• Supermarkets may face action on Israeli labels, say lawyers

    Afua Hirsch | The Guardian 7 June 2009 Retailers including UK supermarkets may be at risk of prosecution for misleading consumers by selling goods from the Palestinian Territories under the label “West Bank”, lawyers have warned. Fruit, wine and cosmetics originating from illegal Israeli settlements are among the goods that lawyers representing Palestinian interests argue…

  • UN’s Gaza war crimes investigation faces obstacles

    YNet News 9 June 2009 After interviewing dozens of war victims and poring through the files of human rights groups, a veteran UN war crimes investigator acknowledged that his probe into possible crimes by Israel and Hamas is unlikely to lead to prosecutions. Israel has refused to cooperate, depriving his team access to military sources…

  • Settler documented firing in Hebron won’t be tried

    Aviad Glickman | YNet News 8 June 2009 The Jerusalem District Prosecutor’s Office plans in the coming days to renege on an indictment filed against Ze’ev Braude, who was accused of firing at an Arab family during the evacuation of a disputed building in the West Bank city of Hebron in December 2008. Ynet learned…

  • Farmers in Saffa persist; access again denied

    Palestine Solidarity Project 7 June 2009 This Saturday once again, international and Israeli activists joined farmers from the Saffa area of Beit Ommar on their land near the settlement of Bat Ayn. For the last two months, farmers have been forced to use Israeli and international accompaniment as they pick grape leaves and tend to…

  • Another farmer injured by Israeli army whilst working in his field

    ISM Gaza | Farming Under Fire 5 June 2009 On Friday 5th June 2009, Khaled Ismail Mohammed Jahjuh was shot in his lower spine by the Israeli army as he was leaving his fields in the village of Shoka in Rafah. Khaled had been working in his fields which are located 1.5 kilometers from the…