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Human Rights

Sudanese face expulsion; minister declares Israel "belongs to white man"

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
12 June 2012
Israel has begun arresting South Sudanese migrants in preparation for deporting them from the country.

Africans fear more violence as Knesset members incite racism in Tel Aviv

Mya Guarnieri
Tel Aviv
11 June 2012
Violence against Africans in Israel — and inflammatory rhetoric by Israeli parliamentarians — is nothing new, and is on the rise.

Study: 78% of Palestinians in Jerusalem live below poverty line

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Shuafat refugee camp
9 June 2012
“For decades Israel has pursued a policy that has led to the debilitation of East Jerusalem in every respect,” says new report.

Farmer spurns Israel's cash offer, refuses to allow settlers on his land

Aghsan Barghouti
Ramallah
8 June 2012
What happens to a small village in the West Bank over the next few weeks will set a precedent about whether Israel will abide by its highest court’s ruling when it comes to dismantling settlements.

Gaza farmers rush to grow wheat under fear of Israeli fire

Rami Almeghari
Gaza City
7 June 2012
Wheat farmers in Gaza face a lack of irrigation and fuel due to the Israeli blockade while fertile farmland is declared off-limits by the Israeli army.

Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes continue as Israel violates agreements

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
5 June 2012
Since the end of the mass hunger strike in the early hours of 15 May, rumors of Israel reneging on the agreement have solidified into facts.

"Every third child in Gaza stunted by hunger": interview with renowned doctor Mads Gilbert

Sami Kishawi
Chicago
7 June 2012
Dr. Mads Gilbert shares accounts of his work treating patients during Israel’s attacks on Gaza in 2008-09 in order to encourage others to remain steadfast in their solidarity work for Palestinian rights.

"What Israel destroys, we rebuild": villagers determined to remain in South Hebron Hills

Lydia James
al-Mufaqarah
4 June 2012
Residents of the isolated village al-Mufaqarah struggle to remain on their land and expose their plight despite Israel’s attempts to isolate them.

Israel blocks mother from visiting her own daughters

Mya Guarnieri
Tel Aviv
31 May 2012
Hundreds of thousands of families — from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees — are being fractured by Israel’s racist laws which seek to limit the number of non-Jews in the country.

Palestinian contractors demand UN exclude Israel firms from Gaza tender

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
30 May 2012
Invited to bid on Gaza infrastructure projects, does Israel stand to profit from their wanton destruction during the 2008-09 attacks?

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