Ma’an – June 3, 2015 NABLUS – Palestinian activists in the Nablus area of the northern West Bank are preparing to launch what they describe as the largest campaign against settlement expansion in the area. Palestinian official Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an Wednesday that the activists […]
By Barbara Erickson | TimesWarp | May 30, 2015 The New York Times invites us to gaze with wonder on the miracles of Israeli technology today, with a page 1 photo and story touting the innovations that have saved the country from drought. Because of wise policies and applied science, we learn, “there is plenty […]
Ma’an – May 28, 2015 JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities on Wednesday morning left posters in the occupied East Jerusalem town of al-Isawiya notifying owners that the property is needed for urgent military purposes for two and a half years. The confiscation order comes amid increasing incidents of demolition of Palestinian homes throughout occupied East Jerusalem […]
MEMO | May 27, 2015 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday passed a decision in favour of allocating 100 million shekels ($25.8 million) towards investment in settlement activities in the vicinity of Al-Buraq Wall (also known as the Western Wall). During his weekly meeting with his cabinet Netanyahu said that during the last five years […]
By Saed Bannoura | IMEMC News | May 24, 2015 The Israeli Authorities have decided to confiscate around 820 Dunams (202 acres) of privately owned Palestinian lands to establish new dumping grounds for its illegal colonies, in the central West Bank, in the Ramallah district. The dump, according to the Israeli authorities, “would serve the […]
Natalie Abed Rabbo Ma’an – May 9, 2015 JERUSALEM – A young Palestinian woman from occupied East Jerusalem has accused security guards at an Israeli light rail station, along with Israeli police officers, of physically and verbally assaulting her on Thursday. Natalie Abed Rabbo, 18, told Ma’an that she had bought a light rail ticket […]
Operation Dove | May 5, 2015 At-Tuwani, Occupied Palestine – The entire Palestinian village of Susya is in danger of demolition and expulsion. By refusing to issue an interim order preventing preemptive demolitions before their case is heard, the Israeli High Court is allowing for the demolition of the entire Palestinian village of Susya and […]
Ma’an – May 8, 2015 HEBRON – Settlers harassed the head of the Palestinian National Union for Football and the South African head of an anti-racism group during a tour in Hebron’s Old City this week. Palestinian football chief, Jibril al-Rajoub, was heading a FIFA delegation tour in the city on Tuesday when the incident […]
IMEMC & Agencies | May 5, 2015 An Israeli Court ruled Monday on the removal of Susiya Bedouin village, in Masafer Yatta area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after colonists of the illegal Susya settlement, demanded the removal of the Palestinian enclave. Coordinator of the Popular and National Committee in southern […]
File photo IMEMC By Yossi Gurvitz | Yesh Din | May 3, 2015 We see how seriously the prosecution takes its role when we realize it closed a file for lack of evidence — without so much as noticing the evidence. The location was Qusra, a village in the Shiloh Valley; the date, September 16, […]
