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Can the current framework of negotiations lead to a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis? Visit afsc.org to learn more. The US says it supports a secure Israel and the creation of a viable Palestinian state — but our tax dollars support settlements in the West Bank and undermine the possibility of a just peace. [...] Nablus – PNN – Israeli armed settlers attacked on Friday morning the village of Qaryit and took over 130 Donums of farmers lands. Qaryit is a small Palestinian village near the southern West Bank city of Nablus. The village is surrounded by two Israeli settlements, Shilo and Aliyah. Local sources said that the settlers using [...] 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 [...] UN – PNN – Over the past ten years, the Israeli military has gradually expanded restrictions on access to farmland on the Gaza side of the 1949 ‘Green Line’, and to fishing areas along the Gaza Strip coast, with the stated intention of preventing attacks on Israel by Palestinian armed factions, the United Nation’s Humanitarian [...] Today Israel destroyed another Bedouin village in the Negev. 45 structures, housing around 300 people, were demolished in a village unrecognised by Israel. The residents of al-Arakib were joined in their protest against the demolition by left wng Israeli activists, and bonfires were lit to delay the arrival of bulldozers. The 1300 police in attendence [...] Gaza –PNN – A 15 year old Palestinian was critically injured on Sunday in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, by an Israeli military land mine. Mohamed Dahaliz was collocating scrap metal near the borders when the land mine exploded near him. Palestinian medical sources said Dahaliz lost his legs and arms due to explosion.Gaza people [...] By Eileen Fleming Al-Jazeerah, ccun.org, March 29, 2010 It is Their Land and it's all about The Land! “Land Day” commemorates the killing of six Palestinians, 96 wounded and 300 arrested on March 30, 1976, in the Galilee. The anticipated peaceful demonstration by Palestinians was a response to Israeli authorities that had announced the confiscation [...] |
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