News Highlights: Aug. 31st – thousands of Palestinians march in the funeral of a solidarity hunger striker, Aisheh Al Zaban, the mother of a political prisoner in an Israeli jail. Meanwhile, the hunger strike entered its 16th day, as Israeli authorities attempt to break the strike. Political prisoners in one jail, Shikma, resume their strike …
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Aug 24
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News Highlights: Palestinian political prisoners mark the tenth day of an open-ended hunger strike, to protest inhumane conditions; Israeli security minister says prisoners can “starve to death” Palestinian children also detained and abused in Israeli jails, and may join hunger strike. British government opposes any expansion of Israeli settlements, contrary to U.S. position, as Israel …
Aug 17
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News Highlights: August 16th – four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza. August 15th – Palestinian teenager Mohammed Al Fayoumi wounded in Nablus during raid on Balata refugee camp. Palestinian prisoners start massive hunger strike on August 15th, to draw attention to the appalling conditions in the Israeli jails. Their …
Aug 10
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News Highlights: Aug. 10th – Israeli soldiers bulldoze heritage buildings in Hebron to construct settler road. Aug. 8th – elderly Palestinian man dies at Rafah border crossing. Aug. 8th – Israel authorizes construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements; Peace Now says Israeli government “acting like thieves in the night”. Aug. 8th …
Aug 03
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News Highlights: Aug 3rd – three Palestinians killed by two Israeli missiles in southern Gaza and Reuters cameraman also wounded. July 30st – Israeli soldiers open fire on a funeral in Khan Younis, killing a 12 year-old boy. Palestinian Education Ministry reports that many schools have been crippled in the past year due to curfews …
Jul 27
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News Highlights: July 26th – Israeli settlers take over an “unauthorized outpost” near Hebron/AlKhalil, chanting racist slogans. July 26th – Israeli soldiers take over a rooftop in Beit Awwa near Hebron/AlKhalil injuring a Palestinian child. July 25th – A 13-year old Palestinian girl is killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza as she was playing soccer …
Jul 20
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News Highlights: Chaos in Gaza as kidnappings and popular unrest lead to instability; Palestinian NGOs and other figures call on the Palestinian Authority to take action and institute reform. Today, Palestinian PM Ahmed Qorei withdraws his resignation, submitted three days earlier due to the situation in Gaza. The U.N. General Assembly delays its vote on …
Jul 13
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News Highlights: July 12th – an elderly disabled Palestinian man crushed to death when Israeli troops demolish his home on top of him in Gaza. U.S. and Israeli officials begin talks on defining boundaries in the West Bank within which Israel can continue settlement expansion; U.S. says Palestinian state in 2005 “increasingly unlikely”. July 12th …
Jul 06
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News Highlights: July 6th – Israeli forces in Nablus kill a respected Palestinian academic and his son during a military raid near a refugee camp. July 6th – Israeli High Court issues temporary injunction to halt work on one section of the apartheid wall near Azzawiya; protests continue by villagers and internationals as Azzawiya will …
Jun 29
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News Highlights: Israeli troops take over part of northern Gaza Strip today; preparing for “a prolonged operation” according to Israeli officials. Israeli incursion into civilian areas follows attack by Palestinian resistance on Israeli military base June 28th, in which at least one Israeli soldier was killed. Two Palestinians shot dead in Gaza on June 28th, …