Human Rights | Collective Punishment

2010-03-18: Headlines

2010-03-17: Headlines

  • Monthly Review: Defend Al-Quds! Zionist Occupiers, Hands Off Jerusalem! 2010-03-17
    Zionist forces barred Palestinians from entering the Mosque compound, then raided the Mosque itself, arresting some worshippers and expelling the others.
  • The Guardian: Crisis in US-Israeli relations: Barack Obama must not back down 2010-03-17
    Expelling the Palestinians was a military strategy to prepare for the Arab invasion. But, what was the reason for expelling the nearly 1000000 Jews from ...
  • International Middle East Media Center: On 7th anniversary of Rachel Corrie's murder, Palestinian street named in her ... 2010-03-17
    Rachel Corrie St. in Ramallah (photo from ISM) The street-naming ceremony took place while Corrie's parents were in Israel for the hearing of their lawsu ...
  • Media Monitors Network: Lieberman's Rogue Family needs to be disciplined 2010-03-17
    Those tax dollars to Israel have gone into buying Caterpillar tractors that killed an American - Rachel Corrie, let alone demolished thousands ...
  • Huffington Post: City on a Hill: Can the US Provide a Model for Israel? 2010-03-17
    His home is in Al-Bustan, where 88 houses, home to 1500 people, are targeted for demolition. In their place, he says, a park that complements ...
  • Huffington Post: US, Israel Seek To Defuse Tensions 2010-03-17
    Ehud Olmert did not consult President-elect Obama on whether to launch a war on Gaza and kill 1400 Palestinians. Nor did Netanyahu consult us before Mossad ...
  • Firedoglake: None Dare Call It Blaming America First 2010-03-17
    The main impediments to Palestinian-Israeli peace are on the side of the Palestinians. Their Authority lacks authority, and their moderates aren't moderate.
  • Democracy Now: Palestinians Name Ramallah Street After Slain U.S. Activist Rachel Corrie 2010-03-17
    Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza as she stood in front of a Palestinian home to help prevent its demolition.
  • Latin American Herald Tribune: Spain Says Israel Needs to Regain Trust 2010-03-17
    The Israeli Defense Ministry at the time denied that it had opposed the transfer of command and rejected the notion that there was any relation between th ...
  • Lebanon: The law has teeth: building on judicial decisions - Daily Star 2010-03-17
    It is up to the Palestinians to transform small victories in a more serious manner, and to ensure that settlers pay a significant price for their illegal ...
  • Asia Times Online: Brazil steps between Israel and Iran 2010-03-17
    This FTA carries a key strategic provision - it allows the transfer of weapons technology to Mercosur members. Thus weapons responsible for the repressi ...
  • Gulf Times: Muslim scholars urge Arab states to withdraw peace initiative 2010-03-17
    The Arab peace initiative, which was launched in 2002, had offered Israel full normalisation of relations if it returned the land occupied in 1967.
  • Associated News Today: Resident's daughter to participate in fifth 'Follow the Women' ride 2010-03-17
    Read more on Press Trust of India Israel is a democracy that historically gerrymandered its electoral constituency by expelling most of the indigenou ...
  • Ha'aretz: Back to the beach 2010-03-17
    On some of the beaches the low wall between the sand and the sidewalk will be demolished and replaced with broad steps, making access easier and affording ...
  • Ha'aretz: It's time for Netanyahu to say yes to Obama 2010-03-17
    Netanyahu can transfer lands in Area C to the Palestinians, release prisoners and lift roadblocks. Israeli agreement to discuss all the core issue ...
  • Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israeli Raids Target Children 2010-03-17
    This comes on the heels of accelerated attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers inside Silwan in particular, directed towards the community's youngest ...
  • Ma'an News Agency: Egyptian forces discover 2 smuggling tunnels 2010-03-17
    Egypt will close the tunnels with stones as they are near houses and cannot be demolished with explosives, the correspondent added.
  • Seattle Weekly: Palestinian Street's New Name Is Rachel Corrie 2010-03-17
    Corrie's parents, who are in Israel for a trial in the civil suit they have brought against the Israeli military, attended the dedication.
