Articles by martyn

Israeli forces demolish vegetable stand near Qalandia checkpoint  Israeli military forces on Tuesday destroyed a vegetable stand near the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Israeli troops demolished the […]

The Right To Return, a Basic Right Still DeniedAl Awda,  September 12, 2006 Palestinian refugees represent the longest suffering and largest refugee population in the world today. In 2005, there were approximately 7.2 million Palestinian […]

Pogrom in Nablus Khaled Amayreh   Al-Ahram September 2008 Gangs of Jewish terrorists, otherwise known as settlers, have been assaulting unprotected Palestinian civilians and their property in many parts of the West Bank.  The head of […]

Boycott is a crucial means of struggle fpor Palestinian rights The Israeli policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [is] a colonial regime that is constructing an apartheid regime in the area.  Accordingly, BDS is one […]

Jerusalem car crash ‘an accident’   Mahmoud Mughrabi, Kassem’s father, said his son did not have a driving licence and apparently lost control of the car. "What happened yesterday was a natural road accident. Israel […]

19 Israelis, mainly soldiers, wounded in a Palestinian attack in Jerusalem Sep 23, 2008 Saed Bannoura – IMEMC  Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, issued a statement demanding to rush the procedures, which would result in […]

A new group warns of blowing up the Rafah terminal if it remains closed September 23, 2008 Rami Almeghari – IMEMC A new Gaza-based group, calling itself the Brigades for Supporting the Oppressed, threatened on […]

Israeli doctors conduct surgery on Palestinian prisoner without his consent  PIC 22 09 08 The prisoner added that in the hospital, he was asked to sign papers authorizing doctors to conduct a surgery on him […]

She stood firm defending her home, and, like an Olive tree, died standing  The daughter of Mariam Ayyad, 60, tells the story of her mother’s last moments – she describes an argument that ensued when […]

Israeli military bulldozers raveage Palestinian land in Tubas This week, Israeli armored bulldozers have begun tearing up the land of Palestinian villagers in the town of Tubas, after having issued ‘military demolition Israeli military bulldozers ravage […]