NewsRack: 'Palestine' news in 'Human Rights' topic for user newstrust

Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa trip	26.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa trip
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Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa visit	25.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa visit
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Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit	25.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
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Kerry shuttles between Jerusalem, Ramallah in effort to relaunch peace talks	23.5.2013	Washington Post: World
JERUSALEM — Working against what Palestinians say is an early June deadline to show progress in a renewed bid for Mideast peace, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Thursday he is trying to overcome understandable skepticism after many previous failed attempts. ...
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Egyptian President Announces Release of Officers Kidnapped in Sinai	22.5.2013	NYT > World
Egyptian President Announces Release of Officers Kidnapped in Sinai
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Egypt Sends Show of Force to Sinai After Kidnappings	21.5.2013	NY Times: World
Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers entered the largely lawless area that borders Israel and the Gaza Strip after gunmen kidnapped seven security officers.
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Stephen Hawking's support for the boycott of Israel is a turning point \| Ali Abunimah	9.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Boycotting Israel as a stance for justice is going mainstream – Israelis can no longer pretend theirs is in an enlightened country A standard objection to the Palestinian campaign for the boycott of Israel is that it would cut off "dialogue" and hurt the chances of peace. We've heard this again in the wake of Professor Stephen Hawking's laudable decision to withdraw from Israel's Presidential Conference in response to requests from Palestinian academics – but it would be hard to think of a more unconvincing position as far as Palestinians are concerned. One of the most deceptive aspects of the so-called peace process is the pretence that Palestinians and Israelis are two equal sides, equally at fault, equally responsible – thus erasing from view the brutal reality that Palestinians are an occupied, colonised people, dispossessed at the hands of one of the most powerful militaries on earth. For more than two decades, under the cover of this fiction, Palestinians have engaged in ...
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Running the first Bethlehem marathon	9.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Being among the first people to run 26.2m in Bethlehem was an unforgettable experience for one marathon debutant I wasn't supposed to run my first marathon in Bethlehem. My friends and I had originally planned to run the Gaza Marathon to raise money for summer camps for the children who live there. Our places were given to us by the Amos Trust , a human rights organisation. That was until Gaza was cancelled and we needed a replacement 26.2 miles at short notice. We found it in the shape of the inaugural Right to Movement Marathon to be held in Bethlehem, just 11 days after Gaza would have taken place. The brainchild of two Danish women working in Bethlehem, the event (also referred to simply as the Palestine Marathon ) also offered 5k, 10k and half marathon runs to encourage as many locals as possible to join us on the start line. "We do run," our guide told us, "but usually away from something." Once out there, we realised it had grown into something extraordinary, embraced by ...
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The Lede: Egyptian Activist Defends Anti-Israel Tweets	3.5.2013	NY Times: Middle East
The Lede: Egyptian Activist Defends Anti-Israel Tweets
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Young people demand empowerment over sexual and reproductive rights	1.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Member of UN taskforce on population says for young people, sex is not as controversial as it is for governments Ishita Chaudhry spent 36 hours listening to UN delegates discuss population growth and development. She noticed that on "controversial" topics, such as sexual and reproductive rights, young people's voices often get lost. "For us as young people, it's really not as controversial as it is for governments," said Chaudhry, a member of the high-level taskforce for the international conference on population and development (ICPD), on Thursday. "We know that we need to be empowered to claim our human rights … and we understand that access to sexual, reproductive health and birth services, and comprehensive sexuality education is a key aspect of that empowerment," she said. Joaquim Alberto Chissano, a former president of Mozambique and co-chair of the taskforce, said: "Fulfilling sexual and [reproductive] health and rights is not only a human right … it also offers solutions ...
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The Lede: Critics of Israel’s West Bank Occupation Say Calm Before New Violence Was an Illusion	1.5.2013	NY Times: Middle East
The Lede: Critics of Israel’s West Bank Occupation Say Calm Before New Violence Was an Illusion
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Syria crisis: new Damascus bomb attack - live updates	30.4.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
Follow live updates after Barack Obama raises US concerns about chemical weapons in Syria with Vladimir Putin and another huge explosion hits Damascus Matthew ...
