Israeli forces continue to brutally attack Palestinian nonviolent resistance
Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 3/14/2009
   Head of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in western Ramallah’s Bil’in Village, Iyad Burnat, confirms what I as a reporter of seven years in this country have seen and known: "Israeli occupation forces... more.. e-mail

Two Palestinians detained at checkpoint ’in posession of explosives’
Ma’an News Agency 3/14/2009
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces detained two Palestinian youth at the Qalandiya military checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem Saturday. The Israeli military reported that the youth were carrying Molotov cocktails, and that they had been planning to throw the explosives at...

IOF troops wound Palestinian teen, kidnap others in southern Gaza
Palestinian Information Center 3/14/2009
   RAFAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces wounded a Palestinian youth and kidnapped four others during an incursion into eastern Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Friday night, locals reported. Security sources told PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers backed by... more.. e-mail

Na’leen witness: he had a large hole in his head
PNN, Palestine News Network 3/14/2009
   Nal’een -- In western Ramallah’s Nal’een Village Israeli soldiers critically wounded an American activist after launching a gas canister at his head. The soldiers also shot four Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets in the West... more.. e-mail

IOF troops critically wound US citizen in anti-wall march in Na’lin
Palestinian Information Center 3/14/2009
   RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Palestinian sources reported that an American citizen was critically wounded during the weekly anti-apartheid wall protest held Friday afternoon in the Na’lin village, west of Ramallah, when IOF troops as usual assaulted Palestinian citizens and foreign... more.. e-mail

American citizen critically injured after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in Ni’lin
ISM 3/13/2009
   Ni’lin Village: An American citizen has been critically injured in the village of Ni’lin after Israeli forces shot him in the head with a tear-gas canister. Tristan Anderson from California USA, 37 years old, has been... more.. e-mail

Israeli soldiers shoot five demonstrators in Bil’in
Ma’an News Agency 3/13/2009
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces shot five demonstrators with rubber-coated metal bullets in the West Bank village of Bil’in, which held its weekly protest against the illegal Israeli separation wall on Friday. The injured Palestinians were identified as Mohammed Al-Khatib, Eid... more.. e-mail

Umsalamounah demonstration results in hospital casualty
Mary Arthur, International Middle East Media Center News 3/13/2009
   An elderly man collapsed and was rushed to hospital after being beaten to the ground by Israeli soldiers at the demonstration near Bethlehem following Friday prayers today, 13 March. Local Palestinians from the village of Umsalamounah, south of Bethlehem, protesting... more.. e-mail

U.S. citizen critically hurt at West Bank protest
Ha’aretz 3/13/2009
   Palestinian sources said that an American citizen, in his thirties, had sustained critical wounds during an anti-separation fence protest in the West Bank on Friday, Army Radio reported. Peace activists with the International Solidarity Movement said Tristan Anderson, of the... more.. e-mail

US national badly hurt in anti-fence protest
Ynet reporters, YNetNews 3/13/2009
   International Solidarity Movement reports one of its members, Tristan Anderson, injured in his head by tear gas canister during left-wing activists’ rally at West Bank village of Naalin. IDF says incident being looked into - An American national was seriously... more.. e-mail

US citizen in critical condition; four others wounded by Israeli fire in Ni’lin
Ma’an News Agency 3/13/2009
   Ramallah – Ma’an – Israeli soldiers critically wounded an American peace activist after launching a tear-gas canister at his head and shot four Palestinians with rubber-coated bullets in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, on Friday. “He had a... more.. e-mail

Four beaten with rifle butts as Israeli soldiers attack Al-Ma’sara protesters
Ma’an News Agency 3/13/2009
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Four Palestinians were beaten by Israeli soldiers during an anti-wall rally in Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem on Friday. The beatings came during what is now a weekly protest in the village, condemning the building of the separation wall on... more.. e-mail

IOA hands over more demolishing notices to Palestinian Jerusalemites
Palestinian Information Center 3/13/2009
   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, [PIC]-- Local sources in the occupied city of Jerusalem affirmed Friday that the Israeli occupation authorities have notified seven Palestinian Jerusalemite families that their homes will be demolished alleging they were built without permits. The sources also revealed... more.. e-mail

