The State of Palestine: An undeniable existence
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The State of Palestine: An undeniable existence
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
Settlers raid Nablus village, fire live ammo
Maan News Agency
Published today (updated) 05/01/2013 16:39
Armed settlers pictured in Hebron.(MaanImages/file)
NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers raided a northern West Bank village on Saturday for the second time this week, leading to clashes with local Palestinians, a PA official said.
Dozens of settlers from the illegal outpost of Esh Kodesh raided the Nablus village of Qusra, firing live ammunition into the air, settlement monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in the area to defend the village, throwing stones at the settlers until they retreated.
No injuries were reported.
Israeli forces deployed heavily in the area and fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at Palestinian villagers, Daghlas said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said "there is an ongoing confrontation between Palestinian and Israeli civilians near Esh Kodesh. IDF soldiers have arrived at the scene and are using riot dispersal means."
On Tuesday, dozens of settlers raided Qusra and uprooted more than 190 olive trees. Several residents of the village were assaulted, and homes and a tractor were also damaged in the raid.
Settler attacks on Palestinian communities and their property are systematic and rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
All Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Dozens of settlers from the illegal outpost of Esh Kodesh raided the Nablus village of Qusra, firing live ammunition into the air, settlement monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in the area to defend the village, throwing stones at the settlers until they retreated.
No injuries were reported.
Israeli forces deployed heavily in the area and fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at Palestinian villagers, Daghlas said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said "there is an ongoing confrontation between Palestinian and Israeli civilians near Esh Kodesh. IDF soldiers have arrived at the scene and are using riot dispersal means."
On Tuesday, dozens of settlers raided Qusra and uprooted more than 190 olive trees. Several residents of the village were assaulted, and homes and a tractor were also damaged in the raid.
Settler attacks on Palestinian communities and their property are systematic and rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
All Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Official: Israeli soldiers shoot, injure man in north Gaza
Maan News Agency
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers shot and injured a man in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, a health ministry spokesman said.
Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an said that Abdullah al-Zaneen, 32, was shot by Israeli forces east of Beit Hanoun. Al-Zaneen was employed by the Gaza government to work in a rubbish tip in the area.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that "initial investigations show there are no reports of the incident."
On Dec. 21, Israeli forces shot and injured five Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, al-Qidra said.
Israeli troops have shot at Gazans near the border at least 10 times since the end of an eight-day offensive last month. Some 30 people have been wounded in the incidents, Gaza officials said.
Published today (updated) 05/01/2013 17:03
Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an said that Abdullah al-Zaneen, 32, was shot by Israeli forces east of Beit Hanoun. Al-Zaneen was employed by the Gaza government to work in a rubbish tip in the area.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that "initial investigations show there are no reports of the incident."
On Dec. 21, Israeli forces shot and injured five Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, al-Qidra said.
Israeli troops have shot at Gazans near the border at least 10 times since the end of an eight-day offensive last month. Some 30 people have been wounded in the incidents, Gaza officials said.
Friday, January 4, 2013
PCHR- Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the #OPT (27 Dec.- 02 Jan. 2012)
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights
42 Palestinian civilians were wounded, including 8 children, in the West Bank.
36 of whom, including 6 children, were wounded in Tamoun village, southeast of Tubas in the northern West Bank.
The Israeli Forces continued to fire at the Palestinian farmers and rubble collectors in the northern Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian child was wounded while collecting rubbles and firewood in the northwest of Beit Hanoun.
The Israeli Forces conducted 83 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
At least 29 Palestinian civilians, including 10 children, were arrested.
The Israeli Forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the sea.
The Israeli gunboats targeted Palestinian fishing boats thrice during the reporting period.
The Israeli Forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
The Israeli Forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
At least 3 Palestinian civilians were arrested at checkpoints; 2 of whom were arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank, while the third one was arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israel has continued efforts to create Jewish majority in East Jerusalem.
2 houses were demolished; one of which was inhabited and the other was under-construction.
The Israeli Forces have continued settlement activities in the West Bank, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
The Israeli settlers cut off and damaged 302 olive seedlings in Qasra village, southeast of Nablus.
A car and a tractor were set to fire in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Arab rebellion in Jenin: fired-up Palestinians apparently run the I(O)F out of town | Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba
Reports rattled Israeli confidence Thursday, January 3, claiming that an IDF squadron entered Jenin only to be 'forced' back out again by Palestinians armed with stones and fire bombs.
Earlier in the day, clashes left a 23-year old Palestinian reportedly shot in the foot by live ammunition during confrontations that erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the industrial zone of Jenin.
Reports close to the scene told Palestinian media that a modest Israeli elite military force entered the area spurring clashes with the residents.
Fadi Abdul Latif was the young man shot in the foot and taken to hospital, said the sources.
A number of other people were also mildly injured from tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The report that rioting Arabs scared off an IDF vanguard on Thursday, January 3, about to carry out an arrest near Jenin, in Samaria, has since been denied by the Israelis.
The troop of soldiers from elite units, reportedly met with about 500 rioters who came at them with rocks and burning tires rolled in their direction. The soldiers hit back with anti-riot gear and left the location arrest- mission unaccomplished .
Earlier in the week on Tuesday night, IDF soldiers and border patrol successfully completed a mission in an Arab village near Jenin, in northern Samaria (Shomron), where they arrested several operatives associated with Islamic Jihad.
The soldiers, who were operating in the village of Tammun, left the village after quelling a flare-up by villagers.
Reports rattled Israeli confidence Thursday, January 3, claiming that an IDF squadron entered Jenin only to be 'forced' back out again by Palestinians armed with stones and fire bombs.
Earlier in the day, clashes left a 23-year old Palestinian reportedly shot in the foot by live ammunition during confrontations that erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the industrial zone of Jenin.
Reports close to the scene told Palestinian media that a modest Israeli elite military force entered the area spurring clashes with the residents.
Fadi Abdul Latif was the young man shot in the foot and taken to hospital, said the sources.
A number of other people were also mildly injured from tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets.
