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Turkish medical humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza

9 hours 20 min ago
Gaza,(Alresalah.ps)--As a response to the emergency assistance call of the local health officials in the Gaza Strip, suffering from the illegal blockade, concerning the supply of out-of-stock and...

Four-year-old child and youth wounded as Israel attacks across Gaza

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:50
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian child and a young man were wounded on Friday at dawn, when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a number of areas in the coastal...

Video: Israeli Apartheid Week - Call it as it is

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:28
Calling the Israeli regime as one of apartheid is not rhetoric, nor is it an exaggeration or a propaganda tool. This is the reality in modern day Palestine, where the Israeli regime is based on...

Denis Villeneuve to direct adaptation of Joe Sacco’s 'Footnotes in Gaza' about 1956 massacre

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 02:00
Paris-based Tu Vas Voir developing adaptation of Sacco’s graphic novel on 1956 Gaza massacre; company also confirms new Walter Salles film to start shooting at end of 2012. Incendies director Denis...

Anti-boycott attacks at Uni of Pennsylvania spread intimidation and anti-semitic smears

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 20:36
by Ali Abunimah (Electronic Intifada) Yesterday I wrote to University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, asking her to condemn a vile and inflammatory attack by Professor Ruben Gur on the...

EU parliamentarians call for immediate release of Palestinian MPs

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 18:25
Palestinian Parliament speaker Aziz Dweik is being held by Israel along with dozens of other parliamentarians STRASBOURG, February 1, 2012 (WAFA) – A group of 26 members of the European Parliament...

Gaza protesters throws shoes and stones at Ban Ki-Moon's UN convoy to protest pro-Israel bias

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:53
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Dozens of people threw shoes and stones at UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's convoy as it entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Ma'an's correspondent said. No one was injured...

Palestinian news sites hit by hackers as cyber war continues

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 16:00
Both the Ma'an News Agency and the Palestinian Authority’s news service, WAFA, have on Tuesday suffered from repeated attacks by hackers, leading to periods where their news sites have been...

Farmer shot and injured while tending his land east of Gaza City

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:51
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian farmer on Tuesday east of Gaza City, medical officials and an Israeli military official said. Emergency services spokesman Adham...

Islamic aid agencies battle the odds in Gaza because of Israeli and western 'anti-terror' legislation

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 23:29
GAZA CITY - Secours Islamique France is a respected aid agency, part of the global Islamic Relief network based in the UK, but when it comes to helping Palestinians in Gaza, its operations are...

Israeli Prison Service to use force to break Adnan’s hunger strike

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:15
NAZARETH, (PIC)-- The Israeli prison service has decided to break the hunger strike of detained Islamic Jihad leader Sheikh Khader Adnan by force, the Hebrew radio said on Tuesday. Adnan earlier on...

Son of Gaza's ministry of interior among detained after raids near Rafah and al-Maghazi

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 18:52
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, the eastern area of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, and kidnapped two residents east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza...

Islamic Jihad's Khader Adnan on 43rd day of hunger strike faces serious health issues

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 18:45
Khader Adnan, an imprisoned Palestinian activist and a spokesperson for the Islamic Jihad party, has been on an ongoing hunger strike since December 17. He is facing severe health consequences for...

Haniyeh leaves Gaza for second international tour, visiting Qatar, Kuwait and Iran

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 15:25
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh left the Gaza Strip on Monday, for his second international tour in weeks. Departing through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, Haniyeh will first...

Ireland's deputy foreign minister slams Israel's Gaza blockade

Sun, 01/29/2012 - 13:47
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore visited the Gaza Strip on Friday, where he slammed Israel's blockade on the coastal enclave. Gilmore, who is also Minister for...

Israeli missile targets home in Ash-Shujaa’eya neighborhood, Abu Mustafa shells Nahal Oz

Sat, 01/28/2012 - 19:46
Palestinian local sources reported that an Israeli missile targeted Saturday at dawn a home in the neighborhood of Ash-Shujaa’eya, east of Gaza. No injuries reported. Eyewitness told the Maan News...

Reports claim Hamas quietly quits Syria as violence continues

Fri, 01/27/2012 - 20:02
(Reuters) - The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, has effectively abandoned his headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, diplomatic and intelligence sources said...

Israel’s interrogation of Islam Dar Ayyoub Tamimi, age 14: video reveals rights abuses

Fri, 01/27/2012 - 15:51
A year ago on January 23, 14-year-old Islam Dar Ayoub Tamimi was arrested at gunpoint after the Israeli army surrounded his house at around 1:30am. A few days before, on January 17, Islam’s house was...

Israel’s refusal to present borders of a future Palestinian state means talks end in failure

Thu, 01/26/2012 - 23:57
(Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah - image by Al-Arabiya) The recent talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have reached a standstill, with the Israeli...

First stage in construction of Indonesian-funded hospital in Gaza almost completed

Thu, 01/26/2012 - 19:51
VIVAnews – The construction of Indonesia Hospital (RSI) in Gaza, Palestine is nearing to be completed. Chairman of MER-C's Presidium, Jose Rizal Jurnalis, said the first work is almost 80% completed....