Ivory Coast 4-3 Israel 10 August 2011 Goals Friendly Match
simmons | August 11, 2011
Ivory Coast - Yaya Toure (45) Didier Ya Konan (48-sorry the goal does'nt) Moussa Kone (67) Didier Drogba (81) Israel - Itay shechter (76) Maor Melikson (79,86)
Travellers resorting to bribes to exit Gaza
admin | August 11, 2011
Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has announced that from Monday only students, patients and foreign passport holders will be allowed to leave the territory through the Rafah crossing into Egypt. The move is an attempt to clear the huge backlog of travel applications.
Kufr Qaddoum Peaceful Protest-Palestine
simmons | August 11, 2011
The popular committee, or local council, of Kufr Qaddoum requested the attendance of ISM volunteers at their first demonstration in the village after more than six years of protracted legal arguments before the notoriously one-sided Israeli High Court. The attempts to gain justice through legal recourse were motivated by a unilateral Israeli decision in 2003 to block the main arterial road linking Kufr Qaddoum with Nablus.
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simmons | August 11, 2011
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Israel’s settlement spending under scrutiny
simmons | August 11, 2011
Protests against high prices and social inequality in Israel are entering their third week. With Israel's social justice movement looking at ways to reduce government spending and the cost of living, settlement spending in the occupied West Bank is now coming under scrutiny. In a tented city in Tel Aviv, the leaders of the social justice movement have yet to issue specific demands from the government, but the expense of maintaining the West Bank settlements is being discussed.
Israel’s youth voice frustration over economy
simmons | August 11, 2011
Protests in Israel have entered their third week and the tent city continues to sprawl through one of Tel Aviv's main boulevards. Benyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has set up a special committee to discuss the sit ins, yet the protests show no sign of abating
Israel Approves New Settlement in West Bank
admin | August 11, 2011
Israel has approved the construction of 930 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Har Homa on August 7. The approval of the Jerusalem zoning committee on August 4th have made the land available for sale to contractors. Construction is expected to take over two to three years.
