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Cementing Apartheid in the South Hebron Hills
International Solidarity Movement 5/31/2006
The villagers of Qawawis woke up Wednesday morning to workers building a meter-high cement wall along the road that runs through their land between the illegal Israeli settlement of Susya and Hebron. The mini-wall designed to keep Palestinian cars from......more..
Two Houses Demolished in Brukin, Salfit
International Solidarity Movement 5/31/2006
30 May 2006: Two houses were demolished by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the village of Brukin, Salfit, West Bank, on Tuesday morning, 30 May, 2006. They were among 70 houses that have received demolition orders, according to Brukin’s......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 28 - 29 May 2006 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 5/30/2006
JENIN: Closure of Road: The Israeli army continues to close with dirt barricades the unpaved detour road leading to the town of ‘Arraba east of the settlement of Dotan. Checkpoint: The Israeli army continues to close Tayasir checkpoint east of......more..
All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat: Unilateral Demarcation of Israel-Palestine Border Violates International Law
Palestine Media Center 5/31/2006
New Delhi, 26 May, 2006 -- Shri Syed Shahabuddin, President of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), has issued the following Statement: "The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) is not surprised by the USA’s support to the plan of Israel which......more..
Four houses in north Jerusalem demolished due to proximity to separation wall and for being "unlicensed"
Ma''an News 5/29/2006
Jerusalem-Ma''an-The Israeli army authorities delivered on Monday four house demolition notices in the "Semiramis" region in the north of Jerusalem. Army sources claimed that the reason for the demolition of these four houses is their proximity to the separation wall......more..
Court approves Shavei Shomron fence
YNet News 5/30/2006
Judges reject petition filed by Palestinian villagers claiming the fence cuts them off from farmland, will necessitate uprooting 350 olives trees. Verdict: There are more benefits from fence than damages to petitioners; state agrees to compensate farmers for damages -- The......more..
The Latest Neocon Lie About Iran
By Gary Leupp, Palestine Chronicle 5/29/2006
i>Taheri was also between 1972 and 1979 executive editor-in-chief of Kayhan, Iran''s main daily newspaper under the Shah''s regime. He contributes to the neocon National Review and his speaking engagements are handled by the warmongering neocon Benador Associates PR......more..
Just Say No to Zionism
By Mulham Assir, Palestine Chronicle 5/29/2006
i>Neve Shalom is a fraudulent propaganda construct created to fool the world with the slogan ''peaceful coexistence is possible.''Roger Waters, the worldwide renowned rock star who was scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv in June declared in......more..
Two houses demolished in Brouqin, near Salfit; curfew imposed
Ma''an News 5/30/2006
Salfit-Ma''an-Israeli troops raided on Tuesday morning the village of Brouqin, west of Salfit in the West Bank, and imposed a curfew on some parts of the village before demolishing two houses in the village.The Ma''an correspondent reported that about 30......more..
Border Policeman beats Ra''id Fatafteh at the ''Abd checkpoint, in Hebron, injuring him in the head
B''tselem 5/24/2006
Testimonies -- Ra''id Fatafteh, engineer: I live in Tarkumiya, which is situated west of Hebron . I am a structural engineer for a construction company that renovates buildings and streets in Hebron ''s Old City . The work is done under the supervision......more..
Sunbula’s Journal: “Normalised Occupation”
International Solidarity Movement 5/30/2006
Saturday May 27th: I have returned to Ramallah. I feel a little worried I’m getting used to certain things I shouldn’t really be used to. When I was coming back in the taxi from al-Quds/Jerusalem, driving through Ar-Ram and......more..
Villagers of Jabaa to Reclaim Their Land: Thurday and Friday
International Solidarity Movement 5/30/2006
The village of Jabaa will hold two non-violent direct actions against the theft of their land by Israeli settlers and soldiers this weekend. A month ago, close to a thousand of the village’s olive trees were uprooted to prepare for......more..
Between prisoners and captives
By Akiva Eldar, Ha''aretz 5/29/2006
There are two ways of estimating the distance traveled by key Hamas figures - such as the organization''s highest-ranking prisoner, Abdel Khaleq al-Natshe, one of the initiators of the National Reconciliation Document (also known as the "Prisoners'' Document") - toward an agreement......more..
Toward a Third Intifada
By Fred Schlomka, Palestine Chronicle/The Baltimore Sun 5/29/2006
i>Once the new Hamas security forces have sorted out their differences with the Fatah-controlled police, they might turn once again to the common enemy.Besides cementing relations between Israel''s new prime minister and President Bush, Ehud Olmert''s ritual......more..
