Image: Israeli police detain a Palestinian child in Jerusalem following clashes in the holy city – Reuters
by Jonathan Cook
Palestinian youths confront Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on 6 October.Muhannad SaleemActiveStills - Courtesy The Electronic Intifada
‘A man stood no more than four feet from me and threw this rock which hit me on the back of the head’, Mr Amos told The Independent
A 66-year-old British man volunteering in the West Bank has been hospitalised after being attacked by a gang of gun-wielding Israeli settlers hurling rocks at him.
David Amos, a retired publishing company worker, was struck in the head by a rock as he tried to protect Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest.
Image: Jewish settlers burn, destroy Catholic Church on the banks of the Galilee sea
Ahmad Manasra, 13 is surrounded by Israeli police and Jewish “settlers” hurling insults (Die you son of a whore) at him, as he bleeds to death
Smashing the Abbas icon of Palestinian non – violence would herald an end to his era, dooming for a long time to come any prospect for a negotiated peaceful solution.
By Nicola Nasser*
A schoolgirl was arrested by Israeli soldiers this week as the US media ignored abuses of Palestinian rights. Muhesen Amren APA images
by Rania Khalek The Electronic Intifada
by Jamal Kanj*
Tension in Jerusalem has escalated to dangerous levels in response to deliberate Israeli provocation at Haram Al Sharif or the Noble Sanctuary. This fragile situation was further worsened by new Israeli government decrees to blow up Palestinian homes and grant its army a free rein to deal with protesters.
Two of the injured family members hold hands, Gaza (11 October 2015)
(PNN/ Gaza/) – An Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip at dawn Sunday has killed a 5-month pregnant woman and her little daughter, injured three other family members, and turned their home into rubble.
It is bad enough that Palestinians in Israel have to face security forces that treat them like an enemy. But things will get much, much worse when even the highly prejudicial rule of law in Israel is replaced by the lynch mob.
by Jonathan Cook
In the age of phone cameras, we have become increasingly used to photos and videos of Palestinians in the West Bank being shot by soldiers in unjustifiable circumstances.
