Important News
- Israel forces detain Palestinian child, deliberately run over livestock in northern Jordan Valley
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- UPDATE: Israeli forces demolish two Palestinian homes, uproot trees in Ramallah and Jerusalem
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- Colonists damage internet equipment near the Jordan Valley
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- Israeli occupation forces demolish five homes northwest of Ramallah
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- Israeli occupation forces demolish a house in Silwan
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- The US National Education Association votes to ban the teaching or use of curricula from pro-Israel organizations
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- WFP says needs in Gaza are 'greater than ever' as hunger spreads
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- Colonists close road near Nablus with earth mounds
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- Hundreds protest Israel's Netanyahu's visit to Washington
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- Gaza: 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of areas
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- Israeli forces demolish house near Nablus
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- Weather: Hot conditions continue, no change in temperature
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Amnesty: New Government must End Impunity for lawlessness
LONDON, March 19, 2007, (WAFA) -Amnesty International called on the new unity government to take immediate steps to end impunity and enhance the protection of human rights in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
In a public statement issued Monday, Amnesty said that the new government should take concrete measures to end the lawlessness and political faction-fighting which has blighted the lives of Palestinians living in these areas, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis to which they have been exposed through Israeli closures and other controls on movement.
The organization made this call in the wake of the attempted abduction of a leading United Nations (UN) official by armed men on 16 March and the kidnapping on 12 March of BBC journalist based in the Gaza Strip.
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