The Alternative Information Center shares in the deep sorrow of veteran staff member Bryan Atinsky, at the tragic and untimely loss of his wife, Dr. Efrat Gamliel-Atinsky, children Noam (5) and Ya’ari (8 months) Gamliel-Atinsky and mother-in-law Esther Gamliel, in a car accident yesterday (7 March).
The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem
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The US-based Center for Constitutional Rights is petitioning various United Nations offices, for Palestinian families whose ancestors are buried in the Mamila Cemetery.
The cemetery better known as Mamilla, has been a Muslim burial ground since the 7th century, when companions of the Prophet Muhammad were reputedly buried there.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Los Angeles based non-profit association, began to build a Museum of Tolerance on the grounds of the Maaman Allah cemetery in Jerusalem.
It is also houses the remains of soldiers and officials of the Muslim ruler Saladin from the 12th century, as well as generations of important Jerusalem families and notables. The cemetery grounds also contain numerous monuments, structures, and gravestones attesting to its hallowed history, including the ancient Mamilla Pool, which dates back to the Herodian period, or the 1st century B.C.
The Israeli Parliamentary Law Committee has recently approved a law proposal the (“Nakba bill”) that, if passed by the Knesset, would impose economic sanctions on the organizers of Nakba...
During the sixth International Israeli apartheid week, the Alternative Information Center is hosting events and lectures. On 2 March, Hazem Jamjoum of the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights discussed about Israeli apartheid system in the AICafé. On this occasion we interviewed him.
In an expansion of its campaign of repression against the Palestinian popular struggle, the Israeli Army raided the village of Nabi Saleh tonight and arrested five youths from their beds.
At around 2AM...
The city of Bethlehem and its immediate surroundings are isolated by the Separation Wall Israel built on its lands and are further surrounded by the settlements of Gush Etzion to its west and south-west, Jerusalem to the north and two isolated settlements to the south-east.
Sergio Yahni, Program Director of the Alternative Information Center, spoke with Victor Batarseh, the mayor of Bethlehem, about the impact of settlements on the Bethlehem municipal region.
This morning (Sunday 28 February), about two hundred Israeli armed policemen invaded the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem to attack a non-violent sit-in, organized by Palestinians...
Rifat Odeh Kassis is a Palestinian Christian from the village of Beit Sahour, located on the outskirts of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. He currently serves as the president of International Executive Council...
On 25 February, the demonstration that demands the opening of Shuhada Street – the main artery in the city of Hebron – is a traditional appointment for associations, activists and social...
The 14 year old boy was critically injured during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh against creeping land grab by the adjacent Jewish-only settlement of Halamish.
The US-based Center for Constitutional Rights is petitioning various United Nations offices, of Palestinian families whose ancestors are buried in the Mamila Cemetery.
The cemetery better known as Mamilla, has been a Muslim burial ground since the 7th century, when companions of the Prophet Muhammad...
These are the conclusions of the Jury pertaining to the Barcelona session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. However, the contents are subject to the normal processes of editing and corrections before a definitive edition is made public.
On 11 March, the Swedish clothes and fashion chain, H&M, will be opening the first of six planned stores in Israel. The familiar red H&M sign will be viewed in the Malcha shopping center in Jeruslaem, a municipality which has to continuously attempted to expand its control over occupied Palestinian lands and the oppression and removal of its Palestinian population. Moreover, the land upon which the Malcha shopping center stands is part of the al-Maliha Palestinian village, which was completely ethnically cleansed in 1948.
A group of Italian professors recently published a letter denouncing “university and cultural discrimination of Palestinians.” The document—called “Right to study and academic freedom in Palestine”—expressly quotes the AIC bulletin Academic Boycott of Israel and the...
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The Case Regarding the Israeli Deportation of American Journalist Jared Malsin
On Tuesday, 16 February 2010, I spoke with Jared Malsin, Chief English Editor of the Palestinian news organization, Ma’an.
Jared, an American citizen, was deported to the United States by the Israeli government on 20 January, after being detained for eight days following his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport from a vacation in Europe.
He spoke about the work of his news agency, the situation of the Palestinian press in general, and details of his detainment, subsequent deportation and the current status of his case.
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