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The Independent reports that the Israeli military is being urged to investigate the recent shootings of at least 12 impoverished Palestinian teenagers and young men collecting gravel in an effort to eke out an income within 800 meters of Gaza’s heavily guarded northern border.The Independent reports that the Israeli military is being urged to investigate the... more
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A United Nations Human Rights Council investigation has concluded that the Israeli military broke international laws during its raid on a Turkish ship that was part of an aid flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza.A United Nations Human Rights Council investigation has concluded that the Israeli... more
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Israeli authorities destroyed 141 Palestinian homes and other buildings in July, the largest number in any month since at least 2005, and have already carried out dozens of demolitions this month.
In one example, Israeli military authorities recently demolished Al Farisiye, a farming community of roughly 135 people in the northern Jordan Valley that had been inhabited by Palestinians for generations. On July 19, Israeli authorities demolished 76 structures there, displacing approximately 113 people, including 52 children.Israeli authorities destroyed 141 Palestinian homes and other buildings in July, the... more
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Jerusalem’s police have tapped a controversial figure who has been accused of torturing an Arab detainee and threatening East Jerusalem activists as its new adviser on Arab affairs, drawing condemnation from Israeli-Palestinian legislators and human-rights groups.Jerusalem’s police have tapped a controversial figure who has been accused of... more
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Jews and Arabs marched shoulder-to-shoulder in occupied east Jerusalem and in towns across Israel this past week in a joint protest against the eviction of Palestinians to make way for Jewish settlers.Jews and Arabs marched shoulder-to-shoulder in occupied east Jerusalem and in towns... more
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European Union commissioner Chris Patten says that the EU must shake off US dominance and take a bolder approach in pressing for a settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.European Union commissioner Chris Patten says that the EU must shake off US dominance... more
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The contents of a secretly recorded video threaten to gravely embarrass Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Obama administration. The film was shot, apparently without Netanyahu’s knowledge, nine years ago. In it, he boasts that he deceived the US president at the time, Bill Clinton, into believing he was helping implement the Oslo accords, the US-sponsored peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, by making minor withdrawals from the West Bank while actually entrenching the occupation. He brags that he thereby destroyed the Oslo process.The contents of a secretly recorded video threaten to gravely embarrass Israeli Prime... more
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This past week, UN chief Ban Ki-moon voiced his concern that an Israeli plan to raze 22 Arab homes to make way for an archaeological park in annexed east Jerusalem is unhelpful and against international law.This past week, UN chief Ban Ki-moon voiced his concern that an Israeli plan to raze... more
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Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s far-right foreign minister, set out this past week what he called a “blueprint for a resolution to the conflict” with the Palestinians that demands most of the country’s large Palestinian minority be stripped of citizenship and relocated outside Israel’s future borders.Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s far-right foreign minister, set out this past week... more
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says an Israeli investigation into Israel’s deadly raid on a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships is not valuable to Turkey even if the panel includes foreign observers.Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says an Israeli investigation into... more
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McClatchy newspapers has obtained an Israeli government document that describes its blockade of the Gaza Strip not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory.McClatchy newspapers has obtained an Israeli government document that describes its... more
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has described Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip as a violation of the Geneva Conventions and is calling on the Israeli government to lift it.The International Committee of the Red Cross has described Israel's blockade of... more
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British activists say they were legally justified in causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to an arms factory because they were seeking to stop what they believed were Israeli war crimes in Gaza.British activists say they were legally justified in causing hundreds of thousands of... more
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Attempts by media to interview some of the hundreds of Free Gaza members, who were being deported from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport this past week have been continually thwarted by Israeli authorities.Attempts by media to interview some of the hundreds of Free Gaza members, who were... more
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Thousands of demonstrators around the world hit the streets this past week — from Canada to Asia and beyond — to denounce the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.Thousands of demonstrators around the world hit the streets this past week —... more
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The United States has blocked demands at the UN Security Council for an international inquiry into Israel's assault on the Turkish ship carrying aid to Gaza that killed at least nine pro-Palestinian activists.The United States has blocked demands at the UN Security Council for an international... more
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An Irish-American pro-Palestinian activist Ken O'Keefe arrived in Istanbul this past week after being deported by Israel. Appearing in front of cameras with blood marks on his face and clothes, O'Keefe said he was threatened and beaten by Israeli soldiers.An Irish-American pro-Palestinian activist Ken O'Keefe arrived in Istanbul this... more
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Israel is under pressure to allow an independent inquiry into its assault on the Gaza aid flotilla after autopsy results on the bodies of those killed, obtained by British newspaper The Guardian, revealed they were peppered with 9mm bullets, many fired at close range.Israel is under pressure to allow an independent inquiry into its assault on the Gaza... more
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At least three Palestinian journalists have been physically attacked by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank in the past few weeks while a Palestinian journalist and an Israeli journalist have been arrested.At least three Palestinian journalists have been physically attacked by Israeli... more
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American linguist and political activist Professor Noam Chomsky was denied entry into Israel and the West Bank last week.American linguist and political activist Professor Noam Chomsky was denied entry into... more
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