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Rights and Accountability

News about work to enforce human rights and international law

US State Department: Israel practices "institutional discrimination"

Submitted by Ben White on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 15:42
Israel practices “institutional and societal discrimination” against its Palestinian citizens: this is the conclusion of the US State Department in its newly-published Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012.

Palestine activists call on Netherlands prince to disassociate from JNF water project

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 19:41
The Jewish National Fund-Netherlands branch dedicating Naqab/Negev water project to the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander.

Video: Israeli soldiers blindfold and arrest young boy in Hebron

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 04/15/2013 - 21:45
Armed Israeli settlers confront internationals who ask soldiers why they arrested Palestinian child.

Israeli settlers use six times more water than Palestinians -- new report

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 12:21
In a damning new report, the Palestinian rights organization Al-Haq has found that Israel operates a system of water apartheid.

Children beaten and blindfolded by Israeli troops

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 08:58
More evidence has emerged to show that Israel is abusing Palestinian boys, as young as nine.

Israeli soldiers force nine-year-old to act as human shield

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 15:25
Some 236 Palestinian children were held in Israeli detention during February — a considerable increase from previous months.

No Mothers' Day for women held in G4S-equipped prisons

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 09:57
Twelve Palestinian female prisoners are imprisoned inside Israel.

Goldstone again? Source: rights groups fear Palestinian cave-in at UN could scuttle action on settlements

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 17:17

Palestinian human rights advocates fear that the Palestinian Authority is about to help bury a UN report on Israeli settlements that could lead to sanctions on Israel.

Watch: Palestinian couple divulge psychological impact of Israeli imprisonment in short video

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 19:32
Former prisoner starts to become acquainted with his wife only to be arrested once more.

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