Canadian teachers union boycotts Israel
YNet News 5/29/2006
Ontario public employees'' union vote to boycott Israel until it recognizes Palestinians'' right for self-determination -- On Monday the Ontario division of Canada''s largest union voted to support an international campaign to boycott Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, the Canadian... CUPE Ontario votes in Support of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Against Israeli Apartheid...more..
Defense officials: 486 km of fence to be completed by Jan. ''07
Ha''aretz 5/27/2006
By the beginning of 2007, 486 kilometers of the separation fence will be completed, defense establishment representatives told Justice Minister Haim Ramon at a meeting late last week.This constitutes 93 percent of the 523-kilometer fence route (not including some......more..
Scotland-wide Boycott Day Against Disney’s support for the Occupation
Stop The Wall 5/28/2006
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign has launched a Boycott Day on Saturday, 27th of May. From 12-4pm, in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, activists protested against Disney’s investments in Apartheid Israel. The Disney Corporation through its subsidiary group Shamrock plans......more..
Beit Ummar Plans a De-fence Action on their Lands
International Solidarity Movement 5/29/2006
Last night settlers from the Efrat settlement put a fence around 20 dunums of land belonging to Samir Al-Allamah of Beit Ummar. They have also put up tents inside the fence. People of Beit Ummar with international and Israeli activists......more..
Arson at the Outpost in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 5/28/2006
At 5pm today, May 28, 2006, Palestinian workers from the nearby settlement of Modi’in Illit called Abdullah Abu Rahme, from Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements of Bil’in, to tell him there was huge fire at the outpost. Abdullah......more..
Four unarmed Palestinians arrested near Israel border in the Gaza Strip
Ma''an News 5/26/2006
Gaza-Ma''an-Israeli forces arrested four unarmed Palestinian men near the fence that separates the Gaza Strip and Israel in the north of the Gaza Strip early on Friday morning.Israeli sources said that the Israeli army arrested the Palestinians transported them to......more..
American activist lightly hurt in Bil''in anti-fence protest
Ha''aretz 5/26/2006
Three women from the U.S., Sweden and Germany were lightly hurt Friday in a protest against Israel''s separation barrier with the West Bank when Israel Defense Forces soldiers fired steel-coated rubber bullets and tear gas, witnesses said.Palestinians and foreigners hold......more..
Funduq hit by house demolitions for path of Apartheid Wall
Stop The Wall 5/24/2006
Occupation bulldozers and jeeps attacked the village of Funduq on Wednesday 24th of May destroying several properties. The demolitions are preparation for construction of the Apartheid Wall which will cut into the western part of the village. Other houses in......more..
"At the checkpoint, waiting for Palestine"
By Fareed Taamallah, International Solidarity Movement/International Herald Tribune 5/25/2006
QIRA, West Bank As the line behind me grew, I read a novel. The drivers behind me leaned on their horns. I advanced a few meters and returned to reading “Memory in the Flesh,” by the Algerian writer Ahlam Mosteghanemi......more..
West Bethlehem in Final Stages of Ghettoization
Stop The Wall 5/22/2006
In West Bethlehem, between al-Khader and the villages to be isolated in a ghetto on the west side of the Wall, the Occupation has begun building a tunnel under the settler-only road. This construction and the associated land devastation will......more..
Arab families of fallen IDF soldiers harassed
Ha''aretz 5/26/2006
The families of Arabs who died during their IDF service are being ostracized and harassed in their communities."I''ve turned my house into a fortress - fences and closed-circuit cameras," says Talal Abu Lil, whose son Hussein was killed in the......more..
Human rights for security
By Akiva Eldar, Ha''aretz 5/25/2006
Mishael Cheshin did Supreme Court President Justice Aharon Barak a favor by presenting his colleague as someone for whom the rights of Arabs precede the security of Jews. A short daytrip through Jerusalem, along the concrete walls that are a......more..
US, Implementing Israel’s Strategy
By Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar, Palestine Media Center/Pravda 5/25/2006
Since the election of George Bush to power we see that this Israeli strategy paper has served as a template for U.S. foreign policy in Middle East. Now let us examine each suggestion in the paper and the events in......more..
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
By Neil Berry, Palestine Monitor/Arab News 5/23/2006
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong, was sacked after confessing she could understand the despair that motivated Palestinian......more..
Army bulldozers demolish several buildings and barns in Al Fonduq village
International Middle East Media Center 5/24/2006
Israeli army bulldozers demolished several buildings and farm sheds in Al Fonduq village, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia.The bulldozers demolished a house belonging to Salem Abas from the village, and also demolished a wall around farmland that belongs......more..
One killed from Al Qassam in southern Gaza Strip this morning
Palestine News Network 5/25/2006
A member of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed resistance wing of the Hamas political party, was killed this morning after being kidnapped at dawn east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Two others were injured.According to preliminary details......more..
