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Photos of the week: Climbing the wall in Bil`inActive Stills - Photos "This week: Climbing the wall, filling the streets, remembering the Nakba, resisting displacement and saving the chickens." ca7/3/2014
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The Final Nail in the Coffin of the US-led `Peace` Talks: Netanyahu demands Palestinians recognize Israel as `Jewish state`Ma`an News Agency - Information Clearing House - For the Palestinians, the issue is intimately entwined with the fate of their refugees who were forced out of their homes or fled in 1948 when Israel became a state. They see Netanyahu`s demand as a way to sidestep a negotiated solution to the refugee question.-rh 6/3/2014
Soldiers Kidnap 22 Palestinians In West BankSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - "Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, kidnapping 22 Palestinians, including four political leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)." - id 5/3/2014
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100,000 Archaeological Pieces Smuggled from Palestine Every YearChris Carlson - International Middle East Media Center - "Antiquities expert Dr Hamdan Taha said that the occupation is committing the most dangerous crime against the antiquities, with the aim of changing and falsifying the history of Palestine." - id 5/3/2014
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Creative Gazans develop new crafts to cope with siegeAsmaa al-Ghoul - Al-Monitor - The intensification of the siege has spawned creativity in the most unlikely of places, as citizens seek outlets in an attempt to adapt to the crisis. In addition to these projects, there are people extracting gas from water, unemployed doctors who provide delivery medical services and other unsung heroes whom the media have yet to report on.-rh 5/3/2014
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AREA C : Vulnerability ProfileUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory - Vulnerability Profile Project - The Vulnerability Profile Project (VPP), launched in 2013, is an inter-agency exercise designed to identify vulnerabilities in Area C1. This feature provides previously unavailable data on Area C of the West Bank, including the most comprehensive information on physical protection, access to land and livelihoods, water and sanitation, education and health.-rh 5/3/2014
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Gaza Access and Movement: 2013 SummaryGisha - Israel’s closure of Gaza reached the six year mark. Corresponding with the changes on the Egyptian border, more goods entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom Crossing and more exits were recorded at Erez Crossing, connecting Gaza to Israel and the West Bank. Nonetheless, sweeping and indiscriminate restrictions on travel and on movement of goods between Gaza and the West Bank and Israel remained nearly unchanged in 2013.-rh5/3/2014
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Tuba, ShahinDavid Shulman - Ta`ayush - We find the shepherds from Tuba with their goats just over the hill from the chicken coup of Chavat Maon, of cursed memory and cursed present. They’re scared. In fact, I don’t remember ever seeing Palestinian shepherds so nervous.-rh5/3/2014
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Palestinians in Israel reject "colonial, sectarian" lawPatrick Strickland - Electronic Intifada - A group of 18 Palestinian NGOs in present-day Israel subsequently released a joint statement that denounced the law as “sectarian” and “similar to the approaches adopted by the apartheid regime in South Africa, and by the French in its colonial rule in Algeria, among others. It is a policy that seeks to fragment the original people of the land into small groups with narrowed identities to replace their national identity.”-rh 5/3/2014
How ‘trigger-happy’ soldiers killed an unarmed man walking to workAllison Deger - Mondoweiss - What the case of Jihad Aslan, Yunes Jahjouh, Rubin Abd al-Rahman Zayed shows, is that even when soldiers are at risk, this “trigger happy” mode of conduct trumps army regulations. Zayed posed no threat. He had a family, a mortgage and a steady job in a bad economy.-rh5/3/2014
Bahaa runs for PalestineRosa Schiano - International Solidarity Movement - ""I’m running to represent my country and my people, to make sure that other people know Palestine. I run to prove that despite the suffering in which we live, some runners emerge from the darkness and manage to do something important.”" - id 5/3/2014
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Open-fire regulations at Gaza border sanction lethal force against civilians who pose no threatSarit Michaeli - B`Tselem - Amneh Qdeih, 57, died of a gunshot wound to her abdomen fired at her when she approached Gaza`s perimeter fence. Her relatives told Qdeih, who was mentally ill, had been at a family wedding not far from the perimeter fence and did not return home. Family members realized she was missing, and began searching for her. They heard gunshots and saw flares. At 6:00 AM, they found Qdeih`s body close to the perimeter fence. ak 4/3/2014
During Netanyahu-Obama meeting, Israeli airstrike kills 2 Palestinians in GazaMa`an - Simultaneously with the Netanyahu-Obama meeting in Washington, an Israeli airstrike on farmland near the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip killed outright Musab Moussa al-Zaaneen, a man in his early 20s. Sharif Nasser, 31, later died of injuries sustained. The Israeli military claimed they had been involved in trying to launch a rocket. ak 4/3/2014
