Tag: 1948 Palestine

  • Haaretz: Israel passes law banning calls for boycott

    11 July 2011 | Ha’aretz The Knesset passed Monday a law penalizing persons or organizations that boycott Israel or the settlements, by a vote of 47 to 38. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not present during the vote. MK Zeev Elkin (Likud), who proposed the law, said the law is not meant to silence people,…

  • Palestinians in Gaza march for return on Naksa Day

    5 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Hundreds of Palestinian refugees rallied outside the Erez Crossing in Beit Hanoun today to demand the right to return to the homes from which they and their families were ethnically cleansed by Zionist militias and Israeli military forces beginning in 1947. They were joined by other Palestinians and…

  • The Palestinians of Israel are poised to take centre stage

    11 November 2010 | Seumas Milne, The Guardian In a quiet street in the Sheikh Jarrah district of occupied East Jerusalem 88-year-old Rifka al-Kurd is explaining how she came to live in the house she and her husband built as Palestinian refugees in the 1950s. As she speaks, three young ultra-orthodox Jewish settlers swagger in…

  • Why is Israel laying claim to an Arab home in Jaffa?

    Dana Weiler-Polak | Ha’aretz 22 November 2009 Tziona Tajer Street in Jaffa, off the main thoroughfare, Yefet, begins with a lush park and ends in a narrow picturesque alleyway bounded by refurbished old homes. One of these houses, behind a heavy blue gate, belongs to the Shaya family. Hanging by the entrance is a large…

  • The dark side of Tel Aviv

    Abe Hayeem | The Guardian 13 October 2009 The centenary of Tel Aviv, a city said to date from 1909, has provided a useful opportunity to present the face of Israel as a hip country built by Jewish pioneers on empty sands. Its vibrant cosmopolitan flavour, its commercial centre, its Mediterranean beaches, its liberal society…