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Lies of the land
By Meron Rapoport, Ha''aretz 6/30/2006
From the gate in the separation fence between Qalqilyah and the settlement of Tzofin, the High Court of Justice seemed like a mirage, a summer hallucination born of the hot, heavy haze of noon. We arrived at the gate last......more..
Israeli Press: Army May Ban Tourists From Holy Sites
International Solidarity Movement 6/30/2006
The [Israeli] army will issue a decree forbidding the entry of foreign citizens into Judea and Samaria” reads a Hebrew-only print article in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv published on June 22, 2006. “Judea and Samaria” is Biblical terminology for the......more..
Suffering from a paralysis of thought
By Ze''ev Sternhell, Ha''aretz 6/30/2006
The violent invasion of Gaza, now sowing destruction on an unimaginable scale, only sharpens the essence of the two great dangers now lurking in ambush of Israel. One is the possibility that the Olmert government is just a Likud II......more..
Two years on, dangerous Temple Mount ramp will finally be removed
Ha''aretz 6/30/2006
Now that the Palestinian Authority is paralyzed and incapable of resisting, it''s an excellent opportunity to carry out the plan." -- The Israel Antiquities Authority will begin removing the Mugrabi ramp in a few days, despite the fear of Muslim riots......more..
Immediate Action Needed in BEIT JALA City – Bethlehem District – Palestine.
Open Bethlehem 6/30/2006
This is an urgent appeal from the Municipal Council of Beit Jala city on behalf of the citizens of Beit Jala and its organizations to our friends and peace loving people around the world, asking them to help us to......more..
South Hebron Villages Persist to Resist
International Solidarity Movement 6/30/2006
Today, June 30th, the people of Qawawis accompanied by people from Tuwanwi and other neighboring villages as well as Israeli and international activists demonstrated against the settlements and the wall. About 50 people gathered and marched to the wall. The......more..
Palestinians, Israelis and internationals protest in Bil''in against the Israeli attacks in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center 6/30/2006
Palestinian residents, Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly non-violent protest in Bil''in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and protested against the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. Some of the protesters were wearing......more..
Israel Kidnaps Non-violent Palestinian Activists
International Solidarity Movement 6/29/2006
Palestinians active in non-violent struggle against the illegal Israeli annexation barrier were taken from their homes in the West Bank last night. This happens at a time when media attention is focusing on the taking of one Israeli soldier by......more..
Migration World Social Forum in Spain condemns Israeli Apartheid and calls for Right of Return
Stop The Wall 6/30/2006
From the 22nd to the 24th of June, the 2nd Migration World Social Forum (WSF) was held in Rivas Vaciamadrid in Spain. Representatives of 1193 organizations from 84 countries all over the world participated in the discussions and activities.There was......more..
Palestinians Await Execution
International Solidarity Movement 6/29/2006
This Friday June 30 2006, the people of Bil’in along with International and Israeli activists will engage in their weekly demonstration against the apartheid wall built through their land. For more than 1 1/2 years the villagers have been......more..
Israel Arrests Dozens of Hamas Lawmakers and Ministers
Democracy Now! 6/29/2006
Nearly half of the Gaza Strip remains without power following Israeli air strikes that knocked out a main power station. We go to Gaza to get a report from Chris McGreal of the London Guardian.MY GOODMAN: For the latest on......more..
Rafah: Palestinians blast border fence
YNet News 6/29/2006
Hundreds of Palestinian, Egyptian police form human cordons on both sides of Gaza-Egypt border to block Palestinians trying to get through after gunmen blast hole in cement wall; earlier, two Palestinian police officers wounded by IDF artillery fire -- Hundreds of......more..
When will Israel learn?
By Rifat Odeh Kassis, Electronic Intifada 6/28/2006
When I first heard about the Israeli soldier who was "kidnapped" by Palestinians and heard the appeal of Abu Mazen to the Palestinian factions, followed by many other Arab and foreign leaders, calling for his release, I thought that the......more..
Bulldozers start work on Wall to annex Bethlehem’s Cremisan Monastery
Ma''an News 6/28/2006
While the world’s attention turns to the dramatic situation in Gaza, the Israeli army has begun uprooting ancient olive trees in Bethlehem’s Cremisan area, marking out the path of the Wall to be built through one of the regions most......more..
