Expatriate Palestinians irate over revoked residency permits – CNN.com
Jerusalem (CNN) — In 1954, Mahmmoud Hujaij was born with the help of a mid-wife in a small East Jerusalem house.
Half a century later, he is fighting for the right to continue living in the city of his birth.
On a 2006 trip to visit his sister [...]

UN vote on Goldstone report a defining step for accountability
6 November 2009
Thursday’s UN vote adopting key recommendations of the Goldstone report on the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year is vitally important for ensuring that those, on both sides, who committed war crimes and other violations of international law will now be [...]

Ten months after Israels war on the Gaza Strip, the effects of the deadly offensive are still being deeply felt.

Hundreds of Palestinian women lost their husbands in the war and have had to step into their husbands’ roles as the main breadwinners in their families.

Al Jazeera’s Barbra Serra reports from Gaza, where women traditionally used to stay at home to take care of their children.

Now, many widows are struggling to find work.

Clinton makes personal bid to resume Mideast talks
By ROBERT BURNS (AP) 31st October, 2009
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. hopes of reviving Mideast peace talks appeared shaky Saturday after a senior Palestinian aide said the Palestinians are unlikely to resume negotiations if Israel does not halt Jewish settlement building.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham [...]

GAZA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Most of Gaza water is unsuitable for drinking, a report by Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) said Saturday.
“From 90 percent to 95 percent of underground water does not meet the standards recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), so it is inapt for human usage,” the report said.
The daily quota of [...]

The United Nations is calling on Israel to immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem.

The UN says 60,000 Palestinians may be at risk of being forcibly evicted.

Israel says the houses are built without construction permits, which Palestinians say are almost impossible to obtain.

Al Jazeera’s correspondent Jacky Rowland is in Sheikh Jarrah where Israeli police dismantled a tent set up by a Palestinian family already evicted by Israeli orders in August.

Israel curbing water to Palestinians
October 26, 2009
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday that Israeli restrictions prevented Palestinians from receiving enough water in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The report said Israel’s daily water consumption per capita was four times higher than that in the Palestinian territories.
“Water is [...]

Time and again, US backs Israel
by Linda Heard
20th October, 2009
Imagine that heavily-armed neighbourhood thieves break into your house, steal your property and shoot a family member. Naturally, you would call law enforcement. You know the names of the criminals and expect the police to arrest them. But what if the police hear the murderers’ names, [...]

Escalation of Israeli Violations of Palestinian Human Rights in Occupied Jerusalem
October 18, 2009
The Jerusalem center for civil and economic rights (JCCER) stated Saturday that Israel escalated its violations of human rights during September in the occupied city of Jerusalem, where it carried out a number of attacks on Islamic holy places and violated the freedom [...]