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Second update on detention of Hasan Karajah

  Today, January 29 2013 the military court of the occupation forces had scheduled their second hearing since the arrest of the human rights defender and Stop the Wall youth coordinator Hassan Karajah. Hassan once again was denied to see either his lawyer or his family and only after Hassan left the court room his […]

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First Update on the arrest of Hassan Karajah

  Hassan Karajah is currently held in the Jalameh Interrogation Center. He has been reportedly beaten by occupation forces and his detention has been extended for 12 days, without access to his lawyer. This morning the Israeli occupation court has held the first of their farcical hearings in the infamous Mascobiyyeh interrogation center in Jerusalem. […]

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Palestinian movements plant olives in defense of their land against JNF

Sunday, January 13, 2013, the Palestinian, grassroots anti-apartheid wall campaign (Stop the Wall), the Farmers’ Union and the Popular Coalition for the Right of Land organized an event to plant new olive trees. A delegation from the boycott committee against the Jewish National Fund (JNF), residents from Khirbet at-Twail and Aqraba village participated in support […]

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Reclaiming the land: Palestinian popular resistance activists set-up protest tent village in E1 area in opposition to Israeli settlements

Yesterday, Friday 11 January 2013, Palestinian activists sought to protect land under threat from Israeli settlements. Coordinated by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall And Settlements Campaign (Stop the Wall) and Popular Committees against the Wall, around 250 activists from all over the West Bank set up a village of 25 protest tents in the […]

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Israel Orders Families in Jordan Valley to Leave Homes

JORDAN VALLEY, December 31, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli military ordered more than 1000 Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley to leave their homes for 48 hours to allow the army to conduct military exercise in that area, an official said Monday. Aref Daragmeh, head of Wadi al-Maleh village council, told WAFA that the army […]

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Palestinian Home Demolished in East Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, January 1, 2013 (WAFA) – Workers from the Israeli West Jerusalem municipality Tuesday demolished a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawieh under the pretext it was built without a permit, according to the house owner. Ahmad Issawi, 40, told WAFA that the workers brought a bulldozer and proceeded to demolish the […]

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NZ Super Fund cuts firms on ethical grounds

  The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has excluded three companies from its $20 billion investment portfolio on responsible investment grounds. All three companies – Africa Israel investments and subsidiary Danya Cebus, Elbit Systems Ltd, and Shikun Binui – are involved in constructing Israeli settlements or a separation barrier in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which have […]