The report that rioting Arabs scared off an IDF vanguard on Thursday, January 3, about to carry out an arrest near Jenin, in Samaria, has since been denied by the Israelis.
The troop of soldiers from elite units, reportedly met with about 500 rioters who came at them with rocks and burning tires rolled in their direction. The soldiers hit back with anti-riot gear and left the location arrest- mission unaccomplished .
Earlier in the week on Tuesday night, IDF soldiers and border patrol successfully completed a mission in an Arab village near Jenin, in northern Samaria (Shomron), where they arrested several operatives associated with Islamic Jihad.
The soldiers, who were operating in the village of Tammun, left the village after quelling a flare-up by villagers.
25 trucks of aid from Namibia at Gaza border
Maan News Agency
El-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) -- An Egyptian security source said Thursday that 25 trucks loaded with aid from Namibia arrived at the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip.
The trucks are carrying 150 tons of food and construction materials from the African nation, the source said.
Authorities are coordinating to obtain the necessary permission for the aid to enter Gaza through the Rafah land crossing.
Published today (updated) 03/01/2013 18:10
The trucks are carrying 150 tons of food and construction materials from the African nation, the source said.
Authorities are coordinating to obtain the necessary permission for the aid to enter Gaza through the Rafah land crossing.
Israeli navy shoot at Gaza fishermen
Israeli navy shoot at Gaza fishermen
Israeli gunboats on Thursday morning opened intensive fire on fishing boats off the coast of the Sudaneyya district, in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli gunboats on Thursday morning opened intensive fire on fishing boats off the coast of the Sudaneyya district, in the northern Gaza Strip.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Israeli gunboats on Thursday morning opened intensive fire on fishing boats off the coast of the Sudaneyya district, in the northern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses reported to PIC correspondent that the Israeli boats opened fire with heavy machine guns on the fishermen, but no casualties were reported so far.
According to eyewitnesses, fishermen were within the 6 nautical miles limit under the Israeli naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian fishermen were subjected since six years ago to various types of harassment by the Israeli navy, which had prevented the fishermen from sailing further than three miles at sea.
Thanks to the recent ceasefire agreement under Egyptian mediation, the Palestinian fishermen are allowed to sail in six nautical miles off the Gazan coast instead of three nautical miles.
2 children killed in Gaza car crash
Maan News Agency:
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Two Palestinian children were killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Gaza City on Thursday, medics said.
Salem Ahed Qanou, 4 and Asma Rashad Halas, 9, died in the accident in the Shujaiyeh neighborhood, health ministry Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Oday Abdul Qanou, 3, Rashad Mahmoud Halas, 10 and Sabera Qanou, 12, were injured in the crash.
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Two Palestinian children were killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Gaza City on Thursday, medics said.
Salem Ahed Qanou, 4 and Asma Rashad Halas, 9, died in the accident in the Shujaiyeh neighborhood, health ministry Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Oday Abdul Qanou, 3, Rashad Mahmoud Halas, 10 and Sabera Qanou, 12, were injured in the crash.
Water supplies cut for hunger striker’s family
GulfNews.com
Israel often uses collective punishment to oppress palestinians
- By Nasouh Nazzal Correspondent
Ramallah: Israel has cut the water supply to the house of Palestinian prisoner Samer Al Eisawi, in order to punish his family for his continued hunger strike.
Al Eisawi has been fasting for 161 days and Israel has decided to punish his family for his stubbornness. Israel says Samer’s father Tareq has not paid his bills, which the Al Eisawi family claim is not true and a clear pressure tactic to punish the family. “We never received any warning letter or official document from the water company informing us about such an outstanding balance,” Shireen, Samer’s sister told Gulf News.
“Israel was unable to press Samer to end his fast, so they are targeting our family,” she said.
Earlier this week, Israeli bulldozers destroyed Samer’s brother’s house early in the morning without giving the family a chance to appeal to the court to suspend or delay the demolition. Meanwhile, the Israeli Prison Service has transferred Samer’s imprisoned brother Medhat from Jalboe Prison to solidary confinement in Hadareem Prison and banned family visits including visits from his two-month-old daughter Laila who was born while her father was behind Israeli bars.
The Israeli jailers have officially told Medhat that he will be allowed to see his wife, daughter and mother until Samer ends his hunger strike. Shireen criticised the Palestinian National Authority who did not offer any kind of assistance to the Al Eisawi family. “The PNA did not offer to hire a lawyer to represent the family in court suing the water company which cut off water at our home,” she said.
Settlers Vandalize Palestinian Property near Nablus
Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
NABLUS, January 3, 2013 (WAFA) – Jewish settlers Thursday destroyed a Palestinian-owned car in the village of Qablan, south of Nablus, and sprayed anti-Palestinian graffiti in the area, according to a local activist.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler activities in the northern parts of the West Bank, told WAFA that a group of settlers attacked the village in the early hours and vandalized property.
He said settler attacks against Palestinians and their property, including uprooting and cutting down of trees, have increased in the past three days in the southern Nablus area.
NABLUS, January 3, 2013 (WAFA) – Jewish settlers Thursday destroyed a Palestinian-owned car in the village of Qablan, south of Nablus, and sprayed anti-Palestinian graffiti in the area, according to a local activist.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler activities in the northern parts of the West Bank, told WAFA that a group of settlers attacked the village in the early hours and vandalized property.
He said settler attacks against Palestinians and their property, including uprooting and cutting down of trees, have increased in the past three days in the southern Nablus area.
Palestinian Shot During Confrontations in Jenin
Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
JENN, January 3, 2013 (WAFA) – A 23-year old Palestinian Thursday was shot with live ammunition during confrontations that erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the industrial zone in Jenin, according to security sources.
They told WAFA that a large Israeli military force entered the area leading to confrontations with the residents.
Fadi Abdul Latif was shot in the foot and was taken to hospital, said the sources.