Israelis confiscate Palestinian lands for settlement fence in Hebron
Palestine News Network 6/28/2006
According to official sources in the General Land Defense Committee in the Hebron District, Israeli forces continued to build a fence around yet another illegal Israeli Settlement south of Hebron.The southern West Bank construction continued Wednesday which confiscates tends of......more..
IDF denies Palestinian report of tanks rolling into north Gaza
Ha''aretz 6/29/2006
Palestinian witnesses said Israel Defense Forces tanks and armored bulldozers moved into northern Gaza before daybreak Thursday, but the military denied it had begun a planned incursion.Troops were poised to pour into the northern Gaza Strip, where Qassam rockets are......more..
BADIL and PCBS to hold a press conference on impact of Wall on Jerusalem
Ma''an News/BADIL/PCBS 6/28/2006
BADIL Resource Center and the Palestinain Central Bureau of Statistics - On Forced Displacement of Palestinians by Israel''s Wall in Occupied East Jerusalem - Orthodox Club, al-Ram, East Jerusalem, 4 July 2006, 11:00 - On the occasion of the second anniversary of......more..
Latest Jerusalem facts released by Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Ma''an News 6/28/2006
Ma''an -- Ma''an- The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics has released the latest update of The Jerusalem Statistical Handbook which reports statistical data on Jerusalem. According to the bureau''s press release on the update some primary statistical indicators are:The population......more..
Apartheid Wall demo at Al Khadr this Friday
International Solidarity Movement 6/28/2006
This Friday the villagers of Al Khadr will be joined by Israeli and international peace activists in a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall being built through the village. There will be a march to the construction site from the mosque......more..
Israeli Supreme Court rejects petition against surrounding Al Ibrihimi Mosque in Hebron
Palestine News Network 6/27/2006
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected the petition today to stop the Israeli military from putting a wall around Al Ibrihimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.By Israeli military order the ventilation into the Mosque campus will be......more..
We Don''t Need no Occupation, We Don''t Need no Racist Wall! Roger Waters Challenges Israel to Tear Down its Colonial Wall
MIFTAH 6/26/2006
Reaffirming his commitment to fighting injustice, the world renowned rock star Roger Waters explicitly challenged Israel to "tear down this wall" and end its occupation to achieve real peace. A day before his concert date, Waters paid a solidarity visit......more..
A Welcome Spotlight on Palestinian Child Prisoners
By Catherine Hunter, Electronic Intifada 6/27/2006
Kidnap, killings, and night raids on Israeli military army bases may not be the most effective way of reaching out to international opinion, but by conditioning the release of Israeli hostage Gilad Shalit on the release of some 380 Palestinian......more..
Isolate Israel - Campaign for justice!
By Adri Nieuwhof, Stop The Wall 6/25/2006
Early May 2005 Stop the Wall Campaign published an article on its website entitled ‘Challenging Tramways of Apartheid – Swiss activists block Connex shuttle run’. The article evoked the memories of campaigns to isolate apartheid South Africa.Research Connex is owned by......more..
Escalation'', ''retaliation'' and BBC double standards in Gaza
By Jonathan Cook, Electronic Intifada 6/26/2006
The killing by Palestinian militants of two Israeli soldiers and the capture of a third from an army post close to the Gaza Strip set the scene for Israeli “reprisals” and “retaliation”, according to the reports of BBC correspondents in......more..
Shouting not talking
By Simon Tisdall, The Guardian 6/27/2006
strong>Israel is in danger not of obliteration by ''Islamic extremists'' but of delegitimisation by its own polices and actions.As Israel''s government edges towards the ultimate injustice - a unilateral delineation of its national borders and a......more..
Israeli army launches Gaza attack
The Guardian 6/27/2006
The Israeli army entered southern Gaza today after threatening a major offensive to try to secure the release of an Israeli solider taken hostage by Palestinian militants.Tanks and soldiers began taking up positions in two locations east of the town......more..
Israel hunts for abducted soldier after dawn raid by militants
The Independent 6/26/2006
Israeli tanks, supported by helicopter gunships, were combing the southern Gaza Strip yesterday for Palestinian fighters who killed two tank crew members and kidnapped a third in a pre-dawn attack on an army base on the Israeli side of the......more..
Education in Jerusalem under attack from Apartheid Wall
Stop The Wall 6/27/2006
The Lutheran World Federation has operated in Jerusalem since 1910 and runs a vocational training centre in Beit Hanina which opened in 1949. Currently 180 students between 16-18 years are registered at the centre, acquiring skills such as auto......more..
