Back To The Violence In The Holy Land

By: Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. – It’s one of those regular days in the village, where as a foreign wife you stay home all day waiting for the Palestinian husband to come home. Except sometimes such deep violent things happen that the day sort of takes you eight years back. This is the problem [...]

Israel jails man for ‘holy semen’ sex abuse

An Israeli man has been imprisoned for 10 years for tricking women into sexual acts by claiming his semen was holy and had healing powers. Nissim Aharon, a former employee at the Israeli defence ministry, was convicted of rape, sodomy, indecent acts and aggravated fraudulent acquisition. Women paid him large sums of money, believing he [...]

Bil’in protest in support of Jerusalem and the Islamic Holy Sites

This week’s demonstration was part of the National Culture Week for Jerusalem and was joined by international and Israeli activists. The protest was organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in and was joined by the Minister of Culture, Siham Barghothi, and members of the Democratic Youth Union , Fida’. Protesters [...]