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Israeli Army Raids Schools near Jenin, Halts Kindergarten Construction in HebronChris Carlson - IMEMC News - "Israeli forces stormed a kindergarten and a high school in the town of Ya’bod, to the west of Jenin, on Sunday, according to security sources. [Also] Israeli army forces [...] ordered the cease of construction work on a kindergarten facility in the village of Tawani, to the south of Hebron" [ry]3/3/2014
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State confiscates Bedouin playground equipment donated by ItalyAmira Hass--The Civil Administration has issued demolition orders against dozens of structures in the encampment, including the local school. dn2/3/2014
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The most moral army in the worldGideon Levy--The Israel Defense Forces believes brute strength is the only way to act, yet Israelis refuse to see what Amnesty International and others tell them.dn2/3/2014
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Family of man killed by IDF: We weren’t allowed to convince him to surrenderAmira Hass--Ta’ar said he and his family were woken by the stun grenades fired at the house. Residents also discovered that cell phone services in the area were disrupted from early in the morning, which led them to believe the army was planning a large operation. Residents estimated that some 200 soldiers were spread out in the neighborhood and the areas leading to it. dn2/3/2014
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Listen to the Mad Man of Qalandiya Tamar Fleishman--Hundreds of years have passed since the prophet Hosea spoke these words of reproval: “The days of punishment have come, The days of retribution have come; Let Israel know this! The prophet is a fool, The inspired man is demented, Because of the grossness of your iniquity, And because your hostility is so great” (New American Standard Bible, Hosea 9:7) and they are relevant and precise today as they were back then.dn2/3/2014
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Gaza Catholic church hit by explosionAl-Jazeera - "A hand grenade has exploded in the courtyard of a Roman Catholic church in Gaza City, but there were no reported casualties or damage, a parish official said.An investigation was opened into the attack, which occurred Wednesday night at the city`s southern Zeitun district, Hamas police spokesman Ayoub abu Shaar told the Associated Press news agency on Thursday." ca 1/3/2014
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A city of devastation: Hebron 20 years after the massacreEinat Fishbain - +972 "Streets for Jews only, shuttered stores, spitting, throwing stones and daily harassment by soldiers and settlers alike. Since terrorist Baruch Goldstein committed a massacre at the Cave of the Patriarchs 20 years ago today, the situation of Palestinians in Hebron has only deteriorated." ca28/2/2014
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PFLP vows revenge, PA condemns Birzeit `assassination`Ma`an News - "The PFLP and its military wing Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said that the "response is undoubtedly coming," vowing to "continue to resist until the occupation is removed from all Palestinian soil." The statement comes hours after Muatazz Washaha, 24, was killed following a stand-off with Israeli forces in the central West Bank village of Birzeit." ca28/2/2014
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An End to Military Trainings in Villages Without Prior NoticeYesh Din- "Training exercises will also be prohibited in especially sensitive places. The provisions were detailed in a letter from the Legal Advisor received by Yesh Din on January 28 in response to various complaints by the organization concerning military training exercises in areas populated by Palestinian civilians." ca 28/2/2014
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‘Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank’AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - The report shows how Israeli forces have repeatedly violated their obligations under international human rights law by using excessive force to stifle dissent and freedom of expression, resulting in a pattern of unlawful killings and injuries to civilians, including children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The report also shows how Israeli forces have been permitted to do so with virtual impunity.-rh 27/2/2014
Undeniable discrimination in the amount of water allocated to Israelis and PalestiniansB`Tselem - Press release - Yes, there is discrimination in water allocation and Israeli citizens receive much more water than Palestinian residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Government of Israel is largely responsible for this discrimination due its water policy: First, minimal amounts of water are supplied to Palestinians and water from shared resources is unequally divided; Second, existing infrastructure with high levels of water loss is not upgraded, no infrastructure is developed for communities that are not connected to the water grid and water infrastructure projects in areas located inside the Palestinian Authority are not approved.-rh27/2/2014
Palestinian entrepreneur returns to build new city in West BankBashar al-Masri - Al-Monitor - Amir Dejani, deputy CEO of the project to establish Rawabi, says that two issues pertaining to Israel have delayed the first families from moving into the new city. “We want to expand the main access road, which crosses through Area C and is under Israeli control. But the bigger problem is water. We haven’t received a drop until now.”rh 27/2/2014
