Unforgettable Birthday in a Refugee Camp
By Philip Rizk, Palestine Chronicle 2/19/2007
   i>Outside a commotion had started and people were yelling at each other. Jamal, at first was unmoved, suddenly picked up his phone and rushed outside upon hearing Zaher’s announcement that it was the neighbors fighting over the electricity lines... more..

Palestinians open fire at Israeli technician working on the separation wall near Qalandia
Ma’an News Agency 2/20/2007
   Bethlehem - An Israeli technician, who was working on constructing the separation wall to the north of Qalandia checkpoint in the central West Bank, was moderately injured on Tuesday.According to the electronic website of the Israeli daily newspaper of ’Maariv...

Israeli forces arrest three Palestinians in Qalqilia
Ma’an News Agency 2/20/2007
   Qalqilia - The Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians on Tuesday morning in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and the nearby village of Jayyous, located close to the separation wall.According to Palestinian security sources, the arrested men were, Sufyan Hasayin...

Palestinian worker from seam zone village, arrested inside Israel, released after one month’s interrogation
Ma’an News Agency 2/20/2007
   Nablus - Salfit - The Israeli authorities have released a Palestinian worker from the northern West Bank, who was arrested inside Israel a month ago, and had undergone a month’s interrogation in Israeli military detention centres.Our Nablus correspondent reported that...

Anarchist activist Jonathan Pollak given 3 month suspended sentence
International Solidarity Movement 2/18/2007
   Jonathan Pollak, an activist with Anarchists Against the Wall was sentenced to 3 months in prison, that will be activated if he is convicted at a similar charge again. Pollak was sentenced today after he was convicted together with 10... more..

Eleven injured in the weekly protest in Bil’in village
International Middle East Media Center 2/16/2007
   On Friday, 300 protestors from the village of Bilin, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, joined with Israeli and international supporters. They marched in the weekly protest in the village against the illegal Israeli wall being built on... more..

CPT: Israeli military demolishes seven Palestinian homes in south Hebron district
International Solidarity Movement/Christian Peacemaker Teams 2/15/2007
   Israeli soldiers demolished homes in three Palestinian villages near bypass road 317 on February 14, 2007. Starting in Imneizil at around 9am about forty Israeli soldiers with two bulldozers demolished one home, an animal pen and a stone bake-oven. At... more..

More than a walkway
By Daoud Kuttab, Electronic Intifada 2/13/2007
   If Israeli officials felt that the protest against work near Al-Aqsa mosque was a local problem that would soon go away, they were not watching Lebanese television.Some might think that the Arab world’s most popular TV program, Star... more..

Bethlehem suffering because of Israel’s land Confiscation Policy
International Middle East Media Center 2/15/2007
   Bethlehem and Jerusalem are the hardest hit this year by settlement expansion and land confiscation. Today in the south central West Bank Israeli forces said they will confiscate 17 dunams of land. Bethlehem and Jerusalem are the hardest hit this... more..

Mazuz to review Salah for incitement
Jerusalem Post 2/16/2007
   Interior Security Minister Avi Dichter and Israel Police Inspector-General Moshe Karadi decided Friday that the words spoken by Islamic Movement head Sheikh Raed Salah calling on Muslims to renew the intifada would be reviewed by Attorney General Menachem Mazuz for... more..

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 08 - 14 February 2007
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 2/15/2007
   Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) * 22 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, and an Israeli solidarity activist, were wounded by IOF gunfire. * IOF conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian... Full Report (PDF) more..

Security forces demolish seven houses in Mt. Hebron villages
Ha’aretz 2/14/2007
   Security forces destroyed seven illegally constructed Palestinian houses and 13 other structures Wednesday on the southern slope of Mount Hebron in the West Bank.The demolitions took place in the villages of Manzal, Umm al-Khir and Gawawis.Abdullah Harizat, a resident of... more..

