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February 15, 2014

Despite a clear increase, participation of Palestinian women in public life remains low

A statement issued on Thursday by the Palestinian Statistical Bureau said that despite making up half of the population, the percentage of Palestinian women contributing to the workforce was...

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February 15, 2014

There can be no impartiality on the big moral issues

I get very angry when I hear people call for objectivity, impartiality, integrity and professionalism when there is a conflict between an oppressor and those oppressed; a torturer and...

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February 15, 2014

Israeli security officers become multimillionaires on their retirement

Documents from the Israeli Ministry of Defence show that retired Israeli security officers are paid large sums of money enough to make them millionaires or even multimillionaires, an Israeli...

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February 15, 2014

UNICEF criticizes Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children

According to the “Maarev” Newspaper website, the United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) is scheduled today, Wednesday, to publish a strongly worded report on Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children. The...

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February 15, 2014

Political party criticises Gulf detention campaigns

A Kuwaiti political party has denounced the detention campaigns being carried out by governments belonging to the Gulf Cooperation Council. Al-Omah Party said that “reformers, scholars, politicians, writers and...

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February 15, 2014

Israel re-arrests prisoners released in exchange deal

By arresting Amre abu-Haniyyah, 21, the number of re-arrested former Palestinian prisoners released by the Palestinian-Israeli prisoner swap agreed last October, has reached 15, a specialist researcher said on...

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February 15, 2014

Israel attempts to distract attention away from Palestinian prisoner uprising

Forces of the Israeli Occupation stationed along the obsolete border line between the Gaza Strip and the territories occupied in 1967 continues to shoot Palestinian citizens, particularly farmers, violating...

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February 15, 2014

Detentions continue in West Bank as medical treatment is condemned

Israel’s occupation forces have detained at least 19 more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during night raids in the territory. The arrests took place as the standard of...

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February 15, 2014

Palestinian minors receive prison sentences for throwing stones

An Israeli military court has given prison sentences to two Palestinian minors from the occupied West Bank after finding them guilty of “throwing stones” at Israeli soldiers. Waleed Shoqeer,...

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February 15, 2014

Israel to hand PA 700 firearms ahead of Obama visit

The Israeli government has announced plans to hand the Palestinian Authority (PA) 700 firearms ahead of US President, Barack Obama’s upcoming visit, Israeli Radio said on Wednesday. The firearms...

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