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J-Post: Quiet inauguration for West Bank police HQ

By Etgar Lefkovits, published in the Jerusalem Post on 20th May 2008. To view original article click here A new police station has quietly opened in E1, an area between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim that has been a subject of continuing controversy. The station, which will serve as the new Israel Police headquarters in the West Bank, is already being used, and 99 percent of the police units have already moved…

May 20, 2008

Alt-Arch: From Shiloah to Silwan – Urgent Update

By: From Shiloah to Silwan: An Alternative Archaeological Tour of Ancient Jerusalem More links are available in the website http://www.alt-arch.org During the last months the efforts to raise awareness and to try to change the deteriorating situation in Silwan in East Jerusalem have gained momentum. We offer a short update and invite you to take part in bringing on a change. International petition signed by university professors: In recent weeks, university professors and lecturers from all…

May 19, 2008

Al-Haq – Broad daylight, not the “fog of war”: Unlawful use of force against civilians in the Gaza Strip continues unabated

Press Release As a Palestinian human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is compelled yet again to raise the spectre of Israel’s continuing disregard for the customary international humanitarian law principles of distinction and proportionality. The incursion on 14 May 2008 into ‘Izbet ‘Abed Rabba, in the occupied Gaza Strip provides clear examples of the impact on civilians of Israel’s consistent willful misinterpretation of…

May 18, 2008