Palestinian Shepards “Tear down the wall”
International Solidarity Movement 6/24/2006
Palestinian protetors in Mnezel, South Hebron hills, built a passage over a wall built on their land using rocks. They piled the rocks on both sides of the wall despite threats from the border police that they would force them......more..
Apartheid Wall Construction Sites the target of popular protests as Palestinians unite
Stop The Wall 6/24/2006
On Friday June 24, Popular Committees against the Apartheid Wall united with Palestinian political forces to continue the struggle against the Wall in a number of demonstrations across the West Bank. Hundreds of people marched to their lands, challenging the......more..
Expulsion is racist
By Gabriela Becker, Al-Ahram Weekly 6/22/2006
strong>Threats against four prominent Jerusalemite Palestinian activists are but prelude to what the state of Israel has in mind for the entirety of the occupied cityThe 20 days and counting that remain for Mohamed Abu......more..
Wall of lies
By Yael Gvirtz, YNet News 6/21/2006
strong>We''ve all been had: ''Security fence'' really lie meant to protect settlement enterpriseThe route of the security fence is rapidly becoming part of classic Israel. All the elements are present that turned Jewish labor into......more..
Israeli Court Rejects Wall Challenges
International Solidarity Movement 6/23/2006
The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday rejected two efforts to change the route of the Wall in the West Bank around East Jerusalem. In both cases, Palestinian residents argued that the Wall would be built on private land and cut......more..
Sewage dumped in Brukin: Palestinian village under attack
Stop The Wall 6/20/2006
Brukin is braced for its second summer as it battles against ghettoization, isolation of its farming lands and the dumping of raw sewage water in the village from Zionist settlements. The health risks to Palestinians from the sewage water threatens......more..
Settlement expansion on Masha lands – a Zionist tool to consolidate land theft
Stop The Wall 6/21/2006
Elkana settlement has taken over Masha lands in the east of Salfit district since the 1970’s. New expansion plans will swallow further village land isolated behind the Apartheid Wall. While the gates and the wall are barring farmers from......more..
Hebron Settlers Vandalise Palestinian School
International Solidarity Movement 6/23/2006
June 22nd: Shortly after 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, a Palestinian youth informed two human rights workers sitting on Shuhada St. that settler youth were attacking the retaining wall just built alongside the new brick path to the Qurtuba School......more..
Blog: Separation Wall Divides Neighborhood in Bethlehem
International Solidarity Movement/Bethlehem Bloggers 6/22/2006
The comments that will be posted by Zionists after this blog entry will possibly try and argue that “the wall is to stop the terrorists” and “if the terrorists stopped bombing Israel, there would be no need for this” and......more..
Al Khader unites in mounting protests against ghettoization
Stop The Wall 6/16/2006
The people of al Khader gathered in their second Friday demonstration to protest against their ghettoization through the Apartheid Wall. Construction of the Wall will isolate the villages’ land and involve a series of house demolitions. Mass protests began last......more..
Italy shows growing sign of support for BDS Call
Stop The Wall 6/23/2006
Boycott, divestment and sanctions -- Fathy Khdirat, coordinator of the Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign for the Jordan Valley, has finished a successful tour of various cities throughout Italy. Participating in Biella at the concluding seminar of a series of events......more..
Bil’in Demos Endure - Even During the World Cup!
International Solidarity Movement 6/23/2006
Today Palestinians from the village of Bil’in had another demonstration against the apartheid wall. They were joined by internationals from several different countries as well as Israeli activists. There is a small outpost on the outside of the village on......more..
Lesson in Ethnic Cleansing
By Uri Avnery, Palestine Chronicle 6/19/2006
strong>I followed the Bosnian war with the feeling that it very much resembled our own war. It was an ethnic war, marked by what since then is known as ''ethnic cleansing''."I collected with my bare......more..
Troops and settlers severely injure four Palestinians in Hebron, arrest one
International Middle East Media Center 6/22/2006
Israeli forces and settlers injured four Palestinians, including several youth, in separate attacks in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. A fifth individual was arrested following the attacks.Medical sources at the government hospital in Hebron told PNN that the......more..
West Bank Wall main cause of new displacement amid worsening humanitarian situation
ReliefWeb/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre 6/21/2006
Since 2005, internal displacement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has largely been the result of house demolitions and land confiscation by the government of Israel in connection with the construction of the West Bank Wall. While displacement is ongoing, the......more..
