by Ali Samoudi, December 10th The northern West Bank’s Tubas is under imminent threat by Israeli settlers who have long had their eye on the Palestinian town’s agricultural lands. The settlements are already encroaching onto the land with continual expansion. ...

By Jonathan Scott | Black Agenda Report The situation of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has become so bad that even the pro-Israeli New York Times is reporting on some of the more revolting developments. For instance, on ...

from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Three Palestinian human rights organizations (PCHR, Al-Mezan, and Addameer) sent the below letter to Ms. Sarah Leah Whitson (Middle East Director of Human Rights Watch) in response to the Human Rights Watch position ...

1. Action Alert – New Republic Defamation of Rachel Corrie 2. Nonviolent Resistance is not Illegal: HRW Should Retract Statement 3. Protesters get a mauling in Bil’in 4. The olive doesn’t fall far from the tree 5. Humanity lost 6. ...

On Sunday, Nov. 19, hundreds of Palestinian civilians crowded into the building where the family of Mohammed Baroud and a number of other families live in Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military forces had warned that the ...

1. Amnesty International: “Israel: Fear for Safety” 2. American priest and nun join Palestinian non-violent resistance in Gaza 3. Conference on popular non-violent joint struggle 4. Four day military detention for non-violent Bil’in activist 5. Non-violent Bil’in activist Ayad Burnat, ...

Three stories from Israeli and international press follow: Haaretz: “No more hitching in the West Bank” by Amira Hass, November 23rd The O.C. Central Command, Yair Naveh, dropped a cluster bomb early this week. He signed an order barring Israeli ...

Updated by the Michigan Peace Team, November 23 On November 21 and 22, Father Peter and Sister Mary Ellen of the Michigan Peace Team visited the homes in Jabalya and Beit Lahia, Gaza, that have been surrounded with Palestinian men, ...

1. Swedish human rights worker viciously attacked by Jewish extremists in Hebron 2. Streets of Hate: a journal entry on attacks in Hebron 3. American priest and nun join Palestinian non-violent resistance in Gaza 4. Home demolitions resisted in Al ...

by Ali Waked, November 22nd Priest, nun from Michigan join dozens of Palestinians gathered at Gaza houses in effort to prevent bombing, say ‘If Israel claims family member involved in violence, arrest them, don’t’ destroy home populated by entire family’ ...