Palestinian MP: New intifada if prisoners harmed
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Elior Levy - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am

Palestinians marched Thursday morning from the West Bank village of Bituniya to Ofer Prison in protest against the continued administrative detention of four Palestinians who are on a hunger strike. Several hundred demonstrators waving Fatah flags advanced toward the Bituniya checkpoint. Ofer Prison is located just beyond the checkpoint.

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Gaza man self-immolates in government office
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
February 21, 2013 - 1:00am

A man set himself on fire at a government office in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, wounding himself and four others, witnesses and medics said. The man was seriously wounded after he self-immolated at an office for the Ministry of Social Affairs in Jabalia, witnesses told Ma'an. Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said four others were wounded in the incident, including two female staff members and an elderly man. The wounded were taken to Kamal Udwan Hospital and Shifa Hospital, al-Qidra said.


Palestinian may extend hunger strike, despite release date
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Ali Sawafta - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am

   A hunger-striking Palestinian jailed by Israel will likely continue his protest because he does not know when he will be freed, despite a court's annoucement that his sentence will end in two weeks time, a Palestinian official said on Thursday.

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Palestinian Security Forces Struggle to Maintain Security
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Diana Atallah - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am

  Calling the police for help in the Palestinian territories doesn't always mean they'll come to the rescue. Fight, murder, drug deal or theft, without Israeli approval the Palestinian security forces can go nowhere. Instead they fight an ongoing battle against what they calls Israeli limitations  and interference with their operations.

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The Israel-Palestine drama will play out at the Oscars
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Amy Goodman - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am

The Academy Awards ceremony will make history this year with the first ever nomination of a feature documentary made by a Palestinian. 5 Broken Cameras was filmed and directed by Emad Burnat, a resident of the occupied Palestinian West Bank town of Bil'in, along with his Israeli filmmaking partner Guy Davidi.

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Arab couple denied medical care
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Noam Dvir - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am

Are residents of Arab neighborhood expected to go without medical care due to their place of residence? Natali Seculife, a medical and emergency services company refused to send a physician for a house-call in Beit Safafa, a resident of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhood said.

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Residents of Palestinian village accuse Israeli authorities of harassment
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Nir Hasson - February 20, 2013 - 1:00am

 

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Palestinians in Prisons Refuse Meals in a Protest
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - February 19, 2013 - 1:00am

Hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli jails refused meals on Tuesday in solidarity with four hunger-striking detainees, and supporters held protests in the 

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Homs: Another Road to Palestine!
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayaht Al-Jadidah
by Hazem Saghiyeh - (Opinion) February 19, 2013 - 1:00am

There has always been a “road to Palestine,” which of course does not lead to it or even actually pass through it. This road was always in demand for purposes that have to do with things like diverting attention away from actual problems in a given country; to cover up relationships and ties meant to remain concealed; or to deceive the people of the region, particularly the Palestinian people, and gain cheap popularity at their expense.

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Protesters rally in solidarity with hunger strikers
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
February 19, 2013 - 1:00am

Protesters rallied in Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah on Monday in support of hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails, as the PA minister of prisoner affairs warned of a popular uprising in the West Bank. In Al-Khader near Bethlehem, dozens of people, including the families of prisoners and representatives from human right groups, rallied by route 60. Israeli soldiers arrived in the area and dispersed protestors using tear gas canisters and stun grenades, witnesses said, injuring several people.

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