26 August 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Violence has swept through Wadi Hilweh again as Israeli settler security guards attempted to storm the neighborhood mosque last night, in what marks the third time such an attack has been launched ...
Read More »Emily Henochowicz: artist turned pro-Palestinian activist
21 August 2010 | The Guardian Jewish-American Emily Henochowicz recalls how she lost an eye at a protest in Israel after the storming of the Gaza aid flotilla As a student artist, Emily Henochowicz has always been fascinated by the ...
Read More »UN report: IDF barring Gazans’ access to farms, fishing zones
19 August 2010 | Haaretz Humanitarian affairs office: Israel restricts entry to 17% of Gaza lands, 85% of beachfront zone, enforces restrictions with live fire. Over the last ten years, the Israel Defense Forces have increasingly restricted Palestinian access to ...
Read More »Gaza’s record-breaking children
18 August 2010 | Vittorio Arrigoni, Electronic Intifada Gaza’s kids truly are record-breakers. They survived Israel’s 2008-09 winter invasion and every day they put up with a state of war during a so-called ceasefire. Smeared in blood, they’ve crawled through ...
Read More »Court holds state responsible for shooting of Palestinian girl
17 August 2010 | Haaretz A Jerusalem court on Monday held the state responsible for killing killing a 10-year-old Palestinian girl in January 2007. In a civil suit, the court ruled that border guards had either been negligent or disobeyed ...
Read More »Storm over Israeli ‘abuse’ photos
16 August 2010 | Al Jazeera A former Israeli soldier has sparked controversy after posting pictures of herself posing with bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners on the internet. Eden Abergil uploaded photographs into a folder entitled “Army- the best time ...
Read More »To Know is Not Enough: How Hampshire became the First to Divest
Hampshire College is often credited with being the first US college to divest for the occupation, and this video attempts to understand the group and the campaign that made it happen. The video is constructed from interviews with over a ...
Read More »YNet: 1,000 rally for Sheikh Jarrah
Ronen Medzin, Ynet 6 August 2010 Arab, Jewish left-wing activists mark first anniversary of protests against evacuation of Palestinian families from east Jerusalem neighborhood in favor of Jews. Rallies held in Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa as well More than 1,000 ...
Read More »Haaretz: Eight Palestinian youths and the crime they didn’t commit
Amira Hass, Haaretz After two years, a case against Palestinian teenagers accused of throwing stones was overturned when the military prosecution backed out. The suspects pleaded innocent all along, saying they’d been in school Eight Palestinian teenagers were tried in ...
Read More »Emily Henochowicz speaks out: art student shot with tear gas canister interviewed on Democracy Now!
6 August 2010 | Democracy Now! Emily Henochowicz speaks out: art student who lost her eye after being shot by Israeli tear gas canister in West Bank protest discusses her life, her art, and why she plans to return JUAN ...
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