Israel guilty of war crimes in Gaza assault

Friday, 12 August 2011 Colin Nevin (Write Back, August 10) states: “The Israeli government was lambasted internationally for every move it made in self-defence in Gaza, which was later exonerated by the findings of the Goldstone Report.”This is not correct: the fact-finding mission found prima facie evidence that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against […]

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‫النبي صالح | Nabi Saleh Demo‬‎ | Aug 12, 2011 – video

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UN Report criticises Israeli policies which displace Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

  Friday, 12 August 2011 15:45 | MEMO The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has issued a report looking at the policies of the Israeli government which lead to the displacement of Palestinians. “Displacement and Insecurity in Area C of the West Bank” records that there are clear displacement patterns […]

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Fanatic Jewish settlers regularly attack Palestinians at Iftar time

[ 12/08/2011 – 03:07 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Fanatic Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the old city in al-Khalil on Wednesday evening for the second time in two days. The attacks take place when families gather at sunset to break their fast (Iftar). Settlers from the Yeshai settlement built on confiscated Palestinian land at […]

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Officer dismissed after 11 Israel soldiers go AWOL

Aug 12, 2011 | Maan News Agency TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — An Israeli sergeant-major was dismissed Thursday, after 11 of his soldiers went absent without leave in protest of poor service conditions, Israeli media reported. An inquiry faulted the officer’s actions but also criticized the conduct of the company commander and the platoon commander […]

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Israel limits access to al-Aqsa Mosque

  PressTV –  Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:40AM GMT File photo of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) Israeli police forces have been deployed en masse to once again limit Palestinian access to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) during the holy month of Ramadan. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have […]

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IOF troops arrest Imam of Tulkarem Mosque

[ 12/08/2011 – 11:53 AM ] TULKAREM, (PIC)– IOF troops on Thursday arrested Sheikh Laith Attili, Imam of the Ali Ibn Abu Taleb Mosque, in the village of Attil in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, according to Ahrar centre for prisoners’ studies. The Ahrar centre was told by a source close to Attili […]

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The Tent Protests in Israel

  By Jeff Halper | Palestine Chronicle | Aug 11, 2011 The demonstrations currently roiling Israel constitute a grassroots challenge to Israel’s neo-liberal regime.  Beginning as an uprising of the middle classes – especially young people who have trouble finding affordable housing – it has spread to the working class, the poor, and the Arab […]

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Refusing to Be Enemies – Book Review

By Jim Miles | Palestine Chronicle | Aug 11, 2011 Refusing to be Enemies – Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation.  Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta.  Ithaca Press (Garnet Publishing, Reading, UK), 2011. Israel has always indicated that there is no partner for peace in its relationships with the Palestinian people.  Refusing to be Enemies […]

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Israeli army arrests activists in West Bank

Eleven people detained after clashes erupt during protest against building of separation barrier in village of Walaja. Last Modified: 10 Aug 2011 19:28 Those arrested included Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protesting against the construction of a barrier Israeli army troops have arrested 11 people after clashes erupted during a demonstration in Walaja, a village […]

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The road to New York goes through Lebanon and Qatar

By Bassam Abu Eid | Maan News Agency | Aug 11, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — As the Palestinian UN bid for recognition approaches in September, two Arab countries will hold key positions in both the Security Council and General Assembly, adding momentum to Palestinian diplomatic efforts to gain statehood. Lebanon is set to head the […]

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Families Cry Out for Palestinian Prisoners

ingaza weblog | July 25, 2011 For eight years, Umm Bilal has not been able to see her son in Israeli prison. GAZA CITY, Jul 25, 2011 (IPS) – By Eva Bartlett “We could enter the Guinness book of records for the longest running weekly sit- ins in the world,” Nasser Farrah, from the Palestinian […]

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US Mideast policy: Well on its way to total irrelevance

Wednesday, August 10 2011| Noam Sheizaf | + 972 Magazine By following Jerusalem’s lead regarding the Palestinian UN bid, the United State is diminishing its own position in the region, and actually proving that the Palestinians have nothing to hope for in negotiations with Israel President Barack Obama at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2011 (photo: […]

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Number of West Bankers who refuse to comply with summonses on the rise

[ 10/08/2011 – 04:56 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The number of Palestinian citizens who jointed the youth campaign against summonses issued arbitrarily by the Palestinian authority security apparatuses in the West Bank has risen since the signing of the national reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah factions. A Palestinian youth campaign active in the West […]

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PA proves ‘unserious’ about reconciliation

[ 10/08/2011 – 04:40 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian MP Ahmed Abdul-Aziz Mubarak (Ramallah) said Wednesday that continued persecution of Hamas in the West Bank concludes that the Palestinian Authority has no control over its security forces and is not serious about the reconciliation process. He said the PA has been using reconciliation as a […]

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