This article was originally published in The Observer newspaper on the 2nd March 2008 It is impossible to underestimate quite how much life for Rachel Corrie’s family has changed since she was killed by an Israeli army Caterpillar D9 bulldozer ...
Read More »Gaza’s ‘bigger holocaust’
By: Fida Qishta This article originally appeared on the website of the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Rafah, the Gaza Strip, 3 March – Israeli officials said today that they finished their military operation in the Gaza Strip, but ...
Read More »Ma’an: Women march for rights, end of occupation in Gaza
Women staged two demonstrations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday to demand a stop Israeli violence that has recently led to the death of 18 women, including two infants recently. Women marched to the slogans “Under what fault was she ...
Read More »PYN, Paz Ahora, ISM Spain: Breaking the Siege of Gaza, Taking to the Streets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian Youth Network (PYN), Paz Ahora, and ISM Spain March 5, 2008 Breaking the Siege of Gaza, Taking to the Streets After three and a half weeks of waiting at Rafah with much needed medicines for Gaza, ...
Read More »Street fighting and home invasions in Hebron
03-05-08 Three days ago the city of Hebron awoke to the sound of shooting and shouting. The Army cleared the checkpoint area with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and then occupied a house overhead to watch and shoot at ...
Read More »Telegraph: Gaza residents tell of sniper attacks on homes
For the original article, click here. Palestinians described yesterday how civilians were killed while hiding in their homes as Israeli ground troops stormed through northern Gaza suburbs this weekend searching for Hamas militants. More than 100 Palestinians and three Israelis ...
Read More »Non-violent march through Ramallah streets ends reading the names of the fallen in Gaza at the Muqata
On Sunday, March 2nd, Palestinians marched alongside international supporters through the streets of Ramallah, banging pots, chanting, and making noise. They were protesting the massacres in Gaza, the continued siege, the silence in the international community, and the ongoing violations ...
Read More »Palestinians are shot as they take to the streets in response to Gaza massacres
(Edited from Ma’an News and Human Rights Observers’ reports) Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in towns across the West Bank after Israeli troops cracked down on demonstrations against the Israeli mass killings in Gaza. Bethlehem Today, students marched to ...
Read More »Disengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism
By: Darryl Li For the original article, click here. February 16, 2008 In mid-January, when Israel further tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip, it hurriedly assured the world that a “humanitarian crisis” would not be allowed to occur. Case ...
Read More »Haaretz: The Palestinians’ ultimate doomsday weapon: Non-violence
By Bradley Burston The Palestinians have kept their ultimate doomsday weapon under tight wraps for 40 years. Israel knew about it. Israelis senior commanders could only pray that the Palestinians would never take it out and put it to actual ...
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