• 500 homes invaded in Beit Furiq

    At 12:30am on Tuesday 17th June, hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Beit Furiq, near Nablus, and imposed curfew for ten hours while they invaded and occupied approximately five hundred Palestinian homes. At 12am, the newly-installed Palestinian Authority(PA) police station was contacted by Israeli forces, with police there informed to close the station…

  • A Girl from Gaza Identified by her ID

    By: Haneen Zaqout – Grade 10, Friends School, Ramallah We all spend a lifetime trying to figure out what makes someone who they are, and what defines them. Is it their characteristics, appearances, or behaviors? It may be a combination of all…for regular people. But for people who come from where I come from, figuring…

  • Gaza 3ala Bali: Protest in Ramallah in solidarity with the fishermen of Gaza

    On the 16th June, people gathered in the center of Ramallah in a show of solidarity with the fishermen of Gaza, who today set sail in protest against the brutal Israeli imposed siege which is destroying their livelihoods. In Ramallah, demonstrators sat in inflatable boats while declaring ‘Gaza On My Mind’. This action was in…

  • From Italy: Solidarity and support with fishermen in Gaza

    By Luisa Morgantini – Vice President of the European Parliament In Occasion of the International Day of Action to support fishermen in Gaza “The Right to Live. The Right to Fish. End the Siege on Gaza” Rome 16th June 2008 Today 16th June, fishermen of Gaza took the sea claiming for the “Right to live.…

  • Haaretz: A Dubious Israeli Spring in Europe

    By Gideon Levy To view article, published in Haaretz on the 15th June 2008, click here How pleasant it is to be an official representative of Israel in Europe right now. It hasn’t been so pleasant for a long time. And not just because of the spectacular spring in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, the…