[23 May 13] Protests as US Secretary of State visits Ramallah - English
U-S Secretary of State John Kerry has visited Ramallah to meet Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas. Kerry\'s visit is part of his...
U-S Secretary of State John Kerry has visited Ramallah to meet Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas. Kerry\'s visit is part of his fresh attempt to revive the so-called peace talks. But he was met by protests in Ramallah, where Palestinians voiced anger at Washington\'s support for Israel. The protesters also demanded an end to Israel\'s expansion of settlements and brutality against Palestinians.
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550 Palestinians return home under 2nd phase of prisoner swap deal - 19...
550 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons on Sunday evening in the second and final phase of a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and...
550 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons on Sunday evening in the second and final phase of a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel where 1,027 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel
in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The freed prisoners were received by thousands of cheering family members and friends gathered in Ramallah to receive them. Out of the 550 freed prisoners, two are from Jerusalem al-Quds, 506 are from other parts of the West Bank, 40 from Gaza, and 2 are Jordanian. Also, Israel released 55 out of the 164 under-the-age-of-18-years-old Palestinian prisoners and 6 out of the 11 female prisoners.
Before the release of the prisoners, confrontations broke out between anticipating Palestinian youth and the Israeli occupation forces in front of the Israeli Ofar prison, where the West bank prisoners were released from. 25 Palestinians and 1 Israeli soldier were wounded.
400 out of the 550 prisoners released on Sunday have finished two-thirds of their sentences.
Since the first phase of the prisoner exchange, Israel has detained approximately the same number of Palestinians that it freed 2 months ago. Now The Palestinians have concerns that Israel will replace the
550 prisoners freed today with the same number of Palestinians in their prisons within the next few months.
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[05 June 2012] Netanyahu plans to relocate israeli settlers - English
[05 June 2012] Netanyahu plans to relocate Israeli settlers - English
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented a plan to relocate...
[05 June 2012] Netanyahu plans to relocate Israeli settlers - English
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented a plan to relocate the illegal Ulpana hill outpost, currently located on private Palestinian land, to the Beit El settlement near Ramallah in the central West Bank.
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[27 June 2012] israel playing game on settlements expansion - English
[27 June 2012] Israel playing game on settlements expansion - English
The Israeli authorities have begun evacuating the illegal outpost settlement...
[27 June 2012] Israel playing game on settlements expansion - English
The Israeli authorities have begun evacuating the illegal outpost settlement Ulpana, near Ramallah, in order to demolish 30 housing units.This decision came following the Israeli Supreme court's ruling that the outpost was deemed illegal due to them not gaining legitimate permits from the authorities to build the settlement.However as compensation, Israel has promised to build 300 new housing units in the nearby settlement of Beit El, which remains illegal under international law. Although ostensibly Israel is distinguishing between settlements built with permits and those constructed on private Palestinian land, the practical result of this is an expansion of the Beit El Settlement.
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[12 Aug 2012] Israeli prisons increase repression during Ramadan - English
[12 Aug 2012] Israeli prisons increase repression during Ramadan - English
Prisoner Hatem Qafisha, an administrative detainee, said the prison\'s...
[12 Aug 2012] Israeli prisons increase repression during Ramadan - English
Prisoner Hatem Qafisha, an administrative detainee, said the prison\'s administration started to handcuff the prisoners\' hands and legs during meetings with the lawyers, and when using bathrooms. Qashafa also said that the prisoners suffer from these brutal procedures besides the hard living conditions due to the hot weather, the continuous cut in the electricity and the lack of the electrical equipment. The prisoner Musaab Fathi from Ramallah, an administrative detainee since 5/6/2011, also said that prisoners in section 6 live in harsh living conditions; the prisons\' administration didn\'t provide the basic materials for cooking, so prisoners just eat little amount of food that the prison provides and they are forced to drink warm water because there are no refrigerators in that section. He added that the prison\'s administration also put the African detainees in the same section, the thing that causes a lot of dispute between the prisoners.
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[03 Oct 2012] Human rights groups call for supporting Palestinian child...
Hundreds of Palestinian children are detained by Israeli forces on a daily basis and tortured while in custody. Human rights groups and Palestinian...
Hundreds of Palestinian children are detained by Israeli forces on a daily basis and tortured while in custody. Human rights groups and Palestinian lawyers are now calling on the international community to hold Israeli forces accountable for their crimes.
Press TV\'s Nel Burden reports from Ramallah.
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[07 Oct 2012] israeli settlers attack old Palestinian farmer - English
Fifty-seven-year old farmer Abdel Karim Ma\'aqel was attacked by settlers near his olive grove in the village of Muchmas, south of Ramallah.
The...
Fifty-seven-year old farmer Abdel Karim Ma\'aqel was attacked by settlers near his olive grove in the village of Muchmas, south of Ramallah.
The farmer was tending to his trees when a group of 15-20 settlers from the nearby settlement Migron attacked him using weapons.
Ma\'aqel was left badly wounded and had his ear severed when the Palestinian villagers found him.
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