Monday, February 11th, 2008
By Jessica Frederick
HEBRON - Palestinian residents of the Beqa’a Valley are in danger of losing eleven homes and their health clinic. The clinic is currently under construction. The Israeli Civil Administration issued orders to the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) to demolish the homes and clinic by 14 February.
Residents in the valley have been [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Warning - PG: Recommended for mature audiences only.
Israeli Soldiers Bare All In South Hebron Hills:
Soldiers Expose themselves to Palestinian Shepherds as Part of Ongoing Harassment
Rate the video at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA2a7KF9sxA
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Friday, January 12 2008, soldiers from the Israeli Army displayed their buttocks in an exhibition known colloquially as “mooning” [...]
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
First from Gaza. It’s the ordinary Palestinians that are being harmed by Israel’s decision to cut back fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip:
Gaza has been virtually cut off from the outside world since Hamas seized control of the strip in June. Its economy has been crippled by Israeli sanctions and checkpoints. Israel insists the restrictions [...]
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
* * * NOT SATIRE * * *
Rightist manifesto: Settler evacuation is ‘crime against humanity’
By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent
By: Carlos LatuffAbout 150 right-wing activists, including academics and Israel Defense Forces reserves officers, have signed a manifesto to be published Friday calling on security forces to refuse evacuating West Bank settlers on the grounds that it [...]
Posted in Israel, Palestine, War Crimes | 3 Comments »
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Via: B’TSELEM - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Qalqiliya, 29 August 2007: Extensive destruction of houses and gross humiliation of residents
Around four o’clock in the morning of 29 August 2007, a large contingent of soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers, entered the Naqar neighborhood of Qalqiliya. According to the media, the soldiers [...]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
But the Israelis really, really, and I mean really want peace. Honest, they do… but it would be so much pleasant to have peace if they had ALL the land, the Palestinians were either dead, in prison, or moved over to Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, even Iran…. as Israel’s infrastructure Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s political [...]
Posted in Israel, Palestine, War, War Crimes, West Bank, Zionism | 6 Comments »
Monday, June 25th, 2007
This blog needs an urgent resuscitation … a sentence which is an oxymoron in itself as every resuscitation is urgent.
I am tired of posting articles exclusively, interesting and up to date as they may be - I need something more alive. I like interaction with people, feedback - I hate having monologues. Talking to a [...]
Posted in Guest Blogger, Palestine, West Bank | 3 Comments »
Friday, May 4th, 2007
From Mexican director Carolina Rivas and cinematographer Daoud Sarhandi comes this elegant and visually breathtaking new film about the Palestinian experience.
The Amer family lives surrounded by the infamous West Bank Segregation Wall, where their daily lives are dominated by electrified fences, locked gates and a constant swarm of armed Israeli soldiers.
This unique and intimate documentary [...]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
June 2007 marks the 40-year anniversary of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights.
The ICNP (International Coordination Network on Palestine) has launched during last year’s annual UN civil society conference on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people a global Call for Action Days on June 9-10, [...]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
When you give a camera to a ‘normal kid’, what photos do you expect to see? Usually the child’s toys, favorite pet, the latest gift the child received from mom, his/her bike, maybe some photos from next birthday party.
But what if you gave the same camera to a Palestinian child from Balata* refugee camp, what [...]
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