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Twilight Zone / Deadly diaries
By Gideon Levy, Ha''aretz 8/30/2006
Shifa Hospital in Gaza, the fourth floor. Two brothers. Their parents and siblings were all killed while they were sleeping. Only the brothers were saved from the inferno caused by two missiles dropped by a plane on their house in......more..
Israeli Army Destroying Olive Trees in Jenin
International Solidarity Movement 8/31/2006
August 29th, 2006 in the town of Zububa in the Jenin region, Israeli soldiers are currently destroying large swaths of Palestinian olive groves. The attacks began around 7:00 in the morning with American-made Caterpillar armoured bulldozers, and is currently......more..
Nonviolent movement claims partial victory as part of settlement dismantled near Bil''in
International Middle East Media Center 9/1/2006
Palestinians in the village of Bil''in have declared a partial victory in their struggle against Israeli settlement expansion on their land, as several structures built to expand the Matityahu settlement were dismantled today. But in the rest of the......more..
Police capture armed Palestinian seeking asylum in U.K. embassy
Ha''aretz 9/1/2006
Police special forces stormed the British Embassy in Tel Aviv late on Thursday evening and captured a Palestinian man who had been holed up inside for eight hours, claiming to have a gun and demanding political asylum. No one was......more..
72 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in August, 190 were injured, 220 were arrested
Ma''an News 8/31/2006
Nablus-- Nablus - Ma''an – 52 Palestinian men were killed by the Israeli army in August 2006. 6 Palestinian women were killed. 14 Palestinian children were killed.These are just some of the findings revealed in the monthly report compiled by the Negotiations......more..
Maps - West Bank separation barrier and Gaza - July 2006
ReliefWeb/Foundation for Middle East Peace 8/31/2006
Type: Complex Emergency; Natural Disaster; Reference - Political * Keyword(s): Access; Population and Demographics * Format: PDF *, 464k-- Latest maps: Occupied Palestinian Territory:30 Aug 2006 Compromising Palestinian Jerusalem - The Adumim Bloc (PDF, 394k) / 30 Aug 2006 West Bank separation barrier - July......more..
Naot Hapisga Modi''in Ltd. postpones attempt to raise capital following B''Tselem''s and Bimkom''s letter to the Securities Authority
B''tselem 8/30/2006
On 28 August 2006, B''Tselem and Bimkom wrote to the Securities Authority''s enforcement supervisor to inform the authority about errors in the prospectus issued by Naot Hapisga Modi''in Ltd. on 22 August. Today it was reported that the company decided......more..
Palestinian Activists with International and Israeli Supporters Picket Kofi Annan’s Visit
International Solidarity Movement 8/30/2006
With photos] This afternoon, peace activists from the International Solidarity Movement joined Palestinians, Israelis, and international supporters from other organizations to picket the visit to Ramallah of Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations. Mr Annan was in the......more..
Israeli army conducts a week of night-time raids in Salfit village; ransacks ten houses, makes six arrests
International Womens'' Peace Service 8/23/2006
The village of Kafr ‘Ein, in the Salfit district of the West Bank, has experienced another week of late-night army incursions and arrests, with one family reporting raids on their home for four nights. Soldiers have reportedly entered the village......more..
New fortified checkpoints isolate Jerusalem
Stop The Wall 8/22/2006
Occupation forces have confiscated 9 dunums of land from Shufat north of Jerusalem to expand the military checkpoint located on the western entrance to Shufat refugee camp. This checkpoint links Shufat Refugee Camp and Anata town with Jerusalem. Locals confirmed......more..
Can You Really not See?
By Amira Hass, Palestine Chronicle/Haaretz 8/30/2006
strong>Could it be that you are all in favor of a racist Citizenship Law that forbids an Israeli Arab from living with his family in his own home?Let us leave aside those Israelis whose ideology......more..
Jamal Darawi from Nu’man: “We Are the Refugees of the 21st Century ”
By Jamal Darawi, Stop The Wall 8/7/2006
Jamal Darawi, 40, from Nu’man village, is part of the popular committee to defend the land in the Bethlehem district. He tells how the Occupation is forcing the villagers to leave Nu’man. The Zionist drive to expel the people from......more..
Occupation bulldozers escalate destruction for Wall
Stop The Wall 8/26/2006
Occupation bulldozers have intensified the destruction of agricultural land for the Wall in Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, between Halhoul and Beit Omar, and in Aboud northwest of Ramallah. The fresh wave of demolition work in these areas comes after......more..
