11 October 2011
In the de facto one state that exists between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River, Israeli authorities are currently planning mass expulsions of around 60,000 Palestinians, specifically in order to free up more territory for Jewish settlement. Read more about Israel plans expulsion of some 60,000 Bedouin Palestinians
11 October 2011
The US Congress has voted to freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority worth $200 million. The common theme of the freeze is the disruption of activities that might reinforce the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) drive for statehood. Read more about US aid freeze designed to further punish Palestinians
11 October 2011
In solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held under harsh conditions in Israel’s jails, a new twitter trend emerged today from Gaza. The trend is #TweepStrike and is an open invitation to everyone across the globe to go on a hunger strike on Wednesday Sept. 12th. Read more about #TweepStrike: A Call from Gaza to Support Palestinian Prisoners
Haifa 10 October 2011
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continue to hunger strike and commit other acts of civil disobedience to demand basic human rights. Meanwhile, activists in Palestine and around the world hold hunger strikes in solidarity. Read more about Hunger strikes will continue until prisoners' demands respected
10 October 2011
The UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has rejected a formal complaint by PLO “chief negotiator” Saeb Erekat that Al Jazeera English had treated him unfairly in its programs on the Palestine Papers, broadcast over four consecutive nights from 23-26 January. Read more about UK TV regulator rejects Saeb Erekat complaint of unfair coverage of Palestine Papers
10 October 2011
While the hunger strike and actions of disobedience by Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails is gaining momentum, the support for the prisoners is growing. Read more about Support for Palestinian political prisoners is gaining momentum
9 October 2011
Nicolas Kristof, the venerable New York Times columnist and champion of foreign policy liberalism, wrote a pretty middling article a couple of days ago, called “Is Israel its Own Worst Enemy?” Kristof has a sort of Groundhog Day dynamic with the Palestine-Israel conflict; every once in a while, he wakes up and rattles off an anguished column, mourning the radicals on both sides that make “pe Read more about Dire Consequences for Backing the US State Department's Consensus on the Two State Solution
8 October 2011
The UK’s Home Secretary Theresa May seems to have a serious problem with the truth, as demonstrated by both this week’s “cat fight” at the Conservative Party conference, and her relativist attitude to the truth about Sheikh Raed Salah’s real words. Read more about Salah ban: Theresa May's serious problem with the truth
7 October 2011
My recent expose on how the British government colluded with the Community Security Trust (CST) to ban Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah from the country seems to have annoyed the CST. They replied today with a long and rather defensive, anonymous post on their blog. It is full of telling comments. To me it reeks of a guilty conscience. It begins with an admission… Read more about CST denies it acted "on behalf of Israel" in Salah plot
6 October 2011
This video caught my attention this afternoon, but it sure isn’t an isolated incident against Palestinians in Israel. In the video, Israeli police appear to be attacking and brutalizing a Palestinian man in Jaffa in order to evict him and his family from a vacant property in which they sheltered. Read more about Watch: Israeli police brutalizing Palestinian man