Israeli occupation forces yesterday attacked people of the community of Khirbet Makhoul and a group of consuls and diplomats from France, Britain, Spain, Ireland, Australia and the European Union's political office on a field visit. They confiscated a truck they had brought, loaded with tents and humanitarian aids for the residents of Khirbet Makhoul in […]
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Israeli forces demolish Khirbet Makhool village in Jordan Valley
1692013 Early Monday morning, Israeli occupation forces demolished all the homes of local villagers in the village of Khirbet Makhool, located in the northern part of the Jordan Valley. Mr Daraghma, the Head of the Almaleh and coordinator for the Bedouin Council in the northern Jordan Valley, said ‘Israeli forces raided the village at dawn. They came with bulldozers […]
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Israeli Court hears landmark case on Absentees’ Property in Occupied East Jerusalem
On 10 September, the Israeli high court started hearings on if and how Israel’s discriminatory Absentees’ Property Law (1950) should be applied to Jerusalem properties of Palestinians residing in the occupied West Bank. For Palestinians, this case will be crucial for determining the usefulness of legal challenges of this law in Israeli courts. The Civic […]
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European Union must not bow to US pressure to disregard human rights
EU must resist US pressure and meet obligations under international law EU should take further steps to end complicity with Israeli apartheid, colonialism and occupation The Dutch government has demonstrated states can prevent business involvement in illegal Israeli projects in the occupied Palestinian territory Palestinian civil society strongly condemns US Secretary of State John Kerry […]
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Israel is to take over large swaths of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley
10-9-2013According to the Jerusalem News Network, the Israeli military has decided to allocate 5 thousand acres of land belonging to Palestinians, which is located to the east of the apartheid Wall in the Jordan Valley, to agricultural settlements. This is part of an overall attempt to solidify the Israeli regime from the Mediterranean to the […]
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Palestinians to Norway: Reinstate ban on settlement-building company Africa Israel
"We are writing to express our concern that Norway’s Ministry of Finance has lifted its 2010 ban on investing funds from Norway’s Global Pension Fund in the Israeli company Africa Israel and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus. The lifting of the ban was based on April 2013 statements by Lev Leviev’s company Africa Israel falsely […]
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Palestinians congratulate new foreign minister of Brazil, ask for suspension of Brazil-Israel funding
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) has met with the Brazilian consul in Ramallah Paulo França to call on Brazil to abandon a $35m development collaboration project with Israel. The delegation urged Brazil to at least ensure that money from the project will not be diverted to Israeli companies that are implicated […]
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The Wild West is back in Palestine
Any joint activity in which all involved are aware that the stated goals won’t be achieved is a planned failure. Unless, that is, the true goals are different to those being openly stated. In this sense, the “renewed Palestinian-Israeli peace process” seems already a success for Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise and US imperialism. The […]
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Three Palestinians killed in Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem
26/08/2013 Monday morning, three Palestinians killed in Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem, and dozens were injured ranged from minor to serious, after Israeli special forces breaking in to the camp at dawn today, firing live bullets and tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets. 32-year-old Robin Fares, Younis Jahjoh 22-year-old and Jihad Aslan, had been killed following the clashes that erupted between Israeli soldiers and residents in […]
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“We derive our energy to persist from you,” Hassan Karajah writes from Israeli prison
Eight months ago, during a night raid in January 2013, 29-year-old Hassan Karajah was arrested by Israeli occupation forces. Karajah, a youth coordinator for the Stop the Wallcampaign, has been accused of actively supporting Palestinian prisoners and participating in a student group affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Human rights advocates insist his arrest and […]