Category: In the Media

  • Arabs mark October 2000 with general strike

    Sharon Roffe – Ofir | YNet News 1 October 2009 The Arab sector on Thursday marked the ninth anniversary of the October riots by calling a general strike across Israel. The strike is lead by the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee under the banner: “For the martyrs that were killed in October 2000”. During the riots…

  • IDF jeep hits, kills Palestinian youth

    Efrat Weiss | YNet News 30 September 2009 A 17-year-old Palestinian high school student was injured after being hit by an IDF jeep in the village of Yabed near Jenin, and died shortly later of his wounds. The IDF said the youth was injured during a riot in the area, but his relatives claim he…

  • Israel demands PA drop war crimes suit at The Hague

    Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff | Ha’aretz 27 September 2009 Tensions are mounting between Israel and the Palestinian Authority following Ramallah’s call on the International Court at The Hague to examine claims of “war crimes” that the IDF allegedly committed during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. The issue is already weighing in on…