Important News
- Cabinet condemns Israel’s resumption of land settlement process in Area “C”; reaffirms support for displaced families in Tulkarm
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- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
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- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
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- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
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- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
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- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
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- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
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- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
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- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
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- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
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- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
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President Receives UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
RAMALLAH, April 14, 2007 (WAFA) - President Mahmoud Abbas met on Saturday with Secretary General Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, in the presidential HQ in Ramallah city.
During the meeting, the President briefed Coomaraswamy on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and the exerted efforts to end international siege imposed on the Palestinian people.
They also tackled the possible ways to push the peace process forward after the latest Arab summit in Riyadh.
The President expressed the PA commitment towards UN plans and programmes aimed at helping Palestinian children.
For her part, Coomaraswamy said that peace is essential at this moment, expressing UN support to President Abbas efforts towards reaching peace in the region .
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