Sunbula’s journal: “Farmers in Bil’in successfully plow their land behind the Wall”
International Solidarity Movement 5/24/2006
Today there was some plowing of the land around the outpost in Bil’n and as always and international presence was needed to help ensure soldiers didn’t attack Palestinians (the Popular Committee in the village decided to build this outpost at......more..
Villagers of Jab’a to Work Their Land After Settler Vandalism
International Solidarity Movement 5/24/2006
Over two days, Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th of May, the villagers of Jab’a, south-west of Bethlehem will attempt to access and work their land, from 9am till 3pm.The villagers will bring agricultural equipment to develop the over-grown......more..
The Incredible Shrinking Palestine
By Sandy Tolan, Palestine Chronicle 5/23/2006
i>Israel is whittling away at Palestinians'' land again, but it needs the US to sharpen the knife.The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be glimpsed through a series of maps.First is the sepia-toned map of Palestine under......more..
Israeli High Court rejects an appeal against Wall route near Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center 5/23/2006
The Israeli High Court of Justice rejected on Tuesday an appeal filed by the residents of Al Ezariyya town, east of Jerusalem, against the rout of the annexation Wall which is being constructed between the east of Jerusalem and the......more..
IDF arrests most-wanted Hamas bomb mastermind in West Bank
Ha''aretz 5/23/2006
After an eight-year manhunt, Israeli security forces early Tuesday seized the Ramallah-area commander of Hamas'' military wing, Israel''s most wanted man in the West Bank.Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed, 41, has been wanted since 1998 for terror attacks that claimed the lives......more..
Israel arrests ''militant who killed 78''
The Independent 5/24/2006
Israeli security forces have arrested a leading Hamas militant said by the army to have been sought since 1988 for carrying out attacks which claimed the lives of 78 civilians and soldiers.The seizure came after Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian Prime......more..
ICAHD: “Don’t Say ‘We Didn’t Know’”
International Solidarity Movement 5/22/2006
A message from the Israeli committee against home demolitions: A few years ago Zakya from the village Zita donated a kidney to her brother. It didn’t help and he passed away due to delays in the granting of permits for......more..
Livni tells Abbas: Route of fence can be fixed in final-status talks
Ha''aretz 5/22/2006
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - The route of the separation fence can be changed during negotiations on a final-status agreement with the Palestinians, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni assured a meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh......more..
Israel’s marriage ban closes the gates to Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook, Electronic Intifada 5/19/2006
Palestinian bridegrooms visit the separation wall before their wedding ceremony in the West Bank city of Qalqilia September 16, 2005. (MaanImages/Khaleel Reash)In approving an effective ban on marriages between Israelis and Palestinians this week, Israel’s Supreme Court has......more..
Fears of Palestinian civil war mount as Olmert visits U.S.
The Daily Star 5/23/2006
A Jordanian was killed and at least eight Palestinians wounded on Monday in renewed clashes between rival Hamas and Fatah forces near the Parliament in Gaza, forcing Palestinian officials to rush into emergency talks brokered by Egypt. As fears of......more..
Pollard: It''s a miracle I am alive
YNet News 5/22/2006
Ahead of a rally to be held in his support on Thursday by the Western Wall in Jerusalem, American spy Jonathan Pollard says Israel needs to wake up ''before it is too late'' -- American spy Jonathan Pollard on Monday sent......more..
Iran''s Jews struggle in the shadow of Holocaust denials
The Independent 5/22/2006
When Ciamak Morsathegh chose to take up a position as the medical boss of Sapir hospital, he did not regret the "big opportunities" he was giving up in an already high-flying career. "This hospital is part of our identity as......more..
Israel''s New Plan, a Land Grab
By Jimmy Carter, Palestine Chronicle/USAToday 5/19/2006
i>The Olmert plan would leave the remnant of the Palestinian West Bank with the same unacceptable characteristics.New Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced that Israel will take unilateral steps to establish its own geographical boundaries during the......more..
Bil’in Protest: Journalists Targeted, Many Injured
International Solidarity Movement 5/19/2006
Today Friday May 19, 2006, the army escalated its violent tactics against non-violent protestors in Bil’in, leaving 26 people injured, including Hitham al-Khateeb who has suffered a fracture in his skull from a tear gas canister to the head and......more..
Construction of Separation Wall around Salfit speeded up
Ma''an News 5/19/2006
Salfit-Ma''an-The Israeli authorities have accelerated the construction of the Separation Wall in the Salfit governorate. It was noticed in the governorate that the number of workers and construction equipment had increased.The construction of the separation wall surrounding the governorate is......more..
