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Israeli army invade protest camp in Qaffin, detain one
Ma’an News Agency 6/29/2008
   Bethlehem - Ma’an - The Israeli army invaded a small protest camp near the village of Qaffin early Sunday morning. Forces detained the 13 year old son of Qaffin Mayor Sa’id Arashid, saying they would release the boy... more.. e-mail

Crops poisoned by Israeli forces near separation wall in village west of Tulkarem
Ma’an News Agency 6/28/2008
   Tulkarem – Ma’an – Farmers in the village of Artah, west of Tulkarem, reported on Saturday that they had lost their harvest because of a substance that Israeli forces sprayed on their crops earlier this month. According to the farmers... more.. e-mail

VIDEO - Weekly demonstrations in Umm Salamona, Bil’in and Al-Khader
Bethlehem Region, International Solidarity Movement 6/28/2008
   Video - Photos - Umm Salamona - Photos and video footage courtesy of IWPS - Demonstrations against the wall and occupation of land have been held frequently in Umm Salamona outside of Bethlehem since April this year. Today, approximately 50 protesters, half of those... more.. e-mail

South African delegation: Israel’s acts will never bring peace to the region
Palestinian Information Center 6/28/2008
   GAZA, (PIC)-- A South African parliamentary delegation stated Saturday during a visit to the PLC headquarters that South Africa supports the Palestinian people and rejects the unjust Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, pointing out that Israel’s acts... more.. e-mail

Two international activists, scores of villagers injured in Bil’in anti-wall protest
Ma’an News Agency 6/28/2008
   Ramallah - Ma’an - Two international solidarity activists were injured by Israeli forces on Friday in the weekly protest against the separation wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah, and dozens of protesters were treated for tear gas inhalation... more.. e-mail

Five Injured in an Israeli Attack on a Peaceful Demonstration South Bethlehem
Laila Ewaiwi - IMEMc News, International Middle East Media Center News 6/27/2008
   The Israeli army attacked a peacefull protest organized by the villagers of Al Ma’ssarah located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on frdiayt morning, five were injured. Local sources said that scores of villagers supported by... more.. e-mail

Al Khader near Bethlehem village stage a protest against the Israeli Wall
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/27/2008
   The village of Al Khader, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, organized on Friday midday a nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on the village land. . At least 100 Palestinians from the village of... more.. e-mail

Peaceful demonstrators protest Israeli separation wall in Al-Khader, near Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 6/27/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – More than 100 Palestinian men and boys, supported by a handful of international volunteers, held a peaceful demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Al-Khader, near the city of Bethlehem on Friday. The... more.. e-mail

Two International Injured in Bil’in Weekly Protest
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/27/2008
   On Friday, villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, marched in their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village’s land. They were supported by international and... more.. e-mail

Ni’lin villagers disable two bulldozers
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 6/24/2008
   On June 24, during a day long confrontation with Occupation forces, demonstrators in Ni’lin seriously disrupt construction of the Wall. Occupation forces were barred from invading the village while two bulldozers were disabled. Above:Occupation forces abandon a jeep during... more.. e-mail

UN Sources: '7 out of 8 truce violations were carried by Israel'�
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/27/2008
   Sources at the United Nations stated in Friday that after one week of truce in Gaza eight violations were reported, seven of these violations were carried by the Israeli army and the eighth was carried by the Palestinians. The sources... more.. e-mail

Secretary-General appoints Ronald Bettauer of United States to Board of UN Register of Damage Caused by Construction of Wall in Occupied Palestinian Territory
United Nations Secretary-General, ReliefWeb 6/27/2008
   In compliance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution A/RES/ES‑10/17 (2007), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint, in his personal capacity, Ronald J. Bettauer ( United States) as one of the three members of the...