Pink Floyd founder visits Bethlehem, protests Separation Wall
Ma''an News 6/22/2006
Bethlehem --British rock legend and the founder of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, visited the city of Bethlehem on Wednesday. Pink Floyd is famous for big shows worldwide that celebrated the 1990 fall of the Berlin Wall. Waters toured the city......more..
Roger Waters calls on audience to ''tear down the walls''
Ha''aretz 6/23/2006
Waters calls the separation barrier a ''horrific edifice.'' -- About an hour after his concert began, Roger Waters told the audience about a trip he took to the Middle East when he was 17. For some reason, he got stuck in......more..
Abandoning the Palestinians
By Ahmed Amr, Palestine Chronicle 6/19/2006
strong>In such a political climate, a little picnic at the beach is a dangerous affair even under the bluest skies.Early June is the perfect season to experience the beaches of the Eastern Mediterranean. The oppressive......more..
Congress grossly misled about plight of Palestinian Christians
Ma''an News/Open Bethlehem 6/19/2006
In a letter to the American Congress on 13 June, Open Bethlehem’s chief executive Leila Sansour, a Christian from Bethlehem, expressed her community’s shock at the gross misrepresentation of the threat facing the Christians of the Holy Land. She urged......more..
Deadly Sights and Sounds
By Gideon Levy, Palestine Chronicle 6/16/2006
strong>On the walls there are no commemorative pictures of the dead man, and there is no sign of mourning in the house.Only the birds still get excited by the shells. After each landing, a flock of black......more..
Israeli military stronger and more sophisticated in killing children due to technology that leaves nothing unseen
By Wisam Afifeh, Palestine News Network 6/19/2006
At the end of the investigation conducted by the Israeli army Chief of Staff it was determined that the attack was carried out “highly professionally” and “with great accuracy in injury.” Thus is the position of the Israeli military and......more..
Annexation trumps security
By Danny Rubinstein, Ha''aretz 6/20/2006
During the past year, Route 443 from Modi''in to Jerusalem has become an important and crowded traffic artery. At the start of the intifada, a number of terror attacks occurred along this highway, and many people stopped using it, especially......more..
Peretz orders fence route reviewed with Palestinians in mind
Ha''aretz 6/20/2006
Defense Minister Amir Peretz has decided to review the route of the separation fence to make sure that it allows for the everyday needs of the Palestinian population.Peretz also wants to discuss the fence route in Jerusalem, with the goal......more..
Bil’in Unites in Solidarity With Gaza
International Solidarity Movement 6/17/2006
Yet again, the people of Bil’in were joined in solidarity by international and Israeli peace activists on a Friday afternoon after midday prayers to protest the annexation of the village’s land by the illegal Apartheid Wall. The Israeli presence here......more..
Eight men taken in the early morning from the village of Silwad, near Ramalla
International Womens'' Peace Service 6/11/2006
June 11, 2006 -- Silwad, near Ramallah -- At 2:30 am on June 11th, 2006, a Silwad resident and his family were sleeping in their home. They were woken by the sound of breaking glass. Large stones were being thrown at......more..
Where is the hand? The shifting of Middle East perceptions toward America
By Timothy Seidel, Electronic Intifada 6/16/2006
When I was a boy, my family received a bag of flour from the United States,” tells Musa Taha, a Palestinian farmer from the village of Qatanna. It was right after the Nakba or “Catastrophe” of 1948 that left between......more..
Keeping the international eyewitnesses out
By Rima Merriman, Electronic Intifada 6/15/2006
Israeli soldiers scuffle with scuffle with Palestinian and International activists during a demonstration against the controversial separation wall in the West Bank village of Bilin west of Ramallah June 2, 2006. (MaanImages/Fadi Arouri)As the daily death toll of......more..
Creating a Semi-Enclave: Focus on Anata, Jerusalem Governorate
Electronic Intifada 6/15/2006
Special Report, Palestinian Monitoring Group, 15 June 2006 -- In 1967, the boundaries of Anata, located in the Jerusalem Governorate, extended over 30,000 dunums (7,500 acres) of land. [1] However, multiple Israeli policies affecting the town since then have led to......more..
