• The Gaza Disengagement and the Prospect of Further Human Rights Violations

    by Ilan Pappe There is an amazing gap between the global discourse on the Gaza Disengagement Plan of the Sharon government and the local realities on the ground. Whereas the Israeli pullout is being portrayed in international public fora as an historic decision, which offers a rare opportunity for peace in the area, local observers…

  • Sweet home, Bir Nabala

    by Joharah Baker Published at Palestine Report on August 31, 2005 The road to Bir Nabala has always been rocky. Whether the traveler comes from Jerusalem or Ramallah, the turn toward Bir Nabala from Al Ram intersection has never been a pleasant trip. Potholes and unpaved sections of the road have proven detrimental to cars…

  • Kiryat Arba: Confrontation with Diplomats and Activists

    by Ali Waked and Efrat Weiss This is a translation from Hebrew of an article appearing in YNet A group of settlers verbally attacked diplomats of the EU and Israeli activists of the organization “Breaking the Silence” this morning (Wednesday) in Kiryat Arba, during one of the tours the organization holds weekly in the Westbank…

  • Palestinian Centre for Human Rights weekly report

    by PCHR staff Israeli occupation forces conducted 30 military incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 29 Palestinian civilians. Soldiers also imposed curfews on a number of communities. IOF used a child as a human shield to search his family home. Read the full report here.

  • Israel’s “terrorisim” apartheid policy

    The BBC reported today that that the Israeli Defense Ministry has ruled that families of Palestinian inside Israel who were killed by an Israeli man cannot be compensentated as terrorism victims “because their killer was Jewish.” The ministry said in it’s ruling that the man, based on his ethnicity, could not be considered an “enemy…