Charlotte Silver

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.

In West Bank, tentative steps toward unity

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
10 May 2011
Hamas supporters took the streets of Ramallah last week for the first time in four years to celebrate the recently-signed national reconciliation agreement. Not everyone is unreservedly euphoric over the pact, however.

Village remains under siege weeks after settlement murders

Charlotte Silver
8 April 2011

Under the guise of an investigation into the murders of the Fogel family in a nearby settlement, Israel laid siege to Awarta village though the identity of the perpetrator of the attack is unknown.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Charlotte Silver