Protester beaten on head with rifle butt in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 2/16/2007
   At today’s demo against the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in the IOF lashed out at the peaceful protesters, inflicting 11 injuries, including one head wound. As Israeli activist Koby Snitz was attempting to protect a Bil’in villager, the crown of his... more..

Al Aqsa protesters face arrests and beatings while being prevented from entering Old City
Palestine News Network 2/15/2007
   From the victims of the massive roundups in Jerusalem - tens who are being arrested for protesting the destruction at Al Aqsa Mosque and Moroccans Gate - come stories of abuse. It begins when Israeli forces break into the home before the... more..

Settler attack and occupation of Abu Heikel garden in Tel Rumeida
International Solidarity Movement 2/14/2007
   On Monday 12th February at 3:45pm, a settler women with about 8 children went to the Tel Rumeida hill. The settler children, aged 8-10 years old, started to throw stones at Palestinian children who were playing football underneath... more..

Judge: Troops at fence protest were more violent than protesters
Ha’aretz 2/11/2007
   A military judge wrote Saturday that soldiers trying to disperse protesters against the separation fence in the West Bank village of Bil’in used more violence than the demonstrators. After watching a videotape of the rally, the judge wrote... more..

Historic Islamic Architecture Demolished by Occupation - Al-Aqsa in Peril
Stop The Wall 2/4/2007
   The Israeli occupation closed all entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, barring anyone under the age of 45 from entering. This marked the arrival of Occupation bulldozers which are removing the ruins of Mamluk palaces and demolishing historic Muslim place in... more..

Tair’s Palestinian peers
By Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz 2/13/2007
   A child a week, almost every week. In recent weeks, I again went out to document the circumstances of the killing of several children and teenagers, shot dead by Israel Defense Forces soldiers. A very ill wind is once again... more..

Five Qassam rockets fired at Israel from Gaza Strip
Ha’aretz 2/12/2007
   Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Monday fired five Qassam rockets at Israel, just four days after the rival Hamas and Fatah factions agreed to form a national unity government. The rockets landed in open areas in the western... more..

Ruins discovered at Mughrabi site
Jerusalem Post 2/13/2007
   As the controversy swirls around the construction of the new bridge leading to the Temple Mount at the Mughrabi Gate, archeologists have already uncovered finds from the medieval period and early Islamic era that shed new light on Jerusalem’... more..

Head of northern Islamic Movement charged with attacking police
Ha’aretz 2/12/2007
   The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged the leader of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch and four of his supporters with assaulting police officers during an illegal protest at the site of Israeli excavations on the... more..

Jewish ’Inroads’ in Muslim Quarter
Washington Post 2/11/2007
   Settlers’ Project to Alter Skyline of Jerusalem’s Old City -- JERUSALEM, Feb. 10 -- From the roof of his home just inside the Old City walls, Palestinian landlord Nasser Karain has a view of the valleys and plateaus where... more..

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions - Palestinian Trade Union Call upon International Labor Movement
International Solidarity Movement 2/12/2007
   The Palestinian Trade unions have given out a Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions endorsed by: * the General Union of Palestinian Workers (GUPW). * the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU). * the Coalition of Independent Democratic Unions. * Other Palestinian professional... more..

The Meanness of Separation: Politics and Apartheid
By Newton Garver, Palestine Chronicle 2/9/2007
   Why does Carter disdain peace through separation, so much that he leaves it out of account? Could it be because he addresses this problem, as well as others, with his focus on the needs of government and the requirements of... more..

The Twilight Zone / Victims of the fence
Ha’aretz 2/8/2007
   A still-life image: a building covered with Jerusalem stone, a large memorial poster hanging high up on one of the floors, and below, a sign in broken English over the "Paradise Cafe." Second image: a makeshift soccer field, empty, on... more..

Paired on a gallery wall, portraits and landscapes capture separation
By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Daily Star 2/10/2007
   strong>Photographer Alan Gignoux turns a documentary eye on Palestinians’ plight in ’Homeland Lost’ InterviewBEIRUT: An elderly man sits cross-legged on a mat in his home in Lebanon’s Bourj Chemali refugee camp. In his... more..

