Palestine | News & Headlines – Aug 27, 2014

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات | Daily News Overview | Palestine | Gaza Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuously updated   13 collaborators surrender to resistance in Gaza https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/13727-13-collaborators-surrender-to-resistance-in-gaza   SIGN PETITION: We say NO to the Israeli military drills in #Sardinia! http://www.change.org/p/francesco-pigliaru-no-alla-presenza-dell-esercito-israeliano-in-sardegna?lang=en-GB   UN convoy enters Gaza through Rafah crossing for first time in […]

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#Gaza | Haniyeh hails Palestinian resistance ‘victory’ in massive Gaza rally

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 27/08/2014 21:40 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh greeted thousands of Palestinians in a central Gaza square on Wednesday in a massive victory rally following the signing of a long-term ceasefire that concluded 50 days of intense conflict with Israel. The speech followed the release of polls earlier […]

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Egypt Cries Today

Originally posted on Words Reign Supreme:
There is much that is wrong with Egypt . Many people simply look at her and say I love you but can not fix what ails you or I simply dont know how. There are rare souls who give everything they are and were to a beloved nation. Today…

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#ExposeIsrael | Half of Israeli Political-Security Cabinet Opposes Ceasefire Agreement

  Wednesday August 27, 2014 14:27 by IMEMC News & Agencies According to Israeli National Radio, Avigdor Lieberman (Foreign Minister), Naftali Bennett (Industry, Trade and Labor Minister), Gilad Erdan (Home Front Defense Minister) and Yitzhak Aharonovich (Internal Security Minister) oppose the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire agreement. photo: Palestinian News Network (PNN) The PNN reports that Naftali Bennett […]

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Gaza Residents Share Allegations of Abuse, Claim Israeli Soldiers Used Them as Human Shields ~ by @MaxBlumenthal

Almost every family in Gaza has been touched by the violence.   August 26, 2014  |  by Max Blumenthal | Alternet Mahmoud Abu Said could hardly speak about what happened to him when the soldiers first arrived to his neighborhood. His eyes filled with tears, the muscles in his face began to twitch, and his […]

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All articles of the Gaza ceasefire agreement

[ PIC 27/08/2014 – 09:28 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian resistance has reached an agreement Tuesday with Israel on a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip under Egyptian mediation after more than 50 days of Israel’s barbaric offensive. The durable ceasefire includes two stages, while the first deals with immediate issues, the second stage […]

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#ICC4Israel | International campaign to prosecute Israeli war criminals

[ PIC 27/08/2014 – 09:57 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian Bar Association declared the launch of the international campaign to prosecute Israeli officials for committing war crimes and massacres in Gaza. The international campaign declared its intention to hold Israel accountable at the International Criminal Court for its challenge to and violation of the […]

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Zahhar: We toppled Israel’s national security strategy

[ PIC 27/08/2014 – 10:20 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian masses echoed cheers as Hamas political bureau member Mahmoud al-Zahhar announced on Tuesday evening Israel’s political, strategic, and military defeat. “We hit Israel’s national security strategy, with which Israel pulled the wool over everybody’s eyes for 66 years, with a fatal blow. We proved that […]

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Ceasefire. So Israel decides to build 807 housing units in Occupied Jerusalem

[ PIC 26/08/2014 – 11:41 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Land Authority has published tenders to build 807 new housing units in Gilo settlement, south of occupied Jerusalem. Israeli media sources said that 708 new housing units are planned to be established in Gilo settlement neighborhood. Israeli authorities exploit the international preoccupation with […]

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West Bank | Jerusalemite demolishes his own home under Israeli municipality pressure – #PalestineUnderAttack

[ 26/08/2014 – 03:24 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Annan Subhi demolished part of his house located near Beit Safafa town, south of occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Annan said in a press statement that he was forced to demolish his own home under Israeli municipality pressure to avoid the payment for the demolition, which is […]

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Deliberate medical neglect: 40 Palestinians in Megiddo jail suffer extremely tragic conditions

Prisoner Mahmoud Hussein is paralysed and needs special medical care [ PIC 26/08/2014 – 03:26 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner society said 40 prisoners detained in section 10 of Megiddo jail suffer from very tragic incarceration conditions. The lawyer of the society revealed, following a visit to the prison, that the Megiddo jailers […]

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Israel kills three Gazans, stamps out family homes shortly before ceasefire

[ PIC 27/08/2014 – 07:11 AM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– A barrage of renewed Israeli airstrikes rocking besieged Gaza on Tuesday afternoon claimed the lives of at least three Palestinian youths and knocked down three civilian homes just a few hours before a long-term ceasefire was to be put into effect. The three young men were […]

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West Bank | Nablus | Jewish settler opens fire at Palestinian youths

[ PIC 27/08/2014 – 07:46 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– A Jewish settler opened fire at a group of Palestinian youths in Beit Furik town, east of Nablus, on Tuesday night but failed to wound anyone of them. Villagers told the PIC reporter that the armed settler came from Itamar settlement and opened fire at three […]

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West Bank | Including Two Children, Five Kidnapped. Several Palestinians Injured – #PalestineUnderAttack

  Wednesday August 27, 2014 10:47 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least five Palestinians, including two children, in a number of invasions into homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Clashes and injuries have also been reported. File – YouTube Dozens of soldiers invaded Teqoua’ town, east […]

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West Bank | Hebron | Shepherds Detained for Crossing a Road

Wednesday August 27, 2014 10:51 by International Solidarity Movement | IMEMC While shepherding approximately 1 km south of Qawawis, a village south of al-Khalil (Hebron), on Sunday 24th near the illegal settlement and army base of Suseya, three shepherds were stopped by the Israeli army and detained for 20 minutes. 26th August 2014 | International […]

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