الاثنين، 22 أغسطس 2011

Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles

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IMEMC - Monday August 22, 2011 - 03:22, An Egyptian hacker managed on Sunday to hack into the website of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and placed a picture of Egyptian soldiers raising the Egyptian flag in Sinai during the October, 6, 1973, on the sites’ homepage


IMEMC - Monday August 22, 2011 - 00:16, According to local sources in Gaza, Israeli missile strikes continued on Saturday and Sunday in various parts of Gaza, averaging one to two air strikes an hour. A two-year old and a five-year old were among the victims of Israel's three-day long bombardment of Gaza, and a 12-year old boy was also among the 15 killed.Israeli settler gang beats 10-year old Palestinian boy with iron bars

IMEMC - Sunday August 21, 2011 - 23:50, In an assault that they claimed was 'in revenge' for the killing of eight Israelis on Thursday by unknown gunmen, a group of around fifteen Israeli settlers in the West Bank surrounded a Palestinian child and beat him nearly to death. They also attacked three farmers, injuring them badly


IMEMC - Sunday August 21, 2011 - 06:54, A young Egyptian man managed, on Sunday at dawn, to climb 15 floors on a high building where the Israeli embassy is located in Cairo, to remove the Israeli flag from the embassy balcony and replace it with the Egyptian flag.


IMEMC - Sunday August 21, 2011 - 05:04, Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday, just before midnight, the southern West bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped more than 35 residents, including elected legislator Mohammad Abu Jheisha, and a number of Hamas political leaders.
Ma'an News7 injured as Israeli forces raid northern Gaza

8/21/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces launched another round of fierce airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip Sunday afternoon causing explosions which rattled Gaza City. Gaza medical official Adham Abu Salmiya said Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at a Hamas military site in Beit Lahiya injuring seven Palestinians including three children. The attack came....Israeli forces detain 120 Palestinians in West Bank

8/21/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained 120 Palestinians, mostly Hamas supporters, overnight Saturday in the southern West Bank, witnesses and officials said. More than 100 military jeeps stormed Hebron from three directions and deployed in several neighborhoods in the largest detention campaign in the city since 2003, locals and Palestinian security officials told Ma.


8/21/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A physiotherapy clinic, sewerage pump, civil society organizations and government buildings have been damaged in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since Thursday, witnesses and officials said. Israeli warplanes have bombarded the coastal enclave for three days in what the military says is a response to a deadly attack in


8/21/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli missiles struck the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning seriously injuring a 12-year-old boy, medics said. Gaza medical official Adham Abu Salmiya said the boy was injured in his chest and stomach as Israeli warplanes bombed a group of children in Beit Lahiya. The children were transferred to....


8/21/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces assaulted and detained a Palestinian man during a raid on the home of the Mufti of Bethlehem overnight Saturday, the sheikh said. Sheikh Abdul-Majid Ata Amarna said troops raided his home in Duheisha refugee camp shortly before dawn prayers searching for his son Usayd, a journalist for Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa....


8/21/2011 - GAZACITY (Ma'an) -- Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are running out of medicine, a spokesman for the Hamas health ministry warned Sunday. Ashraf Al-Qudra said hospitals stores had already run out 150 medicines and 160 types of medical equipment. The shortages were particularly critical in light of Israel's recent bombardment of the....
Settlers raid Nablus village8/21/2011 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers on Sunday stormed a Palestinian village near Nablus and uprooted 80 olive trees, a Palestinian Authority official said. Settlement affairs official Ghassan Doughlas said dozens of residents of the illegal Esh Kodesh outpost raided Qusra and destroyed trees belonging to locals Rabi Abu Bakr, Samir Hasan and Jabali Abu....
Report: Gaza rockets land in Egypt8/21/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- Rockets fired from Gaza early Sunday landed across the border in Egypt but caused no casualties, state television reported." Several rockets from the Gaza Strip landed this morning in Egyptian territory in the region west of the Rafah terminal, without causing casualties," the television reported. A security official confirmed that rockets had landed....
Flying checkpoints erected in West Bank8/21/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Israeli military erected flying checkpoints in the West Bank on Sunday morning, witnesses said. Army checkpoints were installed near Qabir Hilweh, east of Bethlehem, and close to Eizariyya in East Jerusalem, where drivers said they had waited for three hours to pass. Meanwhile, hundreds of cars were queuing at the....
Egypt rules out 'interference' in Sinai security

