by cnnexposed.com CNN editors replaced all Palestinian quotations with quotes from the US and Israel in its story ‘U.S. vetoes U.N. condemnation of Israel’s Gaza strikes’. The new, more prominent article begins with the exact same wording as the original, ...
Read More »Ma’ariv: “Forbidden by the High Court, Built by Construction Companies, Approved by State Prosecutor”
translated from the Hebrew orginal by Rann Bar-On The [Israeli] state prosecutor is singing from two hymn sheets: it submitted a document to the High Court condemning illegal construction in Modi’in Ilit, but is also asking to legalize it to ...
Read More »Haaretz: “Activists: Security forces fired live ammo at anti-fence protest”
by Itim, November 3rd Anti-fence activists on Friday claimed security forces fired live ammunition at them during a protest near the West Bank town of Bil’in, moderately wounding a French activist. Doctors at a Ramallah hospital who treated the man ...
Read More »Guardian: “Israeli barrier and settlement to leave West Bank village with nowhere to go”
from The Guardian, Monday 30th October. by Rory McCarthy in Wadi Fukin Land confiscation and pollution threaten future of ancient farming community From his rooftop, Mohammad Ibrahim can see from one end to the other of the narrow valley that ...
Read More »The Independent: “Music therapy: The pied piper of Balata”
by Donald Macintyre, 30th October The Palestinian children of the West Bank grow up amid the sounds of guns and bombs. But a project inspired by Professor Nigel Osborne is determined to help them listen to a different tune. Donald ...
Read More »Haaretz: “So much for another kind of olive harvest”
by Akiva Eldar, October 26th Who remembers nowadays that Amir Peretz made dismantling illegal outposts a condition for Yisrael Beiteinu joining the government – with the agreement of the knight of law and order, Avigdor Lieberman? What became of Peretz’s ...
Read More »BBC World Service: “Escolta para la cosecha” (Escort for the Harvest)
by Karim Hauser, BBC Spanish World Service , October 24th English translation below En el Líbano, pude constatar que los agricultores del sur del país tienen dos opciones: perder la cosecha, o adentrarse en sus campos y perder la vida ...
Read More »Haaretz: “Settlements grow on Arab land, despite promises made to U.S.”
by Amos Harel, October 24th A secret, two year investigation by the defense establishment shows that there has been rampant illegal construction in dozens of settlements and in many cases involving privately owned Palestinian properties. The information in the study ...
Read More »BBC: “Harvest Hostilities”
In the following article the BBC misleadingly writes of “violent clashes” and “frequent clashes” between Palestinian farmers and Jewish settler colonists and the IOF during the olive harvest. However, later in the article the tear gas and live bullets used ...
Read More »“My Name is Rachel Corrie” Opens in New York
The play “My Name is Rachel Corrie” recently opened in New York. Below is transcript to an interview with Rachel’s father and sister about the play that was recently broadcast on Democracy Now!. There are also links that let you ...
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