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Video Footage: Israeli Soldiers Detain Five-Year-Old Palestinian in Hebron_PNN
B'Tselem, an Israeli Human Rights Organisation released a video capturing Israeli soldiers arresting a 5-year-old Palestinian in Hebron for allegedly throwing a stone at a settler's car in a checkpoint near Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs.
B'Tselem complained to the legal advisor in the West Bank that the IOF acted illegally according to Israeli law by detaining a child under the age of 12.
Ninth Anniversary of ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Construction of Israel’s Apartheid Wall
On the Ninth Anniversary of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Construction of Israel’s Apartheid Wall Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the PLO Department of Culture and Information, affirms the following:
"Pursuing Israel in the international judicial arena is long overdue, and it is high time that Israel is held accountable for its flagrant violations of international law and the human rights of the Palestinian people.
UN humanitarian official urges Israel to lift crippling restrictions on Gaza
3 July 2013 – A senior United Nations humanitarian official today urged the Israeli Government to lift restrictions on the free movement of people and goods in the Gaza Strip, as he met with Palestinian farmers and fishermen whose livelihoods have been ruined by the measures.
Veteran Ashrawi insists right of return is inalienable and timeless
Veteran PLO official Hanan Ashrawi has stressed that the rights of the Palestinian people are inalienable, and the right of return is at the top of those rights. Citing UN Resolution 194 and the Geneva Convention of 1951 on the Status of Refugees, the PLO executive Committee member insisted that such rights, individually and collectively, cannot be waived and will not become obsolete with the passage of time.
McDonald's Israel rejects West Bank branch proposal
Israeli-owned fast-food franchise rejects Ariel invitation, citing long-term policy not to operate across pre-1967 green line.
WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE RESUMPTION OF CREDIBLE NEGOTIATIONS? by Dr. Saeb Erekat
In the coming days, President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in Amman to talk about the stalled peace process. The Palestinian leadership has supported Secretary Kerry’s initiative and expressed, on several occasions, their confidence that Secretary Kerry’s intentions are genuine. Unfortunately, the Israeli government continues with policies on the ground that contradict and prejudice the very outcome of negotiations, while Israeli officials and members of the ruling coalition have made a number of clear statements reaffirming that the Israeli government are not serious about the two-state solution, or a just and lasting peace.
President Mahmoud Abbas received the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Filippo Grandi, and discussed the agency’s work for the refugees
Abbas called on Grandi to intensify work to help the Palestinian refugees in Syria due to the ongoing conflict.
In return, Grandi briefed Abbas on the agency’s work to help the Palestinian refugees whether in Syria or abroad and to ease their suffering.
They exchanged suggestions on how to mobilize on the United Nations or the Arab League’s level in order to speed providing the necessary humanitarian supplies.
UN: Palestinian Children Tortured, Used As Shields By Israel
A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.
Palestinian hopes for two states 'not possible', says Israeli minister Bennett
Israeli trade minister Naftali Bennett dismisses two-state solution as 'hopeless' and urges swift annexation of West Bank's Area C. The Guardian,Tuesday 18 June 2013
Dr. Saeb Erekat: “The Israeli government has officially declared the death of the two-state solution”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat called upon the international community to “face reality” and understand the “real plans of the Israeli government to destroy the two-state solution"