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Anti-Wall Campaign asks for boycott of French companies following home demolitions in Walaja
International Middle East Media Center 4/1/2006
After two home demolitions last week in the village of Al Walaja, near Bethlehem, the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign issued a call for citizens and civil society groups to stand up and demand the immediate cessation of the involvement......more..
Residents, peace activists and international diplomats conduct march to Wall in Bil''in
International Middle East Media Center 3/31/2006
The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil''in village, west of Ramallah, invited diplomats from several European representatives offices in the Palestinian areas to participate in an activity regarding the threatens imposed over the Palestinians by the Israeli annexation Wall......more..
The New Israel: Plans to redraw border on West Bank
The Independent 3/30/2006
Ariel Sharon''s successor, Ehud Olmert, began the task of building a workable coalition yesterday after Israelis voted, for the first time, to return a majority of MPs committed to dismantling settlements in the West Bank.The Labour party''s 20 Knesset members......more..
Update: Renewing the Violence
Palestine Monitor 3/27/2006
Since the end of January, the ebbing intifada has found renewed frustrations, with Palestinians strained between their right to self-determination and the reality of international hegemony more acutely than any time previous. Palestinian election results somewhat leveled the extremism of......more..
The boundaries of love
By Niv Hachlili, Palestine Monitor/Haaretz 3/24/2006
Swirling clouds of dust and garbage enveloped Osama Zatar and Jasmin Avissar as they stood near the Qalandiyah checkpoint, outside Jerusalem, and smiled for the camera. There wasn''t much happiness in their smiles, though - mostly sadness, the sadness of parting......more..
More barriers in Salfeet area
Ma''an News 3/28/2006
Salfeet- Maan- Israeli Forces strengthen their measures in the area of Salfeet , three new temporary checkpoints were erected in the area, one on the entrance of Qarawat Bani Has''san, the other at the entrance of Zawyah, and the third at......more..
Notice at Kalandia Checkpoint: Al Ram is Now Israel
International Solidarity Movement 3/26/2006
On Saturday March 25 Israeli military placed a notice at the Kalandia checkpoint announcing that from March 27, 2006 only holders of a permit to enter Israel will be allowed to cross the checkpoint to the West Bank village of......more..
Popular Committee call Palestinians to continue their struggle against the wall and land confiscatio
Ma''an News 3/28/2006
Bethlehem-Maan- Popular Campaign for Resisting the Separation Wall issued a statement on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Land Day that comes next Friday, called for the reinforcement of the mass struggle and in order to achieve more......more..
30th Land Day demo against Apartheid Wall near Ariel bloc
Palestine News Network 3/28/2006
RAFAT, SALFIT -- A protest demonstration spearheaded by Salfit-based Palestinians and supported by internationals and Israelis in the solidarity movement will be held in the village of Rafat on Thursday, March 30, the 30th commemoration of Land Day. Demonstrators are meeting......more..
Wall mitigation: Implications for donors and implementing agencies operating in areas affected by the Separation Barrier
ReliefWeb 3/28/2006
Humanitarian and Emergency Policy Group of the Local Aid Coordination Committee, 30 Jan 2005 -- Executive Summary: In June 2004 the Ministry of Planning (MoP) presented its "Guidelines for Wall Mitigation" (1) to the LACC (2). These Cabinet-approved guidelines are aimed......more..
The joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation - the Friday demo in Bil''in and Beit-Sira
A-infos 3/24/2006
This Friday, the efforts to block the way for Israeli activists fro joining the demonstrations was concentrated in the road block of Naalin. The rest of the roads and paths were open and about 50 Israelis from the Anarchists Against......more..
Maze of checkpoints separates sisters
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 3/27/2006
The first question Salwa Tabari asked was how rehearsals were coming for the big concert marking the Jerusalem Choir''s jubilee year. Actually, that was her second question. The first, almost rhetorical question, was: Why did it take you so long......more..
