June 24, 2010 | Israeli authorities say they are moving ahead with plans to demolish more than 20 homes in Silwan, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Israeli officials want to clear the land to build an archeological park on a site -- just outside the walled old city -- where Jews believe the biblical King David walked. Silwan's Palestinian residents accuse Israel of trying to expel them in order to strengthen the Jewish presence in East Jerusalem, seized by Israel during the 1967 War. VOA Jerusalem correspondent Luis Ramirez reports.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Gaza Siege.
Israel's siege of Gaza:
June 17, 2010 — Gaza has been under Israeli blockade since Hamas took control of the Strip in 2007.
The siege has forced Gazans to rely on supplies smuggled through tunnels that go underneath the territory's border with Egypt.
On Thursday, the Israeli government announced its decision to let in some items, but Hamas dismissed it as "just propaganda". Video Inside:
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Gaza Flotilla Testimony of Laura Stewart, a composed housewife.
June 09, 2010 — produced by http://www.counterfire.org
Laura is a housewife from North London. She was on the Marvi Marmara when the Israelis attacked.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Predator Drones: Joking over innocent deaths?
RussiaToday — June 08, 2010 — As Washington expands its drone strikes in Pakistan, the number of civilians killed in the attacks keeps rising. Hundreds of people have died since 2004 and critics say the program only helps fuel the conflict and creates new militants rather than eliminating them.
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