A number of other people were also lightly hurt from tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Israel troops, settlers clash with Palestinians
Israel troops, settlers clash with Palestinians
(AFP) / 3 January 2013
At least two Palestinians were wounded on Thursday in clashes with Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian and Israeli sources told AFP.
Palestinian security sources said clashes erupted after Israeli forces entered Jenin’s industrial zone and left two people injured — a woman who was bitten by a dog and a young man who was shot in the leg.
Palestinian sources said 26-year-old Amjad Ighabariya was arrested, although it was unclear if he was the target of the raid.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that soldiers carried out a raid to arrest “a Palestinian suspected of terrorist activities” and that Palestinians had responded by throwing stones.
She said troops used “riot dispersal means” but said the target of the raid was not arrested, without commenting on Ighbariya’s reported detention.
On Tuesday, dozens of Palestinians were wounded in a village in the northern West Bank when clashes broke out between residents and Israeli undercover forces attempting to arrest a suspected member of the Islamic Jihad organisation.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian sources confirmed that settlers had attacked a Palestinian village overnight, injuring several people.
Palestinian security officials said a two-month-old baby was among those injured in the incident in the village of Jalud.
A military spokesman told AFP that the settlers had damaged two cars, thrown stones at houses and forcibly entered one home, beating a Palestinian who was afterwards taken to hospital.
Soldiers arrived at the village, south of the city of Nablus, and clashed with the settlers, but made no arrests, he added.
“The Israeli army takes these kinds of incidents, which threaten the security of the area, seriously,” he said.
Palestinian security officials confirmed the clashes which they said involved residents of an illegal settlement outpost called Achia, adding that stones thrown by the settlers during the incident injured a two-month-old baby.
Clashes between Palestinians and settlers have increased in the West Bank in recent months, with a radical fringe of Israelis attacking Palestinian property, including olive trees and cars.
(AFP) / 3 January 2013
At least two Palestinians were wounded on Thursday in clashes with Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian and Israeli sources told AFP.
Palestinian security sources said clashes erupted after Israeli forces entered Jenin’s industrial zone and left two people injured — a woman who was bitten by a dog and a young man who was shot in the leg.
Palestinian sources said 26-year-old Amjad Ighabariya was arrested, although it was unclear if he was the target of the raid.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that soldiers carried out a raid to arrest “a Palestinian suspected of terrorist activities” and that Palestinians had responded by throwing stones.
She said troops used “riot dispersal means” but said the target of the raid was not arrested, without commenting on Ighbariya’s reported detention.
On Tuesday, dozens of Palestinians were wounded in a village in the northern West Bank when clashes broke out between residents and Israeli undercover forces attempting to arrest a suspected member of the Islamic Jihad organisation.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian sources confirmed that settlers had attacked a Palestinian village overnight, injuring several people.
Palestinian security officials said a two-month-old baby was among those injured in the incident in the village of Jalud.
A military spokesman told AFP that the settlers had damaged two cars, thrown stones at houses and forcibly entered one home, beating a Palestinian who was afterwards taken to hospital.
Soldiers arrived at the village, south of the city of Nablus, and clashed with the settlers, but made no arrests, he added.
“The Israeli army takes these kinds of incidents, which threaten the security of the area, seriously,” he said.
Palestinian security officials confirmed the clashes which they said involved residents of an illegal settlement outpost called Achia, adding that stones thrown by the settlers during the incident injured a two-month-old baby.
Clashes between Palestinians and settlers have increased in the West Bank in recent months, with a radical fringe of Israelis attacking Palestinian property, including olive trees and cars.
Israeli military vehicles level land inside Gaza
Israeli military vehicles level land inside Gaza
Published today (updated) 03/01/2013 14:16
GAZA (Ma’an) -- Israeli military vehicles briefly entered the Gaza Strip borders on Thursday to level land, eyewitnesses told Ma'an.
Four bulldozers traversed the border fence near Juhor al-Dik, central Gaza, and leveled land 100 meters inside the Gaza Strip, they said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said routine activity was carried out in the area.
Four bulldozers traversed the border fence near Juhor al-Dik, central Gaza, and leveled land 100 meters inside the Gaza Strip, they said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said routine activity was carried out in the area.
Rights group: Israel detains Gaza patient at border
Maan News Agency
Published yesterday (updated) 03/01/2013 11:38
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained a Palestinian at a border crossing from the Gaza Strip who was seeking medical treatment in Jerusalem, a human rights group said.
Rafiq Ayesh Abu Harbeed, 38, went to the Erez crossing for an interview with Israeli intelligence on Tuesday morning, in order to seek treatment outside Gaza for a herniated disk, the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Harbeed's family in Beit Hanoun were informed that he had been detained by Israeli authorities. Israeli officials could not be reached for comment on Harbeed's detention.
Harbeed was wounded by a live bullet to the spine during the first intifada, causing back and leg problems, and he was applying for permission to get treatment at the Maqasid Hospital in East Jerusalem.
Rights groups have condemned Israel's detention of patients seeking treatment outside of Gaza, stressing the right to medical treatment.
Rafiq Ayesh Abu Harbeed, 38, went to the Erez crossing for an interview with Israeli intelligence on Tuesday morning, in order to seek treatment outside Gaza for a herniated disk, the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Harbeed's family in Beit Hanoun were informed that he had been detained by Israeli authorities. Israeli officials could not be reached for comment on Harbeed's detention.
Harbeed was wounded by a live bullet to the spine during the first intifada, causing back and leg problems, and he was applying for permission to get treatment at the Maqasid Hospital in East Jerusalem.
Rights groups have condemned Israel's detention of patients seeking treatment outside of Gaza, stressing the right to medical treatment.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Palestine: Settlers Raid Nablus Village, Uproot Trees
Palestine: Settlers Raid Nablus Village, Uproot Trees
Dozens of Zionist settlers raided the Northern West Bank village Qusra overnight Monday and uprooted more than 190 olive trees, a move normally done by the Zionist settlers to impair Palestinian villagers' source of income to make them leave the place.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Several residents of the village, near Nablus, were assaulted, and homes and a tractor were also damaged in the raid, settlement monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas said, Ma'an reported.
