• 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…

  • Jerusalem rail operator jumps ship, Tel Aviv group isn’t even responding

    Ha’aretz 8 June 2009 The light rail projects for Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are both facing difficulties. In a body-blow to the future Jerusalem light rail, the French company Veolia, which was supposed to run the train system after its construction, is abandoning the project. Moving on to Tel Aviv, the city can’t even get…

  • Leftists protest siege on Gaza

    Daniel Edelson | YNet News 7 June 2009 Dozens of left-wing activists arrived at the Erez crossing Sunday morning with sweets, toys, food items and medicines they asked to transfer to Gaza in defiance of the Israeli siege on the Hamas-ruled territory. In protest of the IDF’s ban on the transfer of humanitarian aid to…

  • Royal Ontario Museum proceeds with unlawful exhibit

    Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East 7 June 2009 Dear Friends, Later this month, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be showcasing artifacts illegally seized by Israel in 1967 after it occupied East Jerusalem. In cooperating with the Israel Antiquities Authority to import and exhibit the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ROM would…