Paris names square after leading supporter of Palestine and Nazi-era concentration camp survivor Stephane Hessel

File photo of Nazi-era concentration camp survivor and a leading Palestine advocate Stephane Hessel PressTV | Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:23PM GMT A town hall in Paris has named a square after a leading supporter of the Palestinian cause, Stephane Hessel, who died earlier this year. On Monday, Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe joined distinguished […]

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Settlers uproot 53 olive trees in Qalqiliya, attack farmer

Ma’an News Agency (updated) 22/10/2013 22:18 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Tuesday uprooted 53 olive trees in Kafr Laqif village west of Qalqiliya, officials said. Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that a number of Israeli settlers from the Karni Shomron settlement uprooted around […]

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Mizan: The IOF kidnapped 14 Gazan passengers at Beit Hanoun crossing

[ PIC 22/10/2013 – 10:16 AM ] Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have kidnapped 14 Palestinian passengers, including patients and their escorts, at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2013, Al-Mizan center for human rights said. The center stated that the last […]

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IOF soldiers use rifle butts in beating Palestinian child, triggering clashes

[ PIC 22/10/2013 – 09:06 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Palestinian child was injured in Al-Khalil on Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning a roadblock in downtown used their rifle butts in assaulting him. Eyewitnesses told the PIC that clashes erupted after the incident, adding that the child was severely beaten. They said that […]

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Dozens injured in confrontations after Asy’s murder

[ PIC 22/10/2013 – 09:05 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Bilin village on Tuesday after the murder of Mohammed Asy at the hands of those forces. The PIC reporter in Ramallah said that IOF soldiers used live bullets in addition to teargas […]

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VIDEO | Masked settler beats Palestinian with metal pipe ~ by @972Mag

Oct 22, 2013 Human rights group suggests army could have prevented the attack. New data shows police rarely file indictments for violent crimes against Palestinians and their trees. Masked settlers attacked Palestinian olive pickers and Israelis who joined them on Sunday near the village of Burin, I reported here. Now, a video of the incident […]

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#Palestine News | Oct 22, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Oct 22,  2013 | 24341 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza under siege for 2325 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Today’s News & Headlines Continuously updated   #GazaUnderAttack | Oct 21, 2013 | Full List of 240 Documented Israeli Cease […]

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Fatah, Israel, US, Sisi are against Hamas. What does this tell us? ~ by Khalid Amayreh

“The entire enter­prise of a Jew­ish state in Palestine is built upon an express rejec­tion of interna­tional law.” ~ Brayer 22-10-2013,08:09 – Al Qassam Website  By Khalid Amayreh – A mere fleeting glance at the identities of Hamas’s enemies these days should be sufficient to vindicate the Palestinian Islamist movement, whose leaders paid the ultimate price […]

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The Palestinian patient prisoners’ plight in Israeli jails

[ PIC 21/10/2013 – 07:25 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Hashim Mohammed Yasser Taha, 24, from al-Khalil, was a student when he attacked two Israeli occupation soldiers stationed at the Ibrahimi mosque doors in 2007. Hashim’s sister told Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies that his family was informed at first of his martyrdom after being shot […]

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Al-Qassam Brigades (@AlQassamBrigade) : We built the tunnel discovered lately by the IOF

“The entire enter­prise of a Jew­ish state in Palestine is built upon an express rejec­tion of interna­tional law.” ~ Brayer [ PIC 21/10/2013 – 10:43 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said it had built the tunnel which the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) discovered lately to southeast of the Gaza Strip, […]

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Extremist Settlers Caught On Tap Attacking Palestinian Villagers

 Tuesday October 22, 2013 09:29 by IMEMC & Agencies Israeli TV, Channel 2, published a video showing a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers picking olive trees in their own land, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Still From Attack Video – Israeli Channel 2 The settlers targeted Palestinians picking olives […]

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Dearth of Egypt fuel threatens Gaza’s farmlands

Gaza’s ongoing electricity crisis has also worsened since the smuggling tunnels stopped operating, depriving the strip’s roughly 1.7 million inhabitants of badly-needed Egyptian fuel World Bulletin/News Desk | Oct 22, 2013 The tomatoes, cucumbers and eggplants that 52-year-old Gazan farmer Hassan Abd Rabo has been growing in his 9,000-square-meter farm are becoming drier, as yellow […]

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Army Kidnaps, Injures Palestinians in Abu Dis, Demolishes Building

  Tuesday October 22, 2013 10:15 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian sources have reported that several Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire, on Monday night after midnight, while others have been kidnapped, after Israeli soldiers invaded Abu Dis town, east of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished an under construction building. Image […]

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Live Blog | Israel Kills Resistance Fighter Mohammed Asi in Ramallah Village (Updated)

More related news will be updated as soon as available PNN | Oct 22, 2013 A young Palestinian was killed during an IOF raid on the village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah, PNN reporter said Tuesday. Israeli forces stormed the village amidst firing tear gas and acoustic bombs. No details have been revealed yet regarding […]

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A portrait of steadfastness in the Gaza Strip’s deadly “buffer zone” ~ by @ISMPalestine

21st October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine An older man meets us when we step out of the taxi, a patriarch, his back straight, with a firm handshake and a welcoming smile. The other activists I shared a taxi with have all been there before, and we sit with […]

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