Gaza’s sole power plant at risk of closure

Maan News Agency | Aug 14, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza’s electricity company may have to turn off the sole power station in the coastal enclave, a company official warned Sunday. Chief Executive Officer Walid Sad Sayel said the…


Israel Occupation Forces to impose HERMETIC CLOSURE on the West Bank, Gaza Strip next month

[ 14/08/2011 - 02:20 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) will impose a hermetic closure on all Palestinian land in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in September, Hebrew media reported on Sunday. They said that the …


#DissolveThePA ~ by Yasir M. Tineh

PA stands for Palestinian Authority, The legislative body currently governing the West Bank. August 14, 2011 by Yasir M. Tineh Headed by Mahmoud Abbas the PA is recognized as the government in control of Palestinian security and civilian affairs. T…


Abusisi: Hamas’ Nuclear Bombmaker

Aug 13, 2011 | Richard Silverstein « Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place Abusisi’s Hamas atom bomb design and signed confession. Caption: ‘Atom bomb (very dangerous, to kill Jews!). I confess that I designed …


Jamal Juma’: PA “killing popular resistance”

Ida Audeh |The Electronic Intifada |Ramallah |8 August 2011 Popular resistance has prevented the completion of Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank. (Anne Paq /ActiveStills ) Few Palestinians are as closely identified with the str…


Israel limits access to al-Aqsa Mosque

  PressTV -  Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:40AM GMT File photo of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) Israeli police forces have been deployed en masse to once again limit Palestinian access to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Qud…


IOF troops arrest Imam of Tulkarem Mosque

[ 12/08/2011 - 11:53 AM ] TULKAREM, (PIC)– IOF troops on Thursday arrested Sheikh Laith Attili, Imam of the Ali Ibn Abu Taleb Mosque, in the village of Attil in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, according to Ahrar centre for prisoners


Israeli army arrests activists in West Bank

Eleven people detained after clashes erupt during protest against building of separation barrier in village of Walaja. Last Modified: 10 Aug 2011 19:28 Those arrested included Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protesting against the cons…


Families Cry Out for Palestinian Prisoners

ingaza weblog | July 25, 2011 For eight years, Umm Bilal has not been able to see her son in Israeli prison. GAZA CITY, Jul 25, 2011 (IPS) – By Eva Bartlett “We could enter the Guinness book of records for the longest running weekly sit- ins i…


Longest held administrative detainee arrested again

[ 11/08/2011 - 12:50 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The longest held Palestinian prisoner in administrative detention Ayed Dudin, 44, has once again been arrested just 40 days after being released. Prior to the incident, Dudin had been kept in administra…


Throwing rocks at the occupation — and Western prejudice too ~ by Linah Alsaafin

Linah Alsaafin | The Electronic Intifada | Nabi Saleh |11 August 2011 Is throwing rocks at an occupying force an act of violence? (Oren Ziv/ActiveStills) I had denied it for too long now but for a Palestinian, my rock throwing is abys…


UFree demands Israel to release Jazeera reporter Samer Allawi right away

[ 11/08/2011 - 10:18 AM ] OSLO, (PIC)– The European network to support the rights of Palestinian Prisoners-UFree demanded the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) to immediately release Palestinian journalist Samer Allawi. Allawi works as a reporte…


Ministry of prisoners calls for ending Israel’s crimes against female detainees

[ 11/08/2011 - 11:24 AM ] GAZA, (PIC )– The Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs in Gaza appealed to international organizations concerned with women’s issues to move to stop Israel’s crimes and violations against Palestin…


MP Yousuf appeals for curbing Israel’s violations against Palestinian MPs

[ 11/08/2011 - 11:51 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian lawmaker Hasan Yousuf appealed to the international community to urgently move to defend the Palestinian MPs imprisoned in Israeli jails. MP Yousuf strongly denounced, in a press release dist…


Israeli occupation forces launch arrest campaign in Hebron – video

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art 20(2) “No one may be compelled to belong to an association.” Art Art 9: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile”   PressTV – Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:6AM…