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Israeli troops fire on dozens of Bir Zeit students demonstrating near

Israeli troops opened fire on dozens of students at a protest at ‘Atara checkpoint, located close to Bir Zeit university on Monday 15th March.

An-Najah University Professor slowly dying in Israeli prison



Nablus students find school vandalized after settler visit

Students at the Ma'zuz Al-Masri Girls School found their school building vandalized by what officials say was settler mischief during an army-organized visit to a nearby religious site in Nablus on Thursday morning.

Ongoing annoyances between Israel and French Consulate General in Jerusalem

The Israeli authorities creating an increasing amount of difficulty for the administration of the French Consulate General, which acts as an embassy in the Palestinian Authority, impeding the Cultural Centre’s co-operative work in the Occupied Territories.

Villages challenge occupation on human rights day

Al-Tuwani is a Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the occupied West Bank. The village, home to approximately 200 residents, is more than 1,000 years old.

Al-Tuwani's school is attended by children of the village as well as those from nearby villages. Students, particularly those travelling by foot everyday from the nearby village of Tuba, have been physically and verbally attacked by Israeli settlers as they make their way to school. The Israeli army is now required by law to accompany the children part of the way to school. It is an order they follow with limited consistency, sometimes making the children wait alone, dangerously close to the illegal settlements, showing up late or not at all.


Gaza's civilians still unable to rebuild one year after 'Operation Cast Lead'

* New report accuses international community of 'betrayal'
* Only 41 truckloads of construction materials allowed to enter since January
* Homes, schools, hospitals and water networks cannot be rebuilt


A university for the liberation of Palestine

Haaretz journalist Ilan Gur-Ze'ev considers possibily of the establishment of an Israeli-Arab university, based one of the recommendations presented at a conference in Nazareth on higher education in Israeli Arab society

Childhood in ruins

A piece by the Guardian's foreign editor Harriet Sherwood about Israel's 23-day bombardment of Gaza, killing around 1,400 people. One year on, a generation of children is growing up amid the wreckage of that attack, traumatised by the experience.


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