• Israeli forces demolish Hebron water reservoirs

    8 June 2009 On the 8th of June 2009, at 8 am, a bulldozer, escorted by 5 police and army cars, destroyed a Palestinian reservoir in Al Bueri, north of Hebron. Mohammed Radi Sultan, the owner, had built the reservoir three years ago in order to irrigate his vineyard, but he could not acquire a…

  • Court to decide if builders can be sued for settlements

    Janice Arnold | The Canadian Jewish News 10 June 2009 A Quebec court will decide whether a lawsuit against two Canadian-based companies that are alleged to have illegally constructed residential buildings for Jewish settlers on disputed land in the West Bank can be heard here. ShareThis On June 22, 23 and 25, Quebec Superior Court…

  • As Obama tries to shift the debate, will Democrats continue to endorse Israel’s colonization of the West Bank?

    Stephen Zunes | AlterNet 6 June 2009 President Barack Obama has inherited a difficult challenge in pushing Israel to end the expansion of its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. With the right-wing Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu categorically rejecting the idea of a freeze and with Democratic-controlled Congress ruling out using…

  • Hundreds call for Erez to open, siege on Gaza to end

    Upwards of 300 Palestinians, with a number of international supporters, rallied at the road to the Erez crossing in northern Gaza on Wednesday morning, calling for the crossing to be opened and an end to the 3 year long siege, in place since shortly after Hamas was elected in early 2006 and escalated dramatically following…

  • Veolia likely to abandon rail project

    Abbas Al Lawati | Gulf News 9 June 2009 Dubai: One of the two transport companies facing a lawsuit in France for their involvement in a controversial Israeli rail project in occupied East Jerusalem has reportedly planned to withdraw from the project. French company Veolia Transport is considering the sale of its five per cent…