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Human RightsTorture November 17, 2009

Ugly Truth: Most U.S. Kids Sentenced to Die In Prison Are Black

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases that could have major implications for the way juvenile offenders are treated in our criminal justice system.
Islamic IssuesWomen November 17, 2009

Segregation in mosques – the woes of being a woman

Most women I know have no problem being placed behind the men in a mosque, not because they use the chance to husband-shop, (although I know some women do seize
Islamic IssuesPalestineReports November 17, 2009

Ministry of detainees: Diabetic Palestinian prisoners rose to 88 patients

The ministry of prisoners’ affairs reported Sunday that the number of Palestinian prisoners suffering from diabetes in Israeli jails jumped to 88 patients at a rate of 10 percent compared
Islamic MovementsPalestine November 17, 2009

Muzzaini: German mediation active, but did not reach final solution

Dr. Osama Al-Muzzaini, one of the Hamas leaders who is in charge of the captives issue, said that his Movement's talks with the German mediators under Egyptian patronage on the
Eye on IOFHuman RightsPalestine November 17, 2009

West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel

Just weeks after the arrest of alleged Jewish terrorist, Yaakov Teitel, a West Bank rabbi on Monday released a book giving Jews permission to kill Gentiles who threaten Israel.
Eye on IOFHuman RightsPalestine November 17, 2009

IDF Chief Rabbi: Troops Who Show Mercy to Enemy Will Be ‘Damned’

The Israel Defense Forces' chief rabbi told students in a pre-army yeshiva program last week that soldiers who "show mercy" toward the enemy in wartime will be "damned."
Other OpinionsPalestine November 17, 2009

Dweik slams Zaanoun for threatening to transfer PLC’s powers to PLO

In a press statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC), Dr. Dweik condemned such talk as illegal, saying the PLC is the master of itself and no one can abolish
Human RightsPalestine November 17, 2009

Arab League condemns Israeli violations of Palestinian prisoners’ rights

The Arab League council has condemned the Israeli violations against Palestinian and Arab prisoners and suggested asking for a consultative ruling by the international court of justice (ICJ) on the
Eye on IOFPalestine November 17, 2009

Ex-detainee Hussein urges Palestinian resistance to kidnap more Israeli soldiers

GAZA, (PIC)-- Newly released ex-detainee Younis Hussein on Sunday called on the Palestinian resistance factions to kidnap more Israeli soldiers in order to ensure the release of all Palestinian detainees
PalestineReportsTorture November 17, 2009

European jurists call on citizens to document violations of Abbas’s militias

A number of eminent jurists in Europe called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank to document the crimes committed by Mahmoud Abbas’s militias against them in order to