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Conversations at the Palestinian “Outpost”
By Ashraf, International Solidarity Movement 2/28/2006
It’s been almost a year of the nonviolent struggle for the Bil’in residence against the illegal Israel wall. Beyond the wall, on land owned by the Bil’in community, the people of Bil’in have built a room referred to as the......more..
Featured Poem: And I will Remember Forever
By Dr. Mary Majayda, Palestine Chronicle 2/27/2006
i>To say good-by to my flesh and blood how can I; How is it done with grace and courage before others; Yet it will be done and the day survived and I still breathe.I remember my son......more..
Harassment of Palestinian Non-Violent activists - part one
International Solidarity Movement 2/27/2006
Biddu Village - Mansur’s Testimony: I decided to join some of my international friends and sleep in the new Palestinian houses built on the land that will be cut off from Bil’in by the wall. We were hanging out and chatting......more..
Fears of new Israeli settlement as wall completed around Bethlehem
Palestine Monitor/Open Bethlehem 2/28/2006
The final section of Israel’s wall separating Bethlehem from Jerusalem will be completed in a matter of days.The wall around Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem will not only sever the connection between the region’s most holy Christian sites, but will also......more..
S. Hebron Hills residents fear being trapped by second fence
Ha''aretz 2/27/2006
In addition to the separation fence along the so-called seam line in the southern Hebron Hills another low barrier is to be erected in Palestinian lands. The Palestinians fear this will mean that more than 3,000 of the cave-dwelling residents......more..
Four Anarchists Against The Wall members arrested, beaten at an anti-IDF violence demo
A-Infos 2/28/2006
150 activists demonstrated outside the Kiria army base in Tel Aviv in response to the violence of the IDF and the police in anti-wall demonstrations, as seen in the shooting of 17-year-old Anarchists Against The Wall member, Matan Cohen......more..
Beit Sira Replants Trees in the Shadow of the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 2/28/2006
The demonstration today in the village of Beit Sira was a peaceful march of one hundred people to the village land where olive trees are being uprooted to make way for planned route of the annexation Barrier. The Route of......more..
Palestinian member of Israeli Knesset uses media examples of Israeli barbarism from Bil''in demo
Ma''an News 2/26/2006
Ramallah (Ma''an) – Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, Deputy Speaker and General Secretary from the Hadash Movement, Mohammad Barakeh, is in trouble with the Israeli police.During an investigation, Israeli police interrogated the Palestinians under the pretext that he participated in......more..
Israeli forces uproot Palestinian olive trees, confiscate land, & allow settlers to plant olive trees on the same land
Ma''an News 2/27/2006
Jenin (Ma''an) – Israeli forces uprooted hundreds of Palestinian olive trees northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank.The trees became on the wrong side of the Wall and are too near a settlement. Additionally Israeli forces shut down the local......more..
Arab MK refuses police investigation, accuses Israel of war crimes
Palestine News Network 2/28/2006
Arab Knesset member and Secretary General of Hadash, Mohammad Barakeh pleaded innocent Monday to accusations by Israel that he had attacked a soldier during an April 2005 protest, following with an indictment against the State of Israel for war crimes......more..
Palestinians stand up against expulsion from Jordan Valley
StopTheWall.org 2/26/2006
The popular committee of the Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign - in coordination with Palestinian NGOs - mobilized this week holding a protest at Bardala terminal in the north of the Jordan Valley. The northern Jordan Valley is closed to all Palestinian “non-residents......more..
Report: Palestinian seriously wounded in separation fence riots
Ha''aretz 2/26/2006
As Palestinians continue to protest against the construction of the separation fence in the West Bank, a demonstrator on Sunday was seriously wounded in clashes between Palestinians and Border Police in the village of Anta north of Jerusalem.Hundreds of villagers......more..
Land Confiscations Hit Village of Tura
StopTheWall.org 2/20/2006
Occupation Forces have delivered fresh confiscation orders in the village of Tura (West Jenin) for the construction of a new military base. Aiming to control the lives of Palestinians, launch attacks on their communities and steal their lands, the military......more..
Mofaz describes Israel''s ''future borders,'' including Ariel
Palestine Monitor/Haaretz 2/27/2006
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, setting out a vision of the nation''s "future permanent borders," has listed settlement blocs Israel would retain under a future peace deal or unilateral withdrawal, stressing that Ariel would be part of Israel and be included......more..