Palestinian security guards chased the settlers, and detained four of them for a short period of time. The Israeli forces quickly intervened, entered the village, and released the settlers, Daghlas said.
Also overnight, settlers entered Beit Ummar village North of Hebron, and burned a car and tractor belonging to Palestinian resident Suhail Bragheith.
The vandals also sprayed graffiti saying: "Yitzhar revenge is on the properties today, and tomorrow will be on the souls."
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Raid by undercover Israeli soldiers in West Bank Palestinian town sets off clashes
OrlandoSentinel.com
TAMOUN, West Bank (AP) — An arrest raid by undercover Israeli soldiers disguised as vegetable vendors ignited rare clashes in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, residents said, leaving at least eight Palestinians wounded.
Israeli army raids into Palestinian areas to seize activists and militants are fairly common. The raids are normally coordinated with Palestinian security forces, and suspects are usually apprehended without violence.
The clashes began early Tuesday after Israeli forces disguised as merchants in a vegetable truck arrested one man. Regular army forces then entered the town, prompting youths to hurl rocks to try to prevent more arrests.
Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition as youths set tires and bins on fire to block the passage of military vehicles. In several hours of clashes, dozens of masked youths hid behind makeshift barriers, hurling rocks and firebombs at soldiers.
Faris Bisharat, a resident of Tamoun, said eight men were wounded, some by live fire. Bisharat said the wanted men belong to Islamic Jihad, a violent group sworn to Israel's destruction. It wasn't clear how many men Israeli forces sought to arrest. There were no immediate details on how seriously the eight were hurt.
The fighting, which broke out in several parts of the town of some 8,000 people, were a rare, angry response. It was also unusual for Israeli forces to use live fire toward Palestinian demonstrators. Israel says it uses live fire only in extremely dangerous situations.
The Israeli military declined to comment in the incident.
TAMOUN, West Bank (AP) — An arrest raid by undercover Israeli soldiers disguised as vegetable vendors ignited rare clashes in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, residents said, leaving at least eight Palestinians wounded.
Israeli army raids into Palestinian areas to seize activists and militants are fairly common. The raids are normally coordinated with Palestinian security forces, and suspects are usually apprehended without violence.
Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition as youths set tires and bins on fire to block the passage of military vehicles. In several hours of clashes, dozens of masked youths hid behind makeshift barriers, hurling rocks and firebombs at soldiers.
Faris Bisharat, a resident of Tamoun, said eight men were wounded, some by live fire. Bisharat said the wanted men belong to Islamic Jihad, a violent group sworn to Israel's destruction. It wasn't clear how many men Israeli forces sought to arrest. There were no immediate details on how seriously the eight were hurt.
The fighting, which broke out in several parts of the town of some 8,000 people, were a rare, angry response. It was also unusual for Israeli forces to use live fire toward Palestinian demonstrators. Israel says it uses live fire only in extremely dangerous situations.
The Israeli military declined to comment in the incident.
Eight injured in West Bank clashes
Goreyguardian.ie
Tuesday January 01 2013
Clashes have erupted in the northern West Bank after Israeli soldiers disguised themselves as vegetable sellers to seize members of a militant group, Palestinians said.
Residents in the town of Tamoun said youths hurled stones and bottles at Israeli troops, while the soldiers responded with what appeared to be live fire.
Resident Faris Bisharat said eight men were injured, some by live fire.
He said the wanted men belong to Islamic Jihad, a violent group sworn to Israel's destruction.
Mr Bisharat said the clashes began early on Tuesday after Israeli forces dressed as merchants arrested one man. He said regular forces then entered the town, and men began hurling rocks at them to prevent other arrests.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
Residents in the town of Tamoun said youths hurled stones and bottles at Israeli troops, while the soldiers responded with what appeared to be live fire.
Resident Faris Bisharat said eight men were injured, some by live fire.
He said the wanted men belong to Islamic Jihad, a violent group sworn to Israel's destruction.
Mr Bisharat said the clashes began early on Tuesday after Israeli forces dressed as merchants arrested one man. He said regular forces then entered the town, and men began hurling rocks at them to prevent other arrests.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
#FAIL - 2012 in the West Bank: The Year of the Israeli Settlement
TIME.com
The most controversial move was to push forward plans to build on the last usable patch of Palestinian land east of Jerusalem, a parcel known as E1. (Plans to build on E1 have existed for 14 years but have been kept on hold; now, among other new steps, demolition orders have been issued for Bedouin homes and animal pens there.) Foreign diplomats, Palestinian officials and Israeli peace advocates warned that filling that space with Jewish homes amounted to the “doomsday” scenario, effectively destroying the possibility of ever building a Palestinian state on contiguous territory — the stated goal of the Oslo Peace Accords that since 1994 have defined the blueprint for ending the conflict between Jews and Arabs who have both claimed the same territory for more than a century.
(PHOTOS: Palestinians Take to the West Bank’s Streets in Protest)
At the same time, Netanyahu approved a flurry of the sort of construction that for three decades has steadily eaten away at Palestinian territories: adding 1,600 units in an East Jerusalem neighborhood reserved for ultra-Orthodox Jews; 1,242 for a massive subdivision overlooking Bethlehem – and pushing forward plans for a whole new settlement, Givat Hamatos, which would isolate an Arab district in southern Jerusalem that stands near the West Bank. Other units were scattered from the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem to a remote settlement in the northern interior of the West Bank.
But Netanyahu and his running mate, the former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, emphasized the building around Jerusalem. Israel annexed large tracts around the city after winning control of it — as well as the West Bank and Gaza — from Arab armies in the Six-Day War of 1967. Since then, the Israeli public resisted the notion of dividing Jerusalem in order to give the Palestinians a share of it as their own capital. In a new poll for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 78% of Jewish voters said they could reconsider their support for a political party that was willing to surrender sovereignty of (largely Arab) East Jerusalem and the Old City, something that existing proposals for peace require. The poll found that this position was held by 2 out of 3 Israeli voters who identify themselves as center-left, the group historically in favor of a negotiated peace. Nationalism trumps a great deal in the current campaign, as candidates across the political spectrum point out.
