The Center for Constitutional Rights filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the US government’s knowledge of, and actions in relation to, Israel’s aid flotilla attack.
Human Rights Watch urged Hamas authorities to allow captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to communicate with his family and receive visits from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Eight were injured in the West Bank town of Beit Jala as locals and internationals gathered to protest the construction of Israel’s separation wall near the 18th century Cremisan monastery.
Israeli authorities pledge to finally produce a list of which goods are actually barred from the besieged Gaza Strip, but for the moment the conditions of the siege have not changed.
Amnesty International called on the Israeli authorities to end house demolitions which leave thousands of Palestinians living in daily fear of eviction from their homes.
With appalling blatancy, Israel’s “amen chorus” on Capitol Hill is proposing use of the Armenian genocide—or the threat of US recognition of it as genocide—as political ammo against Turkey.
The Israeli Navy opened fire on an armed squad of Palestinians wearing diving suits and supposedly on their way to attack Israeli targets, killing four alleged al-Aqsa Brigade members.
Marking the anniversary of the 1967 seizure of the West Bank and Gaza, some 15,000 Israeli leftists and peace activists marched in Tel Aviv to mark "43 years of occupation."
Israeli authorities announced the seizure without resistance of the Gaza-bound aid ship Rachel Corrie. Organizers said the vessel had been “stormed and hijacked.”
The Israeli group Boycott!—”Supporting the Palestinian BDS call from within”—has issued an appeal for pressure on Tel Aviv to allow the aid ship Rachel Corrie to pass to Gaza.
Nicaragua has become the first country to cut off diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of Israel’s deadly raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla that has sparked global outrage.
The UN Security Council has called for a “prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation” into the deadly Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip.
