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The Lancet : Battling COVID-19 in the occupied Palestinian territory
Published in the Lancet September, 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30237-0
16-year-old Palestinian boy dead after shot and detained by Israeli forces
Ramallah, August 21, 2020—Israeli forces shot and detained a 16-year-old Palestinian boy on Wednesday night in the occupied West Bank and informed his family the next day that he was….
Lebanon’s invisible: Refugees, COVID-19, and the Beirut port explosion
The catastrophic explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4 left 200 dead and thousands more injured. This included at least 43 Syrian and Palestinian refugees and dozens of foreign migrant workers….
#FreeMahmoud: Mahmoud Nawajaa is FREE!
Thanks to sustained international pressure, Palestinian human rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa was released after being held without charge by Israel for 19 days.
Israel Detains Palestinian Teen With Coronavirus for Three Weeks Without Questioning
The 15-year-old, who is suspected of security offenses, was arrested before dawn on July 23 from the Jalazun refugee camp. He tested positive for the virus after his arrest
A letter from prison from prof. Imad Barghouthi
Imad Barghouthi, the prominent Palestinian astrophysicist arrested by Israeli authorities last month, remains in arbitrary detention at the Ofer Israeli prison camp. A petition demanding his liberation has reached more than 1500 signatories, many of which distinguished scholars around the world. We publish here a letter addressed to the international scientific community that prof. Barghouthi wrote from prison.
‘Jerusalem is Not the Capital of Israel’, Italian Court Tells RAI TV
Flavio Insinna, host of the popular Italian TV show “L’Eredità” will have to deliver this statement next time he goes on the air: “International law does not recognize Jerusalem as….
Palestinian child detainee tests positive for COVID-19 in Israeli prison
Ramallah, August 6, 2020—A Palestinian child prisoner detained by Israeli forces in late July has tested positive for COVID-19, the first known case involving a Palestinian child detainee confirmed by….
EU must act to secure release of Palestinian human rights defender and BDS activist Mahmoud Nawajaa
For the attention of : EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs – Mr. Josep Borrell, Head of the EU Delegation to West Bank and Gaza Strip – Mr. Tomas Niklasson….