News Highlights: Israeli officials approve the construction of more settlement housing in occupied East Jerusalem, despite criticism from EU leaders. An Israeli military base is also being planned in occupied Jerusalem, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz. Top U.S. military commander is dispatched to both Israel and Jordan to reassure them that military ties with …
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Feb 08
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News Highlights: Another massive protest in Cairo challenges the corrupt regime of Hosni Mubarak, as young Egyptian Google executive Wael Ghonim is released after 12 days of imprisonment and addresses the huge crowd. UN officials document the destruction of Palestinian water cisterns by Israeli forces, as Israel controls 75% of the water resources in the …
Feb 01
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News Highlights: Egyptian protestors respond to Hosni Mubarak’s latest televised speech with derision as he said he will not run in the September elections but will stay on as president until then; violence used by security forces against the protestors has resulted in several hundred dead and thousands injured in just one week. Israeli officials …
Jan 25
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News Highlights: Israeli forces arrest an 11 year old Palestinian boy and his 14 year old brother in the village of Nabi Saleh as Israeli military repression of civil resistance continues Al Jazeera and the British Guardian start publishing more than 1600 documents (dubbed the Palestine Papers) revealing the inner machinations of the”peace process” from …
Jan 18
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News Highlights: Save the Children Report says Palestinian children in Gaza are coming under regular Israeli gunfire, as 26 were shot near the Israeli border last year UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk says illegal acts by Israeli authorities are on the rise in the occupied West Bank and calls for the int’l community to step …
Jan 11
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News Highlights: Sections of the historic Shepherd Hotel in occupied East Jerusalem are demolished to make way for more Jewish settlements International human rights groups call for a criminal investigation into the death of a 20 year old Palestinian patient denied a permit by Israeli authorities to leave Gaza for urgent medical attention Advisors to …
Jan 04
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News Highlights: Palestinian woman Jawaher Abu Rahme, who died from tear gas fired by Israeli forces, is buried in Bilin as hundreds attend her funeral procession Israeli activists arrested while protesting at the U.S. ambassador’s home in Tel Aviv are finally released Israeli rights group says there is a sharp rise in home demolitions in …
Dec 28
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News Highlights: Israeli police step up their presence in occupied East Jerusalem, as Israeli MPs visit settlers there Nearly 6 years have passed since the village of Bil’in started its weekly protests against the apartheid wall and New Years Eve will feature a large demo with international and Israeli participants Teachers for Palestine in Ontario …
Dec 21
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News Highlights: Human Rights Watch issues new report, saying that Palestinians in the occupied West Bank face systematic discrimination from Israeli policies Israeli forces order the residents of Khirbet Tana, east of Nablus, to evacuate their homes and village within 24 hours Palestinian Centre for Human Rights files a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court …
Dec 14
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News Highlights: Two more Palestinian homes demolished in occupied East Jerusalem, just a few of the estimated 60,000 with standing demolition orders from the Israeli courts Israeli human rights group Btselem notes a sharp increase in the arrest of Palestinian minors in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, some arrested several times over Amnesty Int’l. condemns …