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Shahar Peer relieved as threats of Pro-Palestinian protesters dissipate
Uzi Dann | Ha’aretz 21 January 2009 Shahar Peer’s first-round match at the Australian Open passed without incident Wednesday despite threats of a pro-Palestinian protest. Israel’s top tennis talent woke up to headlines in Melbourne’s The Age newspaper claiming that protesters were planning to target her match against Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic on an outside court. But there was no sign of any trouble during her 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-1 win here over Hradecka.…
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Three more arrested in Ni’ilin night raid
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 21 January 2010 Three residents of Ni’ilin were arrested in a pre-dawn imilitary incursion into the village of Ni’ilin today. This is the 15th time such a raid was conducted in the past month in order to apprehend Palestinian anti-Wall activists. Today’s arrests are a continuation of a concerted assault on the popular struggle movement and its leadership. Shortly after 3 am tonight, dozens of Israeli soldiers participated in a night-time incursion…
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Israel withholding NGO employees’ work permits
Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 20 January 2010 The Interior Ministry has stopped granting work permits to foreign nationals working in most international nongovernmental organizations operating in the Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, Haaretz has learned. In an apparent overhaul of regulations that have been in place since 1967, the ministry is now granting the NGO employees tourist visas only, which bar them from working. Organizations affected by the apparent policy change include Oxfam, Save the Children,…