Israel carries out air raids near Egyptian-Palestinian borders in Rafah
Palestinian Information Center 3/12/2009
   GAZA, (PIC)-- Two Israeli air raids were carried out at dawn Thursday on the Egyptian-Palestinian borders near the Yibna refugee camp, south of Rafah, without any reported casualties. Palestinian security sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli warplanes bombed the... more.. e-mail

Clashes erupt as Israeli army surrounds home near Ramallah
Ma’an News Agency 3/12/2009
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank town of Silwad, near Ramallah, late Thursday evening. Sodliers arrested Rushdi Mohamad Rushdi Hammad after surrounding his home. Palestinian security sources said the “Israeli army and undercover units have arrested... more.. e-mail

Israel carries out air raids near Egyptian-Palestinian borders in Rafah
Palestinian Information Center 3/12/2009
   GAZA, (PIC)-- Two Israeli air raids were carried out at dawn Thursday on the Egyptian-Palestinian borders near the Yibna refugee camp, south of Rafah, without any reported casualties. Palestinian security sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli warplanes bombed the... more.. e-mail

In Photos: Flooding in Qalqilya and Tulkarm near the Wall
Stop The Wall 3/12/2009
   At the end of February through the beginning of March, heavy rains struck Palestine. This was a welcome change from the dry weather, particularly in Palestinian agricultural areas. However, communities in Qalqilya and Tulkarm located near the Wall witnessed the... more.. e-mail

Jerusalem demolitions may spark repeat of 1996 riots
By Akiva Eldar, Palestine Media Center 3/12/2009
   Judging by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s moves and Prime Minister-designate Benjamin ("Rock of our existence") Netanyahu’s record during his previous stint at the Prime Minister’s Office, those who love Jerusalem will have to relinquish... more.. e-mail

Victim’s cousin: Rescue forces screwed up
Sharon Roffe-Ofir, YNetNews 3/12/2009
   Cousin of man killed in botched rescue mission slams army for ’sending trainees’ to minefield - The cousin of an Arab Israeli killed in a failed rescue mission at a minefield Wednesday slammed authorities for what he characterized as... more.. e-mail

Soldiers Aggressively End Sit-In Protest and Arrest 5 Peace Activists
International Womens’ Peace Service 3/10/2009
   A group of 20 people made up of local villagers, International and Israeli peace activists gathered in the fields of Wadia Rasha to participate in a sit-in protest against the annexation of Palestinian land. The protest was held some distance... more.. e-mail

Israel tightens grip on east Jerusalem, West Bank
Middle East Online 3/10/2009
   JERUSALEM - A confidential European Union report accuses the Israeli government of using settlement expansion, house demolitions, discriminatory housing policies and the West Bank separation wall as a way of “actively pursuing the illegal annexation” of east Jerusalem, The Guardian newspaper... more.. e-mail

Sderot opens heavily fortified indoor children’s playground
Ha’aretz 3/10/2009
   Battered by years of Palestinian rocket attacks, the southern Israeli town of Sderot opened a heavily fortified indoor playground on Tuesday that will give its traumatized children a safe place to play. The converted warehouse is equipped with a half... more.. e-mail

Arab states could help solve Iran standoff
Middle East Online 3/10/2009
   VIENNA - UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei called on Arab countries to become actively involved in resolving the long-running nuclear standoff with Iran. "I find it surprising that the Arab countries are not engaged in dialogue between Iran and the... more.. e-mail

IAEA: Arabs crucial to resolving Iran nuke issue
Ha’aretz 3/10/2009
   The stand-off over the disputed Iranian nuclear program cannot be resolved without the engagement of Iran’s Arab neighbors, United Nations atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said on Monday. He said a U. S. policy turnabout towards direct talks... more.. e-mail

New Israeli decision to annex 142 Dunams in Bil’in
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 3/9/2009
   The Israeli Authorities decided to annex 142 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to the residents in Ni’lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. On Sunday, the villagers found the military order attached to the... more.. e-mail

Resistance against the Wall widens in the north
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 3/9/2009
   The protests against the Wall expanded this week, as villagers in the isolated communities of Wadi Rasha and Ras Tira turned out to fight the re-rerouting of the Wall in Qalqilya. Weekly protests against the Wall were also held in... more.. e-mail

