Category: In the Media

  • Palestinians saddened at Fox’s killing

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS JAYYUS, West Bank Palestinians throughout the West Bank expressed sorrow Saturday over the killing of American Tom Fox, 54, who had traveled to the West Bank to protest for their cause before he was taken hostage in Iraq. Fox’s body was found shot in the head and chest Thursday near a Baghdad…

  • Ministry documents highlight West Bank land acquisition network

    By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent printed in Haaretz Top secret documents from the Justice Ministry from the early 1990s confirm the existence of a vast network of ties between successive Likud and Labor governments and land dealers and settlers’ associations, for the purpose of acquiring land in the West Bank. Copies of these highly confidential…

  • A Message Crushed Again

    From the Los Angeles Times By Katharine Viner March 1, 2006 THE FLIGHTS for cast and crew had been booked; the production schedule delivered; there were tickets advertised on the Internet. The Royal Court Theatre production of “My Name Is Rachel Corrie,” the play I co-edited with Alan Rickman, was transferring later this month to…

  • Rickman Slams ‘Censorship’ of Play about US Gaza Activist

    by Julian Borger Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by the Guardian / UK A New York theatre company has put off plans to stage a play about an American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza because of the current “political climate” – a decision the play’s British director, Alan Rickman, denounced yesterday…

  • Travelers share tales from Rafah

    by Venice Buhain Originally publsihed in The Olympian OLYMPIA — For a few hours Sunday, the Olympia Eagles Ballroom was filled with friendly chatter, the enticing smells of Mediterranean food and the delicate handiwork of Palestinian embroidery. But the main event at the fundraiser for the Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project was a presentation by two…