  • Morning Star Online: Trouble in Tel Aviv 2010-03-17
    ... surely qualifies as one of the most egregious examples of sustained collective punishment ever inflicted on a civilian population in modern history.
  • Palestine Chronicle: Rachel Corrie's Memory, Israel's Image 2010-03-17
    Seven years ago, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demolition ...
  • Morning Star Online: Palestine names street after murdered activist 2010-03-17
    Ms Corrie's mother Cindy, who is visiting Israel and the Occupied Territories to take part in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Israeli government ...
  • Sri Lanka Guardian: Urgent appeal to all Muslims to defend Aqsa Mosque 2010-03-17
    In a statement they distributed on the streets of Jerusalem on Monday, the groups said that it was written in their Torah that the land of Israel is a small ...
  • Middle East Online: Gold becomes attractive investment in besieged Gaza 2010-03-17
    Human rights groups, both international and Israeli, slammed Israel's siege of Gaza, branding it “collective punishment.” Gaza is still considered under ...
  • Palestine News Agency: Oxfam Urges Ashton to Make Lifting Gaza Siege Top Priority - WAFA 2010-03-17
    This constitutes collective punishment, which is illegal under international law. The EU should make any future upgrade in economic and political relati ...
  • The Australian: Jerusalem's bulldozer diplomacy 2010-03-17
    In Munich, Ayalon struck again: he claimed Saudi Arabia "doesn't transfer one penny to the Palestinian Authority". Like Turkey, Saudi Arabia could hardly ...
  • PRI's The World: The East Jerusalem issue 2010-03-17
    He recently delayed plans for an archeological park in one East Jerusalem neighborhood that could mean the demolition of dozens of Arab homes.
  • Khaleej Times: A Prayer for Rachel Corrie 2010-03-17
    She was guilty of standing in the way of the mighty state of Israel and its mission to build Greater Israel, from the river to the sea, on Palestinian home ...
  • Louisville Eccentric Observer: Letters to the Editor 2010-03-17
    The atrocious acts committed during Operation Cast Lead are not out of self-defense but rather part of a much larger plan to inflict collective punishment ...
  • Gawker: High-End Travel Site Continues to Lay Off Print Refugees 2010-03-17
    I don't believe in collective punishment. When we need to cut costs, we reduce headcount. But we don't reduce the compensation of those who remain with us.
  • Myrtle Beach Sun News: US should withhold aid to Israel 2010-03-17
    The planned visitor center to be constructed in East Jerusalem will cause the demolition of Palestinians' homes by the Israeli government.
  • Hartford Courant: Hoffman Toyota Receives 25 Year Award From Toyota USA 2010-03-17
    In the spring of 2009, the circular 1980s showroom was razed to make way for a new Hoffman Toyota facility which opened last September.
  • ISN: US Lacks Leverage Over Israel 2010-03-17
    Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat recently came under pressure from Netanyahu, via the US, to rein in plans for the demolition of houses in the Palestini ...
  • Glenwood Springs Post Independent: Your Letters 2010-03-17
    Six people have been killed and several hundred injured in five years of weekly protests against the apartheid wall. Nonviolent resistance to oppression ...

2010-03-16: Headlines

  • The Palestine Telegraph: Eva Bartlett follows in the footsteps of Rachel Corrie 2010-03-16
    One of these is Eva Bartlett, a 33-year-old ISM volunteer who entered Gaza on a siege-breaker boat in November 2008 -- just one month before Israel launched ...
  • Huffington Post: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Failure of the US Peace Organizations 2010-03-16
    However, Israeli peace groups have not succeeded in convincing mainstream opinion in their country that Israel's policies are both a moral and a long-term ...
  • truthout: Support Our Troops: Boycott the Israeli Occupation 2010-03-16
    Every American can shun Motorola, which arms the Israeli military and has assisted in the construction of the illegal "apartheid wall" in the West Bank.
