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Human Rights | Collective Punishment
2009-07-04: Headlines
Institute for Middle East Understanding: Building and weeping 2009-07-04
... aided by the Israeli human-rights organizations Yesh Din and B'Tselem, requesting the enforcement of work-termination and demolition orders that ...
Minda News: COMMENTARY: B'moro Politicization: The Brutalization of the Moro ... 2009-07-04
Once you begin to look at things from this angle, the anomaly of collective punishment of Muslim communities in Mindanao fits the communitarian conflict ...
The Hour: Retired Westport professor weighs in on Iran elections 2009-07-04
... carried out by unfriendly or alienated regimes are the verbal equivalents of collective punishment and are misplaced, inflammatory and unjust.
Australia.TO: Strike: The only option of peaceful protest for Kashmiris 2009-07-03
Most of the Kashmiris feel that Indian government is using more repressive measures in Kashmir than Israeli soldiers employ against Palestinians.
Daily Kos: Amnesty International's Report Faults Both Sides' Conduct in Gaza 2009-07-03
by Lefty Coaster Amnesty International has issued their long awaited Report on Gaza: (Israel/Gaza Operation 'Cast Lead' 22 days of death and destruction PDF ...
Common Dreams (press release): Russia/US: Obama Should Press Medvedev on Rights at Summit 2009-07-03
... Caucasus have been marked by grave human rights violations, including torture, forced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and collective punishment.
Lebanon: Amnesty defends report on Israel's destruction of Gaza - Daily Star 2009-07-03
... on civilians and civilian object ... the prohibition of indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks, and the prohibition on collective punishment.
Human Rights Tribune: UN expert denounces Israeli boat seizure 2009-07-03
... in violation of Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people” ...
Rabble.ca: Human Rights Watch: Ottawa's bias in Middle East erodes Canada' ... 2009-07-03
Israel also has a blockade preventing the movement of essential goods and people into and out of the Gaza Strip, amounting to unlawful collective punishment ...
www.worldbulletin.net: Pro-Russia govt imposes "burn-punish policy" in Chechnya: Right groups 2009-07-03
Human Rights Watch cited Kadyrov imposed "collective punishment". If the so-called criminal cannot be brought to justice, his closest relative may become ...
Ma'an News Agency: Anti-siege committee calls for more aid ships to Gaza 2009-07-03
... in violation of Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people," Falk said.
Ekklesia: C of E's biggest investment 'destroying lives of poorest' 2009-07-03
Government reprisals against militancy and violence frequently involve excessive force and communities are subjected to violence and collective punishment ...
The People's Voice: Ethnic Cleansing as a State Policy 2009-07-03
Politically this would rule out the Palestinian refugees' “Right of Return” and legitimize Lieberman's “transfer” dreams (expulsion en masse of Israel' ...
editorsweblog.org: Press Gazette names the best scoops in British journalism, 1922-1995 2009-07-03
The harrowing first-hand account of the demolition of the Spanish town foreshadowed what German warplanes would do in World War II.
Prison Planet.com: Falk slams Israel, says relief boat seizure 'unlawful' 2009-07-03
... Palestinian population of Gaza” in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibiting any form of collective punishment against “an occupied people”.
Freshinfo: Exploring Sussex 2009-07-03
Third-generation apple and pear grower John Dench's company Ringden Farm diversified into juicing top fruit in 1992 after a bad hail storm demolished ...
Associated Press of Pakistan: Growth rate declines from 9% to 6.7% in India - 2009-07-03
It also violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people, he stated.
Hindustan Times: If you want to freeze things... 2009-07-03
Following a CBI investigation, a trial court in Rae Bareli is hearing cases pertaining to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
Associated Press of Pakistan: UN rights expert criticizes Israeli seizure of aid boat - 2009-07-03
It also violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people, he stated.
2009-07-03: Headlines
Human Rights Tribune: UN expert denounces Israeli boat seizure 2009-07-03
... in violation of Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people” ...
Associated Press of Pakistan: Muslim Aid sets up education, skills development centres for IDPs 2009-07-03
It also violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people, he stated.
Associated Press of Pakistan: UN praises Pakistanis' for their 'generosity' towards displaced - 2009-07-03
It also violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people, he stated.
Al-Jazeerah.info: Illegal Israeli settlers establish new outpost near Tulkarem, More ... 2009-07-02
Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers took over farmland in Kafr Al-Labad village, in the northern West Bank by erecting three tents that now play home ...
UN News Centre: Independent UN rights expert criticizes seizure of aid boat ... 2009-07-02
It also violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits any form of collective punishment directed at an occupied people, he stated.
International Middle East Media Center: PCHR Weekly Report: 11 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children ... 2009-07-02
Israeli forces have continued measures aimed at establishing a Jewish majority in occupied east Jerusalem. Israeli forces demolished a structure recently ...