A bitter-sweet glimpse into what Jerusalem might have beenSarah Irving - The Electronic Intifada - It is no overstatement to say that the appearance of The Storyteller of Jerusalem (Olive Branch Press) — Wasif Jawhariyyeh’s memoirs in English — is a very significant event. This is not because Jawhariyyeh was a major figure in Palestinian history or that he had great political influence. Quite the reverse.-rh 26/2/2014
Israeli Occupying Forces Target Palestinian Human Rights Organization in Coordinated Night RaidsAddameer - In protest of today’s arrests Palestinian lawyers demanded the immediate release of their colleagues and all lawyers are boycotting the Israeli military courts of Ofer and Salem today and tomorrow.-rh 26/2/2014
Checkpoints between worlds in GazaRamzy Baroud - Asia Times - Omar`s family had managed to obtain the necessary permits that allowed him to cross the Erez checkpoint to Jerusalem, through the West Bank, in order to undergo an eye operation. However, on the way back, the boy and his father were stopped for hours at the Qalanidya checkpoint in East Jerusalem.-rh 26/2/2014
East Jerusalem Land Leveled for Tourist FacilitiesChris Carlson - IMEMC News -Al Ray reports that Israeli authorities had handed the Abu Al-Hawa family a demolition notice to evacuate the 11-dunam land no later than Feb. 13th, a member of the family said to a local news website.-rh 26/2/2014
Why Israelis are content to live in a bubble of denialJonathan Cook - TheNational - But the antipathy towards Israel has deeper roots still. Israel has not only evaded accountability, it has been handsomely rewarded by the US and Europe for flouting international conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.-rh 25/2/2014
Hamas sinks in polls after cutting salaries to public servantsRasha Abou Jala - Al-Monitor - Al-Monitor met with Mohsen, an employee at the Ministry of Interior. “For three months now, I have been receiving only half of my salary, which means I cannot meet the minimum requirements of my family,” he said. He added that he has become indebted to many stores and to some of his relatives to meet his family`s monthly needs.-rh 25/2/2014
Why does Israel feel threatened by humanitarian workers?Anne Irfan - The Electronic Intifada - Despite the ostensible show of strength that is central to detention practices, what my experience has ultimately revealed is the insecurity that lies at the heart of the Israeli state.-rh 25/2/2014
Palestinians claim prisoner dies after assault by Israeli guardsJerusalem Post - The Israel Prison Service says Jihad Abd al-Rahman al-Taweel died of a heart attack; man`s family and Palestinian media say he died after guards attacked his ward with pepper spray. Al-Taweel, 47 and father of five, was serving a three-month sentence in Beersheba prison after Israeli police caught him driving a vehicle without a driver`s license. bz 25/2/2014
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WATCH: Separation wall engulfs village of Al-WalajaSocial TV - +972 - Between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Israel is building the separation wall on land confiscated from residents and village of Al Walaja. The village’s farmers are not willing to give up on the little land they have left but the state is planning to build a national park on the site. Social TV joins a group of activists who went to work the land in solidarity with Al Walaja’s residents. bz25/2/2014
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Palestinians, IDF clash in protest to demand main Hebron street re-openedAFP - Ynet - Street was closed 20 years ago after Israeli settler gunned down 29 Muslim worshippers at the Cave of the Patriarchs. bz22/2/2014
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Twelve Palestinians Kidnapped In The West BankSaed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, seven Palestinians in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, three in the southern part, and also kidnapped on Wednesday at night two Palestinians near Jenin.-rh 20/2/2014
Water torture for the PalestiniansAmira Hass - Haaretz - Water discrimination is another governmental tool being used to wear down the Palestinians socially and politically.-rh19/2/2014
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15 yrs old child prisoner resumes hunger strike as Israel reneges on deal. Save Ubaida Asaid - 15 yrs old Palestinian child prisoner Ubaida Asaid has restarted his hunger strike after Israel reneged on its deal to transfer him out of violent Israeli criminal prison for delinquents, where his life is in imminent danger, to a prison for Palestinian political prisoners in return for him stopping his hunger strike. The deal stipulated Israel would transfer Ubaida from Ofek prison within 10 days of the cessation of his hunger strike, instead they have locked him up in solitary confinement indefinitely with no sight of transfer to HaSharon prison.-rh 19/2/2014
Jerusalem: The Forgotten (Eastern) Neighbourhoods : The Absence of Municipal Services for Neighbourhoods Beyond the Separation Barrier ACRI - Position to Public Petitions Committee of the Knesset - Eight metre high concrete walls separate several Palestinian neighbourhoods in North-East Jerusalem from the rest of the city. According to estimates, more than 50,000 residents are located within these neighbourhoods, which fall within the city’s municipal boundaries, and whose residents possess Israeli identity cards. However, in order to access the rest of their city and gain access to goods and services, these residents must every day pass through onerous checkpoints. 19/2/2014
