29 May 2013 — VTJP
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Extremist Settlers Burnt Olive Trees, Farmlands, Near Qalqilia
IMEMC – A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinian olive trees and farmlands planted with wheat, in an area located between the villages of Far’ata and Jeet, east of the northern West Bank of Qalqilia. …
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20 April 2013 — VTJP
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Israeli forces raid Jenin villages, no arrests
4/20/2013 – JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Saturday morning raided residential communities in the Jenin district. No detentions were recorded, locals said. An Israeli military force raided Beit Qad, Dier Abu Daif, and Jalqamus villages east of Jenin. They also stationed at the western road of Jenin while other Israel patrols stationed at the entrance….
11 April 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Prominent youth activist abducted by Israeli troops in Hebron
IMEMC – The coordinator of the non-violent group called ‘Youth Against Settlements’ was abducted Wednesday by Israeli troops when he responded to a summons to appear at the police station at the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba. …
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18 December 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Soldiers Attack Funeral Of Palestinian Child In Hebron
IMEMC – Israeli soldiers attacked, Tuesday, hundreds of Palestinians participating in a funeral of a child in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron; at least three residents have been injured. …
22 November 2012 — PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non-profit)
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Committing War Crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
New Israeli Military Escalation against the Gaza Strip
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IOF Continue the Offensive on the Gaza Strip:
Civilian Deaths Rise to 10, Including 6 Children, and 253 Others, Including 62 Children, Wounded Continue reading
15 November 2012
On November 14, 2012, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) unleashed another massacre in Gaza. In just one day, 15 Palestinians were killed, most of them women and children. Dozens were injured, homes destroyed and the hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed with the wounded. Israel and its apologists say this is a war, but the people of Gaza have no military, no planes or tanks or helicopters or drones. They are largely a civilian population trapped in the largest outdoor prison in the world. They cannot run or hide or escape. They are, in fact, sitting targets for Israeli war games. Yesterday, we heard from one of the internationals, Adie Mormesh in Gaza. His message is below: Continue reading
PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights PRESS RELEASE
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New Israeli Military Escalation against the Gaza Strip;
2 November 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Shaath: “Abbas Will Submit Straightforward, Clear, UN Application”
IMEMC – Palestinian official, Dr. Nabil Shaath, stated that there is no confusion in the text that President Mahmoud Abbas intends to submit to the United Nations this month, adding that Abbas will head to the UN telling world leaders “We have decided to raise Palestine’s status to an observer state, and we ask for your recognition”. …
15 March 2012 — PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non-profit)
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and Launch a New Offensive on the Gaza Strip
12 March 2012 — PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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IOF Continued Offensive on Gaza for 4th Consecutive Day:
5 Palestinians, Including a Child and an Old Man and His Daughter, Killed and 38 Others Wounded Since Yesterday Afternoon, Raising Deaths to 23 and Injuries to 73
27 February 2012 — VTJP
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Al-Quds Conference Decides To Head To UN
IMEMC – The Al-Quds Arab Conference, held in Doha – Qatar, concluded its deliberations on Monday with a decision to head to the United Nations over the ongoing Israeli violations and escalation against the Arab and Islamic Holy Sites in occupied East Jerusalem. …
23 January 2012 — VTJP
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Several Residents Injured In Air Strikes Targeting Gaza
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians were wounded, on Tuesday at dawn, after the Israeli Air Force bombarded a number of areas in the Gaza Strip. …
5 January 2012 — PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non-profit)
15 December 2011 — PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press Release
Ref: 142/2011 – Time: 12:50
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the placing of large floats by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) 3 miles from the Gaza Strip seashore, beyond which Palestinian fishermen are banned from sailing. This measure serves to institutionalize the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, and enhances IOF’s control over the Gaza Strip’s regional water. PCHR warns that this measure will lead to more attacks by IOF against Palestinian fishermen, depriving them of their means of subsistence, under the pretest of sailing beyond the sea floats.
21 August 2011 – 12:00 GMT — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – Press Release
Ref: 88/2011
In conjunction with the current escalation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched in the early morning of Sunday, 21 August 2011, a large-scale military campaign against many neighbors and streets and dozens of houses in Hebron. During this campaign, IOF arrested at least 50 Palestinians, mostly members and activists of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), a journalist, some academics and members of charitable associations.
