Related : Awarta under Siege Israel’s military justice system in the West Bank inflicts wanton punishment, not protection or order. Charlotte Silver| 08 Sep 2011 11:31 | Al Jazeera Military courts in the West Bank don’t provide justice to either Palestinians or Israelis [EPA] Last March, a vicious crime occurred in the occupied Palestinian territories. [...]
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US Congress members take junket to Israel: who wins and who loses?
By Reverend Carolyn Boyd * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz | Sept 8, 2011 “What if we stopped the three billion dollars in aid we give to Israel annually and used the savings to create a national jobs-deficit reduction programme?… This is the time to reallocate financial resources to American families and communities and to [...]
Silwan youth sentenced to 5 months, after years of Israeli witch hunt, torture & prison
Friday, 9 September, 2011 | 00:34 « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Two young residents of Silwan have been sentenced to 5 months in prison, after a two year long legal battle against Israeli authorities. Omar Ameen Siyam and Mahmoud al-Bana, both 23, weathered two years of prison, house [...]
Mer-Khemis Investigation: Staging the Shutdown of Freedom Theater
By: Taghrid Atallah | September 8, 2011 | Al-Akhbar Israel is apparently using the investigation into the assassination of Palestinian artist Julian Mer-Khemis, which has dragged on for months, as a pretext to hamper the operation of the Freedom Theater where he taught and performed. Since the slaying of Mer-Khemis, the theater in Jenin’s [...]
EU diplomats tour Walaja village threatened by wall
Maan News Agency | Sept 8, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — EU diplomats visited the village of Walaja on Thursday to voice concern over the humanitarian impact and political implications of Israel’s wall in the village. Local officials briefed the delegation on the effects of the barrier, settlements and violence by settlers, an EU statement said. [...]
Soldiers demolish wells & Farmlands while Settlers Attack Nablus
Related: Settler Violence – in pictures Thursday September 08, 2011 12:34 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, and demolished three wells while army bulldozers uprooted farmlands in the Nablus district. Armed Israeli settler also wrote graffiti [...]
PPSF member detained at Ramallah checkpoint
Maan News Agency | Sept 8, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a member of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front late Wednesday after holding him at Atara checkpoint north of Ramallah. PPSF member Monadel Hanini told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained Awni Abu Ghosh, 50, while he was on his way back to Jerusalem, [...]
Police Brutality at “Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity” vigil in Silwan – Sept 6, 2011 – video
More Videos: Category Video Sept 6, 2011 Police attack demonstrators at “Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity” vigil against the settlement in Silwan. The demonstrator seen here needed medical attention, but was detained for more than 24 hours and was charged with attacking a police officer. Filed under: Activism, Apartheid, Israel, israeli, Silwan, Video, Violence
Bil’in: Occupation Soldiers Harass Three Villagers – Sept 7, 2011 – video
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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 company would delay switching off the station until Sunday even though it needed repairs and [...]
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 measure was taken in anticipation of solidarity marches to coincide with the Palestinian [...]
#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. The PA is considered by many of not being an independant Palestinian force but rather just another proxy of Israeli [...]
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 this. March 8 2011′ Haaretz, Maariv and Yediot all agree that Dirar Abusisi is Hamas’ chief rocket designer [...]
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 struggle against Israel’s wall in the West Bank as Jamal Juma’. The coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign since its [...]
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-Quds (Jerusalem) during the holy month of Ramadan. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have [...]