Jordanian Parliamentarians call to withdraw the Arab Peace Initiative and expel Israeli ambassador

Middle East Monitor | Sept 26, 2013 Jordan’s first Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Khalil Attieh demanded on Wednesday that his government expel Daniel Nevo, the Israeli ambassador to Jordan. Attieh also urged the Arab League to withdraw the proposed Arab Peace Initiative. In a statement Attieh said, “I call on the government to expel […]

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Bahar: IOA kidnaps MPs to isolate them from masses

Al Qassam Website | 04-07-2013,08:10 Al Qassam website- Gaza- Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, condemned on Wednesday the Israeli occupation authorities for re-arresting deported Jerusalemite MP Mohammed Abu Tir. Bahar charged that the IOA was trying to isolate the Palestinian MPs from their masses without any consideration to […]

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Israeli occupation extends Palestinian of 4 MPs’ detention with additional six months

[ PIC 15/05/2013 – 06:24 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human rights condemned the Israeli court decision to extend the detention of 4 Palestinian MPs held in the Negev desert prison. Fouad al-Khuffash confirmed in a press release that the Israeli authorities have renewed the arrest of MP Dr. Mahmoud […]

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Egyptian intelligence blocks travel of two Palestinians MPs

[ PIC 05/05/2013 – 09:51 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Egyptian intelligence apparatus refused to allow two Palestinian lawmakers to travel via the Rafah border crossing on Sunday. Hamas denounced the measure in a terse statement, adding that coordination for the travel of MPs Salah Al-Bardawil and Ismail Al-Ashqar was made last Friday. Hamas condemned […]

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Moroccan MPs barred from entering West Bank

Maan News Agency | April 9, 2013 AMMAN (AFP) — Israeli authorities on Monday barred two Moroccan MPs accompanying EU parliamentarians from crossing into the West Bank to meet Palestinian officials, one of the lawmakers said. “The Israel authorities prevented me and my colleague Ali Salem Chekkaf from crossing into the West Bank without giving […]

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#PalHunger | British MPs plan to visit Palestine, meet with prisoners next month

[ PIC 16/01/2013 – 10:34 AM ] LONDON, (PIC)– A number of British lawmakers said on Tuesday they would pay a visit to the occupied Palestinian lands next month to check on the humanitarian situation there. The lawmakers also plan to visit some prisoners and hunger strikers in Israeli jails as well as some families […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Occupation arrests 100 Palestinians in West Bank including 5 MPs

[ PIC 23/11/2012 – 06:16 PM ] WEST BANK, BEIRUT, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Friday five MPs for Hamas movement as well as about thirty Palestinian citizens in the West Bank. Sources in the Office of the MPs for the parliamentary “Change and Reform” bloc in the West Bank confirmed that Israeli […]

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Warning of fresh campaign of arrests against Palestinian MPs

[ PIC 26/07/2012 – 09:23 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies has warned against a renewed campaign of arrests against members of PLC and Change and Reform MPs in particular. The director of the Center, Riyadh Ashkar, stated in a press release that the occupation’s decision to consider the Change and Reform […]

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The IFIP demands release of Palestinian MPs

[ 23/07/2012 – 10:28 AM ] GAZA,(PIC)– The International Forum for Islamist Parliamentarians (IFIP) congratulated Dr. Aziz Dweik, the speaker of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC), for his release from Israeli prisons, pointing out that his arrest by the Israeli occupation forces was in total violation of his parliamentary immunity. Hussein Ibrahim, IFIP chairman, denounced […]

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Bahar calls to intensify pressures on occupation to get detained MPs released

[ PIC 11/04/2012 – 02:18 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Deputy Speaker of the PLC, Dr. Ahmed Bahar, called for intensifying pressures on the occupation government to release of the detained MPs whose detention has been continuously extended. In a press release on Wednesday, Bahar talked of the need to provide all forms of support to […]

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Israeli sponsors treat British MPs to free visits

PressTV | Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:21AM GM Israeli sponsors have funded unofficial trips by members of the British parliament’s all-party groups to the occupied territories, media reports reveal, in yet another twist in British politicians’ questionable links to the Israeli regime. According to The Guardian, British Lords and MPs received at least £1.8 million […]

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Baher: Israel’s detention of MPs reflects its bankruptcy and insanity

[ PIC 07/03/2012 – 04:47 PM ] RABAT, (PIC)– Acting speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Ahmed Baher said that Israel’s persistence in administratively detaining Palestinian lawmakers and extending their imprisonment reflects its bankruptcy and madness. Baher, who is still on an official visit to Morocco, strongly denounced in a press release on Tuesday Israel’s […]

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#Israel’s new “witchhunt” – Hamas Slams Israeli Attacks Against Elected MP’s

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category Friday February 17, 2012 06:07 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies  Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release denouncing the Israeli army’s attacks against homes and officers of elected Palestinian legislators in the occupied West Bank. The movement said […]

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European MPs call on Israel to release Palestinian lawmakers

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Maan News Agency | Feb 1, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of European Parliamentarians on Wednesday called on Israel to release 26 imprisoned Palestinian lawmakers, official news agency Wafa reported. The group, composed of 26 members of the European Parliament, urged “the EU and […]

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Canadian ministers object to participation of Hamas MPs in IPU meeting in Quebec

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. [ 28/01/2012 – 04:00 PM ] QUEBEC, (PIC)– Two Canadian federal ministers have urged their country not to host a meeting for the international parliamentary union (IPU) in the event Hamas lawmakers attended the conference. The Canadian QMI news agency quoted those ministers as saying […]

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