Category Archives: Features

‘a judicial farce that only happens in Israel’: Israeli magistrate court sentences Samer Issawi to 8 months, but military court may imprison him indefinitely

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Kate

Prisoners / Hunger strikers / Court actions Samer Issawi sentenced to 8 months in prison BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 21 Feb — An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced hunger-striker Samer Issawi to eight months in prison, but he has yet to face … Continue reading →

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Israeli court rejects Samer Issawi’s appeal for release on 210th day of hunger strike

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Kate

Prisoners / Hunger strikers / Court actions Israeli court refuses to release Al-Eesawy, on 210th day of hunger strike IMEMC 19 Feb — On Tuesday February 19, head of the Legal Unit of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Lawyer Jawad … Continue reading →

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned for Palestinian hunger strikers and speaks out against Israeli administrative detention

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Kate

Prisoners / Hunger strikers / Court actions Jailed Palestinian hunger striker faces death Al Jazeera 13 Feb by Renee Lewis — Family and friends of Samer Issawi, on hunger strike for more than 200 days in Israeli jail, say he … Continue reading →

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Freedom Funnies: There is a checkpoint around this center!

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Ethan Heitner

In 2011, the board of New York’s LGBT Center instituted a ban on all Palestine-related organizing at the center at the urging of Zionist funders like Michael Lucas. One year ago, queer activists and allies occupied the lobby of the center to protest this ban. Two organizers from the organization FIERCE perfomed an amazing spoken word piece at the demonstration that I felt beautifully, elegantly tied together the disparate struggles of anti-apartheid activists and those fighting for freedom for all people here in NYC. I asked if I could turn that piece into a comic, which I have been slowly working on since then.

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Israel arrests six, including two journalists, as activists attempt to build new protest encampment near Hebron

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Kate

LA Times: Israeli soldiers and border guards Saturday removed tents Palestinians had set up in an area south of Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, to protest Israeli plans to take over the land. The tent village named Canaan is the fifth that activists have set up in the last month on land they fear Israel intends to seize to build settlements.

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Just other day in the oPt: Israeli forces invade and terrorize Palestinian towns from Jenin to Hebron

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Kate

Violence / Raids / Illegal arrests / Clashes But this sort of thing happens all the time – are they trying to make it seem unusual? WATCH: Soldiers ‘punish’ Palestinian village Ynet 7 Feb —  An IDF force operating near … Continue reading →

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Israeli police give Jerusalem family 10 minutes to evacuate before demolishing their home

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Threats to non-Jewish sites Israeli bulldozers demolish residential shed north of Jerusalem JERUSALEM (WAFA) 5 Feb –Bulldozers of the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished on Tuesday a residential shed in … Continue reading →

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Video: Israeli Foreign Ministry film on Jerusalem features the Dome of the Rock being replaced by a Jewish temple

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Kate

Ynet: The Foreign Ministry created an elaborate video titled The Truth about Jerusalem, in which Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon presents Israel’s capital as a diverse and pluralistic city. The result, however, seemed potentially problematic to the ministry – as it featured a segment in which an animated Dome of the Rock was essentially disintegrating.

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‘Beitar will always remain pure’: Israeli soccer fans protest plan to sign Muslim players

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Kate

Israeli soccer club’s fans object to Muslim players JERUSALEM (Reuters) 27 Jan — An Israeli soccer club notorious for the anti-Arab chants of its fans plans to recruit two Muslim players, fueling protests in the stands that a senior cabinet … Continue reading →

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Trend of unprovoked killing by Israeli military in the West Bank continues — Lubna Hanash, 22, dies after being shot in the head near Bethlehem

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Kate

Sky News: Israel’s military has called for an immediate review of its terms of engagement after a spate of fatal shootings provoked violent clashes in the West Bank.

