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Settlers Have Continued to Occupy Palestinian Land and Attack Palestinians While Police and Soldiers Stand By and Watch
Jan 10-12 Settlers have been occupying the Jabr land near Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron. They were supposed to have left as of tonight, but it is unconfirmed whether that has actually happened. At least 30 young settlers have been present on the land these days and have continued to use large stones to build…
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Ha’aretz: The evil decree
(See Ch. 10 TV news items linked below) The scene shown Tuesday night (second TV item) on television was one of the most harsh and shameful seen here in recent times: a two-and-a-half-year-old boy, Ahmed Samut from Khan Yunis, and a nine-and-a-half-year-old girl, Sausan Jaafari, of Rafah, as they entered the Erez crossing alone, after…
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*UPDATED VIDEO WITH SUBTITLES* Bil’in protests Wall, Leviev, army shoots popular committee member in the head
On Friday, January 11th, villagers of Bil’in were joined by around 70 Israeli, international, and other Palestinian Human Rights activists in a protest against the Annexation Wall. In Bil’in, the wall is stealing more than 60% of village land, and even the Israeli Supreme Court said in a recent decision that the route of the…
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Bush Peace Hallucinations Continue
By Sam Bahour January 10, 2008 U.S. President George Bush landed in Israel yesterday on his first Presidential trip to the country. He participated in a press conference in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in what both men termed a “historic” and “monumental” occasion. After listening to both so-called leaders make their opening…
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*Updated, with videos!* Demonstrators tell Bush their Freedom is not for Sale despite police repression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Despite attempts by the Palestinian authority to silence any appearance of dissent, around a thousand people peacefully took to the streets all over Ramallah to protest the ongoing siege of Gaza, and to protest what they said was an attempt to strengthen Apartheid with U.S. President Bush’s visit. Dozens of people were…
