[ 13/08/2011 - 12:33 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad party, warned that Israel could once again target its leaders after Israeli war minister Ehud Barak made accusations of missiles being fired by the Brigades from the Gaza Strip. “Barak’s accusations come in the framework of an incitement [...]
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Israel Occupation Authority flattens Palestinian home in occupied Jerusalem
[ 11/08/2011 - 01:36 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) razed the home of Majed Al-Rajabi in Baka’a area to the southwest of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday due to the usual pretext of lack of construction permit. Rajabi said that the IOA glued a demolition order on his 60 square meter [...]
Isarel bans families from visiting their sons jailed in 1948 occupied lands
[ 08/08/2011 - 12:30 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The prisoners’ center for studies said the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) decided to prevent some families of Palestinian prisoners in its jails from entering the 1948 occupied lands to visit their sons at the pretext they made violations. Prisoners in Shatta jail told the center that the [...]
IOA cuts off water to Jenin neighborhoods
[ 07/08/2011 - 02:21 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Palestinian municipal council in Jenin city strongly denounced the Israeli water company Mekorot for cutting off arbitrarily the water supply for the fourth consecutive day to many neighborhoods in the city. The Jenin council stated in a press release that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) turned [...]
PA condemns Israeli attempts to escalate tensions in the West Bank
MEMO Tuesday, 02 August 2011 18:50 The Palestinian Authority (PA) denounced what it described as an attempt by the Israeli government to escalate the tensions in the occupied West Bank before the PA seeks a UN resolution acknowledging an independent Palestinian State next month. The Palestinian presidency spokesperson Mahmoud Abu Rodeina condemned Israel for randomly [...]
Israeli Soldiers Behind Latest Fire In Palestinian Trees
Wednesday July 27, 2011 22:01 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers, stationed along the Annexation Wall surrounding Qotna village, near Jerusalem, were behind the latest fire that consumed Palestinian trees in Khallit Al Rabee’ area, in Qotna Maan Images Ashraf Shamasna, head of the Public Relations Office at the village council, [...]
Israeli prison administration cracks down on Palestinian academic
[ 20/07/2011 - 04:37 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Professor Mustafa al-Shannar, 49, a prisoner in the Israeli Megiddo prison and lecturer at the Al-Najah National University, was transferred to the prison’s clinic two days ago after experiencing sharp chest pains, the Tadhamon international human rights organization has reported. Tadhamon researcher and prisoner rights expert [...]
AF: IOA wants to wipe historical Mamanullah cemetery from memory
[ 08/07/2011 - 03:18 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Aqsa Foundation that caters for Muslim holy shrines in occupied Palestine, has warned Thursday that the Israeli plan to put a fence on what remained of Mamanullah cemetery was meant to wipe the historical cemetery from memory. In a statement it issued on this regard, [...]
Rashid Khalidi: Human dignity in Jerusalem
6 July 2011 | Israeli Occupation Archive by Rashid Khalidi, Jadaliyya – 5 July 2011 www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/2052/human-dignity-in-jerusalem When Palestinians resort to violence to secure their rights or to resist oppression and discrimination, they are routinely condemned for “terrorism.” When they or others use non- violent, peaceful and legal means to oppose a manifest violation of international [...]
Israel blocks Adhan broadcasting
PressTV - Jul 4, 2011 9:12AM The holy Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank Israel has blocked the broadcast of Adhan (the Islamic call to prayers) from the holy Ibrahimi (Abrahamic) Mosque in the occupied West Bank. Zaid al-Jabari, director of the Muslim Waqf (endowment) in the West Bank [...]
IOA orders demolition of Maghareba bridge next September
[ 29/06/2011 - 02:40 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has ordered the demolition of the bridge leading to the Maghareba gate in the Aqsa Mosque in September to benefit from international preoccupation with the UN vote on recognizing a Palestinian state. Hebrew daily Ha’aretz said on Wednesday that the Israeli [...]
PRESS RELEASE – Greek officials attempt to block US Boat to Gaza from leaving Greek port; passengers suspect Israel/US economic pressure on beleaguered Greek government
26 June 2011 — Israeli Occupation Archive For Immediate Release Contact Athens: Felice Gelman 30-694-266-0406 New York: Leslie Cagan 845-688-5646 Twitter @USBoatToGaza June 26, 2011 Athens – Passengers on the U.S. Boat to Gaza, The Audacity of Hope, are asking Greek government officials to clarify whether the boat they are leasing is being blocked from [...]
Israel military ordered to stop flotilla
Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:57PM Israeli naval commandos Israel reportedly orders its military to prevent an incoming convoy of vessels known as Freedom Flotilla II from taking humanitarian aid to the Tel Aviv-blockaded Gaza Strip. The Israeli regime has instructed its forces “to stop a Gaza-bound flotilla from reaching its goal,” Xinhua reported on [...]