• Two people shot at Ibrahimi Mosque

    Old city of Hebron Tuesday 2 October, 7 PM. Two Palestinian teenagers were shot and injured close to the Ibrahimi Mosque, the same Mosque where the 1994 massacre took place, killing 29 people and wounding another 150. According to the injured man, the shooting preceded with him playing with fireworks, causing the border police to…

  • BBC: Hope flowers for West Bank school

    By Raffi Berg For the Palestinian children of Hope Flowers School, violence and conflict is a part of everyday life. Just six km (four miles) from Jerusalem, their village has seen repeated Israeli incursions, shootings and demolitions by the army. It is fertile breeding ground for militancy, but, at the hilltop school – a unique…

  • MuzzleWatch: Archbishop Tutu barred by U. of St Thomas because of criticism of Israel

    by Cecilie Surasky Rumors have been circulating for some time that Archbishop Desmond Tutu was banned by the University of St Thomas in Minnesota because of statements he made that some consider anti-Semitic. Now it’s official: winning the Nobel Peace Prize doesn’t protect you from charges of anti-Semitism if you criticize Israeli human rights violations.…

  • PACBI: Celebrating Peace or Camouflaging Apartheid?

    Boycott the Jericho-Tel Aviv Public Events on October 18th! On October 18th, One Million Voices, an organization led by Israelis and international figures with the support of some Palestinians, is organizing a public event in Jericho and Tel Aviv, simultaneously. The event will include performances by renowned artists Brian Adams and Ilham Madfa’i. As stated…

  • Machsom Watch: Huwara Checkpoint, September 29th, 7 pm

    Observers: Vivi Suri, Tamar Goldschmidt, Hava Halevi, Aya Baker Kaniuk (reporting) Saturday, the Ramadan month of fasting. The checkpoint is as it always is. Cruel and mean. The soldiers, as all soldiers are. Young, cruel and racist. Their minds poisoned in the name of their parents and country and needs of the herd, to check…