Category: In the Media

by Stefan Christoff I travelled to Jordan from Montreal, Canada, at the end of November with plans to cross the Israeli controlled border into Palestine to work with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). I was refused entry into Israel after being held for more than five hours, and deemed a “security threat”, according to information…

By James Bennet Originally published in the New York Times West Bank – The barrier Israel is building against West Bank Palestinians has had a striking, if unintended, effect: It has stirred a sustained, bloodless protest movement among Palestinians for the first time in more than three years of conflict. As the bulldozers have swept…

Land-grab wall or security fence, Israel’s new project is a barrier to Mideast peace By Ayed Morrar Originally published in the Globe & Mail From the West Bank’s olive groves to the hearing that continues in a Hague courtroom, Palestinians are struggling against the wall Israel is erecting. In my West Bank village of Budrus,…