Israel Raids West Bank Homes as "Training"
Human rights groups have reported a rise in Israeli military training exercises being held in Palestinian towns and villages. Israel was condemned by the groups on Thursday, after reports of soldiers taking up positions in Palestinians
Published : 02 January 2014
Palestine: Settlement Construction Rose by 130% in 2013
As people across the world welcome in the New Year, they will also reflect on the year just past. For Palestine and Israel, 2013 was a year that saw the resumption of "peace talks". The
Published : 02 January 2014
Palestine: Quest to Reclaim Land and Rights
So much has been said and written about the Palestinian story that the core issue has been mired in controversy and even buried in a seemingly archaeological site. Unearthing it, one learns that the issue is
Published : 02 January 2014
Israeli Ministers Vote to “Annex” Jordan Valley
The government may be on the way to annexing the Jordan Valley, with the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approving a bill to that effect Sunday. The proposal by MK Miri Regev (Likud Beytenu) would apply
Published : 29 December 2013
Bahrain: Corruption by any Other Name
The Victor Dahdaleh trial, the UK’s largest ever bribery case, collapsed after a six year investigation because of the legal failings of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office. But the trial in its initial stages shed
Published : 20 December 2013
Turkey: Graft and Illegal Development Scandal
In May 2011, a month before parliamentary elections that were to sweep him to power for the third time since 2002, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan triumphantly unveiled his “Two Cities” project, featuring plans
Published : 19 December 2013
South Yemen Lands Committee Warns against Sales
SANA’A—The presidential committee assigned to return stolen lands in the South following Yemen’s civil war in 1994 on Wednesday warned against the selling of land slated to be redistributed. In mid-November President Abd Rabu Mansūr
Published : 16 December 2013
Somalia: Thousands of Displaced at Great Risk
Thousands of people are being forcibly evicted from makeshift camps in Mogadishu as the government presses ahead with plans to clean up the capital, Amnesty said in a briefing released today. Forced evictions have continued
Published : 13 December 2013
Israel/Palestine: The Pits for Prawer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s government has decided to drop the current draft of a controversial bill to resettle nearly 30,000 Bedouin living in the Negev [Naqab] into already recognized villages, the former minister overseeing the
Published : 12 December 2013
