Archive | July 8, 2012

#PHOTOS | Settlers and soldiers attack village near Nablus, injuring 5. Torched trees. Killed sheep

Sunday July 08, 2012 09:18 by Marshall Pinkerton – International Solidarity Movement On Saturday 7 July, 2012, the village of Yanoun, located 12km southeast of Nablus, was attacked by illegal settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement. Five Palestinians were injured in the attack and large sections of agricultural land were set ablaze. Soldiers blocking the […]

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Israeli interrogators sexually harass Palestinian children in detention

[ PIC 08/07/2012 – 09:19 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A number of Palestinian children who were detained in different circumstances reported their exposure to abuse and maltreatment by Israeli soldiers and interrogators. In some cases, the interrogators sexually harassed those children and in other occasions they threatened to rape them if they did not cooperate […]

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Thousands of Palestinians to be forced into Israeli military service

Al Akhbar |  Sunday, July 8, 2012 Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians will be forced to complete military or community service with the Israeli army, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party announced it would back a controversial plan for reforming the country’s laws. Meeting in Jerusalem, the party said it would support the recommendations […]

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