Health ministry: 360 patients at risk due to the closure of the Rafah crossing

[ PIC 11/07/2013 – 01:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza warned that the lives of 360 patients who has been prescribed medical treatment in hospitals outside the Gaza Strip are at risk as a result of the closure of the Rafah border crossing. In a press release on Thursday, the […]

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URGENT ACTION ALERT: Help replace volunteers to whom Israel denied entry last week ~ by @cptchicago

CPTnet | 10 July 2013 AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) URGENT ACTION: Help replace volunteers to whom Israel denied entry last week On two occasions in the past week, Israeli officials at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport refused entry to members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) who had traveled to Israel to join the Christian Peacemaker Team […]

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#PalHunger | Israel military court to hold ‘urgent’ hearing for Issawi

Maan News Agency | April 21, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel’s Ofer military court will hold an “urgent” hearing for Samer Issawi on Monday after he decided to stop taking vitamin supplements, his lawyer said Sunday. Palestinian Prisoner Society lawyer Jawad Boulos told Ma’an that Issawi stopped taking supplements on Thursday to protest dissatisfaction with […]

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URGENT APPEAL to H.E. @DeSchutterUNSR | Illegal restrictions on fishing access to Palestinian territorial waters

Palestine Matters | Saturday, March 23, 2013 Alert | URGENT APPEAL: Ref: UA 05 / 13 VIOLATIONS: illegal restrictions on fishing access to the Palestinian territorial waters Under the government of Israel’s illegal occupation, Palestinian families are severely deprived of a vital food source because of Israel’s illegal restrictions placed on access by fishermen to […]

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Appeals for saving the life of patient captive Abu Hamdiya

LIVE BLOG ABOUT THE DEATH OF ARAFAT JARADAT Including preliminary Autopsy Report Continuous Updates [ PIC 02/03/2013 – 02:29 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian prisoners at Raymond desert prison launched an urgent appeal to save the captive Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 65, whose health condition has significantly deteriorated in the past few days. The prisoners demanded, […]

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Urgent UN Press Statement: Release Palestinian Hunger Strikers Now ~ by Prof. Em. Richard Falk

Richard Falk Weblog | Prof. Em. Richard Falk | Febr 13, 2013 The following press statement was issued 13 February 2013 under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in my capacity as Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967. This nonviolent resistance to unlawful and abusive detention practices by Israel is a […]

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BREAKING | Israel stormed & ransacked Human Rights association Addameer and stole equipment & data at 3AM

Dec 11, 2012 by occpal | Updated Dec 12, 2012 Continuous updates as soon as more details are available Joint Statement by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council http://t.co/niNZRbKz — Addameer –الضمير (@Addameer) December 12, 2012 Israel raided and ransacked the office of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association at 3AM this morning. They […]

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#Gaza | URGENT | Gaza’s Shifa Hospital Calls For Urgent Medical Supplies | REQUEST LIST INCLUDED

NOTE OCCPAL | LIST REQUIRED MEDICAL SUPPLIES SHIFA HOSPITAL  NOTE OCCPAL | LIST REQUIRED MEDICAL SUPPLIES  U.H.W.C – GAZA By Haitham Sabbah | Sabbah Report | Nov 21, 2012 Press Statement 21 November 2012 The Palestinian Ministry of Health condemns in the strongest terms the continued Israeli outrages against the citizenry of Gaza. The death […]

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#PalHunger | PRESS RELEASE: ONLY IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION WILL SAVE LIVES OF 3 HUNGER STRIKERS

Addameer | Nov 13, 2012 PRESS RELEASE Ramallah, 12 September 2012 – Addameer is deeply concerned that the lives of the three remaining Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prison are in immediate danger as their prolonged hunger strikes have led to a rapid deterioration in their health. Of utmost concern is the health of administrative […]

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IMAGINE.. YOU NEED A PERMIT TO VISIT YOUR OWN CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL…

Ask Israel to grant Haitham Khatib a permit to visit his son in the hospital (See update below post) Carmi al Khatib is a 5 year old boy from the Palestinian village of Bil’in. Soon after his birth it was discovered he had Leukemia and began treatment in Israel and fortunately, after years of illness, […]

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#PalHunger | Families of Palestinian detainees call for urgent actions to support hunger strikers

Press release from the Ministry of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs: GAZA, PALESTINE, September 11 – The families of Palestinians detained by Israel called for a week of urgent actions to support a mass hunger strike on 13 September, as well as ongoing hunger strikes by individual detainees. Thousands of detainees will participate in a mass […]

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URGENT APPEAL | To International Diplomatic and Humanitarian Actors

PNN | Aug 6, 2012 More than 90,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites at risk of forcible displacement by Israel On Monday, 6th August, the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem (Civic Coalition-Jerusalem) said in a press release that it is deeply concerned about the situation of the more than 90,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites who have been cut […]

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Urgent appeal to Egypt to save Abu Sissi’s life

Qassam Brigade 31-07-2012,09:31 Al Qassam website – The Engineers Union in Gaza denounced the cruel detention conditions of the engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, 42, and condemned his continued isolation despite the recent agreement that ended the Palestinian captive movement strike. The union considered, in a statement on Monday, Abu Sissi’s continued detention as a new […]

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#PalHunger | Urgent: 83 Days – Take action to save the life of Akram Al-Rikhawi!

Samidoun | July 3, 2012 Palestinian political prisoner Akram Al-Rikhawi is currently on his 83rd day of hunger strike, in severe danger of death. He is suffering from numerous medical conditions, including diabetes, asthma, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, glaucoma, kidney problems and immune deficiency. Addameer reports that “Prior to his arrest, Akram received injections of Kenacort […]

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‘Don’t wait until we’re in body bags’: Two #PalHunger strikers’ “final distress call” ~ by @AliAbunimah

Ali Abunimah | Electronic Intifada | Sun, 06/03/2012 Mahmoud Sarsak and Akram Rikhawi who have been on hunger strike for 78 and 59 days respectively issued the following urgent distress call from Israel’s Ramle prison today. It was published by Addameer on its Facebook page in Arabic and rush-translated by The Electronic Intifada: The message […]

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