Tag: The Guardian

  • Guardian: Parents of critically injured US peace activist demand justice from Israel

    Rory McCarthy | The Guardian Peace campaigner was struck in head with teargas grenade during demo in occupied West Bank The parents of an American peace activist who was severely injured by Israeli forces at a demonstration in the occupied West Bank called on the Israeli government today to take “full responsibility” for the shooting.…

  • Guardian: Israelis ‘firing live rounds’ at West Bank protesters

    Peter Beaumont | The Guardian Israeli armed forces and border police used the cover of the war against Hamas in Gaza to reintroduce the firing of .22 rifle bullets – as well as the extensive use of a new model of tear-gas canister – against unarmed demonstrators in the Occupied West Bank protesting at the…

  • European Union: Israel annexing East Jerusalem

    Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 7 March 2009 A confidential EU report accuses the Israeli government of using settlement expansion, house demolitions, discriminatory housing policies and the West Bank barrier as a way of “actively pursuing the illegal annexation” of East Jerusalem. The document says Israel has accelerated its plans for East Jerusalem, and is…

  • Gaza film shows white phosphorus from alleged Israeli attack

    Two more videos shot by the International Solidarity Movement taken by The Guardian as proof of use of banned weapons by Israeli forces in Gaza. Robert Booth | The Guardian Ayman al Najar, 13, tells how he lost his sister, grandfather and cousin in a bomb attack The Guardian has obtained vivid footage of the…

  • Israel admits troops may have used phosphorus shells in Gaza

    Amnesty warns Israel could be guilty of war crimes Peter Beaumont | The Guardian Israel has admitted – after mounting pressure – that its troops may have used white phosphorus shells in contravention of international law, during its three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip. One of the places most seriously affected by the use of…