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 ...
Read More »As the International Community Remains Silent, Israeli Occupation Authorities Continue the Judaization of Occupied Arab Jerusalem
by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, February 11th PCHR strongly condemns diggings conducted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Arab Jerusalem. PCHR further denounces the storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque and ...
Read More »PNN: “Nonviolent demonstration to save Al Aqsa Mosque area from Israeli destruction”
by Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, February 4th The cold weather and proliferation of military checkpoints in the city of Jerusalem did not prevent hundreds of citizens from reaching Al Aqsa Mosque to stand in the face of Israeli demolition plans. Sunday’s ...
Read More »Bedouins to be made homeless for fourth time
by the ISM media team, January 30th photo by AP Early this morning Israeli bulldozers accompanied by the IOF started demolishing Palestinian houses in two East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, Issawiya and Attur, and the village of Eizariya, east of Jerusalem. Eizariya ...
Read More »Haaretz: Twilight Zone / ‘I’ve lost my heart’
by Gideon Levy, January 25th Was it the stun grenade that hit her head, the shock caused by its explosion or the rubber bullet fired by the Border Police? Does it make any difference? Did the Border Policeman intend to ...
Read More »PNN: “Tens of people homeless after Israeli bulldozers destroy Jerusalem apartment building”
by Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, January 23rd Bulldozers belonging to Israeli-annexed Jerusalem’s municipality demolished a four story residential building belonging to Mohammad Mahmoud Al Aemes. Israeli forces used the pretext of building a street for a settlement in destroying the Sur ...
Read More »Abir Memorial Ceremony in Anata
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow, Sunday January 20th, students of all 3 schools in Anata will hold a memorial ceremony for 10-year old Abir Aramin. According to eyewitness accounts, Abir was shot by a border police officer on Tuesday morning outside ...
Read More »Ten-year old girl brain dead after border police shooting
by the ISM media team, January 18th Abir’s sister, Arin, and a schoolfriend who were walking with Abir when she was shot in the head two days ago Abir Aramin, ten years old, who was wounded by an Israeli border ...
Read More »Action Alert: Ask Veolia advisors to take a stand for Justice in Palestine!
from the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Connex / Veolia and Alstom are the international investors in the Citypass consortium that will build and run a light rail project in Jerusalem that incorporates a number of Jewish settlements around East ...
Read More »Two Jerusalem House Demolitions
by John, December 11th Last night human rights workers learned that there were going to be demolitions of houses in the Jerusalem district today so we travelled to Al ‘Isawiya. When we arrived we found that the house had already ...
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