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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH-Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank
Monday, 08 September 2014 09:53

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank 

Land Seizure, Settlement Construction, Forcible Displacement of Palestinians

September 3, 2014

(Jerusalem) – Israel should immediately reverse its illegal appropriation of a large swath of land in the occupied West Bank south of Jerusalem, Human Rights Watch said today. The appropriation, announced on September 1, 2014, paves the way for substantial settlement construction near the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Transferring civilian settlers into occupied territory would amount to a war crime.

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Back to School at UNRWA: Education Touched by Conflict, Many children Can’t Return to School
Thursday, 04 September 2014 13:32

JERUSALEM (WAFA) – ”As children in many parts of the world start their new school year, half a million Palestine refugee children should be returning to over 650 UNRWA schools in Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza and Syria – but many cannot,” said the UNRWA in a press release.

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Statement Delivered by H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas on Gaza ceasefire
Wednesday, 27 August 2014 10:28

Unofficial Translation of Statement Delivered by H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas to the PLO Central Council on Gaza ceasefire

26 August 2014

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

Today marks 51 days of the barbaric aggression that Israel carried out and continues to carry out against our people in Gaza Strip. During this period, the number of martyrs rose up to more than 2000, and the number of injured to   more   than   10,000   injured   with   tens   of   thousands   of   houses   destroyed. Unfortunately,   until   this   moment,   the   attack   and   the   aggression continues indiscriminately and in most cases against innocents and civilians who are the primary victims of this aggression. As everyone knows, scores of families, probably more than sixty, were completely eliminated.

Therefore, it was necessary to exert all efforts, possible   and impossible, towards stopping the fighting, particularly after the Israelis withdrew from the negotiations   and   our   delegation   returned   and   we   continued   our   intensive efforts to resume negotiations again.

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In photos: Gaza families return home to horror and devastation
Tuesday, 26 August 2014 10:13

A child’s room in the Qarara family home in Shujaiya, 26 July

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UN investigators to start Gaza work next month
Wednesday, 13 August 2014 11:39
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A three-member panel appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate allegations of humanitarian law violations during Israel's Gaza assault will start working in the Gaza Strip next month.
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