News Highlights: Palestinian officials condemn the Israeli government decision to offer financial incentives to move to the illegal Israeli settlements, built on occupied Palestinian land. Israeli forces demolish more Palestinian homes and buildings in occupied East Jerusalem, as UN officials urge an halt to such practices. Palestinian officials say no progress was made at the …
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Jan 24
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News Highlights: The Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik, is sentenced to six months administrative detention by an Israeli military court with no charges being brought against him. British officials raise concerns about Israel’s treatment of Palestinian child prisoners, an issue highlighted recently in the British press. Israeli authorities demolish Beit Arabiya …
Jan 17
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News Highlights: British officials condemn Israeli settlements as “deliberate vandalism” of efforts to establish a Palestinian state. Israeli forces detain 12 Palestinians in Qalqilya, including minors and recently released political prisoners; Qalqilya is completely encircled by Israeli settlements and the route of the separation wall. A recent fuel shortage in Egypt increases frustrations, as the …
Jan 10
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News Highlights: Israeli government breaks all settlement building records in 2011, and Peace Now reports a 20% increase in settlement construction. Palestinians try to drive from Jericho to Ramallah on a road designated exclusively for the use of Jewish settlers, and Israeli soldiers arrest five people, including a 15 year old girl. Israeli settlers attack …
Jan 03
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News Highlights: Israeli soldiers raid the Palestinian village of Beit Ummar and injure a local shepherd after throwing a sound grenade directly at him; last month, another Palestinian was killed when Israeli military forces fired a tear gas canister at his face in Nabi Saleh. Palestinian and Israeli negotiators meet in Amman, Jordan, the first …
Dec 27
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News Highlights: A new report on Palestinian political detainees shows that 3312 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in 2011, an average of 9 Palestinians/day. Palestinian NGOs in Gaza issue an open letter on the 3rd anniversary of Israel’s military invasion, calling on international civil society to make 2012 the year of a Free Palestine. …
Dec 20
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News Highlights: Palestinian refugees protest outside the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, calling on the UN agency to rebuild their homes 5 years after they were pulled down. A mosque in the Palestinian village of Bani Naim is spray painted with racist slogans, the 4th such attack in 2 weeks. Israeli officials approve another 1000 …
Dec 13
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News Highlights: Thousands of Palestinians gather in Nabi Saleh to mourn Mustafa Tamimi, who died after being hit in the head by an Israeli tear gas canister fired at close range. Palestinian Israelis protest the “Braver Plan” that will dispossess more than 100,000 Palestinian Bedouins from the Negev and confiscate their land. Israeli officials authorize …
Dec 06
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News Highlights: Israeli officials approve 650 more settler housing units in the illegal settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev built on Palestinian land from the towns of Beit Hanina and Hizma Israeli forces destroy a stone cutting plant in Qalqilya, livelihood for 8 Palestinian families, as demolitions continue in Area C in the occupied West Bank, which …
Nov 29
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News Highlights: Israeli officials approve 119 housing units in the illegal settlement of Shilo. Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinian elections will be May 4, after recent reconciliation talks in Cairo with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. The Palestinian Sumarin family in occupied East Jerusalem gets a temporary delay on their eviction by a Jewish National Fund subsidiary, …