By Aaron Lakoff – International Middle East Media Center To view original article click here An interview with Dawood Hamoudeh of Stop the Wall The Palestine Investment Conference (PIC), taking place in Bethlehem from May 21-23, has enthusiastically declared “Palestine ...
Read More »Haaretz – Panel: Ultra-Orthodox settlement should be city, despite illegal construction
By Akiva Eldar, published in Haaretz. To view original article click here The ultra-Orthodox settlement of Modi’in Illit in the West Bank should be granted city status despite suspicions that its council members were involved in authorizing illegal construction, an ...
Read More »PCHR FACTSHEET: Extra-Judicial Executions of Palestinians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) January– March 2008.
PCHR FACTSHEET: Extra-Judicial Executions of Palestinians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) January– March 2008. To download the full factsheet from PCHR, click here The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to implement a systematic policy of extra-judicial executions in the ...
Read More »J-Post: Quiet inauguration for West Bank police HQ
By Etgar Lefkovits, published in the Jerusalem Post on 20th May 2008. To view original article click here A new police station has quietly opened in E1, an area between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim that ...
Read More »Counterpunch: Paramilitary police attack Al-Nakba march
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth To view original article, published in Counterpunch on the 16th May 2008, click here It has been a week of adulation from world leaders, ostentatious displays of military prowess, and street parties. Heads of state ...
Read More »PCHR: Narratives Under Siege: Remembering the Nakba
In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their website. These short articles ...
Read More »Haaretz: Plan puts shul in Arab part of Jerusalem
By Akiva Eldar To view original article, published in Haaretz, click here The Jerusalem municipality has begun the process of approving a plan for a new housing complex, including a synagogue, in the heart of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan ...
Read More »The Guardian: Reality check
Despite the rhetoric of peace, on the ground the lives of Palestinians are being made worse by countless checkpoints By Ben White To view original article, published in The Guardian on the 14th May 2008, click here As Bush arrives ...
Read More »LA Times: Forget the two-state solution Israelis and Palestinians must share the land. Equally.
By Saree Makdisi To view original article, published in the LA Times on the 11th May 2008, click here There is no longer a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Forget the endless arguments about who offered what and who ...
Read More »60 years of apartheid-60 years to long!: 20 Jewish activists arrested, disrupting Jewish Community & Relations Council’s (JCRC) 60th anniversary of Israel celebration
Jewish Activists Draw Attention to 60 years of Palestinian Forced Exile and Dispossession By M. Published in Indybay 08-05-2008. To view original article click here San Francisco—In response to Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations, 20 Jewish activists were arrested, demonstrating Jewish ...
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