NOVANEWS The human rights organization B’Tselem yesterday called (on 11 April) for the establishment of an independent and effective investigative apparatus to examine suspicions of breaches of the law by security forces. The apparatus […]
NOVANEWS On Saturday morning, 9 April 2011, settlers from Yizhar attacked Palestinians in ‘Asira al-Qibliya and ‘Urif, apparently in response to a Palestinian attempt to enter the settlement the night before. During the attack, […]
NOVANEWS The village of Khirbet a-Deir, which lies next to the village of Tuqu’, is built on both sides of Route 356 that connects Bethlehem and Hebron. On 9 February 2011, a bulldozer accompanied […]
NOVANEWS At least three people bitten in April, two additional cases are being investigated by B’Tselem B’Tselem has written to the OC Central Command and to the judge advocate general, demanding that they immediately terminate […]
NOVANEWS The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area contains the largest land reserves in the West Bank. The area covers 1.6 million dunams, which constitute 28.8 percent of the West Bank. Sixty-five […]
NOVANEWS Mouin Rabbani The agreement between Fatah and Hamas to end the schism that has plagued the Palestinian system since June 2007 surprised not only the world but also most Palestinians. More than anything, […]
NOVANEWS One month after France’s banning of the burqa, women wearing the face-covering garment are being arrested and forced to remove their veils in public to avoid police harassment. Five women were immediately […]
NOVANEWS An Egyptian protester holds a cardboard bearing the Arabic writing ‘No collaboration with Israeli after the revolution, down with Israel’ during a demonstration in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on April […]
NOVANEWS Bab al-Aziziya, situated in the southern suburbs of Tripoli, is a military barracks and Gaddafi’s main compound. At least six people have been killed and 10 others wounded after NATO airstrikes struck headquarters […]
NOVANEWS By Mike Whitney Is there anything more irritating than listening to US officials blabber about “human rights”? I mean, really, doesn’t it drive you crazy? Here’s Hillary Clinton bashing China for their “deplorable” […]