The Hill

  • Israel’s Practice of Denying Entry to and Deporting Americans

    Obtaining permission from the Israeli authorities to live in or simply visit the occupied Palestinian territories has long been a difficult task for internationals seeking to do so. Already during the first month of 2010, at least four Americans were denied entry into Israel and subsequently deported. More...

America-Palestine

  • January 2010 Legislation and Developments Regarding U.S. Policy Toward Palestine

    During the month of January, 54 members of Congress submitted a letter to President Obama, asking him to put pressure on Israel to ease restrictions on the Gaza Strip. In commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the end of the invasion of Gaza, two members of Congress hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill, evaluating the continued humanitarian crisis. More...

The Peacemakers

  • Palestinian Nonviolence is Alive and Well

    There is a common misconception that Palestinians need to “find their Martin Luther King, Jr. or their Gandhi”, and appeals are often made to Palestinians to use nonviolent techniques in their movement for freedom and equality. For nearly a decade, the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation has employed various nonviolent methods, most often conducted in partnership with Israelis and citizens from around the world.  More...

the Palestinians

  • Palestinians Take Steps To Boycott Settlements

    As top Palestinian, Israeli and American officials claim to be attempting to “restart negotiations”, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad is simultaneously pursuing another: economic development that looks toward the hoped-for establishment of a Palestinian state, in part by eliminating from its market goods produced in settlements.  More...

The Occupation

  • An Unnatural Disaster

    On January 18 and then again on January 25, 2010, the Gaza Strip was pounded by torrential rains that led to flash flooding, which left 12 Palestinians severely injured, over 100 houses uninhabitable and thousands of animals dead. These heavy rains and the flooding that they produced were yet another blow to a people already enduring one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history. More...