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Human Rights

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.

Israel uses Jenin murder probe as pretext to arrest, harass Freedom Theatre staff

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jenin refugee camp
18 June 2012
Artistic Director Nabil al-Raee is the latest in a string of people affiliated with the Freedom Theatre in Jenin who have been arrested over the past year.

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.

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