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''We suffer together, we leave together''
By Fida Qishtais, The Observer 7/30/2006
strong>Fida Qishtais is a 23 year old community activist and educator from Rafah in the Gaza Strip. She founded Lifemakers Center which serves 300 children in Rafah.July 13After two weeks of waiting with my parents......more..
Growing anti-war protests in Jerusalem
Ma''an News 7/31/2006
Ma''an -- Ma''an- A regular daily vigil protesting against Israel''s war on Lebanon has begun on the streets of Jerusalem.Everyday at 6pm, protesters gather near the Prime Minister’s Residence near Paris Square and at 7pm, others form a vigil outside the......more..
The joint struggle continue in spit the joint sabotage of Israel secret services and village reactionaries.
A-infos 7/28/2006
The Friday demo was on the background of two weeks ago unsigned leaflet distributed in Bil''in after a night "visit of Israeli army car. In the leaflet, the joint struggle defame the joint struggle from the point of view of......more..
Israeli government confiscating 215 dunams of Palestinian land between Hebron and Bethlehem for Wall
Palestine News Network 7/27/2006
Official sources in the Palestinian Office of the Public Land Defense Committee announced Thursday that the Israeli government will confiscate another 215 dunams of land for the Wall. This time the site is between northwestern Hebron and southwestern Bethlehem.The Public......more..
A joint wedding ceremony broken up Israeli police
Ma''an News 7/27/2006
Jerusalem --Israeli police were hit by a state of panic following the announcement of a Turkish-Palestinian organization to hold a joint marriage ceremony for 76 young couples on Thursday afternoon on the Al Haram Al Sharif, the courtyard of the......more..
Further lands are burned to guarantee the expansion of Zionist colonies behind the Wall
Stop The Wall 7/24/2006
The settlers of Har Homa, in south Jerusalem, burned thousands of dunums next to their settlement in Abu Ghneim hill. Since 2003 the Apartheid Wall has blocked access to 3000 dunum of Beit Sahour, Bethlehem and Beit Jala in order......more..
Armed settler enters Palestinian house in the early morning in Salfit region
International Womens'' Peace Service 7/23/2006
July 23, 2006, 7:00 am, Haris, Salfit region - Witnesses: Villagers; IWPS team members -- At around 7:00 am this morning three young settlers reportedlyarrived in Haris from the nearby Revava settlement. When they found a villager sitting inside his......more..
Thursday: About 80 rockets, some 40 injured
YNet News 7/27/2006
VIDEO) Some 80 rockets land in north since Thursday morning; 40 people lightly wounded by evening hours, most suffering from shock. Several rockets land in Tiberias. Fire breaks out near Kiryat Shmona factory -- VIDEO - North under rocket attack: Hizbullah on......more..
Review: ''It seems we and Uncle Sam think that shooting people is a good idea''
By Stephen Wall, The Guardian 7/28/2006
Former No 10 adviser Sir Stephen Wall has criticised Britain''s approach to the crisis. His concerns are shared by many diplomats and foreign policy experts. -- Oliver Miles, former British ambassador to Greece and Libya: "I think until yesterday there was......more..
Fire rages in Qalqilia while Israeli soldiers disallow water and take ID from firefighters
International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2006
The Qalqilia Office of Civil Defense was called up this morning to extinguish a large fired that had broken out in the town, near the Israeli Wall. According to eyewitnesses, the Civil Defense workers tried to coordinate the control of......more..
Israelis Bomb Fleeing Villagers
By Robert Fisk, CounterPunch 7/24/2006
They are in the schools, in empty hospitals, in halls and mosques and in the streets. The Shia Muslim refugees of southern Lebanon, driven from their homes by the Israelis, are arriving in Sidon by the thousand, cared for by......more..
Elegy for Beirut
By Robert Fisk, CounterPunch 7/23/2006
BEIRUT -- In the year 551, the magnificent, wealthy city of Berytus - headquarters of the imperial East Mediterranean Roman fleet - was struck by a massive earthquake. In its aftermath, the sea withdrew several miles and the survivors - ancestors of the present-day......more..
Ramadin, Policies of Expulsion Squeeze Bedouin Community
WAFA - Palestine News Agency 7/25/2006
HEBRON, July 25, 2006 (WAFA)- Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign said that the Israeli policies of expulsion of Bedouin community in Ramadin south west of the West Bank City of Hebron.In an article, Grassroots said the Occupation bulldozers are presently......more..