Settler girl’s case delayed in Supreme Court
YNet News 6/16/2006
Police appeal District Court’s decision not to extend remand of 14-year-old girl from Hebron settlement who was arrested for throwing stones at soldiers last week. Girl refuses to sign release documents because ''doesn''t recognize court''s authority'' -- Supreme Court Justice......more..
IDF kills three Palestinians near security fence in central Gaza
Ha''aretz 6/15/2006
An Israel Defense Forces helicopter fired a missile Thursday evening which killed three Palestinians near the security fence ringing the Gaza Strip.The Palestinians were seen crawling towards the fence in the area adjacent to the Kisufim Crossing in central Gaza.The......more..
Iran and the ''OPEC with bombs''
By Daniel Kimmage, Asia Times 6/15/2006
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) celebrates its fifth anniversary with a summit of member states'' leaders in Shanghai on Thursday.Last year''s summit, in Kazakhstan, was notable for a declaration asking members of the "anti-terrorist coalition" to provide a time frame......more..
Court orders section of separation fence torn down
Ha''aretz 6/16/2006
The separation fence east of the settlement of Tzofin, near the Palestinian villages of Azun and Nebi Elias, must be dismantled within six months, after an alternative fence [spanning 1,350 meters - about 0.84 mile] is erected along a route closer......more..
Israeli court rules against barrier route
AlJazeera 6/15/2006
A court in Israel has ordered that part of the West Bank separation barrier be torn down after an appeal from two Palestinian villages. The three-mile long section of the barrier would have taken land from the Palestinian villages of......more..
Israeli High Court judgement on the Barrier around Zufin
B''tselem 6/15/2006
Today the High Court instructed Israel to dismantle the eastern portion of the Separation Barrier that surrounds the Zufin settlement. In a petition filed by HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual, High Court President Aharon Barak ruled that......more..
State Must Dismantle and Reroute The Annexation Wall near Jayous and Azoun
International Middle East Media Center 6/15/2006
The Center for the Defense of the Individual and Palestinian residents won approval, on Thursday morning, for their petition filed before The High Court of Justice. The High Court ordered the state to dismantle the Annexation Wall where it encircles......more..
Israeli town bears brunt of attacks
BBC 6/15/2006
Standing amid debris of plaster, broken tiles and splintered wood, Amit Orenboch points to the gaping hole in the classroom roof."It was a feeling of utter shock," says the headmaster of Yeshiva Tehnit school, referring to the Palestinian rocket......more..
Book Review: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State
By Raymond Deane, Electronic Intifada 6/12/2006
i>Jonathan Cook: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State - (Pluto Press, London/University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2006 - ISBN 0-7453-2555-6)In spring 2001, the Or Commission began an inquiry into the deaths of......more..
Dichter: Bil''in demonstrators guilty of instigating pogroms
Ha''aretz 6/15/2006
Public Security Minister Avi Dichter on Wednesday assailed anti-fence protesters who stage weekly demonstrations in the West Bank town of Bil''in, west of Ramallah. The former Shin Bet chief called the clashes "pogroms."Dichter made his remarks in response to......more..
From Bil’in to Gaza
International Solidarity Movement 6/14/2006
On Friday, the villagers of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli supporters will hold a demonstration in which they will protest against the Apatheid Wall and against the recent spate of killings of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by......more..
The MERCOSUR and Apartheid Israel – an Alliance stained with Palestinian blood
Analysis, Stop The Wall 6/13/2006
The MERCOSUR, as the most important bloc in Latin America, claim they work in pursuit of democracy and human rights within their economic and political relations. We believed it was your attempt to oppose colonialism and trade that creates poverty......more..
Muhammad Ibrahim Youssef Hassan Joudeh (83 years): "The land is my soul and it keeps our dignity"
Stop The Wall 6/10/2006
In Rafat, as throughout Palestine, the spirit of resistance against the Occupation has passed through generation to generation. The land on which people have lived and toiled throughout these years has provided livelihoods and dignity with which people have endured......more..
20 Hebron settlers arrested for violently harassing Palestinians
Ha''aretz 6/13/2006
Police on Tuesday detained 20 settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron after they hurled rocks, bricks and glass bottles at Israel Defense Forces soldiers and police. A policeman was lightly wounded in the riot.The rioting took place next......more..
Security guard wounded in shooting at separation fence near Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 6/13/2006
An Israeli security guard was lightly to moderately injured Tuesday in a shooting at a construction site on the separation fence near Jerusalem.The shooting occurred at the Atarot checkpoint, from which Magen David Adom ambulance transported the man to receive......more..
