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NABLUS, (PIC)– A Palestinian human rights advocate was subjected to torture in the Israeli detention center of Petah Tikwa that included sleep deprivation and forcing her to sit in an awkward position for three consecutive days, legal sources said. Ahlam Jawher, 30, told the lawyer of the Nafha society defending human and prisoners’ rights that…

B’Tselem (Israeli human rights group) slams Israeli killing of mentally disabled JENIN, West Bank – A human rights group called for an investigation into the death Thursday of a mentally disabled Palestinian man who had been wounded by the Israelis during a West Bank arrest operation. According to neighbors’ accounts, Israeli troops entered the town…

Hamas tells Egypt it is ready to discuss truce with Israel, Shalit deal  Hamas said Friday it has told Egyptian officials it would consider a cease-fire with Israel if it lifted its blockade of the Gaza Strip and ceased military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. Hamas also discussed with Egyptian officials this week…

UN shocked by ‘grim’ life in Gaza  The UN’s top humanitarian affairs official has said he was shocked by the “grim and miserable” situation he witnessed on a visit to the Gaza Strip.  Undersecretary General John Holmes said it was the result of Israel closing its border crossings and the “limited food and other materials”…

Israeli Army Destroying Palestinian Homes February 14 – Every single home in the West Bank villages of Humsa and Hadidiya is slated for destruction. The Israeli army has declared most of the Jordan Valley, where the villages are situated, as a “closed military area” from which the local Palestinian population is barred. The local Palestinian…

8 Palestinians killed and 60 wounded in an Israeli air strike  15 Feb2008 Gaza Strip, Friday evening when US-supplied F-16’s bombed the house of Ayman al-Fayed, a commander in the Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in the Breij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The attack resulted in the total…