• Two-day-old Silwan info center in jeopardy

    Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 26 July 2009 “We built this place last Sunday, and on Tuesday, the police arrived with orders to knock it down,” said Ahmad Qara’een, as he sat inside the Wadi Hilwah Information Center, a 35-sq.m. covered wooden deck erected by residents of east Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood. Qara’een does not […]

  • Settlers occupy and damage Sheikh Jarrah home

    Ma’an News 26 July 2009 Residents on Sunday tried unsuccessfully to prevent Israeli settlers and police from reaching a home owned by Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. During the incident former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Hatim Abdul Qader was detained, apparently while trying to block more attacks on a home that […]

  • Israel pushes Dutch to freeze funds for group exposing ‘IDF crimes in Gaza’

    Barak Ravid | Ha’aretz 26 July 2009 Following protests by Israel, the Netherlands will reevaluate its funding of an organization that alleged that Israeli troops used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza. Acting on instructions from the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, Harry Knei-Tal, met last week with the director-general […]


Action Alert An Nabi Saleh Apartheid Wall Arrests BDS Bethlehem Bil'in Cast Lead Demonstration Denial of Entry Ethnic Cleansing Farmers Gaza Global Actions Hebron House Demolition International law Israeli Army Jerusalem Live Ammunition Nablus Ni'lin Prisoner Ramallah Rubber-coated steel bullets Settlement Settlers Settler violence Tear-Gas Canister Video