Howard Schneider | The Washington Post 29 June 2009 Chaim Hanfling knows a lot about this settlement’s population boom. Six of his 11 siblings have moved here from Jerusalem in recent years to take advantage of the lower land prices, ...
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Israel to build 50 West Bank homes for outpost evacuees
Tomer Zarchin | Ha’aretz 29 June 2009 Israel will build 50 new homes in an existing West Bank settlement as part of a wider plan to absorb residents slated to be evicted from the illegal outpost of Migron. The complete ...
Read More »Bil’in village holds press conference and demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall
For Immediate Release: Friday, 26 June 2009: Bil’in village holds press conference and a demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall. Palestinian residents, alongside international and Israeli activists gathered today in Bil’in to demonstrate against the Wall. Before the demonstration, ...
Read More »An open letter to President Obama from Christian Peacemaker Teams
For Immediate Release: An Open Letter to President Obama from Christian Peacemaker Teams: Call on Israel to Stop Its Violence against Palestinians Dear President Obama, On Tuesday June 15th, you said of the protests in Iran, “When I see peaceful ...
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 »Defense of universal jurisdiction speech presented to conference in Madrid
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 22 June 2009 Dear friends, comrades, partners in civil society, and national and international human rights organizations, thank you all for coming, and for joining us here today. Today, the Gaza Strip lies in ruins. ...
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 ...
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