The Jerusalem Post, May 7, 2010 Not long after US Vice President Joe Biden touched down in Israel, Interior Minister Eli Yishai announced plans to build 1600 new homes in an East Jerusalem settlement. The move, publicly condemned by Biden, seemed like a slap in the face of the American administration. Biden criticized the “substance …
Maan News Agency, May 5, 2010 The Huffington Post, May 4, 2010 Zeek, May 4, 2010 Mahmoud, a Palestinian taxi driver, isn’t taking proximity talks seriously. “They just talk and talk and talk,” he says, as we wait at a red light in Jerusalem. “Nothing changes.” His cynicism is shared by both the Palestinian Authority …
Al Jazeera English, May 1, 2010 Traffic came to a stop in the center of Tel Aviv on Friday as hundreds took to the streets for May Day. African refugees were amongst them. They carried hand-painted signs reading “Refugees’ rights now” and “Let us work to survive” in bold, red letters. Their words point to …
The Jerusalem Post, April 30, 2010 The National, May 17, 2010 Nearly half of Ruby Austria’s 150 congregants have disappeared since the Oz Unit, a strong arm of the immigration police, took to the streets in July. Thousands of foreign workers have left the country out of fear. Hundreds have been deported. In recent months, …
Zeek, April 20, 2010 The Huffington Post, April 20, 2010 The gag on the case of Anat Kamm, the former soldier who leaked classified military documents to Haaretz journalist Uri Blau, was lifted less than two weeks ago. Already the story is slipping from the radar. But the real issue at hand never got screen …
The Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2010 Do you know Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day? The young woman, a caregiver from the Philippines, smiles, laughs, and shakes her head in response. “Ma?” (What?) says another. But these two migrant laborers have been in Israel less than a year. An informal survey conducted at the Central Bus …
The Huffington Post, April 11, 2010 Israeli human rights organizations say that a new Israeli military order, slated to take effect Tuesday morning, could lead to the deportation of tens of thousands Palestinian residents of the West Bank. The order changes the definition of the term infiltrator, deeming anyone who lacks an Israeli-issued permit to …
The Huffington Post, April 6, 2010 Maan News Agency, April 6, 2010 Zeek, April 6, 2010 Somewhere in Europe, Sonya Mousa is breathing a sigh of relief. Or so I’m guessing. I’ve never met or spoken with Sonya Mousa. But, last week when I was wrapping up my coverage of the Anat Kam case – the …
The National, April 3, 2010 Anat Kam, 23, an Israeli journalist, goes on trial this month on charges of treason and espionage for leaking classified military documents to another Israeli journalist, who is now reportedly staying in London to avoid prosecution. Ms Kam was detained in December and is under house arrest, but a gag …
Al Jazeera English, March 27, 2010 In recent weeks, the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem grew tense as the US demanded an end to settlement growth and Israel refused. For Israelis the row was embarrassing, but it wasn’t a surprise. To a people sharply divided over settlements and their place in the peace process, the …