• Palestinian Information Minister: international community must impose sanctions against Israel

    Dr. Barghouthi condemned the Israeli government aggression against a number of offices for the PLC and other West Bank charities Press Statement, 23-05-2007 Ramallah – Minister of Information and Government spokesperson Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi condemned the Israeli storming of a number of offices for the Legislative Council and other organizations and charitable societies in Jenin,…

  • IMEMC: Nonviolent resistance manages to stop bulldozers in Artas

    by George Rishmawi , 24 May 2007 Photo, ISM The bulldozing of the land in Artas village near Bethlehem has temporary stopped after an Israeli court ruled a preemptive halt of work in the village on Wednesday and Thursday. The court ruling was made after the villagers filed a complaint against the Israeli company which…

  • Haaretz: And now, a fetus

    By Gideon Levy, 20 May 2007 Memorial posters decorate the walls of the Rafidiya government hospital in Nablus, covering earlier posters of countless young people who have been killed. But this poster is like nothing we have seen before: a fetus covered in its own blood, its tiny head blown up by the bullet that…

  • Dreadful Consequences

    Gaza today -lawless embargo , sanctions and occupation by Dr. Mona El-Farra, 23 May 2007 A few days ago, a ceasefire has been signed again between the two Palestinian fighting parties, Fatah and Hamas. And children are back at school. My daughter started her end of the year exams early. All the schools had to…

  • Boycott Israel – Don’t Play another “Sun City”!

    An open letter to the Rolling Stones regarding their planned gig in Israel from PACBI Dear Rolling Stones, The Palestinian arts community received in disbelief media reports of your upcoming performance in Israel, at a time when Israel continues unabated with its colonial and apartheid designs to further dispossess, oppress, and ultimately ethnically cleanse Palestinians…