Elderly Nablus Man Dies in Nablus When Israeli Forces Deny Him Medical Treatment
International Middle East Media Center 5/19/2006
Meshref Al Mubaslat, 73, died of a heart attack as Israeli forces bulldozed the area in front of his house in Nablus.He was not able to open his front door to seek help, after Israeli forces bulldozed his fence and......more..
Israeli troops violently attack Bil''in'' peaceful protest; 24 injured, 15 detained, and 2 arrested
International Middle East Media Center 5/20/2006
Friday, following noon prayers in the West Bank village of Bil''in, near Ramallah, residents in addition to Israeli and international peace activists conducted their weakly peaceful protest against Israel''s annexation Wall on the orchards of the residents. Soldiers responded by......more..
Some 20 protesters hurt during anti-fence rally in Bil''in
Ha''aretz 5/20/2006
Some twenty protesters were wounded Friday during clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops and Border Policemen at an anti-separation fence rally near the West Bank village of Bil''in.A Palestinian protester was hit in the forehead by a rubber bullet, sustaining......more..
Villagers fight West Bank Barrier
BBC 5/19/2006
After prayers at Bilin''s mosque, male worshippers spill from the modest building and begin the short walk to the West Bank barrier running close to the village.Every Friday for the last 15 months, members of the community have marched along......more..
Six foreigners and three photo-journalists injured during Bil''in''s Friday demonstration
Ma''an News 5/19/2006
Ramallah-Ma''an-Six foreign demonstrators and three photo-journalists were wounded and bruised when Israeli forces attacked them with rifles and truncheons during Friday''s weekly protest at Bil''in, a village west of Ramallah. The injured journalists are Mushir Abdul Rahman, a Ma''an photographer......more..
Israel detains British aid worker held at checkpoint
The Guardian 5/19/2006
A British worker for a Birmingham-based Islamic charity has been arrested by Israeli military authorities, and further detained without charge at two hearings yesterday.Ayaz Ali, from Bradford, was on his way from Jerusalem to Ramallah, on business of the Islamic... Officials: Israeli authorities holding British security suspect ...more..
US Consul visits Hebron and pledges assistance on condition that government accepts Quartet''s conditions
Ma''an News 5/19/2006
Hebron-Ma''an-US Consul General in Jerusalem, Jacob Walles, has confirmed that his government intends to offer humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, particularly in the fields of education and health.Walles said during a meeting with a number of journalists in the......more..
Shadows and Distortions
By Nora Barrows-Friedman, Electronic Intifada 5/18/2006
As the heavy shadow of the 1948 Nakba hovers and recedes over the narrow alleyways of refugee camps and Diaspora communities this week, Palestinians remain at Israel’s whim to starve, die, or become displaced and divided.Subdued commemorations are happening all......more..
Court acquits activists accused of rioting during anti-fence protest
Ha''aretz 5/18/2006
Two leftist activists were acquitted Wednesday on charges of rioting during demonstrations against the construction of the separation fence on lands belonging to the West Bank village of Budrus in September 2004."The principle of freedom to demonstrate is a... Declared Innocent...more..
The "Convergence Plan" Map - reframing the Palestinian ghettos
Stop The Wall 5/18/2006
The map shows the “new” Occupation scheme to ensure Palestinian rights continue to be negated and violated: the “Convergence Plan”. The plan is Israel’s latest attempt to legitimize the Palestinian ghettos, to permanently annex territory in the west of the......more..
Three Non-Violent Demonstrations this Weekend: Bil’in, Beit Omar, Shofat Camp
International Solidarity Movement 5/18/2006
This Friday, the Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Shofat refugee camp, near Jerusalem, will all hold non-violent demonstrations against the Israeli occupation. Beit Omar will hold their demonstration on Saturday, not Friday as stated in a previous release. In Bil’in......more..
Jubara Villagers Challenge Occupation Order to Demolish their School
Stop The Wall 5/15/2006
Wednesday, 10th of May, Occupation forces delivered a military order to the Jubara village council to halt construction of a primary school. The school is being built by the people of Jubara to be able to resist in their village......more..
Film Review: "Bethlehem Bandolero"
By Maymanah Farhat, Electronic Intifada 5/18/2006
Larissa Sansour''s "Bethlehem Bandolero," screened at the Chicago Palestine Film Festival. -- Bethlehem Bandolero is a quirky six-minute short by Palestinian filmmaker Larissa Sansour. In the role of a "Mexican gunslinger" that could be straight out of......more..
Legitimizing Palestinian Bantustans
By Jamal Juma, Palestine Chronicle 5/17/2006
i>A fundamental ramification of this plan is the Judaization of Jerusalem and the loss of Palestinian metropolitan areas holding significant urban potential.The Occupation has a “new” scheme to ensure Palestinian rights continue to be negated and violated......more..