8/21/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- The Egyptian armed forces command on Sunday said it "rejects any interference" in the security of the Sinai peninsula, after Israel's deadly pursuit of Palestinian assailants." Egypt rejects any interference by any party, either by words or by acts or by expression of opinion, in the security of Sinai which is.... Related: In photos: Cairo protesters gather outside Israeli embassy

Jerusalem on high alert as security campaign begins8/21/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli police raised alert levels in Jerusalem after receiving information about a possible attack in the city, an Israeli police spokeswoman told Ma'an on Sunday. Luba Simmari said that Israeli police have put the city on high alert, with reinforcements being drafted in. Israeli police are checking cars and....
Projectiles fired at Israel as Gaza ceasefire announced8/21/2011 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Four projectiles and several mortars have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, an Israeli army spokeswoman said Sunday. Two projectiles were launched at Ashkelon and two others landed in the Hof Ashkelon regional council. No injuries were reported. The latest escalation comes as a Hamas official told.... Related: 4 projectiles fired from the Gaza Strip
4 projectiles fired from the Gaza Strip8/21/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Mortar shells and four projectiles have been fired at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, an Israeli army spokeswoman said Sunday. Two projectiles were launched at Ashkelon and two others landed in the Hof Ashkelon regional council. No injuries were reported.... Related: Projectiles fired at Israel as Gaza ceasefire announced
Egyptian 'spiderman' becomes hero with Israel flag protest8/22/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- A lone protester became a hero to an exultant crowd of Egyptians and many more online by hauling down Israel's flag atop its embassy in Cairo after the border killing of Egyptian policemen. More than 1,000 protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy early Sunday and let off celebratory fireworks when the


8/21/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Spanish foreign affairs minister said Sunday that she hopes the EU can push forward efforts for the recognition of a Palestinian state, Israeli news site Ynet reported. An upcoming September 2 meeting between European Union foreign ministers is an opportunity to show support for a Palestinian state, Trinidad Jimenez said....
Palestinian officials call for halt to Gaza military assault

8/21/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority and Hamas government have both appealed to international and regional powers to halt Israeli attacks on Gaza, officials said Sunday. President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel to stop its military escalation in the Gaza Strip, presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah told Ma'an. Abbas has also....
Gaza residents donate blood as tensions escalate

8/21/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza residents responded to a call to donate blood in anticipation of further Israeli attacks following three days of intensive airstrikes on the coastal enclave, hospital officials said Sunday. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in southern Gaza appealed for blood donations as Israeli ministers urged the cabinet to launch an extensive....
Israeli forces raid Hebron home8/21/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces raided the Hebron home of Hasan Ali Darwish Al-Qawasmi on Sunday evening, witnesses said. Around nine Israeli military vehicles surrounded the house before storming it and harassing family members, locals told Ma'an. Al-Qawasmi had been previously detained 10 days ago by Israeli forces....
PA condemns collective punishment 'tactics' in Gaza Strip

8/21/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority has condemned Israeli government tactics of 'collective punishment' in the latest military assault on the Gaza Strip, calling on the international community to take immediate action, a statement from the government media center said Sunday. The PA called upon the Israeli government "to cease and desist....
UN envoy 'worried' about escalation in violence

8/21/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The UN coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry expressed concern on Sunday over the latest escalation in violence in the Gaza Strip, Egypt and Israel. The UN special coordinator is to consult with the Egyptian government, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Amr, on Sunday and has also....
Ahmad Tibi: Israeli military escalation to be expected

8/21/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli Knesset member Ahmad Tibi said Sunday that further Israeli military escalations were to be expected. In an interview with Ma'an, the MK said the latest violence was a way for Israel to escape its domestic crisis. Palestinian blood is a way for Israeli political parties to avoid confronting....
Rush to cover up bloodshed in Palestinian camp

