Important News
- Cabinet condemns Israel’s resumption of land settlement process in Area “C”; reaffirms support for displaced families in Tulkarm
-
- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
-
- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
-
- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
-
- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
-
- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
-
- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
-
- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
-
- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
-
- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
-
- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
-
- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
-
- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
-
Media Watchdog Group Calls for Reasling BBC Reporter
LONDON, April 20, 2007 (WAFA) - A media watchdog group has called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to do more to secure the release of the BBC's kidnapped Gaza correspondent.
Reporters Without Borders called on Mr Abbas to urge the kidnappers to provide evidence Mr Johnston is still alive.
Alan Johnston, 44, has not been seen since he was seized at gunpoint on his way home in Gaza City on 12 March.
Abbas has said Johnston is alive and that his government is working with the British authorities on the case.
On Thursday, Mr Abbas said he knew which group was holding Mr Johnston but he would not say whether any contact had been made with the captors.
Protests against Mr Johnston's kidnap have been held in Britain, the Palestinian territories and other parts of the Middle East almost daily since his abduction.
A.D (22:29P) (19:29GMT)