Army invades north of the Gaza strip
International Middle East Media Center 5/17/2006
An Israeli army force invaded the northern areas of Biet Hanon town north of the Gaza strip, Wednesday afternoon.Several tanks and army bulldozers entered those areas coming from Erezcrossing for more than 800 metres inside the town, and intiated a......more..
Palestinian prisoner released after 32 months of administrative detention
International Middle East Media Center 5/17/2006
Abd Al Baset Mo''tan, 32, was released after serving 32 months of an Israeli administrative jail sentence ,on Wednesday morning.Mo''tan, who is a resident of Boraka village near the West Bank city of Rammallah, was working as a teacher in......more..
Photos: Israeli Self-Defense
International Solidarity Movement 5/17/2006
Before - Mohammed Khatib from the Popular committee against the wall being beaten on the back as he falls to the ground on the Demonstration against Israel’s Illeagel wall on friday May12th. - After......more..
Photo eyewitness: Demonstration in Bil''in
Palestine Monitor 5/13/2006
On Friday the 12 of May, about 250 people gathered in Bil''in to demonstrate against Israel''s Apartheid Wall and its annexation of land. More people were present than usual because of the anniversay of an-Nakba, Palestine''s tragedy. As a consequence......more..
Photo eyewitness: Mass Protest in ar-Ram
Palestine Monitor 5/13/2006
Yesterday, almost a thousand people gathered in ar-Ram to demonstrate against Israel''s choking of the city. Ar-Ram is one of the places most affected by Israel''s wall-building in the Palestinian lands. The wall is literalely being built around the city......more..
U.S. provides $800,000 worth of medical supplies for Palestinian patients
ReliefWeb 5/17/2006
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK – Patients in the West Bank and Gaza will be receiving a total of $800,000 worth of dialysis supplies and medicine from the United States government as part of a $10 million pledge made by Secretary Condoleezza Rice......more..
IDF: At least another year until fence is completed
Ha''aretz 5/17/2006
Construction of the separation fence started nearly four years ago, but only 42 percent of the planned structure has been completed and military officials say it will take at least one more year to finish.According to figures issued by the......more..
Israeli soldiers invade Al-Khader village, beat two children
International Middle East Media Center 5/16/2006
Tuesday afternoon , Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the West Bank village of Al-Khader, west of Bethlehem.The troopsbroke into Palestinian homes and conducted wide scale searches, local sources reported. The residents affirmed that the soldiers were violent to people......more..
Israelis build tower taller than Wall in northern Bethlehem
Palestine News Network 5/16/2006
PHOTOS: Mohamad Zboun photographed the new Israeli tower that is taller than the Wall in northern Bethlehem, behind which the Israelis plan to build a Synagogue, a Jewish-only university, and a settlement, according to Bethlehem officials after confiscating Palestinian lands......more..
Insults against Prophet Mohammad at wall gates surrounding Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 5/16/2006
In an incident indicative of the general practices of the Israeli soldiers operating at the gates surrounding Qalqilia, two soldiers would not allow a farmer to pass without them knowing the name of his donkey. Farmer Kamal Awad from the......more..
Hearing of the petition against the wall in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 5/16/2006
The judges, Barak, Prokachia, and Rivlin, presiding over the court case protesting the route of the wall in Bil’in village have not yet reached a decision.In the last hearing, which took place May 14, 2006, the applicant, Bil’in village council......more..
Declared Innocent
International Solidarity Movement 5/16/2006
The trial of Jonathan Pollak and Kobi Snitz has come to an end a year after the two were arrested at a demonstration against the wall in the West Bank village of Budrus.Today, Tuesday, May 16th, Judge Alexander Ron of......more..
United Against Ghettozation of ar Ram - Occupation Forces challenged by Mass Protest
Stop The Wall 5/13/2006
On Saturday, 13th of May, the people of ar Ram united in the streets to protest the Wall that tears the community in half for the Judaization of Jerusalem. A thousand people converged in the centre of the community and......more..
Friday demonstration in Bil’in faces brutal Occupation Attacks
Stop The Wall 5/13/2006
Bil’in’s Friday demonstration met with severe Occupation attacks this week as over 500 people marched to the lands isolated by the Apartheid Wall. Each demonstrator carried a Palestinian flag to symbolize the united front of the national liberation struggle against......more..
Dichter: We''ll build fence on Egypt border
YNet News 5/16/2006
Internal security minister says if Egypt continues allowing smugglers to infiltrate Israel he will recommend building fence on southern border -- Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said Tuesday that he would recommend building a fence on Israel''s southern border if Egypt......more..
Marking al-Nakba, PLC urges Quartet to speak out and thanks world for support so far
Ma''an News 5/15/2006
Ramallah-Ma''an-The PLC has called upon the Quartet to practice its role in an honest way and to direct its pressure on the Israeli government in order to stop its aggression and siege, in addition to its policy of assassinations, the......more..
