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THE PALESTINIANS: WAREHOUSING A "SURPLUS PEOPLE"  Jeff Halper  So rapid is the pace of systemic change in that indivisible entity known as Palestine/Israel that it almost defies our ability to keep up with it. The deliberate and systematic campaign...

The Shministim Movement  The Ordeal of Sahar Vardi, Refusenik  By NEVE GORDON  Eighteen-year-old Sahar Vardi is currently in an Israeli military prison. She is being punished for the crime of refusing to be conscripted into the Israeli military.  A...

August 25, 2008  Fledgling Settlements Grow by Stealth  Israeli Outposts Seal Death of Palestinian State  By JONATHAN COOK  Migron, West Bank  Yehudit Genud hardly feels she is on the frontier of Israel’s settlement project, although the...

Dissident Voice  Drought and Israeli Policy Threaten West Bank Water Security   by Stephen Lendman / July 16th, 2008  Fresh water is precious everywhere but especially in one of the driest, hottest places on earth: the Middle East. Water is a...

Checkpoint Jerusalem August 14, 2008 Israel: Killing cameraman was justified Checkpoint Jerusalem is written by Dion Nissenbaum, who covers the Middle East as Jerusalem bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers. http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/jerusalem/...

Israel’s ‘Two Roads’ Solution  Fred Schlomka  As the eyes of the world are on the Liberty Ships approaching Gaza, a massive segregated road project in the Greater Jerusalem area is quietly approaching completion. Israel is about to unveil...

Jaffa pool restricts entry of Arab residents  Jewish neighborhoods' committees find original, controversial way to deal with violent incidents by local Arab pool goers, restricting their access to facility for one day every fortnight Omer Ori  Jewish and...

THE NATIONAL Those Who Dislike US Iraq Subsidies Should Look at the Israel Dole Date: Aug 12, 2008 By: Stephen Glain  This week, Congress indulged in some populist Arab-bashing when it was revealed that high oil prices could earn the Iraq government a budget...

w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 05:33 06/08/2008 Why did the U.S. turn away Gaza Fulbright scholars? By Barak Ravid  WASHINGTON - "This is one of the oddest things we have encountered in recent years," an Israeli official said of a long...

The Nation / Israeli/Palestinian Conflict  Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation  This summer, at age 24, I was honored to learn that I had become the youngest journalist to receive the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, named for the famed...

Dear friends,  When history writes the chapter of how this Israeli occupation ended, the effort to collect video evidence of Israeli war crimes by the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem  in a remarkable project called Shooting Back , will be...

You can also find this article in the new issue of This Week in Palestine .  After reading, please consider making a donation to Dalia Association . Does the International Aid System Violate Palestinians' Rights? By Dalia Association  Self-determination is a...

The National Palestinian family fights settlers Jonathan Cook, Foreign Correspondent  July 23. 2008 6:28PM GMT  JERUSALEM // It must be the smallest Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories: just half a house. But Palestinian officials and...

From The Times  July 19, 2008  Jewish guerrillas told British: quit Palestine or die  Fighters were led by future Israeli premier  Marcus Leroux  A pamphlet warning Britons to leave the Middle East or face death has come to light in a stash of...

After reading this:  The Nakba, Intel, and Kiryat Gat it would make sense to read this: The Cost of Occupation Rights-based justice leads to lasting peace, all else is wasting time, Sam -----------------------------------------------------------------------...

Dear friends, Here is the other event in Jerusalem today that your media will most likely ignore.  Guess how this would be covered if the roles were reversed. Times are tense. This madness is man-made, Sam --- Jul 22, 2008 23:12 Haredim attack, wound two Arabs in...

The Times of India - Breaking news, views. Israel using rats to drive away Arabs?  21 Jul 2008, 0016 hrs IST,PTI  JERUSALEM: Israel is using rats to drive Arab families out of their homes in the Old City of Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority's (PA) official...

20 July '08: B'Tselem: Prosecute soldier who fired 'rubber' bullet at Palestinian detainee, Investigate the involvement of an officer in the event and suspected cover-up  Today, B'Tselem is publishing a video clip documenting a soldier firing a rubber coated steel...