• Palestinian children commemorate Rachel Corrie

    by Mohamad Al Jamal, March 16th Rafah: Children commemorate the fourth anniversary for the loss of solidarity member Rachel Corrie by opening a permanent exhibit for her memorabilia Children from the Palestinian Youth Parliament commemorated the fourth anniversary of the loss of the American International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie by opening a permanent exhibition…

  • Four peaceful protestors arrested in Bil’in on Rachel Corrie anniversary

    by the ISM media team, March 16th UPDATE March 18 Kobi Snitz was released in court yesterday after the the judge denied the police’s request to extend his arrest by 48 hours. He is however banned from the territories for 15 days, and had to deposit 3,500 shekels UPDATE March 17th Kobi Snitz was held…

  • YNet: “Pro-Palestinian French group appeals to stop Jerusalem tram”

    by Ali Waked, March 16th Organization tries to obtain legal injunction stopping 2 French companies from building Jerusalem tram claiming project violates interests of Palestinians in ‘occupied Jerusalem’ A French-Palestinian organization is taking two French companies involved in the light-rail project in Jerusalem to court, claiming that “the project is aimed at connecting between occupied…

  • Amnesty International: Fear for safety of human rights defenders in the Occupied Territories

    Amnesty International, March 9th There have been further attacks by Israeli settlers on human rights defenders working in the Occupied Territories. The head of one international organization working in the area has voiced concern that the lives of these human rights defenders could be in danger if the attacks continue. On 5 March, a Swedish…

  • Counterpunch: “What Rachel Saw”

    by Sonja Karkar, March 15th A slip of a girl faced one of Israel’s most feared war machines in the Occupied Palestinian Territories–the armed bulldozer–and died. This deliberate killing was no accident. Maybe the Israeli authorities would have preferred it not to happen because of the public relations backlash, but the driver of the bulldozer…