Category: In the Media

  • Haaretz: MKs okay new West Bank homes, despite vow to freeze settlements

    By Haaretz Service and News Agencies To view original article, published by Haaretz on 24th July, click here A key panel of lawmakers on Thursday approved 20 new housing units at Maskiot in the West Bank, Israel Radio reported, despite a 2007 pledge to the United States to halt construction at the site. Jerusalem agreed…

  • Give ‘Free Gaza Movement’ thumbs up!

    By Debbie Menon Edward Said reminded the world shortly before his death in 2003 that it is easier for the West to demonise the Palestinian – through ‘the vicious media and government campaign against Arab society, culture, history and mentality’ – than actually attempt to humanize what they don’t fully understand. The Gaza imprisonment in…

  • Haaretz: Court upholds ruling to evict Palestinian family from East Jerusalem home

    By Akiva Eldar To view original article, published in Haaretz, click here The High Court of Justice last week upheld a ruling for the eviction of a Palestinian family from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, whose house is owned by religious Jews. The eviction spurred protest by senior Palestinian Authority officials, and diplomats…