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Israeli Occupation Forces Special Units Shoot, Arrest Palestinians in Nakba Day

May 15, 2012

Editor's Note:

By Hassan El-Najjar

Today, May 15, is the 64th anniversary of the establishment of the Zionist state of Israel. Palestinians call this day as the Nakba (Catastrophe) Day, in reference to their eviction from their homeland by the invading Israeli occupation forces.

It is not only a catastrophe to the Palestinian people but to the entire Middle East and the world as a whole, as the Zionist invaders brought death and destruction to the region through their major wars of aggression in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, and 2009. Their aggression not only targeted Palestine but it also extended to Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.

The Zionist invaders have also kept the Palestinian civilian population under their brutal military occupation since 1948 and in 1967, and terrorized them during the two Uprisings (Intifadas) of 1987-1993 and 2000-2005.

God knows how many more wars, covert operations, assassinations, and regime changes  in the Middle East and around the world were launched under the influence of World Zionists for the benefit of their monster-state of Israel.

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Israeli occupation forces special units shoots, arrests Palestinian youth

[ 15/05/2012 - 03:15 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

A special force of the Israeli occupation army shot and wounded a Palestinian youth in Al-Aizariyah town in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday.

The Israeli army unit then detained Ramzi Ja'afra, from Al-Khalil village of Tarqumiya, eyewitnesses said.

They said that the soldiers chased Ja'afra, 25, and shot at him, adding that he was taken while bleeding.

Violent clashes with Israeli troops on Nakba Day

Palestinians honoring today Nakba day

[ 15/05/2012 - 11:18 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

The Palestinians is commemorating Tuesday the 64 anniversary of the Nakba Day, the day when the Jewish immigrants started to destroy Palestinian towns, displace and massacre their natives.

The cities, villages and refugee camps in the Gaza Strip and the occupied territories of the West Bank, Jerusalem and the 1948 lands will witness massive popular rallies marking the Nakba anniversary.

This anniversary has coincided with an exceptional happy event represented in the success of the Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails to extract their rights.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces have been put on alert throughout the occupied Palestinian lands since the eve of the Nakba anniversary.

A general strike is prevailing in the cities and towns of the 1948 occupied lands on the anniversary day. Public institutions, schools and shopping stores have participated in the strike.

A number of events and activities on this anniversary will be taking place in the destroyed village of Lajon near Umm Al-Fahm city.

Violent clashes with Israeli troops on Nakba Day

[ 15/05/2012 - 12:22 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries and 10 citizens at least were detained on Tuesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked marches and events marking the 64th Nakba anniversary in the occupied territories of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Al-Khalil and Ramallah.

Local sources reported that violent clashes broke out in Issawiya area east of Jerusalem and near Qalandiya checkpoint after Israeli troops fired tear gas grenades and rubber bullets to disperse marches of students and citizens held on the anniversary.

In addition to dozens of injuries, six Palestinians were reportedly taken prisoners in Issawiya area and another one in Shu'ufat refugee camp which also saw some intermittent clashes.

In Bethlehem, a number of citizens marching towards the occupied city of Jerusalem were also wounded when they were attacked intensively by Israeli soldiers.

The citizens approached the segregation wall separating Bethlehem and Jerusalem, but the IOF showered them with a barrage of tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.

The IOF also suppressed similar marches organized west of Ramallah city and the nearby village of Ni'lin and detained three Palestinians.

In Al-Khalil, violent confrontations happened between dozens of angry Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers near Al-Fawwar refugee camp.

Occupation forces arrests Hamas members in the West Bank

[ 15/05/2012 - 07:23 PM ]

OCCUPIED WB, (PIC)--

Colonel Amit Yamin, commander of Zionist Army's operations in occupied West Bank, said that the army has stepped up arrest campaign against Hamas members and activists in the occupied West Bank, pointing out that the movement "is working to re-build its forces in the West Bank."

Yamin added that the number of arrests among the Hamas members in the West Bank has risen since the beginning of this year compared to the arrest cases during the same period last year.

"There is a relation between the rise in the arrest numbers, and the release of Palestinian prisoners in the last exchange deal, which confirms that Hamas is trying to build its forces in the West Bank," he claimed.

The Zionist military official pointed out that during March 320 Palestinian were arrested and turned to administrative detention compared to the same month last year where 220 Palestinian people were detained.