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1948- Palestinians refuse all forms of enlistment in the occupation army

[ PIC 08/07/2012 – 10:44 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) — The Higher Arab Follow-up Committee which represents the Palestinians from the territories occupied in 1948 stressed on its rejection of the “civil service” and to all forms of voluntary and compulsory enlistment of the Arabs from the territories occupied in 1948 in the Zionist […]

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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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Sa’id Naffa’, Son OF Arab MK Held For Refusing Military Service

Tuesday May 15, 2012 02:37 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli Police kidnapped Amro Naffa’, 18, the son of Arab Member of Israeli Knesset, Sa’id Naffa’, after he refusing to adhere to the compulsory military service, rejecting to be part of a military that occupies and oppresses the Palestinian people. Armo Said […]

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New young Israeli Refusers – 2012

18thdecember.org | April 13, 2012 For decades hundreds of Israeli youth have declared at different times and for different reasons that they will refuse to serve in the Israeli military as they see its actions as immoral. Many times, these conscientious objectors (COs) are imprisoned for refusing to serve in the army, as the military […]

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“I can’t take part in these crimes”: Israeli refusenik @GNoam interviewed ~ by @Intifada

Jillian Kestler-D’Amours | The Electronic Intifada | 14 March 2012 Noam Gur holds a copy of her public statement saying she will reject military conscription. (Oren Ziv / ActiveStills) Earlier this week, 18-year-old Israeli Noam Gur publicly announced her intention to refuse mandatory service in the Israeli army. Set to be drafted next month on […]

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Palestinian Who Was Repeatedly Rammed By Settler Vehicle Sentenced to 12.5 Years – video

Monday February 27, 2012 07:37 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli Ofer Military Court sentenced on Sunday resident Waseem Maswada, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to twelve and a half years as he faced “attempted murder” charges for stabbing two settlers. After the stabbing, Waseem was attacked by several […]

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Hackers Wreak Havoc on Palestinian Internet Services

Related: ISRAEL’S WEB WAR DECLARATION: HASBARA GOES WWW Richard Adhikari | TechNewsWorld  | Nov 1, 2011 A hack attack crippled Internet services in Palestine Tuesday, according to officials. Palestinian Telecommunications Minister Mashour Abu Daqqa told reporters that a nation-state was likely behind the attacks, though he did not specify which. The attacks may have been […]

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“Israel” Prison Service launches offensive against Palestinian prisoners as Ramadan ends

[ 02/09/2011 – 10:09 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli Prison Service has launched a fresh offensive against Palestinian prisoners as the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end, a prisoners’ rights expert has reported. Raafat Hamdouna said the coming days should see major developments inside the Israeli prisons as the prisoners prepare to […]

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PRESS RELEASE | SPSGAZA: CPS Gaza crew attacked by Israeli warship

For Immediate Release CPSGAZA | July 13, 2011 Israeli naval forces attacked the Civil Peace Service Gaza monitoring boat with water cannons earlier today.Civil Peace Service Gaza is an international third party non-violent initiative to monitor potential human rights violations in Gazan territorial waters.     The initial attack happened at 12.05pm local time. There […]

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Hamas: Service decline signals intent behind UNRWA name change

[ 10/07/2011 – 05:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas’s refugees’ affairs department has said the recent decline in UNRWA’s services confirms the body’s “evil objectives” behind the recent name change, which excluded the term “relief works”. The Hamas department said in a statement on Sunday that officials from the UN Palestinian refugees agency should explain […]

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Rights groups challenge Israeli secret service impunity

  The Electronic Intifada| 30 May 2011 Activists protest the detention of Omar Said and Ameer Makhoul, May 2010. (Oren Ziv  /ActiveStills ) For Omar Said, the time he spent in the custody of Israeli secret service agents — and the emotional ordeal that accompanied his interrogation and detention — won’t soon be forgotten. “You can’t imagine how […]

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Shin Bet interrupts cell phone service inside prisons

03/04/2011 – 07:01 PM OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Prison Service has reached an agreement with the country’s general security service Shin Bet to cut off cell phone chips of Palestinians jailed in Israeli prisons, the prisoners said in a letter that was leaked Sunday. The move came as Israeli occupation authorities attempt to isolate Palestinian […]

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IPS denies medical team visit to isolated, sick detainees

28/03/2011 – 07:01 PM RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison service (IPS) refused to allow a medical team to check on seriously ill and isolated Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails, the Palestinian prisoner’s association said on Monday. It added in a press release that the IPS had previously approved the visit to a number of critical […]

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IPS refuses to remove Palestinian prisoner’s tumor

27/03/2011 – 04:38 PM GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has refused to remove a cancerous growth from a Palestinian man held in the Gilboa prison, the Tadhamon international rights group has reported. Tariq al-Aasi from the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago and has since […]

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IPS bargains to heal attempted murder victim for his silence

[ 09/02/2011 – 10:39 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli prison service has bargained to treat a Palestinian man who was poisoned at the Eishel prison for his silence to the media over the attempted hit, the prisoner affairs ministry in Gaza reported. Haitham Izzat Saliheyya, who is serving a life sentence, has absolutely […]

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