New Land confiscations in Tulkarem and Qalqiliya: Squeezing Palestinians in the Ghettos
Stop The Wall 6/10/2006
Occupation Forces have initiated fresh land confiscation in the latest series of modifications for the path of the Apartheid Wall. These latest changes in Tulkarem and Qalqiliya aim to ensure that more Palestinians are imprisoned within the ghettos of the......more..
State to Court: Fence route has ''political implications''
Ha''aretz 6/14/2006
Political considerations did not determine the route of the separation fence, but its construction may have "political implications," the State Prosecutor''s Office told the High Court of Justice this week. This convoluted response to a petition against the fence in......more..
Convergence to become bilateral move with Abbas
Ha''aretz 6/13/2006
In light of the international opposition to further unilateral steps by Israel, the government has begun to draft an alternative plan that would essentially convert Prime Minister Ehud Olmert''s unilateral convergence plan into a bilateral move carried out in conjunction......more..
Israeli Forces demolish Palestinian property to make way for Separation Wall
Ma''an News 6/12/2006
Jenin -- Ten Israeli military vehicles and a huge military bulldozer raided the Al Gharbiah village on Monday morning. They destroyed the home belonging to Naji Tahir and used loudspeakers to order the family to evacuate the house. They also destroyed......more..
Palestinian support for Canadian Union''s boycott of Israel
Ma''an News Agency 6/12/2006
Bethlehem-Ma''an-The Popular Campaign to Resist the Separation Wall has launched a signature campaign to support the Canadian Union of Public Employees'' (CUPE) boycott of Israel. The CUPE has more than 200 000 members and is the largest labour union in......more..
Islamic Movement calls for support from the Islamic world
Ma''an News 6/12/2006
Jenin -- The Islamic movement in Qabatiya has released a statement which said that the Israeli occupation forces ignore all international treaties when they target Palestinian civilians, assassinate Palestinians who resist the occupation, impose sieges on towns and villages, raid cities......more..
Al-Jazeera: “Protests against Gaza beach killings”
By Khaled Amayreh, International Solidarity Movement/Al-Jazeera 6/12/2006
Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists have protested against the killing of eight Palestinians while they picnicked on a Gaza beach. Wearing white T-shirts dyed in red to signify Friday’s killings, protesters lay on the ground at an......more..
Hebron Villagers Continue Non-violent Action Against Road Wall
International Solidarity Movement 6/11/2006
The villagers of at-Tuwani village in South Hebron were joined on Friday June 9th by Israeli and international peace activists in a successful non-violent demonstration to try and prevent the continuing construction of a one-metre high wall by the army......more..
US Consul-General launches "Food for Work" programme in Beit Fajar
Ma''an News 6/9/2006
Bethlehem-Ma''an-The US Consul-General to Jerusalem, Jacob Walles, visited Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem, on Thursday in order to confirm America''s continued nutritional support for the Palestinian people.The Ma''an correspondent reported that the Consul visited Beit Fajar''s community centre where he......more..
The People of Bil’in Honour Journalists
International Solidarity Movement 6/9/2006
At 13:00 today the people of Bil’in started their weekly march to protest the apartheid wall which is being built on their land. The march started with around 100 Palestinians and 40 internationals and Israeli activists who attended in......more..
Bil''in residents, peace activists protest against the Wall call for solidarity with journalist subje
International Middle East Media Center 6/9/2006
Hundreds of Palestinian residents, Israel and International peace activists protested on Friday against Israel''s annexation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil''in, near Ramallah, and expressed their support and solidarity with local and international journalists subjected to the continuous......more..
Beyond a Two-State Solution?
By IslamOnline.net, Palestine Chronicle 6/7/2006
strong>One state seems to be the only logical alternative to the wall. Some say that to seek justice is utopian. But on the contrary, the pragmatist should also recognize that a two-state accord fudging central issues is a......more..
Palestinian unity means Hamas must deal with Israel
By Ghassan Rubeiz, The Daily Star 6/9/2006
Little is known about a community of several thousand Palestinian political prisoners being held in Israeli jails. These prisoners follow the news and discuss politics. A West Bank commentator, Daoud Kuttab, has explained that political prisoners are highly esteemed by......more..
