Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Read the entire report covering every area of the globe at http://hrw.org/wr2k6/ Following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in November 2004, Palestinians held their second-ever national elections on January 9, 2005. The main contender, ...

Bil’in is a small village located six km east of the green line, west of Ramallah. The village rests on 4,000 dunams (about 1,000 acres) and is home to 1,700 residents, whose livelihood depends on agriculture and work outside the ...

The Palestinian outpost of “West Bil’in”, deemed illegal by Israeli authorities, has dramatically highlighted the true nature of the Wall as a means to expand illegal outposts and allow settlement expansion confirming the findings of a report to be released ...

The people of Bil’in are using the symbols and language employed by Israel for the theft of Palestinian land in a bid to hold onto village land that Israel is attempting to annex for the Wall and settlements. Last week ...

Christians, Jews and Muslims Meet on the Road to Bethlehem The Tent of Defiance The Palestinian Outpost Strikes Back! Trailer Evacuated and Removed But Bil’in’s Outpost Remains Christmas lights in Bil’in Detained Peace Activists barred from accessing Bethlehem Does Santa ...

1) There’s a system for turning Palestinian property into Israel’s state land By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 2) Bilin: Illegal outpost may become school By Ali Waked, Ynet 3) Bil’in demonstrators return to outpost By Erik Schechter, Jerusalem Post 4) Palestinians, ...

By Firas Aridah Originally published in the Globe and Mail As a parish priest in the West Bank village of Aboud, my Christmas preparations include recording the identity card numbers of my parishioners to request permits from the Israeli authorities ...

1. A Conference Against the Wall in Bil’in 2. “Love is possible in spite of all the evil we experience” 3. IOF Continues Harassing Jayyous Villagers 4. Downloadable film on The Wall 5. Who’s Afraid of Human Rights Observers? 6. ...

1. The Power of Aboud 2. Resistance Continues in Aboud, Despite Israeli Violence 3. A brief list of numbers from today’s demo in Aboud 4. Human Rights Worker Refuses Deportation, Put in Solitary Confinement in Tzohar Detention Center, Israel 5. ...

[BILIN, West Bank] In our village of Bilin, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, we are living an important but overlooked story of the occupation. Though Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza earlier this year, they are continuing to expand ...