Category: Press Releases
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Israeli military stops work to bring electricity to At-Tuwani; confiscates building materials
Christian Peacemaker Team 30 October 2009 At-Tuwani – On Friday 30 October, the Israeli army forcibly stopped the electrical work of the village of At-Tuwani, located in the South Hebron hills. Officers from the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO), the branch of the Israeli army responsible for the administration of Palestinian civilian affairs in the…
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Israeli military negligence again exposes young Palestinian children to threat of attack from Israeli settlers
Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT) 27 October 2009 For Immediate Release: TUBA – On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Palestinian school children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed did not attend school in At-Tuwani due to threat of violence from Israeli settlers from the Israeli settlement of Ma’on and the illegal Israeli outpost of…
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Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water
Amnesty International 27 October 2009 Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies. These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and prevent the Palestinians developing an effective water infrastructure there.…