• Maan: Siege-breaking voyage to Gaza delayed by bad weather

    To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 12th August, click here A planned siege-breaking voyage to Gaza has been delayed by inclement weather at the Island of Crete, an official said on Tuesday. Jamal Al-Khudari, chairman of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council…

  • 8 injured as protesters gather in Ni’lin

    At 11 am on Monday August the 11th approximately 200 Palestinians, Israeli and international activists marched towards the construction site of the illegal apartheid wall in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Photos courtesy of Activestills The wall annexes more than half of the current farming land of Ni’lin and more than 80 percent of…

  • Escalating harassment from settlers in Hebron

    On 9th August 2008 15:48 At around 15:30 three donkeys which had been stolen by settlers in the morning were released by Palestinians under protection from Israeli police. This took place on land that has been occupied by settlers illegaly for 5 months. The land is owned by Palestinians and has grape, olive and almond…

  • Noise demonstration in Ni’lin

    At 6.30pm on Saturday August the 9th villagers of Ni’lin accompanied by Israelis and internationals walked to their fields to have a noise demonstration against the nearby settlement of Hashmonaim. The settlement was built in 1981 on 8000 dunums of land belonging to the farmers of Ni’lin. The demonstrators built rock road blocks on the…

  • Mahmoud Darwish 1942-2008

    In memory of Mahmoud Darwish who died on the 9th August 2008 This article was published by Al-Ahram Weekly in April 2002. To view original article click here “Yet, Israeli forces, armed to the teeth with racist superstitions and military hardware, are besieging the Palestinians’ right to live ordinary lives, albeit lives lived on a…