News Highlights: Palestinian NGO, Al Haq, calls for investigation into the Israeli settler killing of a young Palestinian man near Ramallah on May 9th. International investors arrive in Bethlehem for investment conference, as Tony Blair promises easing of checkpoints in West Bank; many Palestinian NGOs are sceptical and say the conference is just another attempt …
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May 13
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News Highlights: UN demands an investigation into the killing of one of its Palestinian teachers by the Israeli military; Israeli soldiers blasted down the front door of an UNRWA teacher’s home with explosives, killing her immediately in the presence of her 3 children. Israeli police interrogate advisors to Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad in Jerusalem. …
May 06
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News Highlights: Israeli military continues attacks in the Gaza Strip, killing one and injuring five on May 4 in Khan Younis, as Israel rejects Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire. 3 more Gazan patients die due to the Israeli blockade and lack of access to medical care. Dubai refuses to allow Lev Leviev jewellery stores to open after protest …
Apr 22
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News Highlights: Human Rights Watch says Palestinian cameraman killed by Israeli tank fire may have been deliberately targeted. Hamas sends Egyptian mediators a draft proposal for a limited ceasefire with Israel. Hamas MPs call for Arab intervention to lift the blockade on Gaza. U.S. officials say they warned Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas …
Apr 15
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News Highlights: On April 11th, Israeli military forces invade Bureij refugee camp in northern Gaza and kill 7 Palestinians, 6 of whom were children and teenagers. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in Gaza issues urgent report that the Israeli ban on fuel supplies is paralysing all aspects of daily life, in the educational, health and …
Apr 08
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News Highlights: Palestinian shepherd boy killed in hit and run by Israeli settler who left the boy to die on the road. Israeli Shin Bet leader says Israel must not remove any of its over 700 roadblocks in the West Bank until the apartheid wall is finished. Israeli police release 7 peace radio staffers from …
Apr 01
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News Highlights: Tulkarem begins its Land Day demos, a national Palestinian event held every March 30th to commemorate the killing of 7 Palestinian citizens of Israel by Israeli soldiers in 1976. Palestinian Israeli leaders gather to mark the 32nd Land Day to protest Israeli government discrimination and the “rising fascism of Israeli society”. Israel announces …
Mar 25
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News Highlights: Israeli forces besiege the Arab American University near Jenin, arresting and threatening students and reporters. Palestinian negotiator Saab Erekat says failure to reach a settlement this year could lead to collapse of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. Israel threatens to sever negotiations with Mahmoud Abbas if any unity agreement is reached with Hamas …
Mar 18
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News Highlights: Israeli/Palestinian negotiations overshadowed by new announcements by Israeli government to build more settlement housing. Israeli military forces attack Nablus and its surrounding refugee camps, kidnapping five Palestinians including two juveniles. New polls show that Hamas’ popularity is rising amongst Palestinians due to recent Israeli military strikes and the inability of Mahmoud Abbas to …