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January 23, 2014

Palestinian non-violent activism at Bab al Shams and the right to territory

In a move designed to challenge Israeli expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a group of about 250 Palestinians claimed to have established the village of Bab al Shams...

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January 23, 2014

Demographics in the Negev: oppression against the Bedouin community

Israel’s preoccupation with sustaining a demographic majority has shifted focus to the Bedouin community in the Negev. A significant area targeted since the commencement of the occupation, the Bedouin...

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January 23, 2014

'Palestine to the ICC' campaign gathers momentum

Following the Israeli massacre during Operation Pillar of Defence and Palestine’s accession as a non-member state of the UN, many in Palestine have been clamouring for the right to...

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January 23, 2014

On the EU's obligation to ban settlement produce

The Palestinian human rights organization, Al Haq, recently published a position paper titled, ‘Feasting on the Occupation: Illegality of Settlement Produce and the Responsibility of EU Member States under...

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January 23, 2014

UNHRC accuses Israel of restricting access to water "to trigger Palestinian displacement"

Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem suffer “inequitable” Israeli predominance over their water supplies, claims a report from the UN Human Rights Council. Indeed, Israeli violations of the...

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January 23, 2014

Sovereignty and independence within a framework of occupation

According to a report in the United Press International, Israel’s outgoing Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, stated that Israel should be willing to recognise Palestine if Palestinians are ready...

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January 23, 2014

Campaign to free Samer Issawi exposes international double standards on human rights

Samer Issawi’s hunger strike in protest against administrative detention has exposed the myth of human rights organisations and the limits of official concern from the international community. The pervading...

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January 23, 2014

Israel's dehumanisation of Palestinian children

Far from the targeting of Palestinian children being a fabrication designed to gain sympathy, this reality was publicly exposed by IDF soldier Mor Ostrovski, who uploaded a photo to...

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January 23, 2014

International 'concern' over resistance to administrative detention

Administrative detention and the postponement of court hearings seem to go hand in hand with Israeli courts’ fabrication of justice. Samer Al Issawi and Ayman Al Sharawna have been...

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January 23, 2014

America's Jewish population drift away from Israel

In an interview with the New Internationalist last year American scholar Norman Finkelstein pointed out recent, prominent defections from American support for Israel; New Yorker editor, David Remnick, previous...

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