Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Marian Houk
Oh no, not again! Another apparently mad bulldozer rampage carried out by a Palestinian from East Jerusalem wearing a Muslim skullcap and shorts (!), with a “criminal” record — and on top of that a relative of a jailed Hamas lawmaker. The bulldozer driver was shot and killed within minutes in downtown Jerusalem, near the [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Marian Houk
Sari Nusseibeh, former Palestinian Authority representative in Jerusalem , and now president of Al-Quds University , said he urged British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in a meeting on Sunday to “think very seriously about stopping aid to the Palestinians.” The suggestion, aimed to shock but nonetheless apparently quite serious, ran at counter-purposes to Brown’s visit [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Marian Houk
The second biggest news in Jerusalem (after Iran), the day after I returned from Geneva, was the film taken by a 14-year-old Palestinian girl of an instance of sadistic and dishonorable treatment by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers — including an officer — of a bound, blindfolded, and quiet Palestinian detained for demonstrating against the construction [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, NGOs, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Some people actually expected a breakthrough. One reason was the presence of the “number three” ranking U.S. State Department official, William Burns — which the State Department spokespersons explained as “underscoring the U.S. commitment to diplomacy”, showing that the U.S. “is commited to finding a diplomatic solution”. The State Department spokespersons also said, however, that [...]
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Filed under: Disarmament, International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran, Journalism and Journalists, Switzerland
Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Marian Houk
Standing on Jaffa Road with a group of journalists waiting for transport to Tel Aviv for a briefing by senior former Israeli military analysts about “Alternatives to a Two-State Solution”, we saw first a black security motorcycle with two black-helmeted and clothed men riding on it, racing in the direction of the Central Bus Station. [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Marian Houk
On Tuesday evening, at almost the very last minute, I received a press invitation to attend a reading by the enormously important and iconic Palestinian poets, Mahmoud Darwish, in Ramallah. I had just returned from Ramallah — and experienced the worst traffic situation I had ever been in, around the fortress Qalandia checkpoint which Israel [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Register of damages due to The Wall
