Israeli attacks demolish historical sites in Gaza Strip – Video

PressTV | Published on Sep 1, 2014 Israel’s aerial and ground assaults on the Gaza Strip have wreaked destruction on the blockaded area, Press TV reports. According to the report, the Tel Aviv regime demolished many archaeological and historical sites some dating back to over a thousand years ago in its merciless onslaught on the […]

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UK Independence Party hugs Friend of Israel ~ by Stuart Littlewood

By Stuart Littlewood | Redress | Sept 1, 2014 The UK Independence Party (UKIP), which hopes for a big breakthrough in next year’s general election, has been wining and dining potential Conservative defectors one of which has actually come across. Last week Douglas Carswell stepped down as MP for Clacton-on-Sea, triggering a by-election in which […]

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Egypt slams Israel plan to seize Palestinian land

Ma’an News Agency | September 1, 2014 |  22:41 CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt on Monday denounced Israeli plans to expropriate West Bank land, saying the move violates international law and is an obstacle to efforts for a lasting Palestinian-Israeli settlement. On Sunday, Israel said it would expropriate 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres) of Palestinian land around […]

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UK government condemns Israel land grab – Video

Anadolu | 01 September 2014 17:52 (Last updated 01 September 2014 17:53) LONDON  Britain’s government condemned Monday what it called an “ill-judged” decision by Israel to confiscate a further 988 acres of Palestinian land in the West Bank, saying it should instead work on a ceasefire in Gaza. Responding to Israel’s claim Sunday to the land […]

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Becoming a ‘daily’: Israeli forces fire tear gas near East Jerusalem schools & children

Ma’an News Agency | Sep 1, 204 | 16:49 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at schools in the Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Monday, with dozens of parents and children suffering gas inhalation. A member of a parents committee, Hasan Abdo, told Ma’an that Israeli forces deployed around schools […]

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Abbas: Palestinians were asked to annex parts of Sinai

MEMO | Monday, 01 September 2014 14:43 Speaking in a meeting of Fatah leaders in Ramallah, Abbas said: ‘The plan, which was proposed in 1956, included annexing 1,600 square kilometres from the Sinai Peninsula to the Gaza Strip in order to receive Palestinian refugees.’ Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday revealed that Palestinians refused […]

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Wounded Gazans struggle to find treatment after war

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 01/09/2014 14:49 GAZA CITY (AFP) — Still in shock weeks after an Israeli shell blast shredded his arm and killed four members of his family, Ahmed Ayyad is one of many wounded Palestinians in Gaza now needing long-term care. But many of the organizations charged with rehabilitating Palestinians like him […]

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9-year-old child dies from wounds sustained in Gaza war bringing toll to 2158

Published today (updated) 01/09/2014 15:15 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A nine-year-old boy died in Gaza on Monday from wounds sustained during Israel’s recent offensive on the besieged enclave, medics said. Ziad al-Rifi was injured on Aug. 21 in an Israeli airstrike near his family home in Gaza City which killed Tariq al-Rifi, 35, his sons […]

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Hamas: PA should pave the way for opening Gaza borders

MEMO | Monday, 01 September 2014 12:12     The Palestinian Authority should propose a mechanism for the opening of the Gaza border crossings in accordance with the ceasefire agreement, leading member of the Hamas movement Mousa Abu-Marzouk said yesterday.In an interview with Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel, Abu-Marzouk said the opening of borders should not be […]

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Watch: #EMGAZA2 Appeal – Stage 1 by Doc @HaniSiliman

Published on Sep 1, 2014 #Watch Short video addressing the 1st stage of the distribution process for #EMGAZA2 Full report & Photos are on this link https://www.facebook.com/hani.s.salam…     THE LEGAL RIGHT OF RESISTANCE Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right? 81 Notre Dame Law Review1275 (2006). Conducting an in-depth study of the genocide in Darfur, […]

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Israeli forces shoot, critically injure Jerusalem teen

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 01/09/2014 13:30 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager was critically wounded late Sunday after an Israeli soldier shot him in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet, relatives said. Muhammad Abd Al-Majid Sunuqrut, 16, from Wadi al-Joz suffered a fractured skull after being shot, his father said. The teenager was […]

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Palestinian rights groups urge Abbas to sign Rome Statute

MEMO | Monday, 01 September 2014 12:16   A number of Palestinian human rights groups have called on the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to immediately sign the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in order to facilitate the prosecution of Israeli leaders over war crimes.The NGOs include the Aldameer Association for Human Rights, the […]

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Lieberman continues incitement campaign against Arab Israelis

MEMO | Monday, 01 September 2014 12:31   Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has continued his incitement campaign against Arab Israelis on social media by describing a festival of solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which was organised in the Galilee on Friday, as “a demonstration to support terrorism” and calling the participants “traitors”, Arabs48 news […]

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Haneyya: Egypt should urge Israel to abide by ceasefire agreement

[ PIC 01/09/2014 – 06:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ismail Haneyya, Deputy Head of Hamas political bureau, urged the Egyptian intelligence to pressure the Israeli occupation to observe the terms of the ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt a few days ago. Haneyya drew attention, in a telephone call with the Egyptian intelligence, to Egypt’s need […]

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Humanitarian campaign in Istanbul to collect one billion dollars for Gaza

The int’l public foundation to aid Gaza held its first meeting in Istanbul   [ PIC 01/09/2014 – 06:54 AM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– The international public foundation to aid Gaza on Saturday evening held its first two-day meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul with the participation of about 100 relief and charitable groups from […]

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