• Court holds state responsible for shooting of Palestinian girl

    17 August 2010 | Haaretz A Jerusalem court on Monday held the state responsible for killing killing a 10-year-old Palestinian girl in January 2007. In a civil suit, the court ruled that border guards had either been negligent or disobeyed orders in shooting Abir Aramin with a rubber bullet, calling the incident ‘totally unjustifiable’. The…

  • West Bank demonstration reports

    An Nabi Saleh – 13/8/2010 On Friday around 35 Palestinians demonstrated against Hallamish settlement with around 15 Israeli and international peace activists in the village of An Nabi Salih. When the peaceful demonstration started, as usual after the noon prayer, the demonstrators went down to the entrance of the village where soldiers and border police…

  • PACBI: A million dollar festival will not rescue Israel’s image as an apartheid state

    17 August 2010 | PACBI Occupied Ramallah, 15 August  2010 Once again, the Brand-Israel machine is in high gear, this time organizing a million-dollar international youth extravaganza in Eilat in September 2010 called “Funjoya.”  This unabashed propaganda exercise is sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Tourism and the Israeli Student Union, among other official and…

  • Storm over Israeli ‘abuse’ photos

    16 August 2010 | Al Jazeera A former Israeli soldier has sparked controversy after posting pictures of herself posing with bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners on the internet. Eden Abergil uploaded photographs into a folder entitled “Army- the best time of my life” on Facebook. They show her posing provocatively with the men, prompting lurid…

  • Army violently attack Hebron demo again – yet only an innocent British peace activist is charged with assault

    15 August 2010 | International Solidarity Movement On Saturday Palestinians were joined by internationals and Israelis in their weekly demonstration, asking for the opening of Shuhada Street and responding to the closure of three shops in the old city earlier in the week. The Israeli army, represented by soldiers and border police, entered from the…