News Highlights: Israeli navy fires at Gaza fishing boats, to force them to adhere to Israel’s arbitrary 3 nautical mile limit off Gaza, despite the Oslo Accords dictating a 20 mile limit. Israeli prison authorities transfer another Palestinian hunger striker to hospital after 33 days; meanwhile, other statistics show that Israel still detains nearly 190 …
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Apr 03
This week …
News Highlights: On March 30th, Land Day is marked by demonstrations and rallies both inside Palestine and abroad; the Global March to Jerusalem also takes place, as Israeli forces injure hundreds and kill one Palestinian man in Gaza. Palestinian detainee Hana Shalabi is deported to Gaza after ending her 43-day hunger strike, under an agreement …
Mar 27
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli officials may consider force-feeding Palestinian detainee Ms. Hana Shalabi, who has been on hunger strike for 40 days to protest administrative detention. 8 Palestinian children are facing a sentence of being banned from their homes in the village of Beit Ummar, on false accusations of stone-throwing; Beit Ummar has a long history …
Mar 20
This week …
News Highlights: Hunger striking Palestinian detainee Ms. Hana Shalabi says she will stay on strike despite pressure to stop after 34 days without food; Shalabi is protesting the practice of administrative detention by Israeli authorities, which is incarceration without charge or trial. UN report says Israeli settlers have seized dozens of natural water springs in …
Mar 13
This week …
News Highlights: Gazan officials confirm Egypt negotiated an agreement to stop Israel’s military campaign against Gaza, which includes an end to its assassination policy. Israeli prison authorities reject MK Ahmed Tibi’s request to visit Palestinian hunger-striking detainee Ms. Hana Shalabi. Palestinian NGO Badil marks both Int’l. Womens Day and Israeli Apartheid Week with a series …
Mar 06
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian female political detainee Hana Shalabi says she will continue her hunger strike against the practice of administrative detention; various human rights groups have called for Int’l Womens Day to be a day of solidarity with Ms. Shalabi. Israeli military forces arrest another 14 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including 5 Palestinian …
Feb 28
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian female political detainee Hana Shalabi is moved to solitary confinement by Israeli prison authorities as punishment for her hunger strike; as was the case with previous hunger strikers, Hana is protesting the practice of administrative detention without charge or trial. Mahmoud Abbas says Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing in occupied Jerusalem. …
Feb 21
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan ends his hunger strike after Israeli officials agree to not extend his administrative detention, which is incarceration without charge or trial. Palestinian detainees at Israel’s Ramon prison are being punished for protesting abuse against their families, who are humiliated and strip searched when they visit. Palestinian activist Bassem …
Feb 14
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinians from the village of Bilin will mark 7 years of resistance to the separation wall, and will dedicate the anniversary to the Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan currently on hunger strike; Israeli courts just rejected an appeal for his release. Israeli settlers say they have reached a deal with the Israeli government …
Feb 07
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian leader Khader Adnan, imprisoned by Israeli authorities under “administrative detention” with no charge, enters 53rd day of his hunger strike; other political detainees that have joined the hunger strike have been put in solitary confinement. A Jerusalem monastery was defaced with graffiti bearing the hallmarks of Israeli settler extremists; such attacks have …