News Highlights:
- 2000 Palestinian political prisoners end their hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authorities.
- Prisoner rights group Addameer is concerned Israel may not respect the terms of the agreement, which included an end to the abusive use of solitary confinement and other punitive measures, as well as some changes in the terms of administrative detention which is incarceration without charge or trial.
- EU foreign ministers condemn Israeli settlement building and curbs on Palestinian economic development in the occupied West Bank.
Feature:
A special presentation to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, which included an analysis by a Palestinian journalist from occupied East Jerusalem about the continuing Nakba as well as several stories from Palestinian teens living in refugee camps in Lebanon.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a May 8th, 2012 report about a raid by Israeli forces on Stop The Wall’s offices in Ramallah, even though the group is based in “Area A”, supposedly under Palestinian control.
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