UN experts urge Israel to stop harassment of human rights activist Issa Amro
13 August 2013| reposted from the UN News Center A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today expressed deep concern at the alleged ongoing judicial harassment, intimidation and abusive treatment directed against Issa Amro, a prominent Palestinian human rights defender.
Why is Congress acting aginst the US constitution?
By: Dr Sarah Marusek | reposted from Middle East Monitor In the days following the official resumption of US-led “peace talks” between Israel and Palestine, the Israeli government decided to expand its list of illegal settlements eligible for government subsidies and approved a plan to build more than 1,000 new settler homes in the Occupied […]
On Those Middle East Peace Talks
Reposted from Counterpunch by PAUL LARUDEE The moment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to send emissaries to Washington to discuss the resumption of 20-year-old peace talks, the objective of the talks was achieved. To anyone not in a coma, it is clear that these talks will not lead […]
Welcome to Hebron, where the rule of law is nonexistent
Reposted from +972blog |Published August 4, 2013 By Yesh Din (written by Yossi Gurvitz) It took the police nearly three hours to reach a Palestinian’s home in Hebron after it had been fired on. When the police arrived, they asked the victim to do their job for them.
Khader Adnan: Palestinian organizations must make it clear that hunger strikers are not forgotten
Sheikh Khader Adnan, former prisoner and hunger striker, admonished official Palestinian bodies and institutions in a press conference on Sunday, August 4, saying that they have turned their back on Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. He urged Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, occupied Palestine ’48 and diaspora to play their role in the […]
How many nails does the peace process coffin need?
By Hazem Jamjoum Reposted from Egypt Independent Once again, Palestinian and Israeli officials have come together around the negotiating table to resuscitate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In examining the history of negotiations over the past 17 years, one cannot help but think of the peace that is supposed to result from this process as a […]