The ghetto of Bir Nabala
Stop The Wall 8/26/2006
Bir Nabala is one of the Palestinian places in Jerusalem district whose mere existence is threatened by the Apartheid Wall choking life in the town.Bir Nabala is situated northwest of Jerusalem and has been for centuries weaved into the social......more..
Anti-Apartheid Wall protesters beaten in Bil’in
Stop The Wall 8/25/2006
At Friday’s weekly demo against the Apartheid Wall being built on Bil’in’s land Occupation forces violently attacked protesters and shot at them. The protesters carried Palestinian and Lebanese flags and posters of activists shot at previous demos as they marched......more..
Blogging Under The Radar
Washington Post 8/28/2006
As War Raged, Lebanese and Israelis Found Common Ground -- The fragile cease-fire still holds, but for wary Lebanese and Israelis the barrage of noise continues -- in cyberspace. By provoking a trade in words, the 33-day war in Lebanon didn''t......more..
Dr. Barghouti: Salary problem not with EU or US sending aid, it''s with Israel stealing 600 million
Palestine News Network 8/24/2006
Qalqilia’s commerce and industry exhibit is in "clear defiance of the racist Wall that surrounds it," says Dr. Moustafa Barghouti. "The Wall is a nightmare for the people of the city, turning them into prisoners of a narrow area not......more..
Gaza Swelters Through Summer Without Power
By Gideon Levy, Palestine Chronicle 8/22/2006
strong>With a capacity of 140 megawatts, the power station was the most advanced in the Arab world.It''s hot, very hot, in the Gaza Strip. But over the last two months, ever since Israel bombed the......more..
Israeli forces kill three members of the armed Palestinian resistance in the mid-Gaza Strip
Palestine News Network 8/22/2006
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that ambulances retrieved the bodies of three members of the Palestinian armed resistance movement affiliated with Islamic Jihad, Saraya Al Quds.The men were in the mid-eastern Gaza Strip near the Kissufim Commercial Crossing.The medical sources......more..
Fear and Love
International Womens'' Peace Service 8/12/2006
strong>Carolyn''s Blogi have started writing this email five times and each time i delete what i have written and start again. i dont know where to begin or how to express my feelings about what is going......more..
Israeli army invades Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp & force Palestinians into the narrow camp streets
Palestine News Network 8/22/2006
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that Israeli forces invaded Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp early Tuesday. With the Israeli Wall now lining the northern edge of the camp and Rachel’s Tomb military installation to the east, Aida Camp has suffered......more..
After Lebanon, Israel Is Looking For More Wars
By Jonathan Cook, CounterPunch 8/21/2006
strong>Caught in a Net of DelusionNazareth -- Late last month, a fortnight into Israel’s war against Lebanon, the Hebrew media published a story that passed observers by. Scientists in Haifa, according to the report, have developed......more..
This is no way to make a deal
By Danny Rubinstein, Ha''aretz 8/22/2006
The unilateral concept now seems, after the events in Lebanon and Gaza, to be dying. No more unilateral convergence. Along with it may die its twin sibling: the separation wall. What use is there for a wall when war is......more..
IDF soldier killed in West Bank shooting attack
Ha''aretz 8/21/2006
Another four Palestinians were killed Friday -- An Israeli soldier was killed yesterday at noon by a Palestinian who opened fire at the Bekaot checkpoint in the Jordan Valley, southeast of Nablus. The soldier''s comrades from the Haredi Nahal battalion returned......more..
IDF tank fire wounds four members of Qassam rocket cell in Gaza Strip
Ha''aretz 8/20/2006
Palestinian shot dead at checkpoint -- Israel Defense Forces tank fire wounded four members of a Qassam rocket cell near border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip on Sunday night.The IDF said the shell was fired at the Palestinians near......more..
Qana mothers bury their children
By Cilina Nasser, AlJazeera 8/21/2006
Six-year-old Ali Shalhoub pointed at the wreckage of the collapsed three-storey building in the southern village of Qana where his family had sought shelter before an Israeli air strike levelled the structure three weeks ago.He was asleep and was unable......more..
Eight protestors injured at demonstration in Bil''in
Ma''an News 8/18/2006
Ramallah--Eight protesters, including a press cameraman, were injured when Israeli forces shot rubber bullets, tear gas and nerve gas at a demonstration against the separation wall in Bil''in, west of Ramallah.Ma''an''s correspondent stated that over 300 local residents, Israeli......more..
