Maan News Agency | Sept 7, 2011 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The release of alegal opinion by one of the world’s top authorities on international refugee law has highlighted possible legal dangers in the September initiative at the United Nations. Guy Goodwin-Gill’s opinion sparked a public debate amongst Palestinians at home and in the Diaspora, amid [...]
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Prisoner falls into coma amid medical neglect at Negev prison
[ 11/08/2011 - 10:34 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Zakariyya Dawud Issa, 43, from Khadar in Bethlehem governorate, has fallen into a coma after not being served the proper treatment by the Negev prison ward, sources among the prisoners have reported. They added that symptoms had been appearing on Issa for months without being given the [...]
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 Palestinian women in its jails. The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is still holding 33 Palestinian women in its jails after it [...]
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 distributed on Thursday by the international campaign for the release of detained lawmakers, Israel’s piracy and arrogance against [...]
New bill to make all in Israel subject to Judaic religious law | Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Jews for Justice for Palestinians | Aug 10, 2011 New Knesset bill is a danger to Israeli democracy The things endangering the support of the nations of the world for Israel – and among marginal elements also the recognition of Israel as the national home for the Jewish people – are the occupation and the [...]
PA urges international community to protect prisoners’ rights
Published today 12:54 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority on Monday urged the international community to protect the rights of Palestinian prisoners, the government media center said. The PA referred to two incidents in which prisoners rights were violated. One case involved a decision by Israeli authorities to ban prisoners’ families from visiting them for [...]
#France #Islam | Arrest of a Sister wearing Niqab | Aarrestation d’une soeur avec burqua – Video
English translation below the French text La police arrête une soeur avec le jilbebe Il sont rien a faireQUELLE ABOMINATION !!! Témoignage d’une femme musulmane âgée de 32 ans. Ce dimanche 31 juillet 2011 vers 18h, mon amie et moi marchions paisiblement en direction de la gare d’ Aulnay sous Bois. Arrivées près du parking [...]
Ambulance with Patients on Board Delayed at Israeli Checkpoint
Tuesday August 09, 2011 11:33 by Danny Johnes – IMEMC and Agencies An ambulance carrying victims of a fatal car accident was significantly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank. Ambulance Being Blocked by Israeli Soldiers (palsolidarity.org) The Palestinian ambulance carrying victims of the accident to the hospital was delayed at [...]
Baraka: Right of return precedes statehood recognition
[ 04/08/2011 - 01:01 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Lebanese foreign minister Mansour Adnan has met with a Hamas delegation to discuss developments in Palestinian affairs. The delegation was headed by Hamas’s representative in Lebanon Ali Baraka and also included members Mahmoud al-Sadiq and Raafat Murra. The talks saw agreement on the need to pursue with [...]
IOF troops arrest 310 citizens in July including 32 minors
[ 04/08/2011 - 12:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 310 citizens in the past month of July in 500 raids on various West Bank cities, villages, and refugee camps, the Palestinian ministry of prisoners in Gaza reported on Wednesday. It noted that 50 citizens were detained in Al-Khalil, and 47 in [...]
Israeli MK’s Petition Netanyahu to Immediately Increase Illegal Settlement of West Bank
Thursday August 04, 2011 14:14 by Danny Johnes – IMEMC and Agencies Forty-two MK’s and cabinet members have petitioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the housing crisis by building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Haaretz. An Illegal Israeli Settlement Under Construction (Archive) The petition was given to Netanyahu on Tuesday, [...]
Law Proposed in Knesset Would Make Israel ‘Jewish’ Instead of ‘Jewish and Democratic’
PNN – Palestine News Network – 04.08.11 – 11:08 Tel Aviv – PNN – Forty Israeli MKs proposed a law on Wednesday that would change Israel’s definition as a “Jewish and democratic state” to “the national home for the Jewish people.” Israeli Knesset, PNN archives The bill was supported by MKs from the right-wing governing [...]
Knesset approves new restrictions on Palestinian prisoners
[ 03/08/2011 - 01:04 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli Knesset has approved in its first reading a law empowering all prison administrations with the right to prevent Palestinian prisoners from meeting with their lawyers for three days. Right group sources say the move comes to pressure prisoner bodies into meeting the demands of the [...]
Palestinian Citizens of Israel Convicted More Often than Jewish Citizens
PNN – Palestine News Network – 03.08.11 – 11:41 Tel Aviv – PNN – A recent study has revealed that Palestinian citizens of Israel are far more likely to receive custodial sentences than Jewish citizens of Israel. Israeli daily Haaretz reported this week that a study commissioned by Israel’s Courts administration and Israel Bar Association [...]
#sep20 | Officials set date for “Palestine 194″ march
Mass rallies in support of Palestinian statehood bid at United Nations to begin on September 20 in occupied West Bank. 01 Aug 2011 | Al Jazeera Israel fears that masses of Palestinians could attempt to break down border fences in September [EPA] Palestinian officials have said they will begin mass marches against Israel’s occupation of [...]