Partition tremors felt even today

by Joharah Baker, source It is November 29. Sixty-three years ago, the United Nations General Assembly met at Lake Success in New York and decided with a 33 vote majority to split Mandate Palestine into two states: one for the Jews and one for the indigenous Palestinian Arabs. The ramifications of the so-called Partition Plan [...]

Wikileaks – The Tel Aviv Connection

by Jeff Gates, source What is Tel Aviv to do now that it’s known Israelis and pro-Israelis ‘fixed’ the intelligence that induced the U.S. to war in Iraq?   Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Con me consistently for six decades and the relationship is over, as is Israel’s [...]

‘Holy Land’ does not include Bethlehem – It’s official!

by Ken Reed, MEMO A new economic squeeze by Israel Government Tourist Office to exclude Palestine from Holy Land pilgrim tours has begun, aided by full page colour adverts in Church newspapers like the Anglican Church Times* and Roman Catholic The Tablet*, which appear to have been taken in.  Seven UK and one Irish tour [...]

“Israel’s” continuous onslaught on Al Quds: its residents and religious sites

MSD: “Israel” has razed 1, 485 homes in east J’lem since its occupation OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Al-Maqdesi for society development (MSD) foundation said Israel has demolished 1, 485 Palestinian homes in the eastern part of occupied Jerusalem since 1967 and issued 1, 322 orders to raze homes in the same area in 2009 and 2010. [...]

Five Palestinians Injured by Israeli Gunfire along Gaza Border

Al Manar 30/11/2010 Five Palestinians were injured Tuesday by Israeli gunfire while scrounging for construction material in the rubble near Gaza’s northern border with the occupied Palestinian territories, Palestinian medics said.    The Israeli occupation military said it had opened fire on three Palestinians approaching the border fence after they failed to respond to warning [...]

Israelis satisfied as WikiLeaks shows ‘consistency’ on Iran and it has not Damaged “Israel”

“Israel” satisfied as WikiLeaks shows ‘consistency’ on Iran Maan News – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel expressed satisfaction on Monday after the mass release of US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks, saying it proved Israel’s position on Iran was consistent — in public and in private. The trove of documents released via the whistleblower website late on [...]

Their money and our lives

by Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, source At last, it has been acknowledged that Western intelligence agencies tortured innocent people for years in the notorious Guantanamo prison. The admission came through the British government’s decision to pay compensation to 16 Muslims arrested without charges in Guantanamo. They suffered all forms of brutal torture since 2003, including abusing their religion [...]

“Israel” expels Palestinian families from their homes in OJ, to build 625 units in OJ and 130 in “Gilo”

IOA expels Palestinian families from their homes in OJ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forcibly evicted a number of families from their apartments in a building in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, media sources in the holy city reported on Monday. They said that Israeli occupation police and soldiers stormed the [...]

Wikileaks Scandals; Touch of “Israel’s” Lobby, Rough Diplomacy

by Batoul Wehbe, Al Manar 29/11/2010 Despite US warnings that the publication of secret diplomatic cables on Wikileaks would “place at risk the lives of countless innocent individuals, place at risk on-going military operations, and place at risk on-going cooperation between countries”, the huge and controversial data was published and broadcast placing some countries and [...]

IOF troops raid northern Gaza, round up more West Bankers

GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) mounting a number of armored personnel carriers raided northern Gaza Strip areas to the east of Beit Hanun town on Monday, eyewitnesses told the PIC. They said that four armored vehicles escorted two bulldozers, which leveled Palestinian land. In the West Bank, IOF soldiers rounded up four Palestinian citizens [...]

Palestinian young woman severely tortured by Israeli soldiers from Nahshon unit

GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian female detainee Sumoud Karrajeh, 22, said She was violently attacked and seriously wounded by Israeli troops from Nahshon prison unit during her transfer from jail to a military court earlier this month. Karrajeh told a human rights organization that she was transferred by Nahshon soldiers on the eighth of November from Damon [...]

Iran Nuclear Scientist Killed, Another Hurt in Attack

Al Manar 29/11/2010 An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed and another injured when they and their wives were attacked by “terrorists” on Monday, state television and other media reported.    “In a criminal terrorist act, the agents of the Zionist regime attacked two prominent university professors who were on their way to work,” the website [...]

Sayyed Nasrallah: Days When you Could Threaten Us Are Over

by Mohamad Shmaysani, Al Manar 28/11/2010 Under the auspices of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, the Educational Mobilization in the party organized Sunday the 22nd ceremony to honor 2946 university graduates at the Shouhada’ compound in Beirut’s southern suburb. The graduates pledged loyalty to the resistance path and to the martyrs, many of whom [...]

Israelis occupying Arab homes in al-Quds

Press TV The new Israeli settlers are reportedly occupying Arab communities at East al-Quds (Jerusalem) by buying homes in older districts of the occupied city. Aided by Israeli police, the right-wing Jewish settlers evacuate Palestinian families from their home in East al-Quds. The Israelis are trying to change demographic structure of the city by tricking [...]

Israeli troops violently attack Bil’in and Ni’lin anti-wall marches

RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Dozens of Palestinian citizens and multinational activists suffered suffocation and some of them fainted when the Israeli occupation forces attacked the weekly anti-wall protests organized yesterday in the villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin in the West Bank. In the village of Bil’in, in central West Bank, Israeli and international supporters joined villagers after [...]