Category Archive for 'Palestine'
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Two eight year old girls have been killed by the IOF in the Gaza Strip in less than a week.
Aya Hamdan Al-Najjar (right) was killed by a rocket fired from an Israeli helicopter.
On June 11, eight year old Hadeel Al-Sumairi was killed when her home in south eastern Gaza was shelled by the Israeli Occupation [...]
Posted in Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Two eight year old girls have been killed by the IOF in the Gaza Strip in less than a week.
Aya Hamdan Al-Najjar (right) was killed by a rocket fired from an Israeli helicopter.
On June 11, eight year old Hadeel Al-Sumairi was killed when her home in south eastern Gaza was shelled by the Israeli Occupation [...]
Posted in Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 16th, 2008
“We committed Nazi acts.”
Aharon Zisling, Israel’s first Agriculture Minister
“There is no doubt that many sexual atrocities were committed by the attacking Jews. Many young (Arab) girls were raped and later slaughtered. Old women were also molested.”
General Richard Catling, British Army Assistant Inspector after interrogating several female survivors (The Palestinian Catastrophe, Michael Palumbo, 1987)
As the evil [...]
Posted in Asides, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, Zionism | No Comments »
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Last week, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released video clips showing masked Jewish settlers ganging up on and severely beating elderly Palestinian peasants near the town of Yatta, southwest of Hebron. At least three Palestinians were wounded in the unprovoked assault, including a man and his wife, both in their early sixties.
The latest act [...]
Posted in Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, War Crimes, Zionism | 3 Comments »
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
On the 16th June, the European Union will be discussing the possible upgrading of relations with Israel. Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayad, already raised Palestinians concern about this issue in his letter to EU. Your support is needed.
Please send this letter (or write your own) to your various representatives and express your concern at this [...]
Posted in Action, EU, Economics, Israel, Palestine | 2 Comments »
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Warning: Parental Guidance Suggested!
June 13 2008 - A young man from Bilin was shot with live rounds during the weekly Bilin Protest. Ibrahim Burnat who was shot in his right thigh was taken directly to Sheik Zaid Hospital in Ramallah and was described by doctors as being in critical condition. Ibrahim posed no threat to [...]
Posted in Israel, Palestine, The Wall, Video, War Crimes | 3 Comments »
Friday, June 13th, 2008
The European Union is considering upgrading its relationship with Israel, including in the political and economic spheres, and the European Council will take a decision on these matter in its June 16th meeting.
Salam Fayad wrote the EU a letter of protest which is worth noting:
Palestinian National Authority
Prime Minister’s Office
27 May 2008
Re: Potential upgrade of EU-Israel [...]
Posted in EU, Economics, Human Rights, Israel, Noteworthy, Palestine, Peace | No Comments »
Friday, June 13th, 2008
UPDATED (See end of post for new version of the same incident)
Warning: Parental Guidance Suggested!
Spread the video. Get the code from here:
http://blip.tv/file/990007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bukTxWZJsN0 (YouTube Zionist censorship removed the video. Check update below!)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5rktn_jewish-settlers-attack-elderly-shep_news
As reported by BBC:
‘Jewish settler attack’ on film
By Tim Franks - BBC
Footage from a video camera handed out by an Israeli human rights [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Israel, Palestine, Racism, Terrorism, Video, War Crimes | 13 Comments »
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Above: A map showing the area of Silwan threatened with demolition and settlement expansion, including an indicator of the area in which settlements already exist. As highlighted on the map, Silwan as well as the adjacent villages of Tur and Ras Al Amud will be on the western side of the Wall, as Jerusalem is [...]
Posted in Israel, Palestine, War Crimes, Zionism | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
I didn’t think America was a place where bookstores barred people for their viewpoints, until it happened to me, right here in Washington, D.C., the city of my birth.
I was scheduled to speak at Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse last month about my latest book, “Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation.” My appearance was [...]
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Israel, One State, Palestine, USA | 1 Comment »