Al Jazeera English, July 10, 2010 Mahmoud Alami, a Jerusalem taxi driver, knows the city like the back of his hand. He knows the neighborhoods, the streets. And he knows the stop lights. There’s one in particular that troubles him not professionally but personally. It stands between Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighborhood, and Pisgaat Zeev, …
Al Jazeera English, June 21, 2010 Maan News Agency, July 10, 2010 Jewish settlers storming the garden of an elderly Palestinian woman– it seems like a page from Hebron’s book, not that of cosmopolitan Tel Aviv. But that’s exactly what happened to Zeinab Rachayel, an Arab resident of Tel Aviv’s mixed suburb, Yafo. Rachayel was …
The National, November 14, 2009 At a time when most Israeli girls her age are fantasizing about their post-army travels, Emelia Markovich, 19, is considering the jail time that looms ahead. Markovich is a member of a group of shministim, Hebrew for 12th graders. But these shministim aren’t your average high school students. They are …
The Electronic Intifada, November 9, 2009 Is Israel threatened by the BDS movement? Maan News Agency, November 11, 2009 For over six weeks now Mohammed Othman, a prominent Palestinian activist and an outspoken advocate of the nonviolent boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, has been held in an Israeli military prison without charges. On 22 …
The Electronic Intifada, October 29, 2009 Recently, Israel announced that it would import palm fronds from the Gaza Strip for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The move came at the behest of Minister of Religious Services, Yakov Margi, who feared that a shortage of palm fronds and a local monopoly on the item would send …
The National, October 31, 2009 Hebrew translation: here. Every Friday, as midday prayers draw to a close, a few dozen protestors meet outside Bilin’s humble mosque. From there, they march though the village, calling for an end to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. By the time they enter a thin, dusty grove of olive …
Israel tightens the noose on advocacy organizations The Electronic Intifada, September 23, 2009 Israel’s new tactic The Khaleej Times, October 3, 2009 Mu’tasem Billah Abu-Mastfa was born in Gaza. Though he is just nine months old, his parents are already trying to get him out of the Strip. Abu-Mastfa was born with severe congenital heart …
The Palestinian village of Bil’in, located in the West Bank, is a flashpoint for the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since 2005, Bil’in has been the site of Friday demonstrations attended by hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals in protest of the impending construction of the separation wall, the division of Palestinian-owned land, as well as the continued …