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Palestinian detainee tortured to death in Israeli jail: Minister
By Agencies | 25 Feb 2013
A Palestinian prisoner who died in an Israeli jail was tortured to death, a Palestinian official charged on Sunday, dismissing Israeli accounts of an apparent heart attack.
Arafat Jaradat’s autopsy showed torture resulting from fractures in his body and bruises in his face, while his heart was in good condition, said Issa Qaraqaa, the minister in charge of prisoner affairs, citing a Palestinian doctor who took part in the autopsy.
“These results prove Israel killed him,” Qaraqaa told a news conference.
800 Palestinian Prisoners in 24-Hour Solidarity Hunger Strike
By Jacob Chamberlain | Agencies | 20 Feb 2013
800 Palestinian prisoners are taking part in a 24-hour hunger strike on Tuesday in solidarity with four fellow inmates who have been on hunger strike for months—including Samer Issawi, who has been on hunger strike for over 200 days and was told in court on Tuesday that he would have to stay in an Israeli prison for at least one more month without charge or trial.
Photo of Palestinian child in sniper crosshairs triggers uproar
By Al Arabiya | 19 Feb 2013
A photograph appearing to show a Palestinian boy’s head in the crosshairs of a sniper, which an Israeli soldier posted on the social networking website Instagram, has sparked uproar online.
Mor Ostrovski, a soldier in the sniper unit, told the army he found the photograph on the internet, The Guardian newspaper reported Monday.
The 20-year-old has deleted his Instagram account.
Media Silence Criticized as Palestinian Hunger Strikers Verge on Death
By Jacob Chamberlain | Agencies | 15 Feb 2013
A Palestinian prisoner in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for over 200 days, has sparked international outrage in support of his cause, despite a consistent lack in reporting from corporate media, most notably the Associated Press.
Now on his 204 day without food, prisoner Samer Issawi, 33, is reportedly refusing water and nearing death.
20,000 Palestinians flee Syria for ‘horrible’ living conditions in Lebanon: U.N.
By Reuters | 23 Jan 2013
Palestinian refugees who fled Syria’s war to neighboring Lebanon are living up to 20 in a room with no water, fresh air or electricity, the head of the U.N. agency for Palestinians said on Tuesday.
Donors needed to do more to help at least 20,000 Palestinians who have already come in from Syria and more than 200 who join them every day to endure “horrible” conditions, U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) chief Filippo Grandi told Reuters.
'Standard Rules of Engagement': IDF Shoots Dead Unarmed Palestinian Boy
By Jon Queally | Agencies | 16 Jan 2013
An unarmed seventeen-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by Israeli security forces who claimed they only followed 'standard rules of engagement' on Tuesday.
Samir Awad was shot in "the head, back and chest," according to reports. Though Israel Defense Force officials did admit that live fire was used, they claimed soldiers were within their right to use lethal force against the boy.
Palestinian Bab Al-Sham 'Tent City' Raided by Israeli Forces
By Jon Queally | Agencies | 15 Jan 2013
Under cover of darkness early Sunday morning, Israel forces raided and forcefully evicted Palestinian and other multi-national activists from a hilltop protest camp they set up in the occupied-West Bank in an area recently slated for illegal Jewish settlement.
Israel arrests 900 Palestinian children in 2012
By Naif Zaydani | Al Arabiya | 28 Dec 2012
The Palestinian Authority is currently looking into the possibility of filing a complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel for arresting 900 Palestinian children in 2012.
In taking such an action, Palestine will be using its newly-acquired rights as an observer state at the United Nations, said Eissa Karakea, Palestinian Minister of Detainees’ Affairs.