Bil’in Demonstration Against the Wall Turns Blue
International Solidarity Movement 8/18/2006
Today, August 18, the Israeli army and Border Police tried to prevent the weekly non-violent demonstration of Palestinians, Israelis and internationals in Bil’in against the illegal confiscation of their farmland by the Apartheid Wall and settlements.... This week’s demonstration saw......more..
Al Khader village protests against the Wall
International Middle East Media Center 8/18/2006
At around 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, scores of Al-Khader village residents, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, including children, supported by international and Israeli peace activists, marched to protest the apartheid wall that is being built on......more..
Palestinians in southern Bethlehem hold major nonviolent demonstration against Wall
Palestine News Network 8/18/2006
Al Khader Village is just south of Bethlehem City and has been under routine Israeli siege for several years. The first problem was due to the settler Road 60 which runs to its west, and then a roadblock was imposed......more..
Bil’in Continues Struggle Despite Soldier Brutality
International Solidarity Movement 8/17/2006
Tomorrow, August 18, 2006, at 9am Palestinians from the village of Bil’in will gather in the local playground at a school in Bil’in to hold a football game under the banner “Stop The Wall.” In the midst of the Occupation......more..
Gaza: Islamic Jihad member, shepherd killed by IDF
YNet News 8/18/2006
Islamic Jihad member killed, another injured in fire exchanges with troops near Gaza''s border. In separate incident, 30-year-old shepherd shot to death by troops near Beit Lahiya --Israeli troops on Friday fired at a group of Palestinian gunmen near......more..
Fourteen injured in Bil’in demonstration
International Womens'' Peace Service 8/15/2006
Last Friday, 11th of August, IWPS attended the weekly demonstration in Bil’in against the construction of the wall and the annexing of Bil’in farm land to a settlement . Since the beginning of the war with Lebanon, demonstrations in Bil’in have......more..
House Article 94: Wadi Qana – “valley of (polluted) canals”
International Womens'' Peace Service 8/14/2006
Riziq Abu Nasser’s family has been farming land around Wadi Qana(Arabic for “valley of canals”), in the Salfit district of the West Bank, for generations – so long, in fact, that he can’t recall when the land first came into......more..
Life-and-Death Drama
Seven Days 8/18/2006
Theater preview: Rachel -- Not surprisingly, Vermont theater maverick Bill Blachly was eager to stage the play -- The bulldozer is a common piece of construction equipment, unlikely to provoke an emotional response. Until one learns about the life, and death, of... Rachel: A Play...more..
Israeli government to confiscate 1,100 dunams of Palestinian land in Hebron
Palestine News Network 8/17/2006
Israeli authorities issued a military order Thursday to confiscate 1,100 more dunams of Palestinian land.This time the confiscation is slated to take place in northern Hebron’s Halhoul Village and an area refugee camp. Officials in Halhoul report that the land......more..
Hizbullah encourages Palestinian "terror"
Jerusalem Post 8/17/2006
Palestinian "terror" cells operating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in conjunction with Hizbullah are under orders by the Lebanese-based "terror" group to escalate their attacks against Israel, a high-ranking IDF officer has told The Jerusalem Post.On Sunday......more..
Demonstrators Remain in Hospital for Head Injuries in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 8/15/2006
Rina Klauman, a Danish citizen from Copenhagen, and Lymor Goldstein, Israeli and formerly of Germany are still being hospitalized for their injuries from a demonstration in Bil’in village on Friday against the confiscation of 60% of Bil’in’s farmland by the... VIDEO - Israeli Army Causes Two Serious Head Injuries to Protestors in Bil’in ...more..
VIDEO - Israeli Army Causes Two Serious Head Injuries to Protestors in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 8/11/2006
Video of the initial violence of the Israeli military and shooting of Lymor click here. Higher quality for broadcast is also available from the ISM media office -- Today, August 11, the Israeli army and Border Police brutally prevented Bil’in’s weekly...Video (.wmv) and Demonstrators Remain in Hospital for Head Injuries in Bil’in...more..
Khiam Residents Return to ''Armageddon''
An Nahar 8/16/2006
Abbas Saadik feared the worst as he headed back to his home in the tiny hilltop town of Khiam in southern Lebanon but nothing had prepared him for the devastation he found. "We were expecting damage, but this is Armageddon......more..