8/22/2011 - Hannah Patchett and George Hale - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Syrian forces scrambled Saturday to destroy evidence of last week's bloody crackdown in Latakia that killed dozens and sent Palestinian refugees fleeing, activists said as UN investigators arrived in Damascus. Security forces were seen scrubbing blood off the streets and walls of al-Ramel refugee....
Medical official: International community must protect Palestinians
8/21/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian medical official called on the international community Sunday to protect Palestinians from the Israeli military assault which has targeted the Gaza Strip over the last three days. Emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said in a statement that Gaza had suffered enough from the siege alone. The death....
Construction worker dies after fall from building
8/21/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- A 40-year-old construction worker died in hospital on Sunday after falling from the 11th floor of a building in Hebron, police said. Hebron police chief Ramadan Awad urged people to obey safety regulations on building sites and to display appropriate warning signs at workplaces....
In photos: Cairo protesters gather outside Israeli embassy
8/21/2011 - A lone protester became a hero to an exultant crowd of Egyptians and many more online by hauling down the Star of David flag atop Israel's embassy in Cairo after the border killing of Egyptian policemen. More than 1,000 protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy early Sunday and let off celebratory fireworks when.... Related: Egypt rules out 'interference' in Sinai security
PA pays salaries to staff in Gaza special needs centers
8/21/2011 - RAMALLAH(Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Social Affairs will spend over half a million shekels to pay salaries to staff of four special needs centers in the Gaza Strip, minister Majida Al-Masri said Sunday. Al-Masri said it was the ministry's duty to aid marginalized people, adding that 168 people benefited....
Rebels enter Libyan capital, greeted by residents
8/21/2011 - TRIPOLI (AFP) --Libyan rebels entered the capital on Sunday and were greeted by residents who ran alongside their convoy, an AFP correspondent said. The welcome followed gun-battles with fighters loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi. On their way into Tripoli from the west, the rebels advanced in a convoy of around 100 vehicles as onlookers....
Neighboring Tunisia recognizes Libyan rebels
8/21/2011 - TUNIS (AFP) -- After six months of observing a prudent neutrality towards Libya's warring sides, neighboring Tunisia on Sunday finally recognized the rebel movement just as the battle for Tripoli began." The Tunisian government has decided to recognize the National Transitional Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people," said a government source....
Assad scoffs at Western calls for ouster
8/21/2011 - DAMASCUS (AFP) --Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Sunday scoffed at Western calls for his ouster and rejected them as "worthless," in an interview with state television." While withholding comment, we tell them that their words are worthless," Assad said." Such remarks should not be made about a president who was chosen by the Syrian people....
AljazeeraArab League blasts Israel for Egyptian deaths
AlJazeera 21 Aug 2011 -
Suicide bombings strike Yemen's south
AlJazeera 21 Aug 2011 - At least 11 people killed in separate attacks targeting pro-government tribesmen in country's volatile southern region.
Gaza rockets target southern Israel
AlJazeera 21 Aug 2011 - Up to 31 rockets from Gaza land in Israel, while Israel responds with air strikes of its own.
Iraqi civilians 'killed' in Turkey air strike
AlJazeera 21 Aug 2011 - Warplanes kill seven civilians in strike against suspected Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq, officials say.
Assad warns against foreign intervention
AlJazeera 21 Aug 2011 - Syrian le
ader vows to be "tough against terrorism" and says parliamentary polls will be held in February 2012.
Palestine News NetworkIsrael arrests fourth Palestinian journalist this year

PNN - Ramallah – PNN – A Palestinian journalist, Aseed A’marneh, was arrested by the Israeli military this morning at his home in Dheisheh, Bethlehem. According to his son, Abd Al-Majid A’marneh, Israeli soldiers...
Palestinian Center for Human RightsIn the Widest Military Operation since 2004, IOF Arrest Dozens of Palestinian Civilians in Hebron
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Sunday, 21 August 2011
International Solidarity Movement50 arrested during pre-dawn sweeps in Hebron
8/21/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - 21 August 2011 International Solidarity Movement, West Bank - Just before dawn today, Sunday August 21, IDF forces raided the towns of Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank. Preliminary reports indicate that up to 250 people have been arrested in Hebron, including at least 70 Hamas leaders. Twitter feeds on the ground speak of occupation....
Palestinians farming creatively to overcome the 'buffer zone'
8/21/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - Islam Online, Hama Waqum - On Nakba Day in May, thousands of Palestinians edged towards Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Gaza, demanding their Right of Return, and an end to the Israeli occupation. Many of these protestors would return to demonstrate on the Naksa Day in June. A major demand put.... Related: Source
Relief WebPreventing Aggression is Less Costly than Dealing with Its Impacts: Al Mezan Calls on the International Community to Promptly Intervene to End IOF Aggression and Violations of International Law
Relief Web 21 Aug 2011 - Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Country: occupied Palestinian territory The Israeli security cabinet has decided to escalate its aggression against the Gaza Strip. Israeli media have published news on their websites of Israel’s decision to intensify extrajudicial killings...
In the Widest Military Operation since 2004, IOF Arrest Dozens of Palestinian Civilians in Hebron
Relief Web 21 Aug 2011 - Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Country: occupied Palestinian territory Ref: 88/2011 In conjunction with the current escalation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched in the early morning of Sunday, 21 August 2011, a large-scale military...
Gaza Updates 18-20 August 2011
Relief Web 21 Aug 2011 - Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Country: occupied Palestinian territory On 18 August, Israeli aircraft attacked a Palestinian house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, killing six persons including at two-year-old child. Also on 18 August, Israel...
UN and diplomatic partners condemn recent attacks in southern Israel
Relief Web 21 Aug 2011 - Source: UN News Service Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Egypt , Israel 20 August 2011 – The United Nations and its diplomatic partners in the search for peace in the Middle East on Saturday strongly condemned the attacks in southern Israel earlier...
Palestine TelegraphBloody Attacks: Israel continues to hit Gazans
21 Aug 2011 - Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) - Following two days of Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip that caused the killing of 15 Palestinians and injuring at least 50 others including, women, children, and older people, Palestinian factions announced halting lull with Israel and factions called on their military wings to carry out attacks on Israel in response to killing 15 people including...
Update from Gaza: Timeline of Israeli attacks for the last 12 hours
21 Aug 2011 - Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) - Now: Israeli army in full competency on Gaza borders. Israeli air force is in active position. Gaza is being attacked all across.
Palestinian Right of Return Is Inevitable
21 Aug 2011 - London, (Pal Telegraph) - This article belongs to Palestinian Return Centre, for More visit: http://www.prc.org.uk/newsite/en

