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The ongoing betrayal of Palestinian children (1/2)
By Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker, Electronic Intifada 1/29/2006
The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, dispossession of Palestinian land and properties and discriminatory policies in Israel have hit Palestinian children hard. Recent research of the Palestinian Counselling Centre (PCC) has conclusively established that the wall has had a......more..
The joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation - 27-1-06
A-Infos 1/27/2006
The weekend activity of the Israeli Anarchists Against The Wall started - as usual, at Thursday evening. About ten of us made our way to the Bil''in Center For Joint Struggle For peace - built on part of the village land which......more..
Israel, [againstwall] a call for donations (please forward)
A-Infos 1/27/2006
This is a call for donations to the legal fund of anarchists against the wall (AATW) http://www.awalls.org This group is actively supporting the Palestinian popular resistance to the so called Israeli "separation wall". This wall constitutes a theft of......more..
14-Year Old Shot and Korean Activist Beaten by IOF; The Struggle of Bil’in Continues
International Solidarity Movement 1/28/2006
The weekly non-violent protests against the Israelis Apartheid wall continued yesterday, when Palestinians from the village of Bil’in displayed their resistence to the ongoing theft of their village’s land.During the protest, two Palestinian residents, including a child, and one Korean......more..
Israel''s shooting of young girl highlights international hypocrisy, say Palestinians
The Guardian 1/30/2006
As the votes were counted in the Palestinian election and the scale of Hamas''s landslide became apparent to the world, Aya al-Astal drifted away from her home and wandered towards the fence along the border between the Gaza strip and......more..
The Gaza Strip - Access report December 2005
ReliefWeb/OCHA 1/30/2006
31 Dec 2005 -- This report monitors access in and out of the Gaza Strip. Movement in and out of the Gaza Strip is controlled through:- Erez crossing for Palestinian workers and merchants and medical referrals who have permits to enter......more..
Palestinian medics: IDF troops kill girl near Gaza Strip border fence
Ha''aretz 1/27/2006
Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead a 9-year-old Palestinian girl on Thursday in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel, Palestinian medics said.The IDF said troops spotted a Palestinian carrying a large bag near the border fence. Suspecting......more..
Palestinians: IDF shot dead 7-year-old girl
YNetNews 1/26/2006
Palestinians claim IDF killed seven year-old girl near Gaza security fence; army denies charges. Qassam rocket fired at Israel earlier in response to shooting -- Palestinian sources reported Thursday that a seven-year-old girl was shot dead by IDF forces near the......more..
Israel Navy building fence off Gaza coast
Globes 1/25/2006
Defense News”: The underwater fence is designed to prevent penetration by boats. -- “Defense News” reports that the Israel Navy is building a marine fence off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The fence is part of a project for strengthening......more..
Bush says U.S. won''t deal with Hamas until it recognizes Israel
Ha''aretz 1/25/2006
U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday the United States will not deal with Hamas until the radical Palestinian Islamist group renounces its position for calling for the destruction of Israel."A political party, in order to be viable, is......more..
New B''Tselem Campaign - Change the Route of the Separation Barrier
B''tselem 1/24/2006
Today, B''Tselem launches a campaign to alter the route of the separation barrier. The campaign focuses on the barrier''s long, circuitous route that is intended to enable settlement expansion at the expense of security considerations. The campaign will demonstrate the......more..
Settlers leave illegal Amona outpost
YNetNews 1/25/2006
Pinchas Wallersten, head of Binyamin Regional Council, says his people sealed permanent houses in outpost, instructed inhabitants to leave, in bid to prevent clashes, reach compromise with State; in addition, settlers expected to file High Court petition against evacuation -- Yesha......more..
Olmert to propose two changes to separation fence route
Ha''aretz 1/26/2006
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert soon will present for government approval two changes to the route of the separation fence: removing the Palestinian village Beit Iksa, near the western entrance to Jerusalem, from "the Israeli" side of the fence, and......more..