This Week In Palestine - Week 26 2008
Ghassan Bannoura - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 6/27/2008
   Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 13 m 0s || 11. 9 MB ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for June 21st, through June 27th, 2008. Egyptian-mediated talks... more.. e-mail

UN: Israel violated truce 7 times in one week
Roi Mandel, YNetNews 6/27/2008
   UN records 7 incidents of IDF soldiers attempting to drive Palestinian farmers away from border fence by shooting at them. Only one offence marked against Palestinians for firing on Sderot; report does not include most recent rocket fire - Since it... more.. e-mail

Twilight Zone / Karmel’s happy campers
Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz 6/26/2008
   The water is the same but the children are not. Diving into the pool is just as daring and dangerous as it used to be, the water just as stagnant, the pool just as spectacular, but now there are fish... more.. e-mail

Israeli forces injure 21 protesters in anti-wall march in Ni’lin near Ramallah
Ma’an News Agency 6/26/2008
   Ramallah - Ma’an - About 21 protesters were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a peaceful protest march against the separation wall in Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, on Thursday. Despite the... more.. e-mail

Israeli Soldiers Deliberately Attack PMRS Health Worker
Palestinian Medical Relief Society - PMRS, Palestine Monitor 6/26/2008
   Ramallah, 26-06-08: The Israeli military deliberately targeted PMRS health worker Ahmad Ayyash on the 16th of June, as he attempted to reach one of the non-violent protesters injured during a peaceful demonstration against construction of the Wall in... more.. e-mail

A day in the life of G.ho.st
Guy Griml, Ha’aretz 6/26/2008
   I’m very proud of this Palestinian-Israeli cooperation. A project of this kind contributes to the Palestinian economy," says Rami Abdulhadi, 32, director of marketing communications at G. ho. st. Abdulhadi, who lives in Ramallah, is one of the... more.. e-mail

VIDEO - Despite logistical difficulties, Israeli-Palestinian start-up takes off
Haaretz Staff and Channel 10, Ha’aretz 6/26/2008
   Haaretz. com/Channel 10 daily feature for June 25, 2008. An Israeli-Palestinian start-up meant to break down barriers to global communication has a few logistical walls of its own to contend with. Though the video conference has long connected colleagues...

Once again the settlers attack ’Asira al Qibliya
International Womens’ Peace Service 6/21/2008
   Date of incident: 19th June 2008 - Place: ’Asira al Qibliya, Nablus district - Witness/es: Villagers - Description of incident: In the late morning of Thursday, 19th June 2008, IWPS received information that the village of ’Asira al Qibliya, district... more.. e-mail

Special committee on Israel practices concludes visit to Egypt
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, ReliefWeb 6/26/2008
   CAIRO-- The three-member Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories completed today its field visit to Egypt after talking to Palestinian residents from Gaza and the... more.. e-mail

14 protesters hurt in West Bank anti-fence demonstration
Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 6/27/2008
   Fourteen protesters demonstrating against the separation fence were wounded in the West Bank village of Na’alin on Thursday. An Israel Defense Forces soldier and a Border Police officer were also lightly hurt from stones thrown by protesters, 200... more.. e-mail

21 injured as protest in Ni’lin again manages to halt construction of the apartheid wall
International Solidarity Movement 6/26/2008
   Ramallah Region - Photos - On the 26th June over 200 Palestinian protesters marched in the village of Nilin again, together with international and Israeli activists, against the construction of the apartheid wall that annexes thousands of dunams of land belonging to... more.. e-mail

80-year-old farmer shot by Israeli forces near Khan Younis
Ma’an News Agency 6/25/2008
   Gaza - Ma’an - Recent Israeli operations threaten to demolish seven day old truce. Israeli forces shot 80-year-old farmer Salem Abu Reideh just east of Khan Younis on Wednesday morning. Reideh was transferred to hospital and is in serious... more.. related.. e-mail

9-year-old child shot by Israeli forces in anti-wall demonstration near Tulkarem
Ma’an News Agency 6/24/2008
   Tulkarem - Ma’an - A 9-year-old child was injured by Israeli gunfire during a peaceful protest against the separation wall and house demolitions in Far’un, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Tuesday afternoon. Mohammad Abdel Kareem... more.. related.. e-mail

Slippery-Slope Ceasefire
Joharah Baker, MIFTAH 6/25/2008
   No ceasefire can ever hold if it is constantly being nudged towards the edge of a precipice. For the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, designed to sustain for six months, it has taken less than a week for its walls to crack, contaminating... more.. e-mail

15 Palestinians Wounded in an Israeli Attack on a Peaceful Demonstration
Laila Ewaiwi, International Middle East Media Center News 6/25/2008
   At least 15 Palestinian civilians were wounded when Israeli troops attacked a peaceful protest organized by the villagers of Na’aleen near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday afternoonMedical sources said that the injuries sustained by... more.. related.. e-mail

