US equipment is being used to detect and demolish Gaza tunnels | #OpenRafahBorder

Middle East Monitor | Sept 15, 2013 Intelligence sources have revealed that the US Corps of Engineers has given a $10 million contract to Raytheon Technologies Company to detect the tunnels underneath the Egypt-Palestine border.   The tunnels have been used to import essential goods to the besieged Gaza Strip and are now being destroyed […]

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#Palestine News | Sept 15, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Sept 15,  2013 | 24299 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2287 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuously updated Today’s News Headlines Israel exploits Egypt turmoil to increase attacks on Gaza farmers http://bit.ly/1eIXRQE Human rights center […]

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500 European Academics urge EU to maintain stance on Israeli settlements

 Sunday September 15, 2013 21:55 by bdsmovement.net | IMEMC News Over 500 academics, including researchers from 13 European Union member states, have today written to the EU’s head of Foreign Policy, urging the EU not to water down its new guidelines preventing EU funding from being awarded to Israeli projects and entities in the Occupied […]

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Israeli forces assault and detain 14 year old Tulkarem teen Ali Abdullah Swiedan

Maan News Agency | Sept 15, 2013 QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Sunday detained and assaulted Ali Abdullah Swiedan, 14, from Azzoun village in Qalqiliya district, the Palestinian prisoners society said. In a statement, the PPS quoted the boy’s father as saying that Israeli forces detained Ali while he was on land belonging to […]

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The Oslo Accords: A gigantic disaster for the Palestinians ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 15/09/2013 – 04:42 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine A few days ago, I asked a Palestinian lawyer from my hometown, Dura, if it was possible for me to file a suit case against “The State of Israel” in a Palestinian court. On 25 February, 1953, Israeli troops murdered virtually my […]

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Resheq: The Sabra and Shatila massacre is a curse hunting its perpetrators

[ PIC 15/09/2013 – 03:13 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Member of Hamas’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Resheq said on Sunday that the Sabra and Shatila massacre would remain a curse hunting its perpetrators until they get their comeuppance. Resheq stated on his Facebook page on the 31st anniversary of the massacre that the Palestinian generations would […]

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Ahrar: Israeli medical neglect against Palestinian female captives continues

[ PIC 15/09/2013 – 03:03 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar Center for prisoners’ studies and human rights called on the World Health Organization, Doctors without Borders and all human rights organizations to intervene to end medical neglect against Palestinian female prisoners in Israeli jails. Fouad Khuffash, director of the Center, said in a statement on […]

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█▌ #OpenRafahBorder Now! ▶ Rafah crossing still closed for fifth day

[ PIC 15/09/2013 – 08:02 AM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– Egyptian authorities continued to shut down the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for the fifth day running on Sunday. Maher Abu Sabha, the director general of borders and crossings, said Egyptian authorities were still closing the terminal and that any new development would be […]

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Cristina Paterno’s Book Review of “Understanding Palestine”, Essays by Tariq Shadid (@docjazzmusic)

Saturday, 14 September 2013 | Musical Intifada By Cristina Paterno – Why a review now of a book that was published in 2007? Because regardless of the publishing time, the moment I saw the title I immediately thought: this is the book for me. What I really need is a clear understanding of what is […]

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Ashkelon prisoners to protest medical neglect

Al Qassam Brigade | 15-09-2013,07:40 Occupied Palestine – The Ashkelon prisoners warned the prison administration that they would escalate protest if Naim al-Shawamra continues to be medically neglected. The Prisoner’s Club confirmed that the prisoner Shawamra, from Al Khalil and sentenced to life imprisonment, has lost kg10 in weight within two weeks after his health […]

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Press Release by PFLP (@PFLP_ps): On the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo accords

Statement por Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | September 14, 2013 | Fight Back News Service Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) On the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Popular Front for the Liberation of […]

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Israel’s frequent targets: Palestinian kids

They are accused of throwing stones with the intention to kill. If the youths are convicted, they could remain in prison until their early forties Hopes for an ultimate settlement between Israelis and Palestinians have risen as US-brokered negotiations continue. However, Israel has undertaken a strategy that deepens mistrust among Palestinians. On the one hand, […]

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Brokering and violating truce: Egypt Navy Boats Enter Palestinian Waters In Rafah attack and arrest fisherman

Egyptian Navy Boats Enter Palestinian Waters In Rafah Al Qassam Brigades 15-09-2013,07:31 Gaza – [Saturday evening September 14, 2013] Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that a two Egyptian Navy boats sailed into Palestinian territorial waters in the Gaza Strip, chased Palestinian fishermen, opened fire at their boats, and arrested a fisherman. […]

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