20 October 2009 The settlers who have recently occupied the house of the Gawi family, forcefully evicted from their home in Sheikh Jarrah on 2 August 2009, launched an attack today on the Palestinians camping outside. According to local sources, ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Act for East Jerusalem
13 October 2009 We as Scandinavians are very concerned about the developments in East Jerusalem. Israel is continuing a policy violating international law towards the Palestinian inhabitants of the area. We strongly urge our politicians to put pressure on the ...
Read More »Israelis flatten Palestinian home
BBC 12 October 2009 Israeli authorities have demolished two Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem, in defiance of international calls to stop such actions. Palestinian reports say a family of five was forcibly evicted from their home in the Beit Hanina ...
Read More »The Elders’ view of the Middle East
Jimmy Carter | The Washington Post 6 September 2009 During the past 16 months I have visited the Middle East four times and met with leaders in Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza. I ...
Read More »East Jerusalem: the indignity and illegality of eviction
Mary Robinson | The Elders 2 September 2009 As our visit to the Middle East was ending, one of the most poignant encounters we had was with Maher Hanoun and his family in East Jerusalem. For several nights three generations ...
Read More »Evicted Palestinians camp by home taken by settlers
Jihan Abdalla | The Washington Post 25 August 2009 Fresh dates and chicken soup were served up at dusk on the sidewalk in the well-heeled suburb of Sheik Jarrah this week, as the evicted Palestinian al-Ghawi family spent another night ...
Read More »Plans for largest East Jerusalem settlement filed for approval
Nir Hasson | Ha’aretz 22 August 2009 A plan for the building of a new settlement, Ma’aleh David, in the middle of an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem was filed for approval by the relevant municipal committee at the Jerusalem ...
Read More »Left, right-wing camps demonstrate on J’lem building issue
Ronen Medzini | YNet News 17 August 2009 Dozens of right- and left-wing activists gathered outside the Shepherd Hotel, site of a disputed planned Jewish housing project in east Jerusalem, to demonstrate in favor of their two sides of the ...
Read More »Quiet slicing of the West Bank makes abstract prayers for peace obscene
Slavoj Zizek | The Guardian 18 August 2009 On 2 August 2009, after cordoning off part of the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families (more than 50 people) from their homes; Jewish ...
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