Desert of trapped corpses testifies to Israel''s failure
By Robert Fisk, Information Clearing House/The Independent 8/15/2006
They made a desert and called it peace. Srifa - or what was once the village of Srifa - is a place of pancaked homes, blasted walls, rubble, starving cats and trapped corpses. But it is also a place of victory for......more..
Nonviolent Palestinian farmer resistance as Israeli settlers destroy trees, land and horse fields
Palestine News Network 8/15/2006
The oldest of many settlers in the settlement of Ornit, south of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, is among those Israeli settlers destroying Palestinian trees. In yet another act of nonviolent resistance to the continual onslaught, Palestinian farmers appealed......more..
Life in the ghettos: closed checkpoints, iron gates and surveillance cameras
Stop The Wall 8/13/2006
The policies of the Occupation are showing ever clearer in the ghettos carved out by the Apartheid Wall; mechanisms of control are the future for these ghettos. An ever-increasing number of checkpoints, iron gates, watch towers and surveillance cameras will......more..
Farmers, shepherds and shopkeepers face the destruction of their livelihoods
Stop The Wall 8/13/2006
The Zionist project to force Palestinians to leave their cities, villages and homes in order to make space for further colonization of the West Bank is continuing unabated. Livelihoods of petty merchants, farmers and shepherds are systematically destroyed leaving hardly......more..
Resistance in the face of brutal racism and colonialism
Stop The Wall 8/13/2006
In many villages Palestinians have continued their popular activities against the Occupation’s war crimes and the Apartheid Wall and its racist expulsion policies. They are left with no other choice. The ghettos transforming Palestinian cities and villages into nightmarish open-air......more..
Israeli forces bulldoze Palestinian land to build separation wall in West Bank
Ma''an News 8/15/2006
Qalqilya -- Israeli forces used bulldozers to flatten large areas of Palestinian land in the village of Kufur Laqif, east of Qalqilia, as a prelude to construction of the third phase of the separation wall, which will be built deep inside......more..
Palestinians launch anti-tank missiles at Israeli military post
Ma''an News 8/15/2006
Gaza -- Israeli sources said that armed Palestinians had launched anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military post near the Erez checkpoint north of the Gaza Strip. No casualties or damages were reported.The same sources added that the Israeli forces discovered four......more..
Secretary-General of Palestinian Popular Struggle Front lays out dimensions for Palestinian struggle
Ma''an News 8/15/2006
Ramallah --Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front and member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Dr Samir Ghosha, stated on Tuesday that “the Palestinian struggle must have two dimensions at this crucial stage. The first is the struggle......more..
VIDEO - President Ahmadinejad Interview
Information Clearing House 8/15/2006
Video: CBS, 60 Minutes - Tehran (Iran) - Interview Date 08/08/2006 - Wallace, Mike Correspondent, CBS, Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud President, Iran -- This is an edited version of the interview with the President Of Iran as broadcast on 60 Minutes - Runtime 24 min... The full unedited interview may be viewed by clicking here...more..
Occupation Forces close only entrance in Qusin village, Nablus
Stop The Wall 8/12/2006
Occupation Forces have started uprooting and levelling lands east of Qusin village, situated to the west of Nablus. The destruction of Palestinian lands is in preparation for fencing beginning from the Beit Iba checkpoint (north east of the village) until......more..
Qalqilia farmers refuse to give up in the face of Israeli restrictions and land confiscation
Palestine News Network 8/14/2006
In the northwestern West Bank, Qalqilia District farmers are still trying to care for their crops and land, despite being encircled by the Wall. This is their act of nonviolent resistance.Northeast of the city several farmers appealed to the Israeli......more..
Fresh Land Grab in Beit Awa Ensures Settlements To Grow
Stop The Wall 8/10/2006
In Hebron district, the expansion of Zionist colonies and their apartheid roads has been reinforced by the confiscation of a further 95 dunums of Beit Awa’s lands. The purpose of this fresh land grab is to enable construction of a......more..
If Gaza is forgotten due to Israeli war on Lebanon, what of the West Bank & East Jerusalem?
By Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 8/11/2006
The people of the West Bank are walking zombie-like, or snapping at one another, shedding private tears while suddenly a thousand new poets and song writers have sprung up to express an inexpressible despair over the fate of Lebanon. And......more..