Israeli to confiscate Palestinian-owned land near Ramallah
Ghassan Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 3/9/2009
   On Monday, the Israeli Army decided to confiscate 35. 5 acres of land owned by farmers from the village of Ni’lin, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The villagers said that they found a military order... more.. e-mail

Gaza: Israeli forces exchange fire with unknown Palestinian faction
Ma’an News Agency 3/9/2009
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – An unknown Palestinian faction exchanged fire with a unit of Israeli soldiers working near the separation barrier on Gaza’s borders with Israel on Sunday, Israeli sources said. The Israeli forces were reportedly conducting “engineering work” at the electronic...

Women’s Day on the Radio: their children must be released from Israeli prisons
Mazin Qumsyieh, Palestine News Network 3/8/2009
   Beit Sahour - Driving from Beit Sahour to Birzeit yesterday, I was listening to a program on radio Falastin titled "Wala Budda LilQayd An Yankasir". The term is a verse from a poem that roughly translates that "the chain is destined... more.. e-mail

Where Every Day Is a Woman’s Day
Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler, Inter Press Service 3/8/2009
   BET SAHOUR, West Bank, Mar 8 (IPS) - We’ve been warned she’s a "harsh case". Hesitantly she enters, a withdrawn smile hidden behind glasses and a canopy of thick black hair. Impassively, she tells her life story... more.. e-mail

Palestinians dig in their heels in face of demolition
Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times 3/7/2009
   Families who expanded homes without permits in East Jerusalem face eviction by the city government, which seeks to extend an archaeological site devoted to Jewish history. - Reporting from Jerusalem — Hashem Jalajel was living in a bucolic, cave-pocked valley outside the... more.. e-mail

Fence planned on land of Beit ‘Ummar
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 3/8/2009
   A new fence will be erected along the settler road that runs on the edges of Beit ‘Ummar. This move will not only hamper the movement of the residents, but will also further extend military control over the village. At... more.. e-mail

Qalqiliya: Citizens block bulldozers constructing separation wall; Israeli soldiers fire tear gas
Ma’an News Agency 3/8/2009
   Qalqiliya – Ma’an – Clashes erupted between Palestinian citizens and Israeli forces in the northern West Bank village of Wadi Ar-Rasha south of Qalqiliya on Sunday as the Palestinians attempted to stop bulldozers changing the route of the separation wall in the...

EU Report: Israeli Policies Hinder Palestinian Existence in Eat Jerusalem
Palestine Media Center 3/8/2009
   A confidential EU report slammed Israeli policies in East Jerusalem stressing that it hinders Palestinian existence in the occupied city. The report, which was obtained by the Guardian British Newspaper, accuses Israel of illegally annexing East Jerusalem by expanding Jewish... more.. e-mail

Confidential EU report slams Israel’s policies in East Jerusalem
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 3/8/2009
   A confidential report prepared by the European Union slammed Israel for its settlement activities in East Jerusalem and the demolishing of Palestinian homes in the city. The Guardian British Newspaper reported on Sunday morning that the report accuses Israel of... more.. e-mail

Israeli forces shoot four with live ammunition at Ni’lin demonstration
ISM 3/7/2009
   On the 6th March Israeli forces attacked the weekly protest against the construction of the Apartheid Wall in the village of Ni’lin, shooting four protesters with live ammunition. Three other people were injured after being hit by tear-gas... more.. e-mail

Pots of Urine, Feces on the Walls - How IDF Troops Vandalized Gaza Homes
Amira Hass, Ha'aretz, MIFTAH 3/7/2009
   We had already visited this house, belonging to the Abu Eida family. It is the only one of the family’s nine large houses that remained standing at the eastern edge of the city of Jabalya following Operation Cast... more.. e-mail

Israeli Spurns Criticism From Clinton
Howard Schneider, MIFTAH 3/7/2009
   After Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week criticized plans to extend a park across 88 buildings that house Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, newly elected Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said she was meddling in local control over zoning... more.. e-mail

