Egyptian authorities close Rafah crossing until further notice | #OpenRafahBorder Now!

[ PIC 21/09/2013 – 08:49 AM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– The Egyptian authorities decided to close the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip as of Saturday until further notice. Director of borders and crossings in Gaza Maher Abu Sabha told the PIC reporter that the Egyptian authorities notified the Gazan side with the decision on […]

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Sheikh Adeis warns: collapse of Al-Aqsa Mosque is close

[ PIC 22/08/2013 – 04:18 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Yusuf Adeis, head of the Supreme Court and chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council for the Sharia Judiciary in Palestine, said that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is suffering from Jewish daily attacks. “The Jews are desecrating Al-Aqsa through the repeated raids into its courtyards and […]

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Abu Mazen becomes his own people’s butcher: Abbas rejects free trade zone with Egypt, calls to shut tunnels

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 4, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refused on Monday evening the establishment of a free trade zone between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Abbas explained during a meeting with representatives of Egyptian local media in Cairo “this had not been previously discussed; the authority refuses to take […]

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The Egyptian Siege on Gaza continues: Egypt closes Gaza crossing for third day

Maan News Agency | May 19, 2013   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian police at Rafah are closing the crossing for a third day in a row Sudnay after the kidnappings of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai, officials said. They are preventing all Palestinians from traveling through the crossing or leaving the Gaza Strip, the […]

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Occupation isolates Palestinian captive Ammar Abu Ghalion for the 66th day

[ PIC 28/04/2013 – 07:27 PM ] JENIN, NABLUS, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights sources reported that the Israeli occupation authorities have continued to isolate the Palestinian prisoner Ammar Abu Ghalion, because of his persistent demands to transfer him to a jail close to his place of residence. Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a press […]

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Israeli Settlers Seal Southern Entrance Of Al-Khader Village

Tuesday October 16, 2012 02:20 by IMEMC & Agencies Israeli sources reported Monday that dozens of Israeli settlers closed the southern entrance of the Al-Khader village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and blocked all Palestinian traffic. The sources said that the settlers gathered at the entrance of Al-Khader, and closed it, after […]

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#PalHunger | 3 Palestinian hunger strikers in Israel jail close to death: Red Cross

Palestinians stage a demonstration in solidarity with hunger strikers in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 13, 2012. PressTV  | Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:36AM GMT These people are going to die unless the detaining authorities find a prompt solution.” Juan Pedro Schaerer, the head of the ICRC delegation in […]

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#PalHunger | Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player Perilously Close to Death

Al Monitor | Rimon Margia | Thursday, Jun 7, 2012 Mahmoud Sarsak, 25, a soccer player on the Palestinian National Team, has been under administrative detention in Israeli prison for three years, on suspicion of involvement in activities of the Islamic Jihad organization. He continues the hunger strike that he began more than 80 days […]

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Jewish settlers close main West Bank road

[ PIC 24/05/2012 – 10:49 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Jewish settlers from Tikwa and nearby settlements to the east of Bethlehem attacked Palestinian commuters and closed the main road linking north of the West Bank to its southern areas on Wednesday evening. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of Jewish settlers carrying machineguns and batons closed the […]

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Terrorist Toddler? Headteacher: Israeli forces threaten to close school

Maan News Agency | April 24, 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — An Israeli commander threatened to shut down a primary school south of Hebron, the headteacher said on Monday. The officer phoned the principal of Zif school, north of Yatta, to warn him forces would shut down the school if one rock is thrown at an […]

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IOF soldiers storm elementary school in Yatta, threaten to close it

[ Palestinian Information Center 23/04/2012 – 03:18 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed an elementary school in Yatta village, south of Al-Khalil, on Monday and threatened the headmaster that it would be closed if students continued to throw stones at Israeli vehicles. The headmaster, Wajih Al-Adra, told the PIC that officers of […]

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IOA to close Ibrahimi Mosque before Muslims on passover days

[ PIC 13/03/2012 – 03:59 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil city and prevent Muslim worshipers from entering it on April 19 at the pretext of the Jewish passover celebrations that would be held under tight security measures. The Islamic waqf authority in Al-Khalil […]

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Gaza factories threatened with shutdown due to power crisis

[ PIC 04/03/2012 – 12:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Head of the federation of Palestinian industries Ali Al-Hayek warned of the serious repercussions of the power outages on the local industrial production in the besieged Gaza Strip. Hayek said that dozens of factories, especially those which work in the fields of construction and food, would […]

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Preporters without Borders: Israeli troops force two Palestinian TV stations to close

Reporters without Borders Friday 2 March 2012. Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the raids that Israeli troops carried out on two Palestinian TV stations in the West Bank in the early hours of 29 February, seizing equipment and thereby forcing the stations to close. “These arbitrary and illegal operations served yet again to […]

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Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshippers, close al-Aqsa

Press TV Febr 19 2012 Israeli forces have closed the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) after Israeli settlers initiated clashes with Palestinian worshippers at the site. The clashes erupted on Sunday morning after dozens of settlers entered the holy site and scuffled with the worshippers. Israeli forces intervened and clashed with the Palestinians in […]

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