A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
Israel has launched fresh air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attack since the November ceasefire between the Hamas and Israel. Israel has been continuously violating the ceasefire since November with the first violation coming on the very second day after the agreement. The Jerusalem Fund has published an extensive list of […]
- By Ma’an, WAFA Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets at Palestinians marking the annual Land Day in towns across the West Bank and Gaza on Saturday, local media reported. Eyewitnesses told Ma’an News Agency that hundreds of Palestinians gathered in agricultural lands near the West Bank village of Jayyus to plant trees […]
- By Palestine News Network On Monday 25th March, Palestinian Minister of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said that the health condition of hunger striking prisoner Samer Issawi is very critical; his heart beat has dropped significantly and his blood sugar was also down. Israeli physicians at Kaplan hospital, where Samer Issawi is getting treatment, […]
- By Al-Akhbar Palestinian hunger-striker Samer Issawi is on the verge of death according to a statement from his sister Shirine Issawi Thursday, a day after he decided to refuse both liquids and vitamins. The statement was given to the web magazine Palestine Online. Palestine’s prisoners’ rights group Addameer had reported Wednesday that Issawi was suffering from […]
MK Tibi: Settlers training dogs to attack Palestinians (Ma’an news) – By Ma’an news BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Knesset member Ahmad Tibi on Monday alleged that settlers in the West Bank are training dogs to attack Palestinians. Tibi told Ma’an that he obtained a videotape which shows settlers training dogs to attack Palestinians who say Allahu […]
Al- Eesawy Refuses To Be Exiled In Exchange For His Release (IMEMC) – By Saed Bannoura, IMEMC & Agencies Lawyer Shireen Al-Eesawy, sister of hunger striking detainee Samer Al-Eesawy, from Al-Eesawiyya in occupied Jerusalem, stated that her brother refused an Israeli offer to force him into exile in exchange for his release. On her Facebook page, […]
- By Ma’an, Al-Akhbar Israeli forces on Saturday broke up a wedding procession organized at a West Bank checkpoint to challenge Israeli laws preventing Palestinians in the occupied territories from living with their spouses in the Jewish state. The incident was one of a wave of attacks against Palestinians with Israeli citizenship which have recently made […]
Israeli forces raid Aqsa mosque, attack worshippers (Al-Akhbar) – By Al-Akhbar Israeli forces on Friday fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of worshippers at Jerusalem’s Aqsa mosque, injuring some, activists said. Witnesses posted photos and videos online showing dozens of riot police storming the compound and attacking crowds. They wrote on Twitter that forces […]
- By Samer Issawi, The Guardian My story is no different from that of many other Palestinian young people who were born and have lived their whole lives under Israeli occupation. At 17, I was arrested for the first time, and jailed for two years. I was arrested again in my early 20s, at the height of […]
To Block Gaza Tunnels, Egypt Lets Sewage Flow (The New York Times) – By Fares Akram and David D. Kirkpatrick GAZA —The Egyptian military is resorting to a pungent new tactic to shut down the smuggling tunnels connecting Sinai and Gaza: flooding them with sewage. Along with the stink, the approach is raising new questions about […]