Gunmen kill Fatah activist
Electronic Intifada/PCHR 1/24/2006
In the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, 24 January 2006, unidentified gunmen opened fire at Ahmad Yousef Abdel Jabbar Hassuna, 36, of Nablus, and killed him. PCHR’s preliminary investigation indicates that, on Monday evening (23 January 2006), a group of gunmen......more..
Geographers propose transfer of Israeli Arab towns to PA
Ha''aretz 1/23/2006
Israeli Arab towns in the area known as the triangle should be transferred to a Palestinian state under a final-status peace agreement, a group of geographers proposed to the Herzliya Conference on Monday.These towns are located within Israel proper, not......more..
IDF kills one Palestinian, wounds two near Gaza security fence
Ha''aretz 1/22/2006
Israel Defense Forces soldiers opened fire at three Palestinians who were making their way towards the security fence surrounding the Gaza Strip on Saturday near Kibbutz Nir Am, killing one and wounding two others.The three Palestinians were seen crawling towards......more..
A Gun in one hand and the Torah in the other
International Solidarity Movement 1/21/2006
by Caroline BOSTONTOPALESTINE -- HEBRON - From January 11 to 15, I was about an hour south of Jerusalem, in the city of Hebron, where four hundred settlers of the most extremist militant ideological faction of the settler movement live amongst more......more..
Palestinian NO to the WTO and call for Boycott Apartheid Israel in Hong Kong
StopTheWall.org 1/2/2006
The Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign emphasized “No to the WTO” during the protests held in Hong Kong as the finance institution met. Highlighting the position of Palestinian farmers and rural workers, as well as the appeal for boycotts against Israeli......more..
Six residents arrested near Gaza borders
International Middle East Media Center 1/21/2006
Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday six Palestinian residents near the border fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel. An Israeli military source claimed that the six residents were attempting to cross into Israel. The source added that the six were......more..
Netanyahu focuses on fence, Peretz on tuition
Ha''aretz 1/23/2006
If elected prime minister, Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu would move the separation fence back to its original route, he said on Sunday night in an address at the Herzliya Conference.Such a move would contradict a Supreme Court ruling against the......more..
It''s the Occupation Stupid
By Geoffrey Aronson, Palestine Chronicle/Foundation For Middle East Peace 1/20/2006
i>Israel''s objective is to compel Palestinians and the international community to recognize the legitimacy of its settlement enterprise.Israel’s reoccupation of the entire West Bank in Spring 2002 in Operation Defensive Shield ended many of the limited powers......more..
Racist Attacks by Rabbis
Palestine Monitor/PeacePalestine Blog 1/18/2006
i>PeacePalestine Blog -- This [below] is a news item which appeared only in Hebrew. It is no wonder; when words this horrible are uttered, it really casts a heavy shadow of shame......more..
Israeli troops injure wall protesters
AlJazeera 1/21/2006
Aljazeera''s correspondent in Palestine reports that Israeli forces have injured several demonstrators in clashes west of Ram Allah.Shereen Abu Aqla said more than 2000 people, including foreign peace activists, gathered to demonstrate against Israel''s illegal separation barrier on Friday. The......more..
Thousands Challenge Israeli Apartheid in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 1/20/2006
Today, Friday the 20th of January, candidates from all Palestinian political parties and factions, including Hamas, Fatah, Al Mubadara and others came to the villagers of Bil’in. There they were joined by over 300 Israeli activists, 100 Internationals and many......more..
Bil''in: A very successful joint demonstration against the separation fence and occupation
A-Infos 1/20/2006
The 20-1-06 demonstration of this Friday in Bil''in was in many aspects the most successful of the more than 10 months weekly ones since February 2005. This Friday demo was on a special day - 11 days before the......more..
Israeli Group calls the wall land robbery, calls for protest in Bil''in
International Middle East Media Center 1/20/2006
As the session of the Israeli Supreme Court regarding the construction of the wall on the land of the West Bank village of Bil''in near Ramallah nears, the villagers continue their nonviolent resistance to the wall. This week, the Israeli......more..
