Universal Declaration Human Rights Art.20 (1) “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.” [ 07/08/2011 - 02:32 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that Palestinian Authority security officials have agreed with those of Israel not to allow a violent escalation to develop during September when the PA [...]
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Israeli forces detain 4 in Beit Ummar
Published today 14:04 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided Beit Ummar on Saturday evening and detained four residents during a ceremony to honor Palestinian prisoners, Ma’an’s correspondent and the army said. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and live ammunition during the raid on the town north of Hebron, witnesses said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said [...]
Masri: Unleashing resistance forces best response against Jewish settlement
[ 06/08/2011 - 12:11 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Hamas official Mushir al-Masri said that unleashing the West Bank resistance forces and ending security coordination is the best response against Israeli settlement. The statement came after the Jerusalem municipality’s recent approval for the construction of 930 new housing units in the Israeli settlement Har Homa [...]
Israeli police deploy in force for Ramadan
Published today (updated) 05/08/2011 10:38 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police deployed in force in Jerusalem’s Old City after limiting access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ahead of the first Friday prayers during Ramadan. “More than 2,000 police and border guards were deployed in Jerusalem,” said a police spokesman, adding access was blocked to the esplanade [...]
Six Palestinians wounded in IOF incursion
[ 03/08/2011 - 01:31 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the village of Beit Ummar, north of Al-Khalil, wounding six citizens in the process including five of one family and arresting a youth. The anti-settlement committee in the village said that the IOF soldiers broke into several homes during the raid and [...]
Israeli armed forces gun down 21 year old Ibrahim Omar Serhan
انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون 14 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement A 21 year-old student was killed by the Israeli army on July 13th in Al Faraa refugee camp, whilst on his way to prayer. Around 3:30 am the Israeli military entered the refugee camp with several heavily armed vehicles. Ibrahim Omar Serhan, [...]
#Airflotilla | ‘Flytilla’ activist says mistreated by Israel
Published today 17:14 An Austrian pro-Palestinian activist deported from Israel has complained of ill treatment at the hands of aggressive Israeli forces. [AFP/File Fabrice Coffrini] VIENNA (AFP) — An Austrian pro-Palestinian activist deported from Israel has complained of ill treatment at the hands of aggressive Israeli forces. Julia Hurnaus, 25, was one of about 40 [...]
IOA forces Jerusalemite family to raze its own home
[ 12/07/2011 - 08:25 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Maqdesi institution for social development has condemned the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for ordering a Jerusalemite citizen to demolish part of his home. It said in a statement on Monday that the IOA told Khalil Dabash, who lives in Sour Baher in occupied Jerusalem, that he [...]
Report: Israeli forces killed 26 Palestinians in June
[ 03/07/2011 - 10:55 AM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– A report by the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights revealed that Israeli forces killed 26 Palestinians at home and abroad in June 2011 . The report shows that Israeli occupation forces escalated attacks on Palestinians after Naksa Day events in early June, marking the anniversary [...]
Israeli forces confiscate Palestinian olive orchards near Ramallah
Thursday June 30, 2011 08:27 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Hundreds of acres of olive orchards in Al Mazra’a al Gharbiya village were taken over by Israeli troops on Tuesday, who claimed that the area was a ‘closed military zone’ and that the land was being confiscated for military use. Palestinian olive grove [...]
Bardawil: Resistance forces dictate prisoner exchange conditions
[ 29/06/2011 - 02:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil has called for increasing efforts to see the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. The call comes in response to tightened measures taken by Israeli officials against the prisoners in a bid to circumvent a prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, [...]
Israeli Forces Bulldoze Business Near Jenin
Wednesday June 22, 2011 15:46 by David Steele – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group The Ma’an News Agency reports that ten workshops have been destroyed by Israeli forces in Barta’a ash-Sharqiya near Jenin. The workshops are located in the West Bank but are on the Israeli side of the separation wall. [...]