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Outrage across the Israeli political spectrum over the stinging criticism by Obama of plans to build new homes in south-west Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo * Virtually the entire world media have misreported this story, stating...
Colleagues laughed when a young journalist in Palestine announced his intention to tell the story of that region though cartoons. Twenty years later, Joe Sacco is one of the world's leading exponents of the graphic novel form…...
A searchable map detailing 40 years of Israeli archaeological work in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, developed for the USC Digital Library, has won the 2009 Open Archaeology Prize from the American Schools of Oriental...
Sydney Morning Herald In Jerusalem, two sides to a holy site Times of India At the heart of the contested city of Jerusalem , the holy site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif , or Noble...
20 November 2009 Residents of Bil’in gathered in a demonstration today, commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and condemning the ongoing expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. After the Friday...
・Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians in the West Bank early Saturday, security sources said. ・On Friday, the Israeli army arrested five PNA intelligence officers, for the first time in about 3 years. ・The detention of...
Construction on the Jerusalem Light Railway (JLR) began in 2006 with the pretext of, “bringing immediate relief to traffic congestion” and “revitalizing the center of Jerusalem”. To date, a total of 75 dunams of land have been...
AFP – Israeli opposition chief Tzipi Livni (right) shakes hands with an envoy of Palestinian President Mahmoud … TANGIERS, Morocco (AFP) – Opposition chief Tzipi Livni reiterated her support Friday for a Palestinian state and...
The latest issue of Middle East Report is now available. Below is the blurb about the contents. Subscribe to Middle East Report or order individual copies at MERIP’s website. Included in the issue is a photo essay on road...
Beyond compare By Julie Peteet, Middle East Report, Winter, 2009 While South Africa was explicit about the goal of apartheid policies, Israel engages in discursive subterfuge so that the intent and effects of their policies...
