11 October 2003
For the seventh successive day, Israeli occupying forces have imposed a strict curfew on Jenin and its refugee camps, prohibiting Palestinian civilians from obtaining food supplies, and abrogating their rights to movement, education and medical attention. Read more about Curfew on Jenin enters second week
5 December 2003
Peace process for dummies as explained through the eyes of a war-monger, or a peacenik, or demolition man, or the terminator, or who’s that person on the couch in front of new kids on the settlement. Are you intimidated and confused by Ariel Sharon? Do you find that traditional newspapers are overloaded with technical details and maps you’ll never use? Do you postpone important life decisions because you just don’t want to deal with them? Then the latest For Dummies series, “Peace Process for Dummies” is for you. Read more about Peace process for dummies
10 October 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today deplored the killing of Palestinian civilians, including two children, by an Israeli Defence Force missile during Israel’s incursion today into the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza Strip. Read more about Secretary-General deplores killing of Palestinian civilians
6 October 2003
The Intel Corporation, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the Welfare Association (WA) — a Palestinian non-profit foundation — officially launched the Intel Computer Clubhouse in Ramallah, the first in the Arab Middle East. “The Intel Computer Clubhouse is an extraordinary opportunity for the young people of Ramallah,” said Rafiq Husseini, Deputy Director General for the Welfare Association. “Palestinian youth will have a safe place to interact with one another.” Read more about First Intel Computer Clubhouse launched in Middle East
3 May 2002
SO, Israel has decided not to co-operate with a United Nations fact-finding mission into the military assault on the Jenin refugee camp. But this must not prevent the UN from dispatching a fact-finding team immediately. Read more about Israel must answer
23 May 2002
By brokering the deportations and transfers of Palestinians under siege in the Church of the Nativity, the EU has implicated itself in some thorny legal and ethical issues, argues Arjan El Fassed. Read more about Ill-considered intervention
25 July 2002
Ayman missed his second birthday. Mohammad did not pass the age of 4. Diana was only 5. And Mona was killed with her children, 4-year-old Subhi and 6-year-old Mohammad. What on earth did they do wrong? They were not allowed to live in freedom, not allowed to live at all. Read more about Slaughter of innocent children a brutal act of state terrorism
10 October 2003
On 9 October 2003, the Chairman of the Arab Group on behalf of the States members of the League of Arab States at the United Nations, requested an immediate meeting of the Security Council to consider Israel’s construction of the wall. Read more about New proposed UN Security Council resolution declaring Israel's construction of apartheid wall "illegal"
11 October 2003
The co-chairs of the Local Aid Coordination Committee (LACC) – the group of international donors to the Palestinians — today released a report on the rapid expansion of Israel’s “separation barrier” around East Jerusalem. Read more about Latest donor update on the impact of Israel's separation barrier
10 October 2003
After months of anticipation, the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign formally announces the new website for mobilizing to Stop the Wall in Palestine, at StopTheWall.org. The Stop the Wall site comes at a time when the Apartheid Wall’s pace is accelerating daily throughout the West Bank, making momentum and solidarity around the Campaign urgent. Read more about StopTheWall.org Site Launched by the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign