VIDEO - ISM Gaza Strip: IOF bulldozers and tank on Gazan land east of Khan Younis
International Solidarity Movement 11/30/2008
Gaza Region - Video - On Thursday the 27th of November a group of ISM volunteers who were accompanying farmers and monitoring the situation in Khouza’a east of Khan Younis, observed a concentration of IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) behind the... more..e-mail
Olmert to bring for cabinet vote plan to fortify Gaza-area homes
Tomer Zarchin, Ha’aretz 12/1/2008
The prime minister will submit a proposal to the government next Sunday that would pave the way for the completion of the reinforcement of homes in the region surrounding the Gaza Strip, state prosecutors told the High Court on Sunday... more..e-mail
Ni’lin holds prayer demonstration against the Apartheid Wall
International Solidarity Movement 11/30/2008
Ramallah Region - Photos - Ni’lin village - On Friday 28th November at 12. 30pm approximately 150 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis gathered in protest against the illegal Apartheid Wall that is now under construction on Ni’lin village’s... more..e-mail
Gaza: Show No Mercy, Dispense No Justice
Stuart Littlewood - London, Palestine Chronicle 11/28/2008
’We can only guess at the horrific conditions the siege has created.’Who could have believed that by Christmas 2008 the West would still be unable to summon up courage to discipline Israel for crimes against the Palestinians... more..e-mail
Israeli desecration of Islamic cemetery in East Jerusalem
Maisa Abu Ghazaleh - Palestine News Network, International Middle East Media Center News 11/29/2008
Jewish extremists continue their attacks on Arab property in Jerusalem, but this time not on the living. The target is an historic Islamic cemetery as the Israelis are already desecrating Maman Allah (Mamilla) for a "Museum of Tolerance. "Mohammed Dajani... more..e-mail
Israeli forces invade Jayyous in attempt to prevent protest against the Apartheid Wall
International Solidarity Movement 11/29/2008
Qalqilya Region - Photos - Hundreds of Jayyous residents were prevented from protesting at the Wall on Friday 28th November when Israeli military forces invaded the village. More than 200 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists were prevented from leaving the village to... more..e-mail
Slow-Motion Genocide in Occupied Palestine
Stephen Lendman – Chicago, Palestine Chronicle 11/26/2008
8217;Gazans are grievously harmed, impoverished, slaughtered and now starved.’Imagine life under these conditions:Living in limbo under a foreign occupier. Having no self-determination, no right of return, and no power over your daily life. Being in constant... more..e-mail
IDF troops exchange fire with Palestinian gunmen in southern Gaza Strip
Jpost.com Staff, Jerusalem Post 11/30/2008
IDF troops on Saturday night were exchanged gunfire with Palestinian gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip.
There were no reports of wounded among the soldiers.
According to initial reports, two Palestinians approached the security fence south of Kissufim and opened...
Gaza mortar shells injure eight soldiers, one loses leg
Amos Harel, Ha’aretz 11/30/2008
Eight Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded Friday evening, two seriously, after mortar shells fired by Gaza Strip militants hit a military base near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the western Negev. The soldiers were evacuated to the Soroka Medical Center... more..e-mail
Bil’in: Using the camera as a tool of resistance
Abdullah Abu Rahma, International Middle East Media Center News 11/29/2008
Imad Mohammed Yassin Burnat, 36 years old, from the village of Bil’in and a young father of four children, joined the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in from the moment they started to destroy the... more..e-mail
Six Palestinians wounded in IOF shooting at peaceful marches
Palestinian Information Center 11/29/2008
QALQILIA, (PIC)-- Two Palestinian villagers were wounded in the Jayus town, northwest of Qalqilia, afternoon Friday when Israeli occupation forces shot at them during a peaceful demonstration to protest the construction of the separation wall on their lands. Eyewitnesses reported... more..e-mail
9-Year-old boy wounded in nonviolent protest near Bethlehem
IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center News 11/28/2008
9-year-old, Hareth Bregieyh from Al-Ma’asara, South of Bethlehem, has been injured after he was brutally beaten by Israeli soldiers this Friday afternoon, during a nonviolent protest. The boy suffered cuts and bruises in his arm after troops... more..e-mail
International, local and Israeli activists tear-gassed in Bil’in demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 11/28/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli soldiers fired teargas, rubber-coated steel bullets and sound bombs at a group of Bil’in residents, Israeli and international activists on Friday as the group marched to the site of the separation wall in an anti-occupation protest. The... more..e-mail
Too hot to handle
Amira Howeidy, Al-Ahram Weekly 11/27/2008
Boycotting a UN anti-racism conference and trying to bypass Arab media through an Arabic YouTube channel, Tel Aviv appears on the defensive.It has been 31 years since Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat broke ranks with Arab states in their boycott of... more..e-mail
Daylong clashes in Jayyous, youth destroy parts of the Wall
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 11/28/2008
The village of Jayyous mobilized this Friday for the weekly demonstration against the re-routing of the Wall through village land. Youth engaged with Occupation forces at the Wall and inside the village, and confrontations continued into the late afternoon. The... more..e-mail
‘Our Family Has Died’
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Palestine Media Center 11/27/2008
The apartment in the town of Dura, south of Hebron, is spacious, but Osama Rasras lives there alone. His home is as elegant as it is empty. In the room he shared with his wife, the bed is made and... more..e-mail
Anti-Wall protest in Bil’in commemorates Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 11/28/2008
Under the slogan, "Towards a Palestine free from settlements, the wall, apartheid roads, checkpoints and roadblocks, and for one united Palestine with no islands and cantons", the residents of Bili’n gathered in a protest after the Friday prayer... more..e-mail
5 youths arrested near Hebron house
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 11/28/2008
Four boys arrested for cutting Kiryat Arba fence, girl detained for throwing stones -Several youths were arrested early Friday morning near the disputed house in Hebron, after police caught them destroying property and throwing stones.
