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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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And we live on…
In spite of the ‘birds of death, hovering two meters from our breath,’ the people of Gaza live on
Rafah’s nicest tunnel: Siege meets surf in Gaza
Joe Catron photographs Gaza’s clay sea huts in a coastal resort in Rafah, one kilometer from the Egyptian border.
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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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March of the Flags

Sahar Vardi, pictured above preventing the arrest of a Palestinian boy during the Jerusalem Day parade, explains the meaning of the parade and the single most threatening symbol to the marchers — a Palestinian flag. (Photo: Haim Schwarczenberg)
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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
Daily escalations in Occupied Palestine
Eight Palestinian farmers are injured in an unprovoked attack
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Nakba 64 years later, we will never forget
News and headlines from Nakba Day, 2012.
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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A portrait of a former Zionist (Part 1)

Bill grew up in New York in love with Israel. Then in his 20s he became disaffected. He stayed away but he didn’t ever stop thinking about it. Then at 35 he decided to go back. Here’s the first part of a trip diary (Above: entering the Qalandiya checkpoint).
‘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.
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
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
Denver billboards lead to– hold on to your hat– spirited debate!
Billboards in New Mexico and Colorado have allowed Americans to debate aid to Israel
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.
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
Egypt and Israel, all is not well
There is increasing public pressure in Egypt to boycott companies doing business in Israel
When discrimination hits home (IHOP fired my dad for being Arab and Muslim)
After 9/11 IHOP told a model manager, Hussein ‘Joseph’ Chamseddine, to ‘lay low’ on the job because he is Muslim. Then in 2010 it fired him and three others
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
Gaza rallies on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
Joe Catron in photos chronicles Palestinians in Gaza commemorating Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.
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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
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
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.
