20 December 2002
A draft resolution which would have had the Security Council condemn recent Israeli acts, including the killing of several United Nations aid workers, was defeated today by the United States, which in casting a no vote effectively vetoed the text. Read more about US vetoes Security Council draft resolution condemning recent Israeli acts
20 December 2002
James Longley, director of the acclaimed 2001 documentary “Gaza Strip” will return the prestigious Student Academy Award he received from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) unless the Academy explains why it has deemed Palestine ineligible to enter the Oscars competition. Read the story and the full interview with EI. Read more about "Gaza Strip" director to return student Academy Award to protest exclusion of Palestine
20 December 2002
“Technically, I’ve disobeyed an Israeli high court ruling that allowed me to stay in Israel for seven days on the very specific condition that I not visit the Palestinian territories. To obey the ruling on not traveling to Palestine is to be complicit in the process of normalizing Israel’s occupation. It allows the occupying power to continue to dictate its rule over the occupied.” Jaggi Singh writes from Beit Sahour. Read more about Entering Palestine: Defying the Israeli courts
20 December 2002
Israeli occupying forces have perpetrated more illegal actions and human rights violations against Palestinian civilians, including willful and extra-judicial killings, shelling of and incursions into Palestinian areas, house demolitions, and agricultural land leveling. This week, 12 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children and a mentally handicapped young man, were killed by Israeli forces. Read more about Weekly report on human rights violations
Rafah, Gaza Strip 19 December 2002
Block O in Rafah is almost empty now. Most of the people have gone. The 8 meter high, 10 meter deep prison wall that the Israeli military government is building — as it devastates Rafah — is growing. Kristen Ess writes from the occupied Gaza Strip. Read more about Report from Rafah Block 'O'
Montreal, Canada 19 December 2002
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Montreal, Canada 19 December 2002
The Israeli army has destroyed over 350 homes and damaged 500 in the Rafah neighborhoods of Gaza, along the Egyptian border. The following photo reportage on the destruction of homes in the Block O and Block J neighborhoods of Rafah was made by Canadian photographer Darren Ell in November 2002. Read more about Photostory: Home demolitions in Rafah (part 1 of 2)
19 December 2002
Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens were in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming forward to comply with a new rule to register with immigration authorities only to wind up handcuffed and behind bars. A disturbing Reuters report by Jill Serjeant. Read more about Hundreds of Muslim immigrants rounded up in California
19 December 2002
LAW today received a decision on an appeal filed on September 12 on behalf of four residents of Kufr Aqab in East Jerusalem to temporarily halt construction of a 3.8 km section of Israel’s “security wall,” running between Kufr Aqab and the Ofer military detention center, separating Kufr Aqab from Jerusalem. The wall shall be built near homes and built-up residential areas. Read more about Appeal to halt construction of Israel's apartheid wall denied
18 December 2002
Although Divine Intervention has been draped with awards at film festivals, including the Jury Prize at Cannes last May, it is not eligible for consideration in the Oscar’s best-foreign-film category because Palestine is not a country. Michael Posner reports for the Globe and Mail. Read more about Oscar draws ire for snubbing Palestinian film