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 ...

Adalah-NY contact: justiceme@gmail.com New York, NY, Jan 21, 2008 – Twenty-five New York protesters and dozens of Madison Avenue passers-by braved sub-freezing temperatures Monday evening to watch the award winning documentary “Bil’in My Love” on the sidewalk 20 feet from ...

By: Jeff Halper January 23, 2008 The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own “moderate” political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle ...

By Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament Brussels, 23rd January 2008, “The thousands of Palestinians crossing the Rafah border point these last hours, the breach in the wall and the breaking of the siege decided by Israel against the ...

Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution Karen Koning AbuZayd in Gaza City Wednesday January 23, 2008 Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory ...

22 January 2008 Security Council SC/9232 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Security Council 5824th Meeting (AM & PM) Palestinian Observer States Situation ‘Humanly Unbearable and Morally Unacceptable’; Israel Says Hamas, Rather Than Engage ...

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, ...

On Friday 14th March, dozens of residents from the village of Bil’in, joined by Israeli and international activists, protested against the illegal annexation of their land by Israel’s segregation wall. 6 demonstrators were injured, while one international was kidnapped and ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref.: 01.2008E 21 January 2008 On Sunday 20 January 2008, Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip, including the blocking of fuel supplies, forced Gaza’s only power plant to shut down, plunging over 800,000 Palestinians into darkness. ...

The Gaza Strip’s water and sewage systems are hours away from shutting down as supplies of fuel used to run critical pumps run out, the international aid agency Oxfam said on Monday evening. As of 5pm local time on Monday, ...