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Articles of the author Patrick O Strickland
Female jobs in agricultural supply chains mean “choice and independence"
In support of International Women's Day on the 8th of March and ‘The Gender Agenda, Gaining Momentum', Olam (http://www.olamonline.com) – the agricultural supply chain and food ingredients company – has undertaken a unique survey into the social (...)

07 - 03 - 2013
Birzeit University protests British consul visit for 2nd day
BIRZEIT: On Wednesday, Palestinian students at Birzeit University protested the British Consul General Sir Vincent Fein's visit for a second day, following his departure as students surrounded his car and protested his presence on Tuesday. Some 200 (...)

06 - 03 - 2013
Palestinian university protests British Consul visit
RAMALLAH: On Tuesday, students at Birzeit University protested a visit by British Consul General Sir Vincent Fein, reports Palestine News Network. Fein left the university, located near Ramallah, in response to the opposition. Student groups and (...)

05 - 03 - 2013
Israeli MK attempts to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque
RAMALLAH: Israeli MK Moshe Feiglin was denied entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, reports Israeli daily Jerusalem Post. Following his attempt to enter the mosque, Israeli police had to remove him from the site and it was closed off to (...)

04 - 03 - 2013
Israeli policeman says he wishes Palestinian woman died
RAMALLAH: Early Wednesday morning, an Israeli policeman posted a Facebook update that expressed his wish that an Arab attack victim would have died. Within hours, the status went viral and caused a social media uproar. In respect to an Arab woman (...)

27 - 02 - 2013
After months of Israeli ceasefire violations, Gaza responds with rocket
RAMALLAH: As unrest continues in the West Bank, a rocket from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel early Tuesday morning, Israeli and Palestinian media report. The Grad rocket landed in south of Ashekelon and inflicted no injuries. Although the (...)

26 - 02 - 2013
As Intifada looms, more soldiers must be kidnapped, says Hamas
RAMALLAH: On Sunday, a senior Hamas official called for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, Ma'an News Agency reports. At a protest against the death of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat, whose autopsy suggests death as a result of torture, Salah (...)

25 - 02 - 2013
Accusations of torture as prisoner's body returned to West Bank
RAMALLAH: On Monday, the body of a Palestinian prisoner was returned to Sa'ir, a West Bank village near Hebron. 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat died on Saturday, ostensibly as a result of intensive torture sustained during a ten-day interrogation period (...)

25 - 02 - 2013
Israel's imprisonment of Palestinian children increases
RAMALLAH: On Sunday, Addameer Prisoner Support Network released new monthly prisoner statistics that showed an increase in the number of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons. As of February 1, at least 219 Palestinian children were detained in (...)

24 - 02 - 2013
Protesters in Hebron call for street to be opened
RAMALLAH: On Friday protesters assembled in central Hebron to demand the opening of Shuhada Street. Ma'an News Agency reports clashes between the demonstrators and Israeli soldiers. Shuhada Street was once an important artery in Hebron, but its (...)

23 - 02 - 2013
WATCH: British MP George Galloway refuses to debate Israeli
RAMALLAH: On Wednesday, British politician and pro-Palestinian activist George Galloway walked out of a debate at the Christ College Church upon finding out that one of his opponents was an Israeli. Galloway immediately came under fire in the press (...)

23 - 02 - 2013
Breaking: Protests as Palestinian prisoner dies, mass hunger strike announced
RAMALLAH: On Saturday, a Palestinian prisoner died in Israel's Magiddo Prison, International Middle East Media Center Reports. According to Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees, 30-year-old Arafat Shahin Jaradat died as a result of undergoing (...)

23 - 02 - 2013
Barghouti warns of an Intifada as clashes break out at Israeli military prison
RAMALLAH: On Thursday demonstrations took place across the Israeli-occupied West Bank in solidarity with hunger-strikers and prisoners. Several sources, including the International Solidarity Movement, reported clashes at Ofer Military Prison near (...)

21 - 02 - 2013
Palestinian, Israeli NGOs call for human rights of hunger strikers
RAMALLAH: A group of Palestinian and Israeli NGOs released a joint press release on Wednesday, calling on Israel to “respect hunger strikers' rights." Two Palestinian organizations, Al-Haq and Addameer Prisoner Support Network, and Israeli (...)

21 - 02 - 2013
WATCH: Activists call on Depeche Mode to drop Israel show
RAMALLAH: Popular 1980s new wave band Depeche Mode is to play a concert in Tel Aviv's Ha'Yarkon Park this May. It will be the group's first show in Israel since 2009, when it performed at the nearby Ramat Gan Stadium for an audience of some (...)

20 - 02 - 2013
The South Hebron Hills: touring Israeli occupation
RAMALLAH: The Israeli government claims that it is committed to a peaceful solution with the Palestinians resulting in two independent states. Sitting in a bus to the South Hebron Hills, well outside the territory Israel formally plans on annexing (...)

20 - 02 - 2013
Mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons as protests break out across West Bank
RAMALLAH: On Tuesday, some 800 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli lockup launched a one-day solidarity hunger strike in support of four long-term hunger strikers, Ma'an News Agency reports. On Monday and Tuesday demonstrations on behalf of the the (...)

19 - 02 - 2013
Mother of Palestinian prisoner launches solidarity hunger strike
RAMALLAH: Imprisoned Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Sharawna's mother launched a solidarity hunger strike, Addameer Prisoner Support Network announced on Sunday. The 37-year-old Sharawna was released in the October 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner (...)

18 - 02 - 2013
Israel 12th most corrupt country in OECD
A recent International Transparency Organization study found Israel to be the 12th most corrupt country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported on Monday. With the number one ranking meaning the (...)

18 - 02 - 2013
Israel to release 550 prisoners, including Barghouti and Sa'adat
RAMALLAH: Israel will release 550 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture before US President Barack Obama arrives on his first visit to Israel and the West Bank since taking office, UPI.com reports. President Obama is scheduled to visit the (...)

18 - 02 - 2013
Prisoner rights group releases quarterly stats on Palestinian prisoners
RAMALLAH: Addameer Prisoner Support Network recently released a quarterly newsletter that details the statistics regarding Israeli imprisonment of Palestinians and related issues. As of January 1, Addameer says, 4,743 Palestinians were being held in (...)

16 - 02 - 2013
Israel to start LGBT Birthright program
RAMALLAH: In partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater of Los Angeles, JQ International has announced the creation of an LGBTQ-focused Jewish birthright trip. “After many years of inclusion work with the Jewish Federation of Greater Los (...)

14 - 02 - 2013
Jaffa protests for Palestinian prisoners, against sexual terrorism
RAMALLAH: On Tuesday, activists and youth, both Israeli and Palestinian, staged two demonstrations in Jaffa. The first was against sexual violence and the oppression of women, and the second was a solidarity rally for Palestinian prisoners, namely (...)

13 - 02 - 2013
Worries of torture as Israeli SC rejects petition
RAMALLAH: On February 7, Israel's Supreme Court rejected a petition submitted by several NGOs and human rights organizations, says a press release from Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. The petition called on the court to (...)

12 - 02 - 2013
Breaking: As hunger striker hits day 200, reports of warplanes over Gaza
RAMALLAH: On Tuesday, Palestinian prisoner Samer Al-Issawi reached the 200th day of a partial hunger strike that has caused his health to rapidly decline. According to a Facebook update posted Tuesday morning by Gaza TV News, Israeli warplanes have (...)

12 - 02 - 2013
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