22 September 2011 | AFP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — A Gaza military court on Thursday played the alleged confessions of four men accused in the April kidnap and murder of Italian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni. Of the four men, all ...
Read More »Twilight zone / An organic bond
16 September 2011 | Haaretz This is a bad story with a happy ending. It’s also a story that makes one happy, but still leaves a bit of a bitter taste in one’s mouth. It’s the story of a Palestinian ...
Read More »Settlers burn ISM tent in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah
14 September 2011 | The Alternative Information Center At about 2am on Monday, 11 September, settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah burnt to the ground an International Solidarity Movement tent that had been established to monitor and ...
Read More »Israel targets Vittorio Arrigoni School in embattled Jordan Valley
11 September 2011 | The Alternative Information Center, Ben Lorber As schools around the world begin another year of instruction, one school, near to completion in one of the most grief-stricken and resilient areas of occupied Palestine, has suffered a ...
Read More »Trial over murder of pro-Palestinian activist begins in Gaza
9 September 2011 | Haaretz Four surviving defendants charged with kidnapping and murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni; court proceedings postponed until September 22. The trial of the four surviving defendants allegedly involved in the kidnapping and murder of Italian ...
Read More »Retired professor on epic voyage to honor USS Liberty dead
7 September 2011 | Arab News GAZA: A retired college professor from the US state of Texas who has sailed approximately 8,000 miles to the eastern Mediterranean in an epic voyage, is heading toward his destination — the exact location ...
Read More »Israel mulls arming ‘trained’ settlers
30 August 2011 | Al Jazeera Army plans to provide tear gas and stun grenades in West Bank to repel any Palestinian protests next month, report says. The Israeli army is planning to provide tear gas and stun grenades to ...
Read More »How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones
26 August 2011 | The Independent, Catrina Stewart The boy, small and frail, is struggling to stay awake. His head lolls to the side, at one point slumping on to his chest. “Lift up your head! Lift it up!” shouts ...
Read More »Palestinians farming creatively to overcome the ‘buffer zone’
21 August 2011 | Islam Online, Hama Waqum On Nakba Day in May, thousands of Palestinians edged towards Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Gaza, demanding their Right of Return, and an end to the Israeli occupation. Many ...
Read More »Why boycott Israel?
13 August 2011 | Al Jazeera English, Lisa Taraki and Mark LeVine A founding member of the campaign for the academic and cultural boycott outlines the motivation behind the movement. Author and history professor Mark LeVine speaks with sociologist Lisa Taraki, ...
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