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Israel’s Politics of Deflection ~ by Richard Falk (@rfalk13)
Richard Falk | Richard Falk Weblog | Sept 30, 2013 General Observations During my period as the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine on behalf of the Human Rights Council I have been struck by the persistent efforts of Israel and its strong civil society adjuncts to divert attention from the substance […]
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The student Montaser Shunnar declares hunger strike in PA prison
[ PIC 02/10/2013 – 06:12 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The student at Faculty of Engineering at An-Najah National University Montaser Shunnar has declared a hunger strike in the PA jail of Aljunied in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. PA Intelligence Services arrested Shunnar on September 26, 2013 as he was leaving the university […]
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Israeli demolition notifications against 8 water wells
[ PIC 02/10/2013 – 08:11 PM ] AL-KHALIL,(PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) have issued demolition notifications against eight water wells funded by a European organization in Yatta town in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil. Ratib Al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Yatta, said that the […]
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“Don’t crush our dreams” – a plea from a student trapped in Gaza ~ by @YousefAljamal
Yousef Aljamal is trapped in Gaza. If he isn’t allowed to leave soon he’ll lose a hard won university scholarship to study in Malaysia. His course began on 22 September, but the Israeli siege combined with the closure of Gaza’s border with Egypt means he is still stuck in Gaza a week later. […]
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Eye on Palestine – This is occupation: Deprivation of Healthcare
Sept 26, 2013 via Ahmad A Mesleh | Eye on Palestine Qamar Shehada, a 6 months girl, on a hospital bed at the intensive care unit, in Jerusalem on Sept. 17, 2013. Israeli authorities prevented Shehada’s family to enter Jerusalem under the pretext of illegal stay in the Palestinian Authority territory while she suffering from […]
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Law preventing Palestinians from owning property in Lebanon threatens thousands
[ PIC 25/09/2013 – 06:04 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– A law preventing Palestinians from owning property in Lebanon was passed in March 2001, and stated that “It is not allowed to own a property of any kind for any person who does not carry a citizenship issued by a recognized state or for any person […]
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#PalHunger | Halahleh threatens to declare hunger strike against the Israeli deliberate medical negligence
[ PIC 21/09/2013 – 10:41 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh, 34, has threatened to go on hunger strike and to stop taking medicines in protest against the Israeli deliberate medical negligence. Halahleh, jailed in Eshel prison, had contracted hepatitis after his arrest in April. The prisoner told the Palestinian prisoner society […]
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Public health sector in Gaza faces disaster under tightened siege
Intensive care medical units such as this one at the Al-Emarati Hospital in Gaza face significant cuts to their power and medical supplies Middle East Monitor | Sept 21, 2013 The Minister of Health in Gaza has urged the international community to put pressure on Israel and Egypt to lift the siege and allow medicines, […]
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Refugees of Palestine – in pictures
SPECIAL TOPIC Related News and Resources Category Refugees | For Related News Palestinian Refugees | Factsheet Right to Return | Factsheet Whereabouts of Palestinians | Report Ethnic Cleansing | Special Topic Internal Displacement in Palestine Life in Refugee Camps Palestinian Refugee Camps Refugee & IDP Rights Sands of Sorrow | video Study proves living conditions […]
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