Category: In the Media
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Israel begins expanding settlement in Jenin
Saturday, October 16th, 2010 | Ma’an News Agency JENIN (Ma’an) — Israel began large-scale digging works on Saturday in preparation for the expansion of an illegal settlement in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. Residents of the Ya’bad village, on which the Shaqed settlement is built, said bulldozers entered on Saturday and began razing…
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International aid convoy to Gaza due to sail Sunday
15 October 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Campaign LONDON – October 15 – A ship loaded with vehicles and aid for Gaza is due to leave Syria for Egypt this Sunday, carrying members of Palestine Solidarity CampaignUK. The ship will pass the exact place in international waters where Israel boarded the Mavi Marmara in May and…
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Turkey will not attend OECD conference, minister says
12 October 2010 |ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News Turkey will not send any delegation to a biannual tourism conference in Israel later this month, the country’s culture minister said Tuesday, marking the first boycott of Israel on a multilateral level since a deadly raid on a Turkish aid ship in May. Culture and Tourism Minister…
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Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah sentenced to a year in prison
11 October 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Bil’in protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment today, for his involvement in his village’s unarmed struggle against the wall. Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced today to 12 months in prison, plus 6 months suspended sentence for 3 years and a fine of…
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PCHR Condemns Continued Detention of Islamic Jihad Leader in Violation of Law
5 October 2010 http://www.pchrgaza.org The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the continued illegal detention of Khader ‘Adnan Mousa, 32, a leader of Islamic Jihad, from ‘Arraba village southwest of Jenin, by the General Intelligence Service (GIS). PCHR is concerned over Mousa’s health condition, who had been in a hunger strike since the beginning…