The joint struggle against the separation fence continue in Bil''in, Abud, Beit-Sira
A-Infos 2/24/2006
Because Bil''in is in the focus of media, the demonstration there was very peaceful - even more than ever. Half hearted efforts of state forces could not prevent the Israelis from arriving to the demo in Bil''in or the other villages......more..
Photostory: Freedom Theatre in Jenin aims to plant seeds of dignity
By Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada 2/24/2006
The spirit of resistance has not been beaten out of Jenin, was the message at the opening of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp last weekend. Calls by speakers for the Palestinians to stand firm despite Israeli and American......more..
Nablus Invasion: Girls'' School damaged, defaced by Israeli soldiers
International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2006
As Israeli occupation forces finally began to recede from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, after an all-out assault on the camp that has lasted for four straight days, the carnage and wreckage in the......more..
Nablus Invasion: Girls'' School damaged, defaced by Israeli soldiers
International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2006
As Israeli occupation forces finally began to recede from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, after an all-out assault on the camp that has lasted for four straight days, the carnage and wreckage in the......more..
Feb. 20: International Day of Non-Violent Resistance
Palestine News Network/ IMEMC 2/22/2006
Palestinians marked International Day for Nonviolence on February 20 in both the West Bank and Gaza. Hundreds of advocates of nonviolence gathered in the village of Bil''in for a conference and tree-planting ceremony in preparation for the next stage of......more..
Feb. 20: International Day of Non-Violent Resistance
Palestine News Network/ IMEMC 2/22/2006
Palestinians marked International Day for Nonviolence on February 20 in both the West Bank and Gaza. Hundreds of advocates of nonviolence gathered in the village of Bil''in for a conference and tree-planting ceremony in preparation for the next stage of......more..
Palestinian non violent resistance continues: the experience of Beit Sira
Palestine Monitor 2/22/2006
The Palestinian non violent resistance continues and marks another step in the struggle against the Apartheid Wall and Israeli occupation.While in Bil''in village, Palestinian, Israeli and International activists were celebrating one year of successful actions in a two day conference......more..
Palestinian non violent resistance continues: the experience of Beit Sira
Palestine Monitor 2/22/2006
The Palestinian non violent resistance continues and marks another step in the struggle against the Apartheid Wall and Israeli occupation.While in Bil''in village, Palestinian, Israeli and International activists were celebrating one year of successful actions in a two day conference......more..
Under the Guise of Security: Routing the Separation Barrier to Enable Israeli Settlement Expansion in the West Bank
B''tselem 2/21/2006
i>December 2005, Joint report with Bimkon - Planners for Planning Rights, SummaryThe fact that the Separation Barrier cuts into the West Bank was and remains the main cause of human rights violations of Palestinians living near the Barrier... Full Report, PDF...more..
Featured Poem: Circle of Life?
By El Gato, South Africa, Palestine Chronicle 2/21/2006
i>Because I have nothing left in me to bear this; You’re only ever free when they can’t see you; Can’t tag you, can’t check you.It’s just like I’m reborn everyday by the love of god And the......more..
Biet Sira Take action Against the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 2/21/2006
Beit Sira raise protest tent on the path of the wallWednesday Februaury 22nd at 8:30 in the morning the villagers of Beit Sira will attempt to stop the destruction of the land for the construction of the annexatoin barrier.Today......more..
B''Tselem: Fence for expansion
Ha''aretz 2/22/2006
The main consideration behind the route for "numerous segments" of the separation fence was settlement expansion, according to a report published yesterday by the human rights groups B''Tselem and Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights.The report, entitled "Under the Guise of... B''tselem: Under the Guise of Security: Routing the Separation Barrier to Enable Israeli Settlement Expansion in the West Bank...more..
OCHA Weekly Briefing Notes 8 - 14 Feb 2006
ReliefWeb/OCHA 2/21/2006
14 Feb 2006 -- Of note this period: Violence continued in the Gaza Strip with an attack on Erez crossing by Palestinian militants and continued IDF artillery shelling in the northern areas. A Palestinian woman was killed near the border fence......more..
Bil''in International Conference Calls for Activating Peaceful Popular Struggle
WAFA 2/20/2006
RAMALLAH, February 20, 2006 (WAFA)- Participants in an international conference in the West Bank village of Bil''in, west of Ramallah, called Monday for activating the peaceful popular struggle against the Israeli building of the Apartheid Wall and the colonies in......more..