Olmert to Discuss Israel''s Final Borders with Washington as Israel Turns Qalandia Checkpoint into Border Crossing
International Press Center 3/27/2006
GAZA, March 27, 2006 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation authorities concluded on Sunday the closure of Al Barid and Al Ram suburbs, in order to turn the nearby Qalandia checkpoint into an official border crossing. Israeli soldiers closed yesterday an opening......more..
Troops killed Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip
Palestine News Network 3/26/2006
A Palestinian security source reported that one Palestinian youth was shot and killed early Sunday by Israeli military fire in Juhr Al Deek area, in the central Gaza Strip; army source claimed that soldiers shot and killed one gunman.According to......more..
Teenager Killed, Israeli Choppers Pounded Middle and North the Strip
International Press Center 3/26/2006
GAZA, Palestine, March 26,2006 (IPC+ Agencies) - - A Teenager was gunned down today dawn at the borderline between Gaza Strip and Israel close to the Al Burijj town, in the middle of the Strip, Palestinian security sources said. Israeli occupation army......more..
Differences between Hamas and Fatah continue
Ma''an News 3/27/2006
Ramallah- Maan- Fatah Bloc Spokesman in the PLC Mr. Az''zam Al Ahmad described the Hamas Government Program as an empty of politics.Speaking to the press after the session Al Ahmad said that " there is ambiguity in the platform of the......more..
Friends of the Earth planning ''peace park'' across the Jordan
Ha''aretz 3/26/2006
According to Gideon Brumberg, head of the Israeli branch of Friends of the Earth, "the idea is to connect the two banks, on the Israeli side kibbutzim Ashdot Yaakov and Gesher, and on the Jordanian side the communities of Bakura......more..
Israeli restrictions create isolated enclaves in West Bank
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 3/24/2006
The regime of restriction on movement imposed by Israel on the Palestinians has crumbled the West Bank into dozens of closed or partially closed enclaves isolated from each other despite their geographical proximity. Permanent and mobile checkpoints, along with physical......more..
Between Walls – Villagers in Bethlehem squeezed by further land confiscation
StopTheWall.org 3/24/2006
Occupation Forces distributed confiscation orders on the 19th of March for land belonging to 6 villages west of Bethlehem - Walaja, Battir, Husan, al-Qabu, Wadi Fukin and Surif. Military orders proclaimed the confiscation of over 766 dunums of Palestinian land for......more..
Peaceful protest against the Wall in Bil''in met by military violence
International Middle East Media Center 3/24/2006
300 Residents of Bil''in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, including Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the annexation Wall and settlements; the peaceful protesters were met by military violence, ten were injured and five......more..
Targeted Demolitions Hit Village of Al-Walaja
Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign - Stop The Wall 3/24/2006
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, March 24th, 2006Al-Walaja was the subject of two house demolitions on Wednesday the 22nd of March, as Occupation bulldozers attacked the village for several hours. Occupation Forces arrived in the village during the......more..
Attack on Palestinian water resources forms part of the Zionist plan to isolate the Jordan Valley
Palestine Monitor 3/22/2006
On Monday, Occupation forces handed Mu’ayad Abed al Ra’oof Hreash a military order announcing the demolition of the agricultural water reservoir that allows him to cultivate his land.Mu’ayad Hreash’s land is located in the North West part of Bardala in......more..
Anti-Wall protest in Beit Siera
International Middle East Media Center 3/25/2006
Residents of the West Bank village of Beit Siera, west of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday afternoon against the annexation Wall Israel is constructing on the annexed orchards of the residents.At least 150 protestors marched against......more..
American Consul in Israel: We will continue to support Abbas
International Middle East Media Center 3/25/2006
In an interview Friday with Ma''an News Service, the American Consul General in Jerusalem, Jake Walles, described the situation in the Gaza Strip as “difficult", drawing particular attention to the running out of food supplies in stores there. In an......more..
