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Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian released from prison

An Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an injured Palestinian was freed from prison on Tuesday, the army said, after spending nine months behind bars. Elor Azaria was initially sentenced to 18 months in prison for the killing of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron in March 2016. He began serving his sentence on August 9. The army's chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot […]

today8 May 2018

Opinions

The Palestinians can learn from the blockade of Qatar

OPINION by Yvonne Ridley There are many lessons that the Palestinians can take from the crisis in the Gulf which has seen four Arab states impose an air, land and sea blockade on the tiny state of Qatar. The first is to recognise how fickle friendships actually are among supposedly Arab brothers, and how they can lead so easily to treachery and betrayal. The Palestinians should not expect the same […]

today6 July 2017

International News

UK students on hunger strike in support of Palestinians

A group of students in the UK have launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Activists at the University of Manchester said the strike, which began on Thursday, would last for at least one week. More than 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners, led by senior Fatah figure Marwan Barghouti, are refusing food to raise awareness of alleged abuses by Israeli authorities. Talking to Al Jazeera on […]

today30 April 2017

International News

4 Palestinians injured in march for hunger-striking prisoners

A peaceful march in front of Qalandiya refugee camp, staged in solidarity with some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for more than a week, escalated into clashes late Tuesday night, with Israeli soldiers firing tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets at dozens of Palestinians who threw rocks, empty bottles, and Molotov cocktails at soldiers, local sources said. Four Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated […]

today26 April 2017

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