Category: In the Media

  • Al Nakba Remembered

    By Joharah Baker | MIFTAH On May 14, 1948, Israel declared its independence. Although it is not unprecedented in history that countries gain their independence through war, either by conquest or by flinging off the yoke of colonization, there are few examples in history that match the circumstances under which Israel was created. The Palestinians,…

  • The London Times: “West ‘has to prevent collapse’ of PA”

    From Stephen Farrell in Jerusalem JAMES WOLFENSOHN, the international envoy to the Middle East, has resigned and issued a warning of the dangers ahead if the West cuts everything but humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. Mr Wolfensohn, a former head of the World Bank, also cautioned that the UN, charities and humanitarian organisations will not…

  • Jerusalem Post: “Volunteers: Settler violence on the rise”

    By TOVAH LAZAROFF, Jerusalem Post, 27 April, 2006 [To view a video of events click here] Her gray hair and slim size did not stop Israeli children waiting at a Hebron bus stop from tossing a palm size rock in the direction of Anne Montgomery, 79. A nun from the US, she was volunteering to…

  • Ha’aretz: “Police probe building of West Bank settlement neighborhood”

    By Akiva Eldar, Ha’aretz Correspondent The Israel Police’s National Fraud Squad has opened a criminal investigation into the illegal construction of hundreds of housing units in the Matityahu East neighborhood of the Modi’in Ilit ultra-Orthodox settlement. A statement to this effect was submitted on Tuesday to the High Court of Justice in response to an…

  • Ha’aretz: “Sweden boycotts air force drills due to Israel’s participation”

    By Ha’aretz Service Sweden called off its participation in international air force exercises to take place in Italy next month because of the involvement of the Israel Air Forces in the drills. Sweden was supposed to send nine aircraft to Italy for Volcanex 2006. “Israel is not currently acting in the name of peace, and…