Media humanize Israeli soldier, but what of Palestinians, asks Simon Black
I know Gilad Shalit. Not personally, but I could tell you what he looks like, his age, where he went to school, his hometown, his father’s name, what his father looks like, and how he weeps for his son.
I know that this is not the [...]
When one Israeli person is killed or kidnapped, the media makes sure every single person hearing the news would know the name of that person, giving the incident a human dimension. But this has never been the case with Palestinians who have been killed, imprisoned or kidnapped by the Israeli authorities.
Palestinians are considered as a [...]
The Israeli occupying forces have killed 75 children and 23 Palestinian women during the first half of this year, says a report published yesterday by the National and International Relations Department of the PLO in Ramallah.
The report informs us that the Israeli military occupation authorities continued their violations of the rights of the Palestinians, showing [...]
Israeli occupation forces have arrested more than 10,000 Palestinian women of various backgrounds and ages since 1967.
720 Palestinian women were arrested during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, 102 of them are still detained to this date.
Arresting mothers, wives and sisters of wanted persons or detainees is one form of collective punishment, and it is aimed at forcing [...]
Nafha Society for the Defence of Human Rights in Palestine sent an appeal to help the Palestinian prisoner “Mahmoud Saeed Azzam” from the town of Seelet Al Harthiya in Jenin district. This appeal came after a visit to Shatta prison where he is detained.
The Palestinian prisoner “Azzam” has been arrested from his home by Israeli [...]
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