1 day ago by occupiedpalestine

Related: Israel’s crimes against Christianity | Christianty – in pictures ICN – Independant Catholic News February 10, 2012 Jerusalem Palestinians in the East Jerusalem town of Silwan are living in fear of imminent eviction. Last week Israeli authorities posted demolition orders on several houses in ...

9 days ago by darkpolitricks

Dissident Voice Article By Graham Peebles Violence, abuse, non-accountability, hate — such is communal living today within the occupied West Bank, where some 518,974 colonisers sit within “ 200” illegal settlements. According to Noam Chomsky: The settlements cover over 42% of the Occupied Palestinia ...

9 days ago by emilylhauser

Israeli Border Patrol - not exactly cops on the beat. (Source: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun) I’ve been particularly fixated this week on this story out of East Jerusalem (which, it should be noted, is a misnomer for the Palestinian neighborhoods and villages in and around Jerusalem which Israel is steadily ...

18 days ago by occupiedpalestine

Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA Jan 25, 2012 RAMALLAH, January 25, 2012 (WAFA) – The Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) agreed to send a fact-finding delegation to the Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem to look into Israeli violations, Fatah Central Committee member Azzam ...

24 days ago by babs22

In a confidential report sent to Brussels this week, some EU diplomats urge the European Commission to consider drafting a legislation in order to ensure that financial transactions by EU members do not support Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem. (map from bbcimg.co.uk) According to the report, wh ...

29 days ago by darkpolitricks

By Dr. Ashraf Ezzat Friday, January 13th, 2012 It is a new year in the West Bank. And on Christmas, a rainy and great wind swept over the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Trees bent and roofs rattled but the wind couldn’t carry away the suffering, vulnerability and the long 365 days of humiliation. Isr ...

35 days ago by noam

In a tweet that was later deleted, the Jewish National Fund says Bedouins in unrecognized villages are “living on someone’s land illegally.” The JNF has been taking part in evacuations of Palestinians in East Jerusalem and in foresting actions aimed at preventing the Bedouin from accessing their lan ...

52 days ago by peaceplayersintl

Brendan, Tal, Dan and Win (back row, l. to r.) at a girls' Twinning in Jeursalem Last week, we received a visit from PPI board member Win Sheridan and Executive Director Brendan Tuohey, who made the long plane trip from Washington, D.C. to check out the work we’re doing on the ground. Although Brend ...

53 days ago by Redazione

EUROPEAN UNION - Brussels, 20 December 2011 [A 524/11] – Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made the following statement today: “I wish to express my strong disapproval of the Israeli authorities’ annou ...

56 days ago by occupiedpalestine

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures [ 18/12/2011 - 09:45 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli district committee for planning and building in occupied Jerusalem approved a plan to build additional 23 housing units in a new settlement outpost in Ras Al-Amud ...