• Israel pushes Dutch to freeze funds for group exposing ‘IDF crimes in Gaza’

    Barak Ravid | Ha’aretz 26 July 2009 Following protests by Israel, the Netherlands will reevaluate its funding of an organization that alleged that Israeli troops used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza. Acting on instructions from the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, Harry Knei-Tal, met last week with the director-general…

  • ISM Gaza accompanies Palestinian farmers

    Israel’s Open-Fire Policy: shooting the donkey (as an old woman hides behind it) Resisting the Zionist Gun – Part 1: Letaemat 07/05/2009 Resisting the Zionist Gun – Part 2: Letaemat 09/05/2009 Harvest in the Automated Kill Zone, Part 1 – Khoza’a 21/05/2009 Harvest in the Automated Kill Zone, Part 2 – Khoza’a 24/05/2009

  • U.S. warns Israel: Don’t build up West Bank corridor

    Aluf Benn | Ha’aretz 24 July 2009 The U.S. administration has issued a stiff warning to Israel not to build in the area known as E-1, which lies between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim. Any change in the status quo in E-1 would be “extremely damaging,” even “corrosive,” the message said.…

  • Bil’in demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

    Bil’in Popular Committee 24 July 2009 Immediately after Friday prayers today, Bil’in citizens, International supporters, and Israeli activists went out in a demonstration, raising Palestinian flags and banners condemning the occupation policies of building the wall, land confiscation, building settlements, roads closures, the siege of cities, killing civilians, house raids, and the arresting of children.…

  • Well-watered and soldier-free: the good old days on Palestinian farmland

    Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 23 July 2009 The young farm worker wasn’t oblivious to the danger: working in the Israeli-imposed “buffer zone” is no task for the faint-hearted. But, like so many, he either needed the paid labour, or his family depends on the land. The farmers had returned two days after their land…