Tag: Jerusalem

  • The Guardian: “Negev desert nomads on the move again to make way for Israel’s barrier”

    by Rory McCarthy, February 28th Security fence and spread of Jewish settlement risks way of life for thousands The bulldozers came for Hamid Salim Hassan’s house just after dawn. Before the demolition began, the Bedouin family scrambled to gather what they could: a fridge, a pile of carpets, some plastic chairs, a canister of cooking…

  • Don’t say we did not know

    by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Don’t say we did not know 37 In the early 1980s the inhabitants of Tuba in the South Hebron Hills were evicted. Tuba used to be where the settlement Maon Farm is today. The people of Tuba settled nearby, about 1.5 km away. They were expelled again in…

  • Le Monde Diplomatique: “Jerusalem’s apartheid tramway”

    by Philippe Rekacewicz and Dominique Vidal Two French companies are involved in the construction and operation of a light rail system from the centre of Jerusalem to a northern terminus. It is promoted as a unifying project: in fact, it will be yet another way to isolate the Palestinians. THE tram will not operate before…