Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Jeff Halper, renowned for his analysis and description of Israel’s Matrix of Control of the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza, and who recently was on board the Free Gaza expedition from Cyprus (only to face arrest upon his reentry to Israel via Erez crossing from Gaza) has put together [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Iran, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet, Register of damages due to The Wall, UN Secretary-General
Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Here is the report by Machsom (Checkpoint) Watch on the passage of Palestinians from the West Bank through the major Qalandia checkpoint to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the first Friday of Ramadan: —————————————————————————- Qalandia, 5.9.08 – Hours: 9:30-13:00 “JERUSALEM IS CLOSED ON THE POLITICAL ASPECT AND OPEN ON THE RELIGIOUS ONE. WE [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, NGOs, Palestine & Palestinians, Register of damages due to The Wall, Uncategorized
Posted on September 6th, 2008 by Marian Houk
With many thanks to a contributor who wishes to remain anonymous, here are some photos taken at Friday noon and evening prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque (where, if there are large numbers, only the men will pray) and the Dome of The Rock (ususally reserved for women), on the Haram as-Sharif mosque esplanade in the Old [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Marian Houk
INITIAL REPORT: The eminently respectable but ferociously committed Israeli ladies (and one man) from Machsom Watch (which monitors the conduct of Israeli security forces at Israeli checkpoints) were there. Europeans and a South African working with the World Council of Churches‘ Ecumenical Accommpaniers’ program in Israel and Palestine (EAPPI) were there. And they said there [...]
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Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Marian Houk
It’s Thursday evening. I arrived home about 7:00 pm (two hours ago) to find a huge construction machine (LIEBHERR, as it happens, and not CATERPILLAR) and a military deployment, just up the street. Right now, they are working right near my house to close the gap in The Wall in Dahiet al-Bariid that has been [...]
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Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by Marian Houk
You know it’s Ramadan when traffic problems become unbearable in East Jerusalem (everybody rushes home to eat at the same time, and you’d think their lives depend on their passing on the right and on the left simultaneously — creating a six-lane highway going up to the Mount of Olives, for example, when there is [...]
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