“There is a dispute between [Israel] and the world,” Lieberman said at last week’s official launch of the joint campaign of Netanyahu’s Likud party and his own Yisrael Beiteinu party, which present their candidates for parliament on a single list. “The dispute is over construction in Jerusalem and the settlement blocs. We therefore need a united and strong government that knows how to withstand pressure.”
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The campaign is being fought on the turf of the right wing that has been ascendant in Israeli politics for years. Polls indicate the Likud-Beiteinu joint list has been slipping in the polls not because of Lieberman’s legal troubles — under investigation for more than a decade, the Soviet-era immigrant stepped down recently as Foreign Minister after being indicted for fraud but can still run for the Knesset — but because a more conservative party has surged in public opinion surveys. Jewish Home is led by Naftali Bennett, a former commando, high-tech entrepreneur, campaign manager and Chief of Staff to Netanyahu and, most recently, operational head of the main settler lobby. On a summons to Jewish pride and a platform that calls for annexing much of the West Bank as part of Israel, Bennett’s party has surged to third place in several polls, chiefly at the expense of Netanyahu’s base.
“I think the right is more attractive because it’s more radical now,” Yair Lapid, head of the new centrist Yesh Atid party, tells TIME. A former anchorman and columnist, Lapid favors negotiating with the Palestinians, but in a gesture that betrays the place settlers now enjoy in Israeli politics, he announced his platform in Ariel, a massive settlement built deep inside Palestinian territory.
Bennett, meanwhile, is moving the debate steadily to the right. The charismatic newcomer says he favors returning Netanyahu as Prime Minister — an outcome analysts call quite likely, given Netanyahu’s alliance with Lieberman’s party — but says a vote for his own right-wing Jewish Home will force Netanyahu to govern as conservatively as he campaigns. The flurry of announcements about settlement construction, on the eve of an election, provided the insurgent with a case in point. One of the reasons Netanyahu summoned the West Bank mayors, analysts say, was widespread skepticism that he would go forward with all the construction being announced.
“Israel’s problem isn’t construction but the talk about construction,” Bennett told reporters. “On the one hand, the government voices its support for a Palestinian state, and on the other, punishes the world and the Palestinians when they turn to the U.N. to receive state status. The solution is to speak in a clear voice, to withdraw our consent to a Palestinian state that everyone realizes isn’t going to be established. There needs to be more doing and less talking.”
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At the start of 2012, the Israeli advocacy group Peace Now, which seeks a two-state solution, warned that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was building Jewish settlements on the West Bank at a pace that, if allowed to continue, would carve up the land to a point that would doom the possibility of a viable Palestinian state. Twelve months later, that pace has nearly quintupled. In one week of December alone, Netanyahu’s government pushed forward plans for 11,000 homes beyond the Green Line that marked Israel’s 1967 border — nearly as many settler homes as were approved in the previous 10 years combined. The explosion in activity has made 2012 the Year of the Settlement, inspiring a new level of war-themed rhetoric from settlement opponents. “Unprecedented Planning Strike on East Jerusalem,” says the Peace Now website, “6,600 units in 4 days,”
Netanyahu makes no apology for the surge in promised building, despite waves of opprobrium from Europe and the U.S. Israelis go to the polls on Jan. 22, and the most serious challenge to Netanyahu’s campaign has come from a new party that champions settlements. The Prime Minister summoned the mayors of West Bank settlements to his Jerusalem office last week to make sure his efforts were getting noticed. “It’s obvious to all of you that this government has done a great deal in the past four years for the settlements in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu said, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name. “And we’re asking you to help spread the information among the residents of your districts.”The most controversial move was to push forward plans to build on the last usable patch of Palestinian land east of Jerusalem, a parcel known as E1. (Plans to build on E1 have existed for 14 years but have been kept on hold; now, among other new steps, demolition orders have been issued for Bedouin homes and animal pens there.) Foreign diplomats, Palestinian officials and Israeli peace advocates warned that filling that space with Jewish homes amounted to the “doomsday” scenario, effectively destroying the possibility of ever building a Palestinian state on contiguous territory — the stated goal of the Oslo Peace Accords that since 1994 have defined the blueprint for ending the conflict between Jews and Arabs who have both claimed the same territory for more than a century.
(PHOTOS: Palestinians Take to the West Bank’s Streets in Protest)
At the same time, Netanyahu approved a flurry of the sort of construction that for three decades has steadily eaten away at Palestinian territories: adding 1,600 units in an East Jerusalem neighborhood reserved for ultra-Orthodox Jews; 1,242 for a massive subdivision overlooking Bethlehem – and pushing forward plans for a whole new settlement, Givat Hamatos, which would isolate an Arab district in southern Jerusalem that stands near the West Bank. Other units were scattered from the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem to a remote settlement in the northern interior of the West Bank.
But Netanyahu and his running mate, the former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, emphasized the building around Jerusalem. Israel annexed large tracts around the city after winning control of it — as well as the West Bank and Gaza — from Arab armies in the Six-Day War of 1967. Since then, the Israeli public resisted the notion of dividing Jerusalem in order to give the Palestinians a share of it as their own capital. In a new poll for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 78% of Jewish voters said they could reconsider their support for a political party that was willing to surrender sovereignty of (largely Arab) East Jerusalem and the Old City, something that existing proposals for peace require. The poll found that this position was held by 2 out of 3 Israeli voters who identify themselves as center-left, the group historically in favor of a negotiated peace. Nationalism trumps a great deal in the current campaign, as candidates across the political spectrum point out.
“There is a dispute between [Israel] and the world,” Lieberman said at last week’s official launch of the joint campaign of Netanyahu’s Likud party and his own Yisrael Beiteinu party, which present their candidates for parliament on a single list. “The dispute is over construction in Jerusalem and the settlement blocs. We therefore need a united and strong government that knows how to withstand pressure.”