Resistance Collecting Momentum
International Solidarity Movement 2/18/2006
The struggle of Palestinian villagers against the separation wall and settlements is collecting momentum. In addition to the ongoing direct action of manning the two Palestinian “out posts” that Bil’in villagers have built on their land to be stolen by......more..
“In Defense of our lands” - People of Ramallah District Rise Up Against Occupation Forces
StopTheWall.org 2/17/2006
On Friday 17th of February, popular committees against the Apartheid Wall in Ramallah district held demonstrations reaffirming their determination to protect Palestinian lands. Hundreds of people gathered in Aboud, Bil’in and Beit Seera to stand against the bulldozers which uproot......more..
Border residents threaten blackouts
YNetNews 2/20/2006
Northern communities launch protest against defense cuts; Defense Ministry says cuts derived from needs of communities on Gaza border -- The heads of northern communities in the Galilee have set out on a public struggle against a decision by the State......more..
Demographic threat is racist lie
By Idan Lando, YNetNews 2/18/2006
i>Yoram Ettinger, Arnon Sofer are demographic scare mongers....What, exactly, would be lost the day we lost our Jewish majority? Arnon Sofer doesn''t say. To each his own nightmares.Some speak about the end of the "Jewish nature" of......more..
Don''t worry about corruption
By Alan D. Abbey, YNetNews 2/16/2006
Political convictions don''t change the system or improve itI''m not going to lose any sleep over prime ministerial son Omri Sharon spending nine months in jail after his political corruption trial, but his conviction for violating political fundraising laws will......more..
Israelis shoot unarmed Palestinian
AlJazeera 2/16/2006
Israeli occupation forces have shot an unarmed, mentally impaired Palestinian man at close range near the Gaza border fence, Palestinian and Israeli sources say.Mofeed Abu Imghaseet, 25, from Khan Yunis, was seriously injured late on Wednesday night after being shot......more..
New section of separation fence to cut through Judean Desert
Ha''aretz 2/16/2006
The defense establishment announced on Thursday that it would begin constructing the southern section of the separation barrier between Israel the West Bank in the coming weeks through the Judean Desert region.The desert section of the fence will begin east......more..
Anti-Wall Protest in Bil''in followed by Israeli Army invasion
International Middle East Media Center 2/17/2006
After Friday prayers in the West Bank village of Bil''in, dozens of Israelis, international supporters and Palestinian villagers marched toward the construction of the Israeli annexation Wall on villagers'' land. As the march began nearing the Wall, the Israeli Army......more..
Troops obstruct, attack, a peace procession against the Wall in Aboud
International Middle East Media Center 2/17/2006
Approximately 300 residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Separation Wall in Aboud village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Soldiers attacked the procession and fired gas bombs; several residents, in addition to one Israeli and one......more..
Bil''in, Abud, Beit Surik - The joint struggle continue - Friday 17-02-06 Demonstrations
A-Infos 2/17/2006
The joint struggle of Palestinian villagers with the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative against the separation wall, the robbery of villages lands and the occupation collected momentum. In addition to the holding of the two "out posts" of Bil''in during......more..
Weekly report on human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 09 - 15 February 2006
Electronic Intifada/PCHR 2/16/2006
Two Palestinian civilians – a woman and a disabled young man - were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. *13 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children, were wounded by IOF in the West Bank.*IOF conducted 31 incursions......more..
British architects and planners boycott Israeli construction companies
Electronic Intifada/F.A.S.T 2/16/2006
i>Last week, a group of sixty prominent British architects and planners has threatened to boycott the Israeli construction industry over the erection of the security fence and practices in the occupied territories. Following a meeting hosted at the offices......more..
Standing for justice — visiting family tells story of conflict
International Solidarity Movement/Oregon State Daily Barometer 2/16/2006
Presentation on non-violence in Israel-Palestine conflict sparks conversation -- Rachel Corrie sacrificed her life hoping to bring peace through non-violence in the Israeli Palestine conflict. Craig and Cindy Corrie spoke Tuesday in the MU Journey Room about their daughter’s history. Rachel......more..
How might we live?
