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Adalah to Police Chief: Dismiss Moshe Waldman Immediately

8 September 2003

Adalah demanded the immediate dismissal of Major General Moshe Waldman, the commander of the Amakim Region police during the October 2000 protest demonstrations, from his position. Mr. Waldman’s illegal conduct in October 2000, as also concluded by the Or Commission of Inquiry, and his recent racist statements made in a newspaper interview, mandate his immediate dismissal. 

EI v3.0 Coming Soon

8 September 2003


The Electronic Intifada has been busy behind the scenes for the last month, working on a third major redesign of our site. EI co-founder Nigel Parry and former MSNBC.com multimedia specialist and EI team member Ken Harper are currently working together with the rest of the EI team to implement EI 3.0 for a September/October 2003 relaunch. For visitors who have grown used to our site, do not fear — the coming EI 3.0 will not see the removal of any features you currently enjoy, nor will it radically change our basic look. 

Fragments of Rafah

Lora Gordon Rafah, Gaza Strip 8 September 2003


The shooting from the tower dominiates the night, louder than angry men, louder than demonstrators. Earlier tonight, an ambulance’s urgent wail, me holding my breath praying. Death is so close now you can smell it. Already it has come like a rain storm beginning in Hebron, like the time I watched rain come towards me from across a lake and ran toward the forest and my feet were not faster than the rain. Laura Gordon writes from Rafah. 

Amnesty: "Israel must end its policy of closures and restriction of movement"

8 September 2003

“Israel must put an end to the imposition of disproportionate and discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians’ movement in the Occupied Territories which have crippled the Palestinian economy and caused widespread poverty, unemployment and increasing health problems,” Amnesty International said in a report published today. 

UN civil society conference demands destruction of Israel's apartheid wall

5 September 2003

Civil society organizations committed themselves to pressure their governments to condemn the construction of the “wall” by Israel as part of its pattern of illegal settlement activity, according to the Plan of Action adopted this afternoon at the conclusion of the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People. 

Palestinian victims submit legal complaints against Israeli authorities in Switzerland

6 September 2003

Yesterday, Swiss attorney, Marcel Bosonnet, and Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Raji Sourani, submitted two complaints to the Swiss Military Attorney General in Berne on behalf of Palestinian victims. The complaints call for investigation and prosecution of those responsible for these acts.  In particular, the complaints call for investigations of former Israeli Minister of Defence, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer; former Chief of Staff of the Israeli military, Shaul Mofaz; former head of Israel’s General Security Services, Avi Dichter; and former head of the Israeli military Southern Command, Doron Almoge.  The Swiss Military Attorney General accepted the complaints and promised to follow necessary legal procedures.