Egyptian authorities bar travel of 8 Palestinians

[ PIC 21/11/2013 – 08:41 AM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– Egyptian authorities resumed work in Rafah border terminal afternoon Wednesday but only allowed travel of 508 persons in both directions. Travel procedures were very slow after they were suddenly disrupted by the Egyptian side due to a technical fault in the computer network, and after they […]

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Palestinian-American denied entry into Israel, told “There’s no such thing as Palestine” | #StopIsrael

 Sunday November 17, 2013 02:58 by Yara Karmalawy – mondoweiss.net | IMEMC I’ve spent my entire life hearing stories about Jerusalem and the beauty of my homeland from my mother and grandparents. I had always dreamed of one day being able to visit, and in the summer of 2012 it seemed that I would finally […]

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Israel Refuses Entry Of 120 Trucks Into Gaza

Sunday October 20, 2013 13:45 by IMEMC & Agencies Sunday October 20, 2013, the Israeli Authorities refused to allow 120 trucks, loaded with construction material, into the Gaza Strip as they tried to cross through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) terminal between Gaza and Israel. File – PNN Palestinian Legislator, Jamal Al-Khodary, stated that […]

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Israeli occupation blocks travel of 39 Palestinians in one week

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 03:38 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) last week blocked the travel of 30 Palestinians at the Karame crossing, the only crossing linking the West Bank to the outside world. A statement for the PA police in Ramallah on Saturday said that the IOA returned 39 Palestinians at […]

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Israeli soldiers deny medical help to boy bitten by snake

Ma’an News Agency | Aug 12, 2013 (updated) NABLUS (Ma’an) — A young boy bitten by a snake in Nablus on Sunday was refused medical attention by Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint, the boy’s father said. Tareq Abu Aoun told Ma’an that his son Muhammad was bitten by the snake near the Hamra checkpoint in […]

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You didn’t win Arab Idol? Kindly wait, and maybe your application will be answered in the next two years!

Gisha – Gaza Gateway | Aug 12, 2013 More than 500 Palestinian residents of the West Bank are waiting today, just like they were yesterday. Some are afraid to leave their homes, others avoid crossing Israel’s checkpoints. They know that if a soldier happens to check their ID card, they might be removed to Gaza. […]

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Knesset to discuss possibility of opening Aqsa Mosque permanently for Jews

[ PIC 11/08/2013 – 06:39 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The interior and environment committee of the Knesset intends to table a proposal calling for allowing the Jews to desecrate the Aqsa Mosque to perform their rituals, especially during their religious days and festivals. The website of the Knesset said that the interior committee would discuss […]

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Khudari: Preventing EU officials’ access to Gaza tightens its siege

[ PIC 27/07/2013 – 02:48 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– MP Jamal Khudari, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, said that the Israeli decision to halt EU representatives from entering the Gaza Strip reveals Israel’s true image that aims to tighten Gaza siege. In a press release on Saturday, Khudari called on the European […]

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The Closure Continues – Report on the Impact of the Israeli Closure of Gaza

Thursday June 20, 2013 00:25 by Palestinian Center for Human Rights – PCHR A Report on the Impact of the Israeli Closure on the Gaza Strip (01 January – 31 December 2012) This report is issued in the context of the closure policy imposed by the Israeli authorities on the Gaza Strip, which has been […]

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100’s of truckloads of goods, Infant formula, medicine stranded at Gaza crossing

Maan News Agency | Apr 29, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hundreds of truckloads of food and goods destined for Gaza remained stranded Monday on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the Popular Front Against the Siege said. Among the goods are infant formula, medicine, and goods destined for UNRWA, as well as […]

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Gaza families barred from visiting their relatives in Ramon jail

[ PIC 29/04/2013 – 10:51 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli administration of Ramon jail prevented the Palestinian families from visiting their relatives on Monday as scheduled. The international assembly to break the chain stated on Sunday that the Red Cross told the families of prisoners, from Gaza, that they cannot visit their relatives on […]

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ISRAEL’S NEWEST PIRACY ON PRIVACY! Israel airport security ‘allowed’ to read tourists’ email

Reported by Maan News Agency | April 24, 2013 (Updated April 29, 2013) JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists’ email accounts and deny them entry if they refuse, the country’s top legal official said on Wednesday. Details of the policy were laid out […]

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MK Taleb Abu Arar warns of moves to legalize entry of Jews to Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 21/04/2013 – 11:53 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Arab Knesset member Taleb Abu Arar warned that right-wing Knesset members intend to legalize the entry of Jews to the Aqsa Mosque to perform their rituals. Head of the Knesset interior and environment committee Miri Regev declared recently her intention to organize a tour for all […]

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CEPR calls for prohibiting entry of settlers into Europe

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 04:08 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The Council for European-Palestinian Relations (CEPR) hailed on Saturday the European Union’s “advanced” attitudes regarding the Palestinian issue. It said that the latest such attitude was the EU foreign ministers’ support of the decision to label the products imported from the Israeli settlements on Palestinian land […]

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Israeli pressures on EU countries to deny entry to liberated prisoner Sarsak

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 (also from the Wafa al Ahrar […]

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