In the Media

by Ronnie Kasrils | Mail & Guardian Travelling into Palestine’s West Bank and Gaza Strip, which I visited recently, is like a surreal trip back into an apartheid state of emergency. It is chilling to pass through the myriad checkpoints ...

IDF violence and lying politicians have become the norm in Israel by Aviad Kleinberg, 19 May 2007 The IDF was quick to investigate the incident where IDF soldiers recently attacked protestors on Mount Hebron. Apparently, the incident where our fine ...

By STEVEN ERLANGER, 15 May 2007 JERUSALEM, May 14 — The International Committee of the Red Cross, in a confidential report about East Jerusalem and its surrounding areas, accuses Israel of a “general disregard” for “its obligations under international humanitarian ...

By Ben Caspit, Ma’ariv, 15 May 2007 “Academic hunt” for Halutz A group of students at Harvard, including Jews and Israelis, calls for the Commander-in-Chief to be tried for war crimes Even at Harvard University the former Commander-in-Chief, Dan Halutz, ...

A Grittier Trip to the Holy Land, Sarina Rosenberg, May 21 issue The Israel that 18,000 young Jewish Americans will see this summer on the free, 10-day trip offered by Taglit-birthright Israel is a land of ancient religious sites, sandy ...

The Village of Husan Near Bethlehem by Cara Loverock, 14 May 2007 In the Palestinian village of Husan , Mahmoud, like so many farmers in the West Bank, faces daily challenges in having his land close to a settlement, which ...

It provides a blueprint for their future by George Bisharat, 13 May 2007 Why do some people have the power to remember, while others are asked to forget? That question is especially poignant at this time of year, as we ...

Al Jazeera: Israel plans East Jerusalem enclave from AlJazeera.Net, 10 May 2007 Saeb Erekat condemned Israel’s plan to build 20,000 homes in Arab east Jerusalem, Photo: AP Israel has announced plans to build 20,000 new homes on the outskirts of ...

The Struggle Uses Images to Counter the Wall Interview with Shai Pollak from the Nyon film festival from Solidarités During an interval in the screening of Shai Carmeli Pollak’s film Bil’in Habibi (Bilin my love) at the Nyon Film Festival, ...

Ha’aretz: Flee, Freedom Fighter, Flee by Yonatan Pollack, translated by Rann Bar-On The basis of my political education, on the price one must pay for the struggle, was very close to home – within the family in fact. My grandfather, ...