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International campaign calling for the release of isolated prisoner Abu Sisi

[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 12:31 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– European Network for the Defense of the Palestinian prisoners’ rights launched an international campaign calling for the release of captive Dirar Abu Sisi. Abu Sisi was kidnapped from the Ukraine on February 18, 2011, and had been held by the Israeli occupation authorities in solitary confinement […]

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#Flotilla | Israel won’t allow flotilla to approach Gaza Strip

Mohammed Mar’i | Saudi Gazette | Last Updated : Monday, October 01, 2012 1:05 AM RAMALLAH — The Israeli foreign ministry announced that Israel will not allow a new flotilla to approach Gaza Strip to break Israel’s sea blockade. The ministry said in a statement that Israel was in contact with the governments whose citizens […]

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SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW @ACTIVESTILLS PHOTO NEWSLETTER!

Sept 9, 2012 More about Activestills Activestills is a collective of Israeli, Palestinian, and international photographers, established in 2005 united by a conviction that photography is a vehicle for political and social change and doing an awesome job giving this world a realistic view about the occupation of Palestine and the impact on lives of […]

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Israel losing support among Britons

British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould in London. PressTV | Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:32PM GMT British politicians’ support for the Israeli regime is increasingly diminishing because of the entity’s aggressive settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian territories. UK ambassador to Tel Aviv, Matthew Gould made the remarks earlier this month, adding that Israel was […]

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#India condemning barring of NAM meeting, about to sign a $10-15 billion/year FTA with #Israel

It’s all about the shekels! India objects to cancellation of NAM meeting on  the occasion of a Palestinian bid at the United Nations  (Source  TwoCircles.net ) Economic Times reported although on Aug 2, 2012: MUMBAI: India and Israel will hold another round of negotiations on August 14-16 on signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to […]

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Resheq appeals to the world’s free people to save Burma Muslims

[ PIC 03/08/2012 – 11:59 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Member of Hamas’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Resheq appealed to the world’s free men and women to move to end the systematic genocide of the Muslim minority in Burma in light of the international passivity. “We are following with great concern and pain the inhuman acts of […]

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Australia to investigate Israeli treatment of Palestinian children

Al Qassam Website 31-07-2012,11:43 Al Qassam website- The Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, announced on Monday that he plans to send officials from his office to Israel to observe trials of Palestinian children who are sentenced to military prison, a local Palestinian news agency eported. Carr expressed his concern about violations of the rights […]

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Mandela prisoners foundation urges inquiry into prisons

Maan News Agency | July 15, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Nelson Mandela Foundation for Political Prisoners called on Saturday for an international inquiry into the situation in Israeli prisons and for an international conference about prisoners. Speaking in Amman, Jordan in testimony to a UN committee to investigate Israeli violations of human rights in […]

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Foreign activists actively participate in W. Bank marches despite suppression

[ PIC 14/07/2012 – 09:05 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The West Bank peaceful marches against Israel’s segregation wall and settlement activities saw on Friday afternoon massive participation by young villagers and foreign peace activists despite the violence used persistently by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to subdue their protests. A large number of Israeli troops […]

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Turkey condemns Israel settlement plans

Maan News Agency | July 6, 2012   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Turkey on Thursday condemned Israel’s tenders for construction of additional settlement units in the illegal Har Homa, Pisgat Zeev and East Talpiot developments. “We strongly condemn Israel’s issuing tenders for the construction of several additional units in the settlements,” a statement from Turkey’s foreign […]

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2 MILLION BRITS UNITE AS #UK UNIONS CALL FOR END TO FORCIBLE TRANSFER OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN!

Posted on: 3 Jul 2012 | DCI Palestine [3 July 2012] – On 25 June 2012, two unions wrote to the UK’s Foreign Secretary requesting his urgent intervention to prevent the forcible transfer of Palestinian children to prisons inside Israel in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention explicitly […]

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South Africa’s ANC calls for more pressure on Israel

Al Akhbar English | July 2, 2012 South Africa’s ruling party has called for an increased boycott of Israeli products and greater support for the Palestinians at its annual conference. The African National Congress, led by many who struggled against Apartheid until 1994, agreed to “increase” pressure on the Israeli state at the conference last […]

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PA says UNESCO vote is recognition of Palestinian rights worldwide

Maan News Agency | June 30, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The UNESCO heritage committee’s decision to include Bethlehem’s Nativity Church and the nearby pilgrimage route on the world heritage sites list is evidence of worldwide recognition of Palestinian rights and their just cause, a top advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday. Nabil Abu Rdeina […]

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#PalHunger | Tessa Jowell British MP response in regards to UFree’s Mahmoud Sarsak’s letter campaign

UFRee | June 28, 2012 a Reply from Tessa Jowell British MP in regards to UFree’s Mahmoud Sarsak’s letter campaign to MPs, please read the letter from British Foreign Office: Thank you for contacting me in connection with Mahmoud Sarsak. I am sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I raised Mr Sarsak’s […]

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#UK Tory donor arming Israeli military

PressTV | Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:23AM GMT By moving from supplying civilian machines to military vehicles, JCB has entered a new phase of complicity with Israeli war crimes.” War on Want campaign group British campaigners are calling on one of the top-ten Tory donors, JCB’s boss Sir Anthony Bamford, to stop his company’s supporting […]

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