The Israel Veolia "Connexxion"
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada
September 14th, 2006 -- [MORE]
Action not words are needed to change Israel's behaviour
Adri Nieuwhof, Ziopedia
July 13th, 2006 -- The capture of a French-Israeli gunner on a tank during military operations on Palestinian territory triggered an extreme and illegal response from the Israeli government. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are paying an unacceptably high price as a consequence of Israel's ongoing attacks and border closures. The French-Israeli gunner is a prisoner of war and is entitled to treatment in accordance with the standards of international humanitarian law. The Palestinian militants should follow the rules of the Geneva Convention in their treatment of him. The Fourth Geneva Convention also applies to Israel to ensure that Palestinians receive humane treatment. [MORE]
The essence of colonialism
Gabriela Becker, Ahram Weekly
June 14th, 2006 -- Last month, internationals from across the globe flew into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport to attend the Israeli-led, worldwide agricultural business and technology fair, "Agritech". Driving leisurely on a Palestine spring day towards the coast, ministers, businessmen, researchers and farmers praised "Israeli agriculture and technology", all the while just minutes away from the land-devouring separation wall and the refugee camps of those whose lands were confiscated and upon which was built the airport, road and conference centre, and the countless agricultural farms, kibbutzim and moshavim, greenhouses, packaging and storage facilities, marketing agencies, agro-tech businesses, R&D centres, agricultural training institutes, and universities that together ensure that across the globe "Palestine" is replaced by "Made in Israel". [MORE]
Population Transfers, Land Theft and Bankrupt Ghettos
ALEXANDER COCKBURN, Counter Punch org
June 5th, 2006 -- [MORE]
Israel, Apartheid, and Sanctions: in response to Susie Jacobs
Greg Dropkin, Labour Net
June 19th, 2005 -- Susie Jacobs has written a detailed paper “Israel = Apartheid?: a Comparison and Critique” comparing and contrasting Israeli society with apartheid South Africa, acknowledging a number of common features but cautioning against any over-simplified identification of the two cases when arguing for sanctions. Several points which Susie does not mention, and some aspects which she does discuss, convince me that the term “apartheid” really is appropriate. [MORE]
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