by Aviram Zino, February 2nd Following incident caught on video in which soldiers failed to interfere while female settler harassed Palestinian neighbor in Hebron, State Prosecutor’s office rules: Soldiers must block violence towards people, property and alert police When a ...
Read More »The Guardian: “A doctor’s call”
by Victoria Brittain, January 30th Mona el-Farra, a Palestinian doctor working in Gaza should have been in London this evening, launching a campaign for peace between Israelis and Palestinians based on recognition of international law. The campaign, simply called “Enough”, ...
Read More »Haaretz: “PM approves eastward move of section of separation barrier”
by Meron Rapoport, January 31st Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has approved the moving of the separation barrier at least five kilometers eastward from the Green Line in the area of Modi’in Ilit, in order to take in the settlements of ...
Read More »YNet: “Ministers okay restrictions on violent settlers”
by Ronny Sofer, January 29th Ministerial committee approves series of measures against extremist settlers to prevent attacks on Palestinian civilians Government ministers on Monday approved a series of measures to be implemented against extremist settlers to prevent attacks on Palestinian ...
Read More »PNN: “Displaced from Aqaba as Israeli forces confiscate Jordan Valley village”
by Ali Samoudi, January 28th The President of the Aqaba Village Council says the small community in the Jordan Valley is facing a new scheme which includes demolishing the village mosque, kindergarten, clinic and rural women’s center. Israeli forces issued ...
Read More »Haaretz: “West Bank heart surgeon faces possible deportation from Israel”
by Reuters, January 27th One of the few open-heart surgeons based in the occupied West Bank said on Saturday he had been detained at Israel’s airport and faced possible deportation. After being detained for more than a day at Israel’s ...
Read More »Channel 4: “Pushing the barrier”
by Indigo Gilmore, January 25th One village spilt in two by Israel’s controversial wall has been staging a non-violent protest for two years. To Israel it is a security fence – the Palestinians call it the “apartheid wall”. It is ...
Read More »Haaretz: Twilight Zone / ‘I’ve lost my heart’
by Gideon Levy, January 25th Was it the stun grenade that hit her head, the shock caused by its explosion or the rubber bullet fired by the Border Police? Does it make any difference? Did the Border Policeman intend to ...
Read More »Haaretz: “Checkpoint comradeship”
by Amira Hass, January 24th Anyone who wants to become acquainted with Israeli society should go to the checkpoints. Not for a quarter of an hour, under the guidance of commanders who will glory in the pavilion they built for ...
Read More »PNN: “Tens of people homeless after Israeli bulldozers destroy Jerusalem apartment building”
by Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, January 23rd Bulldozers belonging to Israeli-annexed Jerusalem’s municipality demolished a four story residential building belonging to Mohammad Mahmoud Al Aemes. Israeli forces used the pretext of building a street for a settlement in destroying the Sur ...
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