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Israel raids Ramallah TV stations

Posted on: February 29, 2012
Israel raids Ramallah TV stations

29 February 2012 | Ma’an News
Israeli forces raided two Palestinian television networks early Wednesday in Ramallah and briefly detained four employees, journalists said.

Soldiers confiscated computers used by editors and reporters in Watan TV’s newsroom and general offices as well as administrative and financial files, the network said.

Troops also raided Al-Quds Educational TV in Al-Bireh and confiscated its broadcasting equipment, the head of its TV department Haroun Abu Irreh told Ma’an.

“This attack is nothing but piracy under a policy of systematic attack targeting Palestinian media organizations and journalists,” Watan … Continue reading


Updated on February 29, 2012
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We Are With Hana Shalabi and Al Aqsa: Demonstration in the No Go Zone in Beit Hanoun

Posted on: February 29, 2012
We Are With Hana Shalabi and Al Aqsa: Demonstration in the No Go Zone in Beit Hanoun

by Nathan Stuckey
29 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Israeli riot police have entered the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound, Palestinians have struggling to protect it for days.  After 66 days Khader Adnan has ended his hunger strike, hopefully, soon, he will be home with his family.  Even before his hunger strike ended the newest one had begun.  Hana Shalabi, a young woman from the West Bank, was put into “administrative detention” on February 16, 2012.  Like Khader Adnan she has been … Continue reading


Updated on February 29, 2012
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Deadline extended: Submit your photos for the liberation of Shuhada street

Posted on: February 29, 2012
Deadline extended: Submit your photos for the liberation of Shuhada street

20 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Beginning this week local organizers in Al Khalil (Hebron) and supporters have organized a series of events to commemorate the Baruch Goldstein Massacre and demand the re-opening of Shuhada Street, once the commercial heart of Al Khalil, now off limits to locals, Palestinians in general, and even international supporters following the massacre that claimed 29 Palestinian lives.
While one street may seem insignificant or small, the segregation, economic strangulation, violence, and oppression that Shuhada Street suffers is a microcosm of Zionist policy. As extremist settlers continue to harass and violently … Continue reading


Updated on April 13, 2012
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Clashes and arrests in the town of Tur

Posted on: February 28, 2012

by Asmaa Thaher

28 February 2012 | Jerusalem Center for Media

Broke out this evening clashes in the town of Tur East Jerusalem and the occupation forces arrested two young men from the region.

Our correspondent said that the clashes broke out near Al-Maqased hospital and Tur club down to the Sawwanah neighborhood crossroads.

He said that the occupation authorities used large amounts of tear gas, rubber and sound bullets, and youths response with throwing stones and iron bars at soldiers.

Witnesses said that soldiers arrested two young men at least in the confrontations that take place in the town for the fourth day … Continue reading


Updated on February 28, 2012
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Arrests and nonviolent actions in South Hebron Hills

Posted on: February 27, 2012

26 February 2012 | Operation Dove

On February 25th Palestinian men and women, elders and children, together with Israeli and international activists gathered for two demonstrations organized by the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee.
The first demonstration, attended by approximately ninety people, was planned in response to twenty-nine trees being cut down during the last four months on private Palestinian property near the illegal outpost of Havat Ma’on. During the action the participants planted about thirty small olive trees on a hill near the … Continue reading


Updated on February 27, 2012
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Tel Rumeida: As locals march for rights, Israel sprays funeral procession and injures journalist

Posted on: February 27, 2012
The march for Shuhada Street | Click here for more photos

by Aaron and Silvia
26 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
The divided city of Al Khalil (Hebron) was transformed into a war zone this Friday, as thousands of Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists attempted to peacefully reopen the segregated Shuhada Street and were violently attacked by the Israeli military. Soldiers and riot police used tear gas, sound bombs, sonic weapons, and foul-smelling ‘skunk water’ to break up demonstrations at three different locations, resulting in numerous injuries that sent at least 95 to area hospitals. The demonstrations were the culmination of a week of … Continue reading


Updated on February 27, 2012
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Soldiers Invade Al-Boreij Refugee Camp in central Gaza

Posted on: February 25, 2012

by Saeed Bannoura

25 February 2012 | International Middle East Media Center

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, an area east of the Al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while military choppers flew overhead firing flares.

The motives of the invasion remain unknown as the soldiers just searched the area and withdrew later on; no arrests or injuries were reported.

On Friday at dawn, two Palestinians were wounded after the Israeli Air Force fired missiles in the Car Market area in Gaza; one of them was treated by field medics while the other was moved … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2012
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Palestinian female detainee Hana’a Shalabi on tenth day of hunger strike

Posted on: February 25, 2012
Palestinian female detainee Hana’a Shalabi on tenth day of hunger strike

25 February 2012 | Palestine Information Center

Detained young woman Hana’a Shalabi has entered her tenth day of hunger strike protesting her administrative detention despite being released late last year in the prisoners’ exchange deal between Hamas and Israel.

Attallah Abulsabh, the minister of prisoners in the Haneyya government, said that Hana’a, 28, is the first freed captive to be re-arrested and sentenced.

The minister said that Hana’a is following the path of Khader Adnan who went on hunger strike for 66 days before the Israeli occupation authority finally submitted and … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2012
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Protester shot and killed at a demonstration at Qalandya checkpoint today, clashes continue in Jerusalem and the West Bank

Posted on: February 25, 2012
Protester shot and killed at a demonstration at Qalandya checkpoint today, clashes continue in Jerusalem and the West Bank

25 February 2012 | Palestine News Network
During a violent protest in which the IOF used live bullets, tear gas and rubber bullets, twenty five year old Talat Ramia, was shot in the shoulder and died later from his injuries. According to medics, five other protesters were injured.
An Israeli army spokesman said the incident was under investigation. The official said initial indications showed that one of the protesters had “fired fireworks at IDF soldiers from several meters away, putting the soldiers’ lives in … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2012
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Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron

Posted on: February 25, 2012
Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron

24 February 2012 | Youth Against Settlements

The “Youth Against Settlements” movement marked the 18 year anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre with a peaceful march, as part of Apartheid Week in Palestine, demonstrating through the streets of Hebron, violently broken up by Israeli forces.

Eight thousand of Palestinians from across the West Bank, joined by solidarity activists, participated in the demonstration in Hebron on Friday, February 24th, calling for the reopening of Shuhada Street.  Occupation forces arrested Badia Dweik (39), member of Youth Against … Continue reading


Updated on February 25, 2012
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