Amira Hass: The anti-Semitism that goes unreported

Tens of thousands of people live in the shadow of terror

Here’s a statistic that you won’t see in research on anti-Semitism, no matter how meticulous the study is. In the first six months of the year, 154 anti-Semitic assaults have been recorded, 45 of them around one village alone. Some fear that last year’s record high of 411 attacks – significantly more than the 312 attacks in 2010 and 168 in 2009 – could be broken this year.

Israel’s formula for a starvation diet to inflict on Gaza a "shoah"

How 400 trucks to feed Gaza became just 67

Six and a half years go, shortly after Hamas won the Palestinian national elections and took charge of Gaza, a senior Israeli official described Israel’s planned response. “The idea,” he said, “is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.”

On Torture: Adalah the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

This edited volume is part of a joint initiative by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-Israel) and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza to prevent and fight against torture and ill-treatment in Israel. It is the product of a two-day international expert workshop held in Jerusalem in April 2011 on the subject of “Securing Accountability for Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment in Israel: New Trends and Comparative Lessons”.

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights

A 122 pages pdf file... 
On Torture: Adalah the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

5 injured by Israeli fire in Gaza

It makes no sense the Israeli firing into "Palestenian" soil.  The soldiers are on a fenced border, once the attempt to cross the fence then there is a reason to shoot but not when the people are behind the fence, that is criminal.  The news follow.

Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem

Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a vivid example of the severe and appalling effects that Israeli colonization policies have had in Palestine. Illegal confiscation of land, expulsion of Palestinian families and on-going construction of Israeli