Mel Frykberg, IPS News. September 26, 2009. Most Palestinian children are held for stone-throwing, which can bring a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment, five years less than the average murder sentence in Israel.
Mel Frykberg, IPS News. July 21, 2009. Israel's actions are strangling the Palestinian economy and making Palestinians more reliant on foreign aid, the EU said.
Helena Cobban, Boston Review. July 20, 2009. Big political movements that once mobilized support for a two state solution are now falling into decline.
Agence France Presse June 29, 2009. The decision to build the houses in Adam, north of Jerusalem, came despite repeated U.S. calls for Israel to halt all settlement activity in order to relaunch peace talks with the Palestinians.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. June 11, 2009. Israel would rather go down fighting than survive with a damaged sense of national pride. What would happen if concessions weren't so symbolic?
Noam Chomsky, Z Magazine. June 8, 2009. We should be cautious about the idea that Obama will promote a serious regional peace initiative for the Middle East.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 6, 2009. Obama has inherited a difficult challenge in pushing Israel to end the expansion of its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Mel Frykberg, IPS News. March 19, 2009. The teargas canister which hit Tristan Anderson is a new variety being used by the IDF, and is particularly lethal if fired directly at people.
JD Lasica, AlterNet: PEEK. January 18, 2009. A fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the obstacles that many Palestinians face in their day-to-day lives under Israeli occupation.
Sami Abdel-Shafi, Independent UK AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 28, 2008. "The hospital morgues were already full. The dead were piled on top of each other outside."
Jesse Rosenfeld, Montreal Mirror. August 22, 2008. Two Quebec-based firms are being sued in Canada by the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Bi'lin.
Brenda Gazzar, Women's eNews. November 16, 2006. Strict security measures at Israeli checkpoints have claimed the lives of at least four pregnant women and 34 newborns.