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Palestinian detainees from the West Bank remain in detention on Erez crossing pending unlawful transfer

15 October 2003

PCHR is following with grave concern the situation of 18 Palestinians from the West Bank, who are currently being held by Israeli Occupying Forces at the Erez military compound, pending the completion of the procedures for their transfer to the Gaza Strip.  

Weekly report on human rights violations

16 October 2003

This week, Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians, including three children. Israeli forces moved into Rafah refugee camp, killed 8 Palestinians and destroyed 170 houses. Israeli forces moved into Qalqilya and Tulkarm and imposed a curfew. Israel continued its campaign of arbitrary arrests and detentions. Israeli forces razed more areas of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces demolished a home in Nablus. Israeli forces ordered the transfer of 18 Palestinians from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. 

Said's work towards artistic cooperation celebrated in music performance memorial

Maureen Clare Murphy 16 October 2003


A concert memorial celebrating the life and work of Edward Said, performed by Daniel Barenboim and other musicians involved with their West-Eastern Divan workshop, which gathers outstanding young musicians from Israel and Arab countries, and puts them together into one orchestra, demonstrated that music offers a space for fundamental human connection. Baremboim also emphasized to the audience that they must carry on Said’s fight for social justice in Palestine and elsewhere. Maureen Clare Murphy reports. 

Palestinians find their voice online

Mark Glaser 15 October 2003


Palestinian Internet users have had many choices when it came to staying up with the conflict with Israel on Arab-language news sites. Now there are a growing number of English-language sites that emphasize the Palestinian position, and are carrying that position to a far wider audience.  Online-only news sites such as the Palestine Chronicle and Palestine Monitor provide eyewitness accounts to flare-ups throughout the region. Then there are news portals such as Electronic Intifada that combine original commentaries and news with views from other outlets. 

Palestine/Israel: One state for all its citizens

Ali Abunimah 15 October 2003


Peace in Palestine through territorial partition is a doomed fantasy and the time has come to discard it, writes EI co-founder Ali Abunimah. It is the moment, therefore, for us to declare the era of partition over and commit to a moral, just and realisable vision in which Israelis and Palestinians build a future as partners in a single state which guarantees freedom, equality and cultural self-determination to all its citizens. 

US, Israel destroying the UN system

Hasan Abu Nimah 14 October 2003


Israel’s flagrant violations of international law, and the United States’ use of its veto to block any action to restrain Israel and resolve its conflicts with its neighbors, is leading to the wholesale destruction of the UN system and a return of the law of the jungle, writes regular EI contributor Hasan Abu Nimah.