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Palestinians face movement restrictions during Ramadan

Mel Frykberg 20 August 2010


AZZUN ATMA, occupied northern West Bank (IPS) - For seven years Majda Abdul Qader Sheikh, 38, has not been allowed to visit the home of her parents, just a few hundred meters from her house. “I tried to get a special visitor’s permit for a quick visit during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but I was refused,” says Sheikh, mother of seven children. “I have had no problems with the Israeli authorities, nor am I considered a security threat,” she added. 

Youth re-imagine life through short films

Kara Newhouse 20 August 2010


Palestinian youth premiered nine short films at public screenings in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip last week. Forty youths worked in small groups during two parallel three-week workshops conducted in the al-Aroub and Jabaliya refugee camps during the month of July. Palestinian and international trainers facilitated the workshops through the participatory media program Voices Beyond Walls, in partnership with local youth community organizations. 

India employing Israeli oppression tactics in Kashmir

Jimmy Johnson 19 August 2010


The 2010 summer in the disputed area of Jammu and Kashmir, administered by India, has been marked by popular protests by Kashmiris and crackdowns by India’s military. The stream of violence has left more than fifty dead, mostly young protestors. The situation in Kashmir has some parallels with Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, even borrowing the term intifada to describe the uprising. But the connection is more than analogy. Jimmy Johnson analyzes for The Electronic Intifada. 

Turkey must oppose Uribe appointment to flotilla probe

Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions, University Teachers' Association in Palestine, Palestinian Students' Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, The Union Of Palestinian Women's Committees, Association of Al-Quds Bank for Culture and Information, General Union of Public Service and Commercial Workers, General Union of Health Service Workers, General Union of Agriculture Workers, General Union of Food Production Workers, General Union of Petrochemical and Gas Workers, Progressive Trade Union Front in Palestine, General Union of Municipality and Local Councils Workers, General Union of Tourism Workers, Arab Cultural Forum and One Democratic State Group 18 August 2010


Mr. Prime Minister, it is an insult to the memory of those killed in the Israeli massacre against peace activists aboard the Mavi Marmara to have their blood “redeemed” by a man who has a record of violations against human rights and international law. 

Israel keeps evidence of ethnic cleansing locked away

Jonathan Cook 18 August 2010


History may be written by the victors, as Winston Churchill is said to have observed, but the opening up of archives can threaten a nation every bit as much as the unearthing of mass graves. That danger explains a decision quietly taken last month by Benjamin Netanyahu to extend by an additional 20 years the country’s 50-year rule for the release of sensitive documents. Jonathan Cook reports.