Author Archives: Today in Palestine

UN Committee: Israeli system ‘tantamount to apartheid’

Ethnic Cleansing / Land Theft & Destruction / Occupation & Apartheid / Exile & Restriction of Movement / Refugees Report: Israel issued 13,000 demolition orders against Palestinian real estate Haaretz newspaper said the Israeli civil administration issued 13,000 demolition warnings … Continue reading

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Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees

Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading

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Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained

Detainees and Other Prisoner News Palestinians arrest 10 Islamic Jihad members Palestinian security forces arrested 10 members of the Islamic Jihad in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, a local leader of the radical movement said. link to news.yahoo.com Islamic … Continue reading

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South African artists, intellectuals and gov’t ministers take steps to isolate Israel

How long before South Africans are accused of being anti-Semites? South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as ‘made in Israel’, Amira Hass Minister of Trade and Industry says South Africa recognizes the State of Israel only within … Continue reading

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Daily escalations in Occupied Palestine

Eight Palestinian farmers are injured in an unprovoked attack

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Hunger strikes and Nakba aside, it’s been a busy week in the Middle East

Headlines from around the Middle East.

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Nakba 64 years later, we will never forget

News and headlines from Nakba Day, 2012.

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Israeli officer threatens to rape Palestinian activists in custody (if this happened in Syria it would be headline news)

Israel faces major West Bank uprising over hunger strikers

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‘Battle of the Empty Stomachs’: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab surpass 70 days on hunger strike

Addameer: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab’s petitions to the Israeli High Court regarding their administrative detention orders were rejected yesterday, four days following their High Court hearing on 3 May. Thaer and Bilal are on their 71st day of hunger strike and at immediate risk of death.

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Settlers poison grapevines belonging to occupied village, Beit Ummar

Beit Ummar is also attacked by soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets after a funeral

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Situation for Palestinian Hunger Strikers grows more and more dire– 2 at death’s door

Hunger Strike & Prisoner News Gravely ill Palestinian hunger striker faints in court as Israeli judges sentence him to slow death, Ali Abunimah Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk … Continue reading

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Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab in serious condition after 63 days on hunger strike

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – Israel Branch, warned that the health condition of Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab, who entered their 63rd day of hunger strike is causing grave concern, adding that both detainees suffer from an acute decrease of muscle tone and are bedridden, which puts them under dual threat; muscle atrophy and Thrombophilia, which can lead to a fatal blood clot.

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A weekend of violence against Palestinian activists that the UN will never get around to condemning

and other news from Today in Palestine:   Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Palestinian History Jordan Valley Resident Forcibly Removed from Home JORDAN VALLEY, April 27, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers forcibly removed on Friday a Palestinian … Continue reading

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Palestinian prisoner hunger strike grows to 2,000 inmates despite punitive measures to stop it

Guardian: Human rights groups say 2,000 are now on hunger strike against indefinite detention without charge and alleged ill-treatment. The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has grown to 2,000 with more preparing to join the protest next week, according to human rights groups in the West Bank.

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Video: Israeli soldiers arrest three children in West Bank raid

A video shows heavily-armed Israeli soldiers seizing three children from their home in the middle of the night in the West Bank village of Beit Ommar

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Egypt and Israel, all is not well

There is increasing public pressure in Egypt to boycott companies doing business in Israel

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Khader Adnan will continue to work at a bakery and sell zaatar to remind Palestinians of their roots

Khader Adnan was released, and he plays with his children, who can’t leave his side

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Israeli undercover unit’s murder of Palestinian civilian was part of “training exercise”

Khader Adnan returns home after months in administrative detention and a historic hunger strike

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As 100s of other prisoners begin hunger strike,Thaer Halahla, 7 weeks without food, vomits blood

and other developments from the occupation: Attack on Danish Activist / Suppression of Bike Tour Religious cover to attack peace activists: Rabbis: Officer reacted to highly unusual circumstances Prominent rabbis rally to aid of officer who assaulted foreign activist; slam military’s … Continue reading

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We are privileged, say 2 Israeli refusers

Palestinians don’t have a choice but to resist. We do, say two young Israelis refusing to serve

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11-year-old child beaten in pro-prisoner march

And other news from Today in Palestine: Israeli occupation forces severely beat an 11-year-old child while participating in a peaceful march in Ma’sara village, south of Bethlehem, on Friday in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. link to www.palestine-info.co.uk Land Theft & … Continue reading

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Power outages lead to the death of three children in Gaza

A family in the central Gaza Strip has suffered an unimaginable tragedy because of a candle lit during one of Gaza’s frequent power outages.

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‘What do you want from a 5 year old girl? She threatens your state?’: Israel raids a house in Nabi Saleh

A Palestinian woman confronts Israeli soldiers that entered her home in the middle of the night to interrogate her family, including her 5 year old daughter.

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The children of Kufr Qadum: “You arrested our fathers, so we lead the demonstration today”

After Israeli army nightly incursion into Kufr Qadum accompanied by massive arrest of villagers , the children of the village have come out in protest with a message to the occupying army and the world: “You Arrested Our Fathers, So We Lead the Demonstration Today”. The weekly demonstration has again been brutally suppressed by the army, who blacked all entrances to the village, took hold of a home, made use of the “Skunk”, and fired the usual dose of teargas and shock rounds.

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The untold suffering of Palestinian children (190 in detention now)

‘The Suffering of the Palestinian Child Under Israeli Occupation’ — important document published today

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