Women staged two demonstrations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday to demand a stop Israeli violence that has recently led to the death of 18 women, including two infants recently. Women marched to the slogans “Under what fault was she ...
Read More »West Bank is sealed off; two homes demolished in Bethlehem
(Edited from Ma’an reports) Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the complete closure of the West Bank on Friday, sealing all entrances to Jerusalem and Israel. According to the Defense Ministry, the closure will last at least until next Sunday, ...
Read More »Adalah-NY: In Ha’aretz interview Leviev “spins” protests against his companies’ settlement construction
Adalah-NY: info@mideastjustice.org, www.mideastjustice.org (see excerpt from Ha’aretz interview below) New York, NY, March 7 – In a rare interview in the March 7 English edition of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz Daily, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev responded to questions about recent ...
Read More »IMEMC: Palestinian farmer critically wounded by Israeli army gunfire in Bil’in
http://www.imemc.org/article/53281 A Palestinian young man was wounded by Israeli army gunfire in the village of Bil’in near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that Wa’am Burnat, 18 was wounded as he was working ...
Read More »Telegraph: Gaza residents tell of sniper attacks on homes
For the original article, click here. Palestinians described yesterday how civilians were killed while hiding in their homes as Israeli ground troops stormed through northern Gaza suburbs this weekend searching for Hamas militants. More than 100 Palestinians and three Israelis ...
Read More »Disengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism
By: Darryl Li For the original article, click here. February 16, 2008 In mid-January, when Israel further tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip, it hurriedly assured the world that a “humanitarian crisis” would not be allowed to occur. Case ...
Read More »Haaretz: The Palestinians’ ultimate doomsday weapon: Non-violence
By Bradley Burston The Palestinians have kept their ultimate doomsday weapon under tight wraps for 40 years. Israel knew about it. Israelis senior commanders could only pray that the Palestinians would never take it out and put it to actual ...
Read More »Ma’ariv: Leviev’s Diamonds at the Oscars
By Gal Karniel 2/24/08 | Ma’ariv on-line (Israel) (Translation by Adalah-NY) Human rights organizations around the world warn against wearing Angolan diamonds at the Oscar ceremony. Again Leviev is in the headlines. Leviev is loaning Oscar nominees jewelry for the ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: IDF downplays allegations West Bank troops abuse Palestinians
By Yuval Azoulay Shooting Palestinian bystanders; illegally commandeering cars and going on joyrides; torturing a youth by pressing a heater to his face and beating cuffed prisoners on their way to custody. These are only some of the reported cases ...
Read More »IMEMC: Dozens of protests held worldwide calling for an end to Gaza siege
by Saed Bannoura In partnership with Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), Friends of freedom and Justice-Bilin, and Gaza On My Mind, dozens of groups worldwide held protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza on Saturday February 23rd. Participating ...
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