by Rory McCarthy Evictions and planning decisions on the ground are jeopardising prospects for a two-state Middle East peace deal from: http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=63995&s2=09 March 8, 2010     In the brochure handed out by the mayor's office in Jerusalem last week, there were pretty sketches illustrating a development that would turn a poor, crowded area into a … [read more]

by Pam Rasmussen, t r u t h o u t, March 8, 2010 from: http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=63996&s2=09 When I wrote last, I was still in Cairo, beginning to lose hope. However, shortly after, a friend at the UN Relief & Works Agency (UNRWA) was miraculously able to get me into Gaza through Israel's Erez Crossing. In a shockingly quick two days, I was in! Among my first activities … [read more]

Growing Israeli trend towards anti-democratic legislation, PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 474, March 12, 2010 Leaders of the Arab minority in Israel warned this week that they were facing an unprecedented campaign of persecution designed to stop their political activities. The campaign is backed by the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu.     The warning came … [read more]

Palestinians working inside Israel have been defrauded of more than US $2 billion say Israeli economists PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 473, March 5th, 2010 Jerusalem - Israel has defrauded Palestinian workers of more than US$2 billion by deducting from their salaries contributions for welfare benefits to which they were never entitled, Israeli economists revealed this … [read more]

For the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30/5/2010 Call for participation in the preparations   For more than a hundred years, our Palestinian people suffer from the robbery of their national and human rights. The majority of Palestinians are refugees dispersed all around the world. Gaza, which stands strong in its … [read more]

For the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30/5/2010 For more than a hundred years, our Palestinian people suffer from the robbery of their national and human rights. The majority of Palestinians are refugees dispersed all around the world. Gaza, which stands strong in its resistance to the occupation, is subjected to intense … [read more]

Amira Hass The year 2009 was the quietest for Israelis from the security point of view and the most violent for the Palestinians from the point of view of attacks by settlers in the West Bank." Just as he was saying this - as an example of one of the absurdities that characterize the political situation - Palestinian Agriculture Minister Ismail Daiq received a phone call from the Jenin district … [read more]

For the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30/5/2010 Call for participation in the preparation*   For more than a hundred years, our Palestinian people suffer from the robbery of their national and human rights. The majority of Palestinians are refugees dispersed all around the world. Gaza, which stands strong in its … [read more]

The use of white phosphorus and other weapons containing toxic metals have triggered a startling increase in birth defects in Gaza By Mariam Hamed Special to Palestine Note, February 16, 2010 In Gaza's hospitals, one might see peculiar, near-alien looking objects in the maternity ward.  Is this child human, or is it from another planet, escaped from some Hollywood movie? The … [read more]

The use of white phosphorus and other weapons containing toxic metals have triggered a startling increase in birth defects in Gaza By Mariam Hamed   Special to Palestine Note, February 16, 2010  In Gaza's hospitals, one might see peculiar, near-alien looking objects in the maternity ward.  Is this child human, or is it from another planet, escaped from some … [read more]

UK, February 19, 2010 (The Palestine Telegraph; by Ramy Abdu) - British Middle East policy in the human rights arena has long been suspect. Evidence of this is plentiful: its complicity with the United States in misleading the public to go along with the war on Iraq, our support for ongoing drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Britain's obvious silence on Israel's collective … [read more]

Participants of Freedom to Palestine Convoy gathered at the IHH head office, Istanbul. IHH President presented certificates of gratitude to the participants and signaled another aid convoy by sea. He reiterated foundation’s determination of organizing convoys unt  The people who took part in last month’s Freedom to Palestine Convoy met at the head office of the IHH Humanitarian Relief … [read more]