http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/786     Occupied Palestine, 30 November 2010 - "May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence‟, pleaded intellectual Bertrand Russell at the first meeting of the citizens' War Crimes Tribunal that investigated US war crimes during its war on Vietnam.1 At a time when little was known in the wider public about US conduct in Vietnam, the tribunal … [read more]

by PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity),# 511 Nov 26th 2010 "For those of us who live here, it is something we take for granted. But visitors from abroad cannot believe their eyes."     Under the guise of the deceptively mundane name "Amendment to the Cooperative Associations Bill," the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) has finalized a … [read more]

PCHR- Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Press Release, 25. November 2010 On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Let our Motto be: No to Silence on Violence against Palestinian Women     On 25 November of every year, the world celebrates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which was adopted by the UN on 17 … [read more]

by Jeff Halper Struggling as I have for the past decades to grasp the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and find ways to get out of this interminable and absolutely superfluous conflict, I have been two-thirds successful. After many years of activism and analysis, I think I have put my finger on the first third of the equation: What is the problem? My answer, which has withstood the … [read more]

from BDS Movement, Occupied Palestine, November 2010 http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/785   Veolia and Alstom, the two French companies involved in the construction and management of a tramway linking west Jerusalem with illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory, described by the UN Human Rights Council as a “clear violation of international law and … [read more]

Occupied Palestine, 23 November 2010 The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) urges the French government to immediately cease all undemocratic, repressive measures against its own conscientious citizens who promote or engage in non-violent boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel until it complies with international law. The BNC also … [read more]

Bill stipulates a two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum on any potential land-for-peace deal concluded with Arabs. AlJazeera.net; November 22, 2010 Israel's parliament, backed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has approved a law that requires a two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum on any potential land-for-peace deal concluded with Arab neighbours.     The … [read more]

Sophie Crowe, Palestine Monitor, November 15, 2010 High unemployment and restrictions on travel into Israel have forced 25,000 labourers into working on Israeli-owned industrial zones in the West Bank. Beyond the reach of PA control, these workers are exploited by their Israeli employers.   "The settlement factories are manned primarily by Palestinian labourers, who work in … [read more]

The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) held a seminar yesterday, Friday 12th November, in central London to release a comprehensive Atlas of Palestine from 1917-1966. The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) held a seminar yesterday, Friday 12th November, in central London to release a comprehensive Atlas of Palestine from 1917-1966. This is a vital piece of work documenting history, landscape and … [read more]

Middle East Monitor, November 11, 2010 The Director of Operation for the UN Relief and Works Agency [UNRWA] in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, has confirmed that "no tangible change" has occurred to the lives of Gaza's people since Israel announced it would ease its economic blockade of the Strip last June.     Israel's announcement that it would lift some of the restrictions … [read more]

Palestinian Information Center, November 11, 2010 GAZA, (PIC)-- Amid plummeting medical conditions in the Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry warned Wednesday that around 80 basic drugs have become out of stock.     Dr. Muneer Al-Bursh, the ministry’s pharmaceutical director wrote to the media: The most important of these drugs are those used in the nursery … [read more]

by Seumas Milne, November 11, 2010 With the peace process going nowhere, common experience on both sides of the Green Line is creating a new reality In a quiet street in the Sheikh Jarrah district of occupied East Jerusalem 88-year-old Rifka al-Kurd is explaining how she came to live in the house she and her husband built as Palestinian refugees in the 1950s. As she speaks, three young … [read more]