Tag: Disengagement

  • New Settlement Puts Pressure on Jerusalem Palestinians

    by Jon Elmer The New Standard Situated on a hill overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, the new Israeli housing development looks like it could be an upscale planned community in suburban North America: a billboard solicits buyers for “phase one” housing units; another shows the blueprint of the future community, complete with a daycare,…

  • The Gaza Disengagement and the Prospect of Further Human Rights Violations

    by Ilan Pappe There is an amazing gap between the global discourse on the Gaza Disengagement Plan of the Sharon government and the local realities on the ground. Whereas the Israeli pullout is being portrayed in international public fora as an historic decision, which offers a rare opportunity for peace in the area, local observers…

  • Is this a real move to peace?

    by K. Flo Razowsky Originally in The Minneapolis Star Tribune According to the international media, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip is an unprecedented move toward peace. The situation on the ground demands further inspection. Daily, new settlements are under construction in the West Bank, existing ones are being expanded and…

  • Fact Sheet: The Smokescreen of the Gaza Disengagement

    An International Solidarity Movement Fact sheet With the deluge of coverage about Israel’s “disengagement” from Gaza, it’s easy to be lulled into the idea that the “road map” to peace in the region is moving ahead and that the occupation is nearing some sort of conclusion. It’s important to keep in mind the information offered…

  • Belfast women protest expansion of settlements in the West Bank

    A group of women from the Falls Road, Women’s Centre in Belfast, Ireland, today joined the International Women’s Peace Service in a demonstration against the expansion of settlements in Palestine’s West Bank. About 60 women, many from an international organization called Women in Black, protested outside the Ariel Settlement, the largest of the illegal settlements…