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Amnesty International Calls on Israel to Cancel Plan to Forcibly Displace Jahalin Bedouin Communities on West Bank

Amnesty International urged Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak today to cancel military plans to forcibly displace some 2,300 Bedouin residents of the West Bank to an area near the Jerusalem municipal garbage dump. Amnesty International said the verbal promises made by Israeli military officials last week not to carry out demolition orders in one of the communities, Khan al-Ahmar, are insufficient.

February 8, 2012

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Amnesty International Urges Israel to Release Palestinian on Hunger Strike, Or Charge and Try Him Promptly

Amid fears a Palestinian detainee could die after more than 50 days on a hunger strike, Amnesty International today called on the Israeli authorities to release the man or charge him with a recognizable criminal offense and promptly try him.

February 6, 2012

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Civilians at Risk Amid New Attacks in Israel and Gaza, Says Amnesty International

Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups must refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks harming civilians, Amnesty International said today, following several attacks in southern Israel and a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. Palestinian armed groups reportedly fired at least 10 indiscriminate rockets into southern Israel today, injuring at least six people - one seriously - in the Israeli town of Ashdod. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued air strikes on multiple locations in Gaza, following a series of strikes on Thursday and overnight that killed at least seven people, including…

August 23, 2011

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Civilians at Risk Amid New Attacks in Israel and Gaza, Says Amnesty International

Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups must refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks harming civilians, Amnesty International said today, following several attacks in southern Israel and a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

August 19, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls Israel Anti-Boycott Law an Attack on Freedom of Expression

A law passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) making it an offense to call for a boycott against the state of Israel or its West Bank settlements is a “blatant” effort to stifle dissent and will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today.

July 12, 2011

Report

Annual Report: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 2011

Head of state: Shimon Peres Head of government: Benjamin Netanyahu Death penalty: abolitionist for ordinary crimes Population: 7.3 million (Israel); 4.4 million (OPT) Life expectancy: 80.3 years (Israel); 72.9 years (OPT) Under - 5 mortality (m/f): 6/5 per 1,000 (Israel); 23/18 per 1,000 (OPT) A ceasefire between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups agreed in January 2009 was generally respected. The Israeli army maintained draconian controls on the movement of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), including a blockade on the Gaza Strip that deepened hardship and virtually imprisoned the entire population of 1.5 million. The Israeli authorities rejected…

June 21, 2011

Press Release

State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East

Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 8, 2011State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: Gwen Fitzgerald, 202.509.8194, [email protected](WASHINGTON, DC) – Following today’s release of the Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) Managing Director of Government Relations Adotei Akwei issued the following statement. "AIUSA welcomes the release of the 2010 reports. These reports can provide an invaluable roadmap to reforming U.S. relations with evolving and existing governments in the Middle East and North Africa and should serve as the guiding principles for necessary course corrections…

April 14, 2011

Press Release

Israel: United Nations Must Reject Israeli Campaign to Avoid Accountability for Gaza War Crimes, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International Public StatementTuesday, April 5, 2011United Nations Must Reject Israeli Campaign to Avoid Accountability for Gaza War Crimes, Says Amnesty InternationalStatements by Leading Israeli Politicians Are Based on “Deliberate Misinterpretation” of Justice Goldstone’s Comments in Newspaper Opinion ArticleContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Recent Israeli government calls for the United Nations to retract the 2009 report of its Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict are a cynical attempt to avoid accountability for war crimes and deny both Palestinian and Israeli victims of the 2008-2009 conflict the justice and reparations they deserve, Amnesty International said today.Statements by leading Israeli politicians that…

April 14, 2011

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