Israeli soldiers executed a 68-year-old Palestinian civilian in his home in Hebron city in the early hours of this morning, a wilful killing which Minister of Information Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi said represented a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and which he therefore condemned as a war crime.

Solidarity activities will take place throughout the world this week marking 40 years of Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. In a press conference held today in Ramallah, Minister of Information Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi presented the details of solidarity events taking place in Palestine, Israel, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe, and announced that the Ministry of Information was initiating a series of year-long activities to sustain exposure of Israel's ongoing military occupation, which he said, had become the longest-running occupation in modern history.