• Lawsuit brings murky West Bank land deals to light

    Amy Teibel | The Associated Press 21 June 2009 It reads like a standard real estate contract between a Zionist institution and an Israeli couple. But it offers a rare glimpse into the bureaucratic smoke screen that helps ensure a strong Jewish presence on lands claimed by the Palestinians for a future state. The document,…

  • Settlers set fire to Palestinian home in Susiya

    21 June 2009 On Sunday morning at 4 am, some settlers tried to burn a tent in the small village of Susiya, south Hebron hills, with people sleeping inside. The burned tent was used to host international volunteers and guests in the village and as common and social place during the day. Today very early…

  • Seven arrested as dozens support farmers picking grape leaves in Saffa

    Palestine Solidarity Project 20 June 2009 Despite understanding that they would only be able to harvest for one hour at most, that they would be met with settler aggression, grape leaves need to be picked and so, for another Saturday, a group of approximately 30 International and Israeli activists joined Hamad and Jabber Soleiby and…

  • Gaza bonanza

    Yotam Feldman & Uri Blau | Ha’aretz 15 June 2009 Every week, about 10 officers from the Israel Defense Force’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT?) unit convene in the white Templer building in the Kirya, the Defense Ministry compound in Tel Aviv, to decide which food products will appear on the tables…

  • Fishermen abducted and released, three boats and net stolen

    ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 21 June 2009 Two fishermen, Ashraf Subhi Sadallah and his brother Abdulhadhi Subhi Sadallah were abducted by IDF on Tuesday 16th June 2009 and released on the same day after being interrogated. Their boats (hassakas) and net remain in IDF custody to this day. At 6 a.m. the brothers…