published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2010-05-17 08:11
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Saturday at night that a Jewish settler rammed his vehicle into a mother and her two girls in Al Jab’a village near Bethlehem, and fled the scene.
IMEMC & Agencies, 16 May 2010
The sources identified the woman as Aneesa Hasan Al Tous, 35, and her two daughters Ro’a, 2 years old, and Nagham, 5.
They were moved to Al Ahli Hospital In Hebron; the mom and one of her children are in moderate conditions while the second child is in a serious condition.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-05-15 09:40
A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank, witnesses and activists said.
Al Jazeera, 14 May 2010
The settler opened fire after Palestinian youths threw stones at his car travelling along Route 60 in Mazra'a al-Sharqia, east of Ramallah.
published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2010-05-12 07:52
Last Thursday, in the early hours of the morning, a Palestinian community leader's home was raided by Israeli security forces. In front of his family, the wanted man was hauled off to detention without access to a lawyer, while his home and offices were ransacked and property confiscated.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-05-08 08:05
‘We could do basically anything to scare the prisoners,' retired soldier testifies
Paul Koring, Globe and Mail, 5 May 2010
Omar Khadr, then a gravely wounded 15-year-old, was routinely trussed up in a cage “in one of the worst places on Earth,” according to a hulking former military interrogator nicknamed Monster who says he felt sorry for the Canadian and brought him books and treats.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2010-05-07 23:36
Israeli "war hero" accused of suppressing testimony that could reveal what really happened to Gaza activist
Ben Lynfield, URUKNet, May 6, 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2010-05-07 23:29
“Israel will never cede the Jordan Valley” - Benjamin Netanyahu, March 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2010-05-05 23:10
We stopped by the roadside at the spot where the two little girls had been killed. Their blood still stained the cushion on which they had been sitting, fragments of the military jeep which had rammed their father’s tractor still littered the ground.
published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2010-05-05 21:56
published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2010-05-05 09:07
Gaza – Ma'an News Agency – 4 May 2010 –Israeli forces reportedly opened fire at two recently deported Palestinians attempting to transit through the Erez crossing, in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
The pair said they were attempting to return to the West Bank after having been deported last week in accordance with an Israeli military order defining them as "infiltrators."
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-05-02 10:08
BEIT UMMAR, West Bank, Apr 28, 2010 (IPS) - Residents of this Palestinian village refuse to buy the idea that the flood of raw sewage from the adjacent Israeli settlement of Kfar Etzion, that destroyed vineyards and contaminated their drinking water, was an accident.
Mel Frykberg, IPS News, 28 April 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2010-04-30 07:36
Israeli settlers from the illegally constructed area known as Yitzhar south of Nablus rioted Thursday morning, destroying Palestinian property in the town of Huwwara, following the Israeli occupation military arrest of seven settlers.
Al Manar TV, 29 April 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-04-25 09:23
A 28-year-old Maltese woman, Bianca Zammit, had a very close brush with death yesterday morning during a pro-Palestinian demonstration, when she was shot in the left thigh by Israeli forces near the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.
Malta Independent, 25 April 2010
Ms Zammit was shot while filming the demonstration at a distance of roughly 100 meters from a fence separating the Palestinian territory from Israel, where Israeli soldiers were positioned.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-04-17 10:24
The Aqsa Heritage and Endowment Foundation has confirmed that the Israeli "local committee for planning and construction" in the city of Jaffa has conclusively ratified a bid by the Zionist investment company "Nakish"to build a tourist hotel on the site of the Islamic burial grounds of al-Qishleh. The planned hotel building will extend three floors below ground.
Middle East Monitor, 16 April 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2010-04-12 07:32
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 11 April 2010 (Palestinian Information Center) -- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has issued a new military order that would go into effect this week allowing it to deport thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, a Hebrew daily reported on Sunday.
published by Crimes of Zion on Sun, 2010-04-11 12:12
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-04-11 10:00
A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, or their indictment on charges carrying prison terms of up to seven years.
Haaretz, 11 April 2010
When the order comes into effect, tens of thousands of Palestinians will automatically become criminal offenders liable to be severely punished.
published by Crimes of Zion on Sun, 2010-04-11 06:14
"There is justification for killing babies if it is clear that they will grow up to harm us, and in such a situation they may be harmed deliberately, and not only during combat with adults."
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-04-10 09:35
Hebron – Ma'an - 8 April 2010. Two 19-year-old men were transferred to a Hebron hospital for treatment Wednesday after being harshly beaten by Israeli settlers near the Ibrahimi Mosque, locals said.
Witnesses identified the two as Muhammad Abdul Raouf Al-Muhtaseb and Rushdi Al-Muhtaseb, both 19, and said soldiers looked on as settlers attacked the men and did nothing to interfere.
published by Fester on Sun, 2010-04-04 19:22
What to do with Mikey Rivero? His news organ is looking decidedly chancrous, but where else would we truthseekers buy our "I Survived the Crash of 2008" tee-shirts?
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-03-21 21:58
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will press the American administration during his upcoming visit to Washington to release sophisticated bunker-busting bombs needed for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, the Sunday Times reported in its website.
Al Manar TV, 21 March 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-03-21 10:45
SEVENTY-EIGHT year old Mustapha Al Jamal waits, hoping his home will be rebuilt. As Jan. 4—the one-year anniversary of his loss—approached, however, when and how remained unknown. His 30-year-old son, Mohammed, is less than optimistic: he believes Israel’s siege on Gaza, approaching its fourth year, will continue for a decade. “The world has just accepted that we suffer,” he explained in an interview.
Mohammed Omer, Rafah Today, 17 March 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-03-21 10:12
In December 2008, the Israeli Defence Force unleashed a campaign to destroy the ability of Hamas to launch rockets and mortars into Israel. Around 300 children were among the 1,300 Palestinians that were killed.
After the ceasefire, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of three children over a year.
published by Fester on Fri, 2010-03-19 23:25
Folks, Voltaire said of the Jews, "You have surpassed all nations in impertinent fables, in bad conduct and in barbarism. You deserve to be punished, for this is your destiny." Good reason he surely had. Would love to have input on what "impertinent fables" he was aware of. Here's my list of the ones we've been stuffed with. The first is a beauty.
1. Did Exodus Really Happen?
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2010-03-19 08:36
Israeli soldiers detain five Palestinian children in the West Bank city of Hebron (al-Khalil) after clashes break out.
Press TV, 19 March 2010
The soldiers claim that the children were pelting stones at a building inside the Beit Romano settlement on Thursday during clashes in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2010-03-19 08:30
Rachel Corrie Foundation/ISM 17 March 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2010-03-18 20:49
Israeli fighter jets have bombarded at least two sites in the Gaza Strip shortly after a Thai agricultural worker was killed when a rocket fired from the besieged coastal enclave struck the northern Negev.
Press TV, 18 March 2010
The eyewitnesses said Israeli F-16 fighter jets targeted an open area north of the Gaza City. The warplanes also fired missiles at an open area in the central Gaza Strip.
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