  • World War 4 Report: Riots rock Jerusalem —again 2010-03-16
    Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last month stated that evacuation of Beit Yonatan will be contingent on the demolition of illegal Arab buildings in East ...
  • World War 4 Report: Riots rock Jerusalem —again 2010-03-16
    Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last month stated that evacuation of Beit Yonatan will be contingent on the demolition of illegal Arab buildings in East ...
  • The Nation.: Rachel Corrie's Memory, Israel's Image 2010-03-16
    Seven years ago today, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demoliti ...
  • The Guardian: Martin Amis: 'I wish my sister had converted to Islam' 2010-03-16
    By the next day, I had changed my mind because that is collective punishment, but people were saying that. More than 95% of Muslims are horrified by th ...
  • MWC News: Clashes break out in east Jerusalem 2010-03-16
    The synagogue, first built in 1694, was first destroyed in 1721 and then demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The al-Aqsa site is revered by Muslim ...
  • Veterans Today Network: Israel's Crackdown Confronts Liberals and Humanists 2010-03-16
    It is busy expelling or excluding peace activists and foreign nationals from the Palestinian territories. The campaign, if left unchecked ...
  • Institute for Public Accuracy: Israeli Attacks on Human Rights Activists 2010-03-16
    Her mother Cindy and other family members are now in Israel, where they have filed a civil suit charging the Israeli government with unlawfully killing her.
  • Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israeli Raids Target Children 2010-03-16
    This comes on the heels of accelerated attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers inside Silwan in particular, directed towards the community's youngest ...
  • Granma International: Just press the button and see 2010-03-16
    ... from December 2008 to January 2009, caused the deaths of 1412 Palestinians and destroyed the scant infrastructure of the Gaza Strip.
  • Socialist Worker: Israel Bans International Activists from West Bank Village of Bil'in, Crack ... 2010-03-16
    WEST BANK, PALESTINE: Bil'in village, the internationally renowned centre of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israel's Apartheid Wall, was this morning ...
  • Palestine Note: EAST JERUSALEM CLASHES 2010-03-16
    The synagogue was originally built in 1694, partially destroyed in 1721, and completely demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • Palestine Note: 1000 days of siege 2010-03-16
    Because it is surmised that the idea of holding 1,5 million in an open air prison can be nothing but a collective punishment that would lead every walk ...
  • Palestine Note: Top News » CLASHES IN JERUSALEM 2010-03-16
    The synagogue was originally built in 1694, partially destroyed in 1721, and completely demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • The Palestine Telegraph: Tuesday, 16 March 2010 12:44 Added by PT Editor Eng.k.almallahi 2010-03-16
    After 17 years the PLO - the sole "representative of the Palestinians" - stated Israel has a right to exit. Fourteen years ago Clinton visited to Gaza ...
  • Palestine Note: Top News » CLASHES IN JERUSALEM 2010-03-16
    The synagogue was originally built in 1694, partially destroyed in 1721, and completely demolished during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • The Palestine Telegraph: Sameh Habeeb: Does Israel really want peace in Palestine? 2010-03-16
    Not far from the settlements, Israel continues to build its new apartheid wall of "Berlin" where more Palestinian land is stolen, people are assaulted ...
  • Arab News: Palestinian Avatars protest against Apartheid wall 2010-03-16
    JERUSALEM: Palestinian protesters have added a colorful twist to demonstrations against Israel's separation barrier, painting themselves blue and posing ...
  • Monday Morning: Settlement row seen endangering US-brokered peace talks 2010-03-16
    Activists who witnessed the incident say she and other s were acting as human shields to prevent a house demolition in the Gaza Strip border town of Rafah ...
  • Telegraph.co.uk: Dangers of Israeli rift 2010-03-16
    To date, Palestinians have not behaved in a manner that indicates they want to peacefully co-exist with Israel. Even during the so called ceasefires Israel ...
  • Atlanta Journal Constitution: Readers Write 03/16 2010-03-16
    Their yard trimmings currently go into a construction-demolition landfill. By putting trimmings into an energy-creating landfill, LaGrange could sell more ...
