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Drug store set on fire and classes suspended in school heavily damaged by Israeli bombing
09 February 2011 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the targeting of civilian establishments in the Gaza Strip by aircraft of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) early this morning. Ten Palestinians, including two women and a child, were wounded as a result of the bombing. In addition, a factory was destroyed, a drug store belonging to the Ministry of Health in Gaza was set on fire, and…
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EAPPI: Army makes fifty homeless in Jordan Valley demolitions
11 February 2011 | Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) Residents in the village of Khirbet Tana will sleep in caves tonight following the demolition of their homes on Wednesday. Israeli bulldozers destroyed six homes and several makeshift shelters for sheep, which villagers had erected after demolitions in January. The army has demolished multiple structures here on four occasions in recent years, including the village school. Farmers in the community, on the edge of…
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Dismantling Impunity: Campaign to help Palestinian victims of army abuse
9 February 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee is proud to announce a new campaign, the “Dismantling Impunity Fund”. This fund will directly challenge Israel’s culture of impunity surrounding the murder and maiming of Palestinians. The fund will be managed by a committee that will include representatives of Popular Committees and Palestinian human rights organizations. The Abu Rahmah family will be the fund’s first recipient. The family has lost two of…

