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Monthly Archives: December 2011

A nightmare that lasted three weeks; memories of Gaza massacre

by Rafat Abushaban, The Electronic Intifada Here comes that difficult time of year again: the anniversary of an event that changed the taste of life for Palestinians inside the Gaza Strip and throughout the world. It is three years since the Gaza massacre, or what “Israel” called Operation Cast Lead. I still vividly recall the [...]

Bahraini ruling family violating human rights, protests continue

Bahraini ruling family violating human rights, protests continue Moqawama The Bahraini Forum for Human Rights intends to issue a report on the involvement of several sons of the Bahraini King and other members of the ruling family in violations against civilians that go against human rights. In its statement, the forum announced that “its monitoring [...]

Palestine: Occupation gives notices of demolition of 13 homes, confiscation of 160 dunum & a resistance fighter killed, 5 wounded in airstrike

Occupation gives notices of demolition of 13 homes and confiscation of 160 dunum AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation authorities have handed Palestinians notices of confiscation of 160 dunums (1 dunum=1000 square meters) and demolition of 13 homes in the village of Mneizel to the south east of Yatta in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil. [...]

KSA forces open fire on Qatif protesters

Press TV At least three protesters have been injured in clashes with Saudi Arabian police forces as Riyadh attempts to extinguish the ongoing popular uprising in the kingdom. The violence broke out on Friday when Saudi security forces opened fire demonstrators in the town of Qatif. Activists said snipers on roof-tops targeted the demonstrators in [...]

Jordanian hold mass rally in Amman

Press TV Jordanians have held a mass demonstration in the capital, Amman, to call for an end to corruption in the kingdom and demand political reform. Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital on Friday, staging a protest march from al-Husseini mosque in central Amman to the nearby city hall. Chanting “enough [...]

Erdogan expresses regret, PKK urges uprising

Al Manar Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed regret Friday for the “unfortunate and distressing” incident, and said that “it had been determined they were smugglers and not separatist rebels”. “Images transmitted by drones showed a group of 40 people in the area, it was impossible to say who they were,” he said, adding [...]

US signs $30 billion arms deal with Saudis..

Al Manar The United States signed Thursday a $30 billion arms deal to provide Saudi Arabia with 84 new fighter jets, and stated that this move sent a “strong message” to the Gulf region. The $29.4 billion deal, which was signed on Saturday in Riyadh, will supply 84 new Boeing F-15SA aircraft, modernize 70 existing [...]

“Israel’s” impunity challenged by torture victim in Jerusalem

by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, The Electronic Intifada JERUSALEM (IPS) – In a case that has highlighted Israel’s abuse of Palestinian detainees, an Israeli military court recently acquitted a Palestinian man after it became clear that Israeli interrogators used physical and psychological abuse as a way to coerce a confession from him. Ayman Hamida, a resident of [...]

British government’s appalling decision

by Peter Eyre, Press TV We see another draconian decision being made here in London to silence yet another TV channel that has always attempted to tell the truth. Britain’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) has moved a step closer to total censorship of the British Media when it decided to remove the Iranian English-language news [...]

Palestine: Israeli warplanes blast targets in Gaza, more land theft, home razed & arrests

Israeli warplanes blast targets in northern, central Gaza GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes blasted targets in central and northern Gaza Strip at dawn Thursday without causing any casualties, local sources said. They told the PIC reporter that Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at a deserted area near the American school to the west of Beit Lahia [...]

“Israeli’” Iron dome missiles damaged

Moqawama In one of the recent “Israeli” successive military failures, interceptor missiles fall off vehicle estimating damage at hundreds of thousands of dollars. “Ynet” “Israeli” paper reported that “some 20 “Tamir”-type interceptor missiles fell Monday from a vehicle at an “Israel” Air Force storage and maintenance bunker in south of the Zionist entity.” Revealing that [...]

Criminal court receives five Bahrain policemen accused of beating protesters to death

Al Manar The Bahraini authorities announced on Thursday that five police officers accused over the death by torture of two detainees, linked to anti-regime protests earlier this year, would face trial next month. Nawaf Abdullah Hamza the Public Prosecution was quoted by the official Bahrain News Agency as saying that after examining allegations by the [...]

Moroccan police injure five protesters

Press TV At least five people have been injured in clashes between police forces and demonstrators in the Moroccan city of Hoceima. The clashes erupted Thursday when protesters began chanting anti-regime slogans, calling on the government to create more jobs and establish social justice. Two of the injured are reported in critical condition. Popular anti-regime [...]

Open letter from Gaza: Three years after the massacre, justice or nothing!

EI This message comes from the One Democratic State Group in Gaza. Tuesday, 27th December, 2011 Besieged Gaza We, Palestinians of Gaza, 3 years on from the 22-day long massacre in Israel’s operation ‘Cast Lead’, are calling on international civil society to make 2012 the year when solidarity with us in Palestine captures the spark [...]

Protest in front of ’’Israeli’’ embassy in London

Moqawama Hundreds of people in the United Kingdom rallied Tuesday evening in front of the “Israeli” embassy in London to commemorate the third anniversary of “Israel’s” military offensive aggression on Gaza. The rally was organized by the Palestinian Forum in the UK. Representatives from Palestinian solidarity movements spoke during the rally and reiterated their support [...]

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