Syria starts removing military posts, barriers inside Lebanon
Ha''aretz 5/15/2006
BEIRUT - Syria began Monday removing military posts and sand walls erected several kilometers inside Lebanese territory, the head of the local municipality told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa."They (Syrians soldiers) started Monday to remove the breaches, whether military or sand berms......more..
The only way out
By Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Al-Ahram Weekly 5/11/2006
i>It is the time of decision. Mustafa Barghouti makes an impassioned call for national unity and the end to internal Palestinian conflictsThe Palestinians are facing one of the most vicious assaults in their history against their right......more..
Nonviolent Palestinian resistance: Building a school in a village surrounded by the Wall
By Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 5/13/2006
Walajah Village sits amidst the mountains west of Bethlehem and is one of the many Palestinian villages in the West Bank slated to be completely surrounded by Israeli settlements. Half the village has already been confiscated, with many homes and......more..
3 injured during fence protest
YNet News 5/12/2006
Left-wing protesters clash with police during protest against security fence near Bil''in; Peretz orders IDF to permit Peace Now protest against settlers in Mount Hebron -- Israeli and foreign leftwing activists clashed with security forces on Friday during a protest against......more..
Two internationals severely injured by Israeli forces in weekly anti-wall protest in Bil''in
International Middle East Media Center 5/12/2006
Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, protested along with dozens of Israeli and international peace activists, and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) against Israel’s annexation Wall. At least twelve protestors......more..
Border Police fire on anti-fence protesters in Bil''in, wounding 3
Ha''aretz 5/12/2006
Three demonstrators were wounded on Friday afternoon in clashes with security officers during a protest against the separation fence in the West Bank village of Bil''in.Border Police officers fired rubber bullets on the demonstrators, wounding a French photographer and two......more..
Explosive Charge Detonated near a Security Officer''s House in Jabalia
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 5/11/2006
Unidentified assailants detonated an explosive charge placed on the door of a Preventive Security Officer in the Tal E''Za''tar Neighborhood of Jabalia.No injuries were reported.PCHR''s initial investigation indicates that at 02:45 on Thursday, 11 May 2006, unidentified assailants detonated......more..
Gaza militants cook up deadly mix
BBC 5/12/2006
Since the start of the year, Palestinian militants have fired hundreds of home-made rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, killing two Israeli civilians.The Israeli army has hit back hard, firing some 6,000 shells into Gaza.Five Palestinian civilians have been......more..
Appeal: Ezra’s car
International Solidarity Movement 5/11/2006
We are from the National Committee Against the Wall in the Beit Omar area of Hebron, Palestine. We work against the racial discrimination wall, Palestinians and Israelis together with the common aim of stopping the wall in the Hebron area......more..
Even sewage is not free of politics
By Akiva Eldar, Palestine Monitor 5/9/2006
On the way to the sewage facility on the seam line, located on the former site of a vast mall full of Israeli bargain hunters, Raek Hamad said he deals only with sewage and does not understand politics. Unfortunately for......more..
Palestinian gas stations organizing nonviolent demonstration against fuel crisis
International Middle East Media Center 5/10/2006
The Bethlehem area is suffering a serious gas shortage which if continued would paralyze traffic in the district. Prices were already high, and have now skyrocketed. Lines of cars are waiting at one gas station located near the new Israeli......more..
Settler harassments drive police away
YNet News 5/10/2006
Locals claim police are ones guilty of violence -- Head of the Samaria and Judea District police decided Wednesday to close the community policing station in the West Bank southern Mount Hebron area, due to ongoing harassments by local settlers. According......more..
Mine injures 2 near Jordan border
YNet News 5/10/2006
During army groundwork near Israel-Jordan border bulldozer hits landmine; civilian who drove tractor sustains light wounds, army NCO moderately injured -- A soldier and a civilian sustained light to moderate wounds Wednesday after a bulldozer hit a landmine near the Rabin......more..
Bil’in Puts The Wall On Trial
International Solidarity Movement 5/10/2006
The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements is holding a large demonstration this Friday, May 12th. The demonstration will include Arab Knesset members, Palestinian Legislative Council members and representatives from the Palestinian National and Islamic forces.On Sunday, May 14......more..
Salfit: Stranglehold of Wall leads to dispossession for Palestinian farmers
Stop The Wall 4/26/2006
Farmers in the ghetto of Deir Ballut, Rafat, Zawiya and Mas’ha (north-western Salfit district) are facing the devastating reality of permanent loss of their lands by the Apartheid Wall. Cut of from the rest of the West Bank and their......more..
