• Rachel Corrie: Myths and Facts

    by Rachel’s Words New York, NY, October 14th – With the long awaited opening of the play “My Name is Rachel Corrie” at the Minetta Lane Theater [1], we’d like to dispel some common myths that have often crept into media coverage regarding Rachel’s death so we can focus instead on her life. We hope…

  • AP: Israeli army “accused of attacking journalists”

    Associated Press The Tel Aviv-based Foreign Press Association on Thursday accused the IDF of “unprovoked violence against journalists” after two Palestinian journalists were beaten up and one of them detained in the West Bank. “In both cases there is no evidence that either colleague was doing anything other than pursuing their journalistic duties,” the FPA…

  • Tel Rumeida Diary: The Israeli Idea of “Quiet”

    by Mary, October 14th A young soldier told me that he didn’t care what anyone thought of him. He did not want peace, just quiet. He wanted quiet! And quiet he has, I suppose. He has no need to arrest anyone or shoot anyone. And that is the best a young conscript can hope for!…

  • Israeli Colonists Steal Palestinian olives in Tel Rumeida

    by ISM Hebron, October 13th For the duration of the week the streets of Tel Rumeida, close to the illegal Jewish-only colonies of Tel Rumeida and Beit Hadassah have been adorned with Israeli flags, slogans and orange ribbons (signifying support for the settler movement). On Monday over a thousand Israeli tourists descended on Tel Rumeida…

  • Journalists Join with Villagers of Bil’in in Solidarity With Emad Bornat

    by Ash For more pictures, see this blog entry. Palestinians along with international and Israeli peace activists gathered this morning along with cameramen from different press agencies in solidarity with Emad Bornat. Emad Mohammad Bornat of the village of Bil’in, video photographer for Reuters and documentary film maker, was arrested on Friday October 6th, 2006…