• The Nation: “A Thirst for West Bank Water”

    Fareed Taamallah, Op-ed for The Nation, June 9, 2006 (web only). During Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s recent visit to Washington, President Bush declared Olmert’s “convergence” plan “bold.” For Palestinians, however, it is disastrous, because it will annex much of the West Bank’s water and fertile land to Israel. Under Olmert’s plan, Israel aims to…

  • The People of Bil’in Honour Journalists

    Credit: Ammar Awad/Reuters by Raad At 13:00 today the people of Bil’in started their weekly march to protest the apartheid wall which is being built on their land. The march started with around 100 Palestinians and 40 internationals and Israeli activists who attended in solidarity with the locals to support their resistance. The people started…

  • Come, Boycott Israel!

    1 – Update on Paul Larudee – we will have our day in court! 2 – President of South African Trade Unions Congress: “Israel is an apartheid state” 3 – Haaretz: “Sweden Labels Golan Wines: Made in Occupied Syrian Land” 4 – Israeli Military Raid ISM Apartment in Balata Camp 5 – Unwelcome Visitors in…

  • Khaleej Times: ” ‘You will be killed for this’ “

    by Grera Berlin. Khaleej Times, 8 June 2006 The little girl clung to my hand, her backpack falling down one arm as she tried to climb the steep stairs on her way to school. She was dressed in a checked uniform with a grey hijab pushed to the back of her head, her shiny black…

  • Unwelcome Visitors in the Night

    by F. Tonight at about 10pm seven Israeli soldiers came to our apartment and knocked on the door. They wanted to come in, and I told them no, they couldn’t. They asked why, I told them that we do not allow guns in our home and that if they wanted to come in, they’d have…