• Released to be arrested again – activist detained during Sheikh Jarrah protest held for 40 hours

    C N Longevity 11 December 2009 The drums beat in their normal cadence as I approach the Al-Kurds. This cadence was lost as I reached the home. It quickly devolved into a beat that described not the jubilant emotions of collective resistance, but one of collective disdain and disgust. One person was being dragged by three police officer into the street; their clothes in tatters. The demonstrators quickly followed and rallied around the abuse. The situation…

  • Palestinians in Bir el-Eid win the right to use local road

    Art (Jaber) Gish 13 December 2009 It seems that a major victory has been won regarding Palestinians using their road to get to and from town. Israeli settlers have demanded that only Jews be allowed to use the Palestinian road. For the most part, Israeli soldiers have been following setter orders, not the orders of their superiors or the Israeli courts. The Israeli courts and the Israeli military have agreed that the Palestinians may use Palestinian…

  • British court issued Gaza arrest warrant for former Israeli minister Tzipi Livni

    Ian Black & Ian Cobain | The Guardian 14 December 2009 A British court issued an arrest warrant for Israel’s former foreign minister over war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza this year – only to withdraw it when it was discovered that she was not in the UK, it emerged today. Tzipi Livni, a member of the war cabinet during Operation Cast Lead, had been due to address a meeting in London on Sunday but cancelled…

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