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Israeli escalates settlement construction in the occupied West Bank International Middle East Media Center
9 May 2009 - Israeli sources reported Friday that Israel recently escalated its settlement activities in Palestinian areas east of the Annexation Wall in the occupied West Bank. These activities included new outposts, and new structures in existing settlements... more.. e-mail
Five injured in the weekly Ni’lin protest
International Middle East Media Center
8 May 2009 - Israeli soldiers on Friday attacked Palestinian and international peace activists holding the weekly non-violent protest against the Wall in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of- Ramallah. Five protestors were injured and... more.. e-mail
Israel’s Right-Wing Wrong Politics
Palestine Chronicle
7 May 2009 - By Joharah Baker - Jerusalem When Likud Party leader and right-wing politician Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister, nobody on this side of the fence broke out the bubbly. In the United... more.. e-mail
In Bethlehem, preparations are underway for hosting pope
Ma’an News Agency
5/10/2009 - Bethlehem - Ma’an - Bethlehem, the city of the Nativity in the southern West Bank, has been preparing to host Pope Benedict XVI, who is scheduled to visit on Monday, 13 May after he visits Israel. The... more.. e-mail
Protests for the Ma’sara prisoners
Stop The Wall
9 May 2009 - Nearly 20 people were injured in protests against the Wall this Friday, several of which were held in solidarity for the five activists who were arrested in al-Ma’sara last week. In addition to a large... more.. e-mail
Israel bans Palestinians from hosting pope next to West Bank fence
International Solidarity Movement
International Solidarity Movement - 7 May 2009 A Palestinian official says the Palestinian Authority has scrapped plans to host Pope Benedict XVI next week on a stage near the West Bank separation fence. Palestinian say they had hoped that receiving the... more.. e-mail
Bil’in demonstrators call on international health institutions to 'Stop the Occupation Flu'-¯
International Solidarity Movement
International Solidarity Movement - 8 May 2009 - Palestinian, Israeli, and international protesters walked through the streets of Bil’in on Friday wearing surgical masks to protect themselves from the "Occupation Flu"-¯ which first infected Palestinians sixty-one years ago. It has... more.. e-mail
Five injured in the weekly Ni’lin protest
International Middle East Media Center
8 May 2009 - Israeli soldiers on Friday attacked Palestinian and international peace activists holding the weekly non-violent protest against the Wall in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of- Ramallah. Five protestors were injured and... more.. e-mail
Israel’s Right-Wing Wrong Politics
Palestine Chronicle
7 May 2009 - By Joharah Baker - Jerusalem When Likud Party leader and right-wing politician Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister, nobody on this side of the fence broke out the bubbly. In the United... more.. e-mail
Bil’in: Eight injured as 'Occupation Flu spreads'
Ma’an News Agency
5/8/2009 - Bethlehem - Ma’an - "Stop the Occupation flu,"¯ chanted protesters wearing surgical masks as they marched through the streets of Bil’in towards the Israeli separation wall that cuts the village off from its land. "The... more.. e-mail
Coloring Jerusalem: Hebronites begin mural project to honor capital
Ma’an News Agency
5/8/2009 - Hebron - Ma’an - The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Hebron hosted Palestinian artist Sameeh Abu Zakyeh for a workshop on art and expression entitled "coloring Jerusalem" in honor of Al-Quds Capital of Arab Culture 2009. The...
Israeli soldiers injure dozens at West Bank anti-wall protest
Ma’an News Agency
5/8/2009 - Ni’lin - Ma’an - Israeli soldiers injured dozens of Palestinian protesters on Friday in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, which hosts weekly marches against the separation wall. At least five Palestinian demonstrators... more.. e-mail
It takes a village
International Solidarity Movement
International Solidarity Movement - 7 May 2009 - Montreal’s ties to illegal Israeli settlement - In April, Palestinian activist Bassam Ibrahim Abou Rahme was killed by Israeli military forces after being shot at close range by a teargas canister, becoming the... more.. e-mail
Gaza heats up; three militant groups launch attacks on Israeli targets
Ma’an News Agency
5/7/2009 - Gaza - Ma’an - Israeli soldiers came under attack near the southern Israeli-Gaza border early Thursday, Israel Radio said. The troops were reportedly hit with a number of mortar shells and anti-tank projectiles, though no damages or... more.. e-mail
Report: Settlement construction fastest since 2003
Ma’an News Agency
5/7/2009 - Bethlehem - Ma’an/Agencies - Israel is expanding illegal West Bank settlements at the fastest rate since 2003, the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said on Thursday. The group told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that Israel... more.. e-mail
Hamas: Arabs should withdraw peace plan
Ma’an News Agency
5/7/2009 - Gaza - Ma’an - Hamas called on Thursday for Arab States to withdraw a 2002 peace initiative that offers Israel full diplomatic relations if it withdraws to its 1967 borders, arguing that Israel has responded to the... more.. e-mail
It takes a village
International Solidarity Movement
International Solidarity Movement - 7 May 2009 - Montreal’s ties to illegal Israeli settlement - In April, Palestinian activist Bassam Ibrahim Abou Rahme was killed by Israeli military forces after being shot at close range by a teargas canister, becoming the... more.. e-mail
Four injured, dozens suffer gas effects in Ni’lin weekly protest
International Middle East Media Center
1 May 2009 - Israeli soldiers on Friday attacked Palestinian and international peace activists holding the weekly non-violent protest against the Wall in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Four protestors were injured and... more.. e-mail
Army attacks a nonviolent protest near Bethlehem; four injured six kidnapped
International Middle East Media Center
1 May 2009 - Scores of villagers from Al Ma’ssara near the southern west Bank city of Bethlehem protested the Israeli wall being built on their lands on Friday... more.. e-mail
Female Israeli soldier beats Azzun Atama woman; village isolated behind separation wall on edge
Ma’an News Agency
5/2/2009 - Qalqiliya - Ma’an - Forty-year-old PalestinianSundus Mahmoud Ahamd sustained moderate injuries after being hit with the rifle butt of a female Israeli soldier as she tried to reach her home on the far side of the separation... more.. e-mail
Israeli forces breach Gaza borders in four attacks Saturday; four injured
Ma’an News Agency
5/2/2009 - Gaza - Ma’an - Following three months of near-silence on the borders Israeli forces launched four separate attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip Saturday injuring four. Targets included a group of resistance fighters, a farmer and... more.. e-mail
Arsonists torch Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Office
Ma’an News Agency
5/2/2009 - Hebron - Ma’an - Unidentified arsonists set fire to the old offices of the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee in the central Old City on Saturday, destroying it completely. Charred stone walls are all that are left of the... more.. e-mail
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