Bethlehem

Palestinian Authority minister flees criticism at boycott conference

Jawad Naji’s thugs later beat up a Palestinian boycott activist who publically denounced Mahmoud Abbas.

Hunger strike marks "turning point" in fight against Israel's deportations, says rights group

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Abeyat
25 April 2013

Samer Issawi has won a pledge to be allowed return to Jerusalem, after refusing Israel’s offers of exile.

Dheisheh camp "university" questions what it means to be a refugee

Daryl Meador
Dheisheh refugee camp
26 March 2013

Campus on Campus participant believes refugee camps should be seen as “homelands.”

G4S equips the apartheid wall, Israel confirms

Eight years after it was declared illegal by the International Court of Justice, Israel’s wall in the West Bank is still being serviced by a British-Danish firm.

Despite claims, Ikea Israel refuses to deliver to Palestinians in West Bank while serving settlers

New information reveals that Ikea refuses home delivery to Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

Even Israeli agency warns of wall's damage to Battir, historic West Bank village

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Battir
1 October 2012
Historic village of Battir faces damage, an official Israeli body has warned.

Palestinians voice anger as prices rocket, wages stagnate

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Bethlehem
12 September 2012

Thousands took to the streets this week to protest high costs of living and the Palestinian Authority’s economic policies.

Rooftop gardens project aims to reduce refugees' dependence on aid

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Dheisheh refugee camp
10 September 2012

Growing vegetables in rooftop gardens empowers Palestinian families who live in an overcrowded refugee camp.

Harsh economic and social conditions contribute to violence against Palestinian women

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Bethlehem
20 August 2012
After the brutal murder of a Palestinian woman by her husband, local human rights groups are pushing for stronger reforms to stem violence against women in Palestine.

Salesian Nuns and Priests to be separated by Apartheid Wall

If the Israeli government succeeds in extending the Apartheid Wall through Beit Jala, the Salesian Sisters of Cremisan will be on one side, and the school children they have taught for many years on the other.

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