Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian activists joined the rally last Saturday in Est Jerusalem to protest the eviction of Arab families from Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settlers continue to occupy Palestinian homes.
The photos were taken by Brady Ng, FVW, Julian.
Photo: FVW
Photo: FVW
View from the stage
Photo: Brady Ng
Part of the 5000-strong ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Petitioners request that the Government of Switzerland, in its capacity as depository of the Fourth Geneva Convention, consider this issue in the context of resuming the High Contracting Parties’ Conference to the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Please sign this important Petition and pass it on to others to prevent Israel from continuing ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Petitioners request that the Government of Switzerland, in its capacity as depository of the Fourth Geneva Convention, consider this issue in the context of resuming the High Contracting Parties’ Conference to the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Please sign this important Petition and pass it on to others to prevent Israel from continuing ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Petitioners request that the Government of Switzerland, in its capacity as depository of the Fourth Geneva Convention, consider this issue in the context of resuming the High Contracting Parties’ Conference to the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Please sign this important Petition and pass it on to others to prevent Israel from continuing ...
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Ghassan Khatib
While the Palestinian Authority (PA) seems prone to agree to "indirect talks" with Israel without the latter undertaking any meaningful freeze of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank, the Israeli government is making only provocations, rendering the resumption — let alone success — of peace talks more unlikely, ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
A recent flurry of demolition orders in Silwan have raised fresh tensions between Palestinian residents and the ever-growing settler community. The settlers' claim to the land derives from the alleged presence of King Solomon's treasures, buried deep beneath Wadi Hulwah, a densely populated suburb of Silwan. Today an archaeological site, ...
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
At a time when extreme and even unthinkable measures are being taken to completely sever the few remaining passageways of life into Gaza through Rafah's underground tunnels into Egypt, other tunnels of a different kind and a different purpose are being dug elsewhere everyday in broad daylight for all the ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Samer Mustafa – Once upon a time at a check point
Dearest May, this is Samer; how are you and your family? I hope that you all are just fine. I am writing this note to tell you about a strange thing that I witnessed at the infamous Qalandia check point ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Since Monday, ongoing harassment and repression have been carried out by the Israeli Police and Border Police in the Shuafat Camp, the only Palestinian refugee camp in Jerusalem.
According to local sources and to the Italian association Vento di Terra, which has a permanent presence in the camp, dozens of Israeli ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) is one of several organisations working to bring the violations occurring in East Jerusalem to the attention of the world. Their Chief Executive, Rabbi Asherman reports, “I see Jerusalem in flames, and know than my words will not succeed in conveying the horror of what ...
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