells hit Golan Heights

Aug 18, 2013 Al Bawaba reports Israel retaliates after Syrian shells hit the Golan Heights. In case someone forgot in the turmoil, it is Israel occupying the Golan Illegally. The UN who does not sanction the violations of the UNSC, ans it is Israel who started bombing in the first place with arial attacks on […]

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Detainees launch protests that will develop into open #Palhunger strike against administrative detention

Al Qassam website -18-08-2013,08:21 Administrative detainees in the Israeli occupation jails announced launching protest steps against policy of administrative detention at the beginning of September that will develop into open hunger strike in October.Fouad Khuffash, director of the Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights, said that after discussions, the prisoners in the Negev […]

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#PalHunger | Red Cross (@ICRC) Concerned About Health Condition Of Striking Detainees

 Sunday August 18, 2013 11:07 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Saturday evening [August 18, 2013] the International Red Cross issued a statement expressing deep concern regarding the deteriorating health conditions of seven Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, and have been on hunger strike for an extended period. Stop Administartive Detention – Ahrar Center […]

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14 prisoners in serious condition due to severe medical negligence in Israel’s Ramlah Prison

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 18, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Riad Amour, the  representative of the ill prisoners in Ramlah prison hospital, said that about 14 Palestinian  prisoners suffer from medical negligence and bad treatment in Ramlah prison hospital. Lawyer of the Prisoners Ministry in Ramallah Hanan El-Khatib said in a press release on Saturday […]

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Haaretz: “Absentee Property Law” approved to Judaize Jerusalem neighborhoods

Al Ray Agencies – Aug 18, 2013 Gaza, Alray – The “Haaretz” newspaper reported Sunday that “the activation of the Absentee Property Law in East Jerusalem is part of the attempts to Judaize Palestinian neighborhoods, through confiscating Palestinian property rights in the city, and creating an artificial separation between the West Bank and Jerusalem.” The […]

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Gaza official: Palestinians unable to cross into Egypt

Maan News Agency | Aug 18, 2013   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinians are not being allowed to cross into Egypt via the Rafah crossing, a Hamas official said Sunday. Maher Abu Sabha, general director of the ministry of interior in Gaza, told Ma’an that the Rafah crossing was open on Saturday, but no passengers […]

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Marches in Gaza in solidarity with Egyptian people

Al Qassam website | 18-08-2013,09:22 Gaza- Scores of Palestinian citizens went on marches in the Gaza Strip in protest at the killing of pro-Morsi protestors in Cairo. The marches were organized at the invitation of facebook youth groups in Gaza. Outside Al-Awda Mosque in Jabaliya refugee camp, tens of thousands of Palestinian young men rallied […]

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Three swimming Palestinians arrested off Gaza shores

Al Qassam website | 18-08-2013,09:12 Gaza- Israeli navy arrested Saturday morning three Palestinians swimming in the sea of ​​Gaza. The Hebrew radio reported “a ship has spotted three suspects off the coast of the Gaza Strip as they entered the Israeli waters,” It stated that the three were arrested, noting that they have been subject […]

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Israel compels Jerusalemite to raze his own home

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 18/08/2013 – 07:59 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced a Jerusalemite man to raze his own home in Sour Baher, south of occupied Jerusalem, at the […]

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@BBC to censor violinist Nigel Kennedy’s statement about Israeli apartheid from TV broadcast (Updated)

Mondoweiss | Tom Suarez | August 16, 2013   Nigel Kennedy  (photo: Chris Christodoulou/BBC) The BBC has confirmed that it will censor a statement made by violinist Nigel Kennedy from its television broadcast of his performance with the Palestine Strings at a prestigious music festival last week. In his statement at the Proms, Mr. Kennedy […]

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