Only Arabs Acting in Unison Can Save Palestine
By Linda Heard, Palestine Media Center/Arab News 5/9/2006
Jordan''s King Abdallah urged decision-makers to act swiftly bearing in mind the new Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert''s intention to unilaterally delineate Israel''s permanent borders by 2010. "I fear if this short time is over and we don''t reach a settlement......more..
Court: Lod fence plans cause ''ghetto'' effect''
YNet News 5/9/2006
Plans shelved for fence between Lod Arab neighborhoods and Nir Zvi community that aimed to protect from crime; Court cites ''ghettoization'' effect -- The Administrative Court ordered the cancellation of plans to build a separation fence between the community of Nir......more..
Israeli Apartheid Wall Closing Fast on Palestinians in Jerusalem
Palestine Media Center/Toronto Star 5/9/2006
Fears of division and isolation abound in East Jerusalem''s Arab neighbourhoods, writes Mitch PotterThe writing has long been on the wall for the Palestinians of East Jerusalem, who watch with growing dread the slow, methodical march of concrete slabs through......more..
UK Consul-General visits Hebron; Governor briefs him on settler attacks and impact of Wall
Ma''an News 5/9/2006
Hebron-Ma''an- Hebron Governor, Arif Al Ja''abari welcomed in his office the British Consul-General, Dr. John Jenkins, and the Cultural Manager of the British Council in Jerusalem, Ken Churchill.Ja''abari talked about the aggressions of the Hebron settlers that was seen in......more..
Qalqilia resident reject a wall reroute that would isolate other villages
International Middle East Media Center 5/8/2006
More than six months after the Israeli Supreme Court issued its decision to change the route of the Wall cutting through Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank in order to de-isolate several villages; Israeli forces continue to circumvent the ruling.Israeli......more..
Getting carried away
International Solidarity Movement/Jerusalem Post 5/6/2006
The army thought there were no Israelis present, then they saw that there were. I heard the commander shout to his soldiers, “Go back to regular open-fire orders, there are Israelis here.”‘ - anti-fence activist Jonathan Pollak -- The violence typically begins......more..
Shofat Camp Non violent Demonstration for Right to Worship Successful
International Solidarity Movement 5/5/2006
Residents of Shofat refugee camp in Jerusalem, along with international and Israeli supporters, today demonstrated non-violently against the Israeli Border Polices’ often violent suppression of the camps residents’ right to cross the checkpoint at the camp entrance to pray in......more..
Construction of Apartheid Road in Al Jeeb Village Destroys Palestinian Lands
International Middle East Media Center 5/8/2006
A report Monday from the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign said since the beginning of May, Israeli occupation forces have begun uprooting farming lands in the southwest of Jeeb village of Jerusalem.The group said in a press release that a......more..
''Most of security fence complete in 6 months''
YNet News 5/8/2006
Defense community members not concerned by dozens of petitions made against route of West Bank security fence, promise during meeting that fence will be completed within six months -- Members of the defense community promised the newly-appointed Justice Minister Haim Ramon......more..
Bil’in: Un-cage Palestine!
International Solidarity Movement 5/5/2006
The non-violent demonstration against the Apartheid Wall on the land of Bil’in village this week was themed around the economic siege of Palestine by western powers. Israeli and international activists with pictures of western leaders taped to their chests carried......more..
Ramon: Fence is priority, settler compensation must come later
Ha''aretz 5/9/2006
Justice Minister Haim Ramon wants the government to hold off on advancing a law compensating settlers who evacuate their homes voluntarily until after the West Bank separation fence is completed.Ramon, who is to head the ministerial committee on legislation, supports......more..
Days of thunder
By Gideon Levy, Ha''aretz 5/4/2006
i>Does anyone among our excellent artillery forces think about the great fear they are causing to the children upon whose homes they are launching their shells? Boom after boom, shell after shell, thunder after thunder. The windows of......more..
Army arrest handicapped youth from Beit Awwa village near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 5/3/2006
Israeli troops arrested Ashraf Al Massalma, 23, from the village of Beit Awwa near the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday.Al Masalmah is handicapped and uses a wheel chair, he went missing last night and his family searched for......more..
It Can Be Done
International Solidarity Movement 5/4/2006
The people of Bil’in will demonstrate against the wall, this Friday -- A year ago, when the weekly demonstrations in Bil’in started no one believed that they would be able to continue for more than a few weeks. If one had......more..
Government spokesman fiercely attacks the US stance and accuses US of war crimes
Ma''an News 5/4/2006
Jerusalem-Ma''an- The spokesman for the Palestinian government, Dr. Ghazi Hamad, has launched a fierce attack on the suspicious meetings held by the American official Stewart Levey, under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence in the American treasury department, with Palestinian figures......more..
