News Highlights: On Jan. 28th, Israeli military forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza City, including five workers and an 11-year-old boy; the attack was followed by a bus bombing in Jerusalem, which killed 11 Israelis. Israel invaded Bethlehem several times over the weekend, searching homes, arresting people and demolishing buildings, including the family …
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Jan 27
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News Highlights: A Palestinian man dies from wounds suffered in a car accident, because Israeli soldiers would not open the gate in the apartheid wall to allow him to go to hospital. The prisoner exchange set for this week will include 435 Palestinian and Arab prisoners, as well as 59 bodies of Lebanese dead. U.N. …
Jan 20
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News Highlights: New destruction in Rafah refugee camp by Israeli military flattens another 30 homes and a mosque, and leaves hundreds more Palestinians homeless. On Jan. 18th, Israeli undercover squad kidnaps three Palestinians in Nablus, and in Gaza, 15 Palestinian pilgrims were denied travel to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage. Palestinian and international leaders call on …
Jan 13
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News Highlights: Israeli army invades Tulkarem refugee camp on Jan. 12th; conducts mass arrests. Appeals from Bani Zaid al Gharbiya that Israeli forces are using villagers as human shields during their operations in another town; Beit Reema. Israeli refuseniks form “Courage to Refuse” and plan joint actions, after supporting the 5 young Israelis jailed for …
Jan 06
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News Highlights: Nablus and the adjacent area have been under attack for 12 days, with 14 Palestinian civilians dead so far and at least a hundred injured; Israel is destroying 400-year-old heritage buildings in the Old Casbah in Nablus. The refugee camp of Balata is nearing starvation as the Israeli siege prevents food or medicine …
Dec 30
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News Highlights: On Dec. 28th, the Israeli army fired on peace activists, protesting against the apartheid wall, injuring one American and one Israeli, Gil Naamati. Naamati had just finished his compulsory Israeli military service and joined the demo because he was outraged by the separation wall and its consequences on Palestinians; his injuries fueled the …
Dec 23
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News Highlights: A new attack on Rafah refugee camp in Gaza kills 8 Palestinians and injures 32, including children. Three Palestinians wounded during Dec. 22nd Israeli invasion of Jenin Meanwhile, the 7-day invasion of Balata refugee camp near Nablus continues; has already resulted in the death of two Palestinian children, one 5 years old and …
Dec 16
This week …
News Highlights: On Dec. 15th, Israeli forces invaded Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza, destroying 22 homes and leaving 25 Palestinian families homeless. On Dec. 13th, Israeli troops at a roadblock shot dead Kamela al Sholi, a university student and mother of two young children. Palestinian NGO condemns the murder of Ms. Sholi, calls for …
Dec 09
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News Highlights: On Dec 7, 2003, two Palestinian youths killed by Israeli forces east of Gaza City, shot and left to bleed to death; the same day in Rafah, another Palestinian teenager killed from indiscriminate Israeli gunfire and his sister was also fired upon while attempting to help him. Ariel Sharon announces unilateral moves to …
Dec 02
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News Highlights: Israeli troops launched a brutal raid on Ramallah on Dec. 1 killing three Palestinians, including a 9 year old boy, and leaving 60 others homeless. Israel launched construction of a new settlement in East Jerusalem, that will include 550 housing units. Israeli officials deny these moves were timed to coincide with the flurry …