Israeli forces issuing more home demolition orders in Bethlehem District
Palestine News Network 6/8/2006
Israeli authorities sent notices to the three citizens of a single-family informing them that they intend to demolish their homes south of Bethlehem.According to available information, the houses belong to Samir Ahmed Salah, and his brother Samih Jamal Mahmoud Salah......more..
Film opening on Palestinian National Football team preparing for World Cup with Israeli Wall as screen in nonviolent resistance against occupation
Palestine News Network 6/7/2006
The Palestine News Network is pleased to pass on this notice for tomorrow''s world premiere of a film on the Palestinian National Football team preparing for the world cup. And in a move of nonviolent resistance against the Israeli occupation......more..
PA says IDF shell kills 3 Palestinian security men, wounds 4
Ha''aretz 6/8/2006
An Israel Defense Forces shell killed three Palestinian Authority security officers and wounded four others late Wednesday, Palestinian officials said.Palestinian sources report that the shell struck a position manned by members of the PA''s national security service, a security agency......more..
Occupation is unilateral
By Gabriela Becker, Palestine Monitor/Al-Ahram Weekly 5/31/2006
strong>From the early 1990s, the Israeli occupation has had but one goal: the complete destruction of the Palestinian national causeTalk of "unilateralism" has now become a mainstay of diplomatic rhetoric vis-à-vis Israeli occupation. A short......more..
Israeli Military Raid ISM Apartment in Balata Camp
International Solidarity Movement 6/7/2006
The apartment belonging to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Balata refugee camp, Nablus was broken into by the Israeli military last week, May 31st. In what is an apparent act of vandalism and harassment, the military forced their way......more..
Evil Incarnate: Settlers of Hebron
By Noura Khouri, Palestine Monitor 5/31/2006
We visited Hebron this weekend where the situation is far more savage and dire than could possibly be imagined. The only way to describe what we witnessed in Hebron''s Old City is like the constant replaying of an old horror... Al-Haq...more..
One killed in Gaza border clash
AlJazeera 6/7/2006
There are conflicting reports over the incident -- Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded at least two others near the Karni crossing at the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said soldiers opened......more..
Another “Barrier” to Peace
International Solidarity Movement 6/6/2006
On Friday, 9th June, join the people of South Mt. Hebron in a Palestinian/Israeli/International demonstration against the ‘inner barrier’ being built in that region .This “inner barrier” is being built along road 317 in South Mt. Hebron as......more..
Gaza: 3 Palestinians killed by IDF
YNet News 6/8/2006
According to Palestinians, soldiers accidentally fired at two Palestinian police officers while attempting to hit group of terrorists trying to approach border fence in northern Gaza, third casualty apparently member of group; army looking into incident -- Palestinian sources reported Wednesday......more..
Israel spends NIS 60b annually on security
Globes 6/6/2006
The NIS 41.8 billion defense budget has been approved, after a NIS 510 million cut. -- Israel spends NIS 60 billion annually on defense and security, Ministry of Finance budget director Kobi Haber told a Knesset Joint Budget and Defense Committee......more..
A Stinging Tribute to an Apartheid State: An Open Letter to Sting Urging him to Cancel his Israel Gig
Electronic Intifada/PACBI 6/6/2006
Open Letter, PACBI -- Dear Sting, Today, Palestinians commemorate the 39th anniversary of Israel’s illegal occupation. At a time of unprecedented Israeli repression and violations of human rights, when Israel is relentlessly pursuing the construction of its colonial Wall and settlements......more..
39 Years of Occupation
Al-Haq 6/5/2006
5 June 2006 marks the 39th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. It ends another year of suffering, human rights violations, and the denial of self-determination to the Palestinian people......more..
South Yatta villagers continue to block racist settler highway
Stop The Wall 6/5/2006
Above: All settlers-only roads, like Road 80, are under control and monitoring by such sniper towers. On Monday, 5th of June, dozens of people gathered in south Yatta’s Kuweyis village and marched to Road 80 protesting their community’s isolation and......more..
Villagers in South Hebron Hills Win “Battle of the Gap”
International Solidarity Movement 6/4/2006
Qawawis, 4th June 2006: About thirty inhabitants of the small Palestinian village of Qawawis and the neighbouring villages of Jatta and Al-Twane gathered in Qawawis this morning at around 9 am. They were joined by three internationals from ISM and......more..