Australia.TO: RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment 2009-07-02
WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (IPS) - Russian federal and Chechen authorities should immediately put a stop to home burnings and other collective punishment practice ...
CounterCurrents.org: Unorthodox Reflections Of A Revolutionary 2009-07-02
Or there's the “democratisation” that the West is trying to transfer to other countries, such as Iraq , for example. The “democratisation” of Iraq was a lie ...
ReliefWeb (press release): Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied ... 2009-07-02
IOF demolished a structure recently added to a house and violently beat 5 women from the family. - IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank ...
ReliefWeb (press release): Russia: What your children do will touch upon you - Punitive house ... 2009-07-02
This report documents these episodes of collective punishment. Today, the armed conflict in Chechnya has subsided and the capital, Grozny, has been largely ...
ReliefWeb (press release): Israel/Gaza: Operation 'cast lead': 22 days of death and destruction 2009-07-02
Its stated aim was to end rocket attacks into Israel by armed groups affiliated with Hamas and other Palestinian factions. By 18 January 2009 ...
MWC News: Mairead Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail 2009-07-02
Israel constantly claims that their policies are based on security, but what they're doing—imposing collective punishment on an entire civilian population.
Belfast Telegraph: Mairead: My terror as Israelis seized aid boat 2009-07-02
“It is a complete blockade of Gaza and collective punishment of 1.5m people which breaks the Geneva Convention. We have |to highlight how desperate |that ...
Reuters: UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime 2009-07-02
... Palestinian population of Gaza" in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibiting any form of collective punishment against "an occupied people".
Reuters: Chechnya burns homes to punish rebels - watchdog 2009-07-02
Chechen customary law provides for revenge and collective punishment. If the actual criminal cannot be brought to justice, his closest relative may become ...
Ha'aretz: Spoil them rotten 2009-07-02
The siege has splintered the Palestinian people even more. This is not the first time Israel has split up the Palestinians: Since 1948 it has been ...
Ha'aretz: Twilight zone / Herding the shepherds 2009-07-02
Nearly every one of the hundreds of herder families that live here, in some cases for generations, has at some point received an evacuation or demoliti ...
Today's Zaman: Israeli Navy boards peace activist ship to Gaza 2009-07-02
In addition to the death toll, the civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip was largely demolished, with food, water and medicine scarce and hospital ...
Emirates News Agency: UAE PRESS EDITORIALS - WAM 2009-07-02
"An HRW report released this week focuses on six cases of Israeli drone-launched missile attacks in which 29 Palestinian civilians, eight of them children ...
The People's Voice: Ethnic Cleansing as a State Policy 2009-07-02
Politically this would rule out the Palestinian refugees' “Right of Return” and legitimize Lieberman's “transfer” dreams (expulsion en masse of Israel' ...
Mainstream: Yes, You Can: Signs of Hope in Obama's Message - An Indi ... 2009-07-02
The Indian public discourse does not include the killing of three thousand Muslims on a single day in 1983 in Nellie (Assam) or the demolition of ...
MedIndia: Oil Industry Brings Impoverishment And Misery for Nigerians Amnesty 2009-07-02
Government reprisals against militancy and violence frequently involve excessive force, and communities are subjected to violence and collective punishment ...
Ma'an News Agency: Both Israel and Hamas reject Amnesty's Gaza findings 2009-07-02
"Ignoring the main reasons behind what is happening is providing a cover for killing and expelling, and justifies the [Gaza] siege, which is in violation ...
Scoop.co.nz: Why Jerusalem? Israel's Hidden Agenda 2009-07-02
During its clearing operations, Israel demolished the Maghribi Quarter adjacent to the Western Wall, destroyed the al-Buraq Mosque and the Tomb of ...
English News: Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza - Global Arab Network 2009-07-02
... Palestinian population of Gaza" in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibiting any form of collective punishment against "an occupied people".
American Spectator: No Peace in Our Time 2009-07-02
In 2005, its 8000 residents were forcibly evicted by the Israeli government, and their homes demolished, as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement ...
The Media Line: MidEast Daily News 2009-07-02
Amnesty International's report on the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip last January accuses Israel of committing war crimes.
NEWS JUNKIE POST: In Gaza, Both Israel & Hamas Committed War Crimes 2009-07-02
Further, large areas of Gaza had been razed to the ground, leaving many thousands homeless and the already dire economy in ruins. “I want aggressiveness- ...
Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey: Israel Viewpoint 2009-07-02
Though the speech has engendered much criticism, it generally was successful in buying time for Israel and putting the Palestinians on the defensive.
Five Towns Jewish Times Online: Demilitarized Palestinian State? 2009-07-02
I don't think there's a Palestinian nation. That's a colonial invention. Since when were there Palestinians? I think there's only an Arab nation.
