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Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists holding the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil’in village , near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. This week’s protest commemorates the 68th anniversary of Deir Yassin Mass acre. The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, in […]

April 8, 2016 11:01 PM Saed Bannoura Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Non-violent action, Ramallah, The Wall 0
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4 Wounded, 5 Kidnapped as Israeli Troops Attack a Joint Israeli-Palestinian Peaceful Protest

Israeli soldiers on Friday blocked  a joint Israeli-Palestinian peaceful demonstration against the seizing of private Palestinian lands. The demonstration, led by activists from the ‘Combatants for Peace’ movement, is part of the local residents’ struggle against the plan to build the Nabi-Elias bypass road for Israeli settlers on private Palestinian […]

April 8, 2016 6:54 PM Ghassan Bannoura News Report, Non-violent action, Qalqilia 1
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DCI: “Israeli Soldiers Abuse Children During Home Invasions, Arrests”

Defense for Child International – Palestine Branch has reported that Israeli soldiers are systematically abusing Palestinian children, especially during invasions of their homes and while abducting them. DCI said it documented many cases of abuse targeting Palestinian children after the soldiers stormed their families’ homes without any cause or justification, […]

April 7, 2016 11:24 PM Saed Bannoura Israeli attacks, News Report, Prisoners, West Bank 0
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Israeli Government To Approve Millions Of Dollars In Aid To West Bank Colonies

The Israeli Government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to approve more than 45 Million Israeli Shekels in aid to Jewish colonies, in the occupied West Bank, under the pretext of “helping families impacted by terrorism.” The government will be holding its weekly cabinet meeting this Sunday, and […]

April 7, 2016 9:54 PM Saed Bannoura Israeli Politics, Israeli Settlement, Jerusalem, News Report, West Bank 0
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PEN Calls for Israeli Backing of New York Writing Festival to be Dropped

More than 100 prominent writers and literary figures have written a damning open letter to PEN American Center, urging it “to reject support from the Embassy of Israel” for the week-long World Voices Festival (PWVF) in New York at the end of this month. “It is deeply regrettable that the […]

April 7, 2016 8:11 PM IMEMC News & Agencies Boycott Movement, International, News Report, Regions, Topics, Types 0
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Settlers Raze Agricultural Lands near Ramallah

A group of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, leveled Palestinian agricultural lands on Thursday, near the village of Deir Ghassana, in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah. Local sources said  that Israeli settlers uprooted trees and leveled lands, using heavy vehicles. A spokesperson for Israel’s Coordination of Government […]

April 7, 2016 5:39 PM IMEMC News & Agencies Israeli attacks, News Report, Ramallah, Regions, Topics, Types 0
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Japan Donates $7M for UNICEF Interventions in Palestine

The Government of Japan has donated $7 million in support of UNICEF’s humanitarian and development response to children in Palestine. This new grant will enable UNICEF and partners to implement interventions which are critical for children’s well-being and protection from violence, and to ensure their access to basic services such […]

April 7, 2016 5:29 PM IMEMC News & Agencies Human rights, International, News Report, Regions, Topics, Types 1
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Israeli Forces Raid West Bank Student Homes

Young Palestinian men were injured during violent clashes which erupted with  Israeli occupation forces in midnight raids, throughout different districts, across the occupied West Bank.  Local sources reported, according to Al Ray, that an Israeli military force stormed into Al-Junid area, to the west of Nablus, raided a number of residential […]

April 7, 2016 5:07 PM IMEMC News & Agencies Israeli attacks, News Report, Regions, Topics, Types, West Bank 0