IDF kills three Palestinian militants near Gaza Strip fence
Ha''aretz 3/23/2006
The Israel Defense Forces killed three Palestinians early Thursday morning north of the Kissufim checkpoint near the Gaza Strip security fence.Soldiers positioned in a watchtower spotted the Palestinians placing an explosive device nearby. An IDF tank subsequently opened fire in......more..
TREND ANALYSIS: Israel’s Escalating Colonization of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The Case of the Salfit Governorate (PDF)
By Palestinian Monitoring Group, International Womens'' Peace Service 3/23/2006
Negotiations Affairs Department -- Executive SummaryThe case of the Salfit Governorate illustrates a sustained Israeli policy to seize and maintain control over land and natural resources in the OPT. While Salfit is a small Governorate, Israeli colonization therein reflects a larger......more..
Palestinian resistance shoots and kills an Israeli soldier near Gaza strip
International Middle East Media Center 3/23/2006
Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad Movement, claimedresponsibility for shooting an Israeli soldier who was repairing the border fence near the Israeli town of Khuza''a, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Thursday morning.In a press......more..
Picking Up the Pieces
By Alys, International Womens'' Peace Service 3/23/2006
Jenin refugee camp, in the northern part of the West Bank, is home to approximately 14,000 people, crowded into an area of about 1 square kilometer. The refugees came mostly in 1948 from the Haifa area, a coastal town in......more..
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 16 - 22 March 2006
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 3/23/2006
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)*A Palestinian child was killed and a member of the Islamic Jihad was extra-judicially executed by IOF *IOF continued to shell Palestinian areas......more..
Wall squeezes Bethlehem Christians
BBC 3/20/2006
It must be barely 10 km from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Jesus and Mary probably took this road, as they made their way down from Nazareth 2,000 years ago.But take the route today, and you are confronted with a new obstacle.The......more..
Court moves fence in Jerusalem to prevent neighborhood''s isolation
Ha''aretz 3/22/2006
Jerusalem Magistrate''s Court rejected the proposed route of the separation fence where it would pass through the Sheikh Sa''ad neighborhood in the East Jerusalem village of Jebel Mukaber.The decision of the court, which is handling disputes between the Defense Ministry......more..
Army installs two iron gates east of Tamon village
International Middle East Media Center 3/22/2006
The Israeli army installed two iron gates in the electrified fences erected previously by the Army east of Tamon village near the West Bank city of Tubas, Wednesday afternoon.Troops installed the gates near a trench which was made by army......more..
Israeli forces demolish houses in Wallaja in the path of planned high-speed train
International Middle East Media Center 3/22/2006
On Wednesday morning, Israeli Forces attacked many Palestinians and demolished two houses in Wallaja village, west of the city of Beit Jala.A number of Palestinians were injured. The soldiers, who used Caterpillar D9 bulldozers in the destruction, claimed that the......more..
Israeli forces besieging Jam''maeen town
Ma''an News 3/22/2006
Salfeet- Maan- Israeli Forces prevented Palestinian citizens of Jam''maeen town from leaving or entering the gates on the entrances.Iz''zat Zitawi , mayor of the town said that the Israeli forces was not satisfied by the erection of the gates, they have......more..
Dutch Expert: Israeli Disengagement Plan Aims to Besiege Palestinian Population Centers
International Press Center 3/22/2006
RAMALLAH, Palestine, March 22, 2006 (IPC + Agencies) - - A Dutch expert from the Palestinian Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) asserted that the Israeli disengagement plan the acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his Kadima party are adopting aims to besiege the......more..
Barghouthi met with British students in Ramallah
Ma''an News 3/22/2006
Ramallah-Maan- PLC Member Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi met with British students delegation of 30 students most of Cambridge University.Barghouthi presented detailed explanation about Israeli daily attacks against Palestinian civilians and the Separation Wall''s dangers which is worse than the apartheid system......more..
