• Settlers attack Asira al Qibliya

    The village of Asira al Qibliya again came under attack by settlers from the nearby illegal, Israeli settlement of Yitzhar on Friday 16h May. Residents of the village, located 3km south of Nablus, report that at approximately 2pm on Friday, one adult Israeli settler entered the lands of the village, and began throwing stones at the houses nearest the top of Mount Salman, where the illegal settlement is located. After fifteen minutes, he was reportedly joined…

  • Thousands of black balloons released as people commemorate the ongoing Nakba

    On Thursday 15th May, thousands of people gathered in Ramallah to mark the 60th anniversary of al-Nakba (the catastrophe) to remember the forcible expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian people from their homes in 1948. Crowds marched from refugee camps around Ramallah, converging in the centre of the city where the crowds gathered for speeches and traditional dancing. From Kalandia camp thousands of black balloons were released, along with balloons in Bethlehem and Jerusalem – one for…

  • Counterpunch: Paramilitary police attack Al-Nakba march

    By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth To view original article, published in Counterpunch on the 16th May 2008, click here It has been a week of adulation from world leaders, ostentatious displays of military prowess, and street parties. Heads of state have rubbed shoulders with celebrities to pay homage to the Jewish state on its 60th birthday, while a million Israelis reportedly headed off to the country’s forests to enjoy the national pastime: a barbecue. But this…

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