Israeli Authorities Prevent Entry of Products into Gaza
WAFA - Israeli forces Wednesday prevented the entry of around 1000 trucks carrying products into Gaza, according to a press release issued by the committee against the blockade in Gaza.
Gaza fishermen hemmed in after rocket attack
Aljazeera - Shortly after Israel retracted its decision to allow Gaza fishermen access to six nautical miles instead of three, Ashraf Hessy abandoned his fishing boat he worked on for more than 25 years and decided to work as a fishmonger instead.
Israel re-arrests hunger striker released last year
Ma'an News - Israeli forces re-arrested former hunger striker Thaer Halahla in Ramallah early Wednesday, locals said.
Israeli soldiers raided Halahla's home and a neighboring residence in Ramallah, damaging the contents of his home and confiscating his mobile phone, witnesses told Ma'an.
Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike facing heart slowdown; possible brain damage
IMEMC - Samer al-Essawy, who has been on hunger strike over 250 days, may die at any moment, according to his doctors. After examining Essawy on Sunday, the doctors reported that his heart rate has slowed to 30 beats per minute, much lower than average, and he faces the distinct possibility of suffering permanent brain damage.
Medical staff that treated Palestinian who later died 'didn't know he had been shot'
Haaretz - Soldiers on the scene in the southern Hebron Hills when Uday Darwish was mortally wounded by gunfire in January told their commanders that there “was no way” Darwish had been shot, and as a result medical staff treated him without knowing the source of his injury.
Barghouti: Deir Yassin massacre has not ended
"What happened 65 years ago in Deir Yassin was a horrible massacre which prepared the ground for the ethnic cleansing of 70 percent of the Palestinian people," Barghouti told Ma'an.
Palestinian Cameraman Shot In The Face In Bethlehem
IMEMC - Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian cameraman was shot in the face, on Monday evening, by a rubber-coated metal bullet, in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported that Mohammad Waleed Al-Azza was shot during clashes that took place between Israeli soldiers invading the camp and local youths who hurled stones at them.
Liquid asymmetry: How the PA is forced to support water projects for West Bank settlements
Haaretz - According to a British researcher, the work of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee reflects another example of Israel's ability to coerce and restrict the Palestinian population.
Israeli Soldiers kidnapp four Palestinians, Including a ten-year-old child in West Bank
IMEMC - Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, including a 10-year-old child, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and one Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Palestinian village succeeds in campaign to stop Israeli sewage dumping on their land
IMEMC - Residents of the village Sabastiya near Nablus have confirmed that the pipe which pumps raw sewage onto their land from nearby illegal settlement Shave Shomron has been shut off. The raw sewage poisoned both olive and apricot trees belonging to the village.
National Summit to Reassess the US-Israel "Special Relationship"
The public is invited to a nonpartisan symposium Nov. 8-9 that will examine the impact of the US-Israel relationship on Americans. Panels will include top military, diplomatic, intelligence, academic, governmental, and economic experts, as well as former Congressional representatives. Read more
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