Category: In the Media
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Gaza in Crisis: Interview With Mona El-Farra
Listen to show segment. Download MP3 of entire show. Watch 128k stream. Watch 256k stream. from Democracy Now, October 18th Israel has ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. We go to Gaza to speak with physician and community activist Dr. Mona El-Farra. Israel has ratcheted up threats of a…
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AP: Israeli army “accused of attacking journalists”
Associated Press The Tel Aviv-based Foreign Press Association on Thursday accused the IDF of “unprovoked violence against journalists” after two Palestinian journalists were beaten up and one of them detained in the West Bank. “In both cases there is no evidence that either colleague was doing anything other than pursuing their journalistic duties,” the FPA…
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Haaretz: “Judge orders probe over Palestinian cameraman hurt in Bil’in”
by Meron Rapaport, October 10th A military judge ordered to open an inquiry into an affair regarding a Palestinian cameraman who was wounded after soldiers arrested him during a demonstration against the separation fence in the village of Bil’in over the weekend. Witnesses said that Border Police troops had beaten the cameraman, but the army…
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The Times: “Rabbi leads defence of Palestinian olive groves”
The Times of London, October 9th. by Ian Mackinnon Editorial note: A reporter from The Times of London joined Palestinian farmers accompanied by ISM, IWPS and Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers for picking as recorded in this report on our site. His report, focusing on the Rabbis, was published in the Times and on their…
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Haaretz: Israeli army “aims to keep out ‘escorts’ of Palestinian farmers during harvest”
Ha’aretz, October 9th. by Amira Hass The Israel Defense Forces [sic] are demanding that Palestinian farmers not allow Israeli and foreign sympathizers to escort them during the olive harvest to places where military protection is needed against abusive settlers, Palestinian sources in the Nablus region told Haaretz. An Israeli security source confirmed the report, saying…