Palestinian Centre for Human Rights In the early morning hours of Wednesday, 27 June 2007, IOF conducted two incursions into the town of Khuza’a to the east of Khan Yunis and into Sheja’eya Quarter in the eastern part of Gaza City. Up to the publication of this report, these incursions resulted in the death of [...]
ATIR (NEGEV DESERT), 27 June 2007 (IRIN) – Muhammed Salami, 70, from the al-Qi’an tribe, is an Arab citizen of Israel. His home and the homes of his large family – 40 children and grandchildren – were destroyed on 25 June by Israeli security forces who said the buildings were “illegal” and that the land [...]
By Uri Avenry, Gush-Shalom EHUD OLMERT is the opposite of Midas, King of Phrygia. Everything the king touched turned into gold, according to Greek legend. Everything Olmert touches turns into lead. And that is no legend.
By Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online The tower crashes Memory burns Gaza in ruins Flesh and blood Torn asunder Civil War Enticed into being
By Sam Bahour The recent overrunning of Gaza by Hamas militants was the equivalent to the United States’ Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq. Both campaigns were conducted outside the realm of international law and were violent and brutal, albeit each relative to their respective resources and internal contexts; both claimed to be ‘preemptive’ in [...]
Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom WHAT HAPPENS when one and a half million human beings are imprisoned in a tiny, arid territory, cut off from their compatriots and from any contact with the outside world, starved by an economic blockade and unable to feed their families?
By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 14 June 2007 The dramatic rout of the US and Israeli-backed Palestinian militias in Gaza by forces loyal to Hamas represents a major setback to the Bush doctrine in Palestine.
On June 11th 2007, as Israel completed its 40th year of Occupation, ICAHD launched a campaign to rebuild each and every Palestinian home demolished by Israel in the Occupied Territories during the next year – about 300 homes in total. For more information please visit http://icahd.org/eng/ConstructingPeace_Photo-Archive.asp
Palestine Center for Human Rights PCHR is deeply concerned over the continuous fierce fighting between Fatah and Hamas movements in the Gaza Strip, and calls upon the two movements to go back to dialogue and calm down the situation. PCHR calls also upon the Palestinian National Authority to investigate such incidents and bring all those [...]
By Ali Abunimah, The ElectronicIntifada, 13 June 2007 The one-state solution for Palestine-Israel is “gaining ground,” a senior UN diplomat has admitted in a leaked confidential report. Recently retired UN special envoy Alvaro de Soto wrote “that the combination of [Palestinian Authority] institutional decline and Israeli settlement expansion is creating a growing conviction among Palestinians [...]
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