Archive for the 'Disengagement' Category

Is this a real move to peace?

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 | Posted in Press clippings, Disengagement

by K. Flo Razowsky
Originally in The Minneapolis Star Tribune

According to the international media, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip is an unprecedented move toward peace. The situation on the ground...

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Fact Sheet: The Smokescreen of the Gaza Disengagement

Friday, August 19th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases, Disengagement

An International Solidarity Movement Fact sheet

With the deluge of coverage about Israel’s “disengagement” from Gaza, it’s easy to be lulled into the idea that the “road map” to peace in the region is moving ahead and that the occupation is nearing some sort of conclusion. It’s important...

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Belfast women protest expansion of settlements in the West Bank

Friday, August 19th, 2005 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, Disengagement

Two women from Belfast join Bil'in women in the West Bank during a demonstration against the occupation.

A group of women...

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Settlers attempt large-scale assault on Palestinian village

Thursday, August 18th, 2005 | Posted in Reports, Jenin Region, Disengagement

Settlers on Wednesday from the illegal Israeli settlement of Sanur near Jenin — due to be evacuated as part of Israel’s “disengagement” plan — attempted to launch an assault on the Palestinian village of Assa’sa, clashing with the Israeli soldiers engaged in the evacuation. The clashes were witnessed by volunteers from...

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Threats and worry in al-Asa’asa on the eve of Israeli disengagement

Sunday, August 14th, 2005 | Posted in Reports, Jenin Region, Disengagement

by Lee

Al-Asa’asa is a village of 500 situated right next to the settlement of SaNur. Radical anti disengagement settlers from all over the West Bank, many from Hebron, have camped out at SaNur, surrounding the small military settlement with tents.

Worry and anxiety about what these 280 settlers are planning...

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In Gaza, we don’t yet see the peace that’s supposed to be in the plan

Sunday, August 14th, 2005 | Posted in Gaza Region, Disengagement

by Khaled Nasrallah

If you asked me about the withdraw from Gaza, I would tell you that sure, it’s a step ahead. That is, if it really is something that is a start toward real peace. Is it? Real peace is something we’ve not yet seen. We are tired of the images on television depicting this current unreal peace, which...

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The Gaza Disengagement Plan’s Impact on the West Bank

Sunday, August 14th, 2005 | Posted in Gaza Region, Disengagement

by the Palestine Center staff

It is difficult to imagine a situation more terrifying and bleak. Isolated and without any means to determine their own destiny, Palestinians will soon be forced to live their lives as prisoners in a cell. The jail keeper: Israel.

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