To view original article, published in The Guardian Weekly on 22nd April 2008, click here In an apparent softening of its position, Hamas has said it will accept a partial truce covering the Gaza Strip. But the lack of water, ...
Read More »The Guardian: We’re not celebrating Israel’s anniversary
For original article, published in The Guardian on the 30th April 2008, click here In May, Jewish organisations will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. This is understandable in the context of centuries ...
Read More »Interview: Boycotting Israel at the Arab American University in Jenin
Aaron Lakoff is an independent journalist from Montreal, Canada. He is currently volunteering with the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, in Beit Sahour, Palestine. He previous reports can be found on his blog Ashraf is from Tulkarem, Palestine. He ...
Read More »Haaretz: Settlers to move into East Jerusalem police HQ
To see original article published in Haaretz, 28th April 2008, click here Based on an agreement signed with former police commissioner Moshe Karadi, right-wing settlers will take up residence in a group of buildings in Jerusalem’s predominantly Arab neighborhood Ras ...
Read More »Demonstrations in Bil’in, Al-Khader and Shabtin villages, Mass arrests at Tel Rumeida protest
Bil’in: For the original report from IMEMC on the 25th April, click here On Friday, the villagers of Bil’in located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah conducted their weekly non-violent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on ...
Read More »Haaretz: Despite Supreme court order, The IDF is not dismantling the fence near Bil’in
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent Eight months after the High Court of Justice ordered the state to dismantle the segment of the separation fence near the Palestinian village of Bil’in within “a reasonable amount of time,” the Defense Ministry has ...
Read More »Haaretz: IDF – “Reuters reporter risked his life by going to Bil’in”
Original article published in Haaretz on the 19th April 2008, to see click here The Israel Defense Forces spokesman on Friday said the Reuters writer who was lightly to moderately wounded by IDF fire near the West Bank separation fence ...
Read More »IMEMC: Palestinians Prisoners day: 9750 Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel
Original article published by IMEMC, 17th April 2008, click here As Palestinians marked the Prisoners National Day on Thursday, official records showed that Israel still holds 9750 Palestinian political detainees. Since 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank and the ...
Read More »The Guardian: Area C strikes fear into the heart of Palestinians as homes are destroyed
By Rory McCarthy Original article published in The Guardian on 15th April 2008, click here In the end it came down to a single-page letter, written in Hebrew and Arabic and hand-delivered by an Israeli army officer who knocked at ...
Read More »ICAHD: Video of Prof. Jeff Halper being detained while attempting to prevent house being demolished
Original Ma’an report (click here) Israeli police arrested Jeff Halper, the founder and coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for attempting to prevent the destruction of a Palestinian house in the town of Anata, within the municipal ...
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