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Gaza police shaving heads of young men in crackdown on western fashion	29.4.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
At least 40 men in past month claim to have been bound, beaten and had their hair cut by Hamas officers, says rights group Ismail Helou was working at his family's gas station on a Thursday afternoon when a police jeep pulled up. The plain-clothed officers ordered him to get into the vehicle. He was blindfolded and taken to a police station, where his legs were bound to a wooden plank and the soles of his feet were repeatedly beaten with a plastic pipe. Then they tried to shave off the gelled spikes of hair on his head. "I was screaming and crying. It was the most painful thing I have ever faced. My feet were blue and I couldn't walk for three days," he said. Bruises on his soles were still visible three weeks later. After the ordeal, Helou, 22, went to a barbershop to get his ravaged hair cropped. Now shorn of his one-inch spikes, he has been given no reason by the police for his detention and beating. But his experience is shared by other young men in Gaza City. Over the past month, ...
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Gaza schoolboys being trained to use Kalashnikovs	28.4.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Weekly military training classes for some 37,000 teenagers aged 15-17 sparks fears over new generation of militants Schools in Gaza are providing military training to teenage boys in a programme that a human rights organisation says is encouraging a culture of armed resistance and a new generation of fighters. The school curriculum includes weekly classes in which boys are familiarised with the use of Kalashnikov assault rifles and other weapons. Instructors from the interior ministry's national security arm also teach first aid, firefighting and the values of "discipline and responsibility". The course is supplemented with voluntary camps during school breaks, in which boys are instructed in handling guns and explosives. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, the Islamist faction that governs Gaza, assist in the training, according to Gaza's ministry of education website. It denies that real weapons are used in training. However, a video shot at the Gamal Abdel ...
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World Briefing \| Middle East: Israel: Military to Stop Using Shells Containing Phosphorus	27.4.2013	NYT > World
World Briefing \| Middle East: Israel: Military to Stop Using Shells Containing Phosphorus
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UN investigator draws ire for Boston commentary	25.4.2013	Twincities.com: News
GENEVA—A U.N. special investigator has linked the Boston marathon bombings to the United States' superpower status and Washington's policy on Israel, drawing the ire Wednesday of top U.
Bahrain protesters battle police a day before Formula One race	21.4.2013	Washington Post: World
MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahraini protesters clashed with police Saturday, a day ahead of a Formula One race that the island kingdom’s opposition hopes will draw attention to its campaign for democracy. Young men blocked roads, burned tires and threw rocks at security forces who fired tear gas in several villages around the capital, Manama, on Saturday afternoon and evening after similar clashes on Friday, human rights activists and witnesses said. ...
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Syria conflict: ‘shelling’ in Damascus suburbs – live updates	15.4.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Live coverage as activist groups report conflict continuing in Syrian capital Paul Owen
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Israel allows journalists to visit West Bank jail, following Palestinian criticism	15.4.2013	Washington Post
OFER PRISON, West Bank — Put on the defensive by the recent deaths of two Palestinian prisoners in custody, Israeli authorities opened the gates of a West Bank jail on Sunday to foreign reporters, providing a rare, though controlled, look at conditions behind bars. ...
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Israel rules out criminal charges over Dalou family deaths	14.4.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Military finds no basis for a criminal inquiry into the killing of 10 members of Dalou family in Gaza air strike in November Israeli military authorities have closed their investigation into the killing of 10 members of one family in an air strike during November's eight-day war in Gaza, saying no criminal offence was suspected. The home of the Dalou family was destroyed the conflict, resulting in the biggest single incident of civilian deaths. Among the 12 victims were four Dalou siblings aged between one and seven, and five women, including one aged 80; two of the dead were neighbours of the family. Images of the children's corpses, squashed together on a morgue tray and covered in dust and debris, were shown around the world. The decision by Israel's Military Advocate General (MAG) to take no further action follows a special commission that examined about 80 incidents during the conflict which involved the deaths of "uninvolved civilians" or led to claims of alleged misconduct. In ...
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