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 …

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News Highlights: Israeli forces besiege the Arab American University near Jenin, arresting and threatening students and reporters. Palestinian negotiator Saab Erekat says failure to reach a settlement this year could lead to collapse of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. Israel threatens to sever negotiations with Mahmoud Abbas if any unity agreement is reached with Hamas …

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News Highlights: Israeli/Palestinian negotiations overshadowed by new announcements by Israeli government to build more settlement housing. Israeli military forces attack Nablus and its surrounding refugee camps, kidnapping five Palestinians including two juveniles. New polls show that Hamas’ popularity is rising amongst Palestinians due to recent Israeli military strikes and the inability of Mahmoud Abbas to …

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News Highlights: Israeli government allows more settlement construction, drawing international criticism including from the U.N. and the EU. Israeli army carries out large-scale invasion of Nablus area, and abducts 20 Palestinians from the surrounding refugee camps. Palestinian leader and former PA cabinet minister says Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to resume negotiations with Israel is “wrong” unless …

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News Highlights: A 14-year-old Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli forces in Hebron/AlKhalil. Israeli human rights group Btselem releases report saying at least half of the casualties killed by the Israeli army in Gaza are civilians, including many children. Physicians for Human Rights – Israel also report on the destruction of medical facilities in Gaza. …

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News Highlights: Palestinian NGOs report that 51 Palestinians have been killed to date in February, including 7 children and 2 women. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights condemns the siege on Gaza, and says ambulances have been forced to stop working due to fuel shortages. Palestinians attending the funeral of Imam Majed Bargouthi near Ramallah say …

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News Highlights: Ambulance service in the Gaza Strip grinds to a complete halt from a lack of fuel due to the Israeli siege. A 10-year-old Palestinian boy is killed when the Israeli army opened fire at Palestinian homes in Dier al Balah in central Gaza. Israeli forces kidnap a Palestinian woman engineering student in Nablus, …

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News Highlights: Israeli government preparing for wide-scale attack against the Gaza Strip as vice-premier Haim Ramon recommends more assassinations against Hamas leaders. 2 more Palestinian patients die in Gaza due to the Israeli siege; since June 2007, 103 Palestinian patients have died due to lack of medication and no access to specialized facilities and treatments. …

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News Highlights: Israeli airstrike kills 7 in Gaza and a Palestinian suicide bomber kills one person in Dimona, the town where Israel’s nuclear reactor is located. Palestinian worker dies of a heart attack at an Israeli army checkpoint near Ramallah. Israeli army kills one Lebanese civilian and kidnaps another on Feb. 4th. Egypt re-opens the …

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News Highlights: Mahmoud Abbas has the backing of the U.S. and Egypt in his efforts to take over the Rafah border crossing without including Hamas. Hamas officials state that the Rafah crossing needs a new security arrangement, that does not involve Israeli control or veto over everything that passes through the border. Israeli army prevents …

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