Police reported that, about an... more..e-mail
Two Palestinians injured by Israeli soldiers during Jayous anti-wall demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 11/28/2008
Qalqiliya – Ma’an – Two Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets shot by Israeli soldiers as they participated in the peaceful demonstration against the wall in the village of Jayous west of Qalqiliya on Friday. Those injured were identified as Muhamad... more..e-mail
VIDEO - Rabbi among hostages killed at Mumbai Jewish centre
Randeep Ramesh, Vikram Dodd and Daniel Pepper in Mumbai, Owen, The Guardian 11/28/2008
A rabbi and his wife were among five hostages found dead inside the remains of the Mumbai Jewish centre held by Islamist militants. A final assault by Indian commandos on Nariman House today culminated with soldiers blowing a hole in... more..e-mail
Israeli tanks enter Gaza
Middle East Online 11/28/2008
GAZA CITY - Israeli troops backed by tanks mounted an incursion into the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, shelling Palestinian areas, witnesses said.
The Israeli army confirmed it conducted an operation along the border, saying troops shot and apparently killed a... more..e-mail
IDF clashes with gunmen in Gaza
Ali Waked, YNetNews 11/28/2008
Paratrooper unit spots cell approaching border fence near Khan Younis in attempt to plant explosive device. Gaza sources say four injured in clash with soldiers - Four Palestinians were injured Friday in an IDF attack east of Khan Younis in the... more..e-mail
IDF soldiers clash with Gaza militants, injuring two
News Agencies, Ha’aretz 11/29/2008
Israel Defense Forces soldiers clashed with Palestinian militants in the southeastern Gaza Strip near the border with Israel Friday, injuring at least two, witnesses said. An IDF spokeswoman said Israeli soldiers were on a routine patrol along the border fence... more..e-mail
Israeli troops wound three during Gaza incursion
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 11/29/2008
GAZA CITY: Three Palestinians were wounded when Israeli troops backed by tanks invaded the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, medics and witnesses said. "The three wounded were evacuated," said Muawiya Hassanein, who heads the emergency services in Gaza. He said... more..e-mail
A monument to intolerance?
Abe Hayeem, The Guardian 11/26/2008
The whittling away and destruction of Muslim memory and history has been a key aim in Jerusalem’s development (as in the rest of Israel). This is especially so with the recent acceleration of the Judaising of illegally-annexed East... more..e-mail
Nightly Vandalism in Deir Istiya, Haris and Kifl Haris
International Womens’ Peace Service 11/26/2008
Date of incident:
November 25th – 26th, 2008 -Time of incident: Unknown -Place: Deir Istiya, Haris and Kifl Haris, Salfit District -Witness/es: Residents of Deir Istiya, Haris and Kifl Haris, IWPS and MPT volunteers -During the night of November 25... -- See also: Human Rights Report No.382more..e-mail
Israel goes to war over Hebron’s ’House of Peace’
Donald Macintyre, The Independent 11/27/2008
From the inside, it could at first sight be a squat anywhere in the developed world. The bare concrete floors, the nylon doors, the shafts of sunlight peeping between the roof’s breeze-blocks indicating where the winter rain will... more..e-mail
IOF troops fire at children, IOA demolish two homes in O. Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center 11/26/2008
BEIT HANUN, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation troops on Wednesday fired intermittently at a group of children near the northern Gaza Strip crossing of Beit Hanun (Erez). The Mizan center for human rights said in a statement that the children were... more..e-mail
UN, NGOs seek 462 million dollars in aid to Palestinans
Ma’an News Agency 11/26/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – United Nations (UN) and non-governmental agencies made a combined appeal for 462 million US dollars in aid for Palestinians. In their appeal the agencies said the funds were needed to respond to a humanitarian emergency caused by Israeli... more..e-mail
UN seeks 462 million dollars in Palestinian aid
Middle East Online 11/26/2008
JERUSALEM - UN and other humanitarian agencies appealed on Wednesday for 462 million dollars to fund a host of aid programmes next year in response to what they called a deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories.
