East Jerusalem

Mother still restricted from visiting son after his release from prison

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
18 October 2011
Israel is deporting more than 140 released Palestinian prisoners to Gaza permanently, despite many being from Jerusalem and elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. Their families, therefore, remain unable to see their loved ones.

Forced Israeli curriculum violates Palestinians' education rights

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
17 October 2011
A plan to force Palestinian schools in occupied East Jerusalem to only use textbooks assembled and published by the Israeli ministry of education is part of an ongoing attempt to erase Palestinian identity, history and culture from the city.

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.

Strikes likely as Israel forces curriculum on East Jerusalem schools

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
12 July 2011
Widespread strikes could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year as an Israeli-controlled municipality moves ahead with its plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools.

US citizen in Jerusalem arrest video speaks to EI

Maureen Clare Murphy
14 June 2011
Lucas Koerner, the young American Jewish university student shown violently arrested in a Jerusalem Day video, speaks to The Electronic Intifada about his activism and what happened after his arrest.

Guardian/B'Tselem video project documents state of siege in East Jerusalem

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 03:10
This month the Guardian (UK) and B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, published a series of videos that powerfully document the state of siege in occupied East Jerusalem. Six cameras were given to Jerusalem residents — four to Palestinians and two to Israelis.

Policy that cleansed 140,000 Palestinians from W. Bank still imposed on Jerusalemites

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 21:07

An Israeli legal advisor has admitted that the state stripped residency rights from more than 140,000 Palestinians between 1967-1994, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported today.

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