Palestine
Israel settlement plans criticized as unlawful
Top UN and EU officials denounced the renewed plans for Israeli settlements announced by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of the Interior.
Tag: Gaza Strip
Palestine
Israeli air-strikes target northern Gaza
Israeli air-strikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip after militants fired rockets into Israel—the first such exchanges in over two months.
Palestine
HRW: Hamas must end death penalty for youth
Human Rights Watch called on Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip to halt all executions, especially those of child offenders, alleging confessions were made under torture.
Palestine
Islamic Jihad severs ties with Hamas
The Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza announced that it is suspending ties with Hamas, accusing Gaza authorities of being responsible for the death of one of the group’s members.
Greater Middle East
Egypt’s Sinai on high alert over jihadist infiltration
Egypt has declared a state of alert in the Sinai after extremist Islamist fighters set up a military base in the peninsula ahead of planned anti-government protests.
Palestine
Deadly narco violence in Gaza Strip
The Hamas-run administration in the Gaza Strip will appoint a committee to investigate clashes between police and suspected drug dealers in Beit Lahiya that left one dead.
Palestine
Issawi calls for ‘rage and solidarity’ on Prisoners Day
Long-term hunger striker Samer Issawi called for “rage and solidarity” to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day. 3,000 detainees in Israel’s prisons refused food to mark the day.
Palestine
Clashes in Hebron over Palestinian prisoner death
For a fourth consecutive day, young Palestinians in Hebron clashed with Israeli troops in protests over the death of an eldery prisoner in Israeli custody.
Palestine
Jerusalem: troops fire on Palestinian protesters
As Obama left Israel for Jordan, two Palestinian youths were critically wounded when Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets on protesters at Anata north of Jerusalem.
Palestine
Israel can ‘improve’ war crime probes: report
A committee investigating Israel’s 2010 Gaza flotilla raid found that the IDF’s own war crimes investigations meet international standards, but that there is still room for “improvement.”
Palestine
Latin America protests attack on Gaza
The Mercosur trade bloc expressed “strongest condemnation of the violence unleashed between Israel and Palestine,” while Cuba and Venezuela issued stronger statements.
Palestine
Gaza truce announced; bombing continues
Israel launched new air-strikes across the Gaza Strip, even as Egypt’s foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr announced a ceasefire to end eight days of violence.