Photo by: AP (Archive ) A Palestinian boy reacts as youths frighten him by pointing their toy guns at him, in an alley in the West Bank refugee camp of Al-Amari in Ramallah, in 2009 By: Mariam Barghouti Source: TRT World December 2013 echoed with the wailing of women, as they mourned the killing of … Continued
BY MIRIAM BERGER NEWSWEEK The sun had barely risen and Khairy Masoud, 57, was already in trouble. The father of eight had just passed through the Israeli military checkpoint separating his home in the disputed West Bank and Israel, where he’s worked in manual labor for more than 20 years. It was a chilly February … Continued
By Bethan McKernan Independent An 18-month jail sentence handed down to an Israel Defence Force (IDF) recruit for the killing of a wounded Palestinian has prompted widespread criticism for its apparent leniency in light of the severity of his crime. Then 19-year-old medic Elor Azaria was found guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting 21-year-old Palestinian … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer An Israeli soldier convicted of killing an unarmed, wounded Palestinian assailant – lying on the ground several feet away – was sentenced to 18 months of prison on Tuesday. Prosecutors asked for a 3-5 year sentence, but the soldier, Sergeant Elor Azaria, who has since been demoted to private, was given … Continued
By Zena Tahhan Al Jazeera Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, rights group Defence for Children International (DCI) has said. The organisation’s chapter in the occupied Palestinian territories recorded the killings of 32 Palestinian children (under 18), … Continued
BBC Sgt Elor Azaria, 20, shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in the head while he was lying immobile on a road. The incident happened in Hebron in the occupied West Bank last March, after another soldier was stabbed. Sgt Azaria said he thought Sharif might have an explosive vest, but prosecutors said his motive was … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in front of a new Jewish settlement construction site, in the Occupied West Bank [Reuters] By Stanley L Cohen Al Jazeera Last week, the world stood fixated at a largely symbolic gesture by the United Nations in which it found the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank of Palestine to be … Continued
By Fiona Keating International Business Times Israeli border guards launched a tear gas attack at Palestinian protesters clad in Father Christmas outfits in a tense skirmish at the separation wall that runs through the West Bank on 24 December. One demonstrator wearing the traditional red-and-white Christmas outfit was pictured lobbing a tear gas canister back at … Continued
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