Press and independent media
743 resources in this category
Getting carried away
04/05/2006
The violence typically begins as hundreds of protesters advance on lines of badly outmanned troops trying to block the way to the village’s land, which lies on the other side of the fence. The pushing, shoving and shouting, along with the troops’ inability to keep the protesters back, is what sets off the use of tear gas, concussion grenades, batons, rubber bullets and, in at least one lethal incident, live fire.
Police probe building of West Bank settlement neighborhood
27/04/2006
The Israel Police’s National Fraud Squad has opened a criminal investigation into the illegal construction of hundreds of housing units in the Matityahu East neighborhood of the Modi’in Ilit ultra-Orthodox settlement. A statement to this effect was submitted on Tuesday to the High Court of Justice in response to an injunction issued at the request of the Peace Now movement.
Outside the Fence
14/04/2006
The Separation Fence is closing in upon more and more Palestinian villages. Their inhabitants are cut off from sources of livelihood. Some Israelis are not willing to remain silent.
Court moves closer to ordering illegal settlement houses razed
22/03/2006
The High Court of Justice Tuesday gave the state 30 days to explain why houses built illegally in the Matityahu East neighborhood of the Modi’in Ilit settlement should not be demolished.
State opposes new housing in illegal W. Bank neighborhood
15/03/2006
The State Prosecution is opposed to resuming illegal construction in the Matityahu-East neighborhood in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Upper Modi’in.