The United Nations said the... more..e-mail
Blair, Fayyad will kick off trade fair in Jenin
Ma’an News Agency 11/26/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Palestinian caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Quartet Envoy Tony Blair will open a trade fair in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday. The governor of Jenin will also be present at the event. The governor... more..e-mail
Appointing Hillary Clinton Secretary of State
Bill and Kathleen Christison, Palestine Chronicle 11/25/2008
8217;Appointing Clinton secretary of state would be utterly disastrous.’In 2005 Hillary Clinton stood in Palestine and praised the apartheid wall that the government of Israel was building with large amounts of U.S. aid in furtherance of the... more..e-mail
ISM Gaza Strip: Shots against farmers and internationals in Al Faraheen
International Solidarity Movement 11/25/2008
Gaza Region - In the morning of Sunday the 23rd of November, several international human rights observers accompanied Palestinian farmers to plough their field close to the green line, in the village of Al Faraheen, east of Khan Younis. At about... more..e-mail
Praying at the Wall
Dr. Bernard Sabella, MIFTAH 11/25/2008
In the Holy Land there are many walls and of all kinds. Palestinians often ask themselves if being walled in or out is the way of life since for many of them, particularly the young, the Wall has become part... more..e-mail
Qassam fired from Gaza
Shmulik Hadad, YNetNews 11/25/2008
Ceasefire broken once again as rocket lands in Eshkol Regional Council; no injuries or damage reported -Despite attempts at prolonging the ceasefire with Hamas, a Qassam rocket was fired Tuesday from the southern Gaza Strip. The rocket fell near a... more..e-mail
Anti-Wall organizer injured by Wall
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 11/25/2008
At 5:20 pm on Saturday Bi’lin Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements member, EmadBurnat, was admitted to the hospital in a very serious condition after his tractor flipped over against Israel’s Wall. The wall... more..e-mail
Palestinians petition against Amona outpost
Aviad Glickman, YNetNews 11/25/2008
Yesh Din organization demands evacuation of West Bank outpost, claims Amona built on Palestinian private property; says authorities do nothing to prevent settlers’ invasion on their land - Ten Palestinians filed a petition to the Supreme Court on Tuesday demanding... more..e-mail
Israeli army attacks children’s demonstration in Ni’lin
International Solidarity Movement 11/23/2008
On November 20th at 1pm a demonstration for the children of Ni’lin against the construction of the illegal annexation wall gathered in the centre of the village. The demonstration was organised to mark the Universal Children’s... more..e-mail
Israel’s Wall puts Emad Burnat of Bil’in and his children in hospital.
International Solidarity Movement 11/23/2008
Bil’in Village - At 5:20 pm on Saturday 22nd November, Bi’lin Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements member, EmadBurnat, was admitted to hospital in very serious condition after his tractor flipped over against Israel’... more..e-mail
Hebron family faces threat of displacement by settlers
Ma’an News Agency 11/23/2008
Hebron – Ma’an – The Hebron Rehabilitation Committee called on the UN and other humanitarian organizations to protect the Palestinian population of the old city of Hebron, currently under Israeli control, on Sunday. Highlighting the Fourth Geneva Convention which states that civilians... more..e-mail
Sun: Banks drag TASE sharply lower
Yael Schwartzbart, Globes Online 11/23/2008
The Tel Aviv 25 Index moved below 600 points as Bank Hapoalim fell 7. 9% and Bank Leumi slumped 9. 7%. Israel Chemicals gave up 9. 5% but Makhteshim Agan was up 4. 5%. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE... more..e-mail
Wall build sparks West Bank clashes
Al Jazeera 11/21/2008
Israeli soldiers have clashed with Palestinians protesting against the construction of a giant wall in the West Bank town of Naalin. Mairead Maguire, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, attended the demonstration on Friday by residents who say the wall will... more..e-mail
Human Rights Observers start hunger strike in Israel
International Solidarity Movement 11/21/2008
Gaza Region - Massiyahu Prison, Lida, Israel (20 November, 2008) - Three Human Rights Observers (HRO) with the International Solidarity Movement began a hunger strike today in protest over the illegal confiscation of Paestinian fishing boats by Israel. The three HROs, Darlene... more..e-mail
Ten protesters injured at Jenin anti-settlement march
Ma’an News Agency 11/21/2008
Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli troops attacked a peaceful demonstration protesting the continued construction of Israeli settlements and the separation wall on Friday morning, south of Jenin. The protest took place near the evacuated settlement of Homesh, which is located between Jenin... more..e-mail
Hilltop youth not impressed by calls for passive resistance to Hebron house eviction
Nadav Shragai, Ha’aretz 11/21/2008
When residents of the so-called House of Contention in Hebron awoke yesterday, they were shocked to learn of the previous night’s clashes between settlers and Israel Defense Forces soldiers. They were equally shocked by the graffiti proclaiming "Mohammed... more..e-mail
Israel wastes 250 million shekels on settlement roads to nowhere
Amos Harel, Ha’aretz 11/22/2008
Just a few minutes drive from the West Bank settlements of Ofarim and Beit Aryeh lies a unique Israeli invention. A complex network of roads, kilometer after kilometer of pavement, leading to - well, that’s sort of the thing... more..e-mail
Villagers destroy Wall during popular protest in Jayyous
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 11/21/2008
A massive demonstration was held in Jayyous today to protest the rerouting of the Wall and the permanent isolation of 5,582 dunums of village land for the expansion of Zufim settlement. Villagers destroyed sections of the Wall, sparking confrontations with... more..e-mail
Gaza activists ’on hunger strike’
BBC Online 11/21/2008
The ISM says the Palestinian vessels were in the permitted offshore zoneThree International Solidarity Movement activists detained with 15 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza by the Israeli navy say they have gone on hunger strike. Briton Andrew Muncie, Vittorio Arrigoni from... more..e-mail
Three internationals imprisoned by Israel declare hunger strike
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 11/21/2008
Three international peace activists imprisoned by Israel after the Israeli Navi abducted them as they were accompanying Palestinian fishermen, stated on Thursday that they are on hunger strike until the Israeli authorities return the three Palestinian fishing boats the Navy... more..e-mail
Israel transfers Scottish activist to isolation cell
Ma’an News Agency 11/21/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – A Scottish solidarity activist has been transferred to solitary confinement in an Israeli detention center on Friday after he and two others declared a hunger strike. British citizen Andrew Muncie relayed a message via his jailed colleagues that... more..e-mail
Democracy Now!: U.S. activist detained in Israeli jail condemns blockade of Gaza
International Solidarity Movement 11/21/2008
Gaza Region - Israel’s tightened blockade of a million and a half Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is now entering its third week. On Monday the Israeli Navy seized 15 Palestinian fishermen and three international activists off the coast... more..e-mail
This Week in Palestine Week 47
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 11/21/2008
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file|| 11 m 00s || 10. 00 MB || This Week in Palestine, Week 47
This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. imemc. org, for November 15... more..e-mail
Israeli police yet again demolish East Jerusalem protest tent
Ma’an News Agency 11/21/2008
Jerusalem – Ma’an – Israeli police on Friday removed a tent for the third time this week in East Jerusalem, where it was erected in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to protest the demolishing of a house owned by a Palestinian family. Local... more..e-mail
Israeli soldiers abduct the head of the Popular Committee in Bil’in
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 11/21/2008
The "Friends of Freedom and Justice" committee in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported on Thursday that Israeli troops abducted Iyad Burnat, head of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’...
