For as long as the occupation continues, and for as long as the army persists in wielding its iron fist against the occupied Palestinian population, we shall continue to report from the field and to document what is being done there in the name of the State of Israel. As time goes by, the media has started to acknowledge the credibility of our reports and to quote them as authoritative sources of information, sometimes in parallel with, or in contradiction to, the official army version.
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What does a military judge know about childhood in Qalandiya refugee camp, about growing up in the shadow of the wall, by the checkpoint that in its very essence is an entity of violence, in a habitat of poverty and wretchedness that for a while...
“Feee -ky!”
Reem came sweeping into the office with an agitated clatter of bracelets. She always moves like a whirlwind, but I can tell when something has happened to disturb her: ‘v’ becomes a ‘f’ and she stretches the first syllable of my name to...
From left, Reps. Yvette Clark, Donna Edwards, Jackie Speier, Gwen Moore, Barbara Lee and Eddie Bernice Johnson at the Kalandiya checkpoint on a J Street-organized trip to Israel and the West Bank, Feb. 22, 2012. (J Street)
KALANDIYA, West Bank (JTA) -- The U.S. congresswomen get off the bus...
The women of MachsomWatch have helped some 5,000 people through the process of appealing their travel ban to Israel
There is a thorn in the side of the Israeli prohibitions industry, in the guise of severstubborn and persistent women of retirement age. In a word: nudniks. They...
The ultra-left group hampers IDF search for terrorists at checkposts, but doesn't notice when Israeli citizens are harassed.
A familiar sight to anyone driving through the checkposts that dot the Israeli road network where there are turnoffs nearby to Palestinian...
It has recently been reported that the IDF Military Advocate General opposes the Prime Minister’s initiative to put violent Jewish settlers on trial in military court (Haim Levinson and Tomer Zarhin, Haaretz 27 December 2011). Indeed, those courts have quite a different role. For years my...
The Separation Barrier was built by the Israeli government to prevent uncontrolled entry of Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel. To get through it, Palestinians must obtain a security clearance from the Israel Civil Administration (the governing body in the West-Bank), and then pass a...