Palestinian lawmaker sentenced to 20 months in jail

Ma’an news Agency | Aug 18, 2014 at 23:38 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court in Ofer prison on Monday sentenced Palestinian lawmaker from Jerusalem Ahmad Attoun to 20 months in prison. Attoun’s family said he was arrested from his Ramallah home in February 2012, and was put under administrative detention. He was sentenced […]

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Israel detains son of MP Nayef Al-Rejoub on return from abroad

[ PIC 04/02/2013 – 08:27 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) detained Hudhaifa, the eldest son of detained MP Nayef Al-Rejoub, on his return from studying abroad via Jordan. The Rejoub family said that the IOA detained Hudhaifa Sunday afternoon at the bridge linking Jordan to the occupied West Bank and took […]

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Israel threatens to board the #Estelle, with former Canadian MP on board, in international waters

By Canadian Boat to Gaza | October 19, 2012 We received a message from the Finnish foreign department (the Estelle is sailing under a Finnish flag), that their Israeli counterpart informed them that the Estelle will be boarded on international water, and its passengers brought to the Israeli port of Ashdod. “If the Israelis carry […]

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Israeli lawmaker’s proposal to divide al-Asqa Mosque worship stirs uproar

Al Arabiya Sunday, 12 August 2012 inShare0 By Al Arbabiya A bill drafted last week by a right-wing Israeli lawmaker to schedule separate prayer hours for Jews and Muslims at al-Aqsa Mosque has caused an uproar, regional media has reported. Palestinian news agency WAFA said the proposed situation would be similar to the arrangement at […]

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Hamas slams Israeli closure of Salfit MPs’ office

[ PIC 28/06/2012 – 09:27 AM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement strongly denounced the Israeli occupation regime for closing the office of Palestinian lawmakers in Salfit city and described it as a racist act and a violation of the international norms and conventions. In a press release on Wednesday, Hamas underscored that such Israeli […]

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Israeli occupation forces break into office of Salfit MPs

[ 27/06/2012 – 10:02 AM ] SALFIT, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into the office of Salfit MPs Dr. Omar Abdulrazek and Dr. Nasser Abduljawad at dawn Wednesday and confiscated all personal computers inside. The IOF soldiers also stormed the house of the MPs office director Ezzeddin Fattash and seized his PC then warned […]

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Israel Releases Administrative detainee Lawmaker Anwar Zaboun from Bethlehem

RAMALLAH, June 25, 2012 (WAFA) Israeli authorities Monday released lawmaker Anwar Zaboun from Bethlehem after serving time in administrative detention without charge of trial, according to a prisoners’ support group. It said Zaboun, a member of the Hamas-affiliated Change and Reform Bloc, was arrested on August 26 and immediately held in administrative detention for six […]

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IOF soldiers arrest journalist Fadl Beitawi, MP Hamed Beitawi’s son

[ 03/04/2012 – 09:19 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the city of Nablus at dawn Tuesday and arrested Fadl Beitawi, the son of MP Hamed Beitawi, from his home, sources told the PIC. They said that journalist Mohammed Anwar, 29, who works with Quds Press, was also taken from his home […]

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IOA renews administrative detention of MP Khalil Al-Rubaei

[ PIC 31/03/2012 – 02:21 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– An Israeli court renewed the administrative detention of Change and Reform MP Khalil Musa Al-Rubaei, from Yatta town south of Al-Khalil, for another six months. The bloc said in a statement on Saturday that the Ofer military court arbitrarily extended for another six months the imprisonment […]

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UK lawmaker quits party over comments on Israel

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MAR 1, 2012 LONDON (Reuters) — A British lawmaker has quit the Liberal Democrat party, which is part of the coalition government, after saying during a heated debate at a university that Israel “is not going to be there forever”, party officials said on Thursday. Jenny Tonge, a member of the House […]

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IOA renews administrative detention of MP for fourth time

[ PIC 29/02/2012 – 12:10 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has renewed the administrative detention of MP Azzam Salhab for four months for the fourth time running, his family in Al-Khalil said. The family quoted its lawyer as saying that Ofer military court would sit on 5th March to endorse the […]

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Change and reform: PA arrest of MP son violates reconciliation

[ PIC 27/02/2012 – 05:38 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas-affiliated change and reform parliamentary bloc has lashed out at the PA security in the West Bank for arresting the son of Hamas MP Omar Abdalrazek, who is held in Israeli administrative custody. The bloc said in a statement on Monday that the policy of […]

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Israel Prevents Palestinian Lawmaker from Travelling

13:18-RAMALLAH, February 23, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities prevented on Wednesday Palestinian Legislative Council member Qais Abdul Karim (better known as Abu Laila) from travelling abroad and turne Israel Prevents Palestinian Lawmaker from Travelling

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Israel Lawmaker Wants to Force Palestinians to Swear “Zionist” Oath ~ by @AliAbunimah

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures By Ali Abunimah | Information Clearing House December 07, 2011 “Electronic Intifada” —  Danny Danon, a member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, is proposing that all Israeli citizens – especially the 1.4 million Palestinian citizens of Israel – should be forced […]

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Israeli court sentences Fatah lawmaker to 30 years

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Maan News Agency | October 31, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court on Monday sentenced Fatah-affiliated lawmaker Jamal Tirawi to 30 years in jail, his brother said, after a trial which ran on for four years. Tirawi’s brother told Ma’an that the court […]

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