By Laila El-Haddad, International Solidarity Movement 2/14/2006
The shells are falling again.Interspersed with the occasional sonic boom. It’s like a mix and match Monday special. The army once compared it to a “hat of tricks”. Let’s see what we pull out today. There’s the sonic boom, which... From a-mother-from-Gaza.blogspot.com...more..
Palestinian Ballots vs. Israeli Bullets
Palestine Chronicle 2/15/2006
b>Applying Martin Luther King''s arguments to the conditions existing in Israel as it occupies and oppresses the Palestinian people.“An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.” -- Martin Luther King......more..
Army invades village near Jenin
International Middle East Media Center 2/15/2006
Israeli soldiers invaded Al Zabbouba village, near the West Bank city of Jenin after claiming that residents of the village came close to the Separation Wall.A local source in the village reported that five military vehicles invaded the village, fired......more..
Occupation Forces Kill a Woman and Wound 8 others in two Separate Incidents
International Press Center 2/14/2006
GAZA, Palestine, February 14, 2006 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead a woman next to her home amidst Gaza Strip near the border fence with Israel, and wounded 8 others northern Strip, in addition to the arrest of......more..
Safed fresco seeks Guinness book approval as world''s largest
Ha''aretz 2/15/2006
The last strokes are being applied in the northern city of Sefad to what may be the largest painting in the world, it was reported on Tuesday.The painting was drawn on a concrete wall located in Sefad''s impoverished southern neighborhood......more..
Qalqilia Deputy Governor meets with Red Cross representatives
Ma''an News 2/14/2006
Qalqilia (Ma''an) – The Deputy Governor of the Qalqilia District, Sameih An Nasser, received the head of the Red Cross in the Central Area, Bino Kutcher and the head of the Red Cross in Qalqilia, Said Nazzal.Nasser highly praised the role......more..
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian woman
AlJazeera 2/14/2006
Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian woman next to her home near the border fence with Israel, Israeli and Palestinian security sources say.Nayfa Abu Imsaa''id, 25, and her friend were tending to some goats in an an area just......more..
Israeli Settlers in Palestine attack Children, deface Mosque
International Middle East Media Center 2/13/2006
10 year old Ahmed al-Haddad was attacked Monday by eight adult Israeli settlers in Hebron who chased him down, hitting him with stones until he fell off a wall.Doctors call his condition ''critical'' after the boy suffered from a severe......more..
The People of ‘Aboud Re-Claim Their Lands, Setting Fire to the Apartheid Wall Foundation
StopTheWall.org 2/10/2006
Several hundred villagers in `Aboud, west Ramallah waged a large-scale demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall on their lands. Demonstrators, from the young to the village elders from ‘Aboud and surrounding villages, accompanied by members of the Palestinian Legislative......more..
10 residents injured In Beit Sera village, near Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 2/13/2006
The Maan News Agency reported on Monday that at least ten residents were injured during clashes which erupted after the residents protested against the Separation Wall in Beit Sera village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The residents......more..
Colonizers Assault Child in Hebron
WAFA 2/13/2006
HEBRON, February 13, 2006 (WAFA)- Jewish extremist colonizers tortured Monday a child in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron.A 10-years-old child, Ahmed al-Haddad pointed out that he hardly escaped death as eight colonizers, In Tal al-Rmeida, in the......more..
Jewish Settlers Daub Anti-Prophet Graffiti on Mosque
Palestine Chronicle 2/13/2006
Earlier, Jewish settlers dropped a pig head into a mosque in Jaffa, wrapped by a veil on which was written the name of Prophet Muhammad in Hebrew. -- QALQILYA, West Bank - Anti-Prophet graffiti has been daubed by Jewish settlers on the......more..
Several Citizens Wounded by IOF in Qalqilya
WAFA 2/12/2006
QALQILYA, February 12, 2006 (WAFA)- Several citizens were wounded Sunday in the West Bank (WB) city of Qalqilya, when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire towards them while they were protesting against colonizers insult to the prophet Mohamed.Eyewitnesses told WAFA......more..
Extended Family isolated behind the Wall appeals for rights
International Middle East Media Center 2/13/2006
The Association for Human Rights (ASRI) in Israel appealed to the Israeli High Court of Justice on behalf of a Palestinian family against the Separation Wall which has isolated them from both the Palestinian West Bank and Israel. The Association......more..
