Israel has given new assurances to the United States on Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank ahead of a first visit to the region by President George W. Bush next month, army radio reported on Friday. Orders have ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: Twilight Zone / Deer hunters
By Gideon Levy Dec. 30 After a night of rain, the sun broke through the clouds. Two brothers and their brother-in-law decided to go for a hike in the wild, through the spectacular valley of olive trees, west of Ramallah ...
Read More »New Statesman: The grim reality in Gaza
By: Mohammed Omer 10 December 2007 Traffic in the Gaza Strip slowed to a trickle last week, and this week medical centres have scaled back treatment in the medicines and sustenance-destitute Strip. “Israel’s decision is a death penalty: our reserve ...
Read More »On the Twentieth Anniversary of the First Intifada
Click here for the original article The first Intifada began in a piecemeal fashion with demonstrations and civil disobedience sparked by an increasing number of shootings and human rights abuses by the Israeli occupation. The Intifada marked an end to ...
Read More »AP: NY Judge Rules Against Principal Seeking Arabic School Job Back
December 5th NEW YORK (AP) — The free-speech rights of the founding principal of the city’s first Arabic-themed school were not violated when she was forced out after being criticized for what she said during a newspaper interview, a judge ...
Read More »CAIA: Protesting the JNF: Community Groups Oppose Fundraising for Illegal “Canada Park”
On December 2nd, two hundred people from a host of community organizations braved the first snowstorm of the winter to protest the Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual Negev Dinner held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto. This year’s JNF ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: Dichter cancels U.K. trip over fears of ‘war crimes’ arrest
By: Barak Ravid Public Security Minister Avi Dichter canceled a trip to Britain over concerns he would be arrested due to his involvement in the decision to assassinate the head of Hamas’ military wing in July 2002. Fifteen people were ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: Leftists announce mock power cuts to protest Gaza fuel slash
By: Yigal Hai Residents of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were surprised Thursday morning to find on the doors to their homes mock notices announcing that the flow of electricity to the two cities would be cut off next week. The ...
Read More »Apartheid Masked: A Generous Offer to Palestinian Refugees
Click here for the original article. By Neta Golan Anyone familiar with Israeli politics, was not surprised that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not acknowledge Israel’s occupation in his speech at Annapolis. What was surprising was, that, short of ...
Read More »CounterPunch: The One State Declaration
For the original article, click here: http://www.counterpunch.org/onestate.html November 29, 2007 For decades, efforts to bring about a two-state solution in historic Palestine have failed to provide justice and peace for the Palestinian and Israeli Jewish peoples, or to offer a ...
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