April 2008 archive
Apr 22
This week …
News Highlights: Human Rights Watch says Palestinian cameraman killed by Israeli tank fire may have been deliberately targeted. Hamas sends Egyptian mediators a draft proposal for a limited ceasefire with Israel. Hamas MPs call for Arab intervention to lift the blockade on Gaza. U.S. officials say they warned Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas …
Apr 15
This week …
News Highlights: On April 11th, Israeli military forces invade Bureij refugee camp in northern Gaza and kill 7 Palestinians, 6 of whom were children and teenagers. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in Gaza issues urgent report that the Israeli ban on fuel supplies is paralysing all aspects of daily life, in the educational, health and …
Apr 08
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian shepherd boy killed in hit and run by Israeli settler who left the boy to die on the road. Israeli Shin Bet leader says Israel must not remove any of its over 700 roadblocks in the West Bank until the apartheid wall is finished. Israeli police release 7 peace radio staffers from …
Apr 01
This week …
News Highlights: Tulkarem begins its Land Day demos, a national Palestinian event held every March 30th to commemorate the killing of 7 Palestinian citizens of Israel by Israeli soldiers in 1976. Palestinian Israeli leaders gather to mark the 32nd Land Day to protest Israeli government discrimination and the “rising fascism of Israeli society”. Israel announces …