Category Archives: Settlers/Colonists

Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees

Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading

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Israel Land Administration charged with race and gender discrimination

The Israel Land Administration (ILA), the powerhouse behind Israeli territorial expansion, is being challenged in Israel’s high court over race and gender discrimination. Currently, all of the council’s 22 members were Jewish men, and 10 are representatives of the Jewish National Fund.

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Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained

Detainees and Other Prisoner News Palestinians arrest 10 Islamic Jihad members Palestinian security forces arrested 10 members of the Islamic Jihad in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, a local leader of the radical movement said. link to news.yahoo.com Islamic … Continue reading

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Israelis sling racial epithets to mark 45 years of a Jerusalem ‘unification’

On Sunday Israel celebrated 45 years of occupying East Jerusalem with thousands of jubilant right-wingers hurling racial epithets as they paraded through the Old City and Muslim Quarter during “Jerusalem Day,” a state holiday embracing the 1967 capture of the city.

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The Messiah’s Donkey: Settlers fire on Palestinian villagers as the Israeli military watches

B’tselem: On Saturday, 19.5.2012, around four thirty in the afternoon, a large group of settlers descended on the eastern outskirts of the village ‘Asira al-Qibliya, from the settlement Yitzhar.

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South African artists, intellectuals and gov’t ministers take steps to isolate Israel

How long before South Africans are accused of being anti-Semites? South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as ‘made in Israel’, Amira Hass Minister of Trade and Industry says South Africa recognizes the State of Israel only within … Continue reading

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Danish right-wing: ‘Made in settlement’ labels preempt Israel’s expanding borders

Yesterday, Denmark announced that produce from Israeli settlements will no longer carry a “made in Israel” sticker, sparking criticism from the country’s extremist anti-immigration political party, Dansk Folkeparti, or the Danish People’s Party (DPP).

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BDS victory: South Africa strips Ahava’s ‘made in Israel’ label

Earlier this month, South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry announced that products made in the West Bank but labeled “made in Israel” will no longer be sold in the country.

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In ’92, AIPAC president raised $1 million for Bill Clinton — and he supported the settlements

‘Clinton has Jewish friends.’ MJ Rosenberg publishes influence-peddling phone conversation with Israel lobby president, in 1992, that cost the AIPAC president his job

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Daily escalations in Occupied Palestine

Eight Palestinian farmers are injured in an unprovoked attack

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Nakba 64 years later, we will never forget

News and headlines from Nakba Day, 2012.

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Israeli officer threatens to rape Palestinian activists in custody (if this happened in Syria it would be headline news)

Israel faces major West Bank uprising over hunger strikers

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Akiva Tor: Arab Spring at fault for blocking a future Palestinian state

Israeli consul general Akiva Tor (above) addressed the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Monday to explain how the Arab Spring hurts hopes for a Palestinian state, settlements don’t hinder the peace process and why BDS is the answer . . . for Iran.

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A portrait of a former Zionist (Part 1)

Qalandiya

Bill grew up in New York in love with Israel. Then in his 20s he became disaffected. He stayed away but he didn’t ever stop thinking about it. Then at 35 he decided to go back. Here’s the first part of a trip diary (Above: entering the Qalandiya checkpoint).

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Shaul Mofaz, Netanyahu’s new partner, ordered ‘revenge’ op that killed Palestinian police in 2002

Shaul Mofaz’s move to join Netanyahu has led some to hope for a renewed peace process. But Mofaz’s record is anything but peaceful.

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‘Battle of the Empty Stomachs’: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab surpass 70 days on hunger strike

Addameer: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab’s petitions to the Israeli High Court regarding their administrative detention orders were rejected yesterday, four days following their High Court hearing on 3 May. Thaer and Bilal are on their 71st day of hunger strike and at immediate risk of death.

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High Court refuses Israeli gov’t petition on Ulpana, will the reprecussions be felt in the Israeli elections?

There was a showdown at Israel’s High Court of Justice yesterday over the continuing saga of Ulpana that promises to thrust the settlement issue front and center in Israel’s upcoming election. This time, the rule of law prevailed and today the High Court rejected the State’s request to cancel its September 2011 ruling in the case. The High Court orders illegal Ulpana outpost homes demolished by July 1.

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Settlers poison grapevines belonging to occupied village, Beit Ummar

Beit Ummar is also attacked by soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets after a funeral

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Michael Sfard: ‘The Israeli government has declared war against the rule of law’

The government of Israel filed another petition to the high court to appeal the demolition of Ulpana, the illegal outpost previously slated for demolition on Tuesday May 1st. This time the state claimed their appeal was due to new evidence the demolition of the illegal outpost would “have significant ramifications as to the future construction in Beit El”!

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Situation for Palestinian Hunger Strikers grows more and more dire– 2 at death’s door

Hunger Strike & Prisoner News Gravely ill Palestinian hunger striker faints in court as Israeli judges sentence him to slow death, Ali Abunimah Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk … Continue reading

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Obama working to postpone UN investigation into settlements until after 2012 elections

Haaretz: The Obama administration is trying to delay the establishment of a panel appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

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Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab in serious condition after 63 days on hunger strike

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – Israel Branch, warned that the health condition of Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab, who entered their 63rd day of hunger strike is causing grave concern, adding that both detainees suffer from an acute decrease of muscle tone and are bedridden, which puts them under dual threat; muscle atrophy and Thrombophilia, which can lead to a fatal blood clot.

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A weekend of violence against Palestinian activists that the UN will never get around to condemning

and other news from Today in Palestine:   Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Palestinian History Jordan Valley Resident Forcibly Removed from Home JORDAN VALLEY, April 27, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers forcibly removed on Friday a Palestinian … Continue reading

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Major olive producing village ordered to uproot 1,400 trees by May 1

Earlier this week, Israel ordered Palestinian farmers in Deir Istiya (pictured above in 2009) to uproot 1,400 trees by the end of the month.

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Israel responds to Palestinian call to restart talks by legalizing three West Bank settlement outposts

The outposts, Sansana, Rechelim and Bruchin, were never formally authorized when founded in the 1990s and are still considered illegal under international law.

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