Category: Reports
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Sharon, a Man of Peace or a Man of Pacification?
by Hedy Epstein Before I arouse the wrath of those who do not agree with my views on the Israeli/Palestinian situation, let me say that I wish Prime Minister Sharon full recovery and peace of mind. As Mr. Sharon now lies in his hospital bed, writers all over the world are busy preparing articles remembering…
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By Any Means Necessary; IOF Suppress Non-Violent Protest in Bil’in
Photo: EAPPI The weekly non-violent protests against the Israelis Apartheid wall continued yesterday, when Palestinians from the village of Bil’in displayed their resistence to the ongoing theft of their village’s land. Accompanied by international and Israeli activists, the crowd of approximately 100 people marched to the construction site where the Apartheid Wall is gradually cutting…
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The Fruits of Non Violence; Building of the Illegal Settlement Metityahu Mizrah is Frozen
Following today’s hearing in the Supreme Court (HCJ 143/06) Judge Ayala Prokachya issued a new temporary injunction forbidding all building whatsoever in the Matityahu East compound in the settlement Modi’in Illit. The judge further ordered “to examine all permits already issued and to determine their position regarding their legality by 20 January.” The appeal was…
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The Tale of Two Outposts
A story of Israeli Apartheid On the left of the picture is the house that Bil’in villagers have built on their land in an area that they are calling “Bil’in west”. On the right of the pictures are buildings under construction in the Modi’in Elite settlement outpost also known as “Metityahu East”. The Palestinian structure…
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Bil’in: Land Grab thanks to the Wall
Bil’in is a small village located six km east of the green line, west of Ramallah. The village rests on 4,000 dunams (about 1,000 acres) and is home to 1,700 residents, whose livelihood depends on agriculture and work outside the village. Most of the villages land lies between two streams (the Modi’in stream in the…