What's New on EI?
This page offers an extended What's New? section that lists the latest additons to EI in reverse chronological order, with descriptive summaries and thumbnail images.
Palestine :
Diaries: Live from Palestine:
A mother's grief
Rami Almeghari, Live from Palestine, 9 February 2010
Nejoud al-Ashqar is a 30-year-old mother from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya. Two of her sons, Bilal, 5, and Mohammad, 6, were killed during Israel's invasion of Gaza last winter. Al-Ashqar also lost her right arm in the assault. EI contributor Rami Almeghari writes from Gaza about the hardships endured by the al-Ashqar family since the Israeli invasion. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Jerusalem mayor to raze 200 Palestinian homes
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 9 February 2010
Jerusalem's mayor threatened last week to demolish 200 homes in Palestinian neighborhoods of the city in an act even he conceded would probably bring long-simmering tensions over housing in East Jerusalem to a boil. His uncompromising stance is the latest stage in a protracted legal battle over a single building towering above the jumble of modest homes of Silwan. Jonathan Cook reports from Jerusalem. [MORE]
Palestine :
Opinion/Editorial:
United solidarity with Gaza
Philip Rizk, The Electronic Intifada, 8 February 2010
Once the Gaza Freedom March arrived in Cairo I repeatedly heard justification that organizers did not want to put Egyptian protesters at risk. Yet, Egyptians regularly protest in Egypt despite the risks. For a group of outsiders to justify the exclusion of our involvement without asking our opinion -- in spite of the good intentions of "protecting" us -- felt paternalistic and demeaning. Philip Rizk comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Justice denied in Gaza
Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 8 February 2010
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel's indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 -- which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead -- could be waiting in vain. The Israeli government has taken the offensive in the propaganda battle and attacked United Nations-appointed Justice Richard Goldstone's report into war crimes committed during the war. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Israel slaps six-month travel ban on Palestinian map expert
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2010
Citing "security reasons" -- the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense -- Israel's Ministry of the Interior has just issued a six-month travel ban on map expert Khalil Tafakji. Tafakji, like almost all other Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, is a "permanent resident," but not a citizen of Israel. Marian Houk reports. [MORE]
Palestine :
Activism News:
Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2010
French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The light rail project is part of the "Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan" sponsored by the Israeli government and the Jerusalem municipality. Adri Nieuwhof reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Palestine :
Art, Music & Culture:
Naseer Shamma and the music of resistance
Stefan Christoff, The Electronic Intifada, 4 February 2010
Celebrated Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma plays emotive compositions in beautiful tones on the oud to major audiences across the Middle East, stirring musical reflections on human realities in US-occupied Iraq. Although Iraqi current affairs are clearly interwoven into Shamma's sound, it is also unique musical talent that has earned Shamma a reputation as one of the world's preeminent oud players. Stefan Christoff profiles Shamma for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Report: Israel stole $2 billion from Palestinian workers
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 4 February 2010
Over the past four decades Israel has defrauded Palestinians working inside Israel of more than $2 billion by deducting from their salaries contributions for welfare benefits to which they were never entitled, Israeli economists have revealed. A new report, "State Robbery," to be published later this month, says the "theft" continued even after the Palestinian Authority was established in 1994. Jonathan Cook reports. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Raze illegal buildings -- unless they are Jewish
Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler , The Electronic Intifada, 4 February 2010
SILWAN, occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - Backed by armed security men, the municipal inspectors race their jeeps through the narrow alleyways and up a hillside crowded with buildings. One block of flats stands out for its unusual seven-story height in an area of the city where two or three storied buildings are the norm. And then there is the giant, blue-and-white Israeli national flag draped demonstratively over the front of the building, from the roof down to the ground. [MORE]
Palestine :
Development:
Nightmares continue to plague Gaza children
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 3 February 2010
OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP (IRIN) - Mona al-Samouni, 12, is depressed and has nightmares about the day -- just more than a year ago -- when she witnessed her parents and a number of relatives being shot by Israeli soldiers in their home in Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City. Like a number of other children who witnessed horrific events during last year's 23-day Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, Mona has become increasingly withdrawn and silent -- common ways of coping with tragedies, doctors say. [MORE]
Palestine :
Israel Lobby Watch:
Pro-Israel lobbies target Europe
David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 3 February 2010
BRUSSELS (IPS) - Defenders of Israel's aggressive stance have for many years been recognized as a powerful force shaping United States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby has been making a concerted effort to strengthen its presence in Europe. The lobby's determination to make an impression on European Union (EU) policy-makers was exemplified by a new booklet published on 28 January. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Canadian organization attacking Palestinian rights groups
Press release, Various undersigned, 3 February 2010
The Board of Directors of Rights & Democracy, a not-for-profit organization created by Canada's parliament in 1988 to encourage and support human rights around the world, recently voted, with substantial objection, to repudiate grants given to Al-Haq and Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights, two well-known Palestinian human rights organizations located respectively in the West Bank and in Gaza. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Interview: "We need a new, united strategy as one people"
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 3 February 2010
The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA), based in Nazareth, is one of the first human rights organizations in Israel, founded during the first Palestinian intifada by lawyers and community activists to monitor human rights violations. The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof recently interviewed Mohammad Zeidan, the general director of HRA. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Palestinian politicians face tide of persecution in Israel
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 2 February 2010
Leaders of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel warned this week that they were facing an unprecedented campaign of persecution designed to stop their political activities. The warning came after Said Nafaa, a Druze member of the Israeli parliament was stripped of his immunity last week, clearing the way for him to be tried for a visit to Syria three years ago. Jonathan Cook reports. [MORE]
Palestine :
Human Rights:
Palestinians unfairly stripped of citizenship in Jordan
Charles Fromm, The Electronic Intifada, 2 February 2010
WASHINGTON, (IPS) - The Jordanian government should halt the arbitrary revocation of nationality from its citizens of Palestinian origin, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Monday. The report, "Stateless Again: Palestinian-Origin Jordanians Deprived of their Nationality," details the Jordanian government's efforts to strip more than 2,700 Jordanians of their citizenship between 2004 and 2008. [MORE]
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