Category: In the Media

  • Haaretz Documents the Struggle of Bil’in

    1) Documents Reveal Illegal West Bank Building Project By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 2) The Real Organized Crime By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 3) The Hong Kong Trick By Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz 4) Mofaz’s Responsibility by Haaretz 1) Documents Reveal Illegal West Bank Building Project By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Illegal permits were issued retroactively for a new…

  • Four articles on Bil’in In the Israeli press

    1) There’s a system for turning Palestinian property into Israel’s state land By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 2) Bilin: Illegal outpost may become school By Ali Waked, Ynet 3) Bil’in demonstrators return to outpost By Erik Schechter, Jerusalem Post 4) Palestinians, left-wing activists rebuild ‘outpost’ in village of Bil’in By Jonathan Lis and Meron Rappaport, Haaretz…

  • Christians, Jews and Muslims meet on the road to Bethlehem

    By Firas Aridah Originally published in the Globe and Mail As a parish priest in the West Bank village of Aboud, my Christmas preparations include recording the identity card numbers of my parishioners to request permits from the Israeli authorities to allow us to travel to Bethlehem. Some may be denied permits and prevented from…

  • Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem slams West Bank separation fence

    By The Associated Press http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/656456.html The top Roman Catholic official in the Holy Land planted an olive tree Sunday on the planned route of Israel’s separation barrier in a West Bank village and prayed for the wall’s removal, saying it is serves no purpose. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, visited the barrier in…

  • Andrew in the Scotish press

    Scotland Today’s video about Scottish activist Andrew McDonald currently in Israeli detention awaiting deportation is worth watching. Their internet article, on the other hand erroneously refers to “Israel’s West Bank” and states that “The involvement of foreigners trying to help the Israelis and Palestinians live together is welcomed by officials in Tel Aviv.” View it…