Israel barrier ''hurting farmers''
BBC 3/21/2006
A UN report into the humanitarian impact of Israel''s West Bank barrier says it has caused widespread losses to Palestinian farmers.About 5,000 Palestinians currently live in the areas between the barrier and Israel''s pre-1967 boundary and they need permits......more..
Amy Goodman and James Zogby Host Event to Honor the Words and Life of Rachel Corrie
International Solidarity Movement 3/21/2006
When: 8:00 PM Wednesday, March 22, Where: Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York, New York [contact information] -- Participants include: Cindy & Craig Corrie, Anthony Arnove, Huwaida Arraf, Brian Avery, Nirit Ben-Ari, Leila Buck, Kia Corthron, Sherif Fam, Suheir Hammad......more..
Palestinians Suffer Water, Food Crisis
Palestine Chronicle 3/19/2006
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are forced to buy water from trucks to supplement local supplies that often fall short of requirements. -- OCCUPIED TERRITORIES - The Palestinians are on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, as the UN warns, not just......more..
Illegal Israeli Digging Beneath Western Wall of Al Aqsa Mosque Continues
International Middle East Media Center 3/18/2006
Israeli construction companies, with support from Israeli armed forces, have resumed digging underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, apparently in a bid to undermine the foundations of the ancient mosque and cause it to collapse, reported the Al Aqsa Institution......more..
Residents of Beit Ummar village reclaim land confiscated by Israel for the Wall
International Middle East Media Center 3/20/2006
Yesterday, dozens of people from Beit Ummar village in northern Hebron faced off with Israeli soldiers in a non-violent demonstration on their own land which is being confiscated for the Annexation Wall’s construction. The protesters marched from Beit Ummar Municipality......more..
Candlelit vigil at Separation Wall
Palestine Monitor 3/17/2006
Join us this Friday as fifty internationals participating in the International Church Action for Peace in Palestine and Israel, join together for a candlelit vigil at the Separation Wall -- On: Friday 17th March At: 7.30pm -- We will be congregating on......more..
Israeli water grab harms Palestinians
AlJazeera 3/20/2006
Lack of water severely affects Palestinian society and economy -- Israel''s vast separation wall slices Nazlet Isa off from one of the richest water sources in the arid northern West Bank where the fight for water is a fight for survival......more..
Images from a floating world
By Karma Nabulsi, The Guardian 3/18/2006
i>"What was happening in Gaza or Nablus - the curfews, the checkpoints, the terrifying incursions of troops, the targeted assassinations, the collapse of the social infrastructure, the malnutrition, the cages in which Palestinians were fenced off, like zoo animals - could......more..
After weeks of Israeli closure, Gaza Strip is completely out of bread
International Middle East Media Center 3/16/2006
All of the bakeries in the Gaza Strip are closed.Dependent on imports of flour, the 1.2 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth in terms of population to land area, are now facing an......more..
Ten Palestinians injured in Bilin
Ma''an News 3/17/2006
Ramallah- Maan- Ten Palestinian citizens injured one seriously during confrontations in the villages of Bilin and Beit Stra Friday.Citizens of the tow villages organized a demonstration to protest the separation wall building when they were attacked by the Israeli forces.Palestinian......more..
Four peaceful protesters injured in Bil''in
International Middle East Media Center 3/17/2006
Residents of Bi''in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the Israeli annexation Wall, and the recent statements of the acting prime minister in Israel, Ehud Olmert. Abdullah Abu Rahma......more..
Israeli Higher Court refuses Palestinians appeal
Ma''an News 3/17/2006
Maan- Israeli Higher Court approved the continuation of the building of the separation wall on Palestinian lands West of Ramalah in the West Bank.The court looked into appeals of Palestinian citizens of Shakba village against the confiscation of their lands......more..
Israeli army demolishes agricultural structures in Deir Ballut, three men arrested
International Womens'' Peace Service 3/15/2006
On 13 March 2006 at approximately 8:30 am the Israeli army issued a 24 hour demolition order for six agricultural structures (tents, shacks and animal pens) located at least 0.5 kilometer on the east side of the Wall at......more..
