Press TV 23 June 2009 Zionist troops have invaded Bil’in village in the central West Bank and kidnapped two teenagers and two adults. Palestinian locals said the kidnappings took place at two different times. The first incident took place late ...
Read More »On World Refugee Day: Trader Joe’s consumers take action for Palestinian rights
Indy Media 20 June 2009 On Saturday, June 20, activists gathered at Trader Joe’s in Oakland and San Francisco to demand that the company stop carrying Israeli goods. Protesters removed Israeli products from the shelves in order to show customers ...
Read More »Africa-Israel under scrutiny for settlement construction
Adri Nieuwhof | Electronic Intifada 22 June 2009 Africa-Israel is the latest target of a boycott campaign by Palestine solidarity activists because of the company’s involvement in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. American and European financial ...
Read More »Barak authorizes construction of 300 new homes in West Bank
Ha’aretz 23 June 2009 Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the building of 300 new homes in the West Bank, defying U.S. calls for a halt to settlement growth. According to Army Radio said 60 of the 300 homes slated ...
Read More »West Bank village sues developers in Montreal court
Leigh Anne Williams | Anglican Journal 22 June 2009 The Israeli-Palestinian dispute over land in the occupied territories has come to a Montreal courtroom this week. Lawyers for the West Bank village of Bil’in are suing developers Green Park International ...
Read More »Hearing begins over Palestinian lawsuit against Quebec builders
CBC News 22 June 2009 A Palestinian village in the West Bank will argue Monday that a Quebec court should hear its lawsuit against two Canadian construction companies that it alleges illegally constructed buildings on Israeli-occupied territory. Bil’in, a community ...
Read More »Nonviolent resistance in the south Hebron hills
Joy Ellison | Electronic Intifada 18 June 2009 A couple of months ago I had the great pleasure of watching Palestinians successfully graze their sheep near Avigail settlement, on land where they are regularly attacked and harassed. The joy I ...
Read More »Bat Ayin settlers uproot trees from Palestinian land
Ma’an News 22 June 2009 Israeli settlers uprooted more than 150 olive and grape trees from Palestinian-owned land in Wadi Abu Ar-Rish, near the settlement of Bat Ayin, south of Bethlehem, on Monday, witnesses said. Settlers from Bat Ayin also ...
Read More »Israel to investigate IndyMedia over photo with “Murderer” accusation
Rose Foran | The Media Line 22 June 2009 Israel’s Deputy State Prosecutor has launched a criminal investigation into a website that allegedly published a picture of an Israeli soldier with the word “Murderer” over his photograph. Indymedia Israel, a ...
Read More »Lawsuit brings murky West Bank land deals to light
Amy Teibel | The Associated Press 21 June 2009 It reads like a standard real estate contract between a Zionist institution and an Israeli couple. But it offers a rare glimpse into the bureaucratic smoke screen that helps ensure a ...
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