Boycott against the architects and construction companies of the Israeli Apartheid!
StopTheWall.org 2/12/2006
Some of Britain’s most prominent architects are considering an economic boycott of Apartheid Israel’s construction industry, in protest against the continued expansion of settlements, the ongoing construction of the Apartheid Wall and what it described as the Occupation’s use of......more..
British architects plan boycott on companies constructing fence
Ha''aretz 2/13/2006
In London this past weekend, Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) published a call to impose a boycott on construction companies involved in building the separation fence and the settlements in the territories in the West Bank and......more..
Video - Bibi: Hamas ''cancer'' must be contained
YNetNews 2/13/2006
Exclusive interview: Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu tells Ynetnews hopes Hamas will moderate following elections victory unfounded, says Likud will build ''iron wall'' around Islamic group -- (VIDEO) Iron wall around Hamas: Hopes that Hamas'' stunning elections win will push it to......more..
Palestinian Cause Atop Agenda of League of Arab States Session
WAFA 2/13/2006
CAIRO, February 13, 2006, (WAFA) - An official source of the League of Arab States announced Monday that the Palestinian cause would be at top agenda of the Arab league''s 125th ordinary session."The agenda of the ordinary session, for foreign......more..
One year for the joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation - Friday 10-02-06
A-Infos 2/11/2006
The activity of the week end started already Thursday evening (in parallel to the preparation for the international conference in Bil''in due at 20th to 21st of February). That evening, activists of the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative joined international......more..
Two Villages, One Struggle; Aboud and Bil’in Against the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 2/11/2006
Aboud; 150 Palestinians, Internationals and Israelis marched through the streets of Aboud on Friday to protest against the Apartheid Wall. The villagers hope to raise awareness that the current path of the barrier will confiscate 20 percent of the West......more..
Budrus tears down the wall - one villager shot with live ammunition
International Solidarity Movement 2/10/2006
Villagers of Budrus gathered after the Friday prayers for a demonstration called for by Fatah against derogatory images of Mohammed the Prophet, February 10. When the march reached the annexation barrier, villagers began tearing down the fence.Later the military invaded......more..
Cedar revolution''s bitter aftertaste
BBC 2/13/2006
The Future Youth office in Beirut is buzzing with young people preparing to mark the anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.A youth comes in brandishing a bunch of roses, each printed with the face of the......more..
"There will be a Vietnam here"
By Gideon Levy, Ha''aretz 2/11/2006
The children threw stones, the border policemen threw grenades. The result: an 8-year-old boy in intensive care with a serious head injury, anesthetized and on a respirator, his situation serious but stable. Abud moves his right leg for a......more..
Six injured in Bil''in, fifteen detained
International Middle East Media Center 2/10/2006
After the residents, Israeli and international peace activists, started their weekly peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil''in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli soldiers obstructed them and fired rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs while attempting......more..
Aboud residents, peace activists, protest against the Wall
International Middle East Media Center 2/10/2006
Residents of Aboud village, near Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists, and two newly elected members of the Palestinian legislative council, conducted a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall and settlements in the area. Hanna Khoury, member of the Popular......more..
Man Shot in Budrus
International Solidarity Movement 2/10/2006
Villagers gathered for what was at first to be a protest against derogatory images of Mohammed the Prophet after 12 p.m. prayers in Budrus Friday, February 10. However, when the march reached the annexation barrier, villagers spontaneously began tearing holes......more..
6 Wounded in Bil''in Anti-wall Protest
WAFA 2/10/2006
RAMALLAH, February 10, 2006 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) assaulted on Friday an anti-wall peaceful demonstration in Bil''in village, wounding six protestors.Coordinator of the Wall Resistance Committee in Bil''in, Abdullah Abu Rahma, said that a number of Israeli soldiers attacked......more..
IDF troops kill armed Palestinian, injure another at Erez crossing
Ha''aretz 2/9/2006
Israel Defense Forces troops killed on Thursday three Palestinian militants in two separate incidents near the Erez crossing in the Gaza Strip.Troops opened fire early Thursday afternoon on two Palestinians who approached the border fence carrying explosive devices, according to......more..
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 02 - 08 February 2006
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 2/10/2006
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) -- *11 Palestinians were extra-judicially killed by IOF. *27 Palestinian civilians, including 17 children, were wounded by IOF.*IOF conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian......more..