The weekly protest in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 2/9/2007
   On Friday, Palestinian villagers along with international and Israeli peace activists marched in the weekly protest in Bilin village near the West Bank city of Ramallah.A total of 300 demonstrators marched today in protest to the Israeli policy of judeaising... more..

Sound bomb dropped on Bil’in villager’s foot
International Solidarity Movement 2/9/2007
   At today’s weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in a soldier dropped a sound bomb on a peaceful protester who was part of group holding a sit-in near the gate to the Wall. The bomb exploded on the foot... more..

Israeli police clash with Palestinians protesting excavation at Al-Aqsa
Daily Star 2/10/2007
   Israeli police entered the area around Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and fired stun grenades at protesting Palestinian worshippers during clashes at the end of Friday prayers.Muslim leaders had called for protests over Israeli excavations near Islam’s third... more..

Violence at al-Aqsa compound
Al Jazeera 2/9/2007
   Israeli police arrested 17 Palestinians after Friday’s clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City -- Clashes broke out between Israeli police and Muslim worshippers at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Friday prayers. Israeli policemen using tear gas and stun... more..

Fortifying the ghetto in West Ramallah
Stop The Wall 2/1/2007
   According to media reports, the Occupation’s Prime Minister has approved an extension of the Apartheid Wall’s path in West Ramallah, taking it deeper into the West Bank and furthering the imprisonment of 20,000 Palestinians in a walled ghetto. The new... more..

IDF believes northern border flare-up was isolated incident
Jerusalem Post 2/9/2007
   A day after clashes erupted between IDF troops and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), a top officer in the Northern Command told The Jerusalem Post Thursday that Hizbullah - as a result of the border flare-up - had readied itself in preparation... more..

UNIFIL confirms Israel’s version: IDF troops didn’t enter Lebanon
Ha’aretz 2/8/2007
   The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) accepted on Thursday Israel’s version of the events that concluded in an exchange of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and the Lebanese Army at the border late Wednesday. UNIFIL... more..

Palestinians say Israel fueling anarchy in Gaza, West Bank
YNetNews 2/8/2007
   PA security officer says Israeli ‘gangs’ sell weapons to counterparts in territories, who in return sell them to armed groups, private customers; infighting allows Israel’s settlement and separation barrier work to progress more easily,’ Palestinians say. Accusation baseless,’ IDF spokesman... more..

Sheikh Tamimi calls for a global ’day of outrage’ in protest against the Al-Aqsa digs
Ma’an News Agency 2/8/2007
   Jerusalem - Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the Supreme Judge in Palestine, has called for a ’day of outrage’ across the Muslim world on Friday in protest against the excavations carried out by the Israeli authorities close to the Islamic holy mosque... more..

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 01 - 07 February 2007
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 2/8/2007
   Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) * 6 Palestinians, including a child, killed by IOF in the West Bank * One of those killed was extra-judicially executed * Child dies of... more..

Shenkin on the corner of the Hawara checkpoint
YNetNews 2/6/2007
   Palestinian artist, Haled Jarar, hung his photographs on the fence of an IDF checkpoint near Nablus; the "Activestills" exhibit covered the streets of Tel Aviv with photos of squatters. Two exhibits, two protests --On Saturday at midday Haled Jarar, 31... more..

Israeli researcher claims "obvious evidence" that the Jewish temple lies directly underneath the Al-Aqsa mosque
Ma’an News Agency 2/8/2007
   Bethlehem - An Israeli professor, Yousif Petrich, a researcher in the archeological department of the Hebrew University has, on Thursday, claimed that archeological discoveries have given exact details on the whereabouts of the Temple in Jerusalem. According to the Israeli researcher... Archeologist: Ancient cistern proves location of Second Temple more..

Lebanon threatens fire over border patrol
YNetNews 2/7/2007
   Israeli bulldozers plough border area near Avivim in search for explosives devices, drawing threats from Lebanese Army to open fire; Hizbullah’s al-Manar TV falsely reports IDF troops trespassed international border -- Israeli troops on Wednesday combed sections of the... more..

