Full report at Middle East Times, Dec 20, 2007 The crowd of Hebron settlers shouted, “Gas the Arabs” and, “Death to the Arabs” as they forced open the door of Hasham al-Azzer’s home which borders the neighboring settlement of Tel Rumeida, about 20 miles south of Jerusalem. The water pipes outside had already been destroyed, the…
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Earlier this year, the Islamist Hamas party took control of Gaza, home to a thriving Christian community now preparing to celebrate their first Christmas under Hamas rule. Manawel Musallam – priest, headmaster and Gazan – is a rotund, avuncular man, fond of wearing berets. I have come to his office to ask how Christians in…
Report via The Electronic Intifada, 14 December 2007 JERUSALEM, 13 December (IRIN) – The isolation of the Gaza Strip is “intolerable” said a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on 10 December, urging better access for Gazans to medical care outside the boxed-off enclave. Ambrogio Manenti, head of the WHO in the West Bank and Gaza…
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Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, January 31st, 2006 Family Homes Demolished in Al-Walaja and Numan, Bethlehem Above: In Numan, Occupation bulldozers demolished two houses belonging to Nidal Ahmed Dar’awi and his brother Khader. In Numan village, northeast of Bethlehem, and in Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, people face a real danger of expulsions…
Treachery for treatment, Al Ahram Weekly, 11-17 October, 2007 Saleh Al-Naami reports from Gaza on how Israeli security conditions the health of sick Palestinians on their becoming informants His calm demeanour belies the personal tragedy he is living. Journalist Bassam Al-Wahidi, 30, is on the verge of giving in to perpetual darkness. This will happen…
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“There are things we South Africans recognize in the Palestinian struggle for national self- determination and human rights. The repressed are demonized as terrorists to justify ever-greater violations of their rights. We have the absurdity that the victims are blamed for the violence meted out against them. Both apartheid and Israel are prime examples of…
Continue Reading Parallels between Israeli and South African apartheid