Israel cuts electricity to the Negev desert prison as temperatures soar

  Monday, 01 August 2011 15:15| MEMO The Ahrar Centre stressed that the Israeli government’s actions violate international law and conventions. The Ahrar Centre for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights has stated that the Israeli Prisons Service has cut power to the tents and cement rooms of the Negev desert prison. The Centre considered the [...]


Israel Extends Family Unification Ban For A Year

  Tuesday July 26, 2011 06:12 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli Knesset approved a request by the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to extend the ban on family reunification for an additional year prohibiting granting Israeli citizenship, or even residency, to Palestinians, Lebanese, Iraqis or Syrians married to Israeli [...]


I Am Human ~ by Palestine at Heart | فلسطين في القلب

  I Am Human I too am human, like you, or anyone else, I too am human, I too have a heart, which does feel pain, I too shed tears, when emotions rain, I too have family, whom I love dearly, I too ache, when loved ones are lost, I too am frightened, when violence [...]


Israel MK suspended for joining flotilla

  PressTV -  Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:45AM Hanin Zuabi has been suspended from all parliamentary activityAn Arab member of the Israeli parliament (Knesset) has been barred from carrying out her duties as a lawmaker for her participation in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year. On Monday, the Knesset’s Ethnics Committee suspended Hanin Zuabi from [...]


Rashid Khalidi: Human dignity in Jerusalem

6 July 2011 |  Israeli Occupation Archive by Rashid Khalidi, Jadaliyya – 5 July 2011 www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/2052/human-dignity-in-jerusalem When Palestinians resort to violence to secure their rights or to resist oppression and discrimination, they are routinely condemned for “terrorism.” When they or others use non- violent, peaceful and legal means to oppose a manifest violation of international [...]