Saudi Arabia awarded French company Alstom a multi-million dollar contract for the construction of Haramain Express Railway, to link the holy cities of Makkah and Madina. Alstom is in violation of international law for its part in the construction of ...
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Playground for bombed kindergartens in Gaza
For Immediate Release: Sunday 7th June, 10:00, Erez checkpoint More than 750,000 children are incarcerated without a trial in Gaza – the largest prison in the world. It is forbidden to send toys and playground equipment into Gaza. The Israeli ...
Read More »‘IDF troops were never at risk in Naalin’
Ali Waked | YNet News 6 June 2009 Palestinian sources told Ynet Saturday that contrary to an IDF statement, the man killed during a Friday clash between Palestinian demonstrators and IDF forces in the town of Naalin, near the West ...
Read More »Palestinian protester killed during Na’alin rally
Avi Issacharoff, Anshel Pfeffer & Reuters | Ha’aretz 5 June 2009 Palestinian officials reported on Friday that a Palestinians demonstrator had been killed during the weekly anti-separation fence rally near the West Bank town of Na’alin. Palestinian medical officials said ...
Read More »The military attack Bil’in weekly protest injuring five civilians
Bil’in Popular Committee 5 June 2009 Five protesters were injured and dozens surfed from Gaza inhalation when Israeli troops attack the weekly protest in Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. Residents of Bil’in and ...
Read More »Israeli piracy continues unabated – six more fishermen abducted
ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 4 June 2009 Gazan territorial waters – At around 9 am, six Palestinian fishermen were abducted by the Israeli Navy whilst fishing in Palestinian territorial waters. The fishermen are reported as being; Adham Al ...
Read More »Infant dies as Israel prevents him from leaving Gaza Strip to undergo medical treatment in East Jerusalem
Al Mezan 5 June 2009 Infant Dies as Israel Prevents Him from Leaving Gaza Strip to Undergo Medical Treatment in East Jerusalem, Al Mezan Calls for Immediate Lifting of the Siege on Gaza At around 7.30am on 3 June 2009, ...
Read More »Israeli forces kill Palestinian demonstrator in Ni’lin
For Immediate Release: Friday, 5 June 2009 at 2:50pm: Israeli forces have killed a demonstrator in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. The Israeli army shot Yousef Akil Srour, aged 36 years in the chest with 0.22 caliber live ammunition. ...
Read More »Palestinian teen injured in Bil’in rally
Ali Waked | YNet News 4 June 2009 A 13-year-old boy suffered a rubber-bullet head injury Thursday, during an anti-security fence rally in the Palestinian village of Bil’in, located near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The boy was rushed ...
Read More »Israeli forces kidnap 4 Palestinian residents of Ni’lin
2 June 2009 Israeli forces invaded the town of Ni’lin at 2 am on Wednesday, 2nd of June. The army forcefully entered five homes and siezed four residents, Sa’dat Ibrahim Mustafa Ameerah (19), Mahmod Abdallah Ameerah (26), Ibrahim Khalil Ad-Dik ...
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