Dutch activists picket parliament to protest the Apartheid Wall
Stop The Wall 11/17/2008
As part of the Week Against the Apartheid Wall, some 30 Palestinian solidarity activists in the Netherlands participated in a two-hour picket in front of the parliament in The Hague on November 11. Organized by the Netherlands Palestine Committee (NPK... more..e-mail
Three jail international activists declare hunger strike demanding hearing
Ma’an News Agency 11/20/2008
Gaza – Ma’an – Three international solidarity activists declared a hunger strike inside an Israeli prison on Thursday seeking a court hearing. The three were seized from a fishing boat by the Israeli navy on Tuesday along with 15 Palestinian fishermen about... more..e-mail
Dividing Jerusalem, one wall at a time
Bradley Burston, Ha’aretz 11/20/2008
JERUSALEM - There is a new wall in the downtown heart of the Holy City. It is, in fact, a new security fence. It is not tall, nor built to last. But the wall, and what it protects, may do more... more..e-mail
Born in sin
Ha’aretz 11/20/2008
The Israeli peace camp was born in sin and died because of a lie: It was born as the legitimate son of the sin of occupation, and died the illegitimate son of the lie that "there is no partner" with... more..e-mail
Palestinian rights group warns of humanitarian disaster in Gaza
Ma’an News Agency 11/20/2008
Gaza – Ma’an – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) warned in a report on Thursday that the Gaza Strip is facing "disaster" as a result of the "endless siege. " PCHR also blamed Israel for the ongoing clashes in Gaza. According... more..e-mail
IDF envisions army of animal robots for rescue missions, military ops
Ofri Ilani, Ha’aretz 11/21/2008
A cat-bot that climbs the walls using its claws, a dog-droid that responds to human movements, and a robot which releases glue through its wheels while scaling buildings met Wednesday in Herzliya. This might sound like the beginning of a... more..e-mail
Experts: Fresh evidence for Herod’s tomb site
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 11/20/2008
Israeli archaeologists excavating what they believe is the tomb of biblical King Herod said yesterday they have unearthed lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East and signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering their... more..e-mail
Who Will Stop the Settlers?
Jonathan Cook - Nazareth, Palestine Chronicle 11/19/2008
8217;The separation wall is being crafted to include these blocs.’The middle-of-the-night eviction last week of an elderly Palestinian couple from their home in East Jerusalem to make way for Jewish settlers is a demonstration of Israeli intent... more..e-mail
Report on Israeli settlement in the occupied territories Nov - Dec 2008
Geoffrey Aronson, Foundation for Middle East Peace, ReliefWeb 11/19/2008
INKERING AT THE MARGINS OF ISRAELI RULE WILL NOT END OCCUPATION OR SETTLEMENT - "Israel’s continued settlement expansion and land confiscation in the West Bank makes physical separation of our two peoples increasingly impossible," wrote Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud... more..e-mail
15 Gazan fishermen released; three internationals still in custody
Ma’an News Agency 11/19/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Fifteen Palestinian fishermen who were seized by Israeli naval forces off the coast of Gaza were released on Wednesday. The fishermen were arrested along with three international volunteers in Palestinian territorial waters on Tuesday. The three foreign nationals... more..e-mail
Ghajar ’residents irate’ over possible IDF pullout
Hagai Einav and Roni Sofer, YNetNews 11/19/2008
Residents of divided village outraged over Jerusalem’s decision to launch talks on ceding control of its northern section to UNIFIL. ’We will not accept any decision that will separate families and violate our rights,’ council secretary... more..e-mail
’Site bombed by IAF had nuclear reactor characteristics’
Ap And Jpost Staff, Jerusalem Post 11/19/2008
A Syrian site bombed by Israel in September 2007 had the characteristics of a nuclear reactor, the UN nuclear watchdog agency said in a report it issued Wednesday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency also said its probe into Iran’... more..e-mail
Archaeologists find new evidence for King Herod’s tomb site
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 11/20/2008
Israeli archaeologists excavating what they believe is the tomb of biblical King Herod said Wednesday they have unearthed lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East and signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering their... more..e-mail
Israeli forces arrest Gaza fishermen and solidarity activists
Press release, Al Mezan, Electronic Intifada 11/18/2008
At around 9am on Tuesday, 18 November 2008, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked Palestinian fishing boats off the central Gaza Strip’s shore. IOF continued to seal off the Gaza Strip for the thirteenth day in a row, allowing... more..e-mail
Rockets, mortar shells hit south
Shmulik Hadad, YNetNews 11/18/2008
Attacks continue as Palestinians fire rockets, mortar shells on Shaar HaNegev Regional Council; no injuries or damage reported -Tension rose in the south once again on Tuesday as three Qassam rockets were fired from Gaza. The rockets landed in open... more..e-mail
