Over 1000 prisoners with serious illnesses – Suffering medical neglect by Israel as well

[ PIC 31/03/2013 – 09:39 PM ] OSLO, (PIC)– More than one thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails are suffering from serious illnesses such as heart, cancer, and kidney failure, a human rights report said on Saturday. The European network for the defense of Palestinian prisoners UFree has condemned in its report the inhuman […]

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Israel renews the journalist Abu Arafah’s administrative detention

[ PIC 07/02/2013 – 08:02 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights has appealed Reporters Without Borders, the Federation of Arab Journalists and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, to immediately intervene to stop the suffering of captive journalist Amer Abu Arafah, 29, from al-Khalil. Abu Arafah’s administrative detention has been renewed […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Tunisian civil society protests against Israeli aggression on Gaza

[ PIC 16/11/2012 – 06:36 PM ] TUNISIA, (PIC)– Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated after Friday prayer in many Tunisian cities against the Israeli brutal attacks on Gaza, the PIC correspondent reported. Several hundred protesters, gathered on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the centre of Tunis. They chanted slogans such as “No to reconciliation,” and “The people […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Evictions | Broad evacuations in the Jordan Valley with the start of military maneuvers

#Gaza Under Attack | NOV 10, 2012 | LIVE BLOG ‎ #Gaza Under Attack | NOV 11, 2012 | LIVE BLOG [ PIC 11/11/2012 – 07:43 PM ] TUBAS, (PIC)– The Bedouin areas and hamlets in the Wadi al-Maleh and in the east of Tubas have been witnessing broad evacuations and forced displacement, this morning, […]

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Qassem: PA arrest campaigns protect the occupation

Note from occpal: Previously by Israel released prisoners received a Presidential Pardon of Peres. Also called Amnesty or Clemency by law to restore ones civil rights and being totally pardoned for the (alleged) crimes if even in the case of Palestinians’ ever charged before at all. Re-arresting pardoned prisoners without any charge is a severe […]

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Rights group: The Israeli army has no civil authority over Jerusalem

[ PIC 25/07/2012 – 02:48 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The association for civil rights in Israel said the civil administration of the Israeli army has no right to impose its civil authority over the neighborhoods of Jerusalem behind the segregation wall. This came following Israeli news reports saying that the Israeli municipal council in […]

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Hamas releases half-yearly report on PA violations against its cadres

[ PIC 02/07/2012 – 11:13 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian authority security forces escalated its arrest campaigns and violations against Hamas cadres and supporters in the West Bank despite the signing of a reconciliation agreement last May, Hamas stated in a report covering the PA violations during the past six months. Its report said […]

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Administrative Detention of MP Ramahi for the Fourth Time

[ PIC 28/03/2012 – 08:40 PM ] RAMALLAH,(pic)– A Zionist court decided to renew the administrative detention, without trial or charge, of Mahmoud Al-Ramahi, secretary of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) for four more months. The court’s decision came after postponing on 13 March for two weeks before it has been renewed for another four […]

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200 thousand Palestinians demonstrate to protest fuel shortage

[ PIC 23/03/2012 – 09:51 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– More than 200 thousand Palestinians participated in the protests called for by Hamas in the “Friday to light up Gaza and expose the conspiracy”. People demonstrated all over the Gaza Strip to protest the fuel crisis. The protests which started after the Friday prayers were led […]

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Gaza supplied with 450 litres of industrial diesel to run the power station

[ PIC 23/03/2012 – 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ahmad Abu al-Amrain, head of the information office at the Energy and Natural Resources Authority in Gaza said that they have received confirmation of the start of delivery of 450 thousand litres of industrial diesel imported for the Israeli occupation through the Karm Abu Salem crossing. […]

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Video – Civil resistance in Palestine

22 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank From Nablus, Palestine to New York City, civilians stand up to the forces of order and privilege. Palestinian villagers confront the Zionist military of the State of Israel in Kusra and Kufr Kaddoum villages near Nablus, the occupied West Bank.  The Jewish international opposition expresses its solidarity with the Palestinian […]

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Activists mark International Women’s Day at Shalabi’s home

[ PIC 09/03/2012 – 10:23 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Palestinian women activists in the Jenin district on Thursday celebrated International Women’s Day at the home of Hana’ al-Shalabi, who is under administrative detention in an Israeli occupation jail, to express solidarity with her in her fight for freedom as she entered her 22nd day of […]

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Israeli court adjourns trial of kidnaped Jerusalemite officials Mohammed Totah and Khaled Abu Arafa

[ 07/03/2012 – 04:58 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli central court in occupied Jerusalem has adjourned the trial hearing of kidnapped Jerusalemite MP Mohammed Totah and former Jerusalem minister Khaled Abu Arafa till next May. Lawyer Fadi Al-Qawasme said that the court ruling on Wednesday came in response to the Israeli prosecution’s request in […]

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Amnesty: Leftist writer Qatamesh a prisoner of conscience

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 7 2012   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian academic who received a third six-month administrative detention order on March 1 should be considered a prisoner of conscience and released unconditionally, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Ahmad Qatamesh has been held without charge or trial since April 21, 2011. He was given a […]

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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Over Boycott of Israeli Goods

PALESTINE CHRONICLE FEB 28 2012   By The Center for Constitutional Rights – Olympia, WA and New York, NY Today, in a lawsuit brought against current and former members of the Olympia Food Co-op board of directors for their decision to boycott Israeli goods, a Washington State court dismissed the case, calling it a SLAPP […]

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