UNSCO: West Bank city of Jenin hardest-hit by the Israeli closures and the barrier
Palestine Chronicle 2/10/2006
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israel''s separation wall and its network of checkpoints and roadblocks across the occupied West Bank have led to a "de-development" of the Palestinian economy, a report by the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator (UNSCO) said......more..
Measures needed to alleviate economic hardship in the West Bank – UN report
ReliefWeb/United Nations News 2/9/2006
Improving infrastructure, gaining greater access to markets and diversifying economic activity are among the measures recommended in a United Nations report issued today aimed at helping to alleviate the economic hardship faced by Palestinians in the West Bank.The report, issued......more..
Analysis / Good days for Netanyahu
By Avirama Golan, Ha''aretz 2/10/2006
Hamas win, transfer of funds hurts Kadima - The evacuation of Amona led 9 percent of respondents to change their vote. -- The media consultants for Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud presumably are pleased today. If the success of a campaign is......more..
Three killed near Gaza frontier
BBC 2/9/2006
Israeli soldiers have killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents near the border in the Gaza Strip.Two armed militants who attacked troops were shot dead at the Erez checkpoint in northern Gaza before dawn.The army said troops opened fire at......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 7 -8 February 2006 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 2/9/2006
QALQILIYA: Closure of Main Roads: (i) The Israeli army continues to close the eastern entrance to the town of ‘Azzun with dirt barricades. (ii) The Israeli army continues to close the unpaved detour road connecting the town of ‘Azzun to......more..
Israeli government budgeted $600,000 in 2005 for Palestinian home demolitions in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 2/9/2006
Ma''er Merghlit, an Israeli activist and member of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions) revealed Thursday morning that $600,000 USD had been designated in 2005 by the Israeli Municipal Government in Jerusalem for home demolitions.These homes are demolished allegedly......more..
Jeff Halper & Ghassan Andoni: Nobel Peace Prize Nominees
Electronic Intifada/AFSC 2/9/2006
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker humanitarian service organization, has nominated two candidates for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize: Jeff Halper from Israel and Ghassan Andoni from the West Bank and Gaza.In a region torn apart by conflict......more..
Rural West Bank doomed to poverty by Israeli closures: UN
ReliefWeb 2/9/2006
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb 9, 2006 (AFP) - Poverty and unemployment in the rural West Bank are bound to increase unless Palestinians can regain access to markets cut off by Israel, a United Nations report said Thursday.The impact of the West......more..
Palestinians killed on Gaza border
AlJazeera 2/8/2006
Israeli soldiers have killed two Palestinian fighters in a clash near the Gaza Strip boundary fence.The army confirmed that troops fired on a group of gunmen near the Karni border crossing on Wednesday, saying they were suspected of trying to......more..
They didn''t use enough force
By Gideon Levy, Ha''aretz 2/5/2006
The police forces that operated at Amona were violent and brutal as usual, though this violence was limited in comparison to what we have become accustomed to witnessing - there was no live fire, or even tear gas, rubber-coated bullets or......more..
Representing Palestine in photographs and videos
By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Daily Star 2/8/2006
Darat al-Funun organizes a tightly themed exhibition AMMAN: For the generation of Palestinians who were exiled from their land in 1948, it was the rusted key and dog-eared land deed. For the generation who lived through the first intifada in......more..
Israelis kill Palestinian militant in Gaza
Middle East Online 2/8/2006
GAZA CITY - A Palestinian militant was shot dead on Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire with Israeli troops in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said. Two other armed Palestinians were wounded in the clash near the security fence......more..
Qassam rocket lands near plant south of coastal city of Ashkelon
Ha''aretz 2/8/2006
Kupperwasser: Palestinians likely to increase Qassam range -- A Qassam rocket hit an area just outside a plant in an industrial zone south of the coastal city of Ashkelon on Wednesday, police said.The rocket fell near the fence surrounding the plant......more..
Rocket strikes punctuate Gaza life
BBC 2/8/2006
Israel continues to strike and shell ''unpopulated'' areas of northern Gaza - Ed.] Salah al-Shawwa, 73, was reading in bed when Israeli missiles began raining down on his home in northern Gaza. The Israeli air force was attacking the bridge at......more..