Lib Dem quits in row over remarks
BBC 5/4/2006
In a statement Mr Davies said: "I apologise for the language and tone of my email, which was unacceptable and without justification. -- Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies has resigned as the party''s leader in Europe over comments to a Jewish......more..
Hamas: We''ll move toward peace if Israel leaves occupied lands
Ha''aretz 5/4/2006
DAMASCUS, Syria - Hamas could reciprocate moves toward peace if Israel agrees to withdraw from all lands occupied in 1967 and recognizes Palestinian rights, the group''s leader Khaled Meshal said on Wednesday.Meshal told a packed auditorium at Damascus University, however, that......more..
Surviving in Israel''s buffer zone
By Laila El-Haddad, AlJazeera 5/2/2006
Living in the Gaza buffer zone has taught Saeed Abu Salah a thing or two about patience and treading carefully.He and his 21-member family live in the northernmost region of Gaza''s recently declared "no-go zone", where surviving has become......more..
Israel starts Wall construction in Shu''fat refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center 5/2/2006
On Monday Israeli authorites began to construct the Annexation Wall in Ras Khamees neighborhood, in Shu''fat refugee camp near Jerusalem despite a court ruling opposing the closure of the area unless residents are provided with right of way. Elan Franco......more..
Activists Aim to Kick Apartheid Out of Football
Stop The Wall 4/22/2006
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, April 22nd, 2006Palestine activists have launched a move to get Apartheid Israel suspended from the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) in protest against the ongoing subjugation of the Palestinian people and as......more..
Olmert alters route of West Bank wall, calls for rapid completion
The Daily Star 5/1/2006
We must go forward as quickly as possible'' -- Israel''s Cabinet on Sunday voted to modify the route of its contentious West Bank separation barrier to put thousands of Palestinians on the "Palestinian" side of the enclosure, officials said. "We must......more..
The victim becomes the villain; Palestinians act like "Mestariveem"
By Nasser Laham, Ma''an News 5/1/2006
In psychology it is not unusual for a victim to take on the personality of the perpetrator, and there are many examples in history. For example, the Jews who were oppressed by the Nazis are now killing Palestinians and oppressing......more..
A greater Palestine?
By Sharif Elmusa, Al-Ahram Weekly 4/27/2006
i>Perhaps "Palestine" should be declared to include Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and JordanA Palestinian state of the West Bank and Gaza is no longer on the cards, irrespective of the make-up of the coming Israeli government......more..
Lieberman is right
By Akiva Eldar, Ha''aretz 5/1/2006
It is a pity that the only politician who dares to shout in public that the king is naked is a racist bully. It is a pity that MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) is the one who has pointed out......more..
The government approved re-routing of the Separation Barrier
B''tselem 4/30/2006
On 30 April the government approved a series of alterations to the route of the separation barrier. In accordance with the newly approved route, the barrier will form two enclaves instead of one in the area of the Ariel-Kdumim settlements......more..
Southern Hebron hills: Israel reinstates the cancelled barrier route "through the back door"
B''tselem 4/30/2006
The army has recently issued new orders requisitioning land in the southern Hebron hills along Route 317 and a short section of Route 60. On this land Israel is now building a 41 kilometer-long concrete barricade between the settlements Tene......more..
Israel to speed building of barrier
AlJazeera 4/30/2006
Israel''s West Bank wall often juts deep into Palestinian land -- Israel is moving to speed up the building of its controversial West Bank barrier after the government approved amendments to its route. Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister-designate, said at......more..
Labour Day in Palestine: calls for rights, laws and unity
Ma''an News 5/1/2006
Bethlehem-Nablus-Gaza-Ma''an- On this day, 1 May, every year workers around the world celebrate Labour Day in which they show their solidarity with each other and remember their suffering and struggle.Labour Day in Palestine has greater significance and a more bitter......more..
An Hour at the Checkpoint
International Solidarity Movement 4/29/2006
Interview with a Palestinian High Schooll student from the Friends Boys School in Ramallah, Palestine from their Web site - Behind the Wall -- With every time the sun rises on Palestine, it witnesses stories and situations of sorrow and suffering.Palestinian people......more..
Bili’n villagers burn Occupation products in support of boycott
Stop The Wall 4/26/2006
Villagers in Bil’in (west Ramallah district) burnt Occupation products during their weekly demonstration on the 21st of April, declaring their support for the internal boycott movement. Vowing to use only locally manufactured products, the villagers showed how Palestinians can break......more..
Montreal activists plan rally against Apartheid Israel
Stop The Wall 4/29/2006
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, April 29th, 2006Palestinian activists in Montreal will stage a mass rally later this week as part of their campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Apartheid Israel. Palestinian organisations will be joined in......more..
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