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West Bank is sealed off; two homes demolished in Bethlehem

(Edited from Ma’an reports) Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the complete closure of the West Bank on Friday, sealing all entrances to Jerusalem and Israel. According to the Defense Ministry, the closure will last at least until next Sunday, giving the Israeli security services time to re-evaluate the situation after the attack on a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday evening. Immediately after the attack on the school, to the north of Bethlehem, Israeli…

March 7, 2008

Adalah-NY: In Ha’aretz interview Leviev “spins” protests against his companies’ settlement construction

Adalah-NY: [email protected], www.mideastjustice.org (see excerpt from Ha’aretz interview below) New York, NY, March 7 – In a rare interview in the March 7 English edition of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz Daily, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev responded to questions about recent protests and calls for a boycott of his companies in response to their settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Issa Mikel, a spokesperson for Adalah-NY – the group that has organized eight protests outside Leviev’s…

March 7, 2008

PYN, Paz Ahora, ISM Spain: Breaking the Siege of Gaza, Taking to the Streets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian Youth Network (PYN), Paz Ahora, and ISM Spain March 5, 2008 Breaking the Siege of Gaza, Taking to the Streets After three and a half weeks of waiting at Rafah with much needed medicines for Gaza, on the evening of Wednesday, March 5, Saif Abu Keshek, General Coordinator of the Palestinian Youth Network (PYN) managed to enter the besieged Gaza Strip. Carrying 50,000 euros worth of medicines unavailable or in very short…

March 7, 2008