Occupied Palestine, 23 November 2010
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) urges the French government to immediately cease all undemocratic, repressive measures against its own conscientious citizens who promote or engage in non-violent boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel until it complies with international law. The BNC also calls upon the State of France to respect its own legal ...
Bill stipulates a two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum on any potential land-for-peace deal concluded with Arabs. AlJazeera.net; November 22, 2010
Israel's parliament, backed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has approved a law that requires a two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum on any potential land-for-peace deal concluded with Arab neighbours.
The law, which was passed by a vote of 65 to 33 on Monday, calls ...
Sophie Crowe, Palestine Monitor, November 15, 2010
High unemployment and restrictions on travel into Israel have forced 25,000 labourers into working on Israeli-owned industrial zones in the West Bank. Beyond the reach of PA control, these workers are exploited by their Israeli employers.
"The settlement factories are manned primarily by Palestinian labourers, who work in miserable conditions", says Fathi Nasser, legal advisor with the ...
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) held a seminar yesterday, Friday 12th November, in central London to release a comprehensive Atlas of Palestine from 1917-1966.
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) held a seminar yesterday, Friday 12th November, in central London to release a comprehensive Atlas of Palestine from 1917-1966. This is a vital piece of work documenting history, landscape and Geography of Palestine that has been erased by Israel. The ...
Middle East Monitor, November 11, 2010
The Director of Operation for the UN Relief and Works Agency [UNRWA] in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, has confirmed that "no tangible change" has occurred to the lives of Gaza's people since Israel announced it would ease its economic blockade of the Strip last June.
Israel's announcement that it would lift some of the restrictions imposed on Gaza to allow the entry of more food and consumer ...
Palestinian Information Center, November 11, 2010
GAZA, (PIC)-- Amid plummeting medical conditions in the Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry warned Wednesday that around 80 basic drugs have become out of stock.
Dr. Muneer Al-Bursh, the ministry’s pharmaceutical director wrote to the media: The most important of these drugs are those used in the nursery department, surgical and laparoscopic operations, intensive care, ...
