Maan News Agency, June 8, 2010 (Click here for Arabic) The Huffington Post, June 9, 2010 Alex Harrison, a British activist who participated in the Freedom Flotilla, was on the neighboring Challenger 1 when the Israeli army overtook the Mavi Marmara, leaving nine activists dead and dozens injured. The Israeli army has released edited video …
Maan News Agency, June 5, 2010 Update of earlier story The Israeli army came under intense public scrutiny Saturday after releasing a new, heavily edited version of a video it had previously released Monday. Bloggers picked up on discrepancies between the two. Maan also investigated, placing a phone call to the army late Saturday afternoon, and …
Maan News Agency (with video), June 5, 2010 On Monday morning, an Israeli army spokesperson released video footage of the Israeli Navy radioing the Mavi Marmara prior to the raid that took place in international waters and left nine activists dead. But on Friday, an Israeli army spokesperson released a new version of the same …
Maan News Agency, June 1, 2010 The Huffington Post, June 1, 2010 Some 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside Israel’s Ministry of Defense late Monday to protest the military’s violent raid on an aid flotilla that attempted to break the country’s years-long siege on the Gaza Strip. Approximately 100 Tel Aviv and border police officers were present …
The Huffington Post, May 21, 2010 I’m not sure I should be saying this publicly, but I’ve not been writing much lately because I’ve been in a bit of a depression. A political depression, that is. Interviews, research, press releases, and headlines pile on top of me, one after another, leaving me heavy and defeated. …
Palestine Note, May 27, 2010 More than 6000 demonstrators gathered in the Tel Aviv Museum courtyard Tuesday night to protest the planned deportation of approximately 1200 children of illegal migrant laborers. The event came in the wake of the news that the governmental committee, convened to determine the children’s fate, had decided to recommend permanent …
The Jerusalem Post, May 28, 2010 Like many of Israel’s migrant laborers, Usha, 26, lives with exploitation. Hired as a caregiver, she is used as a full-time servant instead. “I take care of seven people and a baby,” she says. “I clean the house. I take the kids to school.” Her employer’s demands are unreasonable, …
The Huffington Post, May 29, 2010 Destroyed houses, tent camps, clouds of white phosphorous–these were just a few of the images of Gaza included in the video that accompanied Amnesty International’s annual human rights report, which was released yesterday. The report covers 2009, including Operation Cast Lead, which began in late December 2008 and ended …
Maan News Agency, May 31, 2010 (click here for Arabic) Two of a growing number of Israeli protesters at the port of Ashdod jumped into the sea Monday afternoon, calling for an end to Israel’s siege on Gaza and condemning the attack on the Freedom Flotilla. Reporting from Ashdod, Mya Guarnieri said police had stopped …
Tablet, May 7, 2010 Standing outside of his Galilee home, Fadi, once a high-ranking officer of the South Lebanese Army (SLA), remarks on how close he still lives to Lebanon. He gestures to the low-slung mountains as though he is trying to sweep them from the horizon. “If that hill wasn’t there, we could see …