Bulldozer forced to vacate Ni’lin during demonstration
International Solidarity Movement 6/24/2008
   Ramallah RegionPhotos In Nilin around 200 protestors marched with international and Israeli activists to the site of the construction of the apartheid wall which will take more land from the village further to that already occupied by the nearby illegal... more.. related.. e-mail

Child injured in anti-apartheid demonstration near Tulkarem
International Solidarity Movement 6/25/2008
   Tulkarem Region - Photos - A 9-year-old child was injured in a demonstration in Far’un near Tulkarem, on Tuesday 24th June. Approximately 100 activists from Tulkarem joined residents of Far’un in the demonstration against the apartheid wall... more.. related.. e-mail

French President Sarkozy: No one believes the Wall will provide security for Israelis
Palestine News Network 6/24/2008
   Bethlehem / PNN -- Palestinian and French flags are flying on the light poles in Bethlehem on Tuesday as Palestinian police line the sidewalks and sirens scream. The French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in town along with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Before... more.. related.. e-mail

Sarkozy in Bethlehem: Palestinian state would guarantee Israeli security
Ma’an News Agency 6/24/2008
   Bethlehem - Ma’an – French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday that the only way to "guarantee Israel’s security" is to allow the creation of a ’modern, democratic, and viable Palestinian state. Sarkozy also said that France... more.. related.. e-mail

Iqbal Tamimi - Israeli soldiers using Palestinian children as human shields
Iqbal Tamimi, Palestine Think Tank 6/25/2008
   Israeli Soldiers force Palestinians to approach, enter and search buildings where they believe gunmen may be hiding. The civilians are subjected to different forms of manipulations to use them as human shields during operations to acquire control of the houses... more.. related.. e-mail

Elderly Palestinian man wounded by Israeli gunfire in Gaza
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 6/24/2008
   Palestinian medical sources reported that an elderly Palestinian man was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli military gunfire on Monday evening as he was working on his land near the border fence in the northern Part of the Gaza Strip... more.. related.. e-mail

A window into Gaza
Simon Allison, Asia Times 6/24/2008
   JERUSALEM - Sometimes, the devil’s in the details. And sometimes, when the Israeli security forces make you practice shot put in an X-ray machine rather than cross into Gaza, the smallest details are all there is to work with... more.. e-mail

IOA bulldozes thousands of dunums of Palestinian lands
Palestinian Information Center 6/23/2008
   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation authority’s bulldozers on Monday morning started destroying thousands of dunums of Palestinian lands in Beit Hanina village in occupied Jerusalem. Saleh Da’ajna, head of the village’s municipal council, said... more.. related.. e-mail

Israeli bulldozers raze lands in Beit Hanina to construct separation wall
Ma’an News Agency 6/23/2008
   Jerusalem - Ma’an - Israeli bulldozers started to raze agricultural lands in the village of Beit Hanina At-Tahta on Monday morning, to construct a new part of the separation wall on the village lands. Beit Hanina’s village council said lands...

Ramon urges cabinet to discuss evacuation-compensation bill
Amnon Meranda, YNetNews 6/23/2008
   Vice premier ’happy to learn’ of France’s support of bill, says time has come for matter to be settled. ’Government morally bound to enable those who want to evacuate to do so,’ he says... more.. related.. e-mail

Palestine Popular Conference and two petitions
Mazin Qumsiyeh, International Solidarity Movement 6/22/2008
   The walls of silence, hatred, and pettiness are crumpling all around us. The hot winds of wars dissipate as they encounter the rooted resilience of the spirit of community.People who act on their good conscience are standing up everywhere to... more.. e-mail

Face to Face with the Wall in Tulkarem
Palestine Monitor, Palestine Monitor 6/21/2008
   At 8 o’clock in the morning, Dr. Faraq Al-Taych and nurse Khadeje Aknaar are preparing themselves to leave their base at the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) clinic in Tulkarem, for a day providing residents of the small... more.. e-mail

