Tag Archives: Jerusalem

(Edited from Ma’an reports) Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the complete closure of the West Bank on Friday, sealing all entrances to Jerusalem and Israel. According to the Defense Ministry, the closure will last at least until next Sunday, ...

For Immediate Release For months the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), with funding from the settler organization ELAD, has been digging under the private property of Silwan residents in occupied East Jerusalem. The owners of the land were not informed nor ...

New York activists take on Israeli settlement builder By Will Youmans The Arab American News Saturday, 01.19.2008, 02:49am http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=USA&article=538 A network of pro-Palestinian organizations in New York is working hard to expose Israeli businessman Lev Leviev’s sponsorship of Israeli settlement ...

Business tycoon Lev Leviev’s website boasts a contribution to a human rights organization, but there was no contribution at all. by Gal Karniel January 21, 2008 Economics Page Ma’ariv On-Line (NRG) http://www.nrg.co.il/online/16/ART1/685/919.html Lev Leviev, known for his wealth and philanthropy, ...

Israel has given new assurances to the United States on Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank ahead of a first visit to the region by President George W. Bush next month, army radio reported on Friday. Orders have ...

**UPDATE** As of 6:00 pm all of those arrested have been released. But the conditions of their release reveals the apartheid nature of the Israeli courts system. The Israelis and internationals arrested have only been made to sign conditions, the ...

By Apartheid Masked Yesterday saw the third in a series of non-violent protest against the Israeli system of Apartheid in the West Bank. 100 Palestinian, Israeli and internationals marched down to the side of Route 443 to convey the message ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 November 2007 Dear Quartet Member, As a Palestinian non-governmental organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of international human rights and humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is gravely concerned at the planned ...

by Neta Golan and Mohammed Khatib October 13, 2007 Next month the US plans to host a regional meeting to discuss peace in the Middle East, or at least peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The maneuvering, deal making and ...

By Ruthie Blum, Oct. 10, 2007 Arnon Soffer arrives at our meeting armed with a stack of books and papers. Among them is a copy of an interview I conducted with him three and a half years ago (“It’s the ...