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The campaign is being fought on the turf of the right wing that has been ascendant in Israeli politics for years. Polls indicate the Likud-Beiteinu joint list has been slipping in the polls not because of Lieberman’s legal troubles — under investigation for more than a decade, the Soviet-era immigrant stepped down recently as Foreign Minister after being indicted for fraud but can still run for the Knesset — but because a more conservative party has surged in public opinion surveys. Jewish Home is led by Naftali Bennett, a former commando, high-tech entrepreneur, campaign manager and Chief of Staff to Netanyahu and, most recently, operational head of the main settler lobby. On a summons to Jewish pride and a platform that calls for annexing much of the West Bank as part of Israel, Bennett’s party has surged to third place in several polls, chiefly at the expense of Netanyahu’s base.
“I think the right is more attractive because it’s more radical now,” Yair Lapid, head of the new centrist Yesh Atid party, tells TIME. A former anchorman and columnist, Lapid favors negotiating with the Palestinians, but in a gesture that betrays the place settlers now enjoy in Israeli politics, he announced his platform in Ariel, a massive settlement built deep inside Palestinian territory.
Bennett, meanwhile, is moving the debate steadily to the right. The charismatic newcomer says he favors returning Netanyahu as Prime Minister — an outcome analysts call quite likely, given Netanyahu’s alliance with Lieberman’s party — but says a vote for his own right-wing Jewish Home will force Netanyahu to govern as conservatively as he campaigns. The flurry of announcements about settlement construction, on the eve of an election, provided the insurgent with a case in point. One of the reasons Netanyahu summoned the West Bank mayors, analysts say, was widespread skepticism that he would go forward with all the construction being announced.
“Israel’s problem isn’t construction but the talk about construction,” Bennett told reporters. “On the one hand, the government voices its support for a Palestinian state, and on the other, punishes the world and the Palestinians when they turn to the U.N. to receive state status. The solution is to speak in a clear voice, to withdraw our consent to a Palestinian state that everyone realizes isn’t going to be established. There needs to be more doing and less talking.”
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Israel destroys Palestinian home as punishment - #PalHunger
Home destroyed to pressure fasting prisoner to end strike
- By Nasouh Nazzal, Correspondent
Ramallah: Israeli bulldozers have demolished the house of Ra’afat Al Eisawi, brother of the fasting Palestinian prisoner Samer Al Eisawi, who has refused to end his hunger strike launched 159 days ago.
Al Eisawi family accused the Israeli military forces of targeting the fasting Samer with the demolition, claiming it was aimed at putting pressure on Samer to stop his fast.
In an interview with Gulf News, Sherine Al Eisawi, Samer’s sister, said that Israeli forces arrived at Ra’afat’s house and started the demolition immediately. The family was not given the chance to clear their furniture and belongings.
“Ra’afat had never received a note, or a warning letter from the Israeli occupation Municipality in Jerusalem,” she said. “The Israeli official records do not show a single note or warning letter handed to Ra’afat at all,” she added.
The Israeli forces arrived when all the official departments in Jerusalem are closed giving the family no chance to appeal urgently to the court to suspend or postpone the demolition.
Israeli forces claimed that Ra’afat had built his house without obtaining the official building licenve. “Not a single house in Al Eisawiyah neighbourhood is officially licensed. The Israelis do not give o building licences for Palestinians of occupied East Jerusalem,” said Sheirne.
Ra’afat has been living with his wife and three kids in his 150 square meter house. He owns the land, and had repeatedly applied for a building licence but the Israeli authorities rejected his requests.
Sherine said that it was the first time Israeli forces raided the area in such big numbers, claiming she counted more than 300 Israeli soldiers on the scene. “The Israelis expected serious confrontations with the Palestinians in the neighbourhood as the residents were clearly aware of the Israeli intentions,” she said.
Sherine said that the Israeli military surrounded their house almost daily and have demolished five times in the past month the solidarity tent built in front of Al Eisawi family in support of Samer .
“While the Israeli bulldozers were demolishing Ra’afat’s house, Al Eisawiyah residents rebuilt the solidarity tent for the sixth time sending the Israeli forces a message that they will continue their unlimited support for Samer in his Israeli confinement,” she said.
Samer has been on a hunger strike for the past 159 days protesting against his administrative detention orders. Israeli forces rearrested Samer a short time after he was released from Israeli prison in the Shalit prisoner swap deal. Samer remains in Israeli prison on a secret charges list submitted by Israeli security service.
Samer Al Eisawi has been tried in two different courts at the same time. He is scheduled to appear at Ofer Military Court today) and to also be at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court tomorrow.
GulfNews.comCanada Complicit in Israeli Occupation of Palestine
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The double standard of Israel-no-matter-what supporters can reach spectacular proportions. The recent case of Liberal Party leadership candidate Justin Trudeau’s speech proves the point and also illustrates the tactics employed to demonize the Islamic community.
Montreal-based anti-Muslim website Point de Bascule and pro-Israel Jewish group B’nai Brith successfully turned Trudeau’s speech to the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference last weekend into a controversy. With help from some right-wing media outlets they made a big deal of the fact that one of (17) sponsors of the Toronto event has been accused of aiding Hamas by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
In a bid to quiet the controversy the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (IRFAN), which is challenging the CRA’s accusations in court, withdrew its sponsorship of the conference. Operating in a dozen countries, IRFAN is a leading Canadian Muslim charity that sponsored four thousand orphans at its high point.
In November 2004 then opposition MP Stockwell Day, backed by the pro-Israel Canadian Coalition for Democracies, called on the Liberal government to investigate IRFAN for any ties to Hamas. The CRA investigated the group but failed to register a serious complaint. Soon after Day and the Conservatives took power, the CRA audited IRFAN again. After a series of moves against the organization, in April 2011 the CRA permanently revoked the group’s charitable status, claiming “IRFAN-Canada is an integral part of an international fundraising effort to support Hamas.”
