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Israeli soldiers take position as Palestinian demonstrators gather during a protest against expansion of Israeli settlements, in the occupied West Bank village of Beita near Nablus
AN ISRAELI lobby has been forced to clarify its claim that a Palestinian children’s rights organisation has had “strong links” with terrorists.
UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) had accused Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) of having links to designated terror group the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine — an armed faction that has carried out attacks in Israel.
DCIP, which advocates for the rights of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza, claims it has been subjected to a “well-orchestrated political and media misinformation campaign” by UKLFI.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Fears grow for flotilla activist Yvonne Ridley, abducted by Israeli soldiers and held in famous Ktzi'ot prison camp