Jerusalem resists Israeli uprooting of olive trees
Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, Palestine News Network 6/21/2008
   Jerusalem / Maisa Abu Ghazaleh - Under the slogan "No to the Wall, no to Colonization" Palestinians protested yesterday afternoon in East Jerusalem. Dozens of residents of Beit Hanina demonstrated against the latest Israeli land confiscation scheme in an East Jerusalem town... more.. e-mail

Praying against the apartheid wall in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 6/21/2008
   Ramallah Region - Photos - On Friday 20th of June the villagers of Ni’lin gathered to pray on the construction ground of the apartheid wall. Ni’lin is the last village of this area where the wall is not... more.. e-mail

Five civilians injured in protest against separation wall in Nil’in
Ma’an News Agency 6/22/2008
   Ramallah – Ma’an – Five Palestinian civilians were injured by Israeli forces during a sit-in protest against land confiscation and the separation wall called by Popular Committee for Resisting the Wall in the village of Nil’in, west of... more.. e-mail

Israeli security said to be satisfied with Hamas commitment to ceasefire
Ma’an News Agency 6/22/2008
   Jerusalem - Ma’an – Israeli security officials say that they are satisfied with Hamas’ level of commitment to the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire with Israel. The Israeli news website "Wallah" quoted an Israeli general saying that Hamas has committed itself "completely" to a...

Shin Bet: Terror activity, arms smuggling stepped up in Gaza
Barak Ravid and Haaretz Service, Ha’aretz 6/23/2008
   Diskin addressed the Egypt-brokered cease fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which went into effect Thursday morning, saying that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah movement supported the deal, but "felt that they had received the short end... more.. e-mail

Demonstrators injured, two detained in Al-Ma’sara village weekly protest
Ma’an News Agency 6/20/2008
   Bethlehem - Ma’an - A number of demonstrators were injured and two were detained by Israeli forced during the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Al-Ma’sara on Friday against the Israeli separation wall. Demontrators headed from Al-Ma’sara, Um-Salamouna... more.. e-mail

Politics mostly responsible for Palestinian food insecurity - UN
Report, Electronic Intifada 6/20/2008
   JERUSALEM (IRIN) - Lower incomes and the increasing cost of food have contributed to higher food insecurity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, without a change in the political situation the only solution remains emergency humanitarian aid, a new... more.. e-mail

Under rules of calming Israelis now allow themselves only limited shooting at Palestinians in Gaza
Palestine News Network 6/20/2008
   PNN - Israeli forces are stationed well within the Gaza Strip, within all of the boundary lines. And although that is an afront, some Palestinians have been able to reach their lands that would have gotten them killed just days ago... more.. e-mail

Friday nonviolent Palestinian demonstrations continue despite injuries and arrests
Palestine News Network 6/20/2008
   Bethlehem / Najib Farrag -- The Palestinian nonviolent resistance continued its weekly demonstrations against the Wall, settlements and land confiscation. On Friday in Bethlehem’s town of Al Khader dozens of Palestinians prayed on the ground as they do every week... more.. e-mail

Massive amounts of tear gas fired at peaceful protesters in Bil’in, burning olive trees
Ma’an News Agency 6/20/2008
   Ramallah – Ma’an – Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at protesters in the weekly demonstration against the separation wall in Bil’in village, northwest of Ramallah, on Friday, injuring two and starting a fire... more.. e-mail

F.F.J - Bil’in: 'Despite the hatred of your bullets, we will uproot your wall'
International Solidarity Movement 6/20/2008
   Bil’in Village - Video - F. F. J June 20 2008-The Israeli army has used almost every weapon in their arsenal to impose their apartheid on the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. In many cases these... -- See also: Bil'in's new website more.. e-mail

Al Khader village stage its weekly protest against the Israeli illegal Wall
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/20/2008
   The village of Al Khader, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, organized on Friday midday its weekly protest aginest the illegal Israeli wall being built on the village land. At least 150 Palestinians from the village of... more.. e-mail

Um Salamunah near Bethlehem protest the Wall
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/20/2008
   Scores of Palestinian villagers from Um Salamunah, located near Bethlehem city protested on Friday morning the illegal Israeli wall being built on the village land. The villagers supported by international and Israeli peace activists marched towereds the near by settlers...

