Category: In the Media

  • Palestinians build new outpost near Bil’in

    YNet: Palestinians set up outpost near Bilin by Ali Waked, 29 March 2007 Dozens of Palestinians from the village of Bilin in the West Bank set up an outpost on land they say was expropriated from them by Israel to expand a Jewish settlement in the area. Accompanied by women and children, activists crossed the…

  • “Judaising” Jaffa: the demolition of Ajami

    Normalising injustice by Arthur Nelson, 28 March 2007 “Beneath the pretty flowers of Israel’s propaganda machine lie some ugly facts on the ground in Jaffa.” Diplomatic briefcases are unlikely to be dropped at news of Condoleezza Rice’s call, on the eve of the Riyadh summit, for Arab states to “reach out to Israel” and show…

  • Seattle Post: Israel’s apologists distort the truth

    by Steve Niva The fairy-tale view of Israel as eternally besieged and completely faultless in its conflict with the Palestinians, as presented by David Brumer in the March 18 Focus (“Play shines light on conflict”), has certainly taken a hit this past year. A growing number of Americans who deeply sympathize with Israel, including former…