Category Archives: Today in Palestine

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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Israeli forces attempt to arrest 2-1/2-year-old Palestinian

Israelis crack down on Kufr Qaddoum, part of Jerusalem municipality on eastern side of separation wall

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International Criminal Court refuses to investigate ‘Cast Lead’ because the UN does not officially recognize Palestine as a state

The International Criminal Court will not investigate Israel’s conduct during its December 2008 offensive on Gaza because Palestine is not a state, the world prosecutor said Tuesday. In a statement, the ICC prosecutor acknowledged that over 130 countries and some UN bodies recognize Palestine as a state. But, Palestine still holds observer status in the UN, and so the ICC cannot at this time investigate allegations of war crimes committed on Palestinian territory, the prosecutor said.

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Video: Israeli military violently evicts Palestinians, internationals from Hebron house

Two days ago the Israeli military raided a house in Hebron’s old city, evicting Palestinian and international activists who hoped to prevent it from being taken over by settlers.

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Settlers run wild in the West Bank, but Israel rarely bothers to put them in kangaroo courts

Palestinian family pelted with stones near Hebron, by zealot settlers. No accountability

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Settlers take over house in Hebron, PA detains owner

Several dozen settlers move into property located near Cave of Patriarchs; say they have legal ownership. Palestinian owner detained by PA police.

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Netanyahu’s office signs off on plan to relocate 30,000 Bedouin

A five-year economic development plan for Israeli Bedouin has been approved by a steering committee in the Prime Minister’s Office, as part of operational plans for relocating tens of thousands of Bedouin to officially recognized communities.

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US ‘understands’ Israel’s decision to cut ties with UN Human Rights Council

Shapiro: Israel’s decision to cut HRC ties ‘understandable’ US ambassador to Israel says Human Rights Council obsessively focuses on Israel instead of other critical issues in Syria, Iran. link to www.ynetnews.com  Israel reprimands Austria, Belgium over vote on UN human … Continue reading

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Israel looks to punish the Palestinians for UN inquiry into the settlements

Israeli state officials said that Israel is considering “penal” measures against the Palestinian Authority as well as various steps against the United Nations Human Rights Council, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday … The cabinet will reportedly consider freezing tax money Israel collects for the PA, as well as halting joint financial projects such as an initiative to grant 5,000 extra work permits for Palestinians.

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UPDATE: Hamas, family misled AP reporter on death of five month old child

A seven-month-old baby in Gaza died on Friday evening after medical equipment he was connected to switched off as a result of a power cut, a Hamas-affiliated TV channel said. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya confirmed the incident, adding that the infant was born with respiratory problems and doctors had recommended the use of mechanical breathing apparatus to be used at home.

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Half of Gaza’s ambulances and fire trucks are at a standstill due to fuel crisis

The Committee for Ambulance and Emergency in Gaza announced Wednesday that 50% of ambulances and fire trucks stopped working as the fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip have worsened.

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Settlers announce plans to take more houses in Beit Hanina and Sheikh Jarrah; Gush Shalom says the government is complicit

Israeli settlers are planning to take over more Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Beit Hanina and Sheikh Jarrah, the Israeli peace bloc, Gush Shalom, said Tuesday.

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Settlers use stolen Palestinian water springs to promote settlements: ‘It is a way of promoting or advertising settlements as a fun place’

Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied West Bank, barring Palestinians or limiting their access to scarce water sources, a United Nations report said on Monday.

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Israeli settlers attack a shepherd and a child in separate attacks in the West Bank

Settlers destroy 220 olive trees in Nablus village land

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Are solar panels an existential threat to Israel too?

Israel is planning to demolish ‘illegal’ solar panels that are the only source of electricity for Palestinians in West Bank villages.

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Israeli official on Gaza attack: ‘In a sense, this was a mini-drill for Iran’

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To my unborn children

A 24 year old Gazan blogger writes a letter to his future children about growing up in Gaza under Israeli occupation.

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Burying Ayoub Assalya

Twelve year old Ayoub Assalya was murdered yesterday. He was walking to school when an Israeli missile landed next to him. It was seven A.M. He is another casualty of Israel’s latest attack on Gaza.

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At least eleven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Eleven Palestinians were killed and at least four critically injured Friday and early Saturday after a series of Israeli airstrikes targeted suspected militants across Gaza, according to Palestinian medical officials.

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What it takes to throw away garbage in Occupied Palestine

The people who live in Qalandiyah and Kfar Akeb, who are residents of Jerusalem but on the other side of the security fence, sometimes have to walk many kilometers to throw out their household garbage on the other side of the Qalandiyah checkpoint.

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Report from the ‘new’ Lifta

Approximately 1,000 people — Palestinian refugees and their descendants, originally from the Jerusalem-area village of Lifta — now live in a small community next door to the Hebrew University. Consistently denied building permits and under pressure from the municipality, the residents say they will not leave, and haven’t given up hope to one day return to Lifta itself.

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‘Blackwashing’ and the Israel lobby

Max Blumenthal discusses the Israel lobby’s use of “blackwashing” to build support for Israel.

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Gaza sends two trucks of date bars to the West Bank — first business between the two territories since 2007

Israel okays first Gaza-West Bank trade in 5 years AFP 5 Mar — Israel on Monday allowed the Palestinians to export two truckloads of date bars from Gaza to the West Bank in what was the first such trade between … Continue reading

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Linah Alsaafin: My grandfather passed away and I was denied the right to see him

Linah Alsaafin remembers her grandfather who recently passed away. She was prevented from seeing him before he died because of Israeli travel restrictions.

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Israelis sanction a march of incitement against Hanin Zoabi in her hometown

Israeli police have given permission for a right-wing march against a Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament in her home town of Nazareth.

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