Two Injured in Bilin Weekly Protest
Abedallah Abu Rahma - Bil'in, International Middle East Media Center News 6/20/2008
   On Friday, villagers from Bilin, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters marched in their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village’s land. Protesters... more.. e-mail

Israeli army detain two Palestinians crossing from Gaza to Israel through electric fence
Ma’an News Agency 6/20/2008
   Bethlehem - Ma’an - The Israeli army said on Friday that three Palestinian young men crossed illegally into Israel through the electric fence surrounding the Gaza Strip. The army confirmed that they detained the two infiltrators and troops are searching for a...

Seeking general - to elect party
Lily Galili, Ha’aretz 6/20/2008
   On Monday of this week, Arcadi Gaydamak sat in his office at his Social Justice party headquarters in Jerusalem. The big conference table looked as though it had just arrived from the store, the shelves and walls bare except for... more.. e-mail

This Week In Palestine - Week 25 2008
Ghassan Bannoura - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 6/20/2008
   Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 12 m 0s || 10. 9 MB ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for June 14th, through June 20th , 2008. As the... more.. e-mail

Israeli attack on Qalqilia leaves homes destroyed and brothers imprisoned
Mustafa Sabri, Palestine News Network 6/19/2008
   Qalqilia -- At dawn Thursday Israeli forces invaded the city of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank. Known for being completely encircled by the Wall, the city has experienced more than enough hardship. However this morning Israeli forces demolished several homes... more.. e-mail

Israeli attack on Qalqilia leaves homes destroyed and brothers imprisoned
Mustafa Sabri, Palestine News Network 6/19/2008
   Qalqilia -- At dawn Thursday Israeli forces invaded the city of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank. Known for being completely encircled by the Wall, the city has experienced more than enough hardship. However this morning Israeli forces demolished several homes... more.. e-mail

The whole of Arab ar-Ramadin threatened with destruction
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 6/19/2008
   The entire village of Arab ar-Ramadin has been threatened with expulsion by the Occupation. This is the latest development in low intensity siege waged against the village since the Wall went up in 2004. The residents, who are completely isolated... more.. e-mail

The whole of Arab ar-Ramadin threatened with destruction
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 6/19/2008
   The entire village of Arab ar-Ramadin has been threatened with expulsion by the Occupation. This is the latest development in low intensity siege waged against the village since the Wall went up in 2004. The residents, who are completely isolated... more.. e-mail

Obama’s missteps
George Bisharat, Palestine Think Tank 6/18/2008
   On his first day as the presumptive Democratic candidate for president earlier this month, Barack Obama committed a serious foreign policy blunder. Reciting a litany of pro-Israeli positions at the annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC... more.. e-mail

Obama’s missteps
George Bisharat, Palestine Think Tank 6/18/2008
   On his first day as the presumptive Democratic candidate for president earlier this month, Barack Obama committed a serious foreign policy blunder. Reciting a litany of pro-Israeli positions at the annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC... more.. e-mail

J’lem city hall refuses services to area beyond separation fence
Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz 6/20/2008
   The Jerusalem municipality has refused to send a member of its veterinary services to the Ras Hamis neighborhood in the northern part of the city, in order to collect a number of stray dogs captured by local residents. Municipal officials... more.. e-mail

J’lem city hall refuses services to area beyond separation fence
Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz 6/20/2008
   The Jerusalem municipality has refused to send a member of its veterinary services to the Ras Hamis neighborhood in the northern part of the city, in order to collect a number of stray dogs captured by local residents. Municipal officials... more.. e-mail

150 people in Ras Tira refused right to live in their village
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 6/18/2008
   The Occupation administration has refused to issue entry permits to Ras Tira to 150 people who carry Ras Tira, ad-Dab’a, and Wadi ar-Rasha identity cards. These Palestinians are effectively barred from accessing their village, lands and homes, all of which... more.. e-mail

Al Mezan Center issues a report on the use of civilians as human shields in the Gaza Strip
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, ReliefWeb 6/17/2008
   A new report on the use of Palestinian as Human Shields in the Gaza Strip was issued bytoday. The report documents the occurrences of this crime by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), and calls for international protection of civilians under... more.. e-mail

Israel has won the European cup: a special relationship
Arjan El Fassed, Electronic Intifada 6/18/2008
   During her sixth visit to Israel since last November’s Annapolis summit, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice complained that the thousands of new housing units, built in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land were damaging the peace talks... more.. e-mail

