Israeli warplanes continue to target the Gaza Strip, killing two today, while in the West Bank Israeli troops kidnap more Palestinian lawmakers. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for May 29, 2007 was brought to you by Jane Smith and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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The Israeli Army attack a building in Gaza and injure 30 civilians while in the West Bank 9 civilians are kidnapped. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for May 17, 2007 was brought to you by Eliza Sprout and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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The Palestinian interior minister walks out as Fatah-Hamas fighting worsens; in the West Bank the army injures two civilians. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for May 14, 2007 was brought to you by Kate Orwell and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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May 1st marks Labor Day, but while the Palestinian territories remain under a strict siege, the Israeli army continues to attack Palestinian civilians. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for May 1, 2007 was brought to you by Anne Brownsell and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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The Israeli army invades several West Bank cities and attacks civilians, while Israeli war planes drop leaflets over the Gaza Strip warning of possible attack. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for April 23, 2007 was brought to you by Kate Orwell and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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Nora Barrows-Friedman continues her reporting from the occupied West Bank; she documents the ongoing destruction of the city of Nablus and the Balata Refugee Camp by the Israeli occupation military and speaks with a human rights activist who videotaped the Israeli military using Palestinian children as human shields; also, award-winning Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad speaks about politics, Palestine and poetry; and the Knight Report.
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Palestinian government civil servants go on strike, in the meantime the Israeli army continues to attack West Bank cities and abduct civilians. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for April 18, 2007 was brought to you by Oliver Eacott and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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In Gaza, a 13-year-old boy was sent to the hospital after being hit in the head with shrapnel from Israeli gunfire. Palestinian gunmen occupied a municipal building near Khan Younis, demanding jobs for relatives. The Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, authorized “limited operations in the Gaza Strip” and undercover Israeli forces were seen operating at the Beit Lahia beach. In the West Bank, the Israeli military invaded Balata Refugee Camp near Nablus, injuring six civilians and one resistance fighter. Palestinian journalists maintained their protest over the abduction of BBC reporter Alan Johnston. Journalists boycotted the meeting btween President Abbas and U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.
Palestine Today for April 3, 2007 was brought to you by Jane Smith and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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Resisting the Israeli occupation through photography, we’ll speak to activists putting cameras into the hands of Palestinian refugee youth; also, Australian journalist and author Antony Lowenstein takes the occupation head-on and challenges Zionist policy and Jewish nationalism in his new book; a commentary by a sophomore at Stanford University on the role and responsibility of Jewish Americans in the context of Israeli policy in Palestine; and the Knight Report.
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A large explosion in the Gaza Strip levels an apartment building, killing one man and injuring ten others. The Al Qassam brigades claimed responsibility for what sources say was a sniper attack on an Israeli man near the Karni crossing point that left him injured. In the West Bank, Israeli soldiers at the Beit Iba checkpoint between Nablus and Tulkarem opened fire on Palestinian civilians, injuring one man. Israeli soldiers abducted a number of Palestinians from across the West Bank.
Palestine Today for March 19, 2007 was brought to you by Oliver Eacott and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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