by Ilan Pappe

There is an amazing gap between the global discourse on the Gaza Disengagement Plan of the Sharon government and the local realities on the ground. Whereas the Israeli pullout is being portrayed in international public fora as an historic decision, which offers a rare opportunity for peace in the area, local...

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by Joharah Baker
Published at Palestine Report on August 31, 2005

The road to Bir Nabala has always been rocky. Whether the traveler comes from Jerusalem or Ramallah, the turn toward Bir Nabala from Al Ram intersection has never been a pleasant trip. Potholes and...

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by Ali Waked and Efrat Weiss
This is a translation from Hebrew of an article appearing in YNet

A group of settlers verbally attacked diplomats of the EU and Israeli activists of the organization “Breaking the Silence” this morning (Wednesday) in Kiryat Arba,...

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by PCHR staff

Israeli occupation forces conducted 30 military incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 29 Palestinian civilians. Soldiers also imposed curfews on a number of communities. IOF used a child as a human shield to search his family home.

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The BBC reported today that that the Israeli Defense Ministry has ruled that families of Palestinian inside Israel who were killed by an Israeli man cannot be compensentated as terrorism victims “because their killer was Jewish.”

The ministry said in it’s ruling that the man, based on his ethnicity, could not be considered...

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“We face them with backpacks, sandals and signs. They face us in full riot gear.”
— Greta Berlin,...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ISM MEDIA GROUP — Soldiers invaded the small village of Tarna where home construction is under way and arrested 18 Palestinians — 16 residents of Tarna and two others working with nonprofit organizations — and are now taking them to detention. The 18 people were with three foreign members of the World Council...

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by Erik

Yesterday, the first of September, Joy persisted through the dismay and hopelessness of occupation. A group called the Media Youth Collective came to the village of Bil’in bearing the tools of Renoir, Kahlo, Van Gough and others; they came with art supplies. This group of 5-10 high school and college-age avengers met...

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