Ramadin - policies of expulsion squeeze the Bedouin community
Stop The Wall 7/23/2006
In Ramadin (south west Hebron) the Occupation bulldozers are presently completing the final sections of the Wall in the north-western part of the village. This part of the Wall will cut deep into the village lands and annex some 1700......more..
Bil''in peaceful protest commemorates victims of Israeli attacks in Palestine, Lebanon
International Middle East Media Center 7/21/2006
In Bil''in village Palestinians, Israelis and internationals peacefully protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza, LebanonTwo-hundred-fifty Palestinian residents, 100 international supporters and 20 Israeli peace activists held a silent protest against the ongoing Israeli military attacks in Lebanon and Palestine, near......more..
Procession of Mourners to Raise Black Flag at Bil’in!
International Solidarity Movement 7/20/2006
This Friday, July 21st at 1pm, the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements along with Israeli and international supporters will carry a massive 20-meter black flag in a silent protest to the site of the Apartheid Wall......more..
An oozing tar over Palestine
By Alys, International Womens'' Peace Service 7/17/2006
The land of Deir Ballut and Rafat (in the Salfit District of the West Bank), like that of so many other Palestinian villages, is being slowly but surely devoured by Israel. There is a quiet, creeping invasion of this land......more..
Army starts to build new sections of the Wall in Al Ramadeen Area
International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2006
The Israeli army started to build new sections of the Annexation Wall south of the West Bank city of Hebron and surveyed the area there and installed signs in order to erect the Wall.The new construction is in the area......more..
Brigades attempt to sneak into Israeli settlement
Ma''an News 7/19/2006
Jenin --The Ayman Judah Unit of Al-Aqsa Brigades, a military group related to the Fatah movement, and Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, claimed responsibility for an attempt to sneak into the Israeli settlement of Zabid......more..
Home Destruction Threat in Bir Nabala village
International Solidarity Movement 7/19/2006
Today Bedouin houses were under threat of demolition in Bir Nabala village in the Jerusalem area. Since 1994, when forced to leave their homes in Al Ram by the Israeli military, about 100 Bedouin have been living in small shanties......more..
Greek Activist Celebrates Birthday in Detention
International Solidarity Movement 7/18/2006
Today, July 18, 2006, Maria Nikiforou will celebrate her thirty-fourth birthday in isolation in the Ben Gurion detention center. Israeli security put Maria in isolated detention on July 14th and is denying her entry, saying that she is a security......more..
Israeli tanks enter Gaza refugee camp
AlJazeera 7/19/2006
Israeli tanks have moved into the Mughazi refugee camp in central Gaza under cover of machine-gun fire from troops, the latest incursion in its three-week military push into the seaside territory. Early on Wednesday, the Israeli military confirmed that an......more..
Jewish rabbis support killing of Palestinian and Lebanese children
Ma''an News 7/18/2006
Jews praying at Western Wall (Ma''an) Jerusalem --The Committee of West Bank and Gaza Strip Settlement Rabbis issued a Jewish religious edict permitting the killing of innocent women and children, according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth.According to the newspaper''s......more..
The people of Izbet at-Tabib launch the struggle against the destruction of 21 Palestinian villages!
Stop The Wall 7/16/2006
The village council of Izbit at-Tabib, the National Committee to Resist Settlements and the Apartheid Wall, and the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign have called for a day long protest against the home demolitions that threaten the survival of Izbit......more..
Resistance in the villages of Bil’in and al-Khader escalates to challenge ghettoization
Stop The Wall 7/14/2006
In Bil’in and al-Khader, hundreds of villagers united in mass protests to confront large deployments of Occupation forces and to continue their resistance against the Apartheid Wall and the continued Zionist aggression. In Bil’in the Occupation forces had to face......more..
From Jenin to Hebron: The Occupation Continues Land Destruction and Isolation
Stop The Wall 7/11/2006
In Jenin district, systematic land burning – a technique already practiced by the Occupation – has destroyed invaluable land and trees. Hebron farmers are beginning to be subjected to the same expulsion mechanism of the permit system which is already in place......more..
Stranded Palestinians return to Gaza
AlJazeera 7/15/2006
Some Palestinians have been stuck in Egypt since June 25 -- About 1,000 Palestinians stranded in Egypt since Israel''s offensive in the Gaza Strip began two weeks ago have crossed the border after gunmen blew a hole in a wall. At......more..
