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IMEMC - Thursday August 18, 2011 - 20:51, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that six Palestinians, including a senior resistance leader, and a child, were killed when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles into a home in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A Child was also killed and five residents were injured when the army bombarded Gaza City.
IMEMC - Thursday August 18, 2011 - 18:21, Fourteen people were killed and around 31 were wounded when a group of armed men attacked with rifles, mortar shells and explosive devices a bus carrying Israeli soldiers, a vehicle and another bus in southern Israel.In a New Crime, Israeli Military Kills Disabled Child in Central Gaza
IMEMC - Thursday August 18, 2011 - 00:48, On Tuesday evening, 16 August 2011, the Israeli military killed a Palestinian child from al-Nussairat refugee camp, who was 400 meters from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Ma'an News7 killed, dozens injured in southern Israel attacks
Ma'an News7 killed, dozens injured in southern Israel attacks
8/18/2011 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in two shooting attacks on buses near the Israeli city of Eilat, officials said Thursday. Three militants armed with Kalashnikovs opened fire on a bus traveling from Beersheba to Eilat causing multiple injuries, Israel's Channel 10 television.... Related: Hamas: No Gaza role in deadly Eilat attacks and
8/18/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A young Palestinian shot dead Tuesday in the Gaza Strip suffered from mental disabilities and was in an area that had not been declared as prohibited, a local rights group has charged. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said Wednesday that Sa'd Abdul Rahim Mahmoud Al-Majdalwai, 17, from Nusseirat....
8/19/2011 - EILAT, Israel (AFP) -- Three Egyptian policemen have been killed after an Israeli plane fired a rocket near the border at militants it was tracking following earlier attacks, security officials said Thursday. Egypt's official MENA news agency quoted a military official as saying that two policemen were killed when the Israeli aircraft opened fire....
8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas has denied accusations by the Israeli defense minister that Gaza was the source of attacks in southern Israel that left at least seven people dead Thursday. Hamas leader Salah Bardawil told Ma'an radio that Israel blamed Hamas and Gaza groups in order to deflect attention from its.... Related:
8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility Thursday for launching two rockets toward the coastal city of Ashkelon, after airstrikes killed five PRC members.... Related:
8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- An Israeli airstrike killed six Palestinians Thursday evening in southern Gaza, medics said, hours after a series of attacks left seven Israelis dead near Eilat. Gaza medical official Adham Abu Salmiya said the airstrikes targeted a house in Rafah. A Ma'an correspondent said the home belonged to Popular.... Related:
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PRC warns Israel after deadly airstrikesMedics: 2 killed in explosion in southern Gaza8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- An explosion killed two Palestinians and injured two others in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Thursday evening, medical officials said....Army source: Operation underway in southern Gaza
8/18/2011 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Israel's military attacked the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, an Israeli military source told Ma'an after medics said five Palestinians were killed in an airstrike....
t8/18/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel's "Iron Dome" interception system intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip late Thursday, the army said as an armed group in Gaza claimed to have fired two projectiles.... Related:
8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Popular Resistance Committees warned Israel on Thursday saying it had opened fire First and would be the one responsible for "all the consequences of its crimes."Spokesman Abu Mujahed's warning came after airstrikes killed six Palestinians including five members of the PRC in Rafah, southern Gaza after...
8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The military wing of Islamic Jihad said on Thursday that one of its members had been detained by Gaza's internal security forces. The Al-Quds Brigades demanded the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip release their affiliate, in a statement on their web page without providing further information. While....
8/18/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Center for Human Rights denounced Wednesday the decision by Hamas to ban Gaza scholarship students from studying in the United States." PCHR believes that this decision contradicts basic human rights standards, especially the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," a statement said. The rights group said that the students were....
8/18/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Israeli military has identified one of the soldiers killed in a combined attack near Eilat on Thursday as Moshe Naftali, 22, from Ofra."Naftali was killed as a result of a terrorist attack on his force while en-route to assist a civilian bus that was fired upon by terrorists," the....
8/18/2011 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Turkey plans to launch a diplomatic and legal assault on Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to apologize for the 2010 raid on the Gaza aid flotilla, Israeli media said. Israel's Haaretz newspaper says Turkey now intends to implement "Plan B", which will include a campaign....
8/18/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Bosnian Serb representatives announced Wednesday that they oppose Sarajevo's decision to support the PA in seeking UN recognition for a Palestinian state. President Mahmoud Abbas visited Bosnia last week to seek its support in recognizing a Palestinian state at the UN in September. Nebojsa Radmanovic, Serb representative of Bosnia....
