• Palestinians commemorate Prisoners Day, as all hell breaks loose

    By Laila el-Haddad Posted Monday, April 17, 2006 I’m very tired so instead of posting something on how all hells break loose here between one second and the next, and how just when you say to yourself-well how about that, only 20 shells today! and no gunbattles between bickering testosterone charged gunmen with nothing better…

  • Jab’a Ploughs its Land

    This morning I travelled to the village of Jab’a, just South of Bethlehem, where local Palestinian farmers have faced intimidation by settlers when trying to access their land. Jab’a is a village of 900 people facing annexation of part of its land by the Apartheid Wall. It is near the Gush Etziyon settlement block and…

  • The party line: ‘Palestinians attack, Israelis respond’

    By Asa In an attempt to disguise the current Israeli military operations in Nablus as a response to the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, the Israeli media are either directly lying that the military entered Nablus “in response to the terror attack” (Jerusalem Post) or strongly implying the same by saying the army is there…

  • Update on Occupied Home in Nablus

    The Israeli army has withdrawn from one of the homes occupied earlier today in Nablus, although as many as five other houses remain occupied. The twelve soldiers left the Mushara home at 3pm, after having occupied it since 3:30am Monday. The family, four children between the ages of six and twelve, their father, and their…

  • Independent: “Parents of British campaigner killed by Israeli sniper seek justice against a murderous ethos”

    from The Independent In the stifling, barren confines of the small military court room in Ashkelon, Jocelyn and Anthony Hurndall strained to hear above the noisy air conditioning as their son’s killer boasted about his accuracy as an army marksman. They watched the Israeli soldier, clad in jeans and a t-shirt and restricted by leg…