The Quartet’s aims, or US policy by another name
Chris Toensing, Daily Star 5/1/2007
The Palestinians have long sought, and Israel has long resisted, the internationalization of efforts to construct a process that would lead to a durable and comprehensive peace. Independent advocates for a just peace have echoed this call out of the... more..
Army of Al-Buraq attack Israeli workers near separation wall
Ma’an News Agency 4/30/2007
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Fatah-affiliated, Palestinian Army of Al-Buraq, claimed on Sunday evening that their fighters attacked a group of Israeli workers at the separation wall near the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adummim, in the southern West... more..
Home of director of preventive security in Hebron attacked with a torrent of gunfire
Ma’an News Agency 4/30/2007
Hebron - Ma’an – Anonymous gunmen shot at the home of director of preventive security in Hebron, Major Jihad Abu-Omar, on Monday at dawn. No injuries were reported.Abu-Omar said that his house was shot at while he and his family... more..
Palestinian workers without employment or income on Labor Day
republished from Palestine News Network, International Middle East Media Center 4/30/2007
Tomorrow is May Day when workers of the world are meant to unite, to organize, unionize. Some take to the streets and demonstrate, while others stay at home with their families. But this year the day seems a mockery in... more..
What lessons?
Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz 4/30/2007
The publication of the interim report of the Winograd Committee tomorrow is a marginal event. Except for the fate of several individuals, who at most will be replaced by similar ones, nothing will be different the day after. The generals... more..
Israel defends confiscation of Palestinian land
Agence France Presse, Daily Star 4/30/2007
JERUSALEM: The Israeli Army on Sunday denied it was seizing additional land near Jericho in the occupied West Bank for the Jewish state’s separation barrier. According to a military order seen by AFP on Saturday, the army told... more..
Hundreds march against Wall in southern Bethlehem
Bethlehem - Najib Farag, Palestine News Network 4/28/2007
In southern Bethlehem yesterday at least 300 people marched against the Wall.This was in spite of Israeli forces’ erecting flying checkpoints to keep out foreign supporters and journalists, and the physical assaults that have become par for the course... more..
Tensions hit peak over Gaza clashes
Mitchell Prothero in Gaza, The Guardian 4/29/2007
TENSIONS IN the Gaza Strip reached ’an unprecedented high’ yesterday as Palestinians prepared for an expected Israeli military onslaughtIn an overnight operation three members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad were killed at the border fence while trying to plant... more..
Israel threatens ’steps’ to curb rocket fire
Daily Star 4/30/2007
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Sunday that Israel would be forced to act if Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets, as Egypt suspended negotiations on a prisoner swap in an attempt to salvage a truce between the two sides. Violence... more..
IDF kills 3 Palestinians attempting to place explosives in Gaza
Amos Harel, Ha’aretz 4/28/2007
Israel Defense Forces troops on Saturday killed three Palestinians who were attempting to place an explosive device near the Gaza Strip security fence. Soldiers from the Givati Brigade noticed the three approaching the fence north of the Kisufim crossing. The... more..
Peaceful demonstration against the illegal wall and settlements near Bethlehem
Polly Bangoriad - 1 of International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC, International Middle East Media Center 4/27/2007
Stop the Bleeding of Bethlehem Campaign" is Launched -- On Friday midday Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists held a non-violent demonstration near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protesting against illegal Israeli settlement expansion and the Illegal Wall. Israeli... more..
Al Haq: British government being sued for complicity
Ramallah - Palestine News Network, Palestine News Network 4/27/2007
The British government is being sued for failure to adhere to international law. Specifically the suit cites British complicity with the Israelis who blatantly violate the rights of the Palestinians.The General Director of Al Haq, a Palestinian NGO focusing on... more..
Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations
Report, Electronic Intifada 4/26/2007
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) Nine Palestinians, including two children, were killed by IOF in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Four of the victims were... more..
The Israeli army attack the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil’in injures three
Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center 4/27/2007
On Friday, villagers from the Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international and Israeli peace activists, marched in the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal wall Israel is building on stolen village land... more..
Israeli army detonates an explosive device near the wall surrounding Gaza
Moeen Shadid - IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center 4/27/2007
Israeli army troops found a suspicious device near the wall that surrounds the Gaza Strip, a military spokesperson said on Friday.
Sappers unit arrived at the scene and safely detonated. No injuries were reported.[end...
This Week In Palestine -week 17 2007
IMEMC - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 4/27/2007
Click here to play or download MP3 file || 19.2MB || Time 21m 0s|| This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for April 14th through April 20th, 2007.
Nonviolent Resistance in West Bank
Let’... more..
This Protest Won’t Go Away
Dahr Jamail, Electronic Intifada 4/25/2007
BEIRUT, Apr 25 (IPS) - Lebanon is caught in political gridlock in the face of sustained opposition to the U.S.-backed government.
The government is refusing to give in to opposition demands for more representation. The government says it is there... more..
Islamic civilization bulldozed for Israeli takeover of Jerusalem
Jerusalem - Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, Palestine News Network 4/25/2007
Israeli bulldozers demolished parts of the Supreme Islamic Council near Al Aqsa Mosque beginning on Sunday. Located dozens of meters from the western wall near Jaffa Gate in East Jerusalem’s Old City, the building is slowly being destroyed.The... more..
