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Articles by Noreen Sadik

Israel: Calls to stop demolitions intensify after teacher's death

Is Benjamin Netanyahu using the destruction of Arab homes and villages as a distraction from corruption claims? Noreen Sadik reports.

  • January 27, 2017
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Israel keeps Bilal Kayed in 'administrative detention'

The prisoner is the latest victim of Israel’s form of detention, which doesn’t entail charge nor trial, Noreen Sadik writes.

  • October 6, 2016
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Caught in the act: Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian

Noreen Sadik reports on the aftermath of a very public shooting in the divided city of al-Khalil.

  • April 12, 2016
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In the cruellest way, Israeli settlements affect all Palestinians

The occupation system made the Dawabshe family victims, writes Noreen Sadik.

  • March 15, 2016
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‘I will never move until I die or we get our freedom’

Noreen Sadik tells the story of recently deceased Palestinian Hashem Azzeh, who struggled for freedom, family and home.

  • November 9, 2015
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Confiscating lives, one hectare at a time

The expansion of Israel’s ‘separation barrier’ is targeting Christian-Palestinian communities in the West Bank, reports Noreen Sadik.

  • August 26, 2015
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‘I refuse to be a slave to anyone’

Noreen Sadik reports on the case of Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan.

  • August 24, 2015
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Palestine’s heartbroken homes

Noreen Sadik reports on Israel’s systematic demolition of Arab homes.

  • May 14, 2015
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Israel’s second-class citizens

Noreen Sadik reports as discrimination increases against Arab-Israeli citizens in Jerusalem.

  • December 16, 2014
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A third intifada in the making?

From tit-for-tat attacks to home evictions, the situation in East Jerusalem bodes ill, warns Noreen Sadik.

  • November 20, 2014
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‘Ceasefire? Gaza has been taken back 1,000 years’

Salah Haj Yehia works in Palestine’s ground zero. He talks to Noreen Sadik about the on-going human cost of Israel’s pounding.

  • September 25, 2014
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Stop the killings of innocents in Gaza

Children are dying while feeding birds on their roof tops, or playing football on the beach. On Day 11 of Israel’s assault, Noreen Sadik remembers the youngest victims.

  • July 18, 2014
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Palestinians are doubted and disrespected, even in death

Israeli officials accuse demonstrators of ‘forging’ the deaths of two teenage boys, writes Noreen Sadik.

  • May 29, 2014
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A deadly week for Palestinians

Noreen Sadik reports on the growing use of force by the Israeli military against people living under occupation. 

  • March 14, 2014
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SodaStream, Scarlett and the bridge of peace that isn’t

Noreen Sadik is unimpressed by the whole sorry debacle and reveals some hard-to-hear truths.

  • February 3, 2014
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‘People need to know that they are loved’

Noreen Sadik talks to two Human Angels, spreading compassion by giving free hugs.

  • December 19, 2013
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‘To my dear mother’: living with dementia

Noreen Sadik bears witness to the terrible decline of a loved one with Alzheimer’s.

  • September 24, 2013
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Israel’s Bedouin population faces mass eviction

If the Prawer Plan is approved in parliament this month, up to 70,000 could be removed from their ancestral homes, reports Noreen Sadik.

  • July 23, 2013
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The Palestinian boy who remains 10 years old

Noreen Sadik tells the story of Handala, a young refugee created by cartoonist Naji al-Ali. A child that won’t age until he can return home.

  • May 16, 2013
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Palestinian citizens and the March of Return

Noreen Sadik reports from the former village of Khubbayza where she finds hope for the future in the echoes of the past.

  • April 19, 2013
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The Uprising of Women in the Arab World

‘How can a country be liberated when half its population is not?’ asks an online women’s campaign group. Noreen Sadik reports.

  • March 8, 2013
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Palestinian hunger striker ‘hanging between life and death’

More than 200 days into his protest against the Israeli occupation, Samer Issawi is not giving up. Noreen Sadik reports.

  • February 22, 2013
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Global solidarity for Palestinian hunger strikers

Noreen Sadik fears that time is running out for Ayman Sharawana and Samer Issawi, refusing food in Israeli prisons.

  • December 18, 2012
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The scars of war on Gaza’s children

Noreen Sadik meets the only injured person taken from Gaza to Israel for treatment in November – a nine-year-old girl.

  • December 10, 2012
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A bitter harvest for Palestine’s olive growers

As the picking season draws to a close, Noreen Sadik meets farmers affected by Israeli repression.

  • December 3, 2012
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Omar Saad: saying no to the Israeli army

A small group of Palestinians are legally bound to join the Israeli military. Noreen Sadik tells the story of the young man refusing to obey.

  • October 31, 2012
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Nine years since Rachel Corrie’s death – and little has changed in Gaza

There is still no accountability, says Noreen Sadik, for the killing of a peace activist, nor is there any reprieve for Palestinians living under occupation.

  • September 27, 2012
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Israel: ‘not an occupier’

The Israeli Levy Committee finds that settlements in the West Bank are legal. Noreen Sadik examines its flaws.

  • August 1, 2012
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Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes ‘a most heinous practice’

So why do foreign governments continue to turn a blind eye? wonders Noreen Sadik.

  • March 7, 2012
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Palestinians still imprisoned without charge

Khader Adnan has ended his 66-day hunger strike and will be released on April 17. But hundreds more Palestinians are still being held.

  • February 27, 2012
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Introducing the Palestinian Freedom Riders

On 15 November, six Palestinian activists challenged Israeli ‘apartheid’ policies by boarding a segregated bus…and were promptly arrested.

  • November 18, 2011
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Living in a tent: homeless and friendless in Israel

Considered one of Israel’s few ‘mixed’ cities, Jaffa’s Arab population is facing eviction, police brutality and an unsettled future. Noreen Sadik reports.

  • November 2, 2011
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Time for a Palestinian Spring

When Mahmoud Abbas submitted Palestine’s bid for UN membership, he reminded us of just how much the country stands to gain, and how much has already been lost, writes Noreen Sadik.

  • September 28, 2011
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The eye sees, but the hand can't reach

Palestinian proverb reflects bitter truth for olive farmers

  • December 1, 2009
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