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 ultra-orthodox Jewish settlers swagger in to stake their claim to ...
By Haidar Eid - Gaza
In 'The Music of the Violin,' a short story by South African writer Njabulo Ndebele, one of the characters comments on the 'concessions' made by the apartheid regime to the indigenous people: "That's how it is planned. That we be given a little of everything, and so prize the little we have that we forget about freedom."
This is what the endless “peace process” looks like seen from Gaza, where we live under a ...
PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 508, Nov 5th, 2010
Israel’s Intelligence and Atomic Energy Minister Dan Meridor cancelled a visit to London England on Monday, after receiving information that he might face a lawsuit or an arrest warrant upon arrival.
The Foreign Ministry and the Justice Ministry notified Meridor that he might face charges connected to his role in the Israeli army’s assault on the Gaza-bound ship Mavi Marmara on ...
AlJazeera.net, October 27, 2010
Violent clashes have broken out between Palestinian-Israelis and Israeli police in response to a demonstration by members of a right-wing Jewish group in the town of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel.
Israeli police fired tear gas at a crowd of Palestinian-Israelis who had gathered to protest against the march by about 70 Our Land of Israel supporters through the mainly Arab town. The Jewish protesters were ...
20-22 November - Registration now open
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London session, November 2010
London proposal document
After establishing the responsibilities and obligations of corporations under international law, this session will assess the conduct of a series of companies regarding different aspects of Israel’s ...
Palestine Monitor, November 1, 2010
The Office for The Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) Protection of Civilians report announced this week that 1,000 Palestinians have now been injured by Israeli forces during 2010. The figure is a 38% increase on the last year’s total for the same time frame.
The landmark was reached during the most recent weekly demonstrations against the Separation Barrier, which have been ...