Caritas Jerusalem: Staying in Touch, Vol 1, No. 3, Nov/Dec 2005
ReliefWeb/Caritas 1/21/2006
31 Dec 2005 - Christmas in Bethlehem -- Join us in prayer & solidarity for the birthplace of Jesus Christ -- In December 2004, the UNOCHA released a report titled: "Costs of Conflict: The Changing Face of Bethlehem." This report presented a bleak picture......more..
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the OccupiedPalestinianTerritory No. 02/200605 - 18 January 2006
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 1/19/2006
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) --* 4 Palestinians, including a woman and her son, were killed by IOF in the West Bank. * One of the victims was extra-judicially executed......more..
US Neocons Accuse Chavez of Anti-Semitism
By Jim Lobe, Antiwar.com 1/16/2006
Despite objections by major Jewish organizations in Venezuela and the United States, some influential U.S. neoconservatives are charging President Hugo Chavez with anti-Semitism, which they say is consistent with the country''s friendly relations with Iran.In what appears to be a......more..
Despair Plagues Exiled Palestinians
By Sam Bahour and Michael Dahan, Palestine Chronicle 1/18/2006
i>Israelis had a hard time explaining this practice until the US opened Guantanamo Bay and instituted the exact same practice.The 38-year Israeli military occupation of Palestine and 57 years of ongoing Palestinian dispossession at the hands......more..
Study: Most Israelis willing to cede E. Jerusalem Arab areas
Ha''aretz 1/19/2006
More than half of Israeli Jews would be willing to give up East Jerusalem''s Arab neighborhoods and effectively redivide the city as part of a genuine peace agreement, but the overwhelming majority (75 percent of those willing to make these......more..
Editorial: A misguided conception
By Yacov Ben Efrat, Electronic Intifada/Challenge 1/16/2006
Ariel Sharon''s decision to disengage from Gaza changed Israel''s political map. Many of his fellow Likudniks rose against him, including ministers and Knesset members. The revolt provoked him to establish on November 20, 2005 a new party called Kadima (Forward......more..
Refugee stories - UNWRA’s Jerusalem clinic - Access challenges
ReliefWeb/UNRWA 1/17/2006
Fatmeh Abu Ghlieh talks animatedly through her hijab. Fatmeh is sixteen weeks pregnant. After getting turned away from an Israeli checkpoint at Abu Dis this morning, intent on getting her one year old daughter to the UNRWA clinic inside the......more..
Documentaries from occupied Palestine
International Solidarity Movement 1/17/2006
The entire world watched “disengagement,” but only a few know about Israel’s ongoing expansion plan in the West Bank and the deteriorating the human right conditions forced on the Palestinians. Below are some documentary videos available at IndyMedia Israel presenting......more..
Suffocation in isolated Bethlehem
By Nora Barrows-Friedman, Electronic Intifada 1/14/2006
Today is my mother''s birthday. She called my cellphone as my dear friend Areej and I were walking in the late afternoon shadow of the brand-new Apartheid Wall and "terminal" seperating Bethlehem from the rest of the goddamn world. To......more..
Soldiers detain children near Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 1/16/2006
Israeli soldiers invaded Jalboun Village, east of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Monday evening, searched a number of homes and detained a group of children playing near the Wall. Israeli soldiers searched the children and detonated sound grenade......more..
Settlers annex 150 Dunams of Palestinian land in Doura village
International Middle East Media Center 1/14/2006
Israeli settlers form Mitzpe Lakhish settlement outpost, east of Doura village near the West Bank city of Hebron, annexed on Saturday afternoon, 150 Dunams which belong to residents of the village land, in order to expand the settlement. The grabbed......more..
Israeli army uprooting olive groves
By Khalid Amayreh, AlJazeera 1/12/2006
The Israeli army has been destroying, uprooting and in some cases, stealing Palestinian olive trees in several parts of the West Bank, grove owners and witnesses say.Palestinians living in villages and hamlets bordering Jewish settlements say the uprooting has increased......more..
