By Amira Hass. Haaretz – If the order was to escalate, the takeover of the village of Bir Zeit last Thursday by the Yamam counterterrorism unit and the Nahal infantry brigade was surely a step in the right direction. Israeli forces killed Muataz Washaha, a 24-year-old activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of […]
IMEMC – To mark the occasion of Land Day, one thousand olive saplings were planted on Palestinian land threatened with seizure by Israel in ‘Arraba, near Jenin, on Monday. The saplings were jointly planted by the Palestinian Agricultural relief Committees (PARC) and ‘Arraba Municipality, in lands adjacent to Mabo Dothan settlement, WAFA reports. Assistant Governor […]
IMEMC – A group of Israeli settlers of the Keryat Arba’ settlement, and nearby illegal outposts, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked Palestinian homes and stores in the city. Soldiers have been reported to have kidnapped three Palestinians. The settlers attacked homes in the al-Ja’bary neighborhood, and the ar-Ras area, hurling stones and […]
IMEMC – Israeli navy boats opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in territorial waters. northwest of Gaza City; the attack caused damage but no injuries. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the boats were less than six miles away from the Gaza shore, and had to sail back to the […]
Part I — Donors Give More to Israel Than to Education By Josh Nathan-Kazis. Jewish Daily Forward – The American Jewish community’s network of charity organizations is a font of Jewish power, a source of communal pride and a huge mystery. We know that the network exists. We know that its federations, social service groups and […]
Redress Online – Brace yourselves: Ukraine could end up with an Israeli president. The Israeli news website Ynet reports that Vadim Rabinovich, a Ukrainian Jewish oligarch who holds an Israeli passport and has lived in the apartheid state of Israel, has announced that he will run for Ukrainian president. He is one of four people to announce their […]
By Max Blumenthal. Mondoweiss – On March 7, members of Northeastern University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) were informed by the school’s Center for Student Involvement that their chapter had been suspended for at least a year. In a letter sent to the SJP chapter and provided to me by Max Geller, a second […]
IMEMC, 3/28/14 – Israeli settlers destroyed, Thursday, power-generating solar panels near Yatta in Hebron district, a local activist has said. Settlers from the illegal “Mztveh Yaˈir” settlement, established on Palestinian lands to the east of Yatta, smashed five power-generating solar panels belonging to Khirbet Bir Al-Abed, WAFA reports. The panels were built with funds made available through the German […]
IMEMC, 3/27/14 – Palestinian medical sources have reported that a 55-year-old woman was moderately injured, after being hit by a settler’s car in Teqoua’ village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Medical sources said the woman suffered various fractures, cuts and bruises, and was moved to a local hospital by Red Crescent medics […]
IMEMC, 3/26/14 – The Japanese government issued a statement strongly denouncing recent Israeli plans to build hundreds of units, for Jewish settlers, in occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Japan’s Foreign Ministry said that Israel’s settlement activities violate International Law, and obstruct international efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement, based on the […]
