From Inside Bay Area FOR MORE than 40 years I have visited the region of the Middle East known as Palestine, part of which became Israel in 1948, with the remainder under Israeli military occupation since 1967. I confess I ...
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Israeli “Justice”: Paul Larudee Denied Entry to Palestine by Israel
UPDATE, 19th of June: Judge Pilpel yesterday ruled that Paul will be denied entry. Paul has now left the country. There are now 15 days to file an appeal against the denial of entry. At this time, a decison on ...
Read More »Bil’in Unites in Solidarity With Gaza
By Sunbula and Jennie Photos by Sunbula Yet again, the people of Bil’in were joined in solidarity by international and Israeli peace activists on a Friday afternoon after midday prayers to protest the annexation of the village’s land by the ...
Read More »Fire Dancing in Hebron
Today, during the daytime, we were sitting near some Border Police. Sometimes they like to joke and be friendly with us. What follows actually happened: one of them TOOK OFF his helmet, flak jacket and gun, put them down next ...
Read More »Chicago Tribune: “Palestinian issue dominates Caterpillar meeting”
By James P. Miller, Tribune staff reporter, Published June 15, 2006 Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Owens told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday that because the heavy-equipment giant has “strong economic winds at our back,” prospects ...
Read More »HRW: “Israeli artillery fire was to blame” in Gaza Beach Massacre
UPDATED, 18th June: A follow-up report from HRW and an investigation by the Guardian, that cast further doubt on the Israeli military’s “investigation” of itself, can both be found at the end of this report. Human Rights Watch report: “Israel: ...
Read More »Israeli Soldiers in Hebron Refuse to Prevent Attacks Against Palestinians, Internationals
June 14th: At approximately 12:30 PM, two Human Rights Workers (HRWs) on Shuhada Street noticed a group of between 8 and 10 settlers boys between the ages of 9 and 12 carrying plastic bags filled with water. The boys were ...
Read More »From Bil’in to Gaza
Credit: Tess Scheflan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Friday, the villagers of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli supporters will hold a demonstration in which they will protest against the Apatheid Wall and against the recent spate of killings of Palestinian ...
Read More »Haaretz: No Scanning Machines, No Arabs!
Banning non-Jews from this flight route is a "technical malfunction"
Read More »Paul Larudee Finally Gets His Day in Court
UPDATE, 15th June, 4:30pm: According to Paul’s lawyer, the final decision will be heard at 8:30am on Sunday morning. More details to follow. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow morning at 11:30, Paul Larudee, the 60 year-old piano tuner and ISM peace ...
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