Rainwater Flows into Prisoners'' Rooms in Al Sharon Jail
International Press Center 1/15/2006
GAZA, Palestine, January 15, 2006 (IPC + Agencies) - - Prisoner Omer Al-A''arage, who has been incarcerated on 8 August, 2002, and is serving 11-year sentence in Al-Sharon prison, complained to the lawyer of Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) about the lamentable living......more..
Construction plans clog Palestinian village''s water supply
By Zafrir Rinat, Ha''aretz 1/17/2006
The village of Wadi Fuqin is tucked away in a small valley west of Bethlehem, and not a single signpost points to its whereabouts. Nevertheless, Wadi Fuqin is known far and wide for its traditional farming practices, considered by many......more..
Let The Global Boycott of Israel Begin
International Solidarity Movement 1/15/2006
With the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan hights, in its 39th year, the continuing construction of the Apartheid Wall and Israel refusing any accountability for its crimes against the Palestinian people, it falls on the global......more..
By Any Means Necessary; IOF Suppress Non-Violent Protest in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 1/14/2006
The weekly non-violent protests against the Israelis Apartheid wall continued yesterday, when Palestinians from the village of Bil’in displayed their resistence to the ongoing theft of their village’s land. Accompanied by international and Israeli activists, the crowd of approximately 100......more..
Children protest against the Wall in Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 1/14/2006
The Palestinian Holy Land Trust,a non-governmental organization based in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, organized on Friday afternoon, a peaceful procession against the Separation for children in the city. The children, and their families, gathered in front of......more..
''Eating Palestine for Breakfast''
By Kathleen and Bill Christison, Palestine Chronicle 1/13/2006
i>And so the myth grows: Sharon may be a bastard but he is our bastard -- our American, our Israeli bastard -- and if he wants to eat Palestine for breakfast, so be it. As long as he preserves Israel''s security......more..
The Fruits of Non Violence; Building of the Illegal Settlement Metityahu Mizrah is Frozen
International Solidarity Movement 1/13/2006
Following today’s hearing in the Supreme Court (HCJ 143/06) Judge Ayala Prokachya issued a new temporary injunction forbidding all building whatsoever in the Matityahu East compound in the settlement Modi’in Illit. The judge further ordered “to examine all permits......more..
IOF Obstructs Anti-Wall Rally in Bil''in
WAFA 1/13/2006
RAMALLAH, January 13, 2006 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) hindered a peaceful march in Bil''in village, near Ramallah, witnesses said.Witnesses revealed that Israeli Soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the local, international and Israeli protestors who......more..
Book Review: The One-State Solution
By Iqbal Jassat, Palestine Chronicle 1/13/2006
i>The One State Solution, Virginia Q Tilley, University of Michigan Press, July 2005 - ISBN 0-472-11513-8 As Israel''s apartheid wall colonizes 30-40 percent more of the 22 percent of Palestine that remains, an increasing number......more..
The joint struggle of Bil''in change level
A-Infos 1/14/2006
The joint nonviolent struggle of the popular comity of the Bil''in village and the Israeli Anarchists Against The wall against the separation fence and occupation continue for more than 10 months. Our persistent weekly and some times daily struggle was......more..
Hebron Disengagement And Violence Begins; Settlers Attempt to Occupy Palestinian Home
International Solidarity Movement 1/13/2006
A mob of 30 female settler teenagers rampaged through Tel Rumeida on Thursday, January 12. Ten of them wore black ski masks to hide their identities, and attacked everyone they encountered, including IDF soldiers and Israeli police, with spit, paint......more..
Disengagement''s Architect Outlines West Bank Pullout
Forward 1/13/2006
Ariel Sharon''s sudden exit from the political stage has raised serious questions about the future of Israel''s strategy of unilateral separation from the Palestinians. For answers, the Forward turned to the man who, perhaps more than any other, can claim......more..
