#WestBankUnderAttack | Israeli Settlement Construction Fallout ~ by @StephenLendman

Stephen Lendman | Global Research, December 04, 2012 Netanyahu’s E1 Ma’aleh Adumin settlement construction announcement drew considerable flack. What it means remains to be seen. Palestinian rights have been spurned for decades. Expect little change now. At issue is separating the West Bank from Jerusalem, Judaizing the entire city, surrounding Palestinian urban areas with encroaching […]

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PLO condemns Israel’s plan to build 3,000 new settler units

PRESSTV Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:16PM GMT Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has condemned Israel’s plan to build 3,000 new settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the West Bank as an act of aggression “against a state.” HM/SS (end) Note from occpal:Rule 130. States may not deport or transfer parts of their own civilian population […]

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Impressions of Gaza ~ by Noam Chomsky

Al Qassam Website | 06-11-2012,09:45 Noam Chomsky – Even a single night in jail is enough to give a taste of what it means to be under the total control of some external force. And it hardly takes more than a day in Gaza to begin to appreciate what it must be like to try […]

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Renewed barrier construction threatens Palestinian heritage

Source: IRIN | Aug 9, 2012 Photo: Andreas Hackl/IRIN The village of Battir is perched over a terrace farming system that is unique in the OPT RAMALLAH, 9 August 2012 (IRIN) – Palestinian communities in the West Bank have expressed alarm at widely reported news that Israel will resume the construction of its “separation wall” […]

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#PalHunger | Zoabi: Occupation is punishing prisoners for success of their strike

Qassam Website | 05-07-2012,11:36Al Qassam website- Ramallah- Hanin Zoubi, an Arab member of Israel’s parliament (Knesset) has stated that the Israeli political revenge against prisoners was due to what have been achieved in the most successful strike in the history of the Palestinian prisoners’ cause. Zoubi received a letter from the prisoners which revealed the […]

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IPS isolates sick prisoners for joining hunger strike | #PalHunger

[- PIC 24/04/2012 – 04:05 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli prison service (IPS) on Tuesday isolated sick prisoners in Eshel jail for joining the hunger strike and threatened other punishments if they continued in their strike. Sources in the prison told the PIC reporter that 11 prisoners were isolated in Eshel. They added […]

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#HanaShalabi – IPS punishes prisoners for their solidarity with hunger striker

[ PIC 13/03/2012 – 08:40 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Gilboa prison administration increased punishments against Palestinian prisoners for displaying solidarity with administrative detainee Hana’a Shalabi, who has been on hunger strike for more than three weeks. Prisoners in Gilboa said that the punishments were slapped on the prisoners following their solidarity with hunger striker […]

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Prison Authority Imposes Heavy Fines on Prisoners, says Ministry

WAFA FEB 29 2012 RAMALLAH, February 29, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli Prison Administration has imposed thousands of dollars in fines on Palestinian prisoners for the most trivial reason, the Ministry of Prisoners said Wednesday. It said one prisoner, Mohammad Abed Rabbo, who is serving a 17-year prison sentence since 2004, was fined over $3600 […]

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Detainees In Israeli Ramon Prison Punished For Protesting Abuse

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category Saturday February 18, 2012 02:27 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that Palestinian political detainees held at the Ramon Israeli prison, are being punished for protesting abuse against their families, who are being […]

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Israeli forces ‘seal off Jenin village’

Related: All Attacks on Palestinians – Timeline – Category Maan News Agency | Jan 8, 2012 JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces set up a temporary checkpoint sealing a Jenin-district village for several hours on Sunday morning, witnesses said. Soldiers set up the military checkpoint after clashes Saturday evening when forces deployed to Yabad village, residents […]

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Following P.A. Admission to UNESCO; Netanyahu’s Government To Discuss Sanctions

Tuesday November 01, 2011 03:12 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies After the UNESCO voted Monday to allow Palestine to become a full member, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to convene with his “cabinet of eight” on Tuesday to discuss a series of sanction against the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Benjmain […]

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Collective Penalties Against Palestinian Prisoners – in English & German

Palestine’s Prisoners – Worldwide Event Oct 12,2011 | Pictures | Topic | Category Kawther Salam | Oct 10, 2011 Für Deutsch: Die Kollektivstrafen gegen Palästinensische Häftlinge in Israelischen Gefängnissen The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns collective punishment measures being taken by the Israeli prison authorities against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who […]

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PCHR Condemns Collective Penalties against Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Support Prisoners of Palestine – Action Alert Worldwide Event October 06, 2011 13:51|  PCHR |  International Middle East Media Center The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns collective punishment measures being taken by the Israeli prison authorities against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have organized a hunger strike in protest to their […]

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Why are the security forces detaining hundreds in Awarta?

  Tuesday, April 12 2011|Yossi Gurvitz | +972 Magazine Former IDF Chief Rabbi calls for collective punishment of Palestinian villages in the West Bank In 1990, I was serving as an operations sergeant in the Dir El Balah – a town in the Gaza Strip – in the so-called Civil Administration. On Rosh Hashana of that year, a reservist […]

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14 year old girl taken in the latest wave of Awarta arrests

11 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement   Halaa aged 6, kicked by soldiers as they raided her home On Saturday night the Israeli army once again raided Awarta, putting the village under curfew for the fifth time since the murder in the illegal settlement of Itamar on 11th March. Awarta is situated next to […]

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