Category: In the Media

  • Guardian: Parents of critically injured US peace activist demand justice from Israel

    Rory McCarthy | The Guardian Peace campaigner was struck in head with teargas grenade during demo in occupied West Bank The parents of an American peace activist who was severely injured by Israeli forces at a demonstration in the occupied West Bank called on the Israeli government today to take “full responsibility” for the shooting.…

  • The Nation: Palestinian Revolution?

    Roane Carey | The Nation On Friday I went to the anti-separation wall demo in Ni’lin in the West Bank, the same village where International Solidarity Movement activist Tristan Anderson was critically wounded last week. Several hundred villagers were accompanied by Jewish Israeli activists (most with Anarchists Against the Wall) and ISMers, plus a few…

  • Farmers attempting to reach their fields in Deir Istiya turned back by settlers

    International Women’s Peace Service 20 March 2009 IWPS was asked to accompany around 20 farmers, including children, from Deir Istiya to their fields in Wadi Qana. The only road leading to their fields passes from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yaqir, which is also illegal according to Israeli law. The farmers were planning on preparing…

  • IPS: Israelis Using ‘Excessive’ Force Against Protesters

    Mel Frykberg | Inter-Press Service The critical wounding of a U.S. activist has highlighted the excessive use of force by Israeli forces. The activist, Tristan Anderson, 38, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel’s separation barrier in the Palestinian West Bank last week. He remains in intensive care in…

  • B’Tselem: ‘Stop whitewashing suspected crimes in Gaza’

    B’Tselem 19 March 2009 Israeli human rights organizations have reiterated demands that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz reconsider his refusal to establish an independent investigative body to examine military proceedings during Operation Cast Lead. Such an investigation is critical following the revelation of soldier testimonies concerning the killing of innocent Palestinians revealed this morning in Haaretz.…