17 March 2011
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IRIN) - The Israeli blockade has restricted a generation of youth in Gaza from educational and employment opportunities, say UN and other sources. Read more about Blockade denying Gaza youth education, employment
16 March 2011
AWARTA, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Food supplies are running low, ambulances have been detained for hours at checkpoints and hundreds of young men have been held, interrogated and beaten up, some requiring hospitalization, in the Palestinian village of Awarta in the northern West Bank. The village has been under continuous curfew for four days. Read more about Palestinian village under siege following settler killings
al-Araqib 17 March 2011
As Israel continues to deepen its claims on land in the occupied West Bank, the state is aggressively pursuing a similar project within the green line boundary. Read more about Palestinian Bedouins in al-Araqib: "We won't leave"
Jabalia refugee camp 16 March 2011
Gaza power plant official Derar Abu Sisi went missing in Ukraine earlier this year and is now believed to be held in an Israeli prison. Rami Almeghari reports for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Family of engineer believed kidnapped by Israel speak out
14 March 2011
As Israeli Apartheid Week events continue to take place across the globe, The Electronic Intifada brings you this roundup of recent activism news. Read more about Activism roundup: Palestinians shut down settler road
11 March 2011
The 7th annual Israeli Apartheid Week launched this week, with more than 75 cities across six continents participating in educational events and direct actions in support of the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Read more about Global actions, backlash during Israeli Apartheid Week
11 March 2011
On 2 March Israel announced the complete closure of Karni, the principal commercial crossing into the Gaza Strip, prompting protests by Palestinian traders who rely on the crossing to bring goods into the territory. Read more about Gaza truckers protest Israel's closure of commercial crossing
10 March 2011
Dutch opposition parties boycotted a parliamentary delegation to the Middle East in February after parties supporting the right-wing government insisted on going ahead with the visit despite an Israeli government ban on allowing the lawmakers to visit the besieged Gaza Strip. Read more about Dutch opposition boycotts parliamentary delegation to Israel
9 March 2011
CAIRO, Egypt (IPS/Al Jazeera) - This week has been a very disappointing one for women and women’s rights activists across Egypt — when just one woman was included into the newly sworn-in cabinet. Read more about Women fight for rights in post-Mubarak Egypt
9 March 2011
CAIRO (IPS) - The much-feared secret police and intelligence service that protected the regime of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak by arresting, torturing, and even killing opponents has started a wave of burning documents and evidence that could incriminate them, as calls escalate for abolishing the force altogether and bringing its officers to justice. Read more about Egyptian activists move to shut down infamous secret police
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