Palestinian PM: Settlement building will destroy peace process
Akiva Eldar, Ha’aretz 11/19/2008
Palestinian Prime Minister and Finance Minister Salam Fayyad called on the international community to up the pressure on Israel to suspend all construction in the settlements and implied that the Palestinian Authority could apply to the International Court of Justice... more..e-mail
15 Palestinian fishermen, three internationals seized by Israeli Navy in Gazan waters
Ma’an News Agency 11/18/2008
Gaza – Ma’an – The Israeli navy seized three fishing boats and arrested 15 Palestinian fishermen and three international peace advocates during a major military operation within Gaza’s territorial waters on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Gaza... more..e-mail
Israeli navy kidnaps three int’l activists and 16 fishermen in Gaza waters
Palestinian Information Center 11/18/2008
GAZA, (PIC)-- The ministry of agriculture reported Tuesday morning that three international activists and 16 Palestinian fishermen have been kidnapped in Palestinian waters by the Israeli navy. In a statement received by the PIC, the ministry explained that the three... more..e-mail
Weed pulling threatens armed Israeli soldiers
Donna Wallach, International Solidarity Movement 11/17/2008
Gaza Region - Al-Faraheen, Abasan Al-Kabeera, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 12th November 2008 - On Wednesday 12th November, five international volunteer Human Rights Observers, most of them members of ISM Gaza Strip, went to Al-Faraheen, east of Khan Younis to pull weeds in... more..e-mail
Cyclers against the Wall tear down the Apartheid Wall
Stop The Wall 11/18/2008
On November 16, Forum Palestina and Palestinian solidarity activists in Rome built a mock wall across the main street, Via dei Fori Imperiali, in the center of Rome to protest the Apartheid Wall being built in Palestine. A critical mass... more..e-mail
Mob swears vengeance as it buries boss
Donald Macintyre in Ra'anana, The Independent 11/19/2008
For a moment, as the first few of the hundreds of mourners came up the cypress-lined avenue to the main cemetery on the edge of this prosperous satellite town outside Tel Aviv, the menfolk donning kippas, you could have mistaken... more..e-mail
Is Israel deliberately strengthening Hamas?
Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 11/18/2008
Let’s not be dragged into calculating how many tons of rice, flour and cooking oil there are in the Gaza Strip 10 days after Israel once again hermetically sealed all the crossings into the enclave. Let’s... more..e-mail
Israel Tightens Chokehold on Village of Nilin
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Online 11/14/2008
The sun is sinking fast behind the trees of an olive grove on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Nilin. After a day of confrontations between the Israeli army and the Palestinian villagers over Israel’s building of its... more..e-mail
Israeli DM greenlights settlement construction despite peace
Xinhua News Agency, ReliefWeb 11/14/2008
JERUSALEM, Nov 14, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Israeli DM greenlights settlement construction despite peace commitment: report Israeli DM greenlights settlement construction despite peace commitment: report
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has sanctioned dozens of construction projects in Jewish... more..e-mail
At least four Palestinians injured at Bil’in anti-wall demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 11/14/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Four Palestinians were injured on Friday at an anti-wall protest in the West Bank city of Nil’in, near Ramallah, according to a statement received by Ma’an. Demonstrators marched through the village before Israeli soldiers arrived, firing percussion grenades... more..e-mail
Israeli troops attack nonviolent protestors in Bethlehem
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center News 11/14/2008
Israeli troops assaulted nonviolent anti-wall protest in the West Bank village of Al-Ma’asara near Bethlehem. The protest was also to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the declaration of independence by the Palestinian National Council.
Mohammad Brejeieh spokesperson of...
Two protesters injured in Jenin anti-settlement march
Ma’an News Agency 11/14/2008
Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli troops attacked a peaceful demonstration protesting the continued construction of Israeli settlements and the seperation wall on Friday morning south of Jenin. The protest took place near the evacuated settlement of Homesh located between Jenin and Nablus...
Israeli army prevents Nil’in anti-wall demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 11/14/2008
Nil’in – Ma’an – The Israeli military turned way demonstrating Palestinian, international and Israeli activists from a planned march against the Israeli built West Bank separation barrier on Friday. Ma’an’s correspondent on the scene reported that soldiers declared the area a “closed...
Three nonviolent protestors wounded in Ni’lin’s demo
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center News 11/14/2008
At least three civilians have been wounded, one in the head, during an anti-wall protest in the West Bank town of Ni’lin near Ramallah. The protest was organized by the popular committee against the wall in the town...
