News Highlights: Israel has begun seizing East Jerusalem land owned by Palestinians under the obscure “absentee owners” law; many of the landowners, some of whom live 100 metres from the land about to be expropriated, now live on the wrong side of the apartheid wall. Israeli official says Israel seeks only interim accord with Palestinians; …
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Jan 18
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News Highlights: Jan. 15th – Israeli tank shell kills 50-year-old Palestinian woman and her sonin their home in Khan Younis. The same day, Israeli troops kill six other Palestinians in Gaza Ariel Sharon instructs his army to carry out unlimited operations in Gaza,“without restrictions”. Jan 15th – Palestinian Election Commission staff resign to protestirregularities in …
Jan 11
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News Highlights: Palestinian Central Election Commission confirmed the election of Mahmoud Abbas, with 62% of the vote in the Jan. 9th presidential elections, and with Mustafa Bargouthi receiving almost 20%; only 46.9% of eligible voters in the occupied territories cast a ballot. Israel says Abbas must show his “seriousness” and they have already prepared steps …
Jan 04
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News Highlights: Israeli forces kill at least 7 Palestinians, six of them children, after firing on a Gaza family farm; most were from the same family, with the youngest victim just 11 years old. Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas says he will achieve unity through dialogue. Jan. 4th – Israeli chief of staff comments on …
Dec 28
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News Highlights: Dec. 27th – 159 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel, but most had almost completed their sentences and none of the children prisoners were included. Israel planning to establish large crossing terminals at points along the apartheid wall, creating a new defacto border; World Bank refuses to help fund such a project. Two-week election …
Dec 21
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News Highlights: Israeli raid into Khan Younis refugee camp leaves 12 Palestinians dead and 40 injured, with 40 homes destroyed and the electricity grid damaged. Palestinian presidential frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas dismisses Ariel Sharon’s Gaza plans as “nothing new”; Abbas says he will never concede the right of return. Israeli soldier on trial for killing British …
Dec 14
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News Highlights: Dec. 11th – 7 year old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli fire as she was eating lunch with her family. Palestinian resistance blows up Israeli military post, killing 5 soldiers. Dec. 12th – Marwan Bargouthi, the West Bank Fateh leader jailed by Israel, pulls out of January 9th Palestinian elections; wants to reinforce …
Dec 07
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News Highlights: 40 Israeli activists injured in an anti-wall protest in Budrus. Nov. 30th – Palestinian female political prisoners go on hunger strike due to maltreatment. PLO chairperson Mahmud Abbas and jailed Fateh leader Marwan Bargouthi in close race for Palestinian presidential elections, according to polls released Dec. 6th. Egypt claims there is understanding on …
Nov 30
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News Highlights: Israeli army forces Palestinian to play his violin at checkpoint and then later claims he volunteered to play. Israeli soldiers admitting publicly that they are given orders to shoot Palestinian civilians after Btselem, Israeli human rights group, accuses the army of killing civilians and then covering it up. Jailed Fateh leader Marwan Bargouthi …
Nov 23
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News Highlights: Israeli commander who killed 13 year old Palestinian girl last month in Gaza finally indicted; tapes showed him saying he “confirmed the kill”, meaning he emptied his weapon into her already prone body. Shooting wounded combatants, let alone children, is against the Geneva conventions. The nephew of Yasser Arafat received documents from the …