News Highlights: Israeli forces injured 16 Palestinians during popular demonstrations across the occupied West Bank; in Bilin, people commemorated the 2 year anniversary of the killing of Bassem Abu Rahmeh. Palestinian Christians are denied access to their holy places in Jerusalem during Easter. An Israeli settler is killed and 4 others injured by Palestinian police …
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Apr 19
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News Highlights: Palestinians mourn the brutal murder of Italian solidarity activist Vittorio Arrigoni, found dead on April 15 in Gaza City after being kidnapped; Palestinians from all walks of society, both in the occupied territories and in the diaspora, hail Vittorio as a hero for Palestine. Activists in Gaza announce the launch of a rights …
Apr 12
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News Highlights: Human rights groups call for international intervention and monitoring of the mass arrest campaigns by Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of Awarta. Fuel crisis looms in Gaza, as tensions increase and Israel keeps all crossings closed for the 7th straight day; 18 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the last week, …
Apr 05
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News Highlights: Israeli officials approve another 900 new settler units in occupied Palestinian land. Jenin refugee camp mourns the killing of theatre director Juliano Mer Khamis by unknown gunmen; Mer Khamis was the director of the Freedom Theatre and had lived in the camp for 7 years. Palestinian unity delegation heads to Cairo for further …
Mar 22
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News Highlights: UN Envoy Robert Serry condemns the killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza by the Israeli military and expresses concern over the escalating situation An Israeli settler shoots two Palestinians in a funeral procession in Beit Ummar Turkey is blocking Nato’s taking over the “no-fly zone” on Libya, as Russia and China raise concerns …
Mar 15
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News Highlights: Jailed Palestinian leader from Bilin, Abdullah Abu Rahmah, is finally released from Israeli prison after serving 16 months for organizing peaceful demos Israel announced massive expansions to illegal settlements in the West Bank, a day after an Israeli family was killed in Itamar settlement Thousands of Palestinians rally in both Gaza and the …
Mar 08
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News Highlights: Israeli settlers uproot olive trees from a Palestinian village near Nablus, provoking clashes that leave 10 Palestinians injured. Palestinian women rally for Int’l Women’s Day and call for national unity. Arab media reports that opposition rebels in Libya consider negotiations if Mouammar Ghaddafi immediately steps down, as the Yemeni government now resorts to …
Mar 01
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News Highlights: Hundreds of Israeli settlers attack Palestinian property and set fires, in their “price tag†campaign. Many Palestinians from Gaza are still stranded abroad due to restrictions not yet lifted by the new transitional Egyptian regime. Arab uprisings continue in Libya to Yemen and Bahrain, as activists in Tunisia and Egypt refuse to settle …
Feb 22
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News Highlights: U.S. uses its veto in the UN Security Council to squash an otherwise unanimous condemnation of Israeli settlements; earlier, US leaders had tried to pressure Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw the resolution. Hundreds of Gazans line up at the Rafah crossing into Egypt, which has been partially reopened for the first time since the …