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Breaking the Impasse: ending the humanitarian
OPT: IOF humiliates and puts at risk the life of a medical team in Gaza; continues to restrict access to hospitals
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has continued to violate international law in its treatment of civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), especially in the Gaza Strip. IOF's sanctions and siege of the Strip continue to prevent the access of more than 1,000 Palestinians to urgent hospital services outside Gaza.
Shin Bet pushes Gazan to collaborate while his son is ill
Camal Abu-Taha was detained at the Erez crossing despite being granted permission to accompany his son, a cancer patient, out of Gaza. While the Shin Bet held Abu-Taha and tried to get him to collaborate with them in getting another prisoner to talk, his son died of his illness on his own.
Sick are in the frontline as supplies and hope drain away for isolated Gazans
It was mid-morning and the doctors and nurses in the paediatric intensive care unit at the Nasser hospital were preparing a small celebration. One of their patients, a tiny five-month-old infant attached to a ventilator, had survived in the unit for 100 days. It was a brief moment of relief in the increasingly precarious world of Gaza.
Fire and Water in Gaza
On Sept. 19, the Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip "hostile territory" and authorized steps to punish its civilian population. It decided that every Qassam rocket fired into Israel would carry a price tag: cutting the supply of electricity and fuel that Israel sells to Gaza. This assumes that disrupting civilian life in Gaza will have positive political results for Israel. Gaza's 1.5 million residents have been living with collective punishment for some time. We have endured years of border closures, aerial attacks and military operations -- measures Israel has always explained as militarily necessary. But now, Israeli politicians claim it is legitimate to deprive all of Gaza's civilians of basic needs.
Jeng: the UNRWA cannot feed 200,000 Palestinian
children in its schools due to sanctions
In a message delivered on Tuesday to members of the British Parliament and published by British daily newspaper, the "Independent", John Jeng, director of operations for the United Nations relief work for Refugees, called on members of the British Parliament to "use their influence to alleviate the Israeli illegal, random sanctions imposed on the Gaza Strip that only serve the extremists' agenda
Another Human Rights Worker Attacked in Azzoun by the Israeli Army
At 5 PM on the evening of November 26th, as four international human right workers (HRWs) were photographing Israeli soldiers firing live ammunition from the top of a hill, the soldiers confronted the HRWs and aggressively ordered them to stop taking photos. The HRWs had been called to the area after at least 7 soldiers were seen marching through town to the scene in question, briefly erecting a flying checkpoint. Soldiers then proceeded to surround the hilltop house overlooking the town, blocking entrance to the driveway, firing sound bombs, flares and live bullets sporadically. As one HRW tried to talk to the soldiers, he received a punch to his face. A soldier then struck him in his side with the barrel of his machine gun, and aimed the gun at his head forcing him to sit on the ground.
Israel continues with Human Rights violations and killings in Tulkarem
Sunday saw the assassination of a young man, Mohammed Qawzah, known as "Azzalayim," from Tulkarem refugee camp. Azzalayim, 23, believed he had been granted amnesty and pardon by Israeli authorities, but was shot dead at a coffee shop near his Tulkarem refugee camp home Sunday afternoon.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian schoolgirls with axes
In the West Bank city of Hebron Monday morning, Israeli settlers armed with axes came after the students of the Qurtuba School for girls. The settlers broke water pipes, menaced children, blocked the path to the school, and tried to set the school on fire.
Palestinian security forces arrest 30 members of the liberation party
Palestinian Islamic Faction the liberation party announced on Tuesday that the Palestinian security forces affiliated with the Fatah movement have arrested at least 30 members of the party from several parts of the West Bank over the past 24 hours.
Israeli forces kidnap a Hamas leader and his wife in Tulkarem refugee camp
Israeli military forces kidnapped the Hamas leader, Jamal Hadayda and his wife Raja in a pre-dawn invasion after attacking their home in Tulkarem refugee camp on Monday.
Palestinian security forces arrest 11 Hamas members in West Bank
Palestinian security forces have arrested 11 members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in West Bank cities since Sunday night, the movement said on Monday.
IOF Arrests 8, Kidnaps Student in West Bank
Israeli Occupation Forces arrested early Sunday eight citizens in the West Bank cities of Hebron and Nablus cities of the West Bank. In Hebron, IOF arrested six citizens in different areas of the city, witnesses said. They added that Israeli soldiers arrested three citizens in the city refugee camp of al-Aroub after conducting a wide-scale search campaign.
Israeli forces seize head of Birzeit University's Student Senate
Undercover Israeli forces seized the head of the Student Senate at Birzeit University in Ramallah, Fadi Hamad on Sunday.
