In the Media

By Fadi Eyadat The Hadera Magistrate’s Court has ordered an Israel Defense Forces officer and the Defense Ministry to pay NIS 500,000 to a Palestinian family after the officer killed their 16-year-old son in 2002. The officer, Captain Tzvi Koretzky, ...

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) * 16 Palestinians, including 3 children, were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. * 10 of the ...

Toward a Realistic Peace: The Palestine Monitor’s response to Rudy Giuliani Palestine Monitor 22 August 2007 Dear Mr. Giuliani, Regarding your article published in the September/October edition of Foreign Affairs entitled “Toward a Realistic Peace,” [1] you present the American ...

By Amira Hass In the most recent Israel Defense Forces raids in the Gaza Strip, during which dozens of people were detained for interrogation by the Shin Bet, the security service adopted a procedure unknown in recent years: The detainees ...

By Meron Rapoport, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Lands Administration (ILA) is working together with the Ateret Cohanim association to wrest from Palestinian landowners control of 30 dunams (7.5 acres) of land in East Jerusalem and to transfer it to the ...

Berlin Protesters Demonstrate Against Israeli Products By Assaf Uni , Haarerz Correspondent BERLIN – The opening of “Israel Week” at the Galeria Kaufhof department store in Berlin spurred a demonstration Saturday against Israeli food products originating in the territories. Protesters ...

Four hurt during anti-barrier rallies Published: Saturday, 11 August, 2007, 01:10 AM Doha Time Gulf Times Demonstrators scuffle with Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel’s barrier near the West Bank village of Umm Salamouna, south of Bethlehem, yesterday BILIN, ...

By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent The State Prosecution asked the High Court of Justice on Tuesday to rule on whether it is obligated to remove to squatters from dozens of apartments in the Matityahu East district of the West Bank ...

Legally questionable land purchases have played a role in bringing one of Israel’s largest contractors and one of the chief builders of West Bank settlements to the brink of bankruptcy, says the spokesman for Americans for Peace Now. by Ori ...

By Gideon Levy The Yahalom and Bar Kochba families must be returned without delay to their homes in the wholesale marketplace from which they were expelled. The Israel Defense Forces must immediately reconnect their electricity and water and ensure their ...