IMEMC, 2/4/14 – Israeli soldiers, on Tuesday, sprayed racist graffiti on the walls of several Palestinian homes in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, according to a local activist. WAFA reports that the coordinator of the popular committee against settlements and the Apartheid Wall, Mohammad Awad, said that a number of soldiers raided […]
IMEMC, 2/2/14 – Lawyer of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Tareq Barghouth, visited two Palestinians who were shot and wounded by Israeli military fire before army dogs mauled them, in addition to being dragged by the soldiers, on the ground, for more than 300 meters. The two Palestinians, Adam Abdul-Ra’ouf Jamous, 17, and Jawhar Nasser Ed-Deen […]
By Fadwa Baroud. European Commission Blog, 2/2/14 – Jan. 31 was an unforgettable day for Hayla Bany Maniya, a 42-year old Bedouin woman and mother of eight children, who has lived her entire life in the Jiftlik area of the Jordan Valley in the northern part of the West Bank. Known as Umm Mohammad, Hayla woke […]
By Chris Roush. TalkingBizNews, 01/16/14 – Wall Street Journal technology editor Jonathan Krim sent out the following staff announcement on Thursday: We’re excited to announce a number of appointments as we continue our global expansion of technology coverage: Amir Mizroch will shortly take on the role of tech editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, spearheading tech […]
“SodaStream makes some dispensers in the biggest of Israel’s West Bank settlements, illegal under international law. It is disingenuous to romanticise settlement enterprises. The occupation imprisons thousands of the Palestinians’ young men, gives their land and water to settlers, demolishes their houses and partitions the remaining territory with scores of checkpoints and segregated roads…” John Whitbeck’s commentary: […]
“The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians, wounded dozens of others, and kidnapped 383, in January of this year. Ahrar said that five of the slain Palestinians are from the Gaza Strip, and one from the West Bank.” IMEMC, 02/01/14 – On January 3, the army fired […]