Rafat Village And International Activists Will Resist Destruction Of Shepherd''s Homes Near The Wall
Palestine News Network 3/17/2006
Today at 9 am people of Rafat village and international activists are gathering to block the destruction of several shepherd''s homes and cattle sheds on the ''Palestinian'' side of the Wall. The Israeli Occupation Forces issued immediate demolition orders earlier......more..
Separation wall building continue around Salfeet
Ma''an News 3/17/2006
Salfeet- Maan- Israeli forces finished the building of the parts of the separation wall on Zawiyah village west of Salfeet north of the West Bank.Eyewitnesses said that the works in other parts of the wall resumed in other parts in......more..
"You won’t impose your wall on us!"
International Solidarity Movement 3/17/2006
In the continuation of the non-violent resistance to the annexation wall in the Palestinian village of Bil’in, demonstrators carried a model of the wall with the sentence “You will not impose your wall on us” written in Arabic. The 150......more..
Israel plans to imprison five Palestinian villages near Jerusalem in an enclave
B''tselem 3/2/2006
Israel plans to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem , and imprison them in an enclave that will separate them from East Jerusalem and neighboring Palestinian villages. The five villages in the enclave are Beit Hanina al-Balad......more..
Suspicion: Israel has classified areas near Gaza perimeter fence as "killing zones"
B''tselem 2/28/2006
Since the disengagement from the Gaza Strip was completed, in September 2005, IDF soldiers have killed nine unarmed Palestinian civilians who were in the area of the Gaza perimeter fence. Five minors, including an eight-year old child, were among the......more..
Events All over the world in Memory of Rachel Corrie - Non-violent Activists Beaten
International Solidarity Movement 3/16/2006
Today, March 16th, the third anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie, events in honor of her memory are taking place in 13 different countries. Nine events are taking place in Palestine and Israel and 41 events are taking place......more..
Annan calls on Syria, Israel, Lebanon to quell violence
Ha''aretz 3/17/2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi annan has called on Israel, Syria and Lebanon to take the necessary steps to quell the violence that has erupted in the countries'' border region.Annan on Thursday discussed his request with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Annan......more..
Immanent Peril: The Impact of the Proposed Security Wall along Route 317
By Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation, Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) in Hebron 2/7/2006
i>There is no discernable pattern to whom the soldiers will permit to cross Route 317 or when.Introduction: Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and Operation Dove have maintained a constant non-violent presence in the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani in......more..
Beit Sira March Today
International Solidarity Movement 3/14/2006
The villagers of Beit Sira will hold a protest march on their land that is being stolen by the Annexation barrier. They will be joined by Israeli and international supporters.The path of the wall in Beit Sira is designed to......more..
Israeli leader: Wall to be completed by end of year
International Middle East Media Center 3/14/2006
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday said the construction of the annexation wall in the West Bank will be completed within several months. "By the end of the year we plan to finish the security fence," Olmert said......more..
PNGO Alert: Call for Action
Palestine Monitor 3/14/2006
This morning Israel Defense Forces troops have raided into the West Bank city of Jericho and besieged its prison, which is holding Ahmed Saadat, the former leader of the PFLP as well as a number of his colleagues.Israeli sources say......more..
Bantustan Reality Unfolds
By Ben White, Palestine Chronicle 3/12/2006
i>Olmert’s remarks are for domestic consumption, yet their implications for Palestinians, and Israel’s international status, are far-reaching.An oft-repeated pattern was made visible once again this week, as acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke of his plans for......more..
Land confiscation in Bethlehem area
Ma''an News 3/13/2006
Bethlehem-Maan- Israeli Authorities handed over orders of land confiscations to many Palestinians in Beir Jala city.Popular Committee to Defend Land and Confront Settlements in Bethlehem Area-PCDLCSBA- said that the orders states that nine dunoms of land near the high way......more..
