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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 March 2012: Israel: “P.A Not Ready For Statehood”
18 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSettlers Attack Homes In HebronIMEMC – A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers of the Ramat Yishai illegal settlement outpost, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked on Sunday at night several Palestinian homes in Tal Romedia neighborhood, and chased the children around while Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 March 2012: In Memory of Rachel Corrie 2012
17 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Broke Into Detention Camps 6 Times Last WeekIMEMC – Palestinian Researcher specialized in detainees’ affair, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israeli soldiers broke into prisons and detention centers six times last week, attacked and violated the rights of the Palestinian detainees, and wounded eleven. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 March 2012: Shalabi’s hunger strike tests Israeli jailing policy
15 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Weekly Report: “24 Palestinians Killed, 74 Wounded”IMEMC – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between March 8 and 14, 2012, and stated that Israeli soldiers killed Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 March 2012: More Fun Atrocities
14 March 2012— Information Clearing House Netanyahu is Preparing Israeli Public Opinion for a War on Iran By Aluf Benn Haaretz’s editor-in-chief says that what looks like a preparation for war, acts like a preparation for war, and quacks like a preparation for war, is a preparation for war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30821.htm Continue reading
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Starving for Freedom: Six Years on the Abduction of Ahmad Sa’adat – One Month on the Hunger Strike of Hana Shalabi
March 14-15, 2012 marks the sixth anniversary of the attack on Jericho prison and the Israeli abduction of Palestinian national leader Ahmad Sa’adat and his comrades, who had been held under U.S. and British guard in a Palestinian Authority prison. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 March 2012: “I can’t take part in these crimes”: Israeli refusenik interviewed
14 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gaza: Boy Dies of Wounds Sustained on Monday; Jetfighters Bomb Gaza CityIMEMC – Seven year-old, Baraka Al Mughrabi, died, on Wednesday midday, after succumbing to wounds he sustained during an Israeli air raid targeting Gaza City on Monday. His death brings the death toll due Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 March 2012: Haniyeh confirms ceasefire, says Israel agreed to stop assassinations
13 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center France Grants P.A. €10 MillionIMEMC – The French Foreign Ministry stated that it will be granting the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank €10 Million in direct financial aid to help it deal with and overcome the current financial crisis, the AFP reported. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 March 2012: Airstrike Kills Child, Wounds Six In Northern Gaza, Death Toll 21
12 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 11 Detainees Wounded, One seriously, In Asqalan PrisonIMEMC – Israeli soldiers broke, on Monday at dawn, into Asqalan prison, and attacked dozens of Palestinian political prisoners, wounding eleven, one seriously. The soldiers tried to force several detainees to submit to naked body search. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 March 2012: 7 Palestinians, Including a Child, Killed and 24 Others Wounded
11 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Ashrawi: “Israel Is Committing Extrajudicial ExecutionsIMEMC – Offensive Continues – Child, Elderly Man Killed, 18 Since Friday Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated Saturday that Israel is committing crimes and extrajudicial assassinations against the Palestinian people Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 March 2012: The strangulation of a village
9 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two protesters wounded in Friday demos against Israeli Annexation WallIMEMC – Weekly non-violent protests were held on Friday afternoon in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in, Al Mas’ara and Nabi Saleh. Two citizens were injured in addition to dozens of cases of inhalation of military grade Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 March 2012: Despite Her Deteriorating Condition, Ash-Shalabi Continues Her Hunger-strike
8 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Cameraman Sentenced To 18 Months, 5000 NIS FiveIMEMC – The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced on Thursday Palestinian cameraman, from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to eighteen months imprisonment and 5000 New Israeli Shekels fine. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 March 2012: In photos: Hebron village lives in settlement shadows
7 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas Agrees To Head Interim GovernmentIMEMC – The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) announced Wednesday that president Mahmoud Abbas agreed to be the head of the upcoming interim Palestinian government for a few months, until new elections are prepared and held. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 March 2012: Israeli settlement waste ‘poisoning Palestinians’
6 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Military Court Extends Administrative Detention Order Against PLC MemberIMEMC – The Israeli “Ofer” Military Court ruled, Monday, for extending the Administrative Detention order, for the second time, against elected Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member, Mohammad Abu Teir, for additional six months. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 March 2012: Report: “Army Kidnaps Palestinians For Training Purposes”
5 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center WAFA: Israeli Forces Commit 25 Violations Against Journalists in February IMEMC – The Palestinian News and Information Agency, WAFA, issued a report on Monday documenting the violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists during February 2012. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 March 2012
3 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Accepts Appeal Against New Settlement Plan In HebronIMEMC – The Israeli Higher Planning Council, running under the Military leadership in the occupied West Bank, accepted an appeal against a construction plan for a new Israeli settlement, south of the southern West Bank city of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 March 2012: Gaza gears up for Israeli Apartheid Week
2 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Report: “120 Palestinians To Be displaced Due To Military Orders”IMEMC – The “Land Research Center” issued a press release, on Friday, stating that 120 Palestinians will be displaced and prevented access to their farmlands due to an Israeli military plan, and a military training drill Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 March 2012: Israeli Military Courts as Enforcement Mechanism of Occupation
1 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Egypt’s Parliament Recommends Supplying Gaza With Electricity, FuelIMEMC – The Arab Affairs Committee at the Egyptian People’s Assembly of the Parliament recommended on Thursday conducting a legal study to determine and improve the operational methods of border terminals between Gaza and Egypt, and also recommended Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 February 2012: PA: Israel seizing broadcast frequencies
29 February 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center The Israeli Military Invades Ramallah, Shutsdown Local TV StationIMEMC – The Israeli military targeted on Wednesday Watan TV, a local Palestinian television station broadcasting from the central West Bank city of Ramallah. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 February 2012: Israeli government confirms plan for segregated settler train system
28 February 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Over Olympia Food Co-op Boycott Of Israeli GoodsIMEMC – Today, (Monday) in a lawsuit brought against current and former members of the Olympia Food Co-op board of directors for their decision to boycott Israeli goods, a Washington State court dismissed the Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 28 February 2012: US Has Secret Charges Against Assange: Hacked Emails
28 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Blown Away: How the US Fanned the Flames in Afghanistan By Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse Is it all over but the (anti-American) shouting — and the killing? Are the exits finally coming into view? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30669.htm Continue reading