Category: In the Media

  • Haaretz: Israeli army “aims to keep out ‘escorts’ of Palestinian farmers during harvest”

    Ha’aretz, October 9th. by Amira Hass The Israel Defense Forces [sic] are demanding that Palestinian farmers not allow Israeli and foreign sympathizers to escort them during the olive harvest to places where military protection is needed against abusive settlers, Palestinian sources in the Nablus region told Haaretz. An Israeli security source confirmed the report, saying…

  • Independent: “Despite the ‘Withdrawal’, the Siege of Gaza Goes on”

    Independent, 5th of October. by John Dugard In August last year Israel withdrew its settlers and armed forces from Gaza, claiming that this brought to an end 38 years of military occupation. Of course, it did nothing of the sort. Israel retained power over Gaza by controlling its air space, sea space and external borders.…

  • Mother Jones Smears Rachel Corrie… Again

    Click the above photo for a larger image Today, the 5th of October 2006, US magazine Mother Jones reposted on their website a slanderous article from 2003 by reporter Joshua Hammer called “The Death of Rachel Corrie”. The article contains numerous factual errors, misleading statements as well as outright plagiarism from various sources, including some…