News Highlights: Protests continue in Biddu village as Israel resumes construction of apartheid wall On April 12th, Biddu village leader says more than 20 people arrested for peaceful resistance against the wall. Palestinians protest outside cabinet meeting over inaction of Palestinian Authority towards the wall. Two Palestinians beaten by Israeli soldiers near Bethlehem. Ariel Sharon …
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Apr 06
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News Highlights: To mark Day of the Child, Defence for Children Int’l. – Palestine issued a statement highlighting the plight of Palestinian children under occupation. In 2003, 130 Palestinian children killed by Israeli troops and a further 21 killed in the first 3 months of 2004. Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees issues an appeal …
Mar 30
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News Highlights: March 30th marked the 28th anniversary of Land Day, and there were protests in Galilee and all across the occupied Palestinian territories. The first Land Day in 1976 resulted in six Palestinian Israelis shot dead near Sakhnin Israel demolishes the home in Rafah that Rachel Corrie died trying to protect just over a …
Mar 23
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News Highlights: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians march in the funeral of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the wheel-chair-bound founder of Hamas who was assassinated by Israel. Four more Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israeli forces the same day as the funeral, including a 12 year old child. U.N. Security Council convening to discuss response to Yassin’s …
Mar 16
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News Highlights: On March 15th, Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 15 Palestinians in a demonstration against the apartheid wall in Deir Qaddis. An American peace activist was arrested during the same protest; she is being held and is facing deportation. On March 14th, a Palestinian teenager wounded by Israeli gunfire in Khan YounisAriel …
Mar 09
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News Highlights: Israeli military attack in residential area in central Gaza on March 7th kills 14 Palestinians, four of them children, and wounds more than 80 others. Israeli minister says raids into Gaza will continue as Israeli army shoots dead another Palestinian teenager on March 8th. Two anti-wall protestors shot on March 8th as Israeli …
Mar 02
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News Highlights: 3 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces during peaceful protest against the wall –British parliamentarians call on Israel to remove the wall. Israel’s court orders one-week halt to construction of apartheid wall, due to petition submitted by Palestinian villagers and Popular Committee. Attorney Mohammed Dakhka says the villagers will be imprisoned in their …
Feb 24
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News Highlights: Feb. 23 marked the beginning of the hearings on the apartheid wall at the International Court of Justice in the Hague; Zionist Christian groups allowed to hold high profile demo while pro-Palestinians limited to just 25 protestors. International Red Cross calls on Israel to halt building separation wall because it breaches international law …
Feb 17
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News Highlights: Palestinian Health Ministry report released on Feb. 15th says 27 Palestinians killed in just one week, 12 in one neighbourhood in Gaza City; almost 3000 killed since Sept. 2000. Former head of international force in Hebron/AlKhalil says Israeli settlers and army are carrying out cleansing and in a few years, “no Palestinians will …
Feb 10
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News Highlights: On Feb. 8th, an 11 year old Palestinian schoolboy was one of six people killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, during extra-judicial executions. Israeli forces declare Budrus in the West Bank a closed military zone, to facilitate construction of the apartheid wall and bar international observers and media from entering the village. Armed …