[ PIC 27/08/2013 – 03:34 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The refugees’ department in Hamas movement warned that anyone surrendering the Palestinian refugees’ right of return (RoR) should stand trial for high treason. The department said in a press release on Tuesday that remaining silent toward PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s declared intention to give up RoR […]
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Palestinians need high calibre leaders – urgently ~ by Stuart Littlewood
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. By Stuart Littlewood | 2 February 2012 | Redress Stuart Littlewood singles out Palestinian “President” Mahmoud Abbas’s recent visit to Britain as another example of his administration’s public relations incompetence and argues: “If Palestinians are to retain worldwide sympathy and support, build additional strength and […]
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Palestinians call for investigation into high incidence of illness in Israeli jails
Related: Special Topic Palestinian Prisoners Tuesday, 30 August 2011 01:50| MEMO PCDD: Israeli prisons lack specialist doctors and Palestinian detainees are given nothing but pain killers. A Palestinian rights centre has called for an investigation into the high incidence of illness and disease among Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails. A significant number die very soon […]
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Israeli Arms Exports Hit High of $7.2 Billion
20.06.11 – 14:37 Tel Aviv – PNN – The Israeli defense industry reached a high in 2010 of $7.2 billion in exports, up from the $6.9 billion it had achieved in 2009, thus placing the country among the world’s top four arms exporters. Israel’s Iron Dome System “We recognize the challenges but we’re working […]
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Israeli factories in Salfit major cause of high rate of cancer among children
[ 08/06/2011 – 07:17 PM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– The Israeli Barkan industrial area established on Palestinian land in Salfit is the major cause for soaring rate of cancer among children in the area compared to other Palestinian areas, health and local sources said on Wednesday. They said that the factories pollute the environment and cause […]
Continue reading‘UN: Israeli demolitions hit record high’
PressTV | Tue Apr 5, 2011 5:25PM Interview with Jeff Halper Author, Activist and Founder of ICAHD. Israeli soldiers watch a demolition of a Palestinian home. Israel continues to demolish the Palestinian homes despite the UN’s condemnation of the act which is considered to be in contravention of international law. Press TV interviewed Author, Activist […]
Continue readingUN: Israel’s demolitions of Palestinian homes hit record high
April 3, 2011 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s demolitions of Palestinian homes and buildings reached a record high in March for the third consecutive month, according to figures from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. The UN Relief and Works Agency recorded 76 demolitions of Palestinian buildings in March, forcibly displacing 158 Palestinians including 64 children. […]
Continue readingTension running high in Silwan
30/03/2011 – 08:09 AM OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Silwan inhabitants burnt an Israeli military post in their town, south of the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, at a late hour on Tuesday in retaliation to Jewish settlers’ practices. A large number of settlers and Israeli occupation police stormed the town on Tuesday night and were faced […]
Continue readingHigh hopes in Gaza after Egypt names Arabi foreign minister
[ 07/03/2011 – 09:53 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gazans have high hopes after Nabil al-Arabi, the former Egyptian ambassador to the UN, was named the new foreign minister of Egypt in a new care-taker government after the former regime was ousted by popular demand. Arabi has gained popularity in Gaza because of favorable political choices […]
Continue readingHigh Court OKs reopening of Israeli Gitmo | VIDEO
23-01-2011,11:17 Al Qassam website-Occupied Palestine- Israel’s High Court has approved the continued use of a secret interrogation center for the incarceration of Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners. The notorious Facility 1391 is reportedly located on a secret army intelligence base, and its existence was first revealed in 2003, Ha’aretz reported on Saturday. It is common knowledge […]
Continue readingTensions run high in Palestine following violent deaths | Jordan Times
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Khaldoun Samudi during his funeral in the West Bank village of Al Yamoun, near Jenin, on Saturday (AP photo by Mohammed Ballas) NABLUS (AFP) – Israeli troops shot dead a young Palestinian on Saturday as he ran towards a checkpoint in the West Bank shouting Islamic slogans, Palestinian and […]
Continue readingBil’in: A village in mourning
One West Bank family has paid the highest price for their village’s peaceful pursuit of justice. Al Jazeera | Renee Lewis Last Modified: 07 Jan 2011 17:55 GMT Bassem Abu Rahmah, a pillar of non-violence in the village of Bil’in, was shot in the chest with a high-velocity teargas canister and died on his way […]
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