Palestinian Rights group issues document on Statehood
Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation based in Ramallah, West Bank. Established in 1979 to protect and promote human rights and the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the organisation has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
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Solidarity in a universe whose sole aim is segregation
History and current events suggest that many scenarios are possible for our region but stagnation or a preservation of the status quo is not one of them.
After despairing of negotiations and of US intervention on their behalf, the Palestinians have turned to the UN and it would seem that the hopes and fears of many are now focused on September.
Hadas Ziv is Director of the Public Outreach Department of Physicians For Human Rights - Israel and former Executive Director of the organisation.
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“No Peace Without Water” – The Role of Hydropolitics in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Control over trans-boundary water sources is a seldom-discussed aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian picture. Jameel M. Zayed takes a closer look.
Jameel Zayed is a final-year chemistry PhD student at Cambridge University, and is active with the Cambridge University Palestine Society. His family’s roots are in Beit Nuba, a village in the Latrun area now covered by Canada Park.
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Sharp increase in house demolitions in the West Bank
Demolitions trigger fears for the future of Palestinian rural communities
A sharp increase in house demolitions in Area C of the West Bank occurred in July.
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Related item by UN OCHA (December 2009): http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/special_focus_area_c_…
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A month to the Palmer Report on the Gaza flotilla
Eyal Clyne on the spinning of “the blockade on Gaza is legal”
The release of the report of the UN-appointed Palmer Panel a month ago was nothing less than a source of pride for Israeli speakers, who repeatedly emphasised its ruling that the naval blockade on Ga
Eyal Clyne is an Israeli researcher of society in Israel-Palestine. He focuses on the conflict and other Israeli political issues. Some of the posts on his Hebrew blog appear also in English and elsewhere, and some of his pieces for JNews are also cross-posted with other sites.
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