A Person may not incriminate himself
International Middle East Media Center/Palestine News Network 1/12/2006
i>Translated by George N. RishmawiYou may read about arrest operations that Israel carries out in the West Bank.You never get to know what kind of torture those people face in prison especially when being interrogated by the......more..
The Apartheid Wall: Is it Architecture or…?
By Mina Hamilton, Dissident Voice 1/9/2006
In early January, the New York Time''s architectural critic, Nicolai Ouroussoff, labeled the Apartheid Wall in Palestine/Israel as "on a fundamental level… a piece of architecture." "A Line in the Sand" (1) appeared in the Time''s Arts & Leisure section.A......more..
The Obstacle Course to School
By Amira Hass, MIFTAH 1/12/2006
He began first grade even before turning five. In ninth grade, he began attending a school for gifted students. He loved physics, and thought of pursuing the subject at the university level, but his mother thought he would be better......more..
IOF Soldier: “You are disgusting Arabs and you should be beaten like animals and stay in jail.”
By Raad, International Solidarity Movement 1/12/2006
The aggressive soldier told me I was a Hizballah terrorist and that he would break my bones. I told him “ok” and he responded by saying “Shut up !” -- After a successful non violent demonstration against the illegal Israeli apartheid wall......more..
Weekly resistance against the wall continues
International Solidarity Movement 1/12/2006
After the noon prayers on Friday, January 13th, Palestinian villagers in Bil’in, accompanied by Israeli and international activists, will march from the village to the “Centre for Joint Struggle,” the legal Palestinian ‘outpost.’ The outpost is built adjacent to the......more..
Wedding cards expressing the Palestinian suffering
International Middle East Media Center 1/13/2006
Palestinian residents living under Israeli occupation express their suffering in different means and styles. Recently, a resident of Qalqilia city, in the West Bank, came up with a new design for his weeding card that has photos of 11 year......more..
The Middle-East Peace Process, After Sharon
Editorial, MIFTAH 1/9/2006
The controversial Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fell seriously ill on Wednesday January 4, and has since gone through several medical tests and surgical treatments to try and stop the severe hemorrhage in his brain. Since Sharon was admitted to......more..
Army bars Qalqilia residents from entering villages isolated behind Wall
International Middle East Media Center 1/10/2006
The Israeli army bared on Tuesday morning the residents of the West Bank city of Qalqilia from interring the near by Palestinian villages which became isolated behind the Separation Wall.Soldiers stopped the residents who do not have the "permits" to......more..
Mofaz orders resumption of separation fence around J''lem
Ha''aretz 1/11/2006
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered on Tuesday that work be resumed on three sections of the separation fence in Jerusalem that have been frozen by order of the High Court of Justice.But according to officials in Mofaz''s office, the minister......more..
Israel to build ''provisional'' barrier to get round court order
ReliefWeb 1/10/2006
JERUSALEM, Jan 10, 2006 (AFP) - Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered a "provisional" barrier be built in three areas around east Jerusalem where the high court had ordered construction suspended, state television reported Tuesday.Mofaz insisted that those three sections......more..
Mohammed Mansour Refuses the Demands of the Occupation; Court Case Postponed Once Again
International Solidarity Movement 1/10/2006
Mohammad Mansour, a non violent organizer against the illegal Apartheid Wall from Biddu, who works with the International Solidarity Movement, had his trial today at 8:30 in the “Peace Court” in Jerusalem. He was initially arrested in June 2004......more..
Photos: Checkpoints, Gates and Terminals – Driving racist ghettoization in the 21st century
StopTheWall.org 1/7/2006
Photo Eassy:....Fortified checkpoints (“terminals”) and gates are a key element of the Apartheid Wall and the ghettoization of the Palestinian people. Racist oppression and daily humiliation is intensifying as the Occupation builds a series of fortified checkpoints. Spread throughout......more..
