By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent Left-wing activists and Palestinians cut a 30-meter hole in the security fence south of Mount Hebron on Saturday in a demonstration against its construction and route, which they said deviates from the Green Line. The ...
Read More »Haaretz: The Hebron tactic
By Amira Hass For about 25 minutes, they behaved liked lords of the land: One man, followed later by a young guy, descended from Mitzpeh Yair, one of the unauthorized outposts in the southern Mt. Hebron area, and prevented a ...
Read More »Al Jazeera: Israel evicts Hebron settlers
by: Al Jazeera and agencies Israeli security forces have removed about two dozen Jewish settlers and supporters from two Palestinian properties they took over last year in an abandoned Palestinian market in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hundreds of ...
Read More »Haaretz: IDF to halt training in populated West Bank villages
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Defense Forces will no longer conduct reserves training exercises which involve the “capture” of populated villages in the West Bank, the military Advocate General Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit announced this week. Mandelblit informed ...
Read More »Haaretz: A visit to the jungle
By Akiva Eldar Last week the prime minister congratulated Ariel College for being elevated by the Judea and Samaria Council of Higher Education to university status. Today, Ehud Olmert is traveling to Jericho, in order to hold talks with Palestinian ...
Read More »Haaretz: Palestinian shepherds have water tank, tractor confiscated
Original Article Link. By Amira Hass The Civil Administration confiscated a tractor and a water tank belonging to Palestinian shepherds living in the northern Jordan Valley. This was the only readily available water source for the approximately 60 members of ...
Read More »AFP: Israel settlement builder in dire straits
Published August 3, 2007 By AFP Heftsiba, one of Israel’s largest firms building settlements in the occupied West Bank, is in danger of closing, according to media reports Friday. The company, which specializes in constructing inexpensive accommodation for ultra-Orthodox families, ...
Read More »From Haaretz: Settlers attack UN personnel near southern Hebron Hills
Original Article Link By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent Two residents of an illegal settlement outpost near Hebron attacked United Nations workers on Thursday. The UN personnel were driving in the South Hebron Hills area when one of the settlers jumped ...
Read More »Solidarity With Rachel Corrie
By Greta Berlin published in the Washington Post Saturday, July 28, 2007; Page A17 Jane Horwitz’s article on “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” could have been an example of reporting on the best aspects of the play [” ‘Corrie’ Fears ...
Read More »Is This Ben Gurion Or Hell?
Is This Ben Gurion Or Hell? Original Article Link. By Remi Kanazi 18 July, 2007 Countercurrents.org Anyone who has traveled through Ben Gurion airport in Israel knows that it is a unique experience. For most Israeli Jews, the experience is ...
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