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Wives Of Gaza Wounded ..... Suffering And Steadfastness
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:50 am | Palestinian Information Center
Palestinian women are a symbol of patience, steadfastness and strength, which is absent in the Arab and European world. Palestinian women are sacrificing themselves for their home. They have lost their son, their brother and their husband, and they ... More >>
The "Investment Forum" Asks For Explanation To Barring Entry
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:32 am | Palestinian Information Center
CAIRO,(PIC)-- The "Investment Forum in Palestine" demanded from the Egyptian authorities to disclosure the real reasons behind barring Arab businessmen from entering Gaza and participating in the first investment conference which was supposed to start ... More >>
Abu Zuhri Calls On EU To Take Steps For Saving Prisoners
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:28 am | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, the spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas", considered the EU’s call for the Zionist occupation to respect the prisoners’ rights and provide them with medical treatment an insufficient step. More >>
Two Hunger Strikers In Ramle Hospital In Serious Condition
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:25 am | Palestinian Information Center
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Lawyer of Addameer association for prisoners and human rights Mahmoud Hassan, who on Monday visited the hospital of Ramle prison, said he found hunger strikers Jafar Izzeddin and Mahmoud Sarsak in very bad shape. More >>
Hamas urges Hollande: Change France's Attitude
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:11 am | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum urged the newly-elected president of France Francois Hollande to put the Palestinian cause at the top of his agenda and rectify his country's policies towards the rights of the Palestinian people. More >>
Ahrar, Tadamun Deny Palestinian Prisoner Died In Jail
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:08 am | Palestinian Information Center
NABLUS, (PIC)-- The director of Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights, Fuad Al-Khafsh, has denied press reports that a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike had died. More >>
Haniyeh Urges Hunger Strikers To Stay United And Steadfast
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:03 am | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA, (PIC)-- Palestinian premier Ismail Haniyeh urged the hunger strikers in Israeli jails to maintain their united position and steadfastness and stand up against any attempt to disturb their unity. Haniyeh made his remarks on Tuesday in a news conference ... More >>
Demonstration In Ramallah In Support Of Striking Prisoners
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:01 am | Palestinian Information Center
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Dozens of activists and families of the two detainees Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh have closed the main road in front of the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, demanding the PA president Mahmoud Abbas to work immediately for their ... More >>
Egyptian Businessmen Support Jerusalem Endowment Project
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 10:56 am | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Egyptian economic Delegation, that is visiting Gaza currently and that includes members of the Egyptian contracting and engineering syndicates, asserted its support for the Palestinian Contractors Union’s project in Gaza provinces, ... More >>
Jihad Movement: Occupation Decides to Execute Diab, Halahleh
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:31 pm | Palestinian Information Center
JININ,(PIC)-- The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine has considered the Israeli court refusal of the appeal submitted by the lawyer of the two detainees Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, against their administrative detention as a decision to execute ... More >>
Tens Of Businessmen Denied Access To Gaza, Detained In Egypt
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:28 pm | Palestinian Information Center
CAIRO, (PIC)-- A galaxy of Arab businessmen deplored the Egyptian security authorities for detaining them inside a hotel in Ismailia city and barring them from leaving it to anywhere. More >>
Halahle Refrains From Drinking Water After 70 Days Of Hunger
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:25 pm | Palestinian Information Center
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- The family of Palestinian detainee Thaer Halahle said that their son had refrained from drinking water and taking medicine after 70 days of his hunger strike. More >>
IOF Digs Tunnel Along Gaza Border
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:22 pm | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) are digging a big tunnel along the Gaza eastern and northern borders with Palestine occupied in 1948, the Quds Press reported. More >>
The Red Cross Is Worried About Striking Prisoners’ Health
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:19 pm | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA (PIC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed, on Monday, its worry about the health conditions of the hunger striking Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails, especially those striking since twenty-one days. More >>
3rd Letter From Assayed: Health Conditions Of Hunger Striker
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:15 pm | Palestinian Information Center
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- In a third letter leaked from his cell, senior Hamas official Abbas Assayed said that some of his fellow hunger strikers in Gilboa jail suffered serious health deterioration. More >>
Gaza Health Crisis Worsening
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:12 pm | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr Ashraf Kodra, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman, warned of the serious health situation in Gaza due to lack of medicines in the ministry's warehouses, pointing out that 202 types of medicines considered essential are currently out of stock in ... More >>
UN Official: Gaza Does Not Receive The Required Attention
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:08 pm | Palestinian Information Center
GAZA (PIC) -- The new Director of operations of Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees "UNRWA", Robert Turner, said he will launch a campaign to draw attention to the difficult conditions in the Gaza Strip. More >>
Delegation hands Blair a Letter about Prisoners' Strike
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:01 pm | Palestinian Information Center
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- A delegation of prisoners' families committee, Palestinian Islamic and national forces representatives, and the Palestinian Prisoners Society in Jerusalem handed, on Monday, a letter to the official envoy of the Quartet, Tony ... More >>
Arab League Asks UN To Hold Session On Palestinian Prisoners
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 9:35 am | Palestinian Information Center
CAIRO, (PIC)-- The Arab League decided to ask the UN general assembly to convene a special session to discuss the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. More >>
Fatah Detainees And Jailers Meeting To End Hunger Strike
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 9:31 am | Palestinian Information Center
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A meeting took place in Ramon jail Monday morning between Israeli officials from the prison authority Shabas and many Fatah prisoners who were brought from different other prisons in order to discuss the formation of a committee aimed ... More >>