Palestine
US court considers: Jerusalem part of Israel?
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Israel cannot be listed as the place of birth on US passports for citizens born in Jerusalelm.
Tag: Israel
Palestine
Israeli court evicts family from East Jerusalem home
An Israeli magistrate’s court ruled to evict a Palestinian family from their home in East Jerusalem, after a six year legal battle to prove ownership of the property.
Palestine
Israel razes Bedouin village —again
Israeli forces used bulldozers to demolish the “unrecognized” Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb in the Negev desert—amid protests over a Knesset bill that would expropriate Bedouin lands.
Palestine
Occupy Tel Aviv —again
Thousands marched in Tel Aviv, blocking traffic on the city’s main thoroughfares, for a rally marking the two-year anniversary of Israel’s mass movement against inequality.
Palestine
Demonstrations across West Bank
As Ramadan opened, dozens of protesters were wounded in demonstrations across the occupied West Bank over settler confiscation of lands and waters.
Palestine
Palestinians smash holes in Israel’s wall
Palestinian youths smashed holes in Israel’s separation wall in East Jerusalem on the ninth anniversary of an International Court of Justice advisory opinion that ruled the wall illegal.
Southern Cone
Argentina: Israel secretly bought uranium in 1960s
Declassifiied documents reveal the UK and the US opposed Israel's secret atom bomb program in 1964–but helped keep it secret after Israel bought Argentine uranium.
Palestine
Islamic Jihad severs ties with Hamas
The Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza announced that it is suspending ties with Hamas, accusing Gaza authorities of being responsible for the death of one of the group’s members.
Mexico
Mexico: Israel training Chiapas police?
Israel’s embassy in Mexico City denied widespread reports in the Mexican media that Israeli military advisors are training police in the southern state of Chiapas.
Palestine
Arab Negev residents rally against displacement
Thousands of Israeli Arabs demonstrated in Beersheba against the Prawer Plan which will displace thousands of Bedouin families in the Negev desert.
Palestine
Clashes across West Bank on war anniversary
Demonstrators in the West Bank joined mass protests to mark the Global March to Jerusalem, and dozens were lightly injured as Israeli forces tried to disperse them.
Palestine
Israel frees Palestinian ex-minister after two years
Israel released former Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Wasfi Qabaha at a Nablus checkpoint, ending his two-year detention without charge or trial.