- In the Middle Ages, they burned books on science an

d astronomy. In the 19th century, colonial powers promoted the super-race theory. In 1948, the Zionist narrative of the destruction of Palestine and the building of Israel on its ruins was hailed as the fulfillment...
Israeli aircraft bombs northern Gaza, injures child
21 Aug 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)- A 12-year-old child was seriously injured Sunday as Israeli aircrafts targeted a group of citizens in Biet Lahya town, northern Gaza Strip.

Settlers uproot 80 olive saplings near Nablus
21 Aug 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- Settlers from the illegal settlement of Eish Kodash uprooted 80 newly planted olive saplings in the south of al-Masara village, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.2 Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire in Bethlehem
21 Aug 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli soldiers on Sunday wounded and arrested two Palestinian youths from al-Dahsha refugee camp in the south of Bethlehem after violently breaking into their homes .
Israeli army invades Hebron, arrests 50 Palestinians
21 Aug 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli forces invaded Hebron Sunday at dawn and arrested over 50 Palestinian citizens after raiding their homes and tampering with their contents.
Palestinian child assaulted by settlers in Ramallah
20 Aug 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-medical sources confirmed that a Palestinian child aged 10 years was brutally assaulted yesterday by Jewish settlers near Makhmas village, in the east of Ramallah.
The National
UN ramps up pressure on Syria as death toll pass 2,000 mark
The National 20 Aug 2011 - The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier put the death toll from Friday's crackdown at 34.
Ha'aretz
Libya rebels: Two of Gadhafi's sons captured, presidential guard surrenders
Ha'aretz - Libya's rebel National Transitional Council says will halt Tripoli offensive if Gadhafi announces departure, as state spokesman says Gadhafi ready for direct negotiations; government says 1,300 Libyans killed Sunday.
Gaza militants fire Grad rockets, Qassam into Israel despite reports of cease-fire
Ha'aretz - Rockets fired at Ashkelon, Qassam and mortar shells fired at southern Israel; rockets cause no casualties or damage; IDF strikes targets in northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli defense sources: Gaza terror groups changing tactics to avoid Iron Dome system
Ha'aretz - Terror groups attempt to break through the intercept system's defenses by firing a particularly large volley of rockets at Be'er Sheva, where one of the batteries is deployed.
Avi Issacharoff / Israel and Hamas both working to stop the escalation
Ha'aretz - Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees responsible for almost all of Sunday's 30 rockets fired from Gaza; IAF specifically targets rocket-launching squads.
Senior IDF officials suggest amending Israel's peace treaty with Egypt
Ha'aretz - Army brass call for beefed up Egyptian security presence in Sinai.
Assad: Syria capable of dealing with protests, I am not worried
Ha'aretz - Syria President Assad gives interview broadcast on Syrian TV in fourth public appearance since protests erupted in March, reiterates commitment to reforms.
Israel Aerospace Industries unveils unmanned aircraft GHOST
Ha'aretz - IAI showcases GHOST at Washington exhibition; GHOST is able to provide intelligence imagery to soldiers in real time.

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