News & Issues: Israel Hijacks Humanitarian Ship Bound for Gaza - About 2009-07-02
But instead of demonstrating for the release of Palestinian prisoners, they demonstrated for tightening the siege and collective punishment.
Earthtimes (press release): EXTRA: Amnesty report 'unbalanced' and 'unprofessional', says Hamas 2009-07-02
It also called for an end to the Israeli blockade on the Strip, which it said was "collective punishment" illegal under international law.
Arab Monitor: Palestinian caretaker Minister resigns over PA's failure ... 2009-07-02
Abdel Qader said that in the past 18 months, during which he held office, he had worked on some 600 cases of homes endangered by Israel's demoliti ...
2009-07-02: Headlines
Bay Area Indymedia: Tel-Aviv. Apartheid. Boycott! 2009-07-02
... how life is beyond the apartheid wall and settlements that annex Palestinian land and deprive Palestinians from access to water and natural resources.
Scoop.co.nz: Why Jerusalem? Israel's Hidden Agenda 2009-07-02
During its clearing operations, Israel demolished the Maghribi Quarter adjacent to the Western Wall, destroyed the al-Buraq Mosque and the Tomb of ...
411mania.com: 411 Boxing's Pound for Pound Ratings 07.02.09: For Month Ending June 2009-07-02
His recent demolition of Raul Martinez and five fight knockout streak shows he can take you out of there. 9. Vic Darchinyan (32-1-1, 26 KOs) - His upcoming ...
MedIndia: Oil Industry Brings Impoverishment And Misery for Nigerians – Amnesty 2009-07-02
Government reprisals against militancy and violence frequently involve excessive force, and communities are subjected to violence and collective punishment ...
Arab Monitor: Palestinian caretaker Minister resigns over PA's failure ... 2009-07-02
Abdel Qader said that in the past 18 months, during which he held office, he had worked on some 600 cases of homes endangered by Israel's demoliti ...
Al-Jazeerah.info: Illegal Israeli settlers establish new outpost near Tulkarem, More ... 2009-07-02
Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers took over farmland in Kafr Al-Labad village, in the northern West Bank by erecting three tents that now play home ...
AFP: Israel rejects total settlement freeze 2009-07-02
Ayalon made it clear he did not believe the Palestinians were willing to make any concessions. "One cannot demand immediate and complete payment by Israel ...
Emirates News Agency: UAE PRESS EDITORIALS - WAM 2009-07-02
"Maliki's government, thus, should seize this opportunity of sovereignty transfer and transform it into a real source of strength by providing adequate ...
International Middle East Media Center: Palestine Today 070109 2009-07-01
The Israeli government decides to deport aid workers and hands over more demolition orders to Palestinian families in Jerusalem, these stories and more ...
Canadian Jewish News: Court defers judgment on lawsuit against Canadian firms 2009-07-01
Forty years later, Israel still refuses to recognize their right to exist as a nation.” Answer choices were Jews, Iranians, Egyptians or Palestinians.
Ekklesia: Jewish peace activist faces jail after homes demolition protest 2009-07-01
The demolition and the resistance to it, were captured on film and broadcast on Israeli news. Nawi, the man dressed in a green jacket ...
TPMCafé: Iraq: An occupation recedes 2009-07-01
This has constituted a major and ongoing infraction of the natural rights of the Palestinians and the Golani Syrians to the free use of their own land' ...
The Palestine Telegraph: Personal Letter from one Jew to all Israeli Jews 2009-07-01
I am writing to express my deep concern that the residents of Palestine face the demolition of their homes and expulsion from their area.
Triumph: The Obama effect on Indian elections 2009-07-01
The demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 provoked universal outrage and anger. It was not exclusively a Muslim experience. But the Muslims did walk out of ...
www.worldbulletin.net: Jerusalem minister quits to fight Israeli demolitions over lack ... 2009-07-01
Palestinian officials in the West Bank have voiced long-time complains over Israeli blockade on money transfer to West Bank and Gaza Strip which caused ...
Jerusalem Post: Army set to remove Hawara checkpoint 2009-07-01
IDF soldiers check Palestinians at the Hawara checkpoint. Movement for the thousands of Palestinians that pass through the checkpoint daily will now be free ...
International Middle East Media Center: Israeli settlers ignore US pressure completely and establish new ... 2009-07-01
Certain outposts have already been demolished and rebuild several times, with the settlers pledging to keep rebuilding them. There are no signs that ...
LongIslandPress.com: Pols Push FAA to Preserve Airpower Museum 2009-07-01
Charles Schumer (D-NY) said the museum's demolition would not only affect the course of history, but also have negative repercussions island-wide.
Huffington Post: The Blockade of Gaza, Two Years On 2009-07-01
... but those violations are no excuse for a blockade that, as Israeli officials have implicitly acknowledged, amounts to collective punishment.
