Tag Archive for: Palestinian Territories

Initial thoughts on “Operation Pillar of Defense”

15
Nov
2012
November 15, 2012

This is the poster the IDF uploaded to their Facebook page and liveblog.The world's gone crazy with Israel's attacks on Gaza, and the rockets that are being fired into Southern Israel. "Operation Pillar of Defense", though, is going to be a disaster. I've put six points together -- reactions on how the war was declared, via Twitter, and in English; how the IDF is liveblogging the war; how the assassination of Ahmed al-Jabari was a strategic error; a few suggestions on other ways to end rocket fire; and, what we'd feel if the shoe was on the other foot.


 

Video: Ten years of the Separation Barrier/Fence/Wall

12
Nov
2012
November 12, 2012

Photo: Anne Paq, activestills.orgB'tselem: "The barrier’s location within the territory of the West Bank and the imposition of a rigid permit regime infringe on a long list of Palestinians’ human rights... Given that construction of the Separation Barrier along its present route violates human rights of Palestinians, the government of Israel must dismantle all the sections built inside the territory of the West Bank and stop further construction there."


 

In Susya, activists arrested for “no to violence” graffiti, while “death to Arabs” remains unpoliced

14
Jul
2012
July 14, 2012

The laws are different for settlers and for those protesting against the occupation and the immoral eviction of Susya's residents and the destruction of its structures. Hass also documents cases of harassment of local Palestinians by settlers, as well as destruction of olive groves. This is the moral effect of the occupation rearing its ugly head in the actions of Israeli citizens. Unacceptable.

Levy Report, and responses from government ministers, spells bad news for Israel

11
Jul
2012
July 11, 2012

The Levy Committee report won't be the end of Israel tomorrow. But its support from government ministers, its radical overturning of the 2005 Sasson Report commissioned by Ariel Sharon, and an increasingly entrenched status quo don't look good for Israel. If the Jewish-democratic state is to continue to thrive long into the future then this is not the right way to go.

The occupation’s perpetual motion

04
Jul
2012
July 4, 2012

Hagai El-Ad: "Woe upon us if our consciousness becomes so clouded that we overlook the greatest philosophical-scientific achievement of our times: the principle that it is forbidden to return that which we have stolen, because then we might be forced to stop stealing ... We must therefore keep doing what we should never have done in the first place, in order that we may continue doing it into perpetuity."

UNESCO’s listing of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity as ‘Palestine’ is a good thing

30
Jun
2012
June 30, 2012

Israel shouldn’t be in the business of stopping Palestinian development just because it can. It should be ushering in as much pre-state development as it can to help ready the Palestinian Authority for eventual statehood. Advocates for the two-state solution should be in favour of this, not against it.

Ten questions for one-staters

27
Jun
2012
June 27, 2012

His questions -- from asking how the dissolution of the State of Israel would take place, to the merging of educational systems, to questions of the military -- all are incredibly complex and difficult. On the other hand, the Geneva Initiative, and some measure of confederacy, offer a more tangible solution. The two-state solution is the only practical means of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

US State Department releases report into human rights in Israel & Palestinian territories

29
May
2012
May 29, 2012

Israel's report isn't great - it documents some concerning incidents and trends. But it's got nothing on the abuses perpetrated by Israel, the PA and Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza. Makes for depressing reading. In Israel, because of the freedom of speech and wide net of NGOs there is a lot more hope. In the territories, great upheaval is necessary.

Explore Jerusalem’s Old City with Google Street View

22
Apr
2012
April 22, 2012

This has the opportunity to empower peacemaking. Some will say having both East and West Jerusalem mapped legitimises Israel's control over parts of the West Bank. To them I say this: Knowledge breeds peace. Being able to see Arab suburbs of East Jerusalem will help understand even just a little more the people who live there, and increase knowledge about their disaffection and the inequality they suffer. The more you know, the more likely you will be part of a solution, and the more likely one will come.

Video: Peter Beinart on the Colbert Report discussing his liberal Zionism

01
Apr
2012
April 1, 2012

Good to see Peter Beinart getting out and about and having a laugh with Stephen Colbert. Very funny.

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