10 April, 2011 — VTJP
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Sources: Ceasefire deal reached in Gaza
4/10/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian sources say UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Robert Serry managed to reach a ceasefire agreement late Saturday between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza. The agreement, according to the sources, necessitates that Israel stops strikes on the Gaza Strip and Palestinian military groups commit to…. Related: Israel warns of stronger response to rockets
17 December, 2010
Dozens of people were injured from asphyxia in Bil’in weekly demonstration
Bil’in- Ramallah: Today dozens of people were injured from asphyxia as a result of inhaling the tear gas due to the clashes that took place in the village of Bil’in. Along with the peace activist and foreigners who camed to give solidariety to Bil’in people especially after the decision of the Israeli Defence Force to suppress the weekly march against the wall and the settlements.
The march is called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in, and did partecipate and join this march many people form Bil’in village and many peace activists,Israelis all of them here to bring and show their solidariety to Bil’in people and case.
The march headed toward the wall, where the military force of the israeli occupation army were waiting for them behind cubes and block of cements and all along the wall, and when the protesters tried to cross the wall to reach the lands owned by the people of the town the army started to fire sound bombs and rubber bullet and tear gas in all the directions, result of the fire many people where injured from asphyxia.
8 February 2010 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press Release Ref: 07/2010
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the continued persecution of international human rights defenders in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and the deportation of international activists from the country. PCHR is concerned about such measures, as they aim to expel international witnesses of human rights violations perpetrated by IOF against Palestinian civilians during peaceful protests against the construction of the Annexation Wall and settlement activities in the West Bank.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 03:00 on Sunday, 07 February 2010, IOF moved into the cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh. They stormed an apartment building in al-Bireh in which a number of international human rights defenders live. After checking the visas in their passports, IOF arrested Ariadna Jove Marti, 24, a Spanish journalist, and Bridgette Chappell, 25, an Australian student at Bir Zeit University, and took them to Ofer Prison, pending their deportation from the county, citing their expired visas as the reason. The two women are activists in the International Solidarity Movement. An Israeli military spokesman claimed that the women are “known for being involved in illegal riots that obstruct Israeli security operations.”
The detention of these two activists from an area controlled by the Palestinian National Authority is part of an IOF campaign against Palestinian and international human rights defenders in the West Bank, aiming to silence voices of Palestinians and hinder internationals from witnessing Israeli violations of human rights in the West Bank. It is worth noting that IOF have denied international human rights defenders access to the Gaza Strip for several years in order to prevent them from observing serious human rights violations, especially the humanitarian crisis of the Palestinian civilian population due to the ongoing illegal siege imposed on Gaza.
PCHR deeply appreciates the role played by international human rights defenders and solidarity activists, and:
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PCHR, 29 Omer El Mukhtar St., El Remal, PO Box 1328 Gaza, Gaza Strip. E-mail: pchr@pchrgaza.org, Webpage http://www.pchrgaza.org
23 July, 2009 — Palestine Think Tank
The Palestinians put the controversial ad to test. A video recently posted on YouTube has tried to reenact the game in reality, and found that the result could not be further removed from the situation on the ground: when the Palestinians kick the ball to the other side of the Wall, what they get in return is a salvo of tear gas grenades and bullets.
The row over a racist advert of Cellcom – an Israeli mobile phone operator, which shows Israel Occupation Forces soldiers playing football with Palestinians on both sides of the Apartheid Wall, continues.
In the Cellcom advert, IOF soldiers on patrol along the Wall stop their army jeep when it is hit by a soccer ball from the Palestinian side of the Wall. A game ensues, back and forth with the unseen Palestinians after a soldier dials up “reinforcements,” including two smiling women in uniform, to come and play.
The advertisement made by McCann Erickson, part of U.S. Interpublic Group, ends with the upbeat voiceover: “After all, what are we all after? Just a little fun.”
The advert has been extensively criticized for making light of the Palestinian suffering inflicted by the West Bank Apartheid Wall.
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