Israeli troops wound four nonviolent protestors in Bil’in
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center News 11/14/2008
At least four nonviolent protestors were wounded in the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil’in west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Dozens of the villagers accompanied by International and Israeli supporters marched after the Friday prayer and... more..e-mail
Barak approved settlement expansion in recent months
Palestinian Information Center 11/14/2008
NAZARETH, (PIC)-- The Israeli Haaretz news paper revealed, in an article published on Friday, that the Israeli war minister Ehud Barak "has approved dozens of construction projects in the West Bank in recent months, contradicting Israel’s commitments to... more..e-mail
In direct violation of the Road Map, Barak approves settlement construction in the W. Bank
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 11/14/2008
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Friday morning that Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, approved in recent months plans for the construction and marketing of hundreds of units in illegal West Bank settlements. A number of settlements are... more..e-mail
This Week in Palestine week 46
IMEMC News - Audio DEpt, International Middle East Media Center News 11/14/2008
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This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. imemc. org, for November 8 through 14, 2008.
LEDE: The Palestinian... more..e-mail
Former SLA fighters face uncertain return to Lebanon
Rima Abushakra, Daily Star 11/15/2008
Agence France Presse - QLAYAA: Bshara Rizk awoke at dawn and headed home, making his way through mine-infested fields and climbing over a barbed-wire fence that stood between him and his native Lebanon. Bloodied but euphoric, he arrived in his hometown... more..e-mail
Barak sanctioned settlement expansion
Uri Blau, Ha’aretz 11/14/2008
Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved dozens of construction projects in the West Bank in recent months, contradicting Israel’s commitments to the Road Map, Haaretz has learned. Barak also approved the marketing of hundreds of housing units in... more..e-mail
EU parliamentarian: 'Hamas is fighting an occupation'
Cherrie Heywood, Electronic Intifada 11/13/2008
RAMALLAH (IPS) - The assault on Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat party spokesman for the environment for the north west of Britain and a member of the European Union’s parliamentary delegation to the Palestinian Legislative Council, has delivered a firm... more..e-mail
New synagogue opens old wounds in Jerusalem
Reuters, YNetNews 11/13/2008
Newly reopened temple in capital’s Old City causes concerns among local Arab residents who blame Israeli authorities for trying to shift religious balance in favor of Jews - A synagogue newly reopened in Jerusalem’s Old City has... more..e-mail
Gaza commander replacement put off due to clashes
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 11/13/2008
Swearing-in ceremony of new Gaza Division chief, Brigadier-General Eyal Eisenberg, postponed in light of ’possibility of continued attempts by Hamas and terror elements to disturb stability in the region’. Popular Resistance Committees: IDF in panic over our modest... more..e-mail
Lebanon collaborators mull leaving Israel
Middle East Online 11/13/2008
QLAYAA, Lebanon - Bshara Rizk awoke at dawn and headed home, making his way through mine-infested fields and climbing over a barbed wire fence that stood between him and his native Lebanon.
Bloodied but euphoric, he arrived in his hometown of... more..e-mail
The Sixth Week Against the Apartheid Wall takes to the streets in Argentina
Stop The Wall 11/12/2008
The Sixth Week Against the Apartheid Wall kicked off in Argentina on November 8th, with cultural activities and solidarity actions held in Lezama Park, Buenos Aires. The event was organized by a coalition of organizations, including the Movement for Peace... more..e-mail
6th Week Against the Apartheid Wall kicks off in Beita
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 11/11/2008
On November 9th and 10th, the village of Beita in the Nablus district was the site of a two-day event to kick off the 6th annual Week Against the Apartheid Wall. Organized by the Stop the Wall Campaign and the... more..e-mail
Former police commissioner joins Likud
Amnon Meranda, YNetNews 11/13/2008
Assaf Hefetz holds joint press conference with opposition leader Netanyahu, says Likud to restore public’s feeling of security - Former Police Commissioner Assaf Hefetz officially announced Thursday that he was joining the Likud
party. "We will erect an iron... more..e-mail
Mortars and rockets hit Negev, after deadly IDF raid near Gaza
Amos Harel and The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 11/13/2008
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday fired a number of mortar shells and at least two Qassam rockets at the western Negev, hours after Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed four Hamas gunmen near the Gaza border. Neither the... more..e-mail
ISM Gaza: Resistance is plowing the fields of Fukharee
International Solidarity Movement 11/12/2008
Gaza Region - Fukharee, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 11th November 2008 -
By Donna Wallac - On Tuesday 11th November 2008, four international Human Rights Observers accompanied some farmers to plow their fields for wheat, rye and lentils. The day started out with a... more..e-mail
Nablus area villages take action against settler violence
Ma’an News Agency 11/12/2008
Nablus – Ma’an – The Popular Committee against settlements and the separation wall in the West Bank city of Nablus is planning a series of actions to counter Israeli settlers’ attacks on Palestinian farmers in the area this week. According to Khalid... more..e-mail
Court orders state to explain construction in Jerusalem’s Holy Basin
Akiva Eldar, Ha’aretz 11/13/2008
The High Court of Justice last week ordered the state to explain the unauthorized construction and earthworks by government bodies near the Western Wall and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Arab residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan and... more..e-mail
Palestinians killed in Gaza raid
Al Jazeera 11/12/2008
Four Palestinian fighters have been killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers along the Gaza border. The Israeli army said one of its soldiers was also wounded in Wednesday’s clashes. The army said Palestinian fighters fired several mortar rounds... more..e-mail
IDF kills four Hamas gunmen in tactical shift in Gaza
Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Ha’aretz 11/13/2008
The Israel Defense Forces killed four Hamas gunmen near the Gaza border yesterday. Although Israel claims to remain committed to the lull (the tahadiyeh) with Hamas, the IDF has changed its tactics on the Gaza Strip border. In the past... more..e-mail
High-tech businessman Nir Barkat wins Jerusalem mayoralty
Lilach Weissman and Batya Feldman, Globes Online 11/12/2008
Barkat, an early investor in Check Point, won 52% of the vote. Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nir Barkat won the election for Jerusalem mayor yesterday, with 52% of the vote, beating haredi (ultra-orthodox) candidate Meir Porush. This was his second... more..e-mail
Jordan, Israel work to overcome regional water deficit
Ehud Zion Waldoks, Jerusalem Post 11/10/2008
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence. While Israel’s water crisis is severe and much publicized, Jordan’s is much worse.