United action against apartheid wall
International Solidarity Movement 3/13/2006
Since January 2005, there have been regular demonstrations in Bil’in against the apartheid wall being constructed in the West Bank. The wall has divided Palestinian towns, destroyed homes, removed access to fertile land and imprisoned the Palestinian people.The town of......more..
Mashaal: Pullouts a declaration of war
YNet News 3/10/2006
Heated rhetoric: Hamas politburo chief slams diplomatic plans outlined by Acting PM Olmert, says further unilateral Israeli disengagements would be ''declaration of war against Palestinian people'' News agenciesActing Prime Minister''s Ehud Olmert''s statements about unilaterally setting Israel''s final-status borders by......more..
Working the Land—the case of Beit Ommar
Palestine Monitor 3/3/2006
Beit Ommar is famous for its apples. They are the most succulent and sweet in Palestine.Located north of Hebron, Beit Ommar is a small farming village, of about 16,000 Palestinians. In the springtime, its orchards teem with plums, grapes, olives......more..
Building an edifice on blackmail
By Saree Makdisi, Electronic Intifada 3/10/2006
Richard Rogers, the noted British architect, was recently summoned to the offices of the Empire State Development Corp. to explain his connection to a group called Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine. Empire State is overseeing the redesign of......more..
Six policemen, 8 Palestinians hurt in anti-fence protest
Ha''aretz 3/10/2006
Six Border Policemen and eight Palestinians, among them a journalist, were injured Friday in clashes during a protest demonstration against the building of the separation fence near the construction site in the village of Beit Sira, which lies between Latrun......more..
Documents reveal Labor-Likud plans for West Bank
By Akiva Eldar, Palestine Monitor/Haaretz 3/8/2006
Highly confidential documents from the Ministry of Justice dating from the early 1990s, copies of which were sent to the ministers of defense, justice and housing as well as the attorney general, confirm the existence of a vast network of......more..
Photostory: Israeli extremists'' attack on Nazareth''s most famous Christian church goes virtually unreported
By Jonathan Cook, Electronic Intifada 3/8/2006
Thousands of Nazarenes rushed to the Basilica of the Annunciation in the early evening of Friday March 3, as rumours swept the city that their church was under attack. Built over the grotto where the archangel Gabriel is supposed to......more..
The Ugly Face of Israeli Checkpoints
By Rachel Shabi, Palestine Monitor/Al Jazeera 3/7/2006
Tel Aviv - There is a bottleneck of people at the small entrance to Endless Checkpoints, a recently opened photography exhibition in Tel Aviv.To get into the main exhibition hall, where pictures of daily strife at a series of West Bank......more..
Residents, Israelis and International peace activists protest against the annexation Wall
International Middle East Media Center 3/10/2006
Several residents, Israeli and International peace activists and a reporter were injured, on Friday afternoon, during protests against the annexation Wall in the villages of Beit Seera and Bil''in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.Soldiers attacked the peaceful processions......more..
Bil’in Continues to Defy Israeli Violence
International Solidarity Movement 3/10/2006
with photos] The weekly non-violent protests against the Israeli Apartheid wall continued this Friday in Bil’in, with Palestinians from the village uniting once again with Internationals and Israelis in a display of resistance to the ongoing theft of their village’s......more..
Hassan Asfour: Hamas Leaders have no political vision
Ma''an News 3/10/2006
Maan-Hamas Political Bureau Head Mr. Khaled Mashal describes Israeli Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of drawing Israeli borders as a declaration of war against Palestinians.Speaking to AFP Mashal said that this new unilateral plan of withdrawal from the West Bank......more..
Two protests against the Annexation Wall, Friday 10th of March
International Solidarity Movement 3/10/2006
Both protests will begin at 12:00 from Bil’in and Beit Sira’s respective Mosques. Villagers of Bil’in who’s land is being annexed will hold its weekly demonstration. This week the people in the village are planning on bringing tomb stones......more..
