Category: In the Media

  • JTA: “Settlements a Risky Investment”

    Legally questionable land purchases have played a role in bringing one of Israel’s largest contractors and one of the chief builders of West Bank settlements to the brink of bankruptcy, says the spokesman for Americans for Peace Now. by Ori Nir. Published: 08/10/2007 WASHINGTON (JTA) — When West Bank settlers recently launched an ambitious campaign…

  • Haaretz: No to evacuation

    By Gideon Levy The Yahalom and Bar Kochba families must be returned without delay to their homes in the wholesale marketplace from which they were expelled. The Israel Defense Forces must immediately reconnect their electricity and water and ensure their safety, day and night, as it does for all the settlers in the city. In…

  • Left-wing activists, Palestinians cut hole in separation fence

    By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent Left-wing activists and Palestinians cut a 30-meter hole in the security fence south of Mount Hebron on Saturday in a demonstration against its construction and route, which they said deviates from the Green Line. The activists said it took Israel Defense Forces at least an hour to reach the site…