By Sam Bahour* It happened last night. Ramallah was pitch dark and the breeze was cool and brisk. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I was out during the night with my wife and two daughters, Areen, 8 and Nadine, 2. We were taking advantage of the lull in nightly [...]
By Michael Dahan* A week ago, to those expecting significant political change in Israel following the upcoming general elections on January 28th, I would have suggested not holding their breath. Then, there was little chance that the elections would change anything. One would ask why, considering the high degree of dissatisfaction among the Israeli public [...]
By Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada 26 November 2002 I did not know Mr. Iain Hook, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees’ (UNRWA) official who was killed on November 22 by Israeli occupation forces in Jenin Refugee Camp. But I do know many people — Palestinians and internationals — who [...]
The Palestine Monitor A PNGO Information Clearinghouse Israeli forces shot dead a 24-year-old Palestinian, Jihad Muhammad Musallam An-Natour in Askar refugee camp in Nablus early this morning. Jihad was walking through the camp waking the inhabitants so they could eat before the daily fast of the holy month of Ramadan began. According to residents the [...]
UN News Center 26 November – A British aid worker who died on Friday in the West Bank had been shot in the back by Israeli soldiers, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said today.
The Palestine Monitor A PNGO Information Clearinghouse Israeli soldiers forced a Palestinian man to strip naked and crawl around in the mud making animal noises in an incident that was a stark reminder of the brutal and inhumane control that Israeli forces are exerting over the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA “Iain Hook came out of the UN compound waving a blue UN flag, and the Israeli soldiers’ only response was to broadcast with their microphone in English, ‘We don’t care if you are the United Nations or who you are. Fuck off and go home!’ They were trying to go [...]
By Uri Avnery It seems that a new wind is blowing in the country. This week I flew to Europe. On the way to the Airport, the taxi-driver told me: That’s it, there is no hope left. We shall never have peace with the Palestinians. There is no one to talk with. No compromise is [...]
The Palestine Monitor A PNGO Information Clearinghouse 22 November 2002 At approximately 1.30 pm today, Israeli occupation forces opened fire in Jenin refugee camp, randomly shooting at civilians and killing a British UN employee and a 13-year-old Palestinian boy.
by Ali Abunimah Electronic Intifada November 21, 2002 When the PLO formally recognized Israel within its internationally recognized borders and agreed to a two-state solution in 1993, like most Palestinians, I swallowed hard but accepted it. We believed that this unprecedented historic compromise, though bitter, was necessary to bring about peace. Those who completely rejected [...]
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