This is No Oversight, This is a PolicyTamar Fleishman - The Palestine Chronicle - Yes, oversights happen, oversights may happen, but the fact that a seven year old child has to be granted a permit after undergoing surgery in order to get home- is no oversight, it is a policy.-rh19/2/2014
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Human rights of Palestinian childrenKiri Tunks - Guardian - "Israel is the only country to process children through military courts. Children do not have access to a lawyer; their interrogations are not recorded; and they are routinely made to sign confessions in Hebrew, a language they do not understand." - id 19/2/2014
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Building a Palestinian state, one city at a timeElior Levy - Ynet - "But the Palestinian prophets of this new city are undeterred. "I have two children, Rawabi is my third child," Masri proudly stated from one of the city`s balconies." - id 19/2/2014
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HASSAN KARAJAHAddameer - Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association - On 22 January 2013 at 2:30 AM, the Karajah family woke up to the sound of the front door of their home being broken down, and then, to their shock, Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) surrounding them in their home. About twenty soldiers raided the house and woke up all the family members, including young Baghdad, eight years old, who was woken despite her mother begging the soldiers to leave her alone.-rh 19/2/2014
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Ailing Disabled Detainee Placed In Solitary ConfinementSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - Yousef Nawaj’a, 48 years of age, went on hunger strike for five days last month demanding to receive the urgently needed medical attention, especially after facing various health complications since he was taken prisoner more than a year ago. Besides his physical disability, Nawaj’a suffers several chronic conditions, and often loses consciousness. He faces frequent infections, and various complications that require proper, continuous, medical care and treatment. bz 18/2/2014
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Stone Cold JusticeJohn Lyons, Janine Cohen and Sylvie Le ClezioJohn Lyons--Everyone in the U.S., and especially every Jew, should be required to watch this video. "Criminal" is too kind and "barbaric" is not too strong a word to describe what Israelis are doing to the children of Palestine. Please help to distribute this widely. The next time you are asked to take action in solidarity with the Palestinian people, reflect on how you would feel if these were your children. Then follow your conscience.--Michael Eisenscher dn15/2/2014
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5 Palestinians Arrested in Jerusalem, Demolition Orders ServedIMEMC - (...) the occupation implements a series of discriminatory practices in housing, planning, residency rights and budget allocation in East Jerusalem, with the aim of reducing the number of Palestinians living in the city. bz15/2/2014
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Over 90% of water in Gaza Strip unfit for drinkingReport - B`Tselem "Ninety-seven percent of Gazans are connected to the public water-supply system, yet this does not ensure a steady supply of water, as the Gaza Strip suffers from shortages of water, shortages in the electricity needed to pipe water through the system, as well as from severe problems with infrastructure. Consequently, residents suffer deliberate water outages, receiving running water for only six to eight hours at a time: 25% of households on a daily basis, 40% every other day, 20% once every three days, and the remaining 15% (in Gaza City, Rafah and Jabaliya) only one day out of four." ca14/2/2014
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Undeniable discrimination in the amount of water allocated to Israelis and PalestiniansPress release - B`Tselem "1. Is there discrimination in terms of the quantity of water available to Israelis and Palestinians?2. Are there gaps in water consumption between Israelis and Palestinians? Absolutely.The Palestinian water network is managed by dozens of local water authorities without a coordinating mechanism. The inability to develop a nationally controlled water network, with reservoirs that could supply the needs of all residents is inextricably tied to the fact that every action in Area C requires Israeli approval." ca 14/2/2014
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Soldiers Kidnap Brother Of Palestinian Killed On January 29Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - "...dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, and handed resident Abdul-Aziz Mubarak, 22, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Ofer Israeli military base, west of Ramallah, for interrogation. Accpmpanied by his father, Abdul-Aziz headed to the Ofer base, and the soldiers took him prisoner without providing any further details." - id 12/2/2014
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Settlers destroy over 150 olive trees near BethlehemMa`an - Muhammad Shawqi al-Zayyah, told Ma`an that settlers destroyed around 150 olive trees that his family planted two years ago. Several vines were also cut down. The fields are located near the illegal Israeli settlement of Neve Daniel and a nearby outpost called Sde Boaz. The settlers there are led by a Jewish extremist known as Hananiya, who runs an illegal outpost nearby on eight dunams (two acres) of private Palestinian land. bz11/2/2014
