Archive | August 30, 2014

‘No weapons for Israel!’ Protest group pours fake blood in Belgium airport

RT.com | Published time: August 30, 2014 15:34 Get short URL AFP Photo / Nicolas Lambert A Belgian feminist activist group LilithS literally painted Liege Airport red with a hundred liters of fake blood at the facility’s role in arming Israel. The red pool of ‘blood’ symbolized their perceived ‘slaughter’ of Palestinians in Gaza by […]

Continue reading

Hamas: Attempts to demilitarize Gaza ‘worthless’

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 30/08/2014 22:36 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement said Saturday that any attempts to disarm Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza are “worthless.” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement that the demilitarization of Palestinian militant factions was “inconsistent with international law and our people will not allow […]

Continue reading

Pro-Hamas activists flock into Nablus to celebrate victory

[ PIC 30/08/2014 – 01:30 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– A robust pro-Hamas rally spontaneously flared up on Friday across the West Bank city of Nablus, where thousands of jovial Palestinians took to the streets blaring out Hamas victory in the legendary battle of al-Asf al-Maakoul. In a telephone address from Gaza, political bureau member of […]

Continue reading

Two Palestinians succumb to wounds suffered during the Israeli aggression

[ PIC 30/08/2014 – 01:09 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Two Palestinian citizens succumbed to wounds, on Friday evening, sustained during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. One of them was an elderly woman receiving treatment in an Egyptian hospital. The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, said that the young […]

Continue reading

Israel extends detention of Palestinian for Facebook posts

Ma’an News Agency | Aug 30, 2014 | 14:03 HEBRON (Ma’an) — An Israeli court on Friday extended the detention of a Palestinian activist who was detained for political activities on Facebook for a week, a Ma’an reporter said on Saturday. An Israeli court in Petah Tikva extended the detention of Suhaib Zahida, 31, until […]

Continue reading

Israeli drone downed in Iraq

MEMO | Saturday, 30 August 2014 11:56 Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen has said that an Israeli drone, similar to the one downed several days ago by Iran, has been downed in Baghdad.Al-Mayadeen reported that sources said the reason behind the fall of the drone “are still unknown,” noting that the Iraqi army abstained from commenting […]

Continue reading

Jordanian parliament calls for prosecuting Israeli war criminals

MEMO | Saturday, 30 August 2014 12:02 The Jordanian Parliament called on Friday for accelerating the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and exerting efforts to lessen the suffering of besieged Palestinians.In a statement the parliament condemned the “international silence towards daily Israeli crimes against the Palestinians,” and said Israeli war criminals have to be prosecuted. […]

Continue reading

#OperationForeverThreat ~~ THE IMMINENT ATTACK ON IRAN THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN

Originally posted on Desertpeace:
Still, the persistent false narrative that military strikes by either the United States or Israel may follow any potential failure to reach a deal continues to be repeated in the press. Of course, the fact that any such attack would be unequivocally illegal under international law is rarely noted in these…

Continue reading

Hamas says Netanyahu desperate to justify withdrawal

Islam Times – Aug 30 2014 The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas announced that it refused to discuss the issue of Israeli soldiers captured by its fighters at the meantime, arguing that the Zionist PM Benjamin Netanyahu has subjected to its position. Commenting on Netanyahu’s statements which claimed that the Zionist entity did not accept […]

Continue reading

International conference in Istanbul in support of Gaza

[ PIC 30/08/2014 – 10:51 AM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– The two-day international forum in support of Gaza is expected to kick off on Saturday in Istanbul under the auspices of Qatar Charity (QC). The conference came a few days after the signing of a durable truce agreement that ended the 51-day Israeli aggression on Gaza. […]

Continue reading

Islamic Jihad says over 3000 rockets fired at Israel during 50-day war – Video

    Published on Aug 30, 2014 Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement says it has fired over three-thousand rockets at dozens of Israeli towns during the 50-day war on the Gaza Strip. The resistance group says over sixty of these projectiles were fired by the al-Quds Brigades at main Israeli cities including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem al-Quds, […]

Continue reading

18 injuries reported during clashes in al-Khalil, 5 arrests in Occupied Jerusalem

[ PIC 30/08/2014 – 10:02 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– At least seven Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli invading forces that broke out Friday in Beit Ummar village to the south of al-Khalil. Local sources told Quds Press that a Palestinian young man was repeatedly shot by a silencer gun fired at him near […]

Continue reading

Ceasefire. So IOF soldiers go on rampage in West Bank: Search homes in Jenin villages

[ PIC 30/08/2014 – 09:06 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Palestinian houses in Jenin villages at dawn Saturday and interrogated a number of inhabitants. Local sources told the PIC reporter that soldiers broke into and searched houses at the outskirts of Zabuba village, near to the Salem military base. The sources […]

Continue reading