Israeli occupation forces quells sit-in in Yatta, arrests 3 citizens

[ PIC 06/07/2013 – 04:44 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Five Palestinian citizens sustained wounds while three were arrested on Saturday as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) suppressed a sit-in staged in protest at the confiscation of lands in Yatta, south of al-Khalil. Eyewitnesses told PIC that the IOF quelled a sit-in organized by Palestinian families […]

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OCHA: 50 Palestinians injured, 13 others displaced in one week

[ PIC 08/06/2013 – 02:52 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A UN report said that around 50 Palestinians were injured in the West Bank and Gaza, 1,000 olive trees were damaged, and 30 people were displaced in East Jerusalem as a result of demolitions during the past week. In its weekly report on Israeli human rights […]

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Journal: Revisiting Ni’lin after four years ~ by @IsmPalestine

2nd May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ni’lin, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus It’s been four years since I had visited and lived in Ni’lin and the decision to visit on Friday filled me simultaneously with excitement and longing but also dread. Four years ago I had supported the non violent resistance in Ni’lin as […]

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Hizb Attahrir slams PA security for suppressing its rallies in West Bank

[ PIC 14/04/2013 – 11:12 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Hizb Attahrir (liberation party) strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatuses for preventing public gatherings and marches in the West Bank, affirming that it would defy this repressive policy and would organize its activities normally. In a statement distributed during a rally it staged on Saturday […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Barghouthi: Third intifada in the horizon

[ PIC 19/02/2013 – 07:25 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The dean of liberated prisoners Nael Al-Barghouthi has opined that a third Palestinian intifada was in the horizon due to the Israeli practices against prisoners, political stalemate, and escalating settlement activity. Barghouthi told the PIC on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authorities had escalated aggression on […]

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Israel Commits Crimes Without Punishment ~ by @StephenLendman

by Stephen Lendman | Stephen Lendman Blog | Febr 9, 2013 Israel is a rogue state. It’s a serial abuser. It commits crimes without punishment. It tolerates no criticism.   Last May, it suspended contact with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). On April 30, Haaretz headlined “Israel joins UN […]

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#Palestine: Oppression Will not Work – VIDEO

Nov 26, 2012 by neverbeforecampaign Anyone who knows a little bit of history realizes that when there is situation where a people has refused to surrender and abandon its rights, oppressing it will not work. The only ones who may live in denial of this fact are the oppressor and those who support it. Their […]

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“The Fall of the Oppressor” ~ A Poem by @DimaEleiwa

The Fall of the Oppressor They’re trying to mess with my head, psychologically. Telling me my wife is cheating on me. I know, he’s lying, the picture is clear. I know, he’s bluffing, yet the lie still pressures me. It reminds me of how weak and helpless I am here… But my faith is strong, […]

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VIDEO | “The Love Letter of a True Man, a Mujahid”

I Never Left You… You never complained when you knew we would have nothing. You were contempt on having what little you needed. Where others would have left or moaned you never once let out a sigh. You understood what was written was what we would eat. I never once complained about what was put […]

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▶ The Letter From Gaza Footballers to @FCBarcelona Club (More Updates)

UPDATE SEP 30, 2012 | Israel arrested another football player and deported him to Gaza, updates below Palestine Chronicle | Sept 27, 2012 Do not side with the Oppressor! By Various Authors – Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine Dear President Sandro Rossell. We, Palestinian footballers, athletes and sporting organizations and officials, are dismayed to learn the […]

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The Muslim states’ mediocre Makkah conference ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 17/08/2012 – 08:51 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh The latest Islamic conference, which took place in the holy city of Makkah this week, has apparently failed to meet the minimum aspirations of Muslim peoples around the world. The conference was high on symbols and rhetoric, but low on substance and concrete achievements. As […]

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Foreign activists actively participate in W. Bank marches despite suppression

[ PIC 14/07/2012 – 09:05 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The West Bank peaceful marches against Israel’s segregation wall and settlement activities saw on Friday afternoon massive participation by young villagers and foreign peace activists despite the violence used persistently by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to subdue their protests. A large number of Israeli troops […]

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Al-Azhar condemns agreements between the Vatican and Israel

[ PIC 13/06/2012 – 10:32 PM ] CAIRO,(PIC)– Al-Azhar condemned news about agreements between the Vatican and the Israeli occupation about the holy city of Jerusalem, stressing that it is impossible to change the city’s legal, diplomatic, demographic, cultural, and religious status. Al-Azhar issued a statement regarding the arbitrary Israeli measures in occupied Jerusalem and […]

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Hamas calls on Vatican not to acknowledge Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem churches

MEMO | June 11, 2012 The Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed its concerns over the proposed deal between the Vatican State and Israel, which implies the acknowledgement of Israeli sovereignty over Christian churches and other properties in occupied Jerusalem. Hamas said that such a deal would be a dangerous concession in Israel’s favour and a […]

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Justice ministry: We will prosecute Israeli leaders at international courts

[ PIC 14/05/2012 – 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The justice ministry in Gaza has said that Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinian people were not subject to a time limit. The ministry said in a statement on Monday on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Nakba that the Palestinian people were adamant on […]

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