Non violent demonstration stops destruction work in Aboud
International Solidarity Movement 1/7/2006
This morning a new checkpoint was setup on the road to Aboud village. Israeli soldiers were spread out in the surrounding fields to prevent international and Israeli citizens from joining the nonviolent demonstration against the theft of Aboud’s land by......more..
Holy land blues
By Anne Gwynne, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 1/5/2006
i>Sabastiya: 10,000 years of history perish while the Quartet talk of a non-existent peaceOn the eve of Jesus Christ''s birth, I watched a film on Roman remains in what was once western Palestine but is now Israel......more..
Hope Destroyed, Justice Denied: The Rape of Palestine
Palestine Chronicle 1/9/2006
i>Jews around the world decry the attempt to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians from their homeland by acts that cause bodily harm and mental anguish."The Estate of Zion is pitiful because of sin and iniquity.""The Lord hath......more..
Aid to Israel is Out of Hand
By George Bisharat, Palestine Chronicle 1/9/2006
i>We should save our hard-earned tax dollars to support peace, not the entrenchment of colonialism and the future of violence it guarantees. American and Israeli diplomats have recently revived discussions over our potential financial support of Israel''s August......more..
High Court okays construction of West Bank fence near Modi''in
Palestine Monitor/Haaretz 1/9/2006
The High Court of Justice rejected on Monday the appeals filed by Israelis and Palestinians against the planned route of the West Bank separation fence in the Modi''in area. Following the rejection of the appeal, filed by residents from the......more..
"This is our land, we are not going to move"
By Adri Nieuwhof and Bangani Ngeleza, Electronic Intifada 1/8/2006
More and more, comparisons are being made between the living conditions of Palestinian Bedouins and those in the townships and informal settlements of apartheid South Africa. Human rights advocates Adri Nieuwhof and Bangani Ngeleza visited unrecognised villages in the Nakab......more..
Egypt to reopen Gaza border after gunmen pledge peace
Ha''aretz 1/8/2006
Egypt agreed on Sunday to reopen its border with Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants reached an agreement with European officials in which they promised to keep the area calm.The border was closed last Thursday after Palestinian gunmen belonging to the......more..
''He is the King Kong of massacres''
The Guardian 1/8/2006
Beirut -- Hamad Shamus remembers the morning in September 1982 when the right-wing Lebanese forces and their Israeli advisers sealed the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps on the outskirts of Beirut and began to massacre the Palestinians inside. His home was......more..
Israeli Poet Refuses to Participate in International Poetry Festival in Jerusalem
WAFA 1/9/2006
TEL AVIV, January 9, 2006 (WAFA)-Aharon Shabat, an Israeli poet, refused to participate in the Fifth International Poetry Festival to be held in Jerusalem this year in a protest to Israeli practices at checkpoints.In a letter sent Sunday to......more..
The joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation get results
A-Infos 1/8/2006
Contributor note: The conflicts within the Israeli ruling elite is both influencing the media manipulation of public opinions (its main tool in developed capitalist states) but also influenced by it in a complicated chain of feedback loops. In Israel, the......more..
“Go in Peace”
By Hannah, International Solidarity Movement 1/8/2006
I’ve been here for 4 days, and I’ve already been through 2 of the newly opened terminals” that have replaced the “checkpoints” at the entrances to Bethlehem and Ramallah. I don’t know what language to use for these. They seem......more..
The Wall and The Demonstrators stand trial this week
International Solidarity Movement 1/8/2006
Two very different trials will take place this week that releate to non violence resistance to the Apartheid Wall.On Tues, January 10th, at 8:30 Judge Alexander In the “Peace Court” in the Russian Compound, will begin hearing witnesses in......more..
Gaza militants condemn disorder
BBC 1/6/2006
The main Palestinian militant groups in Gaza have issued a joint statement calling on the government to end lawlessness in Palestinian territory.The statement condemned the recent abductions of foreigners and attacks on government buildings in the area.On Wednesday, two Egyptian......more..