Awakening the Resistance
By Jennifer Loewenstein, Palestine Chronicle 8/11/2006
strong>Are we really surprised by the vast, Hizbullah-led resistance? By the linkage it makes with people across the boundaries of national insult, defeat and humiliation?Thousands of Lebanese, Palestinians and others made a kind of pilgrimage......more..
Israeli Military Brutally Attacks Protestors in Bil’in Village
International Solidarity Movement 8/11/2006
Today, August 11, the Israeli army and Border Police brutally prevented Bil’in’s weekly non-violent demonstration, by firing rubber bullets and sound grenades on protestors as they marched through the village on their way to the Apartheid wall. Thirteen people from......more..
Left-wing activist hit by rubber bullet, moderately hurt at Bil''in rally
Ha''aretz 8/11/2006
A left-wing activist was hit by a rubber bullet at an anti-separation fence protest in Bil''in on Friday, sustaining moderate-to-serious head wounds.He was evacuated to Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer for treatment.A number of activists threw rocks at security forces......more..
Breakthrough At Al-Khader Demonstration
International Middle East Media Center 8/11/2006
Protesters broke through the barrier Friday at the weekly demonstration in Al-Khader village.Internationals, Israelis, and local Palestinians from Al-Khader village gathered in two locations to protest the building of the wall that, once built, will cut through the village, separating......more..
Israeli settlers divert Nablus village water for their own use
Palestine News Network 8/10/2006
The environmental situation continues to deteriorate in the northern West Bank. Not only have Israeli settlers, and even the Israeli government from the other side of the Wall, used the Nablus District as their own garbage dump, now the water......more..
Israeli Cows ''Invade'' South Lebanon
An Nahar 8/10/2006
The grass is greener in Hizbullah-controlled territory. Literally. Dozens of hungry cows whose pasture land in northern Israel has been reduced to ashes by the daily rain of rockets found a hole in the border fence and moved to Lebanon......more..
German parliamentary delegation meets Dr Mustafa Barghouthi
Ma''an News 8/10/2006
Ramallah--A delegation from the Palestinian National Initiative, headed by PLC member Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, has met with the German parliamentary delegation which included two Members of Parliament, Drs Rolf Metznkh and Nailzann. Dr Barghouthi confirmed that the wars in......more..
Bernard Lewis: "Iran will nuke Israel on 22nd August"
Ma''an News 8/9/2006
Bethlehem--The famous American orientalist, Bernard Lewis, an American neoconservative activist who supports the idea of attacking Iran, has stated that he expects Iran to launch a nuclear missile at Israel on the 22nd of August.His analysis appeared in the......more..
Bil’in to Protest Israel’s New Style of Killing
International Solidarity Movement 8/10/2006
Tomorrow, August 11, 2006, at 1pm the people of Bil’in will conduct another demonstration against the wall and war crimes Israel is committing daily in Lebanon and Gaza. With the support of Israelis and internationals they will carry five coffins......more..
Running from commandos - and mosquitoes
By Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times 8/11/2006
BEKAA VALLEY - Four weeks into the war in Lebanon, the country''s civilians are still trying to adapt their lives to deal with the constant rain of death that falls unremittingly from the skies.The total casualties in Lebanon and Israel are......more..
Jamal Darawi from Nu’man: “We Are the Refugees of the 21st Century ”
By Jamal Darawi, Stop The Wall 8/7/2006
i>Jamal Darawi, 40, from Nu’man village, is part of the popular committee to defend the land in the Bethlehem district. He tells how the Occupation is forcing the villagers to leave Nu’man. The Zionist drive to expel the people......more..
Israeli forces put one year old baby in center of street for over an hour as he cries in fear
Palestine News Network 8/8/2006
Hebron -- Israeli practices of well-documented repression, physical and psychological torture are no longer confined to Palestinian political prisoners. Their families are not safe either. Israeli prison authorities often deprive visits for years, or if there is a visit, many are......more..
Anarchists Against the Wall demonstrate at military base near Tel Aviv
Ma''an News 8/8/2006
Tel Aviv--About 30 activists from the Israeli movement "Anarchists Against the Wall" have demonstrated in front of the Israeli Air Force base at Ramat David. They raised banners and chanted slogans calling upon the Israeli army to stop killing......more..
Police arrest 12 protesters blocking air force base in north
Ha''aretz 8/8/2006
Afula police on Tuesday arrested 12 left-wing activists who blocked the entrance to an Israel Air Force base in the north during a demonstration against the Israel Defense Forces operation in Lebanon and the government''s policy in the offensive.Police said......more..
