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The Palestinian Authority's (PA) Attorney General Ahmad Barak on Monday decided to ban the distribution of a novel by Palestinian novelist Abbad Yahya for containing "indecent and improper terminology."

The Office of the Attorney General confirmed that a decision was taken to collect all copies of the novel "Crime in Ramallah" by Abbad Yahya.

The novel, they said, includes indecent terminology and phrases which could "harm readers," especially children and minors.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775332

Gaza court sentences Palestinian to 20 years in prison for 'unintentional murder'

A Palestinian in Gaza convicted of unintentional murder was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday in a court in Khan Yunis.

Prosecution head Iyad Mismah said in a statement that the charge was changed from premeditated murder to unintentional killing for the death of Khalid Nizar Hadayed.

Mismah added that the prosecution sought to provide evidence and prepare charges in order to “prevent murders and homicides, to achieve the law’s aims in preventing crimes, punish those responsible, and maintain security.”
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775104

Gaza court sentences 8 Fatah members to prison, including 3 for life, for spying

A Gaza military court sentenced eight Palestinians affiliated to the Fatah party -- three of whom to life in prison -- for allegedly gathering information about Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza for intelligence forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

The court, which only identified the defendants by their initials, said that the eight were convicted of “harming the Palestinian people’s interests” by coordinating to collect information about resistance factions in the besieged Gaza Strip, including on tunnels built by groups such as Hamas.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775109

Relatives of Fatah supporters jailed by Hamas demonstrate in Gaza

Relatives of Fatah movement supporters jailed by the Hamas-led security services in the Gaza Strip demonstrated on Monday outside the building of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza City.

Demonstrators told Ma'an that they wanted Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Legislative Council to intervene and get their relatives released "immediately."

“Our children should be honored and dignified rather than being jailed,” they said.

The wife of Samer al-Nims, who has been sentenced to lifetime imprisonment, said that "these prisoners have been jailed only because they are affiliated to Fatah."
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775327

Why Palestinian camp is protesting Lebanese 'wall of shame'

Abu Sherif Aqul sits back on the row of dark leather chairs, the table in front of him lined with neat glass bottles of pineapple juice. "The wall being built around Ain al-Hilweh is like the one built by the Israelis,” he says forcefully.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/wall-shame-palestinian-camp-protests-lebanon-barrier-plan-78914773

Lebanon: Schools in Palestinian camp reopen after gun battles

Schools and social services have resumed in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, amid sporadic violence which has interrupted lessons and raised questions about local forces’ ability to keep the peace.

It is the first time in four months that shootings have prompted UNRWA, the UN agency that provides aid for Palestinian refugees, to halt operations at Ain al-Hilweh on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Saida.

The community is already tense because of Lebanese army plans to build a wall round it on security grounds.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-camp-schools-resume-after-gun-battles-1032141325

UNRWA: 'Don't forget over half a million Palestinians from Syria'

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl is set to attend an international conference in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, where he will tell the attendees that “the world should not forget” some 560,000 Palestinian refugees living in Syria whose lives “have been impacted by the deepening conflict.”

According to statement from UNRWA, the conference has been called to launch the “Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP)” in response to the crisis in Syria, when Krahenbuhl will and explain to delegates that a staggering 430,000 Palestine refugees -- 95 per cent Palestinian refugees remaining in Syria -- are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance.

According to UNRWA, overall, 280,000 Palestinian refugees in Syria have been internally displaced, while around 43,000 have been trapped in hard-to-reach or besieged areas.

Additionally, the UN agency reported that there were more than 30,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria who have fled to Lebanon and nearly 17,000 who have fled to Jordan, “where they face a marginalized and precarious existence.”
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775071