News Highlights: Israel announces expansion of 4 West Bank settlements; Peace Now labels it “an attempt to steal more Palestinian land”. Thousands of mourners attend funeral for 4 Palestinians, including two women and a 4-year-old child, killed in an Israeli air strike. EU announces plan to provide aid to Palestinians, but stresses it requires assurances …
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May 16
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News Highlights: May 15th – Israeli legislators and civil rights groups criticize High Court backing for Israeli law that bans family unification for Palestinians married to Israeli citizens. May 14th – two int’l peace activists shot by Israeli military leave hospital; they are considering suing the Israeli military, after being shot in the head with …
May 09
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News Highlights: Four Palestinians died from kidney diseases in Gaza, after hospitals forced to cut back treatments due to economic blockade. EU is preparing to channel emergency funds to the Palestinian government on its own, if the Quartet does not agree on a solution. May 9th – U.S. finally agrees to a new program to …
May 02
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News Highlights: 44 year old Palestinian woman shot in her home in Tulkarem on May 1st; Israeli human rights group Btselem says Israeli forces are indifferent to the safety of Palestinian civilians. U.S. is trying to block proposals to pay Palestinian government salaries directly to the employees through an Arab or EU trust fund. James …
Apr 25
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News Highlights: Apr 23th – Israeli police prevented hundreds of Armenian Orthodox worshipers from taking part in a sacred pre-Easter ceremony in Jerusalem; Armenian archbishop denounces lack of free access to holy places. Many banks, including the Arab Bank, are submitting to U.S. pressure to not transfer funds to the new Palestinian Authority; Bush administration …
Apr 18
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News Highlights: Palestinian Prisoners Society issues a report on Prisoners Day (April 17), saying 186 political prisoners have died in Israeli jails since 1967, including 12 since Sept/2000. Report also says that 20% of the Palestinian population has been imprisoned by Israel. April 17, Israeli shelling kills Palestinian teen in Gaza; in Nablus, Israeli soldiers …
Apr 11
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News Highlights: Apr 10th – Israeli artillery shells blast the Ghaban family home in northern Gaza, killing 8 year-old Hadeel and injuring her mom and 7 other family members. This year alone, 15 Palestinian kids have been killed in the occupied territories by the Israeli military. Thousands of Palestinians marched in Jenin, to mark the …
Apr 04
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News Highlights: April 3rd – Israeli forces launch night raids into Budrus, which has played a key role in protesting the apartheid wall. April 3rd – 13-year-old Palestinian shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Qalandia refugee camp; Palestinian fighters fire homemade rockets at southern Israel after another Israeli extra-judicial assassination. Israeli forces shell Gaza, killing …
Mar 28
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News Highlights: Both the outgoing and new Palestinian governments condemn the compensation paid to the Israeli soldier who murdered Iman Al Hams, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl. Al Bireh, near Ramallah, no longer has places to bury its dead due to Israel preventing the construction of a new cemetery. Israeli election results show Ehud Olmert’s party …
Mar 21
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News Highlights: British Foreign Office criticizes Israel after border policemen shot dead a 10-year-old Palestinian girl in Yamoun. Director of CARE Int’l in the West Bank says the route of the wall matches that of water resources, with many aquifers now located on the “Israeli side”. Extremist settler leader, Baruch Marzel, campaigning for the upcoming …