Month: June 2013

Since I wrote my two articles on Israeli organ trafficking (here and here), the subject periodically pops up again in the news (though it’s minimally covered, if at all, by mainstream US news sources). Following are two of the most recent incidents of Israeli organ trafficking (for previous updates on this topic go here):

Israeli Organ Trafficking Ring Broken Up

Costa Rican police raid labs connected to illegal Israeli transplant network

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Israeli arrested in Rome for organ trafficking

Man escaped from Brazil while on leave from prison in 2009, after being convicted of leading a kidney purchasing ring

Saturday, 15 June 2013 08:25

Palestinian Man Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Gaza

IMEMC – Friday evening [June 14, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian farmer was shot by Israeli army fire, as he worked in his land in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza.

Saturday, 15 June 2013 08:05

Palestinian Prisoners say Special Israeli units Raiding wards

Ma’an (Ramallah) – Palestinian prisoners held at Israel’s Ashkelon prison have been assaulted by special Israeli units ransacking their wards several times last week, a lawyer said Saturday.

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Friday, 14 June 2013 11:32

Abbas Meets Palestinian Climber Who Raised Flag On Everest

IMEMC – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Thursday [June 13, 2013] the Palestinian climber who managed to reach the summit of the Everest, and raised the Palestinian flag.

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Friday, 14 June 2013 11:18

Seven Palestinians Kidnapped By The Israeli Army In West Bank

IMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn [June 14, 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jenin.

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Friday, 14 June 2013 10:35

PCHR Weekly Report: 7 Palestinian civilians wounded, 51 Palestinians abducted in 69 Israeli Military incursions this week

IMEMC – In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of June 5-12, 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces have continued to open fire at the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip border area. A Palestinian…

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Thursday, 13 June 2013 11:49

Restrictions on Palestinians living in Israel with spouses now in its 10th year

Washington Post – When Israeli Arabs search for a spouse, they don’t just worry about looks, job prospects or future in-laws. They must think about whether their partner will be allowed to live with them.

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Thursday, 13 June 2013 10:42

Israel pushes plans for 1,100 Israeli settler homes

Ma’an – Israel is moving forward with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, a watchdog said on Thursday in a move denounced by the Palestinians as an “abortion” of US peace efforts.

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Thursday, 13 June 2013 10:35

Israeli defense minister: Turn Palestinian towns into Jewish settlements, send Palestinians to Jordan

Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority denounced Israel’s deputy defense minister Thursday after he stated there would never be a Palestinian state and suggested Jordan as an alternative.

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Thursday, 13 June 2013 10:09

Israeli Settlers Deface Christian Cemetery In Jaffa

IMEMC – [Thursday June 13 2013] a number of extremist Israel settlers carried out another Price Tag attack, this time targeting a Christian Cemetery in Jaffa, and spray-painted “Price Tag”, and “Revenge” on tombstones.

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Thursday, 13 June 2013 09:53

Israeli Army Opens Fire At Palestinian Farmers In Khan Younis

IMEMC – [Thursday morning June 13 2013] Israeli military vehicles, stationed across the border with Gaza, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and homes in Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of the southern West Bank district of Khan Younis.

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Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:36

Legislator Moved To Administrative Detention

IMEMC -On Wednesday [June 12 2013] an Israeli military court decided to imprison elected Palestinian Legislator, Abdul-Jabbar Foqaha, under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, for six months.

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Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:55

At Gunpoint, Israeli Officer Forces Palestinian Man to Drink Alcohol

PNN – On Tuesday 11th June, an Israeli intelligence officer forced a Palestinian from Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron, to drink a bottle of alcohol under threat of gun.

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Wednesday, 12 June 2013 02:18

Israeli Forces Demolish House and Sheep Barn near Jenin

Ma’an (Jenin) – Israeli forces on Wednesday morning demolished a house and a sheep barn in Bartaa al-Sharqiya, a village near the separation wall in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, a local council member said.

