Category: In the Media
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The battle for justice is not over
Originally published in the Hampstead & Highgate Express Sitting in her living room nearly two and a half years after the shooting of her son Tom, Jocelyn Hurndall remains defiant. The sentencing of a soldier in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of Mr Hurndall may have seemed…
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International Pacifists Pick Palestinian Olive behind Apartheid Wall
Originally published by the Palestine News Agency http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4208 RAMALLAH, October 2, 2005, (WAFA)- Tens of Foreign and Israeli pacifists joined Palestinian peasants in picking olive behind the Apartheid Wall in the village of Bil’in, near Ramallah. The pacifists and Palestinian farmers reached the Palestinian orchards, seized by Israelis, and helped the Palestinians in picking up…
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CNI Public Hearing: “Dual Occupations, Dual Jeopardy”
Press Release, Council for the National Interest A REPORT ON THE CNI PUBLIC HEARING ON CAPITOL HILL The links between the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and Golan Heights were emphasized in a September 26th public hearing sponsored by the Council for the National Interest at the…
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Where’s the restraint in Bil’in?
By Haaretz Editorial After proving their sensitivity and intelligence in dispersing the demonstrations in Gush Katif, the Israel Defense Forces and police could have been expected to apply the same policy in handling the demonstrators against the separation fence in the village of Bil’in. The IDF and police did not fire at the protesters on…
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Is this a real move to peace?
by K. Flo Razowsky Originally in The Minneapolis Star Tribune According to the international media, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip is an unprecedented move toward peace. The situation on the ground demands further inspection. Daily, new settlements are under construction in the West Bank, existing ones are being expanded and…