Jillian Kestler-D’Amours

Israel threatens to demolish German-funded solar energy systems in West Bank

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
30 March 2012
At least 500 Palestinians face total electricity cuts after Israel issued stop-work orders on solar panel and wind turbine systems in the South Hebron Hills, while illegal settlements in the area are provided with electricity and water.

8,000 West Bank children arrested since 2000, says new report

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Beit Sahour
26 March 2012
A new report examines the impact of Israeli arrests and detention on Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation.

Israel actively supports theft of Palestinian water, says new UN report

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
19 March 2012
The Israeli government has turned a blind eye — and often actively supported — the illegal takeover of water springs located on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers, according to a new report.

"I can't take part in these crimes": Israeli refusenik interviewed

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
14 March 2012
Eighteen-year-old Noam Gur, the first Israeli to reject mandatory military service this year, speaks out about refusing to partake in Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity even if it means jail time.

Interview: why Hana al-Shalabi's hunger strike is the focus of Women's Day in Palestine

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
7 March 2012
Khitam Saafin, chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, talks to The Electronic Intifada about the challenges Palestinian women face today and why Hana al-Shalabi’s hunger strike should be supported.

Radio station aims to empower Palestinian women

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Ramallah
23 February 2012
Nisaa FM is an almost entirely female-run Palestinian radio station based in Ramallah and the only radio station in the Middle East devoted solely to women’s issues.

Court gives Israel "licence to pillage" West Bank, say rights groups

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
22 February 2012
After a recent Israeli high court decision allowed Israeli companies to maintain quarrying and mining activities in the occupied West Bank, human rights activists say the decision has opened the door to Israel’s pillaging of other Palestinian resources.

East Jerusalem cinema reopens after 25 years

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
20 February 2012
Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem can once again go to the movies, now that Al Quds Cinema has reopened its doors after being closed for 25 years.

Israel's impunity challenged by torture victim in Jerusalem

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
East Jerusalem
28 December 2011
An important precedent was recently set that could challenge the entrenched system of impunity for Israeli interrogators who torture and abuse Palestinian detainees.

Israel jails asylum seekers, labels them "infiltrators"

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Tel Aviv
5 December 2011
An amendment to Israel’s “Prevention of Infiltration” law will mean prison time for asylum seekers and their children — as well as for those who offer them humanitarian aid.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Jillian Kestler-D'Amours