‘Israeli Arabs have no choice but to build illegally’ Study released by the Dirasat – Arab Center for Law and Policy highlights obstacles faced by Israeli Arabs wishing to build homes; about a quarter of Arab communities have neither a local nor privatized master plan. By Fadi Eyadat , Haaretz Newspaper, at 29.7.2010 Israel’s Arabs are […]
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Like the Berlin Wall… WEST BANK—The Palestinian people and the State of Israel have been locked in nearly continuous armed struggle—lacking a meaningful peace process, and prompting extreme actions all around. In 2002, Israel began constructing the Wall separating Israel from the Occupied Territories; in early 2006, the Palestinians elected a Hamas government. Both sides […]
Read More A West Bank Struggle Rooted in Land A Palestinian fights in court for a hill his family has held since 1916. But Jewish neighbors say the farm should be theirs. By Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDecember 27, 2007 NAHALIN, WEST BANK — From his hilltop farm, Daoud Nassar can see the sun rise […]
Read MoreBy ILANA GOLDBERGAfter more than two years, the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Sa’ed is finally able to exhale. Earlier this month, the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court granted the appeal of the Sheikh Sa’ed Neighborhood Committee and five residents of the village, filed in opposition to the security barrier. The court canceled the requisition orders that […]
Read More Section of Separation Barrier around Jerusalem Ruled Illegal – near Sheikh Sa’ed 22 March 2006, B’Tselem The Tel-Aviv Magistrate’s Court granted the appeal of residents of Sheikh sa’ed, in East Jerusalem , opposing the separation barrier, and cancelled the requisition orders that had been issued to build the barrier. The court’s appeals committee ruled that […]
Read More The Independent By Donald Macintyre in Sheikh Sa’ed The Palestinian leadership is rushing forward plans to draw up a UN General Assembly resolution pressing Israel to implement the world court ruling that its partly built 450-mile separation barrier is illegal. A diplomatic flurry by both Israel and the Palestinians came as Ariel Sharon, Israel’s Prime […]
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