• Jane Fonda joins boycott of Toronto film festival over homage to Israel

    Ha’aretz 5 September 2009 Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and Eve Ensler have joined the growing list of artists who are boycotting the Toronto film festival over a program honoring Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary, gossip blogger Perez Hilton reported on Friday. The three have added their names to a letter aimed at festival officials claiming that Tel Aviv was built on violence, ignoring the “suffering of thousands of former residents and descendants,” Hilton reported. Several Israeli films…

  • Israeli forces shoot live ammunition during Ni’lin demonstration, injuring 2

    4 September 2009 Once again the residents of Ni’lin went out to protest against the Wall Israel has build on there land. The protesters were met by tear gas, stinky water, rubber coated steal bullets and live ammunition. Two people were hit with live ammunition and another two with rubber coated steal bullets. Many suffered from tear gas inhalation At one o’clock, after the weekly Friday prayer, residents of Ni’lin joined by Israeli and international activists…

  • East Jerusalem: the indignity and illegality of eviction

    Mary Robinson | The Elders 2 September 2009 As our visit to the Middle East was ending, one of the most poignant encounters we had was with Maher Hanoun and his family in East Jerusalem. For several nights three generations of Hanouns have been sleeping in the street – the women and children in cars and the men encamped on the pavement. They were evicted from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem on 2 August…

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