Palestine | News & Headlines – Aug 16, 2014

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات | Daily News Overview Follow on Twitter for more live updates     WANT TO HELP #GAZAUNDERATTACK? Follow tweeps tweeting live from under fire and help them disseminate the real news! https://twitter.com/occpal/lists/gazaunderattack   Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right? 81 Notre Dame Law Review1275(2006). Conducting an in-depth study of the genocide in […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | MSM War on Gaza ~ by @StephenLendman

by Stephen Lendman | Stephen Lendman Weblog | Aug 16, 2014 Journalists daring to criticize Israel responsibility face likely dismissal and banishment from MSM employment. Once again, Israel waged cold, calculated premeditated aggression against near defenseless Palestinians. An Israeli Goliath mercilessly attacked a Palestinian David. It did so for unjustifiable reasons. Mass slaughter, destruction and […]

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#WatchIsrael | IOF violates truce (several times), opens gunfire at border areas

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 08:55 AM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire Friday night at Palestinian civilian homes and agricultural lands east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, in a new violation of the declared five-day truce. Local sources reported that Israeli armored vehicles opened fire intermittently on Friday […]

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Raids and arrests continue in West Bank

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 12:38 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Saturday Salem town in Nablus and a number of towns in Jenin. Two arrests were reported. Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a number of Israeli jeeps raided Salem town. Several homes were violently stormed and searched during […]

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Three young men wounded in Israeli violent raid on Silwad town

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 08:57 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Three Palestinian young men on Friday evening suffered bullet injuries during violent clashes with Israeli soldiers in Silwad town, north of Ramallah city. According to local sources, about 25 patrol vehicles stormed in the afternoon Silwad town and its vicinity, and engaged in confrontations with scores […]

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One day after his release, ex-prisoner enters in coma

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 10:50 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The ex-prisoner Moad Ghannem, from Nablus, was transferred to hospital on Friday where he went into coma only one day after his release from Israeli prison, Palestinian Prisoner Society said. Ghannem was arrested in mid-July after his return from Jordan in a good health. He was […]

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2000 Palestinian arrested in WB since the disappearance of the three settlers

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 11:03 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Following the disappearance of three Israeli settlers in al-Khalil, on June 12, Israeli occupation forces ( IOF) arrested nearly 2000 Palestinian citizens from across the West Bank. Such a large number of arrested Palestinians brought the total number of prisoners in Israeli jails to about 7,000 […]

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IOF quells massive pro-Gaza marches staged Friday in West Bank

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 11:05 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday afternoon attacked several massive rallies organized in solidarity with the Gaza Strip in different areas of the West Bank. In Bethlehem, a young man suffered a rubber bullet injury and many others suffocated after inhaling tear gas during confrontations […]

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Hamas asks Jordan to frustrate Israeli intents to divide Aqsa Mosque | #SaveAqsa

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 12:39 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement urged Jordan to assume its role in protecting the Palestinian holy sites under its custodianship, especially the Aqsa Mosque, from Israel’s violations and Judaization plans “We call upon the state of Jordan to assume its responsibilities towards the holy Aqsa Mosque in its […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Turkish surgeons arrive in Gaza through Israeli crossing

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 03:27 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The joint Palestinian health operations room said that a Turkish medical delegation arrived on Friday in the Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled crossing of Beit Hanoun (Erez). According to a press release issued by the operations room on Friday, the delegation, composed of six specialized surgeons, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamdan: What was offered for the Palestinians in Cairo do not fulfil their hopes

[ PIC 16/08/2014 – 03:29 PM ] KHARTOUM, (PIC)– Director of Hamas’s foreign relations Osama Hamdan said that all the overtures that had been made to the Palestinian delegation in Cairo ceasefire talks do not satisfy the Palestinian aspirations and demands. In a speech before student crowds in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Hamdan emphasized that […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Homeless Palestinians shelter on grounds of Gaza hospital – In pictures

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 16/08/2014 20:12 Palestinians sit in a makeshift tent on the grounds of Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital (MaanImages) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Dozens of families who fled their homes during the Israeli offensive on Gaza took refuge in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, and many Palestinians whose houses were destroyed have […]

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Palestine supporters block Israeli ship ‘Zim’ from docking on California coast | #BlockTheBoat

  Saturday August 16, 2014 20:21 by Celine Hagbard – IMEMC News The cargo ship ‘Zim’ from Israel was set to dock in the Oakland port on Saturday morning. But activists have claimed credit for an announced delay in the ship’s docking, and are planning to stop the ship wherever it tries to dock. Logo […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | DFLP Leader: Biggest negotiations obstacle is Israel siege

Islam Times – The deputy secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Friday the biggest obstacle facing ceasefire talks is Israel’s refusal to lift the siege on Gaza. IslamTimes | Aug 14, 2014 Qais Abd al-Karim, a member of the Palestinian delegation to Cairo, said Israel claims that it has […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel Presents 7-Stage Plan. Islamic Jihad: Israeli Violations Will Be Met By Fierce Retaliation

  Saturday August 16, 2014 01:12 by IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli side presented a 7-stage plan to Egyptian mediators who, in return, handed it to the Palestinian negotiators. Palestinian sources said that the plan is practically filled with threats and attempts to intimidate the Palestinian people. Wounded Palestinian Child – Ministry Of Health, Gaza […]

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