By Saree Makdisi To view original article, published by the Interational Herald Tribune on the 24th June, click here A cease-fire went into effect in Gaza last week, offering some respite from the violence that has killed hundreds of Palestinians ...
Read More »Haaretz: Citizenship law makes Israel an apartheid state
By Amos Schocken To view original article, published in Haaretz on the 28th June, click here The government’s decision last week to extend the validity of the Citizenship Law (Temporary Order), for another year, is evidence that the legal barriers ...
Read More »PCHR: Narratives Under Siege – Swimming in Sewage
In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on the PCHR website. These short ...
Read More »Stolen days in Israel
To see blog click here I never anticipated these problems. I asked so many people, so many questions. When I entered Israel I thought I might be questioned because of my name but not what ended up happening. When I ...
Read More »Don’t travel on Route 443: The Apartheid Road – Silence of the Judges
By Boaz Okon Yediot Aharonot, June 10, 2008 Boaz Okon is a prominent jurist, was a judge on the Jerusalem District Court and registrar of the Supreme Court, and since his resignation in 2006 is the juridical commentator of Yediot ...
Read More »Canadian citizen assaulted and forcibly deported by Israeli authorities
Harmeet Sooden, travelling on his Canadian passport, was forcibly deported from Israel on June 18th after being held incommunicado for 4 days in Israeli detention. Harmeet was refused entry into Israel after being told by airport officials that he was ...
Read More »J-Post: Court to hear petition on Silwan digs
By Elana Kirsh To view original article, published by the Jerusalem Post on the 18th June, click here The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem will hear a petition on Wednesday on the issue of archaeological excavations being carried out ...
Read More »Haaretz: Civil Administration officials indicted in West Bank land steal
By Akiva Eldar To view original article, published in Haaretz on the 18th June, click here Two senior officials in the Civil Administration allegedly illegally collaborated with Jewish land dealers to take over land in the West Bank, according to ...
Read More »The Guardian: Shooting back at the settlers
By Mustafa Qadri To view original article, published by the Guardian on the 18th June, click here Last week the BBC carried video footage of a Jewish settler attack on Palestinian farmers in the West Bank. The attack was filmed ...
Read More »Haaretz: A Dubious Israeli Spring in Europe
By Gideon Levy To view article, published in Haaretz on the 15th June 2008, click here How pleasant it is to be an official representative of Israel in Europe right now. It hasn’t been so pleasant for a long time. ...
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