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  • 1 Feb 2012
    UN call for an end to home demolitions in the West Bank

    The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for occupied Palestinian territory has called for an immediate end to the demolition of Palestinian homes by the Israeli authorities.

  • 14 Jul 2011
    Israel anti-boycott law attacks free expression, says Amnesty

    A law making it an offence to call for a boycott against the state of Israel or its West Bank settlements will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression.

  • 17 Jan 2011
    John Lewis bans products from illegal settlements

    Leading UK department store John Lewis has stopped stocking products manufactured in an illegal Israeli settlement.

  • 2 Jan 2011
    Peace and goodwill to the Middle East?

    During the past week, many in the Middle East, caught up in the yuletide spirit will have been hoping for a more peaceful world in 2011, says Harry Hagopian. But what are the prospects for peace and stability in the region?

  • 25 Dec 2010
    Netanyahu and the West Bank moratorium

    Will he, or won't he? Harry Hagopian explores the politics and posturing behind Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's decision regarding a further three-month extension to the moratorium on the construction of Jewish-only Israeli settlements on Palestinian occupied land.

  • 21 Nov 2010
    Palestinians face olive harvest threat and blockage again

    In the northern West Bank Palestinian farmers face the threat of attacks and damage to their trees from Israeli settlers, in the Bethlehem they are denied access to their land.

  • 8 Oct 2010
    Inter-faith council condemns West Bank mosque burning

    The Council of the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land has expressed "grave concern" over the burning by militant Israeli settlers of a West Bank mosque

  • 5 Oct 2010
    UN deplores deliberate burning of West Bank mosque

    The United Nations has voiced its shock following the burning of a mosque in the West Bank that is suspected to be an act of arson.

  • 1 Sep 2010
    WCC General Secretary condemns Hebron killings

    The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has condemned the killings of four Israeli settlers on the West Bank yesterday (Aug 31).

  • 23 Apr 2010
    A Kairos moment: ‘infiltration’ of rights on the West Bank

    A new Israeli military order that categorizes tens of thousands of Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank as “infiltrators” – ostensibly because they lack the proper permits – and gives military officers sweeping control over their deportation. A group of Palestinian Christian theologians explains why this is morally and politically wrong, and explains how people of good will can raise their voices against an injustice which militates against peace with justice for all in Israel-Palestine.