News Highlights: Palestinian PM Ahmed Qorei asks for full report from French hospital on the death of President Yasser Arafat. Many Palestinians suspect poisoning, especially since no definitive cause of death has been announced. Two bodyguards killed in Gaza mourning tent, during armed scuffle. Nov. 11th – Israeli PM Ariel Sharon says he will launch …
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Nov 09
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News Highlights: Nov. 7th – Palestinian villagers in Kufr Thulth hold peaceful march against Israeli confiscation of their land; Israeli soldiers beat an Israeli journalist and arrest an international activist. Palestinian officials struggle for stability, as President Yasser Arafat is close to death. Many Palestinians calling for elections in 60 days, as dictated by constitution. …
Oct 26
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News Highlights: Latest Israeli aggression in Gaza kills 17 Palestinians and injures over 45; the dead include an 11-year-old boy Hesham Al-Shour. After initially clearing the Givati commander of “unethical” behaviour, Israeli military police have now arrested the officer who emptied his weapon into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl. Israeli Knesset approves Ariel Sharon’s “disengagement plan” …
Oct 19
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News Highlights: Human Rights Watch says Israel has violated international law by systematically destroying Palestinian homes; group calls on Caterpillar to stop selling bulldozers to Israeli military. Israeli army clears the commander that repeatedly fired into the lifeless body of a 13-year-old Palestinian girl; claims he had not “acted unethically” Oct. 18th – four Palestinians …
Oct 12
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News Highlights: A new human rights report from Gaza condemns the killing by Israeli forces of Palestinian children, 29 of who have died since Sept. 28th in Israel’s latest incursion. Today, a 10-year-old Palestinian girl was shot while inside her UNRWA classroom. Israeli soldiers have talked to the media about their commander who emptied his …
Oct 05
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News Highlights: U.S. vetoes U.N. Security Council resolution calling for Israel to stop its offensive in the Gaza Strip that has cost at least 80 Palestinian lives so far. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Palestinian girl shot to death by Israeli troops in Rafah. Israeli aggression in Gaza has left Palestinian in shock, as many state Israel is …
Sep 28
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News Highlights: Two Palestinians killed today as Israeli troops continue incursion into Jenin city and refugee camp, on the 4th anniversary of the AlAqsa intifada. Israeli soldiers occupied the hospital in Jenin and destroyed equipment in the operating room (OR) Israeli newspapers report that Israel is continuing to expropriate West Bank territory under the guise …
Sep 21
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News Highlights: Sept. 19th – 8 Palestinians wounded when Israeli troops attack peaceful anti-wall protest near Hebron, wounded include 9 year old boy. Sept. 19th – special military hearing set for imprisoned Palestinian legislator Hussam Khader, due to lack of evidence after main witness withdrew testimony. Sept. 19th – Palestinian political prisoners report of humiliating …
Sep 14
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News Highlights: Sept 13th – hundreds of Palestinian children and their parents demonstrate in East Jerusalem about the implications of the apartheid wall on their education; students and teachers are separated from their schools, especially in A-Ram. Sept. 13th – assassination strike by Israeli forces kills 3 Palestinians in Jenin and wounds passers-by. Sept. 13th …
Sep 07
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News Highlights: Palestinian prisoners suspend their 19-day hunger strike, after Israeli authorities meet some of their demands. Marwan Bargouthi, the Palestinian legislator in Israeli jail, still continues his hunger strike after his solitary confinement is renewed, as his health deteriorates. U.N. Agency decries Israeli shelling wounding a 10-year-old Palestinian child inside a schoolroom in Gaza, …