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Israel Supreme Court to hear Adnan appeal tomorrow

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Kate

Israel’s Supreme Court has announced it will hold an emergency hearing for an incarcerated Palestinian who is waging a lengthy hunger strike that has put his life in danger.

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News update from day 64 of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Wife says health of Khader Adnan worsening RAMALLAH (Reuters) — The health of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 61 days to protest against his detention, has significantly worsened, his wife said Thursday after visiting her husband in an … Continue reading →

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B’Tselem: Israeli use of administrative detention increased sharply in 2011

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Kate

B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, noted that according to figures received from the Israel Prison Service, the number of Palestinian administrative detainees being held in Israel increased from 219 in January 2011, to 307 in December.

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Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Today in Palestine

A Palestinian prisoner on his 61st day of hunger strike while shackled to a bed in an Israeli hospital is in immediate danger of death, according to a medical report submitted to the supreme court in an effort to secure his release.

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Poland presses Israel over destruction of West Bank village supported by Polish charity

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Kate

Israel’s ambassador was summoned by the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw, to explain why Israeli forces demolished an ancient water well in the West Bank, restored by a Polish charity

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News roundup on the 59th day of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Today in Palestine

As Khader Adnan entered his 59th day on hunger strike, his wife Randa appealed for the international community to end his isolation and save his life.

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Twenty Israeli military vehicles descend on village south of Hebron, demolish 22 buildings, displace 120 Palestinians

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Kate

Twenty Israeli military vehicles accompanied bulldozers to raze the 16 domestic tents, six animal shelters, and a well that was the village Khirbet al-Rahwa’s only water source.

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Israeli military escalating arrests in Hebron of boys aged 12-15 years old; at least 10 children arrested last week

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Hebron: At least 10 children arrested by Israeli military in one week The extreme Golani Unit of the Israeli military is escalating its arrests of Palestinian children in Al Khalil (Hebron), targeting boys between the ages of 12 to15 years … Continue reading →

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Likud party members issue call to storm al-Aqsa mosque next Sunday

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Kate

Members of the Israeli right-wing Likud party Thursday called to storm al-Aqsa mosque next Sunday to build the alleged temple on the ruins of the mosque, according to Israeli right wing websites.

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As Khader Adnan struggles through his 55th day on a hunger strike, a reminder that he has not been charged with a crime

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Khader Adnan enters the 55th day of his hungry strike in Israeli detention, he has not been charged with anything Palestinian hunger striker nearing death A Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike for 55 days to protest against his detention … Continue reading →

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Today in Palestine

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Kate

Land, property, resources theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Restriction of movement Israeli forces raid village near Hebron, block construction HEBRON (Ma‘an) 8 Feb – Israeli forces on Tuesday raided the southern West Bank village of al-Karmil … Continue reading →

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Settlers spray ‘Death to Christians’ on a monastery, ‘Death to Arabs’ on a school and ‘Mohammad is a pig’ on village entrance

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Today in Palestine

More “pricetag” attacks by Israeli settlers

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Settlers attempt to burn another mosque in Nabi Saleh and graffiti ‘death to Arabs’ near Ramallah

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Land Theft / Ethnic Cleansing  Zionist plans to build a shopping centre on Armenian Church land The Jerusalem occupation municipality announced a plan to build a new shopping centre with a car park on a piece of land that is … Continue reading →

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Armenians protest as Israel creates Jewish-only parking lot in the Armenian quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Restriction of movement Jerusalem’s Armenians outraged as city approves Jews-only parking lot in Old City Haaretz 3 Feb — Armenian residents of Jerusalem’s Old City are protesting a municipal … Continue reading →

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New Knesset bill, ‘Regulation of the Bedouin settlement in the Negev’ seeks to turn Bedouin dispossession into law

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

A new bill seeks to turn the controversial Prawer Plan into Israeli law. If the Knesset passes the legislation, it will pave the way for Israel to step up its efforts to disposess the Negev’s Bedouin and relocate them to impoverished townships.

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Tadamun: Israel detained student because of computer engineering graduate project

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Tadamun: Israel detained student because of his graduate project The international Tadamun society for human rights said the Israeli occupation forces detained about one month ago a university student from Tulkarem city because of his graduate research project. link to … Continue reading →

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My life without a title

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Yousef M. Aljamal

A new day begins in Gaza, as the dead were peacefully buried.

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Israel shuts down charitable organization, kindergarten and soccer club in Silwan

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid Center: Israel expanding south Hebron settlement HEBRON (Ma‘an) 29 Jan — The Land Research Center said on Sunday that the Israel is expanding the Karmel settlement in south Hebron. Israeli … Continue reading →

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Two settler attacks on Palestinian teens, both are tragedies but one ended in death

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Palestinian teen hit by Israeli car at checkpoint JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager was struck and injured by an Israeli driver near an East Jerusalem checkpoint on Saturday morning, witnesses told Ma’an.  Suleiman Abu Mahamid, 18, was waiting to … Continue reading →

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Almost 1,100 Palestinians were displaced by West Bank home demolitions in 2011, an increase of 80% from 2010

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Kate

New UN report shows sharp rise in Palestinians uprooted by Israeli demolitions IMEMC 27 Jan — Almost 1,100 Palestinians, over half of them children, were displaced due to home demolitions in the West Bank by Israeli forces in 2011 – … Continue reading →

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Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who is the subject of Palestinian liberation?”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who Is the Subject of Palestinian Liberation?” In Finkelstein’s explicit demands to water down the struggle lies a tacit recognition that his battalions of disaffected liberals, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, are not the ones … Continue reading →

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Israel demolishes homes in Hebron, Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Kate

Israeli bulldozers demolish residence, shed south of Hebron HEBRON (WAFA) 25 Jan – Israeli forces Wednesday demolished a residence that housed orphans and a shack in Khirbet Umm al-Khair, a locale in the Hebron south of West Bank, according to … Continue reading →

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New additions to the Mondoweiss comments policy

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss and Adam Horowitz

We are adding two new rules to our comments policy: No Holocaust or Nakba denial, and we’re not interested in turning the site into a forum for discussing different versions of the 9/11 attacks.

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In the last 24 hours an orgy of land theft and political arrests of children

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Land Theft & Destruction / Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid / Refugees Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire community of Beit Arabiya in West Bank, Philip Weiss Tne tragic night in the West … Continue reading →

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Israel arrests two more Palestinian lawmakers in Jerusalem

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Kate

Exile / Ethnic cleansing / Land, property theft & destruction Israel detains 2 more lawmakers JERUSALEM (Ma‘an) 23 Jan — Israeli forces on Monday detained two Palestinian MPs during a raid on the Jerusalem headquarters of the International Red Cross. … Continue reading →

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