Youth Respond as Occupation Targets Remaining Jayyus Lands on Other Side of the Wall
StopTheWall.org 2/5/2006
Since 2002, 75% of Jayyus village’s agricultural lands have been destroyed and isolated behind the Apartheid Wall. Today, the Occupation is targeting what land is left on the other side of the Wall. Over fifty trucks a day filled with......more..
Video testimony: They separated me from my land
B''tselem 2/1/2006
Video testimony: ''Abd a-Latif ''Odeh Must Go 22 Kilometers to Reach Farmland Next to His House, January 2006--The farmland of ''Abd a-Latif ''Odeh, of D''aba Village, lies adjacent to his home. The separation barrier was built between his home......more..
Video testimony: Dharifa Shareb Waits Next to Locked Gate
B''tselem 2/1/2006
Video testimony: Dharifa Shareb Waits Next to Locked Gate, January 2006 -- The house of Dharifa Shareb was once part of Jayyus Village . The separation barrier surrounds her house on all sides. To go to and from their home, she and......more..
Video testimony: Olive Harvest of Ibrahim Shatareh Goes to Waste,
B''tselem 2/1/2006
Video testimony: Olive Harvest of Ibrahim Shatareh Goes to Waste, January 2006 -- Ibrahim Shatareh , who lives in ''Azzun Village, has two olive orchards on the other side of the fence. Elderly and ill, Shatareh is unable to work his land......more..
Anarchists Against the Wall
Wikipedia 2/1/2006
Anarchists Against the Wall (AAW), sometimes called "Anarchists Against the Fence" or "Jews Against Ghettos", is a loose-knit organization comprised of Israeli anarchists and anti-authoritarians who oppose the construction of the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier and Israeli West Bank barrier......more..
The joint struggle continues- Another outpost established in Bil''in
A-Infos 2/8/2006
Just distributed in the mailing list of the Anarchists Against The Wall (againstwall@yahoogroups.com): Another outpost is built on the the lands of Bil''in, West side of the separation fence (in addition to the one of the Bil''in Center For......more..
Army uproots 160 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers in Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 2/7/2006
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli army bulldozers uprooted on Tuesday afternoon 160 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers in Jamoura Village, west of the West Bank city of Hebron.The Israeli army stated that the uprooting of the trees was done for the......more..
De-Demonize Hamas, Support Democracy
By John Whitbeck, Palestine Chronicle 2/7/2006
i>Hamas'' victory has rendered ''dismantling the infrastructure of terror'' moot; it appears that the ''destruction of Israel'' will become the new catch phrase. If one views the world through the eyes of Israeli and Western governments and media......more..
Major settlements to remain part of Israel: Olmert
ReliefWeb 2/7/2006
JERUSALEM, Feb 7, 2006 (AFP) - The massive Jewish settlements of Gush Etzion and Maale Adumim will remain part of the state of Israel regardless of future developments, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday."Maale Adumim and Gush Etzion will......more..
IOF Arrests Father and his 3 Sons in Jenin, Uproots Olive Trees in Hebron
WAFA 2/7/2006
In Hebron, Israeli soldiers uprooted scores of olive trees in Jamroura village in the wake of seizing lands to expand the construction of the Apartheid Wall. -- JENIN, February 7, 2006 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested father and his three......more..
Anglicans shun firms ''profiting from occupation''
YNetNews 2/7/2006
Anglican Church decides Monday to suspend investments in companies that profit from ''the illegal occupation of Palestinian land,'' blames Israel for Palestinian despair -- LONDON - The Church of England decided Monday to suspend all its investments in companies it described as......more..
Reactions to Chris McGeal''s articles from other experts and from readers
The Guardian 2/8/2006
Most Israelis do not believe it is right to control the Palestinians'' / This conflict is about Israel''s - not the Arabs'' - survival: Professor Benny Morris, Li-On, Israel: "Chris McGreal appears to have dropped in from outer space, not spent the past......more..
Worlds apart
By Chris McGreal, The Guardian 2/6/2006
i>Israelis have always been horrified at the idea of parallels between their country, a democracy risen from the ashes of genocide, and the racist system that ruled the old South Africa. Yet even within Israel itself, accusations persist that......more..
Occupation Bombard the Strip, Mofaz to Intensify Strikes against Resistance Activists
Palestine Monitor/IPC 2/4/2006
GAZA, Palestine, February 4, 2006 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Israeli military tanks and artilleries last night fired at least 40 shells towards open areas in the northern Gaza Strip inflicting material damages but no injuries were reported.Israeli army sources said the......more..
