Tag Archives: West Bank

Tear gas in Bethlehem and bombings in Gaza

Not content with trashing Gaza, the Israeli occupation army – “the most moral army in the world" – is taking it out on Bethlehem, invading the town and firing tear gas at civilians. Read more [...]

Still weeping for Gaza

Stuart Littlewood assesses the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories – the living conditions in Gaza and a president , Mahmoud Abbas, seen as illegitimate and an Israeli stooge. Read more [...]

Ramallah protests ominous for Israeli occupation

Uri Avnery argues that Israel’s strangulation of the Palestinian economy means that a “Palestinian Spring” targeted at the Israeli occupation may come sooner rather than later. Read more [...]

Checkpoints and house demolitions

Our special correspondent shares her experience of the Israeli-occupied West Bank where she saw the Apartheid Wall, new Jews-only roads and an ambulance being turned back at a checkpoint. Read more [...]