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Settlers attack Susiyan Palestinian sheep herders
10 August 2009 At 7:30 of this morning, a group of sheep shepherds from Susyia, a small Palestinian village in the Southern Hebron hills, came under attack by a pair of Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal colony. The shepherds, a small group of two Palestinian men and one woman had been grazing their sheep […]
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Five new house demolition orders issued in Silwan, East Jerusalem
Alternative Information Center (AIC) 10 August 2009 Israeli forces issued five new house demolition orders in the al-Bustan section of Silwan in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, 5 August, injuring eight Palestinians in the process and seizing the identification card of Musa Odeh, a member of the al-Bustan Committee working to non-violently oppose the demolitions. Authorities […]
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Israeli school apartheid
Jonathan Cook | Counterpunch 10 August 2009 An Arab couple whose one-year-old daughter was expelled from an Israeli day-care centre on her first day are suing a Jewish mother for damages, accusing her of racist incitement against their child. Maysa and Shua’a Zuabi, from the village of Sulam in northern Israel, launched the court action […]