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Israel treats every Palestinian child as “potential terrorist”: government-backed UK study
By Asa Winstanley 28 June 2012 | Electronic Intifada, London A new report funded and supported by the UK government that accuses Israel of violating international law with its treatment of Palestinian child detainees was launched in London by a high-profile group of human rights lawyers on Tuesday. The report says Israel is in violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on at least six counts and of the Fourth Geneva…
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On the sixth day of Israeli attacks on Gaza
By Rosa Schiano 23 June 2012 | il Blog di Olivia, Gaza The sixth day of Israeli attacks on Gaza. Today we have arrived at 16 deaths, including a child of 5 and a half years, and over 60 injured individuals. This morning in Khan Younis of the southern Gaza Strip an Israeli tank fired an artillery shell and killed a child of 5 and a half years, and wounding his father and 3 other people.…
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The spirit of Ni’lin in the face of apartheid
By Steve Plaank 2 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday, June 29th, dozens of residents of the Palestinian village, Ni’lin demonstrated in opposition to the ongoing apartheid carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). The village of Ni’lin is located near the 1967 Green Line and has been a center of popular resistance throughout the history of the Israel occupation of Palestine. Following the Friday prayers, Palestinians, along with approximately a…
