By Barbara Erickson | TimesWarp | September 8, 2015 Riham Dawabsheh, the third victim of an arson attack on her West Bank home, was laid to rest this week in a funeral attended by thousands. The New York Times has duly reported this, but the article is little more than a “color” piece, a detour […]
By Steve Straehley and Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | September 9, 2015 A horrific act of terrorism in the West Bank this summer is suspected to have been perpetrated by Israeli extremists with American roots. In the village of Duma on July 31, the home of a Palestinian family was firebombed, killing an 18-month-old child, […]
International Solidarity Movement |September 8, 2015 Duma, Occupied Palestine – Yesterday, Monday 7th September, at approximately 1pm, thousands of people where waiting for martyr, Reham Dawabshe, to arrive to Duma to attend her funeral. After struggling for five weeks from severe burns all over her body, Reham Dawabshe died in the hospital. Reham’s home was […]
Sputnik – 07.09.2015 Israel has plans to demolish 17,000 Palestinian-owned buildings located on mostly occupied land of the West Bank, a UN report has revealed, with concerns the demolitions will cause poverty and leave many families in a “state of chronic uncertainty”. A report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) […]
By Stephen Lendman | September 6, 2015 Last spring, 16 European foreign ministers urged EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to require labeling of all Israeli settlement products – so consumers can buy or avoid them at their discretion. Labeling is “an important step in the full implementation of EU longstanding policy,” they said. At […]
Ma’an – September 5, 2015 HEBRON – Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Beit Hadasa in Hebron on Saturday attacked a young Palestinian man with pepper spray, witnesses said. A Ma’an reporter identified the Palestinian man as Ayman al-Fakhori, and said that he had been transferred to Hebron hospital for medical treatment. An activist […]
MEMO – September 4, 2015 According to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, the Israeli government has recently decided to erase $24 million in debt owed by settlements in the West Bank and occupied Golan Heights. These debts have been accumulating since 2011. The government had also decided to erase settlement debts amounting to $146 million, which have […]
Who Profits | August 2015 More than a decade after winning the tender for the construction and operation of the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR), Veolia Environnement’s subsidiary, Transdev, has sold all of its holdings in the JLR to a group of Israeli investors. The approval of the deal by the Israeli authorities and the completion […]
By Barbara Erickson | TimesWarp | August 31, 2015 The United Nations has called for a freeze on Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes, dozens of aid agencies and the European Union have joined in the protest, and even the U.S. State Department has voiced its dismay. Yet, even as the outcry has become an international […]
International Solidarity Movement | August 29, 2015 Occupied Palestine – A 52-year old Palestinian man was arrested at Shuhada checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron) yesterday, for ‘not obeying soldiers’ orders. Israeli forces painfully handcuffed and blindfolded him. Around 1:30 pm, Hisham Azzeh walked through Shuhada Checkpoint in order to reach his house that is located up […]