East Matityahu Settlers Defile and Burn the Quran in Bil’in
Palestine Monitor 3/7/2009
   Three injured and dozens suffered teargas inhalation during the Bil’in Weekly Demonstration - The residents of Bil’in gathered today after the Friday prayer in another protest called by the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement Building. The protest was joined... more.. e-mail

IOF troops wound eight protestors in Na’lin peaceful march
Palestinian Information Center 3/7/2009
   RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The IOF troops opened intensive gunfire at Palestinian and international protesters which led to the injury of eight of them during the Na’lin weekly march against the Israeli apartheid wall, west of Ramallah. The Na’... more.. e-mail

Nonviolent demonstration in Nal’en becomes face-off with Israeli bulldozers
PNN, Palestine News Network 3/7/2009
   Ramallah - After Friday prayers on the land near the site of the work of the bulldozers in western Ramallah’s Nal’en Village, dozens of people resisted. The nonviolent demonstration was joined by international supporters holding signs condemning... more.. e-mail

Jaffa resident says police beat her family
Anat Shalev, YNetNews 3/7/2009
   Rasmiya Saadi claims officers burst into her home for no reason and assaulted her and her children -A resident of Jaffa has complained to police that officers entered her home on Wednesday and attacked her and her family. Rasmiya Saadi... more.. e-mail

On infamous Tel Aviv street, a strange brew of energy, racism and violence
Kobi Ben-Simhon, Ha’aretz 3/8/2009
   At the northern end of Allenby Street, between Bialik and Ben Yehuda streets, a dubious "entertainment" zone stretches out, at the center of which stands the Go-Go Girls strip club, the eye of the storm surrounding Israel Navy commander Eliezer... more.. e-mail

Israeli forces injure eight Ni’lin; occupy village after internationals leave
Ma’an News Agency 3/6/2009
   Ramallah – Ma’an – Three protestors were injured by live bullets and five others injured when Israeli soldiers attacked those gathered for the weekly anti-wall protest at Ni’lin west Ramallah. In a statement, the Popular Committee Against the Wall said shots were... more.. e-mail

The heroes of southern Bethlehem: steadfastness and compassion
Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 3/6/2009
   It was rough in Umm Salamuna today: no Jayyous or Bi’lin as far as the weaponry employed by the army (no gas, no bullets), but a hatred was palpable. Clearly ready to pounce it was still surprising the... more.. e-mail

Nablus: Israeli to destroy 20 more homes in latest mass-demolition order
Ma’an News Agency 3/6/2009
   Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of more than 20 homes in the northern West Bank villages of Burin and Aqqaba. Residents received the notices on 2 March. The order marks the third such mass demolition notification this month... more.. e-mail

Rising Beyond Bullets
Natalie Abou Shakra – Gaza City, Palestine Chronicle 3/6/2009
   8217;Acres of land across the borders are lost because farmers are targeted by Israeli bullets.’There is a limit to the sea, and there is a limit to the land. To a Palestinian’s life in Gaza... more.. e-mail

On a low simmer
Saleh Al-Naami, Al-Ahram Weekly 3/5/2009
   Bomb, bomb, bomb Gaza" is the extent of Israeli strategic thinking these days.Mustafa Barghouti, Fatah official Ahmed Qurei and exiled Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouq agree on a unity government by the end of March following reconciliation talks in CairoLast... more.. e-mail

Israeli forces attack two elderly women at Al-Ma’asara protest commemorating Women’s Day
Ma’an News Agency 3/6/2009
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Clashes erupted as 22 Palestinians and international peace activists took to the streets in Al-Ma’sara’s weekly anti- wall rally Friday. The protest, in celebration of the role of women in the Palestinian struggle, saw two elderly women beaten...

Bil’in: Protest against settler burning of Qur’an, Peace Center
Ma’an News Agency 3/6/2009
   Bethlehem - Ma’an - Three Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets during the weekly protest against the wall in Bil’in Friday. This week’s protest also called for Israeli accountability in the defacement and destruction of the Bil’in Center for Peace, located... more.. e-mail

Three injured, dozens suffered teargas inhalation during the Bil’in Weekly Demonstration
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 3/6/2009
   The residents of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah gathered today after the Friday prayer in another protest called by the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement Building. The protest was joined by international... more.. e-mail

Five injured at the Nil’in weekly protest
IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center News 3/6/2009
   Scores of villagers from Nil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday midday, held their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on the village’s land. At noon, villagers, along...