Israeli army kills a Palestinian farmer in Rafah,
as death toll rises to six in 24 hours
Six Palestinians, including resistance fighters, have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza over the past 24 hours.
Israeli forces kidnap 3 in Al Ram town invasion
Israeli military forces on Tuesday invaded Al Ram town, north of Jerusalem city. The forces imposed a tight military siege and kidnapped three Palestinians, taking them to an undisclosed detention center.
Israeli Special Forces kidnap 14 near Nablus
A Special Force of the Israeli army raided a coffee shop in the Zawata area, west of Nablus, kidnapping 14 civilians on Tuesday morning.
Palestinian Authority claims to have disarmed Hamas groups in West Bank
The Palestinian Authority in the West bank, led by Fateh-affiliated President Mahmoud Abbas, claimed Monday to have disarmed and disbanded several armed resistance groups associated with their rival party Hamas.
Barghouthi: Israel has detained four times the number of prisoners it plans to release
Israel's planned release of 441 Palestinian prisoners during the Annapolis conference is a deception designed to create the illusion of Israeli goodwill, said Palestinian Legislative Council member Mustafa Barghouthi, who is also the head of the Palestinian National Initiative.
Palestinian official: Abbas didn't ask Israel not to release prisoners
The Palestinian minister for political detainees' affairs Ashraf Al Ajarmy stated in a press conference he held in the central west bank city of Ramallah on Monday, that the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas did not ask the Israeli government not to release Palestinian political detainees before the Annapolis conference.
Settlements of contention
Jewish settlements now house more than 450,000 settlers. Construction of settlements in the West Bank has continued under every Israeli government since the occupation began in 1967. Palestinians want them all dismantled but Israel has only said it will put a freeze on building any more settlements
Hamas: Abbas' policy failed, dangerous
Hamas, other groups opposed to Abbas hold conference in Gaza City against Annapolis conference, sign document stating PA representatives in peace summit have no right to make concessions on behalf of Palestinians.
Hamas: Divisions among Palestinians go deeper during Abbas' term
Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said on Monday that the policies adopted in the current term of President Mahmoud Abbas increased the divisions among the Palestinian people.
Gov't committee calls for freeze in Wadi Ara demolitions
The Knesset House committee on Monday recommended a freeze in demolition warrants slated for homes in the Wadi Ara region. A few weeks earlier, bulldozers demolished the only road to the unauthorized Arab community of Dar al-Hanun in Wadi Ara. In addition, demolition orders were issued for several homes in the community and a wedding hall in Dar al-Hanun.
The Judaization of East Jerusalem
With the Golden Dome and the ancient walls of the Old City as backdrop, the cascade of Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan is undergoing a dramatic transition. At first it is hard to spot the Israeli flags draped over scattered homes on the hill, but it is soon easily apparent that right-wing Jewish settlers and politically motivated archaeologists are rushing to claim this fragment of the Holy City as the ancient City of David, complete with a visitors center and busloads of young Israeli recruits and tourists, and plaques thanking generous donors for their support.
Israel hands Hamas member 450 years for suicide attack
An Israeli military court on Monday sentenced a Hamas member to 450 years in prison for his role in a deadly double suicide bombing in 2004, sources said. The court, located in Ofer in the Israeli prison of Ofer in the occupied West Bank handed Abu Shehadam 18 consecutive life sentences.
Peres: Israel maintains secret contacts with Syria all the time
Israel conducts secret contacts with Syria all the time, but serious negotiations cannot begin until Syria stops supporting terror and removes itself from involvement in Lebanon, said President Shimon Peres on Tuesday while touring the Negev.
An Arab on primetime
Even if 'Arab Labor' looks like a great show, only a miracle will turn it into a hit. Why? Because Israelis are not used to seeing Arabs on primetime. As every talkbacker knows, Arabs are divided into five types: A. Terrorists; B. Primitive; C. Construction workers; D. The guy who makes great hummus; E. The stereotypical character every comedian imitates; F. Miryam Tucan. If that is the case – how are we expected to feel about Amjad? Because Amjad, as portrayed by Norman Issa, doesn't belong to any of the abovementioned groups: He is young, educated, angry, talented, frustrated, neurotic, yearning for the fragments comprising his identity to assimilate, dying for some love and freedom from the stereotypes. Amjad is the protagonist in Sayed Kashua's new show, "Arab Labor," which premiered Saturday on Channel 2. He plays a journalist who is trying – unsuccessfully – to assimilate into Israeli-Jewish society.
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