American Chronicle: Free Gaza ship has been boarded by Israeli Naval forces and towed ... 2009-07-01
The ministry also said that under the 1993 autonomy accords struck with the Palestinians, Gaza's territorial waters, like its land borders, were Israel' ...
Irish Times: Israel accused of terrorism over Gaza 2009-07-01
His so-called crime had been to participate in a non-violent demonstration against the demolition of two elderly Palestinians' homes.
Standard: Lobby wants army barred from UN duty over torture 2009-07-01
Doctors, diplomats, NGO workers, nurses and community leaders then concluded that the two forces perpetrated widespread torture, rape, collective punishment ...
Ha'aretz: Time for a freeze 2009-07-01
Such a step would transfer the burden of proof to the other side. During this period the Palestinians' willingness to make serious progress toward ...
NEXT: Oil in Niger Delta causes poverty and pollution - Report 2009-07-01
... and violence frequently involve excessive force, and communities are subjected to violence and collective punishment, deepening anger and resentment.
Arab Monitor: Tel Aviv proceeds with demolition of Palestinian homes 2009-07-01
The owners of the houses said that the demolition was not preceded by any warning. The event came one day after the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem ...
Ha'aretz: Oppose the state, not the people 2009-07-01
"I think that silencing the Palestinians was a big part of the reason he got so much attention. He is the only one who acknowledged what happened this year ...
Washington Post: Where Are They Now: Cynthia McKinney Strikes Again 2009-07-01
A much better story would have been how Israel is using collective punishment of a captive people, 1.5 million Gazans, to elicit a political outcome ...
Reuters: Palestinian minister offers to quit over Jerusalem budget 2009-07-01
Palestinians accuse Israel of trying to drive them from the city by bureaucratic measures, including the demolition of homes built without municipal ...
Ynetnews: Umm al-Fahm to strike over demolitions 2009-07-01
Hundreds of police officers secured the demolition of two illegally-built commercial structures on the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm overnight.
PRESS TV: Quest for Judaization envelops Palestinian house 2009-07-01
Israel has demolished a Palestinian house in eastern Jerusalem (al-Quds) without a prior warning, injuring nine people living in the building.
AFP: Jerusalem Palestinians face no-win housing choice 2009-07-01
The Ghoshehs were told that they either had to tear down the addition themselves or pay the municipality 100000 shekels in demolition costs.
L'actu vue par JSS The News according to JSS: L'Actu Vue par JSS 2009-07-01
Multiple ground crossings between the Gaza Strip and Israel exist, as determined by agreements between Israel and the Palestinians which are supported ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement 2009-07-01
Israel makes extensive use of its bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes and to build the apartheid wall. In early February the Church of Engl ...
Foreign Policy Journal: Israel Abducts Nobel Laureate, Former US Congresswoman 2009-07-01
Israel's military assault on the Strip razed whole neighborhoods and resulted in massive civilian casualtie. Israel's continuing blockade of Gaz ...
Ma'an News Agency: Israel to demolish more Jerusalem homes 2009-07-01
The demolition orders came a day after municipal authorities demolished a house on the Mount of Olives. Earlier the same week the municipality, an Israeli ...
International Middle East Media Center: Israel to deport 21 peace activists kidnapped while sailing to Gaza 2009-07-01
The Israeli immigrant police would transfer the activists to the Ben Gurion Airport to deport them out of the country. Israeli Ynet News reported that two ...
Tikkun: For Once, "The Yes Men" Say "No" 2009-07-01
On Monday, nine Palestinians were injured as Israeli authorities demolished their East Jerusalem home. Tuesday, the Israeli navy stopped a ship ...
PRESS TV: Zionists prepare to demolish more Palestinian homes 2009-07-01
The demolition plans are in accordance with Israel's policy of changing the demography of Jerusalem (al-Quds) and the surrounding area in order to turn ...
SOS Children: Gaza Blog: Flashback from the war on Gaza 2009-07-01
The TV station started to broadcast images of the dead and shredded bodies and demolished buildings; at this moment I felt that I am living a real war ...
Indymedia UK: This Week in Palestine -Week 26 2009 2009-07-01
Once the houses were completed, the Israeli government froze the demolition order on the settlement, explained by the fact that " the situation is too ...
Anarkismo.net: Bi'lin Invaded by Israeli Soldiers 2009-07-01
Bi'lin currently is facing the loss of sixty percent of its farmland due to the construction of the apartheid wall and the illegal settlements that ...
PRESS TV: PA minister resigns over government failure 2009-07-01
Abdel Qader says Israel has ordered the demolition of over 1000 Palestinian homes since the beginning of 2009, indicating that the pace of the destructi ...
Ha'aretz: News in Brief 2009-07-01
"Homes are being demolished because we cannot pay for court appeals," he said. (Reuters) IDF opens major W. Bank checkpoint to pedestrian traffic The Israel ...
