Tom Hurndall

Tom Hurndall was in a coma for nine months after being shot in the head by an Israeli sniper. He died January 13, 2004. He had been trying to remove Palestinian children from the range of Israeli rifle fire. British TV Documentary – Dispatches: The Killing Zone Sandra Jordan and Rodrigo Vasquez, Channel 4 – […]

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Shot in the Head: Giffords, Hurndall and Palestinian Children

16:48 01/14/2011 We have better uses for our money than to fund atrocities. By Alison Weir There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it’s the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more […]

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Occupation interrogators torture minor

[ 14/01/2011 – 09:33 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Malek al-Shareef, 16 years, was exposed to severe beating by the interrogator Captin Daud [pseudo-name] during the interrogation according to a statement on Thursday by a lawyer at Etzion prison. In a toilet which 1×1 meters the interrogator forced Shareef  to kneel on the floor while […]

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Torture in PA jails | FULL REPORT

[ 14/01/2011 – 08:34 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain and the Middle East Monitor recently issued a report documenting torture territory of the Palestinian Authority. The report showed that the Palestinian security services have been using torture on a wide and systematic basis for several years using, inter […]

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Hamas tries to curb rocket attacks on Israel

    By HISHAM ABU TAHA | ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 14, 2011 23:12 Updated: Jan 14, 2011 23:12 GAZA CITY: The Palestinian government run by Hamas in Gaza Strip on Friday increased its security presence near the Israeli border to try to prevent smaller militant groups from firing homemade rocket and mortar shells into […]

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Oppressors and liars, and they call themselves a light upon the nations

[ 14/01/2011 – 01:00 AM ] By Khalid Amayreh When Israeli President Shimon President was pressed by some human rights organizations to stop the practice of “administrative detention” of Palestinian intellectuals, he claimed that “Palestinians who don’t hurl fire bombs and who don’t shoot have nothing to fear.” Peres were lying through his teeth as […]

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One Demonstrator Hit Directly in the Head with a Tear Gas Projectile in Ni’ilin | Joseph Dana

Over one hundred people marched to the Separation wall in Ni’ilin this afternoon. The army continued to break its own rules of conduct by firing tear gas canisters directly at demonstrators. One demonstrator was hit in the head with a tear gas projectile and others suffered from tear gas inhalation. Injured Demonstrator in Ni’ilin. Picture […]

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RACISM ISN’T THE ONLY DANGER FACING ISRAEL TODAY « Desertpeace

January 14, 2011 at 18:33 (Activism, Anti fascism, Corrupt Politics, Democracy, Free Speech, Israel) Israel’s human rights community has been at the forefront of the struggle against this state of affairs. Much like the brave Americans who spoke out against oppression during the civil rights movement, we love our country and are concerned about what […]

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Israeli occupation to build a hotel on the ruins of the Qashala cemetery

[ 14/01/2011 – 06:17 PM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage (AFEH) said that the Israeli occupation has started building a hotel on the ruins of the historical Qashala cemetery next to the Grand Mosque in the occupied city of Yaffa. Dozens of graves have been bulldozed after the Israeli […]

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Information Center press conference discusses arrest of its director Jawad Siyam and Israeli crackdown on activists

Friday, 14 January, 2011 | 20:31 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem   Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — A press conference was held by the Wadi Hilweh Information Center today to discuss the recent Israeli campaign against Palestinian activists of Silwan, which has seen the arrest of several prominent community figures, dubious charges laid […]

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Blackwater protects American institutions and personnel in the West Bank

Friday, 14 January 2011 11:40 A spokesman for the Palestinian security services has denied any relationship between the Palestinian Authority and the presence of civilian security officers from Blackwater, the private American company, in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. In a statement to Alghad media, Major General Adnan Aldamery said, “We do not have […]

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Israeli Troops Invade West Bank Communities, Injure One and Arrest 10

PNN – Palestine News Network – 14.01.11 – 12:52 Ramallah – PNN – Israeli troops injured one man and arrested 10 others during invasions targeting West Bank communities on Thursday night and Friday morning. Archive At the village of Awarta, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, soldiers stormed the village and searched homes. […]

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Renewal of administrative detention of Hamas leaders Nasif and Asfour

[ 14/01/2011 – 12:01 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority has renewed the administrative administration of two Hamas leaders in Israeli occupation jails; Ra’fat Nasif (42 years) from Tulkarem for the seventh time and for six months and Adnan Asfour (46) from Nablus for three months. Director of the Ahrar centre for […]

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Britain & France lead European condemnation of Abdallah Abu Rahma’s sentencing

      Friday, January 14 2011|Joseph Dana | +972 Magazine After Amnesty International labeled Abdallah Abu Rahma a ‘prisoner of conscience’ on Wednesday, England and France have issued official statements of concern regarding  the hashing of Abdallah Abu Rahma’s sentence. EU diplomats fear that Abu Rahma’s sentence is a clear attempt by Israel to […]

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3 women ‘ordered to remove’ Muslim overgarment

Published today 14:55 JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers deployed at a Jenin checkpoint on Thursday forced women to remove an overgarment worn by conservative Muslim women referred to locally as the jiljab, officials said.  Tawfiq Qabaha, member of the Barta’a Ash-Sharqiya village municipal council, told Ma’an that “soldiers ordered the women heading to the town […]

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