Posts tagged zionism

Posted 7 months ago

AFTER BEING HELD by IDF for 35 years !!!… Members of the Palestinian security forces carry the coffin of “Hafez Mahmoud Hussein AbuZant” to his family’s home in the West Bank city of Nablus October 9, 2011. Abu Zant was killed by Israeli forces in the Jordan Valley in 1976. His body was transferred to Palestinian officials in Nablus on Sunday after being held by Israel for 35 years. The occupied Palestine 

Posted 7 months ago

A Palestinian girl wears a dress made out of a Palestinian flag during a weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah September 23, 2011. Palestine [Reuters]

Posted 7 months ago

The army of the “only democracy in the Middleeast” while arresting a Palestinian citizen #shomeOnOccupation #DownWithZionism #DownWithIsrael

Posted 7 months ago
Palestinians take part in a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, on October 4, 2011 in the West Bank city of Hebron. Thousands of Palestinian detainees in the Israeli jails launched a hunger strike in protest against the policy of solitary confinement and the bad humanitarian conditions in the jails. Palestine

Palestinians take part in a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, on October 4, 2011 in the West Bank city of Hebron. Thousands of Palestinian detainees in the Israeli jails launched a hunger strike in protest against the policy of solitary confinement and the bad humanitarian conditions in the jails. Palestine

Posted 10 months ago

Officer points loaded weapon into face of Palestinian…

On 18 June ‘11, an army force came to a petrol station at the entrance to the West Bank village of Beit ‘Ummar, which lies north of Hebron and arrested a youth from the village who works at the station, for allegedly throwing stones. His cousin, Rami Abu Mariah, who was there, intervened and spoke to the force commander to try and stop the arrest. The commander, a First Lieutenant, pushed him back, loaded his weapon and directed it straight at Abu Mariah’s face. Muhammad ‘Awwad, a B’Tselem volunteer who lives in the village, documented the incident on video. The occupied West Bank - Palestine

Posted 10 months ago
Iceland Commits to Vote for UN Recognition of Palestinian State, Upgrades Palestinian Status from Delegation to Mission (THANK YOU ICELAND)
 
RAMALLAH,July 7, 2011 (WAFA)- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Össur Skarphéðinsson, said Thursday in a meeting with Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki, in Ramallah that the Icelandic government is committed to voting for the UN recognition and admission of a Palestinian state if the negotiations fail and supports the Two-State solution.
Skarphéðinsson announced upgrading the status of the Palestinian representation in Iceland from general delegation to the level of a mission.
The two ministers signed a political consultation memorandum of understanding, which “ will support the continuation of  consultation between the two countries and the exchange of ideas, enhance the friendly relation between them, as well as support our approaches in the International community,” Al-Maliki told WAFA.
Skarphéðinsson said, after he visited Gaza earlier today, “ This visit confirmed the bad situation and poverty  that people suffer from, and I stress the need to lift the siege off Gaza.”
He told Wafa that Iceland reacted strongly to the Israeli measures against Freedom Flotilla to Gaza and against the international peace activists which led to the death of many innocents.
He emphasized the necessity of the Palestinian reconciliation, urging Palestinians to move forward to form the new unity government that will enable them to face the challenges ahead.
Al-Maliki said that Skarphéðinsson will meet Abbas on Saturday to discuss the latest political development in the Palestinian Territory and in the region.
Skarphéðinsson told WAFA that he is not scheduled to meet with the Israeli officials during this visit, which is a visit to Palestine only, “If the Israelis want to talk to me, they can come and talk, I hope we will have talks with them in the future, but during this visit there will be no talks with them.”
Al-Maliki welcomed the Icelandic minister in Ramallah, hoping to promote the friendly relation between the two countries and enhance the Icelandic support to the Palestinians’ legitimate rights.
Source: WAFA

Iceland Commits to Vote for UN Recognition of Palestinian State, Upgrades Palestinian Status from Delegation to Mission (THANK YOU ICELAND)

RAMALLAH,July 7, 2011 (WAFA)- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Össur Skarphéðinsson, said Thursday in a meeting with Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki, in Ramallah that the Icelandic government is committed to voting for the UN recognition and admission of a Palestinian state if the negotiations fail and supports the Two-State solution.

Skarphéðinsson announced upgrading the status of the Palestinian representation in Iceland from general delegation to the level of a mission.

The two ministers signed a political consultation memorandum of understanding, which “ will support the continuation of  consultation between the two countries and the exchange of ideas, enhance the friendly relation between them, as well as support our approaches in the International community,” Al-Maliki told WAFA.

Skarphéðinsson said, after he visited Gaza earlier today, “ This visit confirmed the bad situation and poverty  that people suffer from, and I stress the need to lift the siege off Gaza.”

He told Wafa that Iceland reacted strongly to the Israeli measures against Freedom Flotilla to Gaza and against the international peace activists which led to the death of many innocents.

He emphasized the necessity of the Palestinian reconciliation, urging Palestinians to move forward to form the new unity government that will enable them to face the challenges ahead.

Al-Maliki said that Skarphéðinsson will meet Abbas on Saturday to discuss the latest political development in the Palestinian Territory and in the region.

Skarphéðinsson told WAFA that he is not scheduled to meet with the Israeli officials during this visit, which is a visit to Palestine only, “If the Israelis want to talk to me, they can come and talk, I hope we will have talks with them in the future, but during this visit there will be no talks with them.”

Al-Maliki welcomed the Icelandic minister in Ramallah, hoping to promote the friendly relation between the two countries and enhance the Icelandic support to the Palestinians’ legitimate rights.

Source: WAFA

Posted 11 months ago
FREEDOM … A Gaza flotilla activist holds a placard as he protests against the Greek government’s ban in front of the parliament in Athens, July 5, 2011. The captain of a U.S. ship, arrested for trying to sail to Gaza as part of a flotilla aiming to deliver aid to Palestinians despite a Greek ban, was freed on Tuesday, but three other activists were still in custody. [Reuters]

FREEDOM … A Gaza flotilla activist holds a placard as he protests against the Greek government’s ban in front of the parliament in Athens, July 5, 2011. The captain of a U.S. ship, arrested for trying to sail to Gaza as part of a flotilla aiming to deliver aid to Palestinians despite a Greek ban, was freed on Tuesday, but three other activists were still in custody. [Reuters]

Posted 11 months ago
Spanish Pro-Palestinian activists flash the “V” sign with their fingers finger as they hold a Palestinian flag at the Spanish embassy in Athens during a protest about international flotilla to blockaded Gaza, on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. French activists said that “Dignite-Al Karama” a French pro Palestinian boat with eight activists and two crew members reached international waters early Tuesday after left port near Athens early Monday. [AP]

Spanish Pro-Palestinian activists flash the “V” sign with their fingers finger as they hold a Palestinian flag at the Spanish embassy in Athens during a protest about international flotilla to blockaded Gaza, on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. French activists said that “Dignite-Al Karama” a French pro Palestinian boat with eight activists and two crew members reached international waters early Tuesday after left port near Athens early Monday. [AP]

Posted 11 months ago

A protestor holding the Palestinian national flag runs amidst tear gas smoke fired by Israeli forces (background) during clashes following a weekly demonstration against Israel’s apartheid wall in the Palestinian West Bank village of Bilin on June 17, 2011 [pic: AP]

Posted 11 months ago

A Palestinian man flashes the V-sign for victory as Israeli soldiers look on during a protest marking the 44th anniversary of the Six Days War on June 5, 2011 at the Israeli-controlled Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West bank city of Ramallah.The occupied Palestine [GettyImages]