Indymedia UK: Palestine Today 063009 2009-07-01
The Israeli police had come to the location to ensure that the demolition of the house would not be stopped or delayed by protests.
2009-07-01: Headlines
L'actu vue par JSS The News according to JSS: L'Actu Vue par JSS 2009-07-01
Following numerous calls to stop, which were ignored, the force boarded the boat and directed it to Ashdod port in Israel. * Humanitarian aid on the bo ...
PRESS TV: Zionists prepare to demolish more Palestinian homes 2009-07-01
The Zionist regime army has handed out demolition orders for the destruction of Palestinian homes and structures located in Al Kahder town in the occupied ...
AFP: Jerusalem Palestinians face no-win housing choice 2009-07-01
The Ghoshehs were told that they either had to tear down the addition themselves or pay the municipality 100000 shekels in demolition costs.
Bay Area Indymedia: Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement 2009-07-01
Kohr pointed to a variety of statements and actions against Israel's onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza, including demonstrations in Spain and Germany.
Ynetnews: Umm al-Fahm to strike over demolitions 2009-07-01
Hundreds of police officers secured the demolition of two illegally-built commercial structures on the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm overnight.
Foreign Policy Journal: Israel Abducts Nobel Laureate, Former US Congresswoman 2009-07-01
Israel's military assault on the Strip razed whole neighborhoods and resulted in massive civilian casualtie. Israel's continuing blockade of Gaz ...
Arab Monitor: Tel Aviv proceeds with demolition of Palestinian homes 2009-07-01
The owners of the houses said that the demolition was not preceded by any warning. The event came one day after the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem ...
Ha'aretz: Time for a freeze 2009-07-01
Such a step would transfer the burden of proof to the other side. During this period the Palestinians' willingness to make serious progress toward ...
Ma'an News Agency: Israel demolishes Palestinian house on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives 2009-07-01
By the numbers: Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories TEL AVIV, 30 June 2009 (IRIN) - A new report by the International Committee of the Red Cro ...
Canadian Jewish News: Que. court defers judgment on lawsuit against Canadian firms 2009-07-01
Forty years later, Israel still refuses to recognize their right to exist as a nation.” Answer choices were Jews, Iranians, Egyptians or Palestinians.
Spectator.co.uk: Out of sight, Iran remains on the brink 2009-06-30
... genocidal actions against religious and political groups; for support of international terrorism; for demolition of religious sites and cemeteries;
Xinhua: Israeli army confirms seizure of Gaza-bound boat 2009-06-30
After Israel's massive operation in Gaza earlier this year that killed over 1400 Palestinians and destroyed over 2400 homes, the international community h ...
United Press International: The almanac 2009-06-30
In 2003, after agreeing on a cease-fire with the Palestinians, Israel pulled out of most of the Gaza Strip, ending for the time being a blockade on the m ...
guardian.co.uk: Israeli peace activist faces jail over homes demolition protest 2009-06-30
The case against him relies on the testimony of two border police officers who allege Nawi punched them during the demolition. The demolition was videoed ...
MinnPost.com: Racial/religious profiling: An encounter with US Customs 2009-06-30
This would in fact be tantamount to what was called "collective punishment of the tribes" in colonial Africa. Discussion of these issues was something I w ...
Politics.hu: Pécs Socialist party figure launches drive for early election 2009-06-30
... (S Hungary), said that "it is better to have early elections today than a collective punishment for the Hungarian left later." If the Socialists lost ...
Jerusalem Post: 1450 settlement homes to be debated 2009-06-30
He said that unless one wanted to see a repeat of the violent clashes that occurred in the winter of 2006, when security forces demolished nine empty home ...
Trading Markets (press release): Schumer, Israel seek FAA help for airpower museum 2009-06-30
Peters said the FAA is not permitted to use the $2 million it has allocated for demolition of the museum's hangar for relocating or building a new facility.
International Middle East Media Center: Palestine Today 063009 2009-06-30
The Israeli police had come to the location to ensure that the demolition of the house would not be stopped or delayed by protests.
ANSAmed: MIDEAST: UNRWA LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR PALESTINIANS' RIGHTS 2009-06-30
And as the Palestinian houses are demolished methodically, creating hundreds of poor homeless people, the Israeli settlements continue to grow ...
Arutz Sheva: Africa-Israel Company to Build in Givatayim 2009-06-30
A series of apartments built in 1936 on Lavi Street will be demolished to make room for the towers. The project is called “Saviony Lavi”.
Palestine Think Tank: Gilad Atzmon - Tribal Marxism for Dummies 2009-06-30
Here it is. ‘Moishe of Arabia’ has two answers to offer. “First, decline in American global dominance†as if Israel is bound to crash with ...
