Ramallah
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100 Palestinian prisoners injured in Israeli attacks
Israeli forces injured more than 100 Palestinian prisoners at Israel’s Ofer military prison near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah in a series of raids since Sunday. Several Israeli military units raided two other prisons since then, Nafha prison in the Naqab region in southern Israel and Gilboa prison in the north, after allegedly… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 2 May 2013: Settlers torch olive trees near Ramallah
2 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterHebron Governor Meets EU Representative In PalestineIMEMC – Thursday May 2, 2013, Hebron governor, Kamal Hmeid, held a meeting with the representative of the European Union in Palestine, John Gatt-Rutter, and informed him of the ongoing and escalating attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers in Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 22 March 2013: Israeli Settlers Continue to Attack Palestinians with Impunity
22 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas’ Speech in the news conference in Ramallah with President ObamaIMEMC – Below is the full text of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech in Ramallah in the press conference with US President Barack Obama on Thursday as interpreted. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 March 2013: Obama the tourist seeks Israel Lobby approval
21 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama reiterates calls for two-state solution in RamallahIMEMC – On his second day of the first presidential visit to Palestine U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Although Obama condemned the rocket attacks that hit Sderot, yet, he insisted that Continue reading
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Movie Review: Robbery of Books and Ownership of Narrative By Susan Abulhawa
I finally watched The Great Book Robbery at the University of Pennsylvania this weekend with some friends. It’s a film documenting Israel’s systematic looting of over 70,000 books from Palestinian public and private libraries after Jewish gangs in Palestine proclaimed the state of Israel and ethnically cleansed the native population. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 11 December 2012: The Civilian Toll of Israel’s Bombs
11 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas Threatens To Head To ICC Should Israel Implement E1 ProjectIMEMC – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, threatened to head to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should Israel insist on implementing its decision to build more than 3000 homes for Jewish settlers as part of its E1 Continue reading
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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 Nov.- 05 Dec 2012)
6 December 2012 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Ltd (non-profit) Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 July 2012: Caught on video: Israeli policeman kicking Palestinian boy
2 July 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Committee of US Presbyterian Church votes to divest from IsraelIMEMC – At its annual assembly in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the Middle East Committee of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from three companies involved in business with the Israeli military, citing human rights abuses Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 May 2012: Ads Warn Jewish Parents – Keep Daughters Away from Arabs
9 May 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Negev Prison Refuses To Admit Jailed MP Due To Health ConditionIMEMC – Detained elected Palestinian Legislator, Mohammad Abu Jheisha, was moved from the Ofer Israeli prison to the Negev detention camp, in the Negev desert, but the administration there refused to admit him due to his Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 March 2012: Ambassadors Of Portugal, South Africa, Teargased Near Ramallah
24 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Attack Detainees, Conduct Forced DNA TestsIMEMC – The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Saturday that Palestinian political prisoners in Nafha, Majiddo, Galboa’, and Ramon Israeli prisons, returned their meals on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning, in protest to forced DNA tests conducted on them by, Continue reading
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Khader Adnan’s Life in Grave Danger as He Continues His Struggle Against Israel’s Human Rights Violations
Ramallah, 13 February 2012 – The Israeli Military Appeals Court dismissed the appeal against Khader Adnan’s administrative detention order today, 13 February 2012. The court decision orders Khader to remain detained for the full duration of his four month administrative detention order, to be expired on 8 May. Today’s decision follows the inconclusive Appeals Court… Continue reading
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How Could the Largest Social Justice Movement in Israel’s History Manage to Ignore the Country’s Biggest Moral Disaster? By Joseph Dana
The decision to exclude the occupation from the grievances of the July 14 Tent City movement was entirely organic. The key question is why. Continue reading
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Video: Palestinian Political Prisoner: ‘I reject Israel’s laws’
Bassem Tamimi of Nabi Saleh delivered a court statement at the start of his trial last Sunday saying ‘I reject [these laws] and cannot recognize their validity.’ Continue reading
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Palestinians Hail the Egyptian Revolution By Nick Marouf and Ken O'Keefe
12 February, 2011 — MRZine Gaza, 11 February 2011 Ramallah, 11 February 2011 The Gaza video was shot by Ken O’Keefe and the Ramallah videos by Nick Marouf. Continue reading
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Protesters Breached the Wall in Bil’in 31-12-10
Over a thousand people heeded to the call issued by the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements today, and joined the weekly demonstration. Despite the siege laid on the village by the Israeli army, activists – Palestinians, Israelis and internationals – swarmed the hills and valleys surrounding Bil’in by the hundreds and managed… Continue reading
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Bil’in weekly demonstration 17-12-2010
Bil’in- Ramallah: Today dozens of people were injured from asphyxia as a result of inhaling the tear gas due to the clashes that took place in the village of Bil’in. Along with the peace activist and foreigners who camed to give solidariety to Bil’in people especially after the decision of the Israeli Defence Force to… Continue reading
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Yousef Abudayyeh – It Was Never About Borders
The Palestinian-Zionist conflict is not about disputed borders, it’s about the very existence of the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine. The Zionist invaders came to Palestine because according to the Zionists, Palestine was a land with no people and needed to be filled with “people who have no land.” Unless the whole world and especially the Continue reading
The New Dark Age 