A big part of the CRA’s supporting evidence was that IRFAN worked with the Gaza Ministry of Health and Ministry of Telecommunications, which came under Hamas’ direction after they won the 2006 election. The Mississauga-based organization tried to send a dialysis machine to Gaza and continued to support orphans in the impoverished territory with the money channeled through the Post Office controlled by the Telecommunications Ministry.
This author cannot claim any detailed knowledge of the charity, but on the surface of it the charge that IRFAN was a front for Hamas makes little sense. First of all, the group was registered with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank when the Fatah-controlled PA was waging war against Hamas. Are we to believe that CRA officials in Ottawa had a better sense of who supported Hamas then the PA in Ramallah? Additionally, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) viewed the Canadian charity as a legitimate partner. In 2009 IRFAN gave UNRWA $1.2 million to build a school for girls in Battir, a West Bank village.
The CRA spent hundreds of thousands of dollars investigating IRFAN. It appears that the Revenue Agency wanted to help their Conservative bosses prove that Muslim Canadians financed “Hamas terror”. And the recent controversy over Trudeau’s participation in the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference demonstrates how the CRA’s accusation can be used to demonize the million-strong Canadian Muslim community and specifically to deter them from associating with the Palestinian cause.
The case against IRFAN also illustrates the flagrant double standard between how Ottawa treats charities working in Israel versus those helping the much poorer Palestinians (Gaza’s per capita income is $1,483 whereas Israel’s is $31,000). It’s illegal for Canadians to aid any group directly or indirectly associated with the elected Hamas government in Gaza yet it’s legal — and government will foot part of the bill — to finance charities linked to Israeli settlements that contravene international law.
The Conservatives have reinforced Canada’s post 9-11 anti-terrorism laws that make it illegal to directly or indirectly assist a half dozen Palestinian political organizations all the while embracing tax write-offs for illegal Israeli settlements. Guelph activist Dan Maitland emailed former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon concerning Canada Park, a Jewish National Fund of Canada initiative built on land Israel occupied after the June 1967 War (three Palestinian villages were demolished to make way for the park). In August 2010 Maitland received a reply from Keith Ashfield, national revenue minister, who refused to discuss the particulars of the case but provided “general information about registered charities and the occupied territories.” Ashfield wrote “the fact that charitable activities take place in the occupied territories is not a barrier to acquiring or maintaining charitable status.” This means Canadian organizations can openly fundraise for settlements illegal under international law and get the government to pay up to a third of the cost through tax credits for donations.
The exact amount is not known but it’s safe to assume that millions of Canadian dollars make their way to Israeli settlements annually. Every year Canadians send a few hundred million dollars in tax-deductible donations to Israeli universities, parks, immigration initiatives and, more controversially, “charities” that aid the Israeli army in one way or another.
While a number of Jewish groups publicly promote their support for the Israeli military few Jewish charities openly tout their support for those stealing Palestinian land in violation of international law. Interestingly, it appears that Christian Zionist groups are more explicit about their support for West Bank settlers. One such charity registered with Ottawa, Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC), says it supports “the Jews currently living in Biblical Israel —the communities of Judea and Samaria (and previously Gaza).” Judea and Samaria is the biblical term right wing Israelis use to describe the occupied West Bank. CFOIC explains that it “provide(s) Christians with deeper insight into the significance of Judea and Samaria — the heartland of Israel — and the people who live there. This is done by bringing groups of Christians to visit the communities, and providing information about the communities on an ongoing basis; and provide financial and moral support to the Jewish communities who are developing the land in faithfulness to their God.”
So here we have the blatant double standard for all to see: The current Canadian government uses “anti-terrorism” legislation to prevent a dialysis machine from being sent to Gaza but encourages, through tax write-offs, donations to illegal settlements that have terrorized and displaced thousands of Palestinians.
Shame on all those who voted for this government.
The double standard of Israel-no-matter-what supporters can reach spectacular proportions. The recent case of Liberal Party leadership candidate Justin Trudeau’s speech proves the point and also illustrates the tactics employed to demonize the Islamic community.
Montreal-based anti-Muslim website Point de Bascule and pro-Israel Jewish group B’nai Brith successfully turned Trudeau’s speech to the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference last weekend into a controversy. With help from some right-wing media outlets they made a big deal of the fact that one of (17) sponsors of the Toronto event has been accused of aiding Hamas by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
In a bid to quiet the controversy the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (IRFAN), which is challenging the CRA’s accusations in court, withdrew its sponsorship of the conference. Operating in a dozen countries, IRFAN is a leading Canadian Muslim charity that sponsored four thousand orphans at its high point.
In November 2004 then opposition MP Stockwell Day, backed by the pro-Israel Canadian Coalition for Democracies, called on the Liberal government to investigate IRFAN for any ties to Hamas. The CRA investigated the group but failed to register a serious complaint. Soon after Day and the Conservatives took power, the CRA audited IRFAN again. After a series of moves against the organization, in April 2011 the CRA permanently revoked the group’s charitable status, claiming “IRFAN-Canada is an integral part of an international fundraising effort to support Hamas.”
A big part of the CRA’s supporting evidence was that IRFAN worked with the Gaza Ministry of Health and Ministry of Telecommunications, which came under Hamas’ direction after they won the 2006 election. The Mississauga-based organization tried to send a dialysis machine to Gaza and continued to support orphans in the impoverished territory with the money channeled through the Post Office controlled by the Telecommunications Ministry.
This author cannot claim any detailed knowledge of the charity, but on the surface of it the charge that IRFAN was a front for Hamas makes little sense. First of all, the group was registered with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank when the Fatah-controlled PA was waging war against Hamas. Are we to believe that CRA officials in Ottawa had a better sense of who supported Hamas then the PA in Ramallah? Additionally, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) viewed the Canadian charity as a legitimate partner. In 2009 IRFAN gave UNRWA $1.2 million to build a school for girls in Battir, a West Bank village.