Operation Dove: Demonstrators in Aboud Succeeded in Stopping Additional Fence Works
WAFA 1/6/2006
RAMALLAH, January 6, 2006 (WAFA)- An Israeli military checkpoint prevented Friday internationals to join a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in Aboud village east of Ramallah.In a press release, Operation Dove said that the demonstrators held a sit-in in front......more..
IOF Scare Tactics; Occupation Forces Distribute Intimidating Leaflets in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 1/6/2006
Last night in the village of Bil’in, Military vehicles distributed leaflets warning villagers not to participate in today’s non-violent demonstration against the annexation of their land by Israel’s illegal apartheid wall. The leaflets, which were left in the village during......more..
The joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation
A-Infos 1/6/2006
The Israeli media reported all the week about the illegal confiscation of the lands of Bil''in for the settler town Modi''in Illit. One day the construction of housed on it were even stopped by authority. The Israeli occupation "civil authority......more..
Doctors: Damage to Sharon''s brain likely irreversible, will remain sedated for up to 72 hours
Ha''aretz 1/6/2006
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has probably suffered irreversible brain damage that would preclude his ever resuming office, Sharon''s doctors acknowledged Thursday night. The official statement released Thursday by Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in Jerusalem, where he is being treated......more..
Eyeless in Gilo: What Hillary Clinton Doesn''t Know
By Kathleen and Bill Christison, Palestine Chronicle 1/6/2006
i>If you know Palestine, Clinton''s photo-op beggars the imagination. She no doubt knows nothing of the history of the area. In mid-November, Hillary Clinton visited Israel and, following a meeting with Ariel Sharon, in remarks that presaged the......more..
Israeli army beats, detains and turns Palestinian houses into military barracks
Palestine Monitor 1/3/2006
Sunday On the 1st of January, 8 Palestinians were hurt with cuts and bruises when the Israeli army cracked down on a peaceful demonstration against the Wall.About 100 residents from Beit Jala joined the protest against the Wall which is......more..
Calm restored on Gaza-Egypt border
Daily Star 1/6/2006
Abbas sends apology and condolences to Mubarak over soldiers'' deaths - RAFAH, Egypt: Calm was restored to the Egypt-Gaza crossing Thursday, a day after Palestinian militants broke through the border wall with tractors, killed two Egyptian troops, and enabled hundreds of......more..
197 Palestinians and 50 Israelis killed in 2005
B''tselem 1/4/2006
Today B''Tselem releases summary data for 2005. In addition, two foreign residents were killed this year by Palestinians. Separation Barrier: The length of the barrier as approved by the Israeli Cabinet in February 2005 is some 681 kilometers. Of this......more..
Gaza police free Al-Aqsa leader as calm is restored in Rafah
Ha''aretz 1/5/2006
Palestinian police on Thursday released a suspect in the kidnapping of three Britons in the Gaza Strip after gunmen went on the rampage demanding he be freed, a spokesman for the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said.Also on Thursday, authorities succeeded in......more..
Palestine Red Crescent Society Appeal No. 05AA079 Programme Update No. 2
ReliefWeb/IFRC 1/5/2006
International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies -- Period covered: 1 June to 30 December, 2005 -Programme summary: The results of the second Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (VCA) highlighted emerging needs and gaps in resources. The impact of the separation......more..
The Untold Hostage Story
By Anne Gwynne, Palestine Chronicle 1/4/2006
i>When the ‘Israeli’ soldiers occupy a home the dirt and devastation cannot be imagined without seeing it. Anything from excrement smeared on the walls, sofa urinated on, precious things smashed, insults painted over the walls, cash and valuables looted......more..
Alternative News Briefing
Electronic Intifada/I''lam 1/2/2006
i>Israel''s Arab Schoolchildren Get First Booklet Explaining Palestinian History15 DECEMBER 2005 -- A booklet explaining key terms in Palestinian history from 1948 onwards is being distributed among Arab schoolchildren in Israel for the first time. "We are trying......more..
