• 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 last week saying they had been “shocked and humiliated” when the centre’s owner told them that six Jewish parents had demanded…

  • Piecing the injured back together

    Eva Bartlett | Inter Press Service 10 August 2009 Following consultation with him and with the specialist in prosthetics and orthotics rehabilitation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), many will begin the long road to treatment. “It was the second day of the war,” says Omar Al-Ghrub (24), referring to the three weeks of Israel attacks in the winter of 2008-2009. “I was working that day,” he said. By day he worked in…

  • Ni’lin demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

    7 August 2009 Palestinians, Israelis and international solidarity activists gathered in the fields of Ni’lin for the midday prayer before once again setting off to protest the illegal Apartheid Wall that continues to severe Ni’lin residents from their land. The demonstrators, numbering approximately 60, took a different route than usual across the fields but were soon met with tear gas and chemical sewage water. The protest was quickly scattered with people running along a large section…

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