On March 16, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. on behalf of the parents of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American peace activist who was run over and killed by a Caterpillar D9… Read moreRachel Corrie family sues CAT
Newsday reports March 15 that militant settlers gathered at the Hebron tomb of Baruch Goldstein to mark the 11th anniversary of his massacre of 29 Palestinians as they prayed at the Tomb of Patriarchs, where Abraham is believed to be… Read moreSicko settlers schmooze at Baruch Goldstein’s tomb
A short commentary piece in Israel’s largest circulation daily Yediot Aharonot claimed March 10 that armed youth are hitch hiking to Gush Katif, the illegal Jewish settlement bloc in the occupied southern Gaza Strip, where they are being hosted by… Read moreSome settlers push back: Armed Judeo-hippies rush to defend the Gush!!
From JTA, March 4: Israeli troops wearing video screens Israeli troops have been outfitted with tiny video screens on their wrists. The screens display video shot by unmanned airplanes, helping troops identify and strike targets. The technology has been used… Read moreIDF using Dick Tracy tech for assassinations
Shaba’a Farms is a small area occupied by Israel adjacent to the Golan Heights, which is part of Syria and occupied by Israel since 1967. Hezbollah claims the Farms are part of Lebanon, and uses this claim to justify its… Read moreContested Israeli-occupied area Lebanese, says Israeli academic
Thousands of protesters defied a ban on public gatherings in downtown Beirut as Lebanon’s pariliament began a firey debate on who was responsibile for the Feb. 14 car-bomb assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. Demanding the government resign, protesters… Read moreThousands protest in Beirut
Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon implicated Syria in the Feb. 25 suicide bombing of a Tel Aviv nightclub that left four dead, after the group Islamic Jihad, which maintains a Damascus office, claimed responsibility. "The terrorist attack was perpetrated by… Read moreIsrael blames Syria in suicide blast
An article in Ha’aretz Jan. 30 says that Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has approved the government’s application of its 1950 Absentee Property Law to confiscate about one half of Palestinian-owned land in East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinians who live… Read moreIsraeli Attorney General Approves E. Jerusalem Land Grab
Jayyous, a town of 3,400 in the West Bank, is being cleansed quickly through illegal Israeli settlement expansion, funded indirectly with US tax dollars. The Rhode Island Qalqilya Alliance has background information, and says what you can do to take… Read moreSAVE JAYYOUS: Palestinian village being ethnically cleansed
