
Written by Iqbal Tamimi
Sunday, 08 November 2009 19:20
Creator of Palestinian Mothers Network for Human Rights
The Jewish children of the state of Israel that attacked the children of Gaza last January with their phosphorus bombs…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 8, 2009 at 8:00pm —
18 Comments

Children, Artists Paint Mural on Apartheid Wall at Mas’ha
…
Continue
Added by Fakhri Dweik on November 4, 2009 at 3:29pm —
No Comments
A freak cold front blew through Florida on Saturday night and the thermometer on my porch read 54 degrees, but what chilled me to the bone on Sunday morning was reading Nurit Peled Elhanan's report of the cold hearted Israeli High Court Justices when "members of the Combatants for Peace movement, women of Mahsom [Hebrew for checkpoint] Watch, members of the Forum of Bereaved Families for Peace attended a hearing [on October 14] at the High Court of Justice on the matter of the killing of ten-yea…
Continue
Added by eileen fleming on October 19, 2009 at 12:53pm —
9 Comments

JERUSALEM, 17 October 2009 – World renowned actress Mia Farrow ended today a
six-day mission to the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel. The
mission focused on children affected by conflict.
This is Farrow's first visit to the region as a UNICEF Goodwilll
Ambassador. The trip included visits to Gaza, Sderot, Tel Aviv, Jenin and
Ramallah.
In Gaza, Farrow was joined by Egyptian awar…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on October 19, 2009 at 9:56am —
No Comments
October 9, 2009
by Saud Abu Ramadan, Emad Drimly
GAZA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Nidal Barghout, owner of Marah Land Zoo in southern Gaza City, failed to bring real zebras into his zoo, so he painted two Gaza-born donkeys with black and white stripes to attract visitors, especially the curious children.
"Due to more than two years of the tight Israeli siege on Gaza and the closure of the border crossings, I was unable to import zebras from Africa to our zoo. Then, an idea came to my mind: bring two…
Continue
Added by Gail Alfar on October 10, 2009 at 2:01am —
9 Comments

2009/10/08
[Ramallah, 8 October 2009] On Sunday, 4 October 2009, it was reported in the media that a Palestinian child had been shot on his family's farm in the north of the Gaza Strip, near the border with Israel. It is reported that the child was shot in the spine and is now recovering in hospital, having first been denied access to medic…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on October 8, 2009 at 2:46pm —
No Comments
pour la version française de cet article allez au lien suivant :
http://www.info-palestine.net/article.php3?id_article=7373

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Palestinian ministry of health has declared that a number of Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip had delivered deformed babies and attrib…
Continue
Added by kari on September 29, 2009 at 1:04pm —
No Comments

By Romi Elnagar
A drawing by Nour Naser from Gaza
A child from Gaza sent us this drawing after the Israeli attack on Gaza. The barbed wire is evident in the drawing that talks of the siege on the city, and the sky is almost blocked by the Israeli planes that are raining on them lots of missi…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on September 13, 2009 at 10:34am —
6 Comments
Gaza children go for world record for kite flying
The current record for simultaneous kite flying stands at 967
…
Continue
Added by Fakhri Dweik on August 29, 2009 at 5:00pm —
No Comments
Iqbal Tamimi - The Ministry of Prisoners

In the UK, where I am living, there is a Ministry of Justice, but in Palestine, where my home country is, there is a Ministry of Prisoners. Does this make any sense?
Well, it seems that it does, after all, states create Ministries to solve the…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on August 11, 2009 at 6:28am —
1 Comment
"Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?"
"But Conscience asks the question "Is it right?"
"And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right."-Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
A few minutes after midnight on July 22, 2009 and in my role as the only Feature Co…
Continue
Added by eileen fleming on July 24, 2009 at 12:56am —
12 Comments
All in a Day's Work for the IDF
Beating and Torturing Children
…
Continue
Added by Fakhri Dweik on June 20, 2009 at 2:41am —
No Comments
Added by Fakhri Dweik on June 18, 2009 at 8:00am —
10 Comments

Bound, blindfolded and beaten – by Israeli troops
Children among Palestinian detainees abused during West Bank operation, according to soldiers' confessions
By Ben Lynfield in Hares, West Bank
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Blindfolded Palestinian men sit with hands tied after bei…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on June 9, 2009 at 8:32am —
No Comments
One hundred disabled children in Hebron will lose their home in June

May 25, 2009
by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
A center for disabled youth in Hebron, which currently houses 100 children, will be shut down in June unless emergency funding prev…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on May 26, 2009 at 5:30am —
16 Comments

[Ramallah, 18 May 2009] - On 15 May 2009, the UN Committee Against Torture (the Committee) concluded its 42nd session in Geneva by issuing concluding observations and recommendations on periodic reports submitted by five states, including Israel.
The Committee, which is made up of 10 inde…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on May 18, 2009 at 9:25am —
1 Comment
IOA kidnaps 40 Palestinian children in one month
05/05/2009

GAZA, (PIC)-- The PA ministry of prisoners and ex-prisoners' affairs in Gaza has accused Tuesday the Israeli occupation authorities of kidnapping 345 Palestin…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on May 7, 2009 at 4:48pm —
No Comments

From Victimhood to Aggression: Jewish Identity in the light of Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children
By Gilad Atzmon
May 4th, 2009
Identity is a very tricky concept. It can very mean many opposing things and at the same time it can mean nothing. One may start to wonder about one’s identity only when one feels he is under the threat of losing it. The case of Jewish ident…
Continue
Added by Fakhri Dweik on May 4, 2009 at 12:30pm —
No Comments

Situation of children in Gaza remains precarious 100 days after end of conflict
GAZA, 28 April 2009 – More than three months after the cessation of hostilities in Gaza, the Israeli blockade and inter-Palestinian tension are hampering recovery efforts.
“Although the conflict ended 100 days ago, children in Gaza continue to suffer, both physically and psych…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on April 28, 2009 at 1:56pm —
No Comments
2009/04/22
Hamdi al-Ta'mari receives third administrative detention order

UA-1/09 – URGENT APPEAL – DCI-Palestine
Name: Hamdi Mohammad Shahadeh al-Ta'mari
Age at first arrest: 15
Age at second arrest: 16
Place of residence: Bethlehem
Date of arrest: 25 July 2008 and 18 December 2008
Charge: No charge
Place of detention: Ofer Prison, Occupied Palestinian Territory
U…
Continue
Added by Iqbal Tamimi on April 22, 2009 at 12:39pm —
No Comments