Karen Laub | Associated Press 21 May 2009 The Israeli official put in charge of Jerusalem’s Arabs said he believes treating them more fairly will strengthen Israeli claims to all the disputed city, and says he’s seeking ways to legalize ...
Read More »Hopes and dreams on the Gaza coast
Ayman Mohyeldin | Al Jazeera 20 May 2009 Every day, as the sun sets on the coast of Gaza, people make their way to the coffee shop-lined beaches and the pot-holed streets that run parallel to its coastline. On the ...
Read More »UK medics go on hunger strike after being refused entry into Gaza
Haroon Siddique | The Guardian 19 May 2009 Three British medics began a hunger strike in Egypt today to protest against being refused entry into Gaza for a humanitarian mission. Their aim is to establish a cardiac surgery unit at ...
Read More »Interview with Mahmud Zwahre, head of the al-Ma’sara Popular Committee
The Alternative Information Center 19 May 2009 The al-Ma’sara Committee against the Wall and Settlements has been organizing demonstrations against the confiscation of their land for the past two and a half years. During the demonstration on 1 May 2009, ...
Read More »When the pain hits home – Tristan Anderson shot at Palestine wall protest
Stephanie | Infoshop News Oakland, California is ground zero for many members of the Slingshot collective, but on March 13, Oakland felt like a distant outpost, really far away from Ni’ilin, in the West Bank, where our friend Tristan Anderson, ...
Read More »Settlers, farmers, soldiers, internationals
Max Blumenthal | Mondoweiss On Saturday I traveled to the South Hebron Hills, to the Palestinian village of Safa, with an Israeli group called Ta’ayush that works to protect Palestinian farmers from settler violence and documents the proliferation of illegal ...
Read More »Live from the West Bank, Israel’s repression of Ni’lin
Max Blumenthal 16 May 2009 I have been in the West Bank of Palestine all week filming a video series on the Occupation that I will release in a few days. Yesterday, I traveled to Ni’lin, a town in the ...
Read More »Israeli barrier bites into Palestinian village
Ivan Karakashian | Reuters 18 May 2009 Israel’s land barrier is slowly destroying the fabric of this Palestinian village of Christians and Muslims in the West Bank, setting a prime example of why the United States wants settlements to stop. ...
Read More »Israel begins new settlement, despite U.S. opposition
Ha’aretz 18 May 2009 Israel has begun constructing a new settlement in the northern West Bank for the first time in 26 years, Army Radio reported. The move comes on the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first meeting with ...
Read More »Arabs slam bill to criminalize ‘nakba’
Brenda Gazzar | The Jerusalem Post 17 May 2009 Arab activists and politicians are slamming proposed legislation that would criminalize commemorating the establishment of the State of Israel as a day of mourning. The bill, which has been submitted by ...
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