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Gaza: Closed zone, by Gisha More

PLO monthly report: 17 Palestinians killed, 320 kidnapped and confiscated orchards in addition to demolishing eight homes in Jerusalem More

U.K. embassy nixes move to offices of company behind West Bank construction More

Settlement expansion in the West Bank: Israel has plans for 73,000 settlement homes More

Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights More

Abbas: Aid Without Political Settlement Not Enough More

International sentence:"Israel is guilty of crimes against humanity against Gaza More

Israeli police imposed tight restrictions on entry to Jerusalem in order to continue with its expulsion plan of 1500 palestinians More

Israeli newspaper Haaretz: "Israel planning mass expansion of West Bank settlement bloc" More

U.S. pressure Israel to lift blockade on Gaza More

Israeli forces seize 22 Palestinians in West Bank raids More

Arab denounce the continued Judaization of Jerusalem by Israel More

Settlement growth up 69% in 2008 More

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus early on Tuesday, raided a school and a local television station, and seized two people. More

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Israeli Road Map violations since Annapolis - 18 ‐ Month Summary

Since Israelis and Palestinians renewed their respective commitments under the Road Map at the Annapolis Conference on 27 November 2007, Israel has failed to implement any of its Road Map obligations.  More

Israeli park a lesson in forgotten history

As spring sets in early, Israelis have been pouring into one of the country’s most popular leisure spots.“This is part of the West Bank captured by Israel during the 1967 war. But the presence of Palestinians here – and their expulsion – is entirely missing from the signs.” More

Israel Launches New 'Soft War'

Shortly after the guns fell silent over Gaza, during Operation Cast lead, Israel's three-week bloody onslaught over the coastal territory which left over 1,400 Palestinians dead and over 5,000 wounded, most of them civilian, the Israeli Foreign Ministry stepped up its 'soft war.' More

The Business of colonization

Settlements are usually thought of as residential communities that Israel has established within the OPT to accommodate parts of its civilian population. What is often overlooked, however, is the business side of Israel's settlement enterprise, that is, the factories, service providers and other commercial enterprises operating in the settlements, as well as the developers involved in their construction. More

"The Ultimate Aim is the Transfer of Arab-Israelis"

One of the more disturbing developments in the Middle East is a growing consensus among Israelis that it would acceptable to expel—in the words of advocates “transfer”—its Arab citizens to either a yet as unformed Palestinian state or the neighboring countries of Jordan and Egypt. More

Israelis worry that US may start to distance itself

Apprehension is mounting in Israel over the damage that its “special relationship” with Washington will suffer if, as expected, the Likud leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, puts together a far-right government in the coming weeks. More

It's time to rethink Zionism

The desire for ethnic purity that drove out Palestinians and bars the way to democracy in Israel is the rotten fruit of an old debate. The results of last elections in Israel brought to the surface some of the most rotten fruits of a debate that has been going on throughout the state's existence: the idea that a mono-ethnic Jewish state is feasible, legitimate and desirable. More