Friday September 09, 2011 11:08 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli sources reported Friday that “Palestinian sharpshooters fired ten rounds into homes in Nativ Hasara settlement, close to the border with Gaza. No injuries were reported. The sources said that at least ten rounds were fired at a number of homes in the [...]
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US vows to veto Palestinian statehood bid
Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid Maan News Agency | By Arshad Mohammed | Sept 9, 2011 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States said explicitly for the first time on Thursday it would veto a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, drawing an immediate rebuff from the Palestinians who vowed to press ahead. George [...]
Legal double standards: Itamar and Awarta
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. [...]
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 [...]
Turkish warships will escort aid vessels to Gaza
08 September 2011, Thursday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH REUTERS,Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey said on Thursday it would escort aid ships to Gaza and would not allow a repetition of last year’s Israeli raid that killed nine Turks, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally. Raising the stakes in Turkey’s [...]
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 [...]
For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN ~ by Ramzy Baroud
by Ramzy Baroud / September 8th, 2011 From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the US government aspire to her level of commitment to Israel, few can measure up to a dedication that extends beyond the very interests of her own country. “Lawless extremists infest [...]
The kidnapping of a ten year old child and assaulting him
Thursday, 8 September, 2011 | 14:07 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — A little time ago, the Israeli forces from the undercover units kidnapped a ten years old child, named Mahmoud al Abbasi, from Ein Alouzeh neighborhood in Silwan. Although there was the vehicle of the settlers that [...]
New Israeli Raids East Jabaliya
Gaza Under Attack – in pictures PNN – Palestine News Network – 08.09.11 – 14:07 Jabaliya- Hazar Khalilieh (Trans.) – PNN: Israel continues its attacks on Gaza strip. Israeli bombardment attacks were regenerated on Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza on Thursday morning. The attacks targeted a group of civilians, causing several deaths and injuries. Locals [...]
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 [...]
Israel to the world: the Palestinian bid will not lead to Peace
▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid PNN – Palestine News Network 08.09.11 – 12:39 The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor says Israel is fighting diplomatically at the international organization to handicaps the Palestinian move to UN. Israel seeking to convince all the countries ambassadors that the Palestinian bid will not lead to [...]
Why Apple was wrong to pull iPhone app at Israel’s behest
30th August 2011 | Best Apple Iphone Thе Arabic word intifada — literally clarification “tο shake adult οff” bυt entirely translated аѕ “uprising” οr “resistance” — hаѕ crafty domestic аnd sequential connotations іn thе Arab world. Thе First аnd Second Intifadas wеrе twin рοрυlаr Palestinian uprisings over thе past 3 decades conflicting thе Israeli occupation. [...]
Hundreds of Jewish settlers storm Nabi Yusuf tomb
[ 07/09/2011 - 07:40 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed Nabi Yusuf tomb to the east of Nablus city at dawn Wednesday under heavy Israeli military protection, local sources reported. They said that Israeli occupation forces mounting 25 armored vehicles escorted more than 1200 settlers who performed Talmudic rituals at the site. [...]
Wasteland in al Walajeh: Israeli military destruction of farmland – in pictures
7 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Tuesday September 6th local Palestinians from the village of Al Walajeh gathered with international activists to protest the building of the illegal separation barrier as well as the destruction of ancient olive trees. The demonstrators succeeded in halting the razing of Palestinian land for approximately one [...]