• Premier: Israel to Keep Parts of the West Bank Forever
    Jan 31, 2010 - 02:47:06 PM
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel intends to keep some of the largest and most intrusive settlements in the West Bank even after a peace agreement is reached with the Palestinians.
  • Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water
    Oct 27, 2009 - 06:11:44 AM
    Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies....“Israel allows the Palestinians access to only a fraction of the shared water resources, which lie mostly in the occupied West Bank, while the unlawful Israeli settlements there receive virtually unlimited supplies...."
  • Directory of Public Companies Supporting Israel's Occupation
    Oct 04, 2009 - 01:56:43 PM
    Israel's occupation of Palestinian land continues in part because it is so profitable for companies in Israel and around the world. Investors are also making money from the sale of products that help build and sustain the illegal settlements, segregated roadways and checkpoints built on Palestinian land. The Interfaith Peace Initiative offers a list of publicly traded companies that support this significant obstacle to peace. Click the title above to access the report.
  • Abbas says Israel must keep 2008 word
    Sep 23, 2009 - 07:13:02 AM
    "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday [September 22, 2009] that Israel must honor agreements on borders and Jerusalem which he says its government made in 2008 talks with the Palestinians if stalled peace negotiations are to resume. Speaking after talks with US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abbas also repeated Palestinian insistence that Israel halt settlement building in the territories, including east Jerusalem."
  • No settlement freeze - Netanyahu
    Sep 15, 2009 - 12:41:14 PM
    "Settlement construction in East Jerusalem will 'go on as planned,' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Knesset members in a meeting Monday, as the Israeli leadership continues to negotiate with the United States on a settlement freeze. US President Barack Obama requested a complete settlement freeze in the West Bank including East Jerusalem. Additionally, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that only a complete halt to settlement construction in the Palestinian territories is enough to bring him back to the negotiating table. East Jerusalem is within in Palestinian territory according to the 1967 armistice line."
  • Report From Gaza by Stephen DeGange
    Aug 26, 2009 - 06:24:22 AM
    "The evil being visited upon the Palestinian people is almost beyond comprehension. Almost. One can only pray that it so appalls the world that, at some point, it simply will not stand. The Crusades ended. The Holocaust ended. Apartheid ended. So too must the siege of Gaza."
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