Hundreds of Palestinians return home to the Gaza Strip after weeks stranded in Egypt
Palestine News Network 7/15/2006
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that hundreds of Palestinians crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt Friday afternoon after Palestinian armed resistance members forced openings in the wall at the Rafah border checkpoint. Many Palestinians had been stranded on......more..
Students in Qalqilia celebrate exam results
Palestine News Network 7/15/2006
The Palestinian people live a life of contradictions- joy and sadness, life and death, construction and demolition. Despite the continued Israeli incursions into the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and now, southern Lebanon, the residents of Qalqilia have something to......more..
Book Review: The Second Palestinian Intifada
By Jim Miles, Palestine Chronicle 7/5/2006
strong>The Second Palestinian Intifada - A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle, by Ramzy Baroud (Pluto Press, London) -- ''Masterful prose. ... (A) scathing but heartfelt portrait.'' - Professor Norman G. Finkelstein, author of "Beyond Chutzpah" and "The Holocaust Industry."A......more..
Palestinians Mark Two-Year Anniversary of ICJ Ruling with Petition to UN
Palestine Monitor/ Palestinian National Initiative 7/10/2006
Ramallah, 10-07-06: Palestinians marked the second anniversary of the International Court of Justice ruling on the illegality of Israel’s Separation Wall, by holding a sit-in outside the offices of the United Nations in Ramallah today.A petition to UN......more..
Demonstration and Wedding at Bil’in!
International Middle East Media Center 7/13/2006
On July 14th, at 1pm, as part of the weekly demonstration, the people of Bil’in and international and Israeli supporters will celebrate continued life and love in the face of the occupation and apartheid wall. The Bil’in Popular Committee Against......more..
Caterpillar& Co. under pressure for supporting Israeli Apartheid
Stop The Wall 7/10/2006
On the 9th of July, 2006 – the second anniversary of the ICJ decision that deemed the apartheid wall illegal – War on Want presented its new report about corporate responsibility in the occupation of Palestine at a one-day conference in London......more..
Two years after the ICJ decision: Protests throughout West Bank against Apartheid Wall and Occupation war crimes in Gaza
Stop The Wall 7/8/2006
Resistance against the Apartheid Wall continued two years after the ICJ ruled the structure illegal, as the popular Anti-Apartheid Wall committees organized a series of demonstrations across the West Bank. Palestinians challenged the Occupation, and denounced its onslaught against people......more..
Land Confiscation continues Attacks on Palestinians
Stop The Wall 7/6/2006
Above: Occupation confiscated and destroyed large swathes of land in Hebron and Jordan Valley. Occupation Forces have engaged in wide-scale land confiscations as part of ongoing attacks against the Palestinian people. This week saw a flurry of confiscation activity in......more..
Israelis vehicles advance in Deir Al Balah region
Ma''an News 7/11/2006
Gaza --Eight Israeli military vehicles advanced 100m west of the border fence in Deir Al-Balah, Tuesday afternoon, according to eyewitnesses. The vehicles are carrying out surveillance and damaging agricultural lands in the area. [end......more..
IDF: We foiled rocket launching attempt
YNet News 7/11/2006
Army says IAF struck three Qassam launchers placed east of Beit Hanoun ''moments before launching.'' Palestinians report two gunmen hurt in attack. An hour later IAF strike again, killing one gunman --Police and security sources reported Tuesday afternoon that a......more..
No longer afraid, Gazans shout back
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 7/11/2006
Last Thursday morning, some 60 Israel Defense Forces soldiers invaded Hannan as-Siam''s home in Beit Lahia and turned it into their base."I wanted to hug my youngest son, who was afraid, but the soldier aimed his gun at me......more..
Channelling the Resistance
By Dr. Azmi Bishara, Palestine Chronicle/Al Ahram Weekly 7/11/2006
strong>Israelis do not know whether or not the recent Palestinian act of resistance marks a turning point in the approach to resistance.Israel opened its raid into Gaza by bombarding power stations, the main water pipeline......more..
Khan Younis: 2 Jihad members killed by IDF
YNet News 7/10/2006
IAF helicopter fires missile at two Islamic Jihad operatives detected near border fence. Palestinians report both men were killed -- The IDF has concentrated its activity on the fifth day of its operation in Gaza on aerial strikes over the Strip......more..
FM Livni warns against hasty unilateral West Bank pullout
Ha''aretz 7/11/2006
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Knesset on Monday that Israel needs to protect its security interests during the convergence, and warned against a hasty unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank."If someone thought that convergence is a way of......more..
