Palestine | News & Headlines – Aug 17, 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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Palestinian arrested after filming settlers throwing stones

17th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine Yesterday at approximately 5:30 PM in the old city in al-Khalil (Hebron) settlers from the illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah threw rocks and water at Palestinians living on Shalala Street. This is a regular occurance for Palestinian families living close to illegal settlements in al-Khalil. The majority […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas: The only way for “security” is to give it for the Palestinians first

[ PIC 17/08/2014 – 03:20 PM ] Palestinian children crying for loss of their parents in an Israeli aerial attack GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that the only way for security is through making the occupied Palestinian people feel it first and ending the blockade imposed on them in Gaza. Abu Zuhri […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Touring the devastated industrial zones of Gaza – in Photos

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 17/08/2014 22:32 A Palestinian child carries a ball and bird cage as he walks on the rubble of a building close to the Rafah refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip, on August 4, 2014. (AFP Mahmud Hams) By Martin Lejeune   On the night of the July 27, the first […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Body recovered in Shujaiyya a month after ‘massacre’

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 17/08/2014 22:32 A Palestinian man, wrapped in his national flag, inspects the rubble of destroyed buildings and houses in the Shujaiyya residential district of Gaza City, on July 28, 2014, on the beginning of the Muslim Eid festival (AFP Mahmud Hams) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Search teams on Sunday recovered […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas: Egyptian proposals failed to meet Palestinian demands

MEMO | Sunday, 17 August 2014 13:21 The foreign affairs spokesman of Hamas, Osama Hamdan [Pictured above], said in a Facebook statement yesterday that Israel has to accept Palestinian conditions ‘or face a long-term war of attrition.’ The proposals put forward to the Palestinian delegation in Cairo do not meet Palestinian demands, a senior Hamas […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Consequences of destruction

17th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine The military assaults on the Palestinians have been going on for over a month, and even if the war should end while I’m writing, the exhausting consequences of it will continue for some time. Concern for your own life, for your family members and friends, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas says Israel stalling on agreement as Gaza death toll hits 2016

Published yesterday (updated) 17/08/2014 21:01 Israeli soldiers stand in front of the graffiti covered separation barrier during clashes with Palestinians at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem on Aug. 13, 2014 (AFP Abbas Momani) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Hamas spokesman on Sunday accused Israel of “stalling” in ongoing negotiations in Cairo to achieve […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Water shortages add to miseries of life in Gaza

Spokesman for UNRWA says there are water shortages not only in shelters for displaced but across entire enclave. Middle East Online | By Mai Yaghi – GAZA CITY | Aug 17, 2014   Feriel al-Zaaneen hasn’t had a shower in more than a month. Like thousands of Palestinians, she doesn’t have enough water to wash, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel halts meat exports to Europe over boycott

MEMO | Sunday, 17 August 2014 13:08 The EU’s decision came after the High Commission found out that the Israeli meat factory, Auf Tof, gets poultry from suppliers in the Jordan Valley settlements. The Israeli ministry of agriculture has decided to halt its meat exports to Europe and sell them instead in local markets and […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Palestinians to stick to ‘resistance demands’ – Source

MEMO | Sunday, 17 August 2014 12:25 Wassel Abu Youssef, senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas [Pictured above] gave the Palestinian delegation ‘full powers’ in the Egyptian-brokered talks. Palestinian negotiators who would engage in resumed indirect talks with Israel in Cairo for a durable ceasefire in the […]

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian citizens in al-Khalil

[ PIC 17/08/2014 – 12:11 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked on Saturday Palestinian natives in the Shalala street and the alleys of the Old City of Al-Khalil. Local sources said that dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Shalala street and the Old City, embarked on beating citizens, and raided and damaged civilian […]

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Israeli soldiers attack prisoners in Etzion jail

[ PIC 17/08/2014 – 12:40 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli soldiers routinely assault Palestinian prisoners in the detention center Gush Etzion, north Al-Khalil, the Palestinian Prisoners society said on Sunday. The prisoners told the PPS lawyer that they were beaten with rifle butts and kicked by soldiers when they were in Etzion. The PPS said […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas: The failure to fulfil our people’s demands makes the truce unattainable

[ PIC 17/08/2014 – 12:43 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement said that Israel’s refusal to accept the “just” humanitarian demands of the Palestinian people in Gaza makes it difficult to reach a truce deal with it. “The demands of the Palestinian people represented in ending the aggression, lifting the siege, reconstruction and freedom […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Chances of Long-term Ceasefire Appear Remote Despite New Talks

  Sunday August 17, 2014 13:13 by IMEMC News & Agencies Western powers may seek truce via UN Security Council Though indirect talks between Cairo delegation parties began anew, on Sunday, Israeli ministers are saying it’s quite possible that no deal will be reached. Wiki Commons illustration According to Ynet, a member of the Palestinian […]

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