Resistance against ghettoization and home demolitions in South and East Yatta
Stop The Wall 6/1/2006
On Wednesday May 31st, the people of South and East Yatta resisted attacks on their villages, as Occupation forces stepped up their isolation and expulsion policies in south Hebron district. Clashes broke out in Um Lasafa, where homes have been......more..
Two Qassam rockets land in Sderot, damaging two cars
Ha''aretz 6/3/2006
Two Qassam rockets landed in the western Negev town of Sderot on Saturday, damaging two parked cars. No injuries were reported in the incident.Israel Defense Forces troops responded with artillery fire at suspected launching sites in the northern Gaza Strip.On......more..
837 Palestinian workers arrested inside Israel
Ma''an News 6/4/2006
Bethlehem-Ma''an-Israeli border guards have arrested 837 Palestinian workers, claiming that they entered Israel without work permits.Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Forces arrested nine Israelis during the campaign, and charged them with employing Palestinian workers.Another 60 Israelis were arrested and......more..
Action Alert - Support CUPE Ontario''s stand for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions!
Stop The Wall 6/2/2006
Support the Palestinian call to Isolate Apartheid Israel! -- This weekend, CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Ontario approved resolution 50 supporting "the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people''s inalienable......more..
Elderly farmer tells PNN that the Wall has destroyed agricultural life
Palestine News Network 6/1/2006
Where is the Ministry of Agriculture, where are the executive bodies, where is the rule of law? Ask us to survive and not just live on a meaningless slogan, a frivolous farm. I live through this occupation, heavy suffering on......more..
Beit Ummar Farmers Struggle to Work Their Land
International Solidarity Movement 6/1/2006
We visited the land of Samer Shahdah Abu Asara, a Beit Ummar farmer who owns land directly next to the illegael Israeli settlement of Efrat. In part of his land he used to grow grapes. Another part, 25 dunums in......more..
The prison of Al Numan village
By Najib Farag, International Middle East Media Center/PNN 5/29/2006
Al Numan Village, southeast of Bethlehem, has become a prison, completely surrounded by the Israeli Wall inside the West Bank. Al Numan is a small village, on a hill of 5,000 dunams of land. Over the last ten years, Israelis......more..
Six anti-separation fence protesters hurt in Bil''in clashes
Ha''aretz 6/3/2006
Six protesters, among them two Israelis, were injured in clashes with Israel Defense Forces soldiers during a demonstration protesting the West Bank separation fence in the village of Bil''in, west of Ramallah, on Friday.The demonstrators tried to pass an outpost......more..
Residents, peace activists and legislators protest against the Wall in Bil''in
International Middle East Media Center 6/3/2006
Approximately six hundred Palestinian residents and one hundred Israeli and international peace activists along with several members of the Palestinian Legislative Council protested on Friday against the annexation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil''in, near Ramallah. Army met......more..
6 protestors, officer injured in fence protest
YNet News 6/2/2006
According to anti-fence demonstrators, police officers fired at them before they initiated any action; IDF officials say protestors tried to break through barricades, climb on Border Guard jeeps -- Six protestors, two of them Israelis, were wounded Friday afternoon in clashes......more..
Palestinian Unity Against Military Brutality
International Solidarity Movement 6/2/2006
The Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements had decided to make this week’s demonstration a call for greater Palestinian unity against the occupation. It was also a recognition of the 39th anniversary of al-Naksa, “the great disappointment” which......more..
Settlement Expansion Bolsters Isolation of Jordan Valley
Stop The Wall 5/28/2006
strong>Settlements are expanding in the Jordan Valley at an amazing speed. All along the Jordan Valley, colonizers are grabbing land and cementing the dispossession of the Palestinian people on the ground.A week ago, colonizers from......more..
Ehud Olmert''s "convergence plan"
By Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, Electronic Intifada 5/29/2006
Ehud Olmert''s "convergence plan," detailed in an interview with Karby Leggett of The Wall Street Journal (April 12, 2006), has major ramifications for Israel-Palestine, regional peace and the international community. Olmert talks of "a large pullout from parts of the......more..
Al Walaja behind Walls: Land, livelihood and education under Occupation
Stop The Wall 5/31/2006
On Tuesday 30th of May, Occupation bulldozers attacked the southwest of al-Walaja demolishing two sheds. The destruction comes at the same time as a demolition order for the local school, preparing the path for the Apartheid Wall. The Wall will......more..
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