In Focus
The Palestine Monitor was originally set up to challenge perceptions of the Israeli occupation.
These investigative articles expose human rights violations and humanitarian crises across Palestine, and offer an alternative, Palestinian led narrative of what needs to change for Palestinians to enjoy peace, democracy and human rights.
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Open Letter of Appeal to the Jewish people
23 August 2010
Dear Friends,
I write to ask for your help in gaining the freedom of a good man, a man of peace, and a man of conscience.
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Palestinian factions have mixed feelings over talks
21 August 2010
Mustafa Barghouthi, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, described Clinton’s statement that there would be no "pre-conditions" to talks as effectively acquiescing to Israel’s demands, a move he described as "shameful."
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U.S. support for Israel is decreasing, new poll shows
21 August 2010
American support for Israel is waning, a poll presented to senior Israeli officials in Jerusalem last week revealed.
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Silwan: When David Becomes Goliath
18 August 2010
Fakhri Abu Diab abruptly interrupts the interview as an alarming swell of whistling rises up from the streets. He stands up and walks out of the “Al Bustan Center” tent, a makeshift wooden structure draped in black canvas and covered with blown up photos depicting moments of the neighborhood’s popular struggle in the occupied East Jerusalem area of Silwan, the supposed site of the City of King David, the David who faced off Goliath.
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East Jerusalem: Settlers Take Over Another House
14 August 2010
On the 29th of July another house in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City was taken over by settlers. Whilst the court makes its final decision, 8 of the 9 Palestinian families who were resident in the building for some 70 years were forced to find temporary accommodation elsewhere. Nicky Elliott visited the families.
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Israelis Bulldoze Village, Again
10 August 2010
On 5 August, the Israeli Authorities in the Jordan Valley demolished the village of Al-Farisiya for the second time in two weeks. ST McNeil reporting and photographing from the Jordan Valley.
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Boy Begs Soldiers Not To Take His Dad
3 August 2010
TV cameras have captured the terrible moment of a five-year-old Palestinian boy seeing his father arrested by Israeli soldiers, nearby Hebron. In the video, the kid, Khaled Jabari, wails in torment and confusion as Israeli Army drag away his father, Fadel, for stealing water.
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30 July 2010
West Bank Bedouins worse off than Gazans, but no one seems to pay attention.
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Liberating Voices: The Agony of the Jordan Valley
24 July 2010
At 6 am on the 19th of July the Israeli Army, accompanied by 2 bulldozers arrived in the village of Al Farisiya and ordered the villagers to get out of their homes. Nicky Elliott visited the area and interviewed homeless families.
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19 July 2010
With last week’s convictions and the announcement of a criminal investigation into ’Pheel’s’ death, is the IDF finally becoming accountable in cases of violence against peaceful demonstrators? Michael Carpenter isn’t convinced.
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MK Haneen Zoubi: I Joined The Flotilla To Show Israel Is Not A Democracy
12 July 2010
"Israel could not manage a 43-year occupation and four-year siege without silence from the world. These policies will not change by continuing with a ’business as usual’ approach."
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Occupation Forces Palestinians Into Kippah Industry
6 July 2010
Movement restrictions are wrecking employment opportunities for Palestinians. Rebecca Fudala discovered an alarming new trade. Harmless or demeaning?
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Solidarity As A Weapon: The MST In Palestine
30 June 2010
“There is a weapon more powerful than any Israeli tank or U.S. missile, which is international solidarity,” said Marcelo Buzetto, a representative of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement. Kara Newhouse interviewed him during a ten-day tour to meet with participants of social movements throughout Palestine.
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Rehabilitating Torture Victims And Their Families
26 June 2010
Almost 95% of detained Palestinians experience some form of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in Israeli prisons. On June 26 the UN will mark its International Day to Support Victims of Torture. Palestine Monitor sat down with two mental health specialists to hear about the effects of torture.
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Rundown Streets Inspire Humanitarian Genius
23 June 2010
Askar girls return from representing Palestine at the Intel ISEF in America, having bagged 2nd prize for their medical innovation which will help the blind on the uneven streets of Askar Refugee Camp. Nicky Elliott reporting for Palestine Monitor.
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20 June 2010
When IDF soldiers killed Ziad Jilani in Wadi Joz last week, army propaganda automatically labelled him a terrorist. Kara Newhouse spoke to Jilani’s widow about the real Ziad, a family man with no time for extremism.
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Nablus Girls Know It’s Not Just Football
15 June 2010
This May Project Hope hosted the 2010 girl’s football tournament in Nablus, the West Bank. The event saw 7 young teams participating in the tournament, which was the first of its kind in Nablus. Reporting from Nicky Elliott. All photographs by Rebecca Fudala.
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The 43 Year Nakba Of The Rayan Family
12 June 2010
Last week the Latrun villages held their first demonstration since the construction of the wall here in 2005, protesting against the land annexation which began in 1967 and continues to this day. Nicky Elliott spoke to the Rayan family of New Beit Nuba.
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Two More Families To Be Evicted From Sheikh Jarrah
8 June 2010
The Kanabi and Siyam-Idkadk families recently received 45-day eviction notices, adding to the growing list of Palestinian residents being forced from their homes in East Jerusalem. Michael Carpenter went to meet them.
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Artist Loses Eye as Israeli Border Police Intentionally Target Demonstrators
3 June 2010
U.S. Visual artist Emily Henochowicz was attending one of the many demonstrations which took place across the West Bank in response to Israel’s Flotilla Massacre, when she was hit in the face with the tear gas canister destroying her left eye.
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