Attacks on both the armed and nonviolent resistance deter neither
Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 3/5/2009
   Fighting by Israeli forces in the central Gaza Strip’s Maghazi Refugee Camp began this morning with two serious injuries among members of Islamic Jihad. The leftist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s armed resistance fought... more.. e-mail

This Week in Palestine -Week 10 2009
Ghassan Bannoura - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 3/6/2009
   Click on Link to download or play MP3 file|| 15 m 00s || 13. 7 MB || Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. imemc. org, for February 28th through March 6th, 2009... more.. e-mail

Bernard Madoff expected to plead guilty in $50 billion fraud
Ha’aretz 3/7/2009
   Bernard Madoff, the accused mastermind of a $50 billion investment fraud, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week, three months after his arrest shocked his investors worldwide. A court document signed on Friday by prosecutors and Madoff... more.. e-mail

Keys to health: justice, sovereignty, and self-determination
Andrea Becker, Katherine Al Ju'beh, Graham Watt, The Lancet 3/5/2009
   In this Lancet Series on the occupied Palestinian territory, a team of nearly 40 Palestinian and international academics present evidence both to the scientific community and to the powers that have determined the health status of Palestinians living in the... -- See also: Articles and Reports from The Lancet, March 2009 more.. e-mail

Jayyous put under half-day curfew; soldiers threaten demolitions
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 3/5/2009
   Occupation forces put Jayyous under curfew again Tuesday, following confrontations with village youth near the Wall. Soldiers detained one person and threatened to demolish several farms on the south side of the village. On Tuesday afternoon, local youth and soldiers... more.. e-mail

Imprisoned at home
Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 3/5/2009
   GAZA - We had already visited this house, belonging to the Abu Eida family. It is the only one of the family’s nine large houses that remained standing at the eastern edge of the city of Jabalya following Operation... more.. e-mail

Health as human security in the occupied Palestinian territory
Rajaie Batniji MA, Yoke Rabaia MPH, Viet Nguyen—Gillham PhD, The Lancet 3/4/2009
   Summary - We describe the threats to survival, development, and wellbeing in the occupied Palestinian territory using human security as a framework. Palestinian security has deteriorated rapidly since 2000. More than 6000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military, with... -- See also: Articles and Reports from The Lancet, March 2009 more.. e-mail

UK gov’t boycotts settlement financier Leviev
Press release, Adalah-NY, Electronic Intifada 3/4/2009
   The government of the United Kingdom has decided to boycott Israeli diamond and real estate mogul Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported today... more.. e-mail

Back home in Zaytoun
Eva Bartlett, Tales to Tell - From Gaza 2009 3/4/2009
   Last night E and I went to visit Amer and Shireen Al Helou, and surviving kids Saja, Foad, and Mahmoud. They are back living in their Zaytoun house, which looks like a home again inside, instead of the disaster area... more.. e-mail

Southern Tulkarem checkpoint removed
PNN, Palestine News Network 3/4/2009
   Tulkarem -- After seven years Israeli forces removed a barrier in southern Tulkarem. The Kafriyat blockade had kept Tulkarem and Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank separated since 2002. Eyewitnesses said that the process of removal of the barrier started early...

West Bank yeshiva calls in bomb squad over students’ explosives trophies
Yuval Goren, Ha’aretz 3/4/2009
   Students at the yeshiva high school in the West Bank settlement of Elad have been collecting potentially dangerous explosives as trophies after picking them up in Israel Defense Forces firing ranges near the school, police discovered on Tuesday. The police... more.. e-mail

Settlers burn Bil’in’s Center for Peace
Palestine News Network 3/3/2009
   Kristen Ess - The western Ramallah town of Bil’in is known for its unrelenting resistance to occupation, particularly to the Wall that crisscrosses its land. In the West Bank, the Wall and settlements generally come hand in hand. The... more.. e-mail

