Further Electricity Cuts Planned

Human Rights Groups: “Israel is Depriving Civilians in Gaza of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law”.

Wed., February 6, 2008: Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 7), Israel will reduce supplies of electricity it sells to Gaza, as part of punitive measures taken against Gaza’s...

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February 6, 2008

For Immediate Release

[RAMALLAH] The Palestinian Youth Network (PYN), together with the Spanish Paz Ahora Association, and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Spain will deliver 50,000 euros worth of medicine to United Nations-operated clinics in Gaza’s eight refugee camps.

A delegation...

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The village of Deir Istiya was again subject to Israeli military invasion on Monday 4th February, with soldiers again invading and occupying a family home.

In activities almost identical to those that took place on 24th-25th...

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By: As’ad AbuKhalil
30 January 2008

I lived more than half of my life in the US and I never felt the alienation that I felt on the day I read George Habash, the Palestinian revolutionary who passed away last week, labeled as a “terrorism tactician” in a front page obituary in The New York Times. What do you...

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Three citizens were injured during a weekly demonstration in Bil’in. This Friday’s was organized in honor of the spirit of George Habash, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Bil’in residents have actively resistance the Israeli Wall and settlement expansion for years.

Bil’in residents left...

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*Update* One of the injured, a man shot in the leg with live ammunition, has had to have his leg amputated.

Today, February 1st, 2008, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated and live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades...

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For Immediate Release

Lat night the Israeli army commander in the West Bank town of Azzoun posted photocopies of hand written death threats to town residents in various locations around Azzoun, as witnessed by a South Korean Human Rights Worker (HRW). In the note, the commander, identifying himself as Captain Joe, threatens to use live fire...

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On 31 Jan 2008, at about 3 pm, two Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) jeeps and one Armoured Personel Carrier (APC) invaded the town of Azzoun, with another jeep creating a flying check point at the main gate to the town. With sirens blaring, one jeep and the APC circled the entire town announcing a curfew. Some young men were detained in the street...

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