Category: In the Media

  • Canberra Times: “The Other Aussie Heros”

    posted in the Canberra Times May 18th Every Friday for the last fifteen months Palestinian farmers from the West Bank village of Bil’in and their Israeli and international supporters have marched out of the village to reach their lands on the other side of the “Separation Barrier” Israel is building to confiscate 500 acres of…

  • BBC: “Villagers fight West Bank Barrier”

    By Martin Patience BBC News website, in Bilin After prayers at Bilin’s mosque, male worshippers spill from the modest building and begin the short walk to the West Bank barrier running close to the village. The demonstrations at Bilin have become a weekly Friday ritual Every Friday for the last 15 months, members of the…

  • Ha’aretz: “Supreme Disgrace”

    A Haaretz Editorial The bottom line is the decisive one in yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on family reunification. In light of such serious damage to the equal rights of Arab citizens of Israel, it does not matter at all what the ruling says or how instructive the position of the minority justices, led by Supreme…

  • Israel/Occupied Territories: High Court decision institutionalizes racial discrimination

    By Amnesty International The decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice on 14 May to uphold a law which explicitly denies family rights on the basis of ethnicity or national origins is a step further in the institutionalization of racial discrimination in Israel. The “Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law” bars family reunification for…

  • Internationals Injured at Anti-Wall Demonstration in the Press

    1. In the Danish TV News May 14, 2006 To view, go to this website and click on the headline: “Dansk fredsvagt såret på Vestbredden” 2. In the Australian Channel 9 TV news May 15, 2006 To view, go to this website and click on the headline: “Rubber Bullet to the Head” 3. “Man Shot…