IDF shells Lebanese Army positions across northern border
Ha’aretz 2/8/2007
   Israel Defense Forces troops fired warning shells late Wednesday at Lebanese Army positions across their shared frontier, after Lebanese troops fired light weapons at IDF tanks north of the border fence, although still inside sovereign Israeli territory.IDF troops issued a... more..

Saving Jerusalem
By Joharah Baker, MIFTAH 2/7/2007
   For the past week, tensions have risen higher than usual in Jerusalem, possibly the most disputed city in history today. Once again, Jerusalem’s religious significance is at the heart of the conflict and has been woven into the intrinsic political... more..

Samir Kassir’s Little Book of Big Ideas
By Rami Khouri, Middle East Online 2/7/2007
   strong>Samir Kassir, even in death, radiates hope and self-confidence, anchored in that powerful, rich, irresistible combination of Arab-Islamic, Western and universalist values that still define most people in the Middle East.BEIRUT - The one person whose... more..

Six settler families live in Hebron IDF camp for a decade
Ha’aretz 2/8/2007
   Six settler families have been living in caravans inside a military camp in Hebron for more than a decade, and the Israel Defense Forces has no plans to put an end to this situation even though it is extraordinary and... more..

Lebanese soldiers throw stones at border fence
YNetNews 2/7/2007
   Israel to file complaint with UN following incident on border. Defense Minister Peretz says Israel reserves right to respond --Several Lebanese soldiers hurled stones towards the fence along Israel’s northern border on Wednesday, causing no injuries or damage.The... more..

Israelis retaliate after attack by Lebanese Army
The Independent 2/7/2007
   Israeli tanks shelled Lebanese Army positions late last night after coming under fire as they joined an operation to comb the border area for explosive devices placed by Hizbollah guerrillas. The Israel Defence Forces said early today that an engineering... more..

Bethlehem student protest against Israeli demolitions at Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem’s Old City
Palestine News Network 2/6/2007
   Several student blocs from Bethlehem University and Al Quds University protested the Israeli destruction of Al Aqsa Mosque’s Moroccan Gate this afternoon. The students took to the streets of Bethlehem and shouted against the continued threat to Muslim... more..

Israeli authorities issue demolition orders for West Bank farm next to Immanuel settlement
Ma’an News Agency 2/6/2007
   Qalqilya - The Israeli authorities issued demolition orders on Tuesday for a number of farm buildings in the village of Jinsafut, located east of Qalqilya and adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Immanuel. The route of the illegal separation wall... more..

Anarchists Blockade Portions of Downtown Tel Aviv for the Second Time in a Month Print E-mail
Alternative Information Center/Anarchists Against the Wall 2/4/2007
   For the second time in a month activists from Anarchists Against the Wall blocked one of Tel Aviv’s busiest streets using razor wire taken from the segregation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in. In... more..

Irish foreign minister pledges $14.8 million to UNRWA
Ma’an News Agency 2/6/2007
   Aida camp (Maans) Bethlehem - On 31 January 2007, the Irish government announced an €11.4 million ($14.8 million) aid package to support Palestine refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has reported.Ireland... more..

Al Aqsa Mosque Foundation: Israeli forces pulling Muslim heritage out of Jerusalem at its roots
Palestine News Network 2/5/2007
   Throughout the Al Aqsa Mosque area Israeli forces have expelled Arab workers and media. No information is being allowed out concerning the destruction of Islamic holy sites ongoing in East Jerusalem’s Old City. Al Aqsa Mosque and its... more..

Calls for Al-Aqsa protest raise alert level at Temple Mount
Ha’aretz 2/4/2007
   The Jerusalem police will raise the alert level at the Temple Mount Sunday morning in response to calls made by Muslim leaders on Israel’s Muslim population to stage a demonstration at the site in protest of planned construction... more..