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Hebrew University bans student conference on anniversary of Gaza invasion
Saed Bannoura | IMEMC News 29 December 2009 A student group affiliated with the socialist ‘Hadash’ party in Israel had organized a conference commemorating and condemning the Israeli invasion of Gaza one year ago, but the Hebrew University administration banned the conference, saying that it violates the University’s principles. When students from the Hadash party […]
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Israeli Occupation Forces arrest two village youth during night raid in Bil’in early Tuesday morning
29 December 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces arrested two village youth from the small West Bank village of Bil’in early Tuesday morning during a night raid operation there around 2:30 am. Lookouts with the Bil’in Committee for Popular Resistance Against the Wall and Settlements spotted Israeli soldiers near the Southwest gates of the town as well […]
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This is not humane. We need our dignity
Sami Abdel-Shafi | The Guardian 29 December 2009 On my way to visit a friend in the Abed Rabbo district, north of the Gaza Strip, the taxi driver handed me a small pack of biscuits for change. There are nearly no copper coins left here so cab drivers barter a half Israeli shekel for biscuits […]