Israel scraps plan to divide Ghajar with wall
Daily Star 1/5/2006
Hizbullah sets up fortifications north of town -- Israel has decided not to build a wall through an Arab town split between Israel and Lebanon, but instead will increase security there, National Security Adviser Giora Eiland said Wednesday.Israel''s Shin Bet internal......more..
Israel is using the separation barrier to seize control of private Palestinian land
B''tselem 12/28/2005
B''Tselem and Bimkom recently uncovered evidence of plans to expand settlements in the Modi''in Illit bloc on privately-owned Palestinian land situated on the "Israeli" side of the separation barrier. This land, comprising hundreds of dunams of farmland, currently lies outside......more..
The Spoils of War: Israel''s Corruption was Inevitable
By James Brooks, CounterPunch 12/31/2005
i>Each year Israel''s scores in the international indexes of political and economic corruption slide further down the scale. Corruption has become a major concern for most citizens.You can''t have war without corruption. The history of war is......more..
Israel proposes ''defense wall'' through town of Ghajar
Daily Star 1/4/2006
BEIRUT: Israeli security officials Tuesday proposed building a "defense wall" through the divided town of Ghajar, which straddles the border of occupied Syrian and Lebanese territories, as a means of protecting Israelis from attack by Lebanese militias.The Shin Bet security......more..
Israeli High Court forbids building the Wall around illegal W. Bank outpost
International Middle East Media Center 1/3/2006
Israeli High Court of Justice gave, on Sunday, the Israeli government the green light to construct the Separation Wall around settlements north of the West Bank, and barred the construction of illegal outposts around them. The court issued an interim......more..
Arab border town faces Israeli wall
AlJazeera 1/3/2006
The Israeli Shin Bet security agency has recommended building a wall through an Arab community located along the Lebanese border to prevent attacks by Lebanese fighters.The construction of the barrier along the border which the UN recognises but Lebanon disputes......more..
Guide to the West Bank Barrier
BBC 1/3/2006
Introduction: Israel began building its highly controversial 670km (420 mile) barrier in the West Bank in 2002, following a series of suicide bombings during one of the most violent phases of the recent intifada. Israel says the barrier - mainly fence......more..
School of hard knocks
By Niv Hachlili, Ha''aretz 1/3/2006
The time is 5:40 A.M. It is still dark outside but the Abu Sorhi children of Abu Magra, an East Jerusalem neighborhood, must wake up if they are going to make it to their ride to school. Hanin Abu......more..
Army uproots 400 olive trees in a village near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 1/2/2006
Israeli soldier, backed by 25 armored vehicles, uprooted on Monday morning, more than 400 olive trees from the orchards which belong to residents of Al-Sikka village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The uprooted orchards are in an......more..
Army uproot olive trees near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 1/2/2006
The Israeli army bulldozers uprooted on Monday more than 400 olive trees in Skaka village near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The trees were uprooted for the construction of the Wall on the land of this village.While bulldozers started......more..
70 Israeli Pacifists Light Candles in Solidarity with Bil''in Village
WAFA 1/2/2006
RAMALLAH, January 2, 2006, (WAFA)- Israeli Gush Shalom (Peace Block) said that seventy Israeli peace pacifists lighted Sunday Hannkka (Jewish holiday) candles at the legal "outpost" established by the village of Bil''in west of Ramallah on its own land, which......more..
The joint struggle in Abud and Bil''in is intensified
A-Infos 12/31/2005
In the last Friday too the activists of the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative and the people who join us split forces. The main locations were as usual the last Fridays, Abud (near the village Rantis) and Bil''in (near Modi''in......more..
Palestinian NO to the WTO and call for Boycott Apartheid Israel in Hong Kong
StopTheWall.org 1/2/2006
The Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign emphasized “No to the WTO” during the protests held in Hong Kong as the finance institution met. Highlighting the position of Palestinian farmers and rural workers, as well as the appeal for boycotts against Israeli......more..
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