News Highlights: Hamas accepts a conditional Israeli offer to free 450 Palestinian political prisoners, as well as most women and child prisoners, in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Tensions increase between Fateh and Hamas, squashing hopes of an end to internal Palestinian clashes. Israeli forces kidnap 9 Palestinians from Bethlehem and Jenin, taking them …
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Dec 26
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News Highlights: Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, says Christmas in Palestine is difficult this year, and criticizes the internal Palestinian clashes; Bethlehem’s mayor also highlights the impact of the separation wall and the economic siege. Israel is building a new settlement in the Jordan Valley to bring in former Gaza settlers. Israeli military step …
Dec 19
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News Highlights: Dec. 19th – Israeli troops open fire on two teenage Palestinian girls, murdering one; meanwhile Palestinian groups continue clashes as their leaders call for restraint. Clashes had escalated after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called for early presidential and legislative elections. Dec. 19th – Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to meet soon, …
Dec 12
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News Highlights: Archbishop Desmond Tutu says Israel has prevented a UN fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun to investigate the killing of 19 Palestinian civilians by an Israeli airstrike. Unidentified gunmen kill three young sons of a top Fateh official, further escalating the factional divisions in the occupied Palestinian territories. Jimmy Carter says Israeli policy in …
Dec 05
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News Highlights: Defence for Children Int’l. says there has been an increase in the number of Palestinian children detained by Israel; there are currently at least 450 child detainees, including three girls. Israel escalates policy of denying visa extensions to Palestinian family members. Palestinian PM says efforts to form unity government must continue. Dec. 4th …
Nov 28
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News Highlights: Israeli PM Ehud Olmert gets mixed and sceptical reaction from Palestinians with his Nov. 27th speech outlining his vision for a future settlement; Palestinian leaders call for real action, not just words. Some Palestinian groups say “ceasefire” must include the occupied West Bank, not just Gaza. Israeli military kills two Palestinians near Jenin, …
Nov 21
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News Highlights: Nov. 19th – Israel hits U.N. school in Gaza and wounds two children, including a 7-year-old boy hit at his desk. Nov. 19th – a 75-year-old Palestinian man killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza and nine injured, including four children. U.N. Human Rights Commissioner visits northern Gaza and tells Palestinians “the world has …
Nov 14
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News Highlights: U.N. top human rights body will hold special session to consider action against the gross Israeli human rights violations in Gaza. Nov. 12th – U.S. vetoes a U.N. Security Council condemning Israel’s killing of at least 19 Palestinian civilians as they slept in their Beit Hanoun home, including 7 children. Palestinian MP says …
Nov 07
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News Highlights: Israeli troops killed 7 Palestinians, including one woman, after officially ending their offensive on Beit Hanoun; 60 Palestinians killed in six days. International Red Cross deplores the Israeli killing of two Palestinian ambulance workers. Physicians for Human Rights reports that 1/3 of Palestinian civilians killed during Israeli operations in Gaza since the end …
Oct 31
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News Highlights: Oct. 27th – 3 more Palestinians killed in West Bank, as part of Israel’s ongoing offensiveIsrael says it will expand its military operations in Gaza. Israel finally releases Palestinian cameraman arrested and beaten 3 weeks ago. Israeli Labour Cabinet Minister resigns in protest at the inclusion of extremist right-wing party in the Israeli …