Category: In the Media

  • Haaretz: Shady land deal unfolds from West Bank to California strip mall

    By The Associated Press To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 19th December, click here The transformation of a piece of West Bank land from a Palestinian field into a Jewish settlement has roots in an unlikely place – Orange County, California – and in a document that a man supposedly signed more…

  • Protesters throw shoes at Israeli soldiers in Bil’in

    Friday 19th December Report by Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements Video by Israel Puterman Video published by Al-Jazeera Demonstrators marched today after the Friday prayer carrying Palestinian flags and banners calling to end the Israeli occupation, stop the wall and settlement building, stop land confiscation and settler attacks, closures and roadblocks,…

  • LA Times Blogs: Dubai – Politics and AIDS at film festival

    By Raed Rafei in Beirut To view original blog, published by the Los Angeles Times on the 16th December, click here Movies aren’t the only point of attraction at this year’s Dubai Film Festival. In addition to being a venue for glamorous stars, the festival, which opened last week, has quickly become a platform for…

  • AFP: Israel turns back senior UN official

    To view original report, published by AFP on the 15th December, click here JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel has turned back UN human rights envoy Richard Falk upon his arrival at Ben Gurion airport, authorities said on Monday, accusing him of “legitimizing Hamas terrorism.” “Israel has made clear that Mr. Falk was not invited, nor would…

  • Gulf News: Call to boycott Israeli jeweller

    By Abbas Al Lawati To view original article, published by Gulf News on the 14th December, click here Dubai: Activists campaigning against Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev urged Dubai residents to boycott the jeweller during the screening of a documentary film on activist hip hop at the Dubai Film Festival on Friday. Forty T-shirts and…