High Court: State must explain why it won''t move separation fence in Bil''in
A-Infos 2/5/2006
Note: The years long struggle against the route of the separation fence that used to grab Palestinians lands in the false pretence of security for Jewish settlers got some successes. The year long of persistant joint struggle of the Anarchists......more..
High Court queries route of security fence near Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement/Jerusalem Post 2/4/2006
The High Court of Justice on Thursday issued a showcause order instructing the state to explain why it had chosen the specific route of the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bil’in and why the barrier should not be......more..
Bil''in, Is the joint struggle nearing its end? Friday demo of 3-2-06
A-Infos 2/4/2006
When the "theme" of the last Friday demo in Bil''in turned to be the denouncing of the Danish media for its insulting of the prophet Mohamad, few questions are alerting. Till few weeks ago, each of the Friday joint demonstrations......more..
Bil’in Unbowed; One Year of Non-Violent Resistance to the Apartheid Wall
International Solidarity Movement 2/3/2006
The weekly non-violent protests against the Israelis Apartheid wall continued today in Bil’in, when Palestinians from the village displayed their resistance to the ongoing theft of their village’s land. At least one Palestinian was injured by a tear gas canister......more..
40 weapons stolen from base
YNetNews 2/6/2006
Thieves break into IDF base after cutting security fence; investigators suspect insiders job; stolen rifles, grenade launchers believed to have been handed over to criminal or terror elements -- Soldiers didn''t see a thing: A total of 40 weapons were stolen......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 4 -5 February 2006 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 2/6/2006
JERUSALEM:Closure: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at checkpoints located at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem and has set up checkpoints in the old city of Jerusalem and around Al Aqsa Mosque compound. Closure of......more..
Invitation to a conference in Bilin
A-Infos 2/6/2006
The joint struggle and the nonviolent struggle against the wall and the occupation. an international conference in Bil''ín, Palestine, Monday Tuesday Feb 20-21 2006. This conference will bring together people who support the popular non violent Palestinian movement to......more..
Our Fathers’ Bones
By Stephen Williams, Palestine Chronicle 2/1/2006
i>It is the International Day of the Child and I am in the Spafford Center, just inside the Old City, watching the arrival of West Bank children.LONDON - Every day at dusk, children from East Jerusalem gather at......more..
Bil''in-Jerusalem, The joint struggle against the separation fence hearing at the highest court of "justice".
A-Infos 2/1/2006
Wednesday morning, about 30 Israeli activists of the Israeli Anarchists Against The Wall initiative took a bus the highest court of Israeli "justice" in Jerusalem, for the hearing of the petition of Bil''in villagers against the separation fence that is......more..
Invitation to ISM’s Spring Campaign
International Solidarity Movement 2/1/2006
ISM needs volunteers to support Bil’in and other west bank village’s Nonviolent resistance.-- “For the last year our West Bank village of Bil’in has campaigned nonviolently to save our land – chaining ourselves to olive trees, locking ourselves to tree roots......more..
Bili’n on the streets of Tel Aviv
International Solidarity Movement 2/1/2006
Protest art - Now you see it, now they rip it down- by Noa Yachot from Haaretz The latest art gallery in Tel Aviv is the city itself. Alternately put up - and ripped down from - a half-dozen city sidewalk locales, is......more..
Close Encounter of a Settler Kind
International Solidarity Movement 1/31/2006
Qawawis is a village in the south Hebron Hills, very close to the green line, and surrounded by settlements and settlement outposts. In Qawawis are about 5-6 families, all of whom have roughly 10 kids (the kids, however, are......more..
Protest art - Now you see it, now they rip it down
Ha''aretz 2/2/2006
The latest art gallery in Tel Aviv is the city itself. Alternately put up - and ripped down from - a half-dozen city sidewalk locales, is an exhibit of photographs depicting the weekly struggles between Israeli security forces and Palestinian, Israeli and......more..
Bomb targets Beirut army barracks
AlJazeera 2/2/2006
A bomb placed at the wall of a military barracks in Beirut exploded early on Thursday, shattering windows of several apartments and cars, police and witnesses said.Police said no one was hurt, but one TV station and some witnesses said......more..
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