Archive | August 25, 2014

#GazaUnderAttack | British Filmmaker Ken Loach calls for Israel boycott

PACBI | Aug 22, 2014 British filmmaker Ken Loach has called for the “boycott of all the cultural happenings supported by the Israeli state” at an awards ceremony honouring two Palestinian directors. The director of Kes and The Wind That Shakes The Barleygave an impassioned speech at the Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 15-23) last night, where he presented […]

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Right-wing Jews perform prayers in central West Bank village Kifl Haris in Salfit district

Ma’an News Agency | Aug 25, 2014 21:42 (MaanImages) Tweet SALFIT (Ma’an) – Dozens of right-wing Israeli settlers raided the northern West Bank village of Kifl Haris in Salfit district in the central West Bank overnight escorted by Israeli troops and performed Jewish prayers. Locals told Ma’an that the settlers arrived at the shrine of […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Official: 3 Israel-Gaza power lines damaged

Ma’an News Agency | Aug 25, 2014 |  20:44 (MaanImages) Tweet GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Three Israeli power lines that provide the Gaza Strip with electricity were damaged Monday, the director of public relations in Gaza’s power plant said. Jamal al-Dardasawi told Ma’an that the power schedule went down from six hours to four hours […]

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No Rockets in the West Bank but Israeli police ban 4 Palestinians from entering al-Aqsa

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 25/08/2014 23:19 (MaanImages) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli police have banned four Palestinian youths from entering the al-Aqsa compound for one month, a prisoner rights group said Monday. A lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said that the Israeli police released four Palestinians from Jerusalem on the condition that they […]

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No Rockets in the West Bank but Israeli forces detain Fatah official in Tulkarem refugee camp

Ma’an news Agency | Aug 25, 2014  22:51 (MaanImages) TULKAREM (Ma’an) – Israeli forces raided Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank early Monday morning and detained a top Fatah official from his home in the camp. Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the camp at 4 a.m. before […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Gaza factions: Israel won’t dare invade again

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 25/08/2014 19:53 (MaanImages) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – The Israeli army won’t dare to enter Gaza another time after the Palestinian resistance “rubbed the nose of their so-called elite brigades in the dirt in Gaza,” the Popular Resistance Committees said Monday. In a statement, the group added that “the enemy’s leaders […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | 69% of Schools in Gaza are Damaged by Israeli Assaults, says PLO

WAFA NEWS | Aug 25, 2014   RAMALLAH, August 24, 2014 (WAFA) – Almost 69% of UNRWA and government schools in Gaza are damaged by Israeli assaults, Sunday said the ‘Gaza Under Fire’ report issued by the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization.   “At this time of the year, Palestinian children prepare to begin the new school […]

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Deliberate Medical Neglect by Israel: Sick Palestinian detainee’s family appeals for his treatment

[ PIC 25/08/2014 – 03:03 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The family of detainee Iyad Istiteh, 32, from Jenin, expressed deep concern about his health after suffering from acute inflammation of the esophagus and other health problems while the Israeli prison administration neglected his treatment. The detainee’s mother, Houriya Istiteh, said in a press statement on […]

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No Rockets in the West Bank but: Nine arrests in WB, demolition orders in Occupied Jerusalem

[ PIC 25/08/2014 – 02:47 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Monday 11 Palestinians in the West Bank after storming various cities and villages. Local sources said that that two Palestinians, affiliated with the popular front for the liberation of Palestine, were arrested on Monday after raiding their homes. […]

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No Rockets in the West-Bank but Injuries reported as IOF storms al-Khalil school

[ PIC 25/08/2014 – 02:33 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A number of Palestinian students were injured on Monday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) brutally stormed an elementary school in the Old City of al-Khalil. Local sources told a PIC reporter that IOF soldiers surrounded the school and started firing tear gas bombs inside it, which […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | 12 Palestinians killed as Israel continues Gaza assault

  Ma’an News Agency | Aug 25, 2014  17:20 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Twelve Palestinians were killed on Monday as Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, medics said. Ahmad al-Dali and brothers Bassem and Ahmad Hijazi were killed when an airstrike targeted their car in Gaza City, medics said. Seven others were critically wounded in […]

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