By SILWANIC 28 August, 2012 | SILWANIC, Silwan, Jerusalem Israeli forces raided a Palestinian family home in Silwan on Saturday, 18 September. The Karki family were accused by armed forces of attacking nearby Israeli settlers. Ahmad Siyam told Silwanic that ...
Read More »Rachel Corrie: Blaming the victim
Attorney Hussein Abu Hussein, who represented Rachel Corrie’s family in its suit against Israel, says they knew from the beginning that it would be an uphill battle to find truth and justice in an Israeli court. By Hussein Abu Hussein ...
Read More »Judge blaming Rachel Corrie for her own death highlights Israel’s impunity, family says
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours 28 August 2012 | Electronic Intifada, Haifa The Haifa District court ruled earlier today that the Israeli military is not responsible for killing American activist Rachel Corrie, and that Corrie was to blame for her own death. ...
Read More »‘Welcome to Palestine’ group denied entry into West Bank
26 August, 2012 | Ma’an News, Bethlehem, West Bank Dozens of foreign peace activists were denied entry into the West Bank by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge crossing on Sunday evening, organizers of the third ‘Welcome to Palestine’ initiative ...
Read More »Video: Soldiers attack children in Nabi Saleh and forcibly separate them from their detained mother
August 25 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Occupied Palestine Army held six detainees over eight hours, raided houses in the village, injuring several residents and using live ammunition Pictures: see here, here, here, and here During the weekly demonstration in the village of Nabi ...
Read More »Verdict in Rachel Corrie lawsuit to be announced August 28
22 August 2012 | the Rachel Corrie Foundation, Occupied Palestine The verdict in the civil lawsuit against the State of Israel for the killing of peace activist Rachel Corrie over nine years ago will be announced August 28, 2012, at 9:00 ...
Read More »Thirty olive trees cut nearby the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani
20 August 2012 | Operation Dove, At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills In the afternoon of August 16th some Palestinians discovered that an olive grove situated in Humra valley had been recently destroyed during the night, according to a Palestinian. Thirty olive ...
Read More »Foreign Press Association demands investigation of incident in which soldiers beat journalists
By Emily Greenzweig 20 August 2012 | Haaretz The Foreign Press Association (FPA) is demanding an investigation of the incident in which soldiers beat journalists. The FPA contacted the Prime Minister’s Office and the Israeli army following the incident in ...
Read More »From the children of Gaza: Samouni Street
20 August 2012 | Besieged Gaza, occupied Palestine From the children of Gaza comes this adorable animation depicting the story of 4 kids of the extended Samouni family in Gaza. By animated drawings they express what happened to them and ...
Read More »An Open Letter from Gaza to EU: Do not reward apartheid!
19 August 2012 | Besieged Gaza, occupied Palestine We call on the European Union to challenge and not embrace Israel’s incessant land expropriation and racist subjugation against the Palestinian people. The European Union’s own reports document and supposedly lament Israel’s ...
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