UN human rights rapporteur says world court should question Israeli occupation

Israel is very critical of Falk for his courageous reports on its human rights violations against the Palestinians. Earlier this year, Israel’s main ally and protector, the United States, questioned Falk’s capabilities in the role of rapporteur. He defended himself by pointing out that he is only doing his job Middle East Monitor | Wednesday, […]

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With total disregard for Int’l Law: Israel begins work on 620 illegal settler units in East al-Quds

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Al Ray Agencies – Sept 5, 2013 Press TV – Israeli bulldozers have started to level the Palestinian land for the construction of 620 more illegal housing units in the settlement of Pisgat […]

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Israeli settlements are illegal, what’s next?

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Al Ray Agencies | Aug 14, 2013 By Motasem A Dalloul Memo – As the Israeli government announced the building of some 1200 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank and Israeli […]

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Arab Sell-Out Part 2: Accepting concept of land swaps strengthens culture of concessions, claims Hamas

MEMO | April 1, 2013 Yesterday, the Arab League agreed to endorse a peace plan that would allow Israel to keep it’s large illegal settlements in the West Bank The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed its concern that an agreement over land swaps with Israel will lead the Palestinian Authority and Arab world even […]

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Europe’s Odd Policy In Palestine ~ by Ramzy Baroud

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Ramzy Baroud | OpEdNews | March 15, 2013 More bad news emerged from Israel in recent weeks. It’s not that good news has the habit of being associated with Israel, its military occupation, […]

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Peace Now: 100 new outposts in the West Bank

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 08/01/2013 – 08:25 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Peace Now denounced the Israeli government’s decision to approve two outposts, Rehelim and Nofei Nehemia, and to declare them as a new settlements in […]

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Israel should end settler impunity for violence

MEMO | Sept 25, 2012 Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have deplored Israel’s ongoing violations against Palestinians and called for an immediate halt to Israeli disregard for human rights and international humanitarian law. In her presentation during a panel discussion on human rights violations in the occupied Palestine territories and […]

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IOF soldiers serve demolition notices in Jordan Valley

[ PIC 08/03/2012 – 09:38 AM ] JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served demolition notices to the owners of two houses in the Jordan Valley and told them they should evict their homes within three days because of their proximity to IOF barracks. The municipal council of Wadi Al-Maleh in the Valley denounced […]

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Turtles in Aqraba

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map Jonas Weber | 10 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Planting trees in Aqraba “Hurry up you turtles!” Wael yelled in the distance. He had suddenly turned this walk into some kind of contest. We skipped across the rocky landscape of Palestine, […]

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Committee: Israel to build new bypass road south of Bethlehem

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category Maan News Agency | Sept 28, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities notified the municipality of Beit Ummar on Wednesday of plans to build a bypass road which will annex over 800 dunams of village land, a local committee spokesman said. Mohammed Awad, spokesman […]

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Jewish settlers set Palestinian fields on fire

[ 05/08/2011 – 05:25 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC) Fanatic Jewish settlers on Thursday evening set fire to Palestinian agricultural fields in the village of Bourin to the south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ali Eid, head of the Bourin village council, told PIC that a number of Jewish settlers set fields planted […]

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TO BOYCOTT OR NOT TO BOYCOTT … THAT WAS THE QUESTION

Posted by desertpeace on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 7:47 am. NOW WE HAVE AN ANSWER The major issue is that the settlement boycott has nothing to do with the actual Palestinian BDS call which is designed to isolate Israel until it abides by international law in the occupied Palestinian territories. By co-opting the BDS movement […]

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PLACE THE SETTLEMENTS UNDER SIEGE, NOT PALESTINE

Posted by desertpeace on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 11:01 am. (Just a few recent instances) According to a report published by the United Nation’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,  during the olive harvest some 50 attacks against Palestinians were reported. It was 17 years ago on Purim day that a crazed settler from the […]

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Israeli Justification for Hatred

March 18, 2011 at 10:36 by DesertPeace Israel, which has killed hundreds, if not thousands of Palestinians, including children, knowingly and therefore deliberately, was in no mood to let the matter calm down. Instead, Israeli officials and media were busy trying to reap the maximum propaganda dividend from the tragic incident. From tragedy to useful […]

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PAVLOVIAN RACISM

March 16, 2011 at 12:39  by desertpeace Why is it that Israel refuses to even investigate the possibility that the horrendous murder of an Israeli family of settlers might have been done by a NON Palestinian? It was reported yesterday on an Arab news site that the suspect in the killing was a disgruntled Asian worker. […]

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