For the second day in a row, on the 5th July, the village of Ni’lin remained under siege by the Israeli army, in an attempt to suppress the inhabitants fierce resistance to the stealing of their land due to the ...
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The Daily Star: Israel bars UN rights panel from Palestinian areas
By Agence France Presse (AFP) To view original article, published on the 2nd July by The Daily Star, click here AMMAN: Israel’s government has barred a UN human rights delegation from visiting the Palestinian areas on a fact-finding mission, the ...
Read More »Jewish Daily Forward: Congress delivers promised Israel aid bump despite budget deadlock
Move bypasses normal appropriation process By Nathan Guttman To view original article, published in the Jewish Daily Forward on the 2nd July, click here Washington – While almost all federally financed programs were denied any funding increase for the coming ...
Read More »Gush Shalom: Maria Aman, a disabled Palestinian infant versus the state of Israel
Press Release from Gush Shalom, 5th July 2008 Maria Aman, a Disabled Palestinian Infant versus the State of Israel On July 7 2008, at 9 a.m., a High Court hearing will be held to look into the expulsion of Palestinian ...
Read More »Villagers of Ni’lin break curfew to hold non-violent demonstration
At five o’clock on the morning the 4th July, the Israeli army declared the village of Ni’lin as a closed military zone and blocked the three entrances to the village. The village was now under curfew. The Israeli army prevented ...
Read More »Weekly demonstrations in Bil’in and al-Khader
Two international activists and a Palestinian injured in Bil’in Weekly Protest To view original article, published by the IMEMC on the 4th July, click here Video by Israel Putermam Three activists were injured by Israeli forces on Friday in the ...
Read More »2 Palestinian protesters arrested at al-Ma’sara demonstration
On the morning of Friday the 4th of July 25 Palestinians and 15 internationals and Israelis participated in a weekly non-violent protest against the apartheid wall in the village of Al Masara, close to Bethlehem in the West Bank. The ...
Read More »Haaretz: Barak okays construction of dormitory at Hebron seminary
By Uri Blau To view original article, published by Haaretz on 3rd July, click here Defense Minister Ehud Barak last week authorized construction of a dormitory at a religious school in the Beit Romano neighborhood of Hebron. The yeshiva was ...
Read More »Ni’lin: Apartheid by candlelight
On Wednesday evening the villagers of Ni’lin held a candle-lit procession to outside the expanding settlement of Hashmoniim. Villagers and international peace activists marched towards the nearby settlement and stopped at the site where the Israeli state is building the ...
Read More »5 people injured by at demonstration in Ni’lin
On Thursday, about 100 Palestinians, joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists, demonstrated in Ni’lin against the construction of the apartheid wall. As the protesters arrived at the site of the demonstration, the Israeli army was waiting. When the peaceful ...
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