  • Chicago Sun-Times: Bears OTs among league's worst in '09, according to website 2010-03-16
    Peppers demolished him last yr. Willaims in the last meeting shut down Jared Allen. I know Allen didnt get a sack but I dont even remember him getting close ...
  • Capitol Hill Blue: Round Table for Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2010-03-16
    1983 – Demolition of the radio tower Ismaning, the last wooden radio tower in Germany. * 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Leb ...
  • The Associated Press: West Bank street named for dead US activist 2010-03-16
    On March 16, 2003, Corrie stood in the path of an armored Israeli bulldozer as it approached a Palestinian home targeted for demolition along Gaza's border ...
  • Good Morning Silicon Valley: And then the audience demoed @anywhere-but-here 2010-03-16
    ToNYC: "Obama's drones are a collective punishment style war crime. Just the tool to make friends with our..." Concerned Citizen: "War Without Tears?
  • Commonweal: Day 8: Israel's true existential threat 2010-03-16
    Lieberman the current foreign minister in the Netanyahu government, during the election campaign raised the threat of expelling Arabs now living in Israel ...
  • Arab Times: The US role in the Middle East has been diminishing and this may be due to ... 2010-03-16
    “I personally envisage the department will defer, or slow down its activities, or even transfer its courageous leader Abdullah Al-Rashid ...
  • Good Morning Silicon Valley: Quoted: Combat stress in a remote-control war 2010-03-16
    Obama's drones are a collective punishment style war crime. Just the tool to make friends with our Muslim brothers. Pathetic FAIL!
  • Eurasia Review: Corrie Witness: Israeli Army Tried To Alter My Statement 2010-03-16
    Coy had spoken with many Palestinian families in the area where Rachel was killed whose homes had been demolished by the Israeli military ...
  • The Western News: EPA to set up ambient air stations in 6 spots 2010-03-16
    However, the cleanup process would remove the structure's original, natural appearance so the museum board decided to ask the EPA to complete a demoliti ...
  • Eurasia Review: Barack Hussein Obama Vs Israel 2010-03-16
    Built in the 1700's, the synagogue had been demolished twice by Arab Muslims. The second time in 1948 by the Jordanian Legion, in order to insure that Jew ...
  • SanFranciscoSentinel.com: MORNING PALESTINIAN UNREST SUBSIDES IN EAST JERUALEM 2010-03-16
    Israel Police Insp.-Gen. Dudi Cohen completed a tour of the Western Wall plaza, from where he proceeded to a tour of the recently rededicated Hurv ...
  • Good Morning Silicon Valley: On the other hand, the Nexus One trademark problem offers a rebranding opportunity 2010-03-16
    ToNYC: "Obama's drones are a collective punishment style war crime. Just the tool to make friends with our..." Concerned Citizen: "War Without Tears?
  • International Solidarity Movement: Nil'in commemorates year anniversary of Tristan Anderson shooting: two arrested 2010-03-16
    Afterwards, demonstrators marched firmly through the fields towards the metal gate in the concrete Apartheid Wall, while chanting and holding banner ...
  • Israel Defense Forces: The Electronic Intifada on Facebook 2010-03-16
    Only recently, during a conference on the issue of the Palestinians, the Iranian Intelligence Minister called for people to carry out a media upraising ...
  • MCV: ORG plans Digital Economy Bill protest 2010-03-16
    “Disconnection is collective punishment. It is unacceptable. It is unfair and it is disproportionate.” The ORG's executive director Jim Killock added to ...
  • ClaimsJournal.com: Worker Hurt in Ceiling Collapse at Massachusetts Church 2010-03-16
    The Patriot Ledger reports that workers had been doing demolition work for several days on the plaster ceiling in the church's lower sanctuary.
  • Daily News: US presses Israel on settler row 2010-03-16
    The US has said it is awaiting a “formal” response from Israel amid a row over its decision to build 1600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
  • Khaleej Times: Activism is Change 2010-03-16
    They rebuilt people's homes after they were demolished by Israeli dynamites or bulldozers. Some activists even offered free haircuts to those who couldn't ...

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