Monthly Archives: July 2007

The Israeli state is trying desperately to foreclose all exceptions to its unequivocally racist land laws, writes Jonathan Cook in Nazareth   Israel’s parliament last week approved by an overwhelming majority the first reading of a bill to ensure that … Continue reading →

by John Pilger One of the leaders of demonstrations in Gaza calling for the release of the BBC reporter Alan Johnston was a Palestinian news cameraman, Imad Ghanem. On 5 July, he was shot by Israeli soldiers as he filmed … Continue reading →

Tom Hickey, chair of the University and Colleges Union Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 1RA T.Hickey@bton.ac.uk Tony Blair’s appointment as Middle East peace envoy is intended to invigorate the peace process. Tom Hickey thinks boycotting … Continue reading →

For every person stranded at the Rafah Crossing there is a story. Every one of them must be heard by the world…. their suffering cannot be ignored. Here is one that was published on Uruknet… you must read it… The … Continue reading →

By David R. Francis | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Since 1973, Israel has cost the United States about $1.6 trillion. If divided by today’s population, that is more than $5,700 per person. This is an estimate by … Continue reading →

July 21, 2007 Over 6000 (six thousand) Palestinian refugees from Gaza, including children, babies, pregnant women, the sick, the elderly, and unarmed civilians have been stranded on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border of Gaza for over one month … Continue reading →

07/23/07 Eileen Fleming [Jerusalem, July 22, 2007] I had no clue when I gave ‘birth’ to my website, exactly two years ago to this day, what I was really doing, but, after my first of five journeys to Israel Palestine … Continue reading →