Category: In the Media
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Haaretz: “Legitimization of land theft”
Haaretz editorial, February 27th The theft of private land and lawless construction, with the authorities’ collaboration, have long been routine in the land of the settlers. The scope of these deeds and their seriousness are described extensively in the report on illegal outposts compiled by Talia Sasson, formerly a senior state prosecution attorney. The report…
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Haaretz: “U.S. synagogue holds event promoting sale of West Bank homes”
by AP, February 26th As protesters chanted and waved signs outside, roughly 250 American Jews were able to get information on buying homes in the West Bank during a Sunday event promoted as a way to help Jewish settlers. The sales pitch, organized by the Amana Settlement Movement, took place in Teaneck, New Jersey at…
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Haaretz: “Council approves illegal West Bank building plan”
by Akiva Eldar, February 25th The Supreme Planning Council for Judea and Samaria recently legalized the largest-ever illegal construction project in the West Bank. Part of the project is situated on private land, which belongs to Palestinian residents of the village of Bil’in. The project calls for the construction of 42 buildings containing approximately 1,500…
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Haaretz: “Quality time”
by Gideon Levy, The Jordanian MIRS chirps on the table. “Where’s Nur?” asks the woman on the line from Amman. “She’s standing next to me,” replies her husband in Azariyeh, east of Jerusalem. A chirp every few minutes. Yihye Bassa, a 40-year-old date merchant, has for several years been forbidden for security reasons to travel…
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The Guardian: “Anti-wall protests hit second anniversary”
by Rory McCarthy, February 23rd Israelis and Palestinians will gather today for a demonstration to mark the two-year anniversary of their most high-profile joint campaign against Israel’s barrier in the occupied West Bank. Weekly protests at Bil’in, a village west of Ramallah, may have done little to alter the path of the 437-mile concrete and…