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Gaza children celebrate World Children’s Day

Posted on November 22, 2015February 10, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza children celebrate World Children’s Day
Gaza children celebrate World Children’s Day

By Mohammed Asad Palestinian children take part in a festival to mark “World Children’s Day” in Gaza City on Nov. 22, 2015.

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Palestinians protest Israeli violence with creative talents

Posted on November 18, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinians protest Israeli violence with creative talents
Palestinians protest Israeli violence with creative talents

Palestinians protest Israeli violence with creative talents By Mohammed Asad Palestinian youths play music and paint murals during an event to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, in Gaza city on November 18, 2015. The surge in violence across Israel, Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been fueled in…

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Israel continues to provoke violence through violence

Posted on November 13, 2015February 10, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Israel continues to provoke violence through violence
Israel continues to provoke violence through violence

Israeli military and armed settlers and civilians have been provoking more protests from Palestinians by targeting Palestinian protesters with lethal force. Dozens more civilian protesters have been seriously injured by Israeli gunfire By Mohammed Asad The Palestinian Ministry of Health report that 20 civilian protesters against Israel’s illegal settlements and against Israel’s military violence were…

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Palestinian killed by Israeli assault in Gaza

Posted on November 6, 2015April 29, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinian killed by Israeli assault in Gaza
Palestinian killed by Israeli assault in Gaza

By Mohammed Asad A Palestinian civilian was killed Friday during an Israeli terrorist assault against Palestinian civilian targets in Khan Younes. Another 40 Palestinian civilians were injured, including 19 live ammunition. Witnesses said the Israelis attacked a peaceful protest against the occupation and the continued Israeli killings.

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Protests against Israeli embargo and occupation continue

Posted on October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Protests against Israeli embargo and occupation continue
Protests against Israeli embargo and occupation continue

Protests against Israeli embargo against the Gaza Strip and Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Jerusalem continue. Israeli soldiers and armed settler terrorists have targeted civilians in response and in violation of international law By Mohammed Asad Palestinian protesters gather as tear gas fired by Israeli troops fall during clashes near the border between…

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Palestinians continue protests against Israeli violence

Posted on October 23, 2015February 10, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinians continue protests against Israeli violence
Palestinians continue protests against Israeli violence

Palestinians continue protests against Israeli violence By Mohammed Asad Palestinians continued protests against violence by Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli settlers at the border with Israel at the Gaza Strip on Friday October 23, 2015. Reports continued of Palestinians being wrongfully assaulted by Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli settlers throughout the Occupied West Bank and…

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Israel targets and kills women & children in Gaza attacks

Posted on October 11, 2015October 11, 2015 By Mohammed Asad 6 Comments on Israel targets and kills women & children in Gaza attacks
Israel targets and kills women & children in Gaza attacks

Israel is targeting women and children as a strategy to pressure Palestinian protests against their policies of oppression and restrictions on non-Jewish civilians in Occupied Palestine. The death toll of Palestinian civilians, including children, continues to increase By Mohammed Asad At 4 am today (Sunday Oct. 11, 2015), Israel bombed agricultural land in Zeitoun in…

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6 dead, 900 injured by Israeli military, settler terrorism

Posted on October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on 6 dead, 900 injured by Israeli military, settler terrorism

Israeli military and settlers assault Palestinians, provoking civilians and using live fire to kill non-violent Palestinian protestors. Settler fanatics continue to call for the destruction of Muslim Holy sites throughout Occupied Palestine while Israeli leaders defend the use of excessive violence and fatal force By Mohammed Asad Gaza City (Ma’an News Network) — Six Palestinians were killed…

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Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach

Posted on September 7, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach
Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach

The image of a lifeless Syrian infant, Aylan Kurdi, that washed up on a Turkish beach has focused the attention of the world on the plight of children. Aylan and most of his family drowned while fleeing Syrian violence. But children in Gaza and the West Bank can’t flee the violence by Israel terrorists. Four year old Ali Saad Dawabsheh was…

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Gaza schools in shambles as children return

Posted on August 26, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad 1 Comment on Gaza schools in shambles as children return
Gaza schools in shambles as children return

