In May 2010 Israel ascended to the Organisation for Economic Co-coperation and Development (OECD). OECD acceptance of Israel as a member of this prestigious group of "democratic" countries was a significant political decision which provides international support for Israel's foreign and military policies and blatantly ignores Israeli violations

Hebron and Southern West Bank -        On 9 July, four Palestinians workers from the town of Yatta in the Hebron District were injured when a group of settlers beat them with stakes. The aggression happened after the workers finished farming their land inside the Green Line. The attack occurred in the evening, when the workers were coming b

The past week saw the resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The first days of this new round of negotiations were marked by the killings of 4 settlers in Hebron, the arrest campaign by the Palestinian Authority police targeting Hamas militants and the Israeli political debate about the settlement freeze. We asked Nassar Ibrahim, Policy

The existing literature on the Israeli occupation is highly compartmentalized.  Most works on the subject are written from a political or sociological standpoint. There are also some that focus on the so-called “economics of the occupation.” The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation: Repression Beyond Exploitation, a newly released book b

Al-Haq condemns the arbitrary arrest campaign undertaken by Palestinian Security Services throughout the West Bank, in the aftermath of the recent attacks against Israeli settlers in Hebron and Ramallah claimed by the military wing of Hamas.

This demonstration was held on the fourth Friday in Ramadan (3 September). The popular committee for resisting the Wall and settlements in Bilin  organized the demonstration, which began after the Friday prayer. They were supported by villagers and  number of international supporters, including members of the international peace movement, Labour

Michel "Mikado" Warschawski is an Israeli anti-Zionist activist. He led the Marxist Revolutionary Communist League (also known as Matzpen) until its demise in the 1990s, and founded the Alternative Information Center, a joint Palestinian-Israeli grassroots organization in 1984. He currently resides in Jerusalem. For more from Mikado, visit his bl

Following is the text of a letter sent today to U.S. President Obama, calling upon him to intervene for ending the violation of the Bedouins’ most basic rights. Following the repeated brutal demolition of the village of al-Arakib - four times in one month - the Negev Bedouin community feels itself with its back to the wall. All requests to the g

The Palestinian economy experienced marginal improvements in 2009, but continued to perform well below potential with high unemployment, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) annual report on assistance to the Palestinian people.

Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel told his governing coalition that he did not promise an extension to the partial suspension in settlement construction when it expires in September (by the way, the suspension did not cover most of the settlement areas which are around Jerusalem, nor did it cover existing construction in other areas, infrastructur

Israel's military attack on the Gaza Strip-bound Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the deaths of nine international activists, the injuring of dozens and deportation of hundreds, launched the Gaza Strip to the top of international news worldwide. This reminds us of the Gaza Sea Port, which was never finished.