The Kids and the War on Terror
Sarah Whalen, Palestine Chronicle 3/2/2009
   What can you say about the kids who despised the war on terror?They painted ’Freedom’ in giant letters on walls. They tied a scarf around the eyes of the ’Justice’ courthouse statue. They flung black... more.. e-mail

Six injured after Israeli forces strike Gaza
Ma’an News Agency 3/3/2009
   Gaza – Ma’an – Six Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces targeted smuggling tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border at Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday afternoon. According to medics, six people were treated for wounds at Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital in... more.. e-mail

No mending the fence?
Ha’aretz 3/3/2009
   The comptroller’s report found numerous problems in the construction and operation of the separation fence around Jerusalem, which have reduced the fence’s effectiveness and disrupted life for Palestinians on both sides. The route of this 165... more.. e-mail

Israeli soldier fires at Hezbollah mural
Middle East Online 3/3/2009
   MARJAYOUN, Lebanon - An Israeli soldier patrolling the border with Lebanon opened fire on Tuesday at a pro-Hezbollah mural painted on a wall at the entrance to a Lebanese village, the Lebanese army said. "A soldier got out of his vehicle... more.. e-mail

Surrounded by all sides, choices go from bad to worse for devastated Palestinians of Gaza Strip
Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 3/2/2009
   The Palestinian donor conference is underway in Sharm el-Sheikh bringing in billions of dollars. Now the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Mousa, says that Sharm el-Sheikh is a strong message to Israel that the world is with Palestine... more.. e-mail

Israel demolishes two Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem
Ha’aretz 3/2/2009
   Israel demolished two Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem on Monday, a day before U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to launch an initial effort to shore up the foundations of a shaky peace process. Two bulldozers flattened a... more.. e-mail

Peace Now: Israel planning 73,300 new homes in West Bank
Sara Miller, Ha’aretz 3/2/2009
   A report by the Israeli left-wing NGO Peace Now released Monday says that the government is planning to build more than 73,300 new housing units in the West Bank. Peace Now estimates that if all of the units are built... -- See also: Ministry of Housing’s Plans for the West Bank - March 2009 more.. e-mail

Israeli Apartheid Week: local production, economic stimulus discussion in Tulkarem
PNN, Palestine News Network 3/2/2009
   Tulkarem - The Israeli Apartheid Week has begun in universities across the occupied West Bank. Monday’s session is being held in the northwestern West Bank’s Tulkarem and is discussing the effects of the Wall on the economy... more.. e-mail

Visit our New Videos Section!
Palestine Monitor, Palestine Monitor 3/2/2009
   There is so much material circulating about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that it is almost impossible for a casual observer to wade through it all. has decided to try and make this easier by finding, viewing and making available documentaries, lectures... more.. e-mail

California Muslims say FBI surveillance has a chilling effect
Teresa Watanabe and Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times 3/1/2009
   Irvine resident Craig Monteilh, said last week in interviews and court documents that he served the FBI as a paid informant from July 2006 to October 2007. Use of an informant in Orange County leads some to avoid mosques and... more.. e-mail

Village residents to Israel: Stop wall construction on our land
Ma’an News Agency 3/1/2009
   Bethlehem - Ma’an - Palestinians of the West Bank village of Silwad, near Ramallah, have demanded to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to stop wall construction on their land. According to Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the Palestinian villagers also sought... more.. e-mail

Heavy flooding as rains finally come
PNN, Palestine News Network 3/1/2009
   Tulkarem - It was the driest winter on record in 10 years, but with the end of February and continuing today into the first of March, the downpour seems unstoppable. At least 50 families remain outside of their northern Tulkarem homes... more.. e-mail

Judea Pearl: Jewish university students fear for their safety
Ynet, YNetNews 3/1/2009
   CNN quotes father of slain reporter as saying anti-Semitic email, verbal threats at California universities escalated since IDF offensive in Gaza. Simon Wiesenthal Center: Administrators not doing enough to protect students - However, in an email to Ynet Pearl stressed that... more.. e-mail

Nacht puts up $45m of Check Point shares for sale
Tali Tsipori, Globes Online 3/1/2009
   This is the second application to sell shares that the vice chairman has requested so far this year. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP ) vice chairman Marius Nacht last week applied to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC... more.. e-mail

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