We can deliberately destroy thousands of Gazan homes, the Gazan parliament, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior, courthouses, the only Gazan flour plant, the main poultry farm, a sewage treatment plant, water wells and God knows what else.Deliberately.After all, we’re acting in s[...]
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October 17th, 2009 - 8:18 pm § in Bookmarks
Our exclusive right to self-defense | Columnists | Jerusalem Post
October 10th, 2009 - 4:58 am § in Bookmarks
Israeli conscientious objectors rile South African Jewish community with apartheid comparisons | Israeli Occupation Archive
Maish Isaacson, the chairman of Telfed – the South African Zionist Federation’s Israel branch, said: “We are extremely upset that young Israelis take their gripes abroad – everyone has the right to object but we strongly believe the issue should be handled locally in Israel.” via Israeli c[...]
October 9th, 2009 - 12:59 pm § in Bookmarks
ei: Al-Walajah, a symbol of Israeli ethnic cleansing
we watched as the Israeli army started to demolish al-Walajah, house by house. We would see a cloud of smoke and dust shoot up into the air over a house, followed by the sound of an explosion, leaving nothing but a heap of rubble. Al-Walajah was completely destroyed before Israel built the settlemen[...]
October 9th, 2009 - 9:55 am § in Bookmarks
Strangers at Home /Within and Without
Once the land is declared a closed military zone no one is allowed to go there, unless they want to get arrested, thus ensuring that Palestinians cannot access their agricultural and grazing land in that area. As more caravans are added the restricted area expands its reach, and if it can be proven [...]
October 9th, 2009 - 5:29 am § in Bookmarks
Shallow and brutal archaeology – Haaretz – Israel News
This archaeology is being carried out under time pressure and is subordinate to the desires of landlords who are not scholars; usually these are religious, ideological or tourist organizations, or contractors. The work is carried out nonstop, without pause for researchers to understand their finding[...]
October 5th, 2009 - 1:15 am § in Bookmarks
Activists break through water blockade on the South Hebron Hills
For several months the peace organizations are acting to protest the Policy of Thirst. The State of Israel is taking about 80% of the water from the West Bank aquifers for the needs of its citizens and of the settlers, leaving only about a fifth to the Palestinian inhabitants whose land it is. In so[...]
October 3rd, 2009 - 4:45 am § in Bookmarks
Neve Gordon: On Palestinian Civil Disobedience
“The Captain threatened that he would arrest my parents and my whole family if I did not collaborate. I said they could arrest [my family] any time, [but] it would be worse to become a spy. He then said they would confiscate my family’s permits so they could not pick olives.” Nofal’s only cr[...]
October 3rd, 2009 - 2:32 am § in Bookmarks
‘Stop using Palestinian gays to whitewash Israel’s image’ – Haaretz – Israel News
“It’s risky to be in a convenient place, as you can easily forget what the important things are. I really believe that women will fuel the revolution, that the oppressed people will lead it, not the people sitting and talking about the revolution. I know that I will not do it by myself b[...]
October 2nd, 2009 - 9:35 pm § in Bookmarks
They can’t get no satisfaction – Haaretz – Israel News
They won’t let the topic fall off the agenda. The settlers and enemies of peace won’t let this wound heal – ever. They will use the Gush Katif evacuees as leverage, to turn the evacuation into a trauma so vast and so expensive that no prime minister would ever dare to risk a simila[...]
September 21st, 2009 - 5:24 pm § in Bookmarks
Amira Hass: The one thing worse than denying the Gaza repor | Israeli Occupation Archive
There is only thing worse than denial – the admission that the IDF indeed acted as has been described, but that these actions are both normal and appropriate via Amira Hass: The one thing worse than denying the Gaza repor | Israeli Occupation Archive. [...]
