Committee against siege warns of blocking solidarity convoys to Gaza

[ PIC 07/10/2013 – 07:24 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The government committee against siege has warned that the closure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt had led to negative impacts on life in the besieged enclave. The committee said in a press release on Monday that the closure had blocked entry of humanitarian convoys […]

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Popular committees call for blocking movement of Jewish settlers

[ PIC 07/04/2013 – 04:00 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Popular committees and movements and youth groups called on Sunday for closing the main streets in the West Bank and organizing marches in support of prisoners on Monday. Local sources said that a number of popular committees and movements intend to stage marches on the main […]

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Barhoum lashes out at Israel for blocking NAM meeting

[ 06/08/2012 – 09:46 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A Hamas spokesman has lashed out at Israel for blocking the non-aligned movement’s conference in Ramallah aimed at supporting the Palestinian people. The spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, denounced the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in a statement on his Facebook page on Sunday for blocking entry of NAM foreign […]

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Islamic-Christian commission: IOA blocking political solutions

[ PIC 22/04/2012 – 12:13 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem has lashed out at the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for endorsing the construction of hundreds of new housing units in the holy city. The commission said in a statement on Sunday that the IOA wants to tighten […]

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#Airflotilla | July 9, 2011 | PA envoy to Brussels slams European complicity in blocking ‘Flytilla’

Published today 10:55 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the European Union Lela Shahid slammed European airlines on Friday for preventing European citizens from traveling to Tel Aviv to join solidarity protests with the Palestinian people. “Is Europe blockaded just like Palestine? On what basis are European solidarity activists blacklisted at airports in […]

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Ahrar: Israel blocking prisoner from seeing his little daughter

[ 08/05/2011 – 09:22 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli judiciary turned down an appeal by Palestinian prisoner Abdullah Al-Barghouthi to let him see his little daughter, the Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights said. The center’s director, Fuad Al-Khafsh, said in a statement on Saturday that Barghouthi has been deprived of seeing […]

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Blocking Amnesty: Israel’s Assault on Human Rights

17:52 01/12/2011 Israel is shutting out the watchdogs of democracy starting in Ben-Gurion. By Neve Gordon – Israel Imagine a college student returning to her university after spending Christmas break at home. At the airport she logs on to the Internet to double check some of the sources she used in her final take-home exam […]

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Palestine scholars calls for uprising to protect holy shrines

[ 05/10/2010 – 08:41 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The league of Palestine scholars has urged West Bankers to revolt in face of the Israeli crimes and to protect the holy shrines against the “big dangers threatening them”. The league said in a statement on Monday that the attacks on mosques and burning them was a […]

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