Tag: Jerusalem

  • Palestinians to Arab states: You can stop Jerusalem light rail

    Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 17 November 2009 The chairman of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office, Dr. Rafiq Husseini, on Monday urges all Arab countries to cancel their business ties with two French companies – Veolia and Alstom – involved in the construction of a Jerusalem-based light railway which passes through the West Bank. Husseini spoke…

  • Palestinian cave-dweller fights Israeli eviction

    YNet News 12 November 2009 A Palestinian camping in an ancient cave near Jerusalem says he has been told by Israeli authorities to get out because the hillside is slated for a housing development and his “illegal” home will be demolished. The predicament of Abdel Fattah Abed Rabbo, a 48-year-old father of 10, highlights the…

  • Ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem

    Art Gish 9 November 2009 My teammate woke me at 6:00 a.m. “We need to go over to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to accompany the al Ghawi family, a Palestinian family that Israeli police evicted from their home on August 2.” The family is now living in a tent on the sidewalk across the street…