West Bank

Translated: French parliament report on Israel's water apartheid

Submitted by Ben White on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 08:34

A translation of a section from the French parliament’s report on apartheid and Israel’s control of West Bank water resources.

Interview: "Everyone can help Welcome to Palestine 2012"

Adri Nieuwhof
19 December 2011

Large numbers of international activists plan to Tel Aviv as part of the Welcome to Palestine 2012 initiative to assert the right of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to receive visitors.

The story of the watermelon and the forty prisoners

Ameer Makhoul
Gilboa Prison
19 September 2011

Palestinian political prisoner Ameer Makhoul writes about a recent “watermelon party” amongst fellow prisoners, and the struggle for liberation that continues.

Operation Establish a Sovereign Bantustan

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 11:16

If we can’t learn from recent history, what will we ever achieve? We are being lured into a trap where the rights of millions of dispossessed refugees are at risk, but who is listening?

Press release for "Knocking on Jerusalem's doors" event #Aug26

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 23:24

On the last Friday of Ramadan, mass peaceful protests will take place under “Knocking on Jerusalem’s doors” slogan. Palestinians, Israelis and International activists will gather on four gates which lead to Jerusalem. More details in the press release below.

Busting the myth of the West Bank "economic boom"

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 16:29

One of the big lies that the peace process industry has been telling for the past few years is of an economic boom in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, brought about by the supposedly competent, technocratic rule of the handpicked, US-backed “prime minister” Salam Fayyad and the Palestinian Authority.

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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