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Wednesday, 12 June 2013 01:47

Palestinian Man Shot While Israeli Soldiers Attacked Funeral

IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was shot by Israeli army fire, when Israeli soldiers attacked a funeral procession of a child in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

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Tuesday, 11 June 2013 15:52

Palestinian Child and Father Kidnapped In Aida Refugee Camp

IMEMC – [Monday late at night June 10] Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child and his father, from the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The child was released later on.

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Tuesday, 11 June 2013 15:04

Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Ten Palestinians In The West Bank

  IMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped nine Palestinians in Nablus and one in Hebron.

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Tuesday, 11 June 2013 11:44

Israel’s “Anti-Terror Bill” to Legalize Administrative Detention

IMEMC – The Israeli Government passed Sunday [June 9 2013] the “Anti-Terror Bill”, authorizing harsher punishment against individuals suspected or convicted of aiding armed groups in the country, and anywhere in the world.

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Monday, 10 June 2013 14:28

Palestinian man arrested for filing complaint about settler attack

IMEMC – Human rights activist Jawad Abu Eysheh, 39, was arrested Friday 7th June following a complaint he made four months ago about a settler attack.

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Monday, 10 June 2013 13:43

Palestinian Infant Injured By Israeli Gas Bombs

IMEMC – Late Thursday night at around midnight, June 6 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that an infant suffocated after inhaling gas fired by Israeli soldiers invading Kufur Qaddoum, village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.

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Wednesday, 05 June 2013 22:54

“My son lives in constant fear that his family will die”

PCRH – Baraa’ Abd al Rahman Badawi is an 11 year old Palestinian boy who lives in Gaza City with his mother, Dima Badawi. On 7 January 2009, at approximately 18:30, during the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed ‘Operation Cast Lead’, Baraa’s father, Abd al Rahman Badawi, and…

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Wednesday, 05 June 2013 17:22

Israel’s budget cuts single out Arab families, who already receive less funds than Jews

Jerusalem Post – Planned budget cuts will cost Arab families an average of NIS 800 a month, Mossawa Center director Jafar Farah said Monday, more than double the NIS 300 a month that Finance Minister Yair Lapid estimated.

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Monday, 03 June 2013 14:36

Mass Palestinian grave found in Tel Aviv [Video]

Al Jazeera – The remains of dozens of Palestinians killed by Israelis in fighting during the war of 1948 which led to the creation of the state of Israel have been found in a mass grave in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa district.

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Monday, 03 June 2013 01:28

Thaer Anis, director of Deir Yassin Remembered, kidnapped by Israeli army

PNN – On Wednesday 29th May, Israeli occupation forces arrested seven Palestinians, including two children, after raiding their houses in the occupied Jerusalem and Nablus.

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Friday, 31 May 2013 04:16

“The Police Shot Me, Then Cuffed Me”, Says Palestinian Victim Of Bank Attack

IMEMC – A young Palestinian man, from the Negev, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli Police fire when an armed Israeli man attacked the Hapoalim Bank in Beersheba, on Monday May 20, stated that the Israeli Police shot and cuffed him, after instantly profiling him as the assailant.

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Friday, 31 May 2013 04:13

29 Palestinians Kidnapped By Israeli Forces In Jerusalem

IMEMC – Thursday at dawn, May 30 2012, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the As-Sa’diyya neighborhood, in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, and the nearby towns of Al-Ezariyya and Abu Dis, broke into and searched Palestinian homes, and kidnapped 29 residents, including children.

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Friday, 31 May 2013 04:07

Israel To Build 1000 Units For Settlers In East Jerusalem

IMEMC – Israeli NGO, Terrestrial Jerusalem, has reported that Israel is planning to build more than 1000 units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem.

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Friday, 31 May 2013 03:37

Jewish Settlers Burn Olive Trees, Farmlands, Near Palestinian Town

IMEMC – A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinian olive trees and farmlands planted with wheat, in an area located between the villages of Far’ata and Jeet, east of the northern West Bank of Qalqilia.

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Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:15

Israeli Settlers burn Palestinians’ cars, spray graffiti across West Bank

Ma’an News – Settlers torched at least nine Palestinian vehicles and vandalized property in the occupied West Bank overnight Tuesday, locals said.

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