In the Media

Special UN envoy on human rights in Palestinian territories says in special report Israel’s actions in territories can be described as ‘ethnic cleansing,’ adds three-quarters of Gaza population depend on food aid for survival from YnetNews, 26th September 2006. By ...

by Akiva Eldar, September 26th The masses of Israelis who regularly travel to Jerusalem via Modi’in are familiar with the large cement cubes near the signs that indicate the approach roads to the Palestinian villages on either side of the ...

by PSP September 23, 2006: As we walk away down the craggy biblical landscape, she turns around to wag her finger at him and say “Remember? It is no defence to say you were only following orders”. The soldier looks ...

by Matthew Kalman, September 23rd Immigration crackdown in West Bank EL-BIREH, West Bank — Nariman Yazbak and her 2-year-old daughter, Salma, left their home in the West Bank town of El Bireh last April for a routine visit to relatives ...

by Akiva Eldar, September 21st Last Tuesday, the Interior Ministry held another session of the inquiry commission on changing Modi’in Ilit’s status from that of a local council to a city. Ostensibly, this is a routine process of upgrading a ...

Army must make law enforcement against settlers a policy backed by action by Mooky Dagan , Thursday 21st September For years human rights organizations have pointed out the complicity between the Israel Defense Forces command headquarters in the Occupied Palestinian ...

by Donald Macintyre in Rafah, Tuesday 19th September Nayef Abu Snaima says his 14-year-old cousin Jihad had been sitting on the edge of an olive grove talking animatedly to him about what he would do when he grew up when ...

Israel continues building a mammoth barrier in the name of border security. Opponents charge that it’s carving more land for Jewish settlements — and assaulting Palestinians’ human rights. by Rachel Shabi, Salon.com Sept. 18, 2006, WEST BANK: “We haven’t seen ...

by IMEMC and Agencies, Tuesday 19th September Khalil Nawaja, in his 70s, was attacked with sticks and pipes Monday evening by a group of seven Israeli settlers with their faces covered. An Israeli soldier was escorting the settlers and did ...

by Akiva Eldar, Tuesday 19th September Labor Party minister Yuli Tamir recommended putting forth the demand that the prime minister renew negotiations with Syria and Lebanon in the Sareinu forum of ministers . Minister Ophir Pines-Paz told Labor activists in ...