Palestinian refugee marks Land Day away from her land by Marwan Naamani, 31 March 2007 BEIRUT — Palestinian Umm Aziz was an 18-year-old newly-wed when she fled to Lebanon from her native village of Sheikh Daoud, in what is now Israel, when the Jewish state was created in 1948. On Friday, Umm Aziz marked what … Continue reading M.E. Times: Palestinian refugee marks Land Day away from her land
Existence is Resistance: Challenging the Assault on Ordinary Life in Palestine by Anna One week after I left Nablus I found myself again looking out across the city’s majestic sunlit hills, this time from one of the highest mountains in the West Bank. In all my reporting on Israel’s invasion and human rights violations, I … Continue reading Existence is Resistance: Challenging the Assault on Ordinary Life in Palestine
by Akiva Eldar, October 26th Who remembers nowadays that Amir Peretz made dismantling illegal outposts a condition for Yisrael Beiteinu joining the government – with the agreement of the knight of law and order, Avigdor Lieberman? What became of Peretz’s vows to reexamine the separation fence route designed by a settler who the attorney general … Continue reading Haaretz: “So much for another kind of olive harvest”
by Eric Hazan, Counterpunch, October 2nd Your new book, Roadmap to Nowhere, covers the history of the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the last three years, a period dominated by Ariel Sharon’s leadership. You argue that during this period it became evident that in Israel, decisions are taken by the military, rather than the political … Continue reading Counterpunch: “An Interview With Tanya Reinhart: The Roadmap to Nowhere”
by Akiva Eldar, Tuesday 19th September Labor Party minister Yuli Tamir recommended putting forth the demand that the prime minister renew negotiations with Syria and Lebanon in the Sareinu forum of ministers . Minister Ophir Pines-Paz told Labor activists in Tel Aviv over the weekend that Ehud Olmert’s references to the road map (among others) … Continue reading Haaretz: High Court – “Unbearable Situation” For Palestinians During Olive Harvest
