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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 of the Dutch Foreign Ministry and complained about the Dutch embassy’s funding of Breaking the Silence. The Israeli ambassador suggested that…
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ISM Gaza accompanies Palestinian farmers
Israel’s Open-Fire Policy: shooting the donkey (as an old woman hides behind it) Resisting the Zionist Gun – Part 1: Letaemat 07/05/2009 Resisting the Zionist Gun – Part 2: Letaemat 09/05/2009 Harvest in the Automated Kill Zone, Part 1 – Khoza’a 21/05/2009 Harvest in the Automated Kill Zone, Part 2 – Khoza’a 24/05/2009
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U.S. warns Israel: Don’t build up West Bank corridor
Aluf Benn | Ha’aretz 24 July 2009 The U.S. administration has issued a stiff warning to Israel not to build in the area known as E-1, which lies between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim. Any change in the status quo in E-1 would be “extremely damaging,” even “corrosive,” the message said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed in the past to finally build the controversial E-1 housing project – as have several…