Manila Bulletin: Arcilla advances in Lanao 2009-06-30
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte —Top seed Johnny Arcilla clobbered local pride Israel Cimafranca, 6-2, 6-1, to lead the march of the favorites into the second round ...
The National: Israel resists pressure to halt settlement growth 2009-06-30
On the contrary, as The Wall Street Journal reported: "Israel said Monday it authorised the construction of 50 new residential units in a West Bank ...
International Middle East Media Center: Israeli authorities demolish two homes in the Negev 2009-06-30
The Israeli Authorities demolished on Monday morning two homes in two Arab villages in the Negev and also removed tents in a third village.
National Post: Downtown bistro hit with controversy over Dead Sea Scroll boycott 2009-06-30
In light of the latter, why did Palestinians not accuse Jordan of looting and theft? 12. Archeological artifacts are owned by states that enact law ...
2009-06-30: Headlines
International Middle East Media Center: My First House Demolition 2009-06-30
Last week, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) followed as two Palestinian homes were demolished in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City ...
United Press International: The almanac 2009-06-30
In 2003, after agreeing on a cease-fire with the Palestinians, Israel pulled out of most of the Gaza Strip, ending for the time being a blockade on the m ...
Jerusalem Post: 1450 settlement homes to be debated 2009-06-30
He said that unless one wanted to see a repeat of the violent clashes that occurred in the winter of 2006, when security forces demolished nine empty home ...
The National: Israel resists pressure to halt settlement growth 2009-06-30
On the contrary, as The Wall Street Journal reported: "Israel said Monday it authorised the construction of 50 new residential units in a West Bank ...
Trading Markets (press release): Schumer, Israel seek FAA help for airpower museum 2009-06-30
Peters said the FAA is not permitted to use the $2 million it has allocated for demolition of the museum's hangar for relocating or building a new facility.
International Middle East Media Center: Israeli authorities demolish two homes in the Negev 2009-06-30
The Israeli Authorities demolished on Monday morning two homes in two Arab villages in the Negev and also removed tents in a third village.
Trading Markets (press release): "Summer In The Streets" For Palestine Kicks Off With Theater, Song ... 2009-06-29
... that are installed around Israeli settlement/colonies and the apartheid wall, which are built on Palestinian land in violation of international law.
Examiner.com: Pakistan: Hope for Afghanistan? 2009-06-29
When the British controlled the region they made a deal with the tribal leaders: accept our bribes and behave or face collective punishment.
Aish: Biblical Archeology: Prophet and the Earthquake 2009-06-29
[15] How can an archaeologist tell if a city or building was razed by an invading army or if it was due to an earthquake? There are several telltale signs.
Jerusalem Post: Jerusalem blasts Red Cross for report 2009-06-29
The authors claimed that even though $4.5 billion worth of goods have been promised the Palestinians in Gaza, little will come of the aid as the transfer ...
Reuters India: Haas outwits Andreev to reach quarters 2009-06-29
LONDON (Reuters) - Germany's Tommy Haas reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the first time in his career on Monday when he demolished Russian Ig ...
The Palestine Telegraph: Jews Confront Zionism 2009-06-29
... wealthy, and religiously affiliated sample - strongly opposed to collective punishment and settlements, hostile to the Israeli electoral right wing ...
AFP: Islamic revival tests Azerbaijan's tolerance 2009-06-29
Two mosques have been demolished since the start of this year and at least two others -- both built with funding from Turkey -- have been shut down ...
Aish: Operation Cast Lead Military Investigations 2009-06-29
-The investigation determined that no uninvolved civilians were harmed during the demolition of infrastructure and buildings by IDF forces.
Aljazeera.net: UN assesses trauma of Gaza conflict 2009-06-29
Human-rights groups say it is a "collective punishment" that wrongly hurts ordinary civilians. The fact-finding mission is mandated by the UN to investigate ...
Mondoweiss: This is what occupation looks like: Bil'in invaded by Israeli soldiers 2009-06-29
Bi'lin currently is facing the loss of sixty percent of its farmland due to the construction of the apartheid wall and the illegal settlements that ...
Telegraph.co.uk: Wimbledon 2009: Novak Djokovic beats Dudi Sela to set up Tommy ... 2009-06-29
The Serb's response was emphatic: the former Court No 2 – the Graveyard of Champions – was not going to claim a final victim, before being demolished later ...
BBC News: Working the West Bank checkpoints 2009-06-29
The World Bank and many others in the international community have said they are not only an inconvenience for Palestinians, but a major brake on economic ...
Nassau News Live: Proposed Long Island Rail-Truck Intermodal Project Divide ... 2009-06-29
Steve Israel (D-Setauket), and this is Israel's district. Nadler wants this cross harbor tunnel and he thinks this is the endpoint for an intermodal.
