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Bedouin Vilified Among Top 10 Environmental Hazards in Israel Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Manski, Bustan   
Wednesday, 18 April 2007

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The Naqab Arabs share the desert with Israel’s nuclear reactors, 22 agro and petrochemical factories, an oil terminal, closed military zones, several quarries, a toxic waste incinerator, cell towers, a power plant, several airports, a prison and two rivers of open sewage. Despite these numerous hazards, it is the Naqab arabs themselves some mainstream Israeli environmentalists see as a central environmental danger in themselves.

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Prisoners Day: Violations of Human Rights as a Standard Procedure in Israel Print E-mail
Written by Ahmad Jaradat and Anahi Ayala Iacucci, the Alternative Information Center (AIC)   
Tuesday, 17 April 2007

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The problem of prisoners in not only related to the political situation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also to Israel’s respect for human rights and codes of international law, such as the Geneva Conventions and related protocols regarding conduct between hostile forces in an international conflict.

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An International Prisoner's Day Appeal for Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners Print E-mail
Written by The International Committee for the Support of Palestinian prisoners in Israel   
Sunday, 15 April 2007

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The Israeli government violates International Law with regard to Palestinian rights and abdicates from all responsibility to provide the basic requirements of life. It holds the prisoners’ families and the Palestinian National Authority accountable for providing prisoners with their basic necessities. Further, the Israelis intentionally detain prisoners within the borders of Israel (outside Palestinian areas), thus breaking article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

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Squeezing Palestinians into Mission Impossible Print E-mail
Written by Nicola Nasser   
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
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The 40-year old Israeli military occupation and the more than one-year-old economic siege are eroding the national existence of the Palestinians and squeezing the Palestinian leadership into an almost impossible mission of securing law and order by practically renewing an old plan thwarted because, in the end, it could not secure individual safety in the absence of national safeguards.
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Good Monopoly, Bad Monopoly: The Case In Israel Print E-mail
Written by Shir Hever, Alternative Information Center (AIC)   
Wednesday, 11 April 2007

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In Israel, an especially small country, a strong tendency toward monopolies exists. The wave of privatization sweeping the country in recent years significantly increases this phenomenon. The result is that Israel has a small group of powerful capital holders who control the Israeli economy.

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