Tag: West Bank
PRESS RELEASE: Jane’s Announces the World’s T...
This press release is from a web site I follow by the name of Jane's: I strongly recommend their services to any journalists serious about reporting on terrorism and defence issues:"BRACKNELL, ENGLAND (26...
Hamas via Gaza's new-found access to Egypt
Hamas via Gaza's new-opened access at Gaza Egypt border makes way for Egyptian materials, goods and services, can now ease Gaza's depressed economic condition, and thereby diminish the differences between Gaza...
Banksy and his art- murals in Bethlehem
Artist Banksy leaves his mark on BethlehemRebecca Harrison- The Scotsman British graffiti artist Banksy has painted a series of subversive murals in the town revered as the birthplace of Jesus. He has...
Picking up the Pieces for Arab Peace: Hamas is th...
Three stories out today about the Arab Peace process:
Abbas and Olmert express hope for peace
Arabs doubt prospects for peace parley
Hamas leader accuses Abbas of treason
BigT’s abstract: Palestine’s Abbas...
The “Surda Checkpoint” as a West Bank Artwork
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Two years ago I subscribed to the ’Art flux’ newsletter. In the October 13, 2007 issue, they mentioned the exhibition: ..”Transactions”..(.September 11 - November 18, 2007). The...
Israel freeing 87 jailed Palestinians to aid Abbas
"The prisoners, all members of Abbas's embattled Fatah or smaller secular factions, will be bussed out of the desert stockade of Kitsyot by 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) to Israel's boundaries with the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Prisons Service told Reuters.
The freeing of prisoners...
Rice to meet Abbas in search of conference accord
"Rice may hear concerns from Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, over Israel`s decision on Wednesday to declare the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity", as well as about the pace of Israeli moves to ease movement...
Israeli army shoots eleven-year-old boy dead in f...
On Friday 24th August 2007, eleven-year-old Mahmoud Al Qarnawi, a young Israeli citizen, was sitting in a fig tree in Seida, near the northern West Bank town of Tulkarem (Palestine). His mother and sister were...
The Ehud Olmert-Mahmoud Abbas talks in Jericho, W...
Yesterday, Ehud Olmert Israeli PM and Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Authority Chairman, hold historic talks in Jericho in the West Bank. Despite the generous accolades on both sides, the core issues...
The High Ground at Chomesh
Thousands of Israelis ascended to the top of the hillside
that once hosted the West Bank settlement of
Chomesh. Today in the ruins of the city,
right wing activists and settlers gathered to listen to speakers and to...
Canadian Website Anti-Semitic?
The BC chapter of the B'Nai Brith has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, under Canada's Hate Laws, against a popular Victoria based website, Peace, Earth and Justice. Chris Cook,...
When appeasement becomes racism
"The US implements the Geneva Conventions which do not require armies to protect human shields. In Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, the results have been devastating. But the world quietly applies the international standard, as long as the attacker is "one of...
200 new trailers placed in West Bank outposts sin...
"Settlers are continuing to place mobile homes and trailers in West Bank outposts and settlements, without legal permits. Civil Administration reports show that since the start of the second Lebanon war in July, some 200 mobile homes have been placed. This is a substantial...
Israel Says 'New' West Bank Settlement Is 25 Year...
"Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israel denied on Thursday that it is setting up a new settlement to house families evicted from their homes when its military forces unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005 and said that the settlement has been there for 25...
Random checkpoints
"It is clearly true that when the IDF sets up a roadblock anywhere, it disrupts daily life....Attached is a rare report where the IDF gives specific insight into its modus operandi. "