Two years after International Court of Justice rules Israeli Wall illegal, Qaliqilia residents still face deplorable conditions
Palestine News Network 7/10/2006
Yesterday marked the second anniversary of a historic decision by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. On 9 July 2004, citing human rights law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, among a host of other international laws, the ICJ......more..
Two Years after the ICJ''s Decision on the Separation Barrier
B''tselem 7/9/2006
Two years ago today [9 July 2004], the International Court of Justice, in The Hague , gave its advisory opinion on the Separation Barrier. The judges held that building the barrier in the West Bank violates international law. Thus, the court......more..
Listen to the children on Israel''s Wall
ReliefWeb/Save the Children Alliance 7/7/2006
Two years after the International Court of Justice advised that Israel''s separation Wall should be taken down, two members of the international Save the Children alliance, UK and Sweden, working in the occupied Palestinian territory report that Palestinian children still......more..
Channelling the resistance
By Azmi Bishara, Al-Ahram Weekly 7/6/2006
strong>Israel is more worried about resistance attacks against its soldiers than its civilians, for the former are the guardians of Zionism and the prestige of self-appointed supremacyIsrael opened its raid into Gaza by bombarding power......more..
Qassam fire increases on first day of IDF operation
Ha''aretz 7/7/2006
Nine Qassam rockets were fired at Israel yesterday - more than on the day before the Israel Defense Forces entered the northern Gaza Strip to end the launches.Three of the rockets landed in Sderot: one near a residential building on Mikveh......more..
Beit Ummar and Halhul Pray for Justice - Israeli Army Kidnap Villager
International Solidarity Movement 7/7/2006
Today, Friday July 7th, 2006, at noon, over 300 farmers and residents of the Palestinian villages of Beit Ummar and Halhoul held Friday prayers together on their land that has been ravaged by Israeli bulldozers in the past week. International......more..
Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists protest against the Wall in Bil’in PDF Print E-mail
International Solidarity Movement 7/7/2006
Dozens of residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists, along with a Basque Nationalist musical group, protested on Friday against the construction of the annexation Wall on their orchards. The protest......more..
Basque and Bil’in Demonstrators Keep the Beat
International Solidarity Movement 7/7/2006
On July 7th, at 13:00 the people of Bil’in, joined by a Basque Nationalist musical group and International and Israeli activists, started their weekly rally to protest the ongoing construction of the illegal Apartheid wall on their lands. One......more..
Hundred protest Wall in Al-Khader
International Middle East Media Center 7/7/2006
Nearly a hundred Palestinians, Israelis, and international peace activists protested the impending construction of the Separation Wall in Al Khader, west of the city of Bethlehem, Friday in what has become a weekly nonviolent demonstration against the confiscation of Palestinian......more..
Southern West Bank towns protest confiscation of their land for "The Wall"
Ma''an News 7/7/2006
Hebron --Hundreds of Palestinians from Halhul and Beit Ummar, towns in the southern West Bank, demonstrated Friday against The Wall which is being built in the area. Israel has recently confiscated 70 acres from the two towns for the purpose......more..
Palestinian Women and the Intifada
By Joharah Baker, Palestine Chronicle 7/6/2006
strong>Most traumatic are the deaths of Palestinian women as a result of Israeli military operations and measures in the occupied Palestinian territories.Over the past six years - since the start of the Aqsa Intifada on September......more..
Beit Ummar and Halhul Farmers Will Pray on their Destroyed Land.
International Solidarity Movement 7/6/2006
Tomorrow, Friday July 7th, at noon, the people from the villages of Beit Ummar and Halhul will gather together to pray on the land that has been destroyed by bulldozers in the last few days. They will be joined by......more..
Bil’in: Palestinian Villagers Move into Israeli Settlement!
International Solidarity Movement 7/6/2006
UPDATE, 6 pm: The three Palestinian families have been evicted by the Israeli police and were taken away in Border Police vehicles to the other side of the Apartheid Wall. Mohammed Katib said that they had an order to remove......more..
Palestinian football documentary screening on the Wall in Ar-Ram, Jerusalem
Ma''an News 7/6/2006
Ma''an -- Ram on 7 July, 2006, the night before the World Cup Finale. The documentary follows the Palestinian national football team as it prepares for a World Cup qualifying match against Uzbekistan. The screening follows a previous showing on The......more..
