1) Documents Reveal Illegal West Bank Building Project By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 2) The Real Organized Crime By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 3) The Hong Kong Trick By Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz 4) Mofaz’s Responsibility by Haaretz 1) Documents Reveal Illegal West ...
Read More »Four articles on Bil’in In the Israeli press
1) There’s a system for turning Palestinian property into Israel’s state land By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 2) Bilin: Illegal outpost may become school By Ali Waked, Ynet 3) Bil’in demonstrators return to outpost By Erik Schechter, Jerusalem Post 4) Palestinians, ...
Read More »Christians, Jews and Muslims meet on the road to Bethlehem
By Firas Aridah Originally published in the Globe and Mail As a parish priest in the West Bank village of Aboud, my Christmas preparations include recording the identity card numbers of my parishioners to request permits from the Israeli authorities ...
Read More »Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem slams West Bank separation fence
By The Associated Press http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/656456.html The top Roman Catholic official in the Holy Land planted an olive tree Sunday on the planned route of Israel’s separation barrier in a West Bank village and prayed for the wall’s removal, saying it ...
Read More »Andrew in the Scotish press
Scotland Today’s video about Scottish activist Andrew McDonald currently in Israeli detention awaiting deportation is worth watching. Their internet article, on the other hand erroneously refers to “Israel’s West Bank” and states that “The involvement of foreigners trying to help ...
Read More »Deadline extended, fears continue for safety of hostages
Originally published in CBC News Kidnappers holding four members of a Christian aid group in Iraq, including two Canadians, have extended their deadline. The militants now say Britain and the United States have until Saturday to meet their demands or ...
Read More »Israel Ready to Deport Peace Activist Scot for Second Time
by Billy Briggs Originally published in The Herald A Scottish peace activist is facing deportation from Israel for the second time. Andrew MacDonald, 31, from Spean Bridge, Lochaber, near Fort William, is currently being held in a detention centre near ...
Read More »Parents speaking out to keep alive memory of child killed in Gaza
Photo by Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette By Gabrielle Banks Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cindy and Craig Corrie have been doing speaking engagements a few times per month since their daughter Rachel died kneeling in front of an Israeli Defense ...
Read More »Palestinians appeal for Indo-Canadian hostage’s release
Originally published in The Indian Express RAMALLAH: An appeal for the release of Harmeet Singh Soodan, the Indo-Canadian volunteer of the Christian Peacemaker Team kidnapped in Iraq, came from an unexpected quarter on Thursday—the International Solidarity Movement that supports the ...
Read More »Palestinians appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq
By ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH Palestinians, led by their top Muslim cleric, appealed to Iraqi insurgents on Wednesday to release four Western peace activists, saying three of them had spent time in the West Bank aiding the Palestinians. The four workers ...
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