Report: Israeli courts discriminate against Arab Israelis in conviction and sentences

Thursday, 04 August 2011 15:15| MEMO The study found that while the average prison sentence for Jews was nine and a half months, Arabs convicted of the same crimes were given 14 months on average. An Israeli academic study has revealed that Israeli judges are harsher with 1948-Palestinians (Arab Israelis) – during the conviction stages […]

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2 Palestinians arrested at Tulkarem checkpoint

Published today (updated) 04/08/2011 22:14 TULKAREM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians on Thursday at the military checkpoint of Enav, near Tulkarem, local witnesses told Ma’an. Soldiers tightened security procedures at the checkpoint while checking cars and the identity cards of local residents, closing the checkpoint for over two hours and preventing residents from […]

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Jordan Reaffirms Palestinians” Right to Statehood

QNA | News | Article Date: 21:57 2011/08/04 | Article 0064 Doha, August 04 (QNA) – Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judah on Thursday reiterated his country”s supportive stance to the Palestinian people to regain their legitimate rights at the top of which is their right to statehood. He underlined the need to address core issue […]

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Baraka: Right of return precedes statehood recognition

[ 04/08/2011 – 01:01 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Lebanese foreign minister Mansour Adnan has met with a Hamas delegation to discuss developments in Palestinian affairs. The delegation was headed by Hamas’s representative in Lebanon Ali Baraka and also included members Mahmoud al-Sadiq and Raafat Murra. The talks saw agreement on the need to pursue with […]

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Israel approves 900 settlement homes in East Jerusalem

Published today (updated) 04/08/2011 17:58 Israeli soldiers fire tear gas last Friday at Palestinians protesting against West Bank settlement expansion. [AFP/File Abbas Momani] JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel’s interior ministry has given final approval for the construction of 900 new homes in the east Jerusalem settlement neighborhood of Har Homa, a ministry spokeswoman told AFP on […]

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BREAKING | New Israeli strike targets Gaza Strip

PressTV –  Thu Aug 4, 2011 6:21PM GMT The Israeli military has targeted the Gaza Strip in a new round of aggression as fresh explosions were heard north of the besieged enclave. The blasts were heard east of Gaza City on Thursday, a Press TV correspondent reported. Israeli F-16 jets had earlier struck three targets […]

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Palestinian man banished for ‘harassing’ usurping settler

[ 04/08/2011 – 12:50 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli authorities have banished a Palestinian native of Beit Safafa for allegedly harassing Jewish settlers who usurped the residence of close relatives. In a bizarre decision by the Israel Magistrates Court, Mohammed Salah, 47, was ordered to pack up from his family of ten and reside […]

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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (28 July – 03 Aug 2011)

Thursday, 04 August 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights Fire breaks out in olive trees as Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters at peaceful demonstration against the annexation wall in Bil’ein village near Ramallah   Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)   […]

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IOF troops arrest 310 citizens in July including 32 minors

[ 04/08/2011 – 12:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 310 citizens in the past month of July in 500 raids on various West Bank cities, villages, and refugee camps, the Palestinian ministry of prisoners in Gaza reported on Wednesday. It noted that 50 citizens were detained in Al-Khalil, and 47 in […]

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Isolated resistance commander threatens hunger strike as condition worsens

[ 04/08/2011 – 11:38 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– An ailing Palestinian resistance commander has threatened to go on hunger strike if he continues to be isolated in the Israeli Ramle prison. Despite an acute health condition, Yasser Amin Nazal, 46, a commander in the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian coalition […]

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“Israel” to release MP Yousef, renews detention of another Hamas MP

[ 04/08/2011 – 11:44 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is expected Thursday to release renowned Hamas MP Hassan Yousef among a batch of 75 prisoners who concluded their terms in full, the Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights said. It said that Yousef, 56, has served his entire six […]

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Israeli MK’s Petition Netanyahu to Immediately Increase Illegal Settlement of West Bank

Thursday August 04, 2011 14:14 by Danny Johnes – IMEMC and Agencies Forty-two MK’s and cabinet members have petitioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the housing crisis by building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Haaretz. An Illegal Israeli Settlement Under Construction (Archive) The petition was given to Netanyahu on Tuesday, […]

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Law Proposed in Knesset Would Make Israel ‘Jewish’ Instead of ‘Jewish and Democratic’

PNN – Palestine News Network – 04.08.11 – 11:08 Tel Aviv – PNN – Forty Israeli MKs proposed a law on Wednesday that would change Israel’s definition as a “Jewish and democratic state” to “the national home for the Jewish people.” Israeli Knesset, PNN archives The bill was supported by MKs from the right-wing governing […]

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Turkey Not Present For Annual Naval Exercises With Israel And US

Thursday August 04, 2011 13:12 by Katie Child – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group For the second year in a row, Turkey is not participating in the naval drill, Reliant Mermaid, with Israel and the US. This action taken by Turkey is a result of the killing of nine Turkish activists […]

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Ismael Mohamad / United Press International Protest Israel’s detention of Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh

Maureen on Wed, Aug 3, 2011 | Electronic Intifada The Palestinian human rights group Addameer issued an appeal today urging supporters to take action on the administrative detention of Palestinian political scientist and writer Ahmad Qatamesh (the full appeal is below). Qatamesh has been held in administrative detention after he was arrested on 21 April in […]

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