N.Y. rabbi arrives to fight gay pride parade to be held in J''lem
Ha''aretz 7/7/2006
Participants in the international gay pride parade scheduled to take place in Jerusalem next month are "planning a giant orgy in the Holy City and will reach the Western Wall," according to Rabbi Yehuda Levine, a New Yorker whose personal......more..
A Palestinian living in the Diaspora returns home & takes notes on environmental impact of Wall
By Mazin Qumsiyeh, Palestine News Network 7/5/2006
i>Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh does not currently live in Palestine. He lives in Connecticut, being among the thousands of Palestinians in the Diaspora world-wide. However, this week he has returned for a visit to his Beit Sahour home in......more..
Israel closes Bethlehem to Jerusalem Palestinians
Palestine News Network 7/5/2006
Leila Sansour is the Director of the Open Bethlehem campaign who forwarded this information to PNN Tuesday afternoon."The Israeli army has issued orders to close the ‘Bethlehem Terminal’ to Palestinians living in East Jerusalem. This has been in practice......more..
Giving ‘terrorists’ exactly what they want
By Ray Hanania, YNet News 7/1/2006
No civilized nation starves people to death because extremists committed violent acts -- This is exactly what “the terrorists” want.I don’t need to identify who is and who isn’t a terrorist in this fight. It’s pretty clear to both sides.But the......more..
Temple Mount - not listed in the Land Registry
By Nadav Shragai, Ha''aretz 7/6/2006
Tel Aviv architect Tuvia Sagiv, an amateur but well-known researcher of the history of the Temple Mount, no doubt did not imagine that his influence would go as far as the Oval Office of the president of the United States......more..
Army attacks a non-violent demonstration in Hebron, several protestors wounded
International Middle East Media Center 7/4/2006
The Israeli army attacked a non-violent demonstration conducted by the residents of two towns near the West Bank city of Hebron. The peace activists were protesting the bulldozing of lands in the area carried out by the Israeli Army in......more..
Bulldozers Stopped, Palestinian Activist Still Arrested
International Solidarity Movement 7/5/2006
Yesterday afternoon Advocate Nasser, a lawyer representing the municipality of Beit Ummar and Halhul succeeded in getting a temporary stop work order from an Israeli court. The mayor of Beit Ummar presented the soldiers with the order, forcing a temporary... Download video here...more..
Bil’in to Commemorate International Court of Justice Ruling Against the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 7/5/2006
On July 7th, at 1pm, the people of Bil’in joined by international and Israeli supporters will demonstrate against the apartheid wall in commemoration of the Second Anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that the Wall is illegal......more..
Police toughening stance against ISM before planned fence protests
Ha''aretz 7/5/2006
The Israel Police is taking a tough stance against the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), which is planning a series of protests against the separation fence over the next month. The main policy decision includes the immediate deportation of violent protestors......more..
Environmental impacts of Israeli destruction
Palestine News Network/PENGON 7/5/2006
PENGON is a local environmental organization with several local and foreign experts working under is auspices. As the news focuses on the human suffering of land confiscation, Wall and settlement construction, and home demolition, the environmental affects are often downplayed......more..
The Wall is impacting mobility, education, access and social life of Jerusalem''s Palestinian residents
Ma''an News 7/4/2006
Press Release from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on the main findings of the impact of the Wall and its associated regime on the forced displacement of the Palestinians in Jerusalem, June 2006:Within the framework of the......more..
Popular committees continue to resist Occupation aggression with protests across West Bank
StopTheWall.org 7/3/2006
From the south to the north of the West Bank, popular committees against the Apartheid Wall staged demonstrations against their ghettoization and the latest Occupation attacks on Gaza. On Friday 31 June, demonstrations were joined by marches organized by the......more..
South Hebron Zionist colonies swallowing further Palestinian lands
Stop The Wall 6/30/2006
In south Hebron, the Occupation began stealing further lands within what is designated to become the Palestinian ghetto. The construction of fencing around Tene settlement will further cement the colonization of our land.On June 29th, the Occupation started to build......more..
Apartheid Wall strangles Beit Jala: Heritage and landscape destroyed
Stop The Wall 6/28/2006
On Tuesday 27 June, Occupation Forces began the destruction of land in Beit Jala to complete the Wall that ghettoizes Palestinians throughout Bethlehem district. Bulldozers are working in the Cremisan area, one of the most fertile and historically important areas......more..
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