• Haaretz: IDF asks police, Shin Bet for info on left-wing figures active in W. Bank

    By Uri Blau To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 7th November, click here The Israel Defense Forces has asked the Shin Bet security service and the police to provide it with information on left-wing figures active in the West Bank so it will be easier to issue restraining orders against them, Haaretz…

  • Bili’n demonstrators mark the fourth anniversary of Yasir Arafat’s death

    Dozens suffer from teargas inhalation during the weekly non-violent demonstration in Bil’in Report by the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements Video courtesy of Israel Putermam To view the Bil’in village website click here Friday, 7th of November, 2008 A protest was launched today after the Friday prayer in Bil’in, with residents…

  • ISM Gaza Strip: Sowing lentils, reaping bullets, in Khouza’a, Gaza Strip

    Khouza’a, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 6th November 2008: By Donna Wallach A number of Palestinian farmers went to their fields yesterday (6th November) to sow seeds for crops of wheat, lentils and rye to be harvested in the spring. Some internationals, volunteering with ISM Gaza, accompanied the farmers as they worked – the first time in…

  • FGM: “The people of Gaza have plenty of food. They don’t need to go fishing”

    To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Larnaca. When members of the Free Gaza Movement sailed to Gaza in August, several accompanied fishermen aboard their small boats. Israeli gunboats regularly confine these boats inside a 6-mile Israeli-imposed limit. Although international law allows every Mediterranean sea territory fishing rights 12-20 miles offshore, Israel ignores…

  • FGM: Free Gaza Movement to set sail

    To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Larnaca: Tomorrow at 5:00 pm, the DIGNITY leaves for the third time for the shores of Gaza. This time, eleven past and current members of parliaments of Europe are on board, with Al Jazeera International and The Independent journalists. These dignitaries were among the 53 Parliamentarians…