Last batch of Gazan pilgrims leaves Gaza, eight of them sent back

[ PIC 05/10/2013 – 12:54 PM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– The last and third batch of Gazan pilgrims on Friday crossed the Rafah border crossing en route to Makkah for pilgrimage rituals, while the Egyptian authorities prevented eight of them from traveling. Director of crossings and borders affairs Maher Abu Sabha said that the last batch […]

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Egyptian authorities seize passports of the Gaza Hajj administrative Mission

[ PIC 02/10/2013 – 06:31 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Egyptian Authorities have seized the passports of the Gaza Hajj administrative mission, director General of the Crossings Department Maher Abu Sabha said. Abu Sabha confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that seizing the passports came at the behest of the PA Minister of Awqaf in […]

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Failure of Egypt’s computer system as Gazan pilgrims flock to Rafah crossing

[ PIC 02/10/2013 – 12:10 PM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– As hundreds of registered pilgrims from Gaza wait to cross into Egypt in order to travel to Makkah in Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian side claimed as it did in previous occasions that its network of computers at its Rafah passenger terminal broke down once again. The […]

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Israeli Occupation prevents a Palestinian from traveling to #Makkah for pilgrimage

[ PIC 21/10/2012 – 07:13 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation authorities prevented Imam of a mosque in the town of Beit Ummar in the city of Al-Khalil south of the occupied West Bank, from traveling to Makkah for pilgrimage. Local sources said that the Israeli authorities refused to allow Sheikh Mohammed Ahmed Adi, 55, […]

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Prisoners center denounces banning of liberated prisoners from going for Hajj

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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IOA prevents the liberated Wael Abu Jalboush’s family from going for Hajj

[ PIC 10/10/2012 – 05:36 PM ] JININ, (PIC)– Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) prevented the liberated prisoner Wael Kamel Abu Jalboush’s family from going to the pilgrimage (Hajj). They were returned from the Krama bridge and prevented from completing their way to perform Hajj. Sources told PIC that the IOA refused to let the liberated […]

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First batch of Gaza pilgrims leaves for Makkah

[ PIC 10/10/2012 – 09:59 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The first batch of Gaza pilgrims on Tuesday Evening left the Strip en route to the Egyptian airport of Al-Arish before flying to Saudi Arabia at dawn to perform hajj rituals. Palestinian minister of religious affairs Ismail Radwan, who personally supervised the departure of the first […]

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Occupation stops Jerusalemite pilgrims from leaving for Makkah

[ PIC 09/10/2012 – 08:21 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Local sources in occupied Jerusalem reported on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation forces prevented a number of Jerusalemite pilgrims from traveling through al-Krama Bridge, and sent them back to the city on the pretext of not paying taxes. The occupation authorities always oblige travelers, including […]

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Khafsh on hunger strike for ten days

[PIC 01/04/2012 – 08:34 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies, has been on hunger strike for ten days in solidarity with hunger striker MP Ahmed Al-Haj Ali. The Palestinian center for the defense of prisoners said in a statement on Saturday that Khafsh was on an […]

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For Palestinians on Pilgrimage to Mecca, Permits Are Not Guaranteed

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures PNN – Palestine News Network | 25.10.11 – 20:59| Ansar Atmayzeh Ahmed Hamamreh, deported in 2002 after the siege of the Nativity Church in Bethlehem, has not seen his mother in nine years. This year, they had planned a memorable reunion in […]

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Sudais: Lift the siege on Gaza

[ 13/11/2010 – 07:59 AM ]   MAKKAH, (PIC)– Top Saudi religious scholar Sheikh Abdurrahman Sudais, addressing Muslim pilgrims before Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, called on Muslims to work to create a solution for the Palestinian cause and liberate the Aqsa Mosque. The Sheikh demanded an end to the Israeli siege […]

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Protest against Fayyad for excluding Jerusalemite pilgrims from Hajj mission

06/11/2010 – 01:58 PM   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Dozens of Jerusalemite families of prisoners, ex-detainees and martyrs on Friday rallied outside the house of Salam Fayyad, head of Fatah’s government in Ramallah city, in protest at excluding them from the pilgrimage (Hajj) mission to Makkah this year as part of the generous gesture made by […]

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