OPT: Gaza Strip inter-agency humanitarian fact sheet, Jun 2008
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - OCHA, ReliefWeb 6/18/2008
   Israeli restrictions on fuel and good deliveries to Gaza continued in May, resulting in shortages and power cuts averaging three hours per day. Hamas authorities took control of fuel supplies and started distributing fuel to priority groups such as health... more.. e-mail

Itamar Cohen vs. the US
Roi Mandel, YNetNews 6/18/2008
   Security guard fired from US Consulate wins wrongful termination suit but latter’s failure to pay results in writ of execution against American property in Israel; AG called in to stop case from deteriorating into diplomatic incident -Attorney General... more.. e-mail

Mizan: IOF troops still use civilians as human shields
Palestinian Information Center 6/18/2008
   GAZA, (PIC)-- The Mizan center for human rights stated Tuesday that the IOF troops still flout the rules of international humanitarian law in their dealing with the Palestinian people, where they commit war crimes in the Gaza Strip and use... more.. e-mail

Israel’s defense tech draws int’l crowd
Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 6/19/2008
   Interest is marked in the many reps from around the world who have been visiting the Israeli defense industry booth this week at Eursatory 2008 in Paris, billed as "the Premier International Land, Airland, Homeland Defense Exhibition. "Drawing attention is... more.. e-mail

Negev battered by dozens of Qassams, mortars as Gaza truce deadline nears
Mijal Grinberg, Ha’aretz 6/19/2008
   Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired some 40 Qassam rockets and 10 mortar shells at the western Negev over the course of Wednesday, just hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to a temporary cease-fire deal. Tensions remained high a... more.. e-mail

Fureidis bus boycott
Ariel Rubinsky, Ha’aretz 6/18/2008
   Ibtisam Mahmid, a 48-year-old mother of three in the Arab town of Fureidis, devotes most of her time and energy to social activism on behalf of women in the region and to promoting peace. She puts together workshops and... more.. e-mail

VIDEO - 18 injured and ambulance shot at during demonstration in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 6/17/2008
   Ramallah RegionVideo On Monday 16th June 11 am the villagers of Nilin organised a protest march against the building site of the apartheid wall near Ni’lin. About 200 people participated, among them Israelis and internationals. The Israeli army... more.. e-mail

’Three Dead’ in Fresh Gaza Clash
BBC News, MIFTAH 6/17/2008
   The Israeli military says it has killed three Palestinian militants in fighting in the southern Gaza Strip, near the town of Khan Younis. Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said three fighters were missing and another three were injured. They had... more.. e-mail

Hatred is too Heavy a Burden to Carry
Cathy Sultan, MIFTAH 6/16/2008
   Before leaving the United States for Israel-Palestine on 1 April, I had the privilege of hearing Representative John Lewis, leader of the Black Caucus in the US Congress. During his interview at the Washington Cathedral, which was part of a... more.. e-mail

Kites rise above the divisions in Gaza
Mohammed Omer, Electronic Intifada 6/16/2008
   GAZA CITY, 15 June (IPS) - Mahmoud Abu Teior, 13, knows it’s Abdullah’s kite up in the skies, though he has never seen Abdullah. But that kite rises into the skies from across the Egyptian side of... more.. e-mail

1,300 more settler units in defiance of international law
Mazin Qumsiyeh, Palestine News Network 6/16/2008
   Israel will build 1,300 more housing units in the illegal colonies in East Jerusalem.The US government over the past 6 decades had shifted its position from calling such settlement/colony activity "absolutely illegal", "illegal", "contrary to obligations under International law... more.. e-mail

Israeli Military Escalates Violence against Peaceful Protestors in Ni’lin
Palestine Monitor 6/16/2008
   Soldiers fire live and rubber-coated bullets at demonstrators and employ new tear gas battery that can fire up to 80 tear gas canisters at once - Ramallah, 16-06-08: The Israeli military stepped up its use of violence against peaceful... more.. e-mail

What I Saw and Israeli Lies about Bil’in
Kim Bullimore, MIFTAH 6/16/2008
   Once again, the Israeli military lied to its citizens and the rest of the world.In an article publishedJune 6 on YNet, the online version of the Israeli mass daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli military claimed that it was justified in... more.. e-mail

