Nazati and Taghrite are one family of thirty-eight that have been battling plans to destroytheir homes in the al Ram area, between Jerusalem and Ramallah. The residential area in which they live lies just outside of the al Ram municipal borders, andonly 300 meters from the nearest illegal Jewish settlement Adam. More than five hundred … Read more
The planFor investigating theHuman rights associationsIs dead.All the otherRacist billsAre still on theKnesset agenda.Nip themIn the bud. Ad published in HaaretzFebruary 25, 2011
A demolition in Beit-Umar The denial of adequate housing and the demolition of Palestinian homes violatesinternational human rights instruments to which Israel is signatory. These include: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being ofhimself and his family, including food, … Read more
THIS IS a story right out of “1001 Nights”. The genie escaped from the bottle, and no power on earth can put it back. When it happened in Tunisia, it could have been said: OK, an Arab country, but a minor one. It was always a bit more progressive than the others. Just an isolated … Read more
Palestine 1998 – A Land Without People? The Case of Bir ‘Ona Until 1967, Bir ‘Ona, located on the slope of al Slaiyeb mountain (now Gilo settlement) southof Jerusalem was a small Palestinian community under the jurisdiction of the municipality ofBeit Jala. In 1967, Israel annexed this territory to Jerusalem and later began construction of … Read more
photo gallery Israel is becoming a liability to the United States, bringing US into the same international isolation into which Israel itself was cast. The so-called “Israel Lobby”, which prevents Israeli misconduct from ever being corrected, is a grave danger to Israel’s future. The vote in the U.N. shows the entire world unanimous in regarding … Read more
Qalqilya (Qalqilya) Assisted by activists from the International Solidarity Movement,Palestinian farmers from the villages of Zeta and Atil todaybulldozed 8 roadblocks erected around the foundations of the newApartheid Wall which separates them from their farmland. Theremoval of the roadblocks enabled more than 50 farmers to harvesttheir crops for the first time in weeks. Construction of … Read more
The Egyptian peopleAre fighting valiantlyFor human rights.The Israeli KnessetIs fighting valiantlyTo abolishHuman rights. Ad in Haaretz, February 18, 2011 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033. Please, include your email address.
For those that didn’t read Carla’s earlier message, please see:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/420 The next day we did accompany Palestinians down theroad that used to lead into Mawasi (that now stops ata checkpoint guarding the new settlements) carryingmedical supplies. At least one hundred rounds ofwarning shots hit the ground around us as we slowlymade our way forward. A … Read more
Today, February 16, the Supreme Court heard Gush Shalom’s petition against the settler radio “Galey Israel”. Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish and her fellow judges Edna Arbel and Hanan Meltzer reprimanded the state for “constitutionally improper” provisions in the West Bank military governor’s decree establishing the “Judea and Samaria Broadcasting Authority”. The military governor purports … Read more