The CRA spent hundreds of thousands of dollars investigating IRFAN. It appears that the Revenue Agency wanted to help their Conservative bosses prove that Muslim Canadians financed “Hamas terror”. And the recent controversy over Trudeau’s participation in the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference demonstrates how the CRA’s accusation can be used to demonize the million-strong Canadian Muslim community and specifically to deter them from associating with the Palestinian cause.
The case against IRFAN also illustrates the flagrant double standard between how Ottawa treats charities working in Israel versus those helping the much poorer Palestinians (Gaza’s per capita income is $1,483 whereas Israel’s is $31,000). It’s illegal for Canadians to aid any group directly or indirectly associated with the elected Hamas government in Gaza yet it’s legal — and government will foot part of the bill — to finance charities linked to Israeli settlements that contravene international law.
The Conservatives have reinforced Canada’s post 9-11 anti-terrorism laws that make it illegal to directly or indirectly assist a half dozen Palestinian political organizations all the while embracing tax write-offs for illegal Israeli settlements. Guelph activist Dan Maitland emailed former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon concerning Canada Park, a Jewish National Fund of Canada initiative built on land Israel occupied after the June 1967 War (three Palestinian villages were demolished to make way for the park). In August 2010 Maitland received a reply from Keith Ashfield, national revenue minister, who refused to discuss the particulars of the case but provided “general information about registered charities and the occupied territories.” Ashfield wrote “the fact that charitable activities take place in the occupied territories is not a barrier to acquiring or maintaining charitable status.” This means Canadian organizations can openly fundraise for settlements illegal under international law and get the government to pay up to a third of the cost through tax credits for donations.
The exact amount is not known but it’s safe to assume that millions of Canadian dollars make their way to Israeli settlements annually. Every year Canadians send a few hundred million dollars in tax-deductible donations to Israeli universities, parks, immigration initiatives and, more controversially, “charities” that aid the Israeli army in one way or another.
While a number of Jewish groups publicly promote their support for the Israeli military few Jewish charities openly tout their support for those stealing Palestinian land in violation of international law. Interestingly, it appears that Christian Zionist groups are more explicit about their support for West Bank settlers. One such charity registered with Ottawa, Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC), says it supports “the Jews currently living in Biblical Israel —the communities of Judea and Samaria (and previously Gaza).” Judea and Samaria is the biblical term right wing Israelis use to describe the occupied West Bank. CFOIC explains that it “provide(s) Christians with deeper insight into the significance of Judea and Samaria — the heartland of Israel — and the people who live there. This is done by bringing groups of Christians to visit the communities, and providing information about the communities on an ongoing basis; and provide financial and moral support to the Jewish communities who are developing the land in faithfulness to their God.”
So here we have the blatant double standard for all to see: The current Canadian government uses “anti-terrorism” legislation to prevent a dialysis machine from being sent to Gaza but encourages, through tax write-offs, donations to illegal settlements that have terrorized and displaced thousands of Palestinians.
Shame on all those who voted for this government.
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| Turkish delegation visits Al-Aqsa Mosque | |||
 | A Turkish delegation has visited yesterday afternoon Al-Aqsa Mosque to follow up the renovation work at the dome of Chain adjacent to the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa Mosque. | ||
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| Egypt confirms the arrest of an Israeli officer in the Sinai Peninsula | |||
 | Egypt on Monday said it had detained an Israeli army officer in the Taba region of the Sinai peninsula after he infiltrated the border into Egypt. | ||
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| Ahrar center: 3,784 arrests in 2012 | |||
 | Ahrar center for human rights and prisoners studies stated, in its annual report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, that there were 3,784 arrests in 2012. | ||
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| Ten citizens wounded in Salfit night clashes | |||
 | Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed downtown Salfit on Monday night and fired rubber bullets and teargas at citizens wounding ten of them. | ||
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| Abu Marzouk: We clearly stated our position refusing temporary state | |||
 | Deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk has affirmed that his movement wants Palestine back to its rightful owners from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River. | ||
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| Report: The IOF rejailed 12 Palestinian MPs last year | |||
 | The international campaign for freeing kidnapped Palestinian MPs said the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) re-kidnapped 12 Palestinian lawmakers from Hamas during the past year 2012. | ||
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| Jewish settlers torch Palestinian car | |||
 | Jewish settlers torched a Palestinian car and wrote racist slogans threatening Palestinian citizens near Arub refugee camp, north of Al-Khalil. | ||
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| IOA demolishes Palestinian house in Issawiye | |||
 | The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) razed a Palestinian house in Issawiye village, to the north of occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday. | ||
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| Istanbul hosts festival on Ottoman legacy in J'lem | |||
 | Istanbul hosted the fourth festival of "the Ottoman legacy in Jerusalem is in danger" in the presence of noted Palestinian figures and delegations from Islamic and Arab countries. | ||
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| Abu Zuhri denounces attack on Tibi | |||
 | Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, denounced the insults and attempted assault on MK Ahmed Al-Tibi, the leader of the Arab Movement for Renewal, during a political debate at Bar Ilan University. | ||
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 PLC endorses Gaza government budget for fiscal year 2013 with big deficit01/01/2013 - 10:40 AM | |||
 Political forces in Nablus threatens civil disobedience against Fayyad's gov't01/01/2013 - 10:33 AM | |||
| IOA razes Jerusalemite home in Jabal Mukabir 31/12/2012 - 08:42 PM | |||
| Justice ministry: Delegation in Cairo not to discuss calm with occupation 31/12/2012 - 08:44 PM | |||
| Palestinian leaders call on Abbas to let the people decide their fate 31/12/2012 - 08:33 PM | |||
| Assault on MK Tibi at a seminar at Bar-Ilan University 31/12/2012 - 08:16 PM | |||
| Organization calls for action against administrative detention 31/12/2012 - 08:05 PM | |||
| Family of political detainee Khader Lafi protest in al-Khalil 31/12/2012 - 07:44 PM | |||
| West Bank: threats to step up protests against UNRWA 31/12/2012 - 06:06 PM | |||
| UFree calls for an international investigation about Abu Sisi's abduction | |||
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