• Free Gaza Movement: ‘We do not seek a confrontation.’

    Free Gaza Movement “ALL WE WANT IS TO REACH GAZA. WE DO NOT SEEK A CONFRONTATION.” Activists aboard Gaza justice boat demand they be allowed to visit their friends & family in besieged Gaza, and deliver their cargo of medical supplies, children’s toys, and reconstruction kits. They invite the world to join them. (At Sea,…

  • This is what occupation looks like: Bil’in invaded by Israeli soldiers

    Mondoweiss 29 June 2009 We give a lot of attention to the weekly nonviolent protests in the village of Bil’in as they are an inspiring example of popular resistance in the face of Israeli repression. But the truth is that the village is under constant threat of attack from the Israeli military, not just during…

  • Nablus area family served demolition order

    24 June 2009 Luban al-Sharqiya, Palestine – Khawla Abdel-Qader Ewes, her husband, sister, and 6 children are facing a daunting situation. They have been living in the village of Luban for their entire lives, and for the past 20 years, this life has consisted of a 7 square meter single room. Luban al-Sharqiya is a…

  • Israeli forces invade four Awarta homes in the night

    24 June 2009 In the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 24, 2009, the Israeli Army invaded four houses in Awarta, a village south of Nablus. The soldiers claimed to be looking for weapons and caused mayhem in every room of these houses. They left after six hours without arresting anyone. Between midnight and 6am…

  • Israel to build 50 West Bank homes for outpost evacuees

    Tomer Zarchin | Ha’aretz 29 June 2009 Israel will build 50 new homes in an existing West Bank settlement as part of a wider plan to absorb residents slated to be evicted from the illegal outpost of Migron. The complete plan calls for the construction of 1,450 homes in the settlement of Adam. The State…