UN voices concern over hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli ...
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The United Nations urged Israel on Friday to find a solution to a 13-day-old hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, reminding Israel of its obligations under international law and human rights conventions.
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Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel&#39;s unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip
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Israel has a right to respond to  security threats but should not collectively punish the Gaza  population for rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory,  the U.N. humanitarian affairs chief said on Friday.
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Leaders around the world express concern for the health of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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The United Nations said on Monday it was worried about the possibility of rising tensions along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier, and urged Beirut to exercise control over its side.
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Potential humanitarian crisis? The UN says food will run out in about 10 days if Gaza stays sealed.
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The United Nations is closely following the situation in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is reportedly ill, a UN spokesman said Thursday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli security forces frequently beat Palestinians working illegally in the country, sometimes severely, and detain them for hours without food and water, an Israeli human rights group said in a report published yesterday. Security officials said in response to the report by the B'Tselem human rights group that the troops are operating under tough conditions to prevent Palestinian ...
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Israel has a right to respond to security threats but should not collectively punish the Gaza population for rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory, the U.N. humanitarian affairs chief said on Friday.
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JERUSALEM - More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners went on a hunger strike to press for better conditions, but Israel responded by tightening inmate restrictions, and a Cabinet minister said he wouldn't care if they starved to death.    About 1,600 prisoners struck on Sunday...
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As many as 12 United Nations agencies have expressed serious concern about a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The organisations - including the United Nations Development
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United Nations Mideast peace envoy Terje Roed-Larsen Friday urged Israeli prison authorities to ensure the well-being of Palestinian hunger strikers.
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Israel declared its hospitals  off-limits on Tuesday to the 2,800 Palestinians on hunger  strike in Israeli prisons, saying they could be treated in  makeshift facilities behind bars if taken ill. "I am not  prepared for there to be a situation where the lives of  patients and medical teams are endangered in our hospitals as a  result of us having to admit these murderers," Health Minister  Danny Naveh told Army Radio.
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Israel launches psychological war against hundreds of Palestinian inmates on hunger strike for better conditions.
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The U.N. Security Council approved a statement Sunday expressing "extreme shock and distress" over Israel's bombing of civilians in Qana, Lebanon but stopped short of condemning the attack.
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Israel said it sent letters to the U.N. secretary-general and the president of the General Assembly urging the international community to speak out against human rights abuses in Iran.
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THE HAGUE -- The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, led by the United Nations, told Dutch authorities yesterday to feed a hunger-striking Serb nationalist leader intravenously if it becomes necessary to save his life.