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Palestinians Say West Bank Exit Tax is Too HighThe Media Line - Ynet - $43 charged as Exit Fee [sic!] for those crossing Allenby Bridge, connecting between West Bank and Jordan. bz11/2/2014
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Israeli occupation raid and evict Palestinians from Ein HijlehPSCC press Release - At the time of the raid Israeli forces fired large amounts of sound bombs to scatter the crowd that gathered at the center of the village while many women and children were automatically evicted from homes and tents where they were asleep. 35 Palestinians were injured and taken to Jericho hospital. bz 11/2/2014
Gaza rallies in support of critically ill prisonerJoe Catron - The Electronic Intifada - Ibrahim Bitar, now 32, was a fighter in Fatah’s Abu al-Arish Brigades. “He was injured by the Israelis in his right eye during clashes. He was transferred to Egypt for treatment. The Israelis let him go to Egypt. During his return to Gaza, they detained him at the Rafah border. (...) We still don’t know the exact disease he has. First, they claimed he was suffering from leukemia. They gave him medication for three years. Then, they found out he didn’t have it and told him he had colon cancer. Ibrahim’s mother, Umm Muhammad, said “I haven’t been allowed to visit him for three months now.” bz 11/2/2014
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A New generation of hatred in the making - the IDF`s treatment of Palestinian children John Lyons, Janine Cohen and Sylvie Le Clezio - A Special Four Corners / The Australian Newspaper Investigation including interviews with Palestinian boys, Palestinian and Israeli human rights activists, army representatives, settlers. bz11/2/2014
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Children of the occupation: growing up in PalestineHarriet Sherwood - The Guardian - Nawal Jabarin wants to be a doctor when she grows up. For now, she lives in a cave with 14 siblings, in constant fear of military raids. We meet the Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation [ry]10/2/2014
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Palestinian fighter wounded in Israeli strikeAlJazeera - Abdallah Kherati loses his leg and is in critical condition after being targeted and struck by an Israeli missile [ry] 10/2/2014
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Israel Razes Most Palestinian Homes in 5 YearsReuters - The Jewish Daily Forward - The statement by 25 aid organizations said the number of demolitions increased by almost half and the displacement of Palestinians by nearly three-quarters between July 2013, when the talks began, and the end of the year, compared to the same period in 2012. Of the 663 Palestinian structures torn down last year, the highest number in five years, 122 were built with international donor aid, the groups said. bz8/2/2014
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Israeli authorities forcibly evacuate Palestinian demonstratorsKareem Khadder and Hamdi Alkhshali - CNN "Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, an independent Palestinian lawmaker who heads a medical relief group, said he saw bulldozers and other vehicles accompany the Israeli authorities into the camp using stun grenades and physically manhandling those inside, including women and children. At least 24 people -- including at least one with broken ribs -- needed medical treatment for their injuries." ca 7/2/2014
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United Nations OCHA occupied Palestinian territory`s PhotosOCHA - "We just released a new map, "Israeli demolitions of Palestinian property in the Jordan Valley in 2013." The map shows the location of the Israeli authorities` destruction of Palestinian property, the volume of such destruction and those sites where there were demolitions of donor-funded assistance. It also includes total figures for the number of structures demolished in 2012 and 2013 and the number of persons displaced as a result. See map: http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Jordan%20Valley%20demolitions.pdf" CA7/2/2014
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UNRWA struggles to deliver as poverty rises in GazaAsmaa al-Ghoul - Al-Monitor ""Please note that starting in April 2014, your status will change from `absolute poverty` to `not poor.`" If you received this message, you might think that you had struck it rich and won the lottery. After, however, identifying the sender — the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) — and then heading to the nearest UNRWA office, you would find that it really means that the food aid UNWRA had been providing you is about to stop, because in its eyes, you are now "not poor." ca 7/2/2014
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Photos of the week: Palestinians return to Jordan Valley villageBy Activestills - "Due to Israeli army roadblocks that do not allow cars to enter, Palestinians on horseback help deliver food and supplies to the protest village of Ein Hijleh on the fourth day of the encampment, Jordan Valley, West Bank, February 3, 2014. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)" ca7/2/2014
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Ashrawi Denounces Israel’s New Settlement PlanSaed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies Report "Israel is isolating Jerusalem from its surrounding Palestinian areas, by its apartheid wall, roadblocks, settlements, and settler-only roads”, she said. “The Palestinians in the occupied city continue to suffer due to Israel’s policies of ethnic cleansing, including home demolitions, annexation of lands and revoking their ID cards.” ca 7/2/2014