Israeli forces kill three Palestinian fighters near Khan Younis
Ma’an News Agency 6/16/2008
   Gaza – Ma’an – Palestinians mourned three Islamic Jihad fighters during a funeral procession in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon. The three, Yasser Abu Ulayyan, Ara Al-Breim, and Mahmoud Abu Shab, were killed during a... more.. e-mail

3 resistance fighters killed in clash with IOF troops
Palestinian Information Center 6/16/2008
   KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- Palestinian resistance fighters blasted an explosive device in an Israeli army jeep east of Khuza’a town, south of the Gaza Strip, at an early hour on Monday and clashed with the soldiers before being shot... more.. e-mail

Palestinians killed in Gaza clash
Al Jazeera 6/16/2008
   Three Islamic Jihad armed men have been killed by the Israeli army at the Gaza Strip border fence, Al-Quds brigades has said. The armed wing for the Islamic Jihad movement confirmed that a number of its fighters had clashed with... more.. e-mail

The only hope for the people of the village of Beit Hanina
Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, Palestine News Network 6/15/2008
   Jerusalem --Israeli forces are not only confiscating land from Beit Hanina for the Wall, but have now issued a new decision to confiscate even more land.The latest confiscation order will take large tracts of land into the Ramot Settlement. This... more.. e-mail

A license to kill
Haaretz Editorial, Ha’aretz 6/16/2008
   Tags:Knesset Shai DromiIsrael Last Wednesday, the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved the "Shai Dromi law" for a second and third reading in the plenum. The law grants an exemption from criminal responsibility to anyone who... more.. e-mail

IDF launches airstrike against gunmen in northern Gaza
Ynet, YNetNews 6/14/2008
   Forces spot cell near border fence by Beit Hanoun during night, no report on state of casualties as of far. Earlier on Thursday IDF troops kill three Hamas operatives preparing to launch Qassam rockets towards Israel - IDF forces targeted a... more.. e-mail

IDF activates warning system meant to spot mortars from Gaza
Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 6/15/2008
   The Israel Defense Forces Southern Command activated an alert system over the weekend that is designed to forewarn of incoming mortar shells fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The system, which was given the code name "Nurit," has already... more.. e-mail

What you don’t see on CNN: IOF Shoot Live Ammunition on Peaceful Protest
Haitham Sabbah, Palestine Think Tank 6/14/2008
   Warning: Parental Guidance Suggested! June 13 2008 - A young man from Bilin was shot with live rounds during the weekly Bilin Protest. Ibrahim Burnat who was shot in his right thigh was taken directly to Sheik Zaid Hospital in Ramallah... -- See also: YouTube more.. e-mail

Israeli forces shoot and arrest members of the Palestinian nonviolent resistance movement
Iyad Burnat, Palestine News Network 6/14/2008
   Bil’in - Yesterday a young man from Bil’in was shot with live rounds during the weekly Palestinian nonviolent anti-Wall, settlement and land confiscation protest in western Ramallah. Ibrahim Burnat who was shot in his right thigh was... more.. e-mail

IWPS: Demonstration in Qaffin Against the Apartheid Wall
International Solidarity Movement 6/14/2008
   Tulkarem Region - Photos - On Friday the 13th of June the village of Qaffin held a demonstration against the wall as part of their ongoing protest camp. On the 5th of June the protest camp was launched with a festival and... more.. e-mail

IOF troops quell peaceful anti-wall demonstration, wound participants
Palestinian Information Center 6/14/2008
   RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces on Friday brutally quelled a peaceful Palestinian demonstration organized in Bil’in village near Ramallah to protest the construction of the separation wall on village lands. Locals reported that the IOF troops fired teargas... more.. e-mail

Israel Doesn’t Respect the Agreements: No to the Upgrade of Relations with EU
Luisa Morgantini, MIFTAH 6/14/2008
   On Monday 16th June in Luxembourg, in the margins of the EU GENERAL AFFAIRS and EXTERNAL RELATIONS COUNCIL Rome 13th June 2008“We strongly feel that without serious signs of good faith translated into tangible improvements on the ground, the... more.. e-mail