De Beers restructuring will hit supply to Israel
Hadas Manor, Globes Online 4/25/2007
De Beers plans to stop sales to companies with no sights. -- Israel’s diamond industry is facing a new threat. The De Beers syndicate, which controls 45-50% of the world’s rough diamond production, will restructure its quota distrbution to the... more..
Israeli military targets young shepherds in South Hebron Hills
Christian Peacemaker Teams, Electronic Intifada 4/23/2007
In the past ten days, Israeli soldiers abducted several shepherds, including a seven-year-old boy, who were grazing their sheep near Israeli settlements in the Southern Hebron District. In none of the cases did they send them to the Israeli civilian... more..
Azzun Al Atma: gate in the Wall controlled by soldiers who photograph girls
Qalqilia) Mustafa Sabre, Palestine News Network 4/24/2007
Secretary of the Local Council in Azzun Al Atma Village reported that Israeli soldiers are using their mobile phone cameras to photograph girls. Abed Ayub said that soldiers at the gate to the Wall which surrounds the town seven kilometers... more..
Puerto Rican activist arrested at Second Bil’in International Conference on Nonviolence
Jonas Martinez writing from Bil''in, occupied Palestine, Electronic Intifada 4/23/2007
Thanks to the media here for telling the truth ... Bring this truth to whatever country you come from!"
These were Mairead Maguire’s words, a Nobel Peace Prize winner from Northern Ireland, just one hour before she was shot... more..
In Sderot, protecting your home means violating city laws
Haaretz Staff, Ha’aretz 4/24/2007
People in the southern town of Sderot have a choice: obey the law, or protect their homes against constant Qassam fire. One of them is Dr. Boris Singer, who is conducting a legal battle with the municipality so he could... more..
Minister of Information slams Israel for detaining a peace activist
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center 4/21/2007
Alberto De Jesus, also known as Tito Kayak, performed an incredible non-violent stunt at the demonstration. Despite Israel’s tight security, he managed to scale a 100 meter Israeli communications tower and unfurl the Palestinian flag at the Bilin... more..
Six homes to be destroyed for Wall under pretext of lack of Israeli-issued permits
Bethlehem - Najib Farag, Palestine News Network 4/22/2007
Israeli forces will destroy six more Bethlehem homes. The Israeli Major General Yair Naveh issued notices to six citizens in Umm Salamuna Village in southern Bethlehem.Israeli forces occupying the West Bank are building the Wall straight through the village. This... more..
Building Economic Independence in Palestine
By Sam Bahour, Electronic Intifada 4/20/2007 The following is a speech given by Sam Bahour at the Second Annual Conference on Non-Violent Popular Resistance in the Palestinian village of Bil’in, April 18 - 20th, 2007
"First, allow me to salute the people of Bil’in.Your steadfastness... more..
Nonviolent conference ends in Bil’in, Israeli forces injure journalists & Nobel Peace Prize winner
By Ramallah) Palestine News Network, Palestine News Network 4/21/2007
The international conference hosted by the Popular Resistance in Bil'in ended with a demonstration in which Israeli forces injured 24 people.A Puerto Rican supporter climbed a observation tower used by Israeli forces occupying the West Bank and planted... more..
22 wounded in weekly Bil’in anti-separation fence protest
By Haaretz Service, Ha’aretz 4/21/2007
Two Border Policemen and 20 protestors were wounded Friday during the course of a demonstration against the construction of the West Bank separation fence held in village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah. Over the last two years, the...
Wall resistance in Bethlehem plants olive trees for Virginia Tech victims
By Bethlehem) Najib Farag, Palestine News Network 4/21/2007
Palestinians held their weekly nonviolent demonstration against the Wall in southern Bethlehem's Umm Salamuna, but dedicated Friday's protest to the victims of Virginia Tech. For the 32 people killed, Palestinians, with foreign supporters, planted 32 olive... more..
Bethlehem: activists plant trees in memorial to students killed in Virginia
By Najib Farag – PNN; translated by Saed Bannoura -- IMEMC, International Middle East Media Center 4/21/2007
Palestinian residents and international peace activists, including Americans, and Israelis, held on Friday a protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall surrounding and suffocating Um Salmouna village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and planted 32 trees to commemorate the... more..
Ynet: Noble Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan was treated for injury in leg sustained by rubber bullet
By Ali Waked, International Solidarity Movement 4/21/2007
Nobel Peace Prize Mairead Corrigan has been injured during confrontations between security forces and left-wing activists protesting the security fence route near Bilin, activists said.Corrigan, who won the prize in 1976 for her work in encouraging a peaceful solution to... more..
In run-up to ’Nakba’ commemorations, Palestinians unite for freedom from occupation and the right of return
Ma’an News Agency 4/20/2007
Bethlehem - Ma’an - Preparations are underway for the commemoration of the 59th anniversary of the Palestinian ’Nakba’ (’Catastrophe’) in May.
2007 marks the 40th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including... more..
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