International Womens Day (IWD) near Jerusalem
International Solidarity Movement 3/9/2006
On Wednesday, March 8th, I experienced International Womens Day (IWD) near Jerusalem. 120 women gathered at Ar Ram checkpoint. We marched from Ar Ram checkpoint to Qalandiya checkpoint which isn’t too far away. It is staggering how close together these......more..
Budrus: a fortress of Palestinian resistance
StopTheWall.org 3/4/2006
The Occupation forces have stepped up their threats and retaliations against Budrus, western Ramallah, in a vain attempt to force the villagers to accept the ghettos of the Wall and to renounce the struggle for their land. On Sunday, the......more..
Int''l organizations balk at Israel''s demands on seam-line workers
Ha''aretz 3/10/2006
An Israeli demand that Palestinians working for international organizations request a permit to enter the seam-line area between the West Bank separation fence and the Green Line has generated tension between the security establishment and the international groups.At the end......more..
Interview: "It would would be nice to reach a stage where gender didn''t matter"
Globes 3/9/2006
Rosalyn Higgins is the only woman ever to serve on the International Court of Justice at the Hague. Perhaps this was the reason behind the UN’s mention of her gender before her name and professional status in the announcement of......more..
The National Lawyers Guild Urges Support for the Boycott of Israeli Goods by the Norwegian County of Sor-Trondelag
National Lawyers Guild 3/6/2006
On December 15, 2005, the Provincial Government of Sor-Trondelag, which includes Trondheim, Norway''s third largest city, voted to boycott Israeli goods and urged its population to do the same. Sor-Trondelag was the first Norwegian county to boycott South Africa. It......more..
Profiting While Manufacturing Dissent
By Mazin Qumsiyeh, Palestine Chronicle 3/7/2006
i>Those in the corporatocracy (and their puppets in governments) create or at least support and stoke far more other distractions and divisions.I am always amazed at how many people let the powers-to-be get away with and profit......more..
Palestinians urge Roger Waters to boycott Israel
The Independent 3/9/2006
Roger Waters, a founder member of the rock group Pink Floyd, is under pressure to cancel a planned concert in Tel Aviv in June as a protest against Israeli policy towards the Palestinians.A group of Palestinian political activists, cultural organisations......more..
Palestinian plea to Floyd''s Waters
The Guardian 3/9/2006
Palestinian artists have appealed to Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd songwriter who wrote the band''s final hit, Another Brick in the Wall, to call off a concert in Tel Aviv in June because it could be seen as legitimising the......more..
A rainbow shines in Shatilla refugee camp
ReliefWeb/American Near East Refugee Aid 3/7/2006
Red, blue, green, yellow, orange...they were adjusted like the colors of a rainbow on a large board hung on the wall. It was Naziha''s panel of threads to sew the designs of the embroidery that Inaash, the Association for......more..
Family trapped by Israeli barrier, road
International Middle East Media Center 3/6/2006
For most of the half century that the Jados have lived on a rocky slope between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, they could travel freely. Then Israel built a barrier between the two cities. Now the Palestinian family finds itself trapped between......more..
IDF chief invites anti-fence protesters to Tel Aviv meeting
Ha''aretz 3/5/2006
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz fielded complaints by members of "Machsom (checkpoint)-Watch" during a meeting at his Tel Aviv office on Sunday. The activists voiced their concerns over the army''s policy restricting Palestinian travel in the......more..
Aboud Stops Construction on the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 3/4/2006
The people of Abud recieved a court decision on Thursday by the Israeli High court to cease construction of the wall in that area for 14 days. Despite this on Thurday at around 11am villagers still saw the bulldozers hard......more..
Israeli Soldiers beat and arrest two children in Bethlehem
International Middle East Media Center 3/6/2006
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two Palestinian children, 14 and 15 years old, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Soldiers ambushed the two children when they came near to the Wall on the Beit Sahour side of Bethlehem, near Har......more..
