News Highlights: Israeli officials approve the construction of 846 more settler units in occupied East Jerusalem Top Israeli rabbis sign on to a ruling to forbid renting or selling a home to a non-Jew or Arab Despite some minor changes in border crossing openings by Israel, Gaza imports are far below pre-siege levels according to …
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Nov 30
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News Highlights: Israeli forces shoot 12-year-old Palestinian boy along the Gaza-Israel border, as he was collecting scrap gravel; Human rights groups say 14 Palestinian teens have been wounded in incidents since March of this year, in an area ranging from 50 to 800 metres from the border in Israel’s self-declared no-go zone Dozens suffer from …
Nov 23
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News Highlights: EU Foreign Policy Rep, Catherine Ashton, says Israel has not lived up to its commitments on easing the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Israeli airstrikes shatter the Eid Al Adha holiday for one Palestinian family in Deir alBalah, Gaza, injuring 4. Two Israeli soldiers convicted of using a 9-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza …
Nov 16
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News Highlights: Israeli forces erect checkpoints in occupied east Jerusalem, as they continue harassment of the Palestinians in Silwan. Human rights groups collect information on 17 Palestinian kids arrested in Silwan and say the number of Palestinian minors detained in occupied east Jerusalem is actually considerably higher. U.S. offers Israel an “incentive package” to continue …
Nov 09
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News Highlights: Israeli forces escalate confrontations in occupied east Jerusalem, including harassment of hundreds of Palestinian school kids. Israel approves more than 1300 new settler units in occupied east Jerusalem, as PM Netanyahu claims to be discussing a revival of “peace talks” in the U.S. Israeli artists intensify their boycott of performances in the illegal …
Nov 02
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News Highlights: Two Palestinian 13-year-old boys were severely abused by Israeli interrogators during detention, as Israeli human rights groups release a new report about Israeli torture of Palestinian detainees. Israeli military police arrest 100 Palestinian kids in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Christian Science Monitor. More reports of shootings of Palestinian labourers, …
Oct 26
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News Highlights: Oct. 22nd, at least 15 Palestinians injured in the village of Nabi Saleh during an anti-wall demo; in a similar protest in Al Masara near Bethlehem, an international activist is wounded and 2 arrested by Israeli soldiers. An Israeli military court extends the solitary confinement of Ahmad Saadat, leader of the Popular Front …
Oct 19
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News Highlights: Israeli forces clash with the Palestinian residents of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem as home demolitions continue. Israeli forces detain a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from the Hebron district. A prominent Lebanese civil rights activist is arrested for protesting the restrictions on freedom of movement for Palestinians in the refugee camps …
Oct 12
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News Highlights: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, leader of non-violent protests in the Palestinian village of Bilin, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by an Israeli military court. The European Union urges Israel to guarantee the equality of all its citizens, especially the Palestinian Israelis; meanwhile, Israeli artists protest against the new Israeli bill that would …
Oct 05
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News Highlights: Israeli army steps up raids and arrests in the Palestinian village of Nilin, as the villagers continue their struggle against the apartheid wall. Israeli settlers break into and set on fire a mosque in Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem. Two Israeli soldiers are convicted of using an 11-year-old Palestinian boy as a human shield, …