Luisa Morgantini | Liberazione 19 July 2009 Israel wants to stop the non-violent struggle and the unity created amongst Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals, who since more than four years demonstrate in order to end the construction of the wall: in ...
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‘No difference to U.S. between outpost, East Jerusalem construction’
Akiva Eldar, Barak Ravid & Jack Khoury | Ha’aretz 20 July 2009 The United States views East Jerusalem as no different than an illegal West Bank outpost with regard to its demand for a freeze on settlement construction, American sources ...
Read More »A day in the West Bank shows ‘the soldiers are settlers but in uniform. They both symbolize the occupation.’
Mairav Zonszein, Antony Loewenstein & Joseph Dana | Mondoweiss 18 July 2009 The occupation can seem predictably mundane from a distance. To most Israelis the settlement project is seen as a problem, but a problem happening “over there” and utterly ...
Read More »Palestinian home and olive tree destroyed by settlers in At-Tuwani
Christan Peacemaker Team 17 July 2009 AT-TUWANI: On the morning of 17 July, a Palestinian family from the village of At-Tuwani discovered that their newly constructed house was destroyed during the previous night. In addition, the family discovered an olive ...
Read More »Battle of Bil’in
Stefan Christof | Hour 16 July 2009 Palestinian activists from Bil’in village say the Israeli military has raided their village almost daily this week. They claim the early morning raids are linked to a recent lawsuit filed by the village ...
Read More »West Bank fence not done and never will be, it seems
Amos Harel | Ha’aretz 14 July 2009 Seven years after construction work began on the West Bank separation fence, the project seems to have run aground. Work has slowed significantly since September 2007, and today, after the state has spent ...
Read More »Chicago activists drop 88 banners across city protesting Israeli eviction and demolition of Palestinian homes
13 July 2009 Monday, July 13th 2009, 5am: In perhaps the largest campaign of its kind in Chicago’s history, over a dozen activists dropped 88 banners across Chicagoland this morning decrying Israel’s policies of evicting or destroying Palestinian homes. Each ...
Read More »Israel phone firm’s West Bank wall gag fails to amuse
Allyn Fisher-Ilan & Alastair Macdonald | The Washington Post 12 July 2009 A television advert for an Israeli cellphone firm showing soldiers playing soccer over the West Bank barrier has sparked cries of bad taste and prompted Arab lawmakers on ...
Read More »Israel’s wall still deepening the divide
Ben White | The Guardian 9 July 2009 Five years ago today, the international court of justice in The Hague published its advisory opinion on Israel’s separation wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The keenly awaited verdict, requested by ...
Read More »PCHR: Highlights of Israel’s continued violations of international law on the 5th anniversary of the ICJ advisory opinion on the Apartheid Wall
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 8 July 2009 On 5th Anniversary of ICJ Advisory Opinion on ‘The Wall’ PCHR Highlight Israel’s Continued Violations of International Law, and the International Community’s Complicity in Illegal Acts 9 July 2009 marks the five ...
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