• UN: Israel must allow building supplies to Gaza

    Rizek Abdel Jawas | Associated Press 28 July 2009 U.N. agencies and two dozen international aid groups urged Israel on Tuesday to lift its blockade of Gaza or at least allow in construction materials to repair war-damaged schools. Out of Gaza’s 640 schools, 18 were flattened and 280 suffered some damage during Israel’s three-week offensive…

  • Protest over Sheikh Jarrah house continues

    Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 27 July 2009 A woman was arrested in east Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Monday evening, after a scuffle broke out between police and foreign left-wing activists who were protesting the entry of Jews into a nearby home the previous day. The house is the subject of a legal…

  • Sheikh Jarrah demonstrates against settler takeover and demolition

    27 July 2009 At 4pm today Sheikh Jarrah demonstrated against the Israeli settler takeover and partial demolition of the Darwish Hijazi home yesterday. The day began with a meeting held in Sheikh Jarrah’s Um Kamal protest tent, which has become a powerful symbol of Palestinian steadfastness in face of the Israeli ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem,…

  • Remembering Rachel, and resisting without despair

    Daily Kos 26 July 2009 The screening of ‘Rachel’ yesterday at the SF Jewish Film festival, and to say the least, it was a truly emotional moment for many people, and for many reasons. Of course there is the ‘controversy’ (can I say how much I like the alternative pronunciation of this word?) which has…

  • Norway examines the ethics of its Israel investments

    Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 28 July 2009 Norway is reexamining its investments in several Israeli companies, in particular Elbit Systems. Two representatives of the Council on Ethics of the Norwegian finance ministry visited Israel at the beginning of June, in the wake of growing criticism of Israel in Norway in the months following last winter’s…