Jewschool: Facebook, Holocaust denial, and Jew(ish) haters 2009-06-29
On the conflict: “Palestinians should be transferred out of Israeli territories…” Appletree's ostensible goals for JIDF may be laudable (ending ...
BBC News: Police deny Kenya torture claims 2009-06-29
Human Rights Watch says there should be an inquiry into the "collective punishment" of civilians in Mandera. The US-based organisation said its research ...
Independent Online: Jerusalem to freeze most demolitions: report 2009-06-29
As a result, Arab residents have built thousands of illegal structures in recent decades and Israel has issued demolition orders and destroyed dozens ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
Jerusalem Post: Analysis: What Barak preaches, he doesn't necessarily practice 2009-06-29
The idea, officials said Sunday, was to use the three months to renew peace talks with the Palestinians, who until now have refused to meet with Prime ...
Socialist Worker Online: One year after I was beaten 2009-06-29
... with SocialistWorker.org's Elizabeth Schulte, in which Omer described the brief triumph for Gazans as a section of Israel's apartheid wall was breached.
New Zealand Herald: NRL: Critical errors hammer Warriors' finals hopes 2009-06-28
Photo / Getty Images The Broncos' try-scoring machine Israel Folau and their power centre Justin Hodges missed the game against the Eels at Parramatt ...
International Middle East Media Center: More Palestinian lands annexed for settlement construction 2009-06-28
It states that 'The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies'.
Triumph: Strengthening democracy in Nigeria (I) 2009-06-28
... in the Niger Delta we submit that there is no provision for the collective punishment that has been imposed on the innocent people of the Niger Delta.
THISDAY: Charles Taylor's Trial Resume July 13 2009-06-28
... and crimes against humanity, which include pillage, slavery, forced marriage, collective punishment, and the recruitment and use of child soldiers.
Tehran Times: Israel continues with racist policies 2009-06-28
The repeated calls by members of the Israeli government to kill Palestinians, demolish their homes, deport them and legalize this deportation (euphemized ...
MoroccoBoard.com: Arabs and Muslims Just Shout and Burn Flags! 2009-06-28
Though Egyptians had been protesting since the collective punishment started in Gaza, neither the Rafah crossing was permanently opened nor the Israeli ...
OpEdNews: Watershed Moment Summer: Deadly Reasons to Oust Incumbents in 2010 2009-06-28
That retaliation on a whole nation is collective punishment (a war crime) on a civilian population in revenge for the violent crimes of a handful ...
American Chronicle: Middle East Quartet says situation in Gaza is unsustainable and ... 2009-06-28
Bush reportedly said at a meeting of his advisers in 2002, during global protests at Israel's repression, particularly its re-invasion of West Bank citie ...
ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28
On Monday, Judge Richard Leon, who demolished the Bush administration's case against five Algerians and Guantánamo's youngest prisoner, a Chadian named ...
Jerusalem Post: Environment Ministry offers funds for recycling factories 2009-06-28
Another focus of the plan is to encourage the recycling of construction and demolition waste (C&DW). While some of it is dumped properly, much of it ends up ...
Jerusalem Post: Police launch investigation into threats to Barkat's life 2009-06-28
COM STAFF Police launched an investigation into threats to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat's life, Israel Radio reported on Sunday evening.
PRESS TV: Israel's Judaization policy hits church buildings 2009-06-28
The demolition plan falls under Israel's policy of changing the demographic feature of Jerusalem (al-Quds), seeking to turn the third-holiest Islamic city ...
Aljazeera.net: Gaza 'war crimes' hearing under way 2009-06-28
Israel has insisted that the blockade is necessary to prevent Hamas from arming itself, but human rights groups say it is a collective punishment.
ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28
On Monday, Judge Richard Leon, who demolished the Bush administration's case against five Algerians and Guantánamo's youngest prisoner, a Chadian named ...
Bay Area Indymedia: "Summer In The Streets" For Palestine Kicks Off In New York 2009-06-28
... that are installed around Israeli settlement/colonies and the apartheid wall, which are built on Palestinian land in violation of international law.
Los Angeles Times: In defense of 'settlements' 2009-06-28
Do not Jews belong in Judea and Samaria as much as Palestinians who stayed in the state of Israel? Should the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and ...
Mondoweiss: On the verge of sentencing, Ezra Nawi inspires even the 'Times' 2009-06-28
He's about to be sentenced this week for trying to stop a house demolition in the West Bank two years ago. Here's video of the amazing incident: “If you c ...
Bay Area Indymedia: "Summer In The Streets" For Palestine Kicks Off In New York 2009-06-28
... that are installed around Israeli settlement/colonies and the apartheid wall, which are built on Palestinian land in violation of international law.
2009-06-28: Headlines
Triumph: Strengthening democracy in Nigeria (I) 2009-06-28
... in the Niger Delta we submit that there is no provision for the collective punishment that has been imposed on the innocent people of the Niger Delta.
