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900 dunums of Palestinian land confiscated in Qaryut village
7 April 2009 Israeli forces have started the construction of three new roads around the village of Qaryut, located in the Nablus district of the northern West Bank. Qaryut is already surrounded on three sides by illegal Israeli settlements, and the new roads are being built to connect these settlements together and to nearby road 60. Road 60 has been closed to Palestinians since 2000, but has remained open to settlers and the army. The closure…
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Fourth Bil’in International Conference on Popular Nonviolent Resistance
Bil’in International Conference on Popular Nonviolent Resistance Date: 22 April – 24 April 2009 Location: Bil’in Village, West Bank, Palestine Registration: register online on the Bil’in Village webpage Cost: accommodation per night is 20 Euros, plus conference registration of 30 Euros Program: DAY 1: Wednesday, 22 April 2009 (panels) Welcome speeches 9:30-10:45 • Eyad Burnat head of Bil’in Popular Committee • Salam Fayad, Prime Minister of Palestine • Luisa Morgantini, Vice President of the EU Parlament…
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Israel created ‘terror without mercy’ in Gaza
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 7 April 2009 The Israeli military attacked civilians and medics and delayed – sometimes for hours – the evacuation of the injured during the January war in Gaza, according to an independent fact-finding mission commissioned by Israeli and Palestinian medical human rights groups. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society yesterday said their findings showed Israel’s military committed serious violations of international humanitarian law. In their 92-page report,…
