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Human Rights

Why is critic of Islam advising Britain's military?

Ben White
London
17 July 2012
A “cultural advisor” to UK troops in Afghanistan suggests that Islam is a “danger facing the West.”

Is Palestine going mainstream in British politics?

Asa Winstanley
London
17 July 2012
Major politicians in the UK are increasingly unafraid to talk critically of Israeli policies, and some are even advocating a national ban on products made in illegal Israeli settlements.

Palestinians reclaim streets despite PA police repression

Eoin O'Ceallaigh
Ramallah
8 July 2012
The violence of the Palestinian Authority police is not unexpected, yet it was still shocking to see such unfettered brutality on the streets of Ramallah in the middle of the afternoon.

Scientific probe indicates Arafat was murdered

Doha
4 July 2012
A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera into the death of Yasser Arafat has revealed that that there was a high level of polonium, a highly radioactive element, inside his body when he died.

Knesset moves to force national service on Palestinians in Israel

Sawsan Khalife'
the Galilee
4 July 2012
Palestinians in Israel are protesting draft legislation which would make national service mandatory, despite the state’s system of discrimination against the community.

Cyberwarfare: US, Israel's electronic attacks on Iran and Palestinians

Asa Winstanley
London
2 July 2012
The Electronic Intifada contributor Asa Winstanley examines who is behind escalating cyberwar in the Middle East.

Israel treats every Palestinian child as "potential terrorist": government-backed UK study

Asa Winstanley
London
28 June 2012
A new report funded and supported by the UK government that accuses Israel of violating international law with its treatment of Palestinian child detainees was launched in London this week.

Israel denies Palestinians in Gaza right to study in West Bank

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
27 June 2012
For twelve years Israel has imposed sweeping bans on Palestinians wanting to travel from Gaza to the West Bank for education.

Remembering Mamoun, killed by an Israeli missile as he played football

Rami Almeghari
Gaza City
22 June 2012
Mamoun al-Dam, 12, was killed on 20 June when an Israeli missile struck his family’s land in Gaza City.

Amid growing poverty, payment card provides dignity, nutrition for some Gaza families

Rami Almeghari
Gaza City
19 June 2012
A new aid program intends to help 5,000 families purchase nutritious food in the besieged Gaza Strip.

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