THISDAY: Charles Taylor's Trial Resume July 13 2009-06-28
... and crimes against humanity, which include pillage, slavery, forced marriage, collective punishment, and the recruitment and use of child soldiers.
International Middle East Media Center: Israeli authorities threaten demolition of 500 church buildings ... 2009-06-28
Now, due to the Israeli demolition orders, the whole house will end up demolished by an Israeli bulldozer. Dozens, if not hundreds, of church-owned ...
Los Angeles Times: In defense of 'settlements' 2009-06-28
Do not Jews belong in Judea and Samaria as much as Palestinians who stayed in the state of Israel? Should the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and ...
Tehran Times: Israel continues with racist policies 2009-06-28
The repeated calls by members of the Israeli government to kill Palestinians, demolish their homes, deport them and legalize this deportation (euphemized ...
MoroccoBoard.com: Arabs and Muslims Just Shout and Burn Flags! 2009-06-28
Though Egyptians had been protesting since the collective punishment started in Gaza, neither the Rafah crossing was permanently opened nor the Israeli ...
OpEdNews: Watershed Moment Summer: Deadly Reasons to Oust Incumbents in 2010 2009-06-28
That retaliation on a whole nation is collective punishment (a war crime) on a civilian population in revenge for the violent crimes of a handful ...
American Chronicle: Middle East Quartet says situation in Gaza is unsustainable and ... 2009-06-28
Bush reportedly said at a meeting of his advisers in 2002, during global protests at Israel's repression, particularly its re-invasion of West Bank citie ...
New Zealand Herald: NRL: Critical errors hammer Warriors' finals hopes 2009-06-28
Photo / Getty Images The Broncos' try-scoring machine Israel Folau and their power centre Justin Hodges missed the game against the Eels at Parramatt ...
Aljazeera.net: Gaza 'war crimes' hearing under way 2009-06-28
Israel has insisted that the blockade is necessary to prevent Hamas from arming itself, but human rights groups say it is a collective punishment.
Jerusalem Post: Environment Ministry offers funds for recycling factories 2009-06-28
Another focus of the plan is to encourage the recycling of construction and demolition waste (C&DW). While some of it is dumped properly, much of it ends up ...
Bay Area Indymedia: "Summer In The Streets" For Palestine Kicks Off In New York 2009-06-28
... that are installed around Israeli settlement/colonies and the apartheid wall, which are built on Palestinian land in violation of international law.
Mondoweiss: On the verge of sentencing, Ezra Nawi inspires even the 'Times' 2009-06-28
He's about to be sentenced this week for trying to stop a house demolition in the West Bank two years ago. Here's video of the amazing incident: “If you c ...
International Middle East Media Center: More Palestinian lands annexed for settlement construction 2009-06-28
It states that 'The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies'.
ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28
On Monday, Judge Richard Leon, who demolished the Bush administration's case against five Algerians and Guantánamo's youngest prisoner, a Chadian named ...
AlterNet: Right-Wing Israeli Extremists Using Gay Rights to Justify ... 2009-06-27
Any house (particularly if owned by an Arab) that is built, remodeled or expanded without a proper permit is subject to demolition by authorities.
PRESS TV: Israeli troops raid peaceful anti-wall protest 2009-06-27
Israeli soldiers have attacked dozens of Palestinian and international peace activists protesting against the 'Apartheid Wall' in the West Bank.
????????: Iranians Heroic Uprising: What Now? 2009-06-27
They gonna blame Israel, UK and America. They gonna say the protesters are few “brainwashed” people. They gonna say CIA paid them money.
Palestine News Agency: Presidency Welcomes Quartet Call to Halt Settlement Activity - WAFA 2009-06-27
In a press release, the Presidency praised the Quartet communiqué which urged the government of Israel to freeze all settlement activity, including natural ...
Palestine Think Tank: Israeli ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children - a report 2009-06-27
This abuse occurs from the moment of arrest, and continues during transfer, interrogation and detention. The ill-treatment documented by DCI-Palestine ...
Ha'aretz: Shalit to Egypt 'in exchange for 400 prisoners' 2009-06-27
The Asharq al-Awsat report noted that the Palestinians would be released by Israel only after Shalit has been transferred into the hands of Egypti ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Naomi Klein advocates Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israeli ... 2009-06-27
On, Friday, June 26, the Bil'in village held press conference and a the usual weekly demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall.
Philippine Star: Open Doors: A monument to the Filipino heart 2009-06-27
Another story that he told us only recently was that when he and his parents went back to Manila after they hid in the mountains, the city had been razed ...
ReliefWeb (press release): Africa plans landmark convention on internal refugees 2009-06-27
The draft convention obliges states to prevent displacement and bans the use of displacement as a method of warfare or for collective punishment.