Statement from Gisha (www.gisha.org)

On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, Israel’s Supreme Court held a hearing in a petition submitted by nine Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups, represented by Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, claiming that...

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Israeli restrictions on fuel supplies to Gaza peaked in April when Israel halted supplies of diesel, petrol and cooking gas (LPG)...

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On Friday 23rd May, approximately 100 Palestinians from the village of Shufa and Tulkarem city, along with international activists, demonstrated against the closure of Shufa’s main road.

In a silent protest against...

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Taken from www.normanfinkelstein.com

Jerusalem - The US political author and critic of Israel Norman Finkelstein was denied entry to the Jewish state on Friday, his lawyer said.

Finkelstein landed at Ben Gurion international airport...

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By Aaron Lakoff - International Middle East Media Center

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An interview with Dawood Hamoudeh of Stop the Wall

The Palestine Investment Conference (PIC), taking place in Bethlehem from May 21-23, has enthusiastically declared “Palestine...

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By the Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry. To view website click here

As hundreds of international investors begin arriving in Bethlehem for the Palestine Investment Conference scheduled for May 21-23, the threat of being barred from entering the occupied West Bank by Israeli officials is likely...

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By Akiva Eldar, published in Haaretz.

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The ultra-Orthodox settlement of Modi’in Illit in the West Bank should be granted city status despite suspicions that its council members were involved in authorizing illegal construction,...

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The home of Nahla Machmoud and Jamal Yousef Saleh Ahmad in the village of Asira al Qibliya, near Nablus, again came under attack from Israeli settlers from nearby illegal Israeli settlement Yitzhar in the early hours of Tuesday morning, as the family awoke to find their house covered in spray-painted stars of David.

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At 7pm on Monday 19th May, a 16 year old boy, Fihme Abdel Jawad Dardouk, was murdered by Israeli soldiers at the Huwarra checkpoint in Nablus.

Israeli army spokespeople have since claimed that the boy, a volunteer in the...

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PCHR FACTSHEET: Extra-Judicial Executions of Palestinians by the Israeli
Occupation Forces (IOF) January– March 2008.

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The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to implement a systematic policy of...

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