After the Latest Wave of War Crimes: Resist and Isolate Israeli Apartheid
Stop The Wall 8/8/2006
The last months clearly show that as a people under Occupation, we are the ones to pay the price in the latest round of war crimes in the Middle East. We pay for the success as well as the failures......more..
Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem
Palestine News Network 8/8/2006
The Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights issued its report for the month of July on Israeli violations in the Governorate of Occupied Jerusalem.A sample of the report includes: The Israeli occupation forces continued to commit more war crimes......more..
The Case for Boycotting Israel
By Virginia Tilley, Palestine Chronicle 8/7/2006
strong>Much debate has circulated about a boycott campaign, but hitherto it has not moved beyond some ardent but isolated groups. It is finally time.Johannesburg, South Africa -- It is finally time. After years of internal arguments......more..
Activists held after boarding US plane searching for weapons
The Guardian 8/8/2006
Twelve antiwar protesters were arrested by police yesterday after campaigners boarded a plane at Prestwick airport in Scotland to search for US weapons being transported to Israel.David Mackenzie, of the campaign group Trident Ploughshares, said its activists had boarded a......more..
Border Police search Israeli Arab homes without warrants
Ha''aretz 8/5/2006
Border Police officers searched the homes of Israeli Arabs in Umm al-Fahm without search warrants Friday, residents said. They were looking for Palestinian workers staying in Israel illegally.Residents said they were awoken at 7 A.M. Friday by gunshots and shouts......more..
Israeli forces announce plan to uproot hundreds of olive trees near Wall in Jenin
Palestine News Network 8/4/2006
Dozens of Palestinians farmers living adjacent to the Israeli Wall in Jenin have been issued warnings saying that Israeli forces will soon come to uproot hundreds of olive trees on their land. The Israeli military claims that the action is......more..
Settlements: a State policy.
By Marisa, International Womens'' Peace Service 8/3/2006
While traveling in the West Bank it is impossible to escape a view of Israel’s settlements, scattered all around. They are easily spot by their red roofs, the paved roads and nice green lawns. Were you in any other country......more..
Fresh Settler Road in Bethlehem to be Built from stolen Palestinian Land
Stop The Wall 7/27/2006
Walls, settlements and apartheid by-pass roads. Security zones, checkpoints and military camps. For the past 58 years, the Occupation has built-up such infrastructure throughout Palestine. A lot of “reasons” have been deployed by the Occupation Forces to justify their actions......more..
Finalizing the ghettos: the Wall encages the Palestinian villages East of Jerusalem
Stop The Wall 7/26/2006
The occupation bulldozers started uprooting land located to the east of Abu Dis in their efforts to continue construction of the Wall.In Eizariya, already last month bulldozers had started their destruction. The aim of this part of the Apartheid Wall......more..
Bombs and tanks in the night
By Jenny Digi, Electronic Intifada 8/3/2006
i>Writing from NablusIt''s taken me a while to get used to being back in Nablus and my sleep on the first few nights was broken regularly by bangs, explosions and the 4 AM call to prayer. Lying......more..
Bil’in to Mourn over 1,000 dead in Lebanon and Gaza
International Solidarity Movement 8/3/2006
Tomorrow, August 4th, 2006, at 1pm the people of Bil’in and their Israeli and international supporters will demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall and settlements. They will march to the wall carrying a black flag as a sign of mourning for......more..
Filmmakers bring Palestinian struggle to London
International Middle East Media Center 8/3/2006
Three Palestinian filmmakers participated in a cultural evening in London sponsored by the Foundation of Southampton last Monday. The event showcased Palestinian film and addressed the many issues of the current Palestinian situation. In her film “Good Morning Qalqilia,” director......more..
Israeli forces storm humanitarian and media organizations in Tulkarem
Palestine News Network 8/1/2006
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that about 15 Israeli troops invaded the town of Tulkarem at dawn Tuesday morning. Sources say that the forces raided the offices of the Center for Palestinian Studies and the Islamic Women’s Center, among......more..
The Total Destruction of Srifa: Mangled Bodies in the Wake of Israeli Bombs and Missiles
By Lara Marlowe, CounterPunch 8/2/2006
strong>"The Ones Who Are Buried Alive Are Usually Safe From the Dogs"Srifa, Lebanon.It was an unseemly end for 80- year-old Manaheel Jabr, flung over a bloodstained walll, grey hair falling around her shrunken black face......more..
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