Peace Now blasts Kadima for ''capitulating'' to settlers
Ha''aretz 3/6/2006
The Peace Now movement on Sunday blasted Kadima for "capitulating" to settlers after the party won the backing of a top religious Zionist movement rabbi, who had earlier heard assurances from Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about the future of......more..
Soldiers shamed by checkpoint
International Solidarity Movement 3/5/2006
Yesterday there was a demonstration against the wall and checkpoints in Tulkarem. We were at a checkpoint called Jebara where the wall has cut off the village of Jebara and its 500 residents. Obviously 500 people aren’t a self sufficient......more..
Tulkarem Protesting Jebara Chekpoint
International Solidarity Movement 3/4/2006
A series of nonviolent actions will take place in Tulkarem this week against the dehumanizing checkpoints surrounding Tul Karem as well as the separation barrier that have destroyed the areas economy.The first action will occur at Jebara checkpoint Saturday, March......more..
Bil’in and Beit Sira March Together For Peace
International Solidarity Movement 3/4/2006
The weekly non-violent protests against the Israeli Apartheid wall continued this Friday in Bil’in and Beit Sira, with Palestinians from both villages uniting once again with Internationals and Israelis in a display of resistance to the ongoing theft of their......more..
New settlement feared as wall encloses Bethlehem
By Open Bethlehem, Daily Star 3/4/2006
Expert briefing: Open Bethlehem -- 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......more..
Protesters Hang Themselves on The Wall
International Solidarity Movement 3/4/2006
At 9:30 AM Friday morning, Palestinians and Israelis hung themselves from the annexation barrier being constructed illegally on Bil’in’s land. The protestors wrapped themselves in shrouds symbolizing the death sentence that the barrier represents to the Palestinian people and......more..
Sheikh inside ''48: We must defend Al Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem before we lose them both
Ma''an News 3/3/2006
Jerusalem (Ma''an) – The leader of Hamas inside Israeli borders, Al Sheikh Ra''ed Salah, is sending a call for help to the international community to protect Al Aqsa Mosque.He issued a letter Wednesday reading in part, "We should all work to......more..
Israeli Army cut and uprooted olive trees in Tulkarem villages
Ma''an News 3/2/2006
Maan- Israeli Forces uprooted olive trees in the lands of Kofr Al''lebad and Beit Leid villages east of the city of Tulkarem.Palestinian farmers told Maan reporter that they were surprised Thursday morning when Israeli forces arrived to their lands and......more..
The Wall in a Week - The Ghettos tighten around the Walled-in Palestinian villages
By Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, StopTheWall.org 2/28/2006
The last week in the West Bank was marked by further steps to complete the ghettoization of the Palestinian people. Life for the people and the farmers in the North is more and more confined to the limits of the......more..
Maybe Boycott on Construction Companies in Israel
By Esther Zandberg, Palestine Chronicle/Haaretz 3/2/2006
i>In response to the calls for a boycott, renowned architect Moshe Safdie was furious at the group and challenged the ''horrifying'' timing of their call. A manifesto issued recently by the British organization, Architects and Planners for Justice......more..
Changing fence route called danger to fast train to Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 3/3/2006
Changing the route of the separation fence west of the Jerusalem hills could endanger passengers on the fast train to Jerusalem under construction.Internal correspondence between Israel Railways and the Defense Ministry regarding a planned change in the fence route reveals......more..
Palestinian national initiative condemned the Israeli crimes
Ma''an News 3/2/2006
Maan- Palestinian National Initiative condemned the Israeli escalation and the assassination policy Israel is following against Palestinians in the Palestinian lands.In a statement issued Thursday it called for the international community to interfere and stop the Israeli aggression and to......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 26 -27 February 2006 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 3/2/2006
JENIN: Closure of Road: The Israeli army continues to close with dirt barricades the detour road leading to the town of ‘Arraba east of the settlement of Dotan. Checkpoint: At the Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at Tayasir......more..
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