Charlotte Silver

Palestinian Authority silent as Israel consolidates fuel monopoly

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
11 May 2012

Israel’s monopoly over distribution of fuel to the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has yet to be challenged by the Palestinian Authority.

Israel causes $66 million worth of damage to EU-funded aid projects

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
4 April 2012

A new report by the European Commission indicates that 82 humanitarian aid projects that it funded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were destroyed or damaged by Israeli military attacks between 2001-2011.

Stealing Palestine's resources is illegal, despite Israeli court ruling

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
7 February 2012

Israel’s illegal acts of resource pillaging in the occupied West Bank are “benefitting” the Palestinian population, according to the Israeli high court.

Palestinian families denied rights by Israel's racist marriage laws

Charlotte Silver
27 January 2012

An Israeli law forbidding Palestinians gaining citizenship upon marrying an Israeli leaves thousands of families in limbo.

Tristan Anderson civil suit delayed as new evidence emerges

Charlotte Silver
3 December 2011

A civil suit filed by the family of Tristan Anderson, a US activist seriously injured by the Israeli army during a protest, has been delayed due to the revelation of new material evidence.

Kangaroo court won't deliver justice over Itamar killings

Charlotte Silver
West Bank
13 September 2011

The gross display of collective punishment following the murder of a settler family in Itamar caused the investigation to lose legitimacy in the eyes of Palestinians and legal and human rights organizations. And Israel’s military court system guarantees that the victims and the accused will not see justice.

Donors help keep Palestinians in cages

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
16 August 2011

International aid donors are using Palestine as a laboratory for a neo-liberal economic experiment.

Women prisoners tell their stories in "Suspended Lives"

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
22 July 2011

Suspended Lives, a photography exhibition that profiles ten women and their incarceration in Israeli prisons, is part of the UN Women’s project “Palestinian Female Prisoners in Israeli Prison,” which aims to uphold and advocate for the rights of Palestinian female prisoners.

Corrie lawyers expose army smear campaign against ISM

Charlotte Silver
26 May 2011

Israeli army spokesperson Brigadier General Ruth Yaron testified this week in what was expected to be the final hearing of the Rachel Corrie trial, now in its fifteenth month of oral testimonies.

Izbat al-Tabib village resists land confiscation, demolition orders

Charlotte Silver
24 May 2011

One may not expect to see construction in a village where approximately 80 percent of the homes are currently pending demolition. But in Izbat al-Tabib, a small village in the occupied West Bank, that is just what one will find.

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