Jordan Valley: Israel to Build Yet More Settler Colonies
7/25/2008
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Agence France Presse (AFP)
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel was set to construct housing units on an occupied area in the Jordan Valley, a senior official said on Thursday, in defiance of Palestinian and international calls to freeze such activity. Any decision to confiscate Arab land for Israeli colonization provokes outrage among the Palestinian population, who hold that such moves deprive them of scarce land on which to build their future state. Thursday's announcement, which runs counter to international law as well as previous Israeli pledges, also drew a negative reaction from the United Nations secretary general. more...
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Lebanon: Contractors Set to Strike over "Price Disruptions"
7/25/2008
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By Daniel Phillips, Special to The Daily Star
BEIRUT: In an effort to influence the status of contract negotiations with the government, the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut (OEAB) together with the Lebanese Contractors Syndicate (LCS) called Thursday for a one-day strike to be held next Wednesday. A joint statement said rising commodity prices and the falling dollar were responsible for major "price disruptions" in some building contracts with the government. more...
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Palestinian Family Denied Even Half Their Sheikh Jarrah House, Settlers Covet Historic Jerusalem Neighborhood
7/23/2008
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By Jonathan Cook
It must be the smallest Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories: just half a house. But Palestinian officials and Israeli human rights groups are concerned that it represents the first stage of a plan to eradicate the historical neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, cutting off one of the main routes by which Palestinians reach the Old City and its holy sites. more...
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Yemen: Police Clash with "Akhdam" Slum Dwellers
7/21/2008
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The slum-dwellers were in need of shelter and food.
San`a’ - Police moved into a slum area of San`a’ city on 20 July to try to evict several hundred impoverished people who had moved into the area saying they could not longer afford to pay rent. more...
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Displaced Iraqis Struggle for Food, Shelter, Services
7/18/2008
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While improved security over the first six months of 2008 has slowed the rate of displacement down to a trickle and encouraged some limited returns, 2.8 million internally displaced Iraqis continue to face dire living conditions with mediocre access to shelter, food, health care, water, and other basic services.
According to IOM's “Mid-Year Displacement and Return Review,” published today, Iraq's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees still suffer from inadequate shelter, insufficient access to potable water, food and other basic services such as health care, education and electricity. more...
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Director of AL Mezan Center Takes Weimar Human Rights Award 2008
7/14/2008
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Mr. Issam Younis, the General Director of AL Mezan Center for Human Rights was awarded the 2008 Weimar International Human Rights Award. The award was unanimously decided in the Weimar City Council meeting on Wednesday, 9 July 2008. Mr. Younis was nominated for the award by Mr. Günter Nooke, the Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, and MP in Germany. The award is dedicated for active persons, organizations and groups in the field of human rights who devote themselves to promoting tolerance and human relations.
Awarding Mr. Younis the award comes after a competition involving candidates from all over the world. It reflects recognition of his efforts and contributions in defending human rights and promoting its principles without discrimination or bias. As stated in the decision of granting the award, Mr. Younis is one of the founders of the Gaza-based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and the key person behind its success. The decision mentions the activities of the Center in the field of protection and promotion of human rights and providing assistance to victims of abuses. It also draws attention to the positions of Mr. Younis as well as the Center in condemning human rights violations regardless the identity of the violators, which despite the dangers they posed, never deterred him or the organization from speaking out against human rights violations and violators. more...
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Ethnic Cleansing Continues in Yaffa
7/13/2008
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By Isabelle Humphries, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The 1948 expulsion of 90 percent of the Palestinians of Jaffa (Yaffa) destroyed one of the region’s most economically thriving and developed urban societies. Sixty years later Israel continues to evict Palestinians remaining in Jaffa—but this time it is targeting one of the weakest poverty-stricken Arab neighborhoods in the country. more...
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Gaza Rebuilding Stalled
7/11/2008
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By Paul Wood, BBC News, Jerusalem
Vital reconstruction in Gaza is being stalled because Israel is not allowing in enough supplies, UN Middle East special envoy Robert Serry has warned. more...
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Firms Sued for Israeli Colonies
7/11/2008
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al-Jazeera, 11 July 2008
A Palestinian village has sued two Canadian companies for building in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, the village's lawyer said. more...
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Israel's High Court Legitimises Indirect Forcible Transfer
7/9/2008
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al-Haq Press Release 19.2008E
Today, 9 July 2008, the Israeli High Court of Justice (the Court) issued its decision on the case brought by al-Haq, Defence for Children International – Palestine Section and the residents of al-Nu’man village against the Prime Minister of Israel, the Minister of Defense, the Commander of the Israeli military in the West Bank, the Minister of the Interior and the Municipality of Jerusalem. The following is a brief summary of an unofficial translation of the court proceedings. more...
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