8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The interior ministry in the Gaza Strip said Thursday that Egyptian authorities have closed the Rafah crossing amid a sharp increase in violence in Gaza and southern Israel....
8/18/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) - The Hamas movement on Thursday condemned Israel's operations in the southern Gaza Strip that killed six Palestinians including leaders of the Popular Resistance Committees. Hamas leader Ismail Radwan condemned the "massacre in Rafah" and told Ma'an that "this crime won't stop the resistance and....
8/19/2011 - GAZA CITY (AFP) -- Palestinian Musa Abu Jarrad shrugs off any notion of reconciling with the Hamas group he blames for the death of his son, a Fatah member, in 2007 factional fighting in Gaza." The angel Gabriel himself couldn't make me reconcile with my boy's killers," the 70-year-old says, anger....
8/18/2011 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli police arrested a young man in Jerusalem carrying a knife, police said. Israeli news reports quoting police officials said the unidentified young man intended to stab a soldier....
8/18/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) - The mother of a Palestinian detainee died Wednesday without seeing her son, who is jailed in Israel. Amjad Taqatqa's son Amjad from the Beit Fajjar village near Bethlehem is serving six life terms in an Israeli detention center....
8/18/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Japan has extended a grant of food aid worth $7. 7 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, officials said Wednesday. Notes to this effect were exchanged at UNRWA Baqa'a Elementary Co-Ed School in Baqa'a Camp between Amb....
8/18/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) --PLO official Saeb Erekat on Thursday warned Israel against taking any "irresponsible" action in Gaza following a series of attacks along the Israel-Egypt border."Israel is the occupying power. Under international humanitarian law, it is responsible for the welfare and safety of the Palestinian population living under its occupation," Erekat said....
8/18/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The labor union in Ramallah's municipality has decided not to launch an open strike on Thursday as planned, officials said Wednesday following a meeting with the municipality. The municipality is to restore rights to staff according to law, restoring 30-day holidays, the union said. Starting January 1, the....
8/19/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama demanded Thursday that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad "step aside" and imposed tough sanctions on Damascus including an asset freeze and ban on US investments in Syria." We have consistently said that President Assad must lead a democratic transition or get out of the way. He has not led. For....
8/18/2011 - DAMASCUS (AFP) -- President Bashar Al-Assad reportedly told UN chief Ban Ki-moon that his army's deadly raids on protest towns have stopped, as the Security Council prepared on Thursday to meet on the Syria crisis. On the ground, however, security forces killed at least 10 people and made sweeping arrests on Wednesday, said activists....
8/18/2011 - THE HAGUE (AFP) -- Lebanese authorities should try harder to arrest four Hezbollah members wanted for the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the tribunal investigating the case said Thursday." The recent report by the Lebanese authorities on the steps that they have taken to search for the accused was. . . assessed by the....
8/18/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt's military said on Thursday it has dropped charges against prominent blogger Asmaa Mahfouz of insulting the country's ruling generals after a wave of criticism from rights groups. The military, in a statement on its Facebook page, said it also decided to drop charges against another activist, Loai Nagati....
8/18/2011 - ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish planes bombed rebel Kurdish positions in northern Iraq for a second night Thursday, the separatist group's spokesman as well as Turkish news agencies reported. The bombardments on the outlawed PKK rebels came in response to their bloody attack in southeast Turkey which killed nine members of the Turkish security....
8/18/2011 - BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) -- Libyan rebels fought on Thursday to close in on Tripoli and claimed to have seized a key refinery, as their chief said he feared a bloodbath in a battle for the capital. Anticipating victory, the rebels' political leaders have set out a plan to transform the country from autocracy to a....
8/18/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- An Egyptian security chief said on Thursday a military operation in Sinai against militants uncovered a bomb-making factory and netted 20 wanted men, including Palestinians and radical Islamists. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Egypt to ensure security in the Sinai following a deadly attack across the border in Israel on....
8/18/2011 - KUWAIT CITY (AFP) -- Kuwait's Oil Minister Mohammad al-Baseeri Thursday formed a committee to probe an $800 million contract between state-owned Kuwait Oil Co. and Shell, an official statement said. The six-member panel will review procedures leading to the awarding of the Enhanced Technical Services Agreement in February 2010 and examine the implementation of....
Palestine NoteIsraeli social justice campaigners cancel weekend protests after attacks in southPalestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - Haaretz- Israel's student union on Thursday called off planned weekend demonstrations against the high cost of living after a series of terror attacks in the south left seven people dead. "There were meant to be protests throughout the country, with...
Palestine NoteIsraeli social justice campaigners cancel weekend protests after attacks in southPalestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - Haaretz- Israel's student union on Thursday called off planned weekend demonstrations against the high cost of living after a series of terror attacks in the south left seven people dead. "There were meant to be protests throughout the country, with...
Palestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - Tali Heruti-Sover and Noam Bar, Haaretz- Arab-Israeli and Palestinian businessmen have joined forces to develop an insurance company that will compete in Israel's insurance market and appeal to the Arab population in the country. Initial estimations suggest that the company...
Palestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - The Los Angeles Times- The worst fears of Imad Farajin, Palestinian actor and author of political satire and TV comedy show "Watan Ala Watar" ("Country on a String"), came true Wednesday when the Palestinian Authority’s attorney general, Ahmad Mughani, ordered...
Palestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - The National- Proposed legislation that would hand the government broad powers to suppress those it deems as terrorists as well as possibly scrap Arabic as an official Israeli language are being blasted by Israeli civil-rights activists as a bid to...
Palestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - Ma'an- Israeli authorities are targeting the families of Palestinian detainees in order to deter them from visiting, the Ministry of Detainees in Gaza said Wednesday. In recent months there has been an increase in procedures such as searching female relatives,...
Palestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - The Guardian- Israel will stick to its refusal to apologise to Turkey for killing nine of its citizens on a Gaza-bound ship, officials have said, a position Ankara said would sink any prospects for reconciliation. The decision, which officials said...
Palestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - Haaretz- Seven people were killed and at least 26 people were wounded Thursday in a series of terrorist attacks on Israeli targets approximately 20 kilometers north of the southern city of Eilat, close to the border with Egypt. The first...
Palestine Note 18 Aug 2011 - UN human rights chief may refer Syria to ICC for crimes against humanity BBC News - US President Barack Obama has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over a deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters. The call marks...
AljazeeraHezbollah: Hariri case lacks evidence
AljazeeraHezbollah: Hariri case lacks evidence
AlJazeera 18 Aug 2011 -
lJazeera 18 Aug 2011 - President tells UN chief that security forces have halted operations, but witnesses report sustained military presence.
AlJazeera 18 Aug 2011 - Tribunal judge orders public advertisement detailing indictment against four accused over Rafiq al-Hariri's killing.
AlJazeera 18 Aug 2011 - Air strikes on Gaza follow killing of eight Israelis in southern Israel.
AlJazeera 18 Aug 2011 - UN rights chief asks council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court after Obama urges Assad to step down.
Palestine News NetworkRenewed Israeli Strikes on Gaza Leave a child Dead and 17 injured, Death Toll Reaches Seven
Palestine News NetworkRenewed Israeli Strikes on Gaza Leave a child Dead and 17 injured, Death Toll Reaches Seven
PNN - Gaza – PNN – One child was reported dead, on Friday at dawn, and 10 other civilians were injured as Israeli jetfighters targeted Gaza City. Local sources identified the child as 13-year-old...
PNN - By Daoud Kuttab - In their frantic efforts to stop the Palestinian leadership from going to the UN, Israeli officials and propagandists pose what appears to be a mistaken choice. Israeli Prime...
PNN - PNN – Gaza – At least six dead after Israeli air strikes hit Gaza as the Israeli army retaliates after soldiers killed by militants. Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that targets in...Lieberman Slams Turkish Apology Call
PNN - Tel Aviv – PNN – Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Foreign Secretary, claimed in an interview broadcast yesterday that Turkey was attempting to 'delegitimise' the state of Israel. His remarks come after Turkey...
PNN - Ramallah – PNN – Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, has agreed to the construction of over 700 new housing units in two West Bank settlements, according to the Ha’aretz. The plans include...Deadly Attacks in South Israel: 7 Dead; 26 InjuredPNN - Eilat - PNN - In a series of attacks on Thursday morning near the town of Eilat and the Israeli-Egyptian border, ensuing exchanges of fire left a total of at least seven...
Palestinian Center for Human RightsPCHR Is Concerned Security Services’ Interference into Public Liberties in Gaza
Palestinian Center for Human RightsPCHR Is Concerned Security Services’ Interference into Public Liberties in Gaza
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Thursday, 18 August 2011
Alternative Information CenterAIC Video: Palestinian Workers Strike
Alternative Information CenterAIC Video: Palestinian Workers Strike
Alternative Information Center - 35 Palestinian workers in the Salit quarry in Mishor Adumim in the West Bank are on strike since June 16, 2011, demanding a collective bargaining agreement.
Alternative Information Center - It is hoped that Timor-Leste’s political integrity is not compromised in the September UN vote on Palestine’s statehood by the funding of your recent 5 day (8-12 August) visit to Israel by The Israel Project. [1] [...Head of Chinese Military Makes