More than a year has passed since Israel attacked the Gaza Strip and destroyed tens of thousands of homes businesses and schools, killing more than 2,200 people, mostly civilians and including nearly 500 children. Israel continues to block the passage of building supplies, food and funds into the Gaza Strip, even though Israeli propagandists continue to insist that…

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Gaza youth protest Israel’s killing of children

Posted on August 6, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza youth protest Israel’s killing of children

Gaza’s children came out into the streets this past week to show support for the victims of Israeli extremist brutality, including the arson murder by an Israeli settler of an 18 month old child, Ali Dawabsheh. Dawabsheh died when his home was set fire by Jewish terrorists from nearby illegal Israeli settlements By Mohammed Asad Children in…

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Palestinians celebrate Eid in suffering of destruction of Gaza

Posted on July 18, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinians celebrate Eid in suffering of destruction of Gaza
Palestinians celebrate Eid in suffering of destruction of Gaza

One year since the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip and the massacre of more than 2,200 Palestinian civilians including more than 500 children, the destruction of more than 10,000 homes, and destruction of 50,000 more, Palestinians paused to celebrate the Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan. The Muslim World has seemingly abandoned the…

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Photos: Palestinians show support for Freedom Flotilla

Posted on June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Photos: Palestinians show support for Freedom Flotilla
Photos: Palestinians show support for Freedom Flotilla

Photo Array of Palestinians showing support for Freedom Flotilla. Palestinian children, who were targeted by Israeli soldiers during the Gaza War in the summer of 2014, carry signs and show support for the newest Freedom Flotilla seeking to break the oppressive blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Israel blockade prevents basic food and other essentials from…

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World sees Israel’s brutality in Occupied Palestine

Posted on June 11, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on World sees Israel’s brutality in Occupied Palestine
World sees Israel’s brutality in Occupied Palestine

Palestinian artists are helping to send the message that reminds Israel that the World sees Israel’s brutality, its destruction and the human trauma Israel has created in the Gaza Strip. A new generation of Palestine children see Israel for what it really is By Mohammed Asad The artwork of several foreign and local activists/artists who draw…

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Strangled: Gaza Collapsing in the Grip of a Humanitarian Crisis

Posted on May 20, 2015 By Mohammed Asad 1 Comment on Strangled: Gaza Collapsing in the Grip of a Humanitarian Crisis
Strangled: Gaza Collapsing in the Grip of a Humanitarian Crisis

The results of a comprehensive report prepared by the Euromid Observer for Human Rights about the repercussions of the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, which enters its ninth year next June By Mohammed Asad It has been nine months since Israel agreed to a ceasefire that ended its third and most massive military…

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Wives bear children of husbands held in Israeli gulag

Posted on May 9, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad 1 Comment on Wives bear children of husbands held in Israeli gulag
Wives bear children of husbands held in Israeli gulag

At least two dozen wives of Palestinian political detainees held in Israel’s gulag of concentration camps and detention centers have had babies from their husbands’ sperm smuggled out of the brutal system which has been condemned with using torture. By Mohammed Asad The wives of Palestinian detainees in Israel’s large gulag detention system carry their babies who were born using…

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Banksy British artist spotlights devastation in Gaza

Posted on March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Banksy British artist spotlights devastation in Gaza
Banksy British artist spotlights devastation in Gaza

British graffiti artist known only as Banksy has helped bring some life to the people of the Gaza Strip who have been living in devastation as a result of Israel’s blockade of international aide to help the more than 100,000 civilians left homeless by Israeli military brutality and terrorist attacks. By Mohammed Asad The anonymous…

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Photos: Children, civilians continue to suffer in Gaza

Posted on February 18, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Photos: Children, civilians continue to suffer in Gaza
Photos: Children, civilians continue to suffer in Gaza

By Mohammed Asad Millions in promised aid from the International community to support the rebuilding of thousands of Palestinian civilian homes in the Gaza Strip destroyed during Israeli military terrorism continues to be delayed. The delays come at the worst time for hundreds of thousands of civilians who are struggling to live without proper homes,…

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