Settlers tie Palestinian man to phone pole and beat him

A group of West Bank settlers on Saturday beat a 31-year-old Palestinian man in the southern Hebron Hills, after having tied him to a telephone pole.
Left-wing activists later videoed a settler kicking Madahat Abu-Kirash, the victim, as he remained tied up and was surrounded by Israeli security forces. The soldiers subsequently removed the [...]

Secular Israelis wary of impact of non-Jewish olim

About two-thirds of secular Israelis fear that accepting 300,000 non-Jewish immigrants could lead to assimilation, according to an Absorption Ministry survey.
The study, the first to examine Israeli attitudes toward non-Jewish immigrants, reveals that 88 percent of secular people assume the immigrants were not motivated by Jewish concerns. Some 72 percent are concerned by these [...]

Is Colonialism in Israel Untouchable?

Since the pages have turned in commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, do new headlines and reports covering stories other than Palestine suggest that its business as usual in Israel?
Indeed it would be an injustice to confine solidarity activism to calendar events such as “birthdays” for this will overlook other dimensions underpinning the [...]

60 years since Al Nakba rememberance (may)

• May 2008: Portland, Oregon
Metro Area 40/60 Commemorations: Sixtieth Anniversary of Al-Nakba.
Demonstrations, speaking events, and teach-ins throughout the month.
• 1 May, Harvard University, USA
*Film Screening: “La Terre Parle Arabe”; Discussion with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh*
Starr Auditorium, When: 4:00pm-6:30pm
Contact: Abdelnasser Rashid, arashid@fas.harvard.edu
• 1 May, Harvard University, USA
*Screening of Occupation 101 and discussion led by Prof Hamid Dabashi*
7pm [...]

(Another week of) Israeli Human Rights Violations

The four children from the Abu Me’tiq family who were killed by an Israeli missile that hit their house
- 9 Palestinians, including 5 children and a woman, were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
- The victims include a woman and her 4 children who were killed when IOF shelled their house in Beit Hanoun [...]

Israeli colonalism map

Ref: guardian

What happened at Haditha?

Battle For Haditha UK DVD Trailer

Eyewitness reportage about haditha massacre

What happened at Haditha?
Haditha is an agricultural community of about 90,000 people on the banks of the Euphrates north-west of Baghdad.
It lies in the huge western province of Anbar, which became the heartland of the insurgency after US-led troops invaded Iraq in 2003.
It was a dangerous [...]

Final Footage Of Reuters Journalist Killed By IDF Shell

Israeli Soldiers Shoot at Palestinian Journalist
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yN1Qnz3LQ&feature=related]

ANALYSIS / Hurry up and shoot before the cease-fire

The Israel Defense Forces avoided accepting any form of responsibility for the death of Miyasar Abu Muatak and her four young children in a shanty neighborhood of Beit Hanun Monday. According to the army’s version, the mother and children were not killed by two missiles fired from an aircraft, as the Palestinians maintain, but as [...]

Settlers to move into E. J’lem police HQ

Based on an agreement signed with former police commissioner Moshe Karadi, right-wing settlers will take up residence in a group of buildings in Jerusalem’s predominantly Arab neighborhood Ras al-Amud in the next few days. The building had hitherto served as the Samaria and Judea District Police headquarters.
The buildings are slated to become the nucleus [...]