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Gaza Cancer Patients On The RiseChris Carlson - IMEMC "Gaza’s Health Ministry said that the Israeli occupation’s use of internationally-banned weapons has sharply increased the number of cancer cases." "They are testing their weapons on us and on our children,” said a Gazan cancer patient." ca 7/2/2014
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Red Cross stops providing tents for homeless Jordan Valley PalestiniansElior Levy - Ynet - The decision came after the IDF tore down the tents and also prevented the organization from taking tents into villages in the area, as part of a humanitarian aid supply. bz for rh6/2/2014
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Gaza children with terminal illness spend their final years under the siegeCharlie Andreasson - International Solidarity Movement - "R has one year left to live. Daniela has a dream to take her to Italy to let surgeons there assess if it is feasible to perform one last surgery in her throat, and to give her a nice final trip." - id 5/2/2014
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They Killed Him, And Came Up With A StorySaed Bannoura - IMEMC - " The young Palestinian man was not armed, was not protesting, was not obstructing traffic, he was working, wearing clearly marked clothes, he was a flagger directing traffic while repairs were being conducted on the road." - id 5/2/2014
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Palestinian family struggles to survive after repeated home demolitionsNancy Hawker- +972 - "The Jordan Valley village of Hadidiya is no stranger to human rights violations by Israeli authorities. This is the story of one family whose life and livelihood have been affected by home demolitions, time and time again." - id 5/2/2014
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Court temporarily halts Separation Fence damaging to Beit Jala and Cremisan Monastery Nir Hasson - Haaretz - The present route would would cut off the predominantly Christian Beit Jala from the educational services provided by the Cremisan Monastery and Convent, which is run by the order of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The fence will separate the women`s convent from the nearby men’s monastery, leaving the monastery on the Israeli side of the barrier and the convent on the Palestinian side.It would also separate Beit Jala residents from thousands of dunams of agricultural land. “Why were no alternative paths for the fence in the area considered?” asked Supreme Court President Asher Grunis in the ruling. ak4/2/2014
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Three days of army raids and clashes at al-‘Arroub refugee campSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - For the past three days, Israeli soldiers have repeatedly invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, clashed with local youths. In the latest invasion last night, five Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were wounded. Eyewitnesses said that local protesters hurled a Molotov cocktail at the invading soldiers, wounding one in the leg, while another soldier was hit by a brick in his upper body. ak 4/2/2014
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EU gravely concerned with Israeli demolition of Jordan Valley village WAFA - The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah expressed serious concern at the Israeli demolition of nearly all structures in the community of Ein Al Hilweh / Um Al Jamal in the Jordan Valley, which resulted in the displacement of 66 people including 36 children. This followed other recent cases of demolition of Palestinian homes. Demolitions are espcially numerous in the Jordan Valley, whose retention under Israeli military control is one of the hotly contested issues in the ongoing negotiations. ak4/2/2014
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Photo Blog: Gaza`s docks deserted, 21 January 2014B’Tselem - "Following are images of the fishing docks in Gaza as captured by B`Tselem field researcher Muhammad Sabah. There is no denying the colorful sight of so many boats moored in the harbor. Yet in point of fact, the picturesque sight is evidence of a grim reality, with the boats out of commission and the docks deserted" [ry]3/2/2014
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Israel Renews Administrative Detention of Hamas MPChris Carlson - IMEMC News - "Qafish spent four months in administrative detention, in 1990, and eight months in 1992. About 13 Palestinian MPs remain behind Israeli bars, in addition to Minister Issa al-Ja’bari, who was arrested in January 2014" [ry]3/2/2014
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Between Normal and Abnormal: A Day in Aida Camp Kholoud Al-Ajarma--It is not normal for children to see an army invading their place of residence on a daily basis. (Photo: Supplied) dn2/2/2014
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Yaacov let go of Bilal’s neck only upon noticing that Arik of RHR was filming Erella - the Villages Group - And then several of the settlers descend upon the shepherds: Ezer, Yaacov, Aharon, Gabi and his son, Simha and his son David (a bearded man), and Dror (who did not attack) and another whom the shepherds do not recognize by name. (Testimony on an attack by settlers on shepherds on the Jewish "New Year of the Trees day.") 1/2/2014
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