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Ehud Barak proposes Separation Wall surround E1 to block Palestinian access

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Kate

Report: Israel plans to complete wall around E1 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma‘an) 21 Jan — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak plans to finish building the separation wall around planned Israeli settlement zone E1 which cuts off the West Bank from … Continue reading →

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Israel approves 198 new units near Hebron as settlement construction hits a 10-year high

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Threats to Islamic sites Report: Israel approves 198 new settlement homes TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma‘an) 16 Jan — Israel’s housing ministry released government tenders for the construction of 198 … Continue reading →

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Israel violates Gaza ceasefire again, kills student near Jabalia refugee camp

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Kate

Gaza Official: Israeli forces kill man, wound another in Gaza GAZA CITY (Ma‘an) 11 Jan — Israeli forces fired at the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, killing one man and injuring another, medics said. Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra … Continue reading →

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It’s not just in the occupied territories — Palestinians fear efforts to ‘Judaize’ Israeli city of Lod

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Restriction of movement Lod’s Arab residents fear influx of Jewish settlers will drive them out Haaretz 7 Jan by Gideon Levy & Alex Levac — Many Arab residents of this mixed … Continue reading →

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Roots of Resistance: Memories of Nablus

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Michael Lynk

In 1989, Michael Lynk left his job as a lawyer and joined UNRWA to serve as a refugee affairs officer in Jerusalem. Here he describes experiencing the intifada in the Balata, Askar and Am’ari refugee camps. This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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Roots of Resistance: Posters of the first intifada

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Catherine Baker
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Catherine Baker from the The Palestine Poster Project Archives introduces a selection of twelve posters from around the first year of the Intifada that provide a representative history of that watershed event. This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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Jordan Valley settlers farm private Palestinian land while owners are barred from entering

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Kate

Palestinian owners barred from Jordan Valley land while Israeli farmers profit Haaretz 3 Jan — Thai workers from the Israeli settlements are allowed across the border fence into the area, while the Palestinians are not; IDF spokesman also refuses to … Continue reading →

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Roots of Resistance: The intifada brought Palestine home

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Omar Dajani

Omar Dajani writes about being a college student in the U.S. during the first intifada, “the transformations it effected were no less personal than political. For many of us who had never visited the Holy Land, the intifada brought Palestine home. It was our introduction, our initiation, our gateway to an addiction that I suspect few of us have managed to kick.” This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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1,000 Palestinians forced from their homes for Israeli military exercise in the Jordan Valley

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Kate

Israel orders families in Jordan Valley to leave homes JORDAN VALLEY (WAFA) 31 Dec – The Israeli military ordered more than 1000 Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley to leave their homes for 48 hours to allow the army to … Continue reading →

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Thank you for another year of Mondoweiss

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Adam Horowitz, Scott Roth, and Phil Weiss

A year end thank you from Mondoweiss.

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Roots of Resistance: The source of Palestinian power is the moral force of our cause

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Ahmed Moor

Ahmed Moor shares memories of growing up in Gaza during the first intifada and what that struggle means for the Palestinians today. This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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Roots of Resistance: A moment of hope

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Mariam C Said

Mariam C. Said remembers the beginning of the first intifada and what it meant to her and her late husband Edward Said. This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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‘For the first time in decades, Israel has a new university’ — Netanyahu following decision to upgrade Ariel settlement campus

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Kate

Israel ‘approves 1,200 housing units’ in Gilo TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma‘an) 25 Dec  — Israel’s interior ministry has decided to allow the construction of 1,200 settlement units in the Gilo area in the Bethlehem district, Israeli media reported Tuesday. Israel’s … Continue reading →

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Video: From Palestine on Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Kate

Christmas and Christians in the Holy Land PLO releases Bethlehem Christmas video BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 22 Dec — The PLO’s negotiations affairs department and Palestinian Government Media Center released a video on Saturday about the realities of Bethlehem ahead of Christmas. … Continue reading →

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West Bank protests held in solidarity with hunger strikers and refugees from Yarmouk camp

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Kate

Prisoners Report: 4600 prisoners in Israeli jails, including 182 children, 184 administrative detainees PNN — On Wednesday 19th December, a report prepared by Palestinian researcher in the field of prisoners’ affairs, Abdul Nasser Farawna, revealed that Israeli authorities detain 4600 … Continue reading →

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