Archive for: June, 2005

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, No. 24/2005 16– 22 June 2005 Summary Serious Israeli violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) during the reporting period (16 – 22 June 2005):

Abbas Left Twisting in the Wind

Terry Walz, Council for the National Interest Foundation Who’s Really Responsible for the June 21 “Summit” Failure in Jerusalem? The news coming from Jerusalem of a failed meeting between Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas should have been predicted, but it is the Israelis, as usual, who are blaming the lack [...]

Israel Fails To Probe Civilian Casualties

Press Release: Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem, June 22, 2005) — The Israeli military has fostered a climate of impunity in its ranks by failing to thoroughly investigate whether soldiers have killed and injured Palestinian civilians unlawfully or failed to protect them from harm, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week.

Another Prisoner Dies in Israeli Jail

Press Release : Palestine Media Center – PMC GAZA, Palestine, June 23, 2005 (IPC) —Brutal torture of the Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli jails resulted in killing of a detainee while another lost his sight.

Shared Destiny, Shared Defiance

Ramzy Baroud, Palestine Chronicle They say that if you don’t learn from history, you will be condemned to repeat it. This could not be truer when one contrasts the destinies of the Native Americans and the Palestinian people. The determination and defiance of both groups, under dire circumstances, cannot be matched. Likewise, the mistreatment and [...]

New book by author Mark Glenn now available

No Beauty In The Beast…Israel Without Her Mascara The new book by Mark Glenn, is now available at www.notmywords.com. In its 300 pages, it posits the argument that modern day Israel and the Zionist philosophy that is its lifeblood are the fulfillments of the prophecies of old that predicted the coming of Antichrist. While most [...]

Death by Israeli Checkpoint*

Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist In Bethlehem Where Christ Was born A woman died At the Gilo Checkpoint

Mr. Television Documents the Occupation

Ira Glunts, Ramallah Online Columnist Like a voice crying from beneath a collapsed building, every now and then a well-known and respected Israeli startles us with a sharp plea – the country must cease its immoral, illegal and self-destructive occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people. Despite the horror, the apparent hopelessness of what we [...]

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Palestine Center for Human Rights, No. 23/2005 09– 15 June 2005 Summary Israeli violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) during the reporting period (09 – 15 June 2005):

A Two-State Solution is No Solution

Mazin Qumsiyeh Ramallah Online Columnist In Washington DC last week, Huwaida Arraf of the International Solidarity movement posed two questions for the Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister:

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