Author: ISM Media Group
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Al-Haq – Broad daylight, not the “fog of war”: Unlawful use of force against civilians in the Gaza Strip continues unabated
Press Release As a Palestinian human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is compelled yet again to raise the spectre of Israel’s continuing disregard for the customary international humanitarian law principles of distinction and proportionality. The incursion on 14 May 2008 into ‘Izbet…
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Settlers attack Asira al Qibliya
The village of Asira al Qibliya again came under attack by settlers from the nearby illegal, Israeli settlement of Yitzhar on Friday 16h May. Residents of the village, located 3km south of Nablus, report that at approximately 2pm on Friday, one adult Israeli settler entered the lands of the village, and began throwing stones at…
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Thousands of black balloons released as people commemorate the ongoing Nakba
On Thursday 15th May, thousands of people gathered in Ramallah to mark the 60th anniversary of al-Nakba (the catastrophe) to remember the forcible expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian people from their homes in 1948. Crowds marched from refugee camps around Ramallah, converging in the centre of the city where the crowds gathered for speeches and…