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Israeli forces arrest 6 solidarity activists in Beit Ommar
Palestine Solidarity Project 7 July 2009 On July 7, 2009 at approximately 5pm, an Israeli military official called the mayor of Beit Ommar/ Saffa, Nasri Sabarneh, and informed him that settlers had set fire to some trees in the Abu Jabber Soleiby land in Saffa, just under the illegal Bat ‘Ayn settlement. A group of…
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Fmr. Congressmember Cynthia McKinney back in U.S. after being detained and deported from Israel
Democracy Now 8 July 2009 Guests: Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate. Adam Shapiro, documentary filmmaker, human rights activist and Palestinian rights activist. Adam was a co-founder of the ISM in Palestine. He was filming the voyage of the Arion for the Free Gaza Movement last week. AMY GOODMAN:…
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PCHR: Highlights of Israel’s continued violations of international law on the 5th anniversary of the ICJ advisory opinion on the Apartheid Wall
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 8 July 2009 On 5th Anniversary of ICJ Advisory Opinion on ‘The Wall’ PCHR Highlight Israel’s Continued Violations of International Law, and the International Community’s Complicity in Illegal Acts 9 July 2009 marks the five year anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) landmark Advisory Opinion on ‘the Legal…
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Israel criticised for thwarting medical mission to Palestinian territories
Vikram Dodd | The Guardian 7 July 2009 Israel was yesterday criticised after it refused to allow a group of doctors on a humanitarian mission organised by the French government to enter Gaza. The team, including three British medics, was turned back by Israeli border guards on Sunday and Monday. They say their mission is…
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Israeli to UN: Palestinian detainees kept in ditches
Daniel Edelson | YNet News 7 July 2009 A member of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) testified in Geneva on Tuesday before a United Nations investigation team looking into the Israeli offensive in Gaza about half a year ago. Attorney Majd Bader, an Arab Israeli, told the committee that Palestinians detained by…