Israel Furthers Plans to Annex East Jerusalem through Ongoing Settlement Expansion
Palestine Monitor 6/14/2008
   Settlements are now growing 11 times faster than before AnnapolisRamallah: The announcement by the Israeli government yesterday of plans to build a further 1,300 settlement units in the Ramat Shlomo settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, is "a further reflection of... more.. e-mail

Open letter: The separation barrier in Bil’in
Update and call for help, International Solidarity Movement 6/13/2008
   In a high-profile ruling of 4th September 2007, the Israeli Supreme Court concluded that the already built Separation Barrier in the West Bank village of Bil’in is illegal. The Court noted that the existing route was designed to... more.. e-mail

During weekly nonviolent Palestinian demo against Wall, Israeli forces attack
Najib Farrag, Palestine News Network 6/13/2008
   Bethlehem -- The nonviolent Palestinian demonstration began as usual at the Boys’ School in southern Bethlehem’s Umm Salamuna Village. The People’s Campaign against the Apartheid Wall was hosting the event with 200 participants, among them foreign... more.. e-mail

Gaza death toll climbs to 14 with three Hamas deaths
Deutsche Presse Agentur - DPA, ReliefWeb 6/12/2008
   Gaza/Tel Aviv_(dpa) _The death toll from violence in Gaza climbed to 14 by late Thursday after an Israeli air attack killed three members of the radical Islamic Hamas organization, a Palestinian hospital spokesman in Gaza said. Earlier in... more.. e-mail

Al Khader village protest the Israeli illegal Wall
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/13/2008
   At least 150 Palestinians from the village of Al Khader located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem along with Israeli and international supporters protested the Israeli wall on Friday that is being built on the village lands. The... more.. e-mail

Five protestors injured, one solidarity activist seized in anti-wall demonstration near Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 6/13/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces attacked a peaceful protest against the separation wall held in the village of Al-Ma’sara, south of Bethlehem, on Friday afternoon, injuring five of the demonstrators and arresting a foreign solidarity activist. The... more.. e-mail

Three protesters injured in weekly anti-wall protest in Bil’in
Ma’an News Agency 6/13/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces injured three demonstrators with rubber-coated metal bullets at the weekly protest against the separation wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah, on Friday, and fired tear gas at dozens of protesters. After noon... more.. e-mail

VIDEO - Ibrahim Burnat shot by live ammunition in Bil’in
Friends of Bil'in, International Solidarity Movement 6/13/2008
   Bil’in Village - Video - Today a young man from Bilin was shot with live rounds during the weekly Bilin Protest. Ibrahim Burnat who was shot in his right thigh was taken directly to Sheik Zaid Hospital in Ramallah and... more.. e-mail

Three injured during the weekly Bil’in protest
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/13/2008
   Scores of Villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, supported by international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village’s land...

Five injured and one kidnapped in the weekly nonviolent protest in Um Salamunah near Bethlehem
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 6/13/2008
   Five Palestinians were injured and an American peace activist was kidnapped when the Israeli army attacked a peaceful protest organized in the village of Um Salamunah, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday. 150 villagers, international...

Prisoners’ center condemns unsanitary conditions in Israeli jails
Ma’an News Agency 6/13/2008
   Nablus – Ma’an – The Prisoners’ Center for Studies reported on Friday that the Israeli prison administration pays no attention to the health conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Insects and rats disturb prisoners and threaten their health... more.. e-mail

Caterpillar Annual Shareholders Meeting Picketed and Disrupted by Palestine Solidarity Activists
International Solidarity Movement 6/13/2008
   In Chicago on June 11th, more than 50 Palestinian solidarity activists from numerous organizations gathered to oppose Caterpillar Corporations annual shareholders meeting. Caterpillar, an American company, is responsible for building and outfitting militarized bulldozers to sell to the Israeli army... more.. e-mail

This Week In Palestine - Week 24 2008
Ghassan Bannoura - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 6/13/2008
   Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 13 m 0s || 11. 9 MB ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for June 7th, through June 13th , 2008. Hamas is... more.. e-mail

If Silwan’s Stones Could Speak
Haitham Sabbah, Palestine Think Tank 6/12/2008
   A map showing the area of Silwan threatened with demolition and settlement expansion, including an indicator of the area in which settlements already exist. As highlighted on the map, Silwan as well as the adjacent villages of Tur and... more.. e-mail