Palestine Monitor, 24 July 2010 In 1991 Israel ratified The Convention of the Rights of a Child. The 54 articles of the Convention focus on the human rights of a child which include civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. Despite Israel’s ratification of the Convention, Palestinian children are still victims of human rights abuses [...]
Russia Today TV is broadcasting today a 15-minute interview with me that was conducted earlier this week in Nazareth. It is being shown every few hours. If you are interested to see it, the channel is available on many cable and satellite services. Alternatively, you can watch or download the interview on RT’s website http://rt.com/Politics/2010-07-22/jonathan-cook-middle-east.html
Palestine Monitor, 19 July 2010 Israeli soldiers arrested one journalist and injured two others at Beit Ummar’s Saturday protest calling for access to village land and the dismantling of nearby settlements. Beit Ummar is a Palestinian town located 11 kilometers northwest of Hebron. In the last years, the local Popular Commitee has organised weekly protests [...]
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron, 17 July 2010 Israeli border police demolished a rainwater cistern and removed irrigation pipes from several Palestinian fields in Al Beqa’a Valley just east of Hebron on July 14, 2010, the second day of incidents in the area this month. When international peace activists from Christian Peacemaker Teams arrived in [...]
UNRWA, 16 July 2010 Next week the children of UNRWA’s Gaza Summer Games program will attempt to break another Guinness World Record! Watch this must see video message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, as he supports the Gazan kids quest for another World Record. On Thursday, July 22nd, the kids will attempt to break the [...]
B’Tselem Press Release, 15 July 2010 The special military court convicted Lieutenant Col. Omri Borberg, formerly commander of armored battalion 71 of attempt ed threat s and Staff Sergeant Leonardo Corea of unlawful use of firearms . Both were also convicted of conduct unbecoming. The charges carry a maximum sentence of three years imprisonment and [...]
Palestine Monitor, 13 July 2010 This week the UN told us what we already know; Israel’s movement restrictions are hugely damaging to Palestinians’ quality of life. Michael Carpenter and Rebecca Fudala scoured the Occupied Territories to show how damaging these restrictions are. The following pictures are taken from a variety of affected locations, from roadblocks [...]
Juan Cole, 12 July 2010 AFP Arabic reports that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that there is no point in moving to direct negotiations with the Israelis until more progress is made on security and borders. In a speech in Ramallah, he said that creeping Israeli colonization of the Palestinian West Bank is illegal, and [...]
Palestine Monitor, 10 July 2010 Israeli soldiers dragged the remnants of a symbolic wall from highway 3157 near Al Ma’sara today, halting a popular demonstration. Yesterday’s protest took place on the sixth anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that construction of the Wall in Palestinian territory is illegal. Written and photographed by [...]
Palestine Monitor, 3 July 2010 Silwan is home to 50,000 Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem, just south of the old city. Since 1967, no building permits have been approved in the neighbourhood. As families expanded over the years, residents were forced to build without permits making their homes illegal and vulnerable to demolition. Complicating the [...]
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