News Highlights: Israeli border police severely beat a young Palestinian from Nilin and seal off the village that has been the focus of anti-apartheid wall protests. Two small boats successfully land in Gaza after sailing from Cyprus with international volunteers and challenging the Israeli blockade. Longest-held Palestinian prisoner, Said Al Atabeh, returns home to Nablus …
August 2008 archive
Aug 19
This week …
News Highlights: Israel will release 199 Palestinian prisoners on August 25 as a “goodwill gesture” to Mahmoud Abbas, including two long-serving political detainees. Palestinian officials note, however, that just since the Annapolis conference last year, Israel has arrested over 4 times the number of prisoners it has released. Patients continue to die in Gaza due …
Aug 12
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinians plan state funeral for Mahmoud Darwish, the famous Palestinian poet who passed away on August 9th, 2008 following heart surgery. Israeli military raids the West Bank village of Yabad, near Jenin, and stops work on water reservoirs; the village is currently not connected to either the water or electricity networks and suffers …
Aug 05
This week …
News Highlights: International activists are crossing from Cyprus to Gaza in two vessels to try and break the Israeli blockade. Nilin villagers bury 17-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli troops, but funeral is attacked by Palestinian Authority security in Ramallah for displaying Hamas flags. Israel transfers 88 Fateh supporters to Jericho, after they fled clashes with …