Jordan is one of the 10 poorest countries in... more..e-mail
Talansky set for trial in NY assault case
Allison Hoffman, Jerusalem Post Correspondent, Jerusalem Post 11/11/2008
Morris Talansky, the American financier embroiled in one of the corruption probes into outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, was ordered Monday to stand trial on misdemeanor assault charges in New York.
The Long Island mogul faces up to a year... more..e-mail
The Bilbao Initiative – Civil Society Action for Justice in Palestine
Final Declaration and Action Plan, Palestine Media Center 11/6/2008
Final Declaration and Action PlanFor the past 60 years, the indigenous Palestinian people has been scattered in the Diaspora and fragmented within its homeland by walls and policies of segregation and domination. However, the Palestinian national struggle cannot be divided... more..e-mail
Hundreds of ultra-orthodox Jews pray at Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 11/9/2008
Bethlehem - Ma’an - Dozens of armored buses brought hundreds of ultra-orthodox Jewish worshippers to pray at Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Tour buses lined the streets on the western side of the seperation... more..e-mail
Border Guard officer gets 1 year for shooting illegal resident
Vered Luvitch, YNetNews 11/9/2008
Tel Aviv court rules policeman who shot Palestinian during border guard operation guilty of manslaughter only - Border Guard officer Tomer Avraham, 21, who was convicted of shooting an illegal Palestinian resident to death two years ago, will receive one year... more..e-mail
Former Chief Rabbi Lau named as chair of Yad Vashem council
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 11/9/2008
Israel’s Cabinet has named the former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau as the new chairman of the council of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. Lau, 71, is a Holocaust survivor who went on to become a respected and... more..e-mail
Jayyous villagers beaten and denied return to home
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 11/4/2008
Today Occupation forces prevented farmers from the village of Jayyous from reaching their olive groves. Two youths, Fadi Abdul-Karim and Mohammed Maaz, were beaten and arrested when they tried to harvest their families’ olives. This type of aggression from the... more..e-mail
IDF mistakenly shoots Thai migrant worker on northern border
Eli Ashkenazi, Ha’aretz 11/9/2008
Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Saturday shot and wounded a Thai migrant worker near Kibbutz Manara not far from the Lebanese border. The victim was moderately wounded. The incident occurred at around 1:00 P. M. as IDF troops were... more..e-mail
IDF operating in southern Gaza
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 11/8/2008
Troops detonate 2 explosive devices along border fence; Palestinians claim 4 injured, a claim IDF denies - IDF forces operated in Gaza early Saturday in order to neutralize two explosive devices on the Palestinian side of the borer fence between Israel... more..e-mail
IDF unit comes under anti-tank fire
Yaakov Lappin, Jerusalem Post 11/8/2008
IDF units patrolling the border fence with Gaza came under anti-tank missile fire on Saturday evening, the army said. No soldiers were hurt during the incident.
The IDF Spokesman said soldiers were on a routine patrol near the Karni Crossing... more..e-mail
IOF troops bulldoze lands in southern Gaza Strip
Palestinian Information Center 11/8/2008
KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces on Saturday advanced into east of Khuza’a town in Khan Younis district, south of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed agricultural lands, local sources said. They told PIC reporter in the area that... more..e-mail
Thai man shot on border
Hagai Einav, YNetNews 11/8/2008
IDF patrol misidentifies foreign worker as terrorist infiltrator; man hospitalized after troops suspect him of being terrorist infiltrator - A 25-year-old Thai worker from the Manara Kibbutz in northern Israel
was lightly injured, Saturday, after IDF troops along the border... more..e-mail
List of national and global activities during the Week against the Apartheid Wall
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 11/8/2008
Palestine:
The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and its popular committees have prepared in cooperation with Palestinian grassroots organizations and NGOs once again an impressive programme of resistance, featuring almost daily protests and the Third National Olive Festival, held this year in... more..e-mail
13 Qassams fired at Negev over weekend
Avi Issacharoff and Nadav Shragai, Ha’aretz 11/9/2008
Palestinian militants fired at least 13 Qassam rockets and one mortar round into Israel over the weekend from the Gaza Strip. No injuries or damage to property were reported. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the Friday launches which, along with... more..e-mail
Rice visits Jenin to tout PA success in combating terrorism
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 11/8/2008
Outgoing U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Jenin, a former militant stronghold in the West Bank, on Saturday to highlight Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ law-and-order campaign, seen as one of the few successes in slow-moving peace efforts... more..e-mail
IDF asks police, Shin Bet for info on left-wing figures active in W. Bank
Uri Blau, Ha’aretz 11/8/2008
The Israel Defense Forces has asked the Shin Bet security service and the police to provide it with information on left-wing figures active in the West Bank so it will be easier to issue restraining orders against them, Haaretz has... more..e-mail
Who Wants Arab Money?
Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai, Palestine Chronicle 11/7/2008
8217;Why should the Arabs offer their money without being assured of substantial returns?’At the height of the Asian financial crisis and meltdown of Russia in 1990s, a pundit said that Boris Yeltsin went to bed drunk and... more..e-mail
Israeli soldiers beat civillians at Al-Ma’sara demonstration; settlers bring them juice
Ma’an News Agency 11/7/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Two Palestinians were beaten by Israel soldiers during a demonstration against the separation wall in the West Bank village of Al-Ma’sara south of Bethlehem on Friday. About 200 demonstrators including international and Israeli peace activists marched between the... more..e-mail
One arrested and seven injured in Ni’lin prayer demonstration
International Solidarity Movement 11/7/2008
Ramallah RegionSix residents of Ni’lin and a Danish solidarity activist were injured today by Israeli forces as they demonstrated against the construction of the apartheid wall in the village of Ni’lin. One American solidarity activist was... more..e-mail
Political and international representatives join Bil’in in weekly protest
Ma’an News Agency 11/7/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – An increasing number of high-profile protesters have joined Bil’in residents in their weekly protest against the construction of the separation wall, organized by the local Popular Committee Against the Wall. On Friday Palestinian Minister of Traffic and Transport... more..e-mail
Renovated synagogue opens old wounds in the heart of Jerusaelm
Reuters, Ha’aretz 11/8/2008
Sixty years on, Jerusalem, where a new mayor will be elected next week, still lies at the heart of stalled efforts to broker a peace settlement. Nowhere are conflicts over land as up-close and personal as in the narrow lanes... more..e-mail
Danish woman injured by Israeli soldiers during Ni’lin protest
Ma’an News Agency 11/7/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – A Danish woman was shot with a tear-gas canister during the weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Ni’lin on Friday, and dozens of others suffered tear gas inhalation. The march proceeded as usual with protesters heading towards... more..e-mail
Bili’n demonstrators mark the fourth anniversary of Yasir Arafat’s death
International Solidarity Movement 11/7/2008
Dozens suffer from teargas inhalation during the weekly non-violent demonstration in Bil’in - Report by the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements - A protest was launched today after the Friday prayer in Bil’... more..e-mail
5 Kassam rockets slam into w. Negev
Jerusalem Post 11/7/2008
Southerners woke up to another day of rocket attacks Friday as Palestinian terrorists fired five Kassams at western Negev neighborhoods.
The rockets landed in the Sderot, Eshkol and Sha’ar Hanegev regions. No one was wounded and no damage... more..e-mail
5 Qassam rockets hit south
Shmulik Hadad, Ali Waked, YNetNews 11/7/2008
Palestinian terrorists fire two rockets at Sderot area; three more rockets land in open areas in western Negev; no injuries reported in rocket barrage. Islamic Jihad: Attacks response to ’Zionist aggression’ - Rocket attacks go on:Palestinian terrorists fired... more..e-mail
This Week in Palestine Week 45 2008
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 11/7/2008
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This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. imemc. org, for November 1st through 7, 2008
Israeli Armed troops... more..e-mail
Protecting Yanoun
Paul Adrian Raymond, MIFTAH 11/6/2008
I consider myself an immensely privileged person. While my friends back home spend the rainy British afternoons indoors, fretting about global financial meltdown and wondering if there’s any chance of sunshine this year, I sit in the shade... more..e-mail
Travesty of tolerance on display
Jonathan Cook, Electronic Intifada 11/6/2008
Israel seems to have little time for the irony that a modern Jewish shrine to "coexistence and tolerance" is being built on the graves of the city’s Muslim forefathers.
The Israeli high court’s approval last week... more..e-mail
Palestinians protest at Israeli plan to build museum on Muslim graveyard
Shawna Ohm in Jerusalem, The Independent 11/7/2008
Hundreds of Palestinians marched through the streets of Jerusalem yesterday to protest against plans to build a museum on part of a centuries-old Muslim cemetery. The Museum of Tolerance is intended to promote understanding in a city divided by ethnic... more..e-mail
Twilight Zone / Child bride
Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz 11/6/2008
The incredible story of Khaleda Ghosheh - from the birth of her first son when she was 13, to her successful career as an author and magazine publisher
The scent of aromatic candles wafted through the crammed, ornate pink-walled room. A... more..e-mail
Israeli JAG will not pursue harsher charges against Ni’lin shooter
Ma’an News Agency 11/6/2008
Bethlehem – Ma’an – An Israeli military judge said on Tuesday he would not pursue harsher charges against two Israeli soldiers in the case of a point-blank shooting of a handcuffed Palestinian detainee. The Israeli judge advocate general Brig. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit... more..e-mail
Aqsa foundation: Israel builds the biggest domed synagogue in Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center 11/5/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage revealed Tuesday that the IOA is embarking on building the biggest and tallest domed synagogue in the old town in occupied Jerusalem at the expense of the small Omari mosque... more..e-mail
Qassam hits western Negev; no injuries
Shmulik Hadad, YNetNews 11/6/2008
Rocket fired from northern Gaza Strip lands outside kibbutz near border fence; no injuries or damage reported. Tuesday night’s IDF attack on Gaza tunnel breaks months of calm as over 50 rockets are fired into Israel in two... more..e-mail
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