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Israel cuts electricity to the Negev desert prison as temperatures soar - 3 August 2011
The Ahrar Centre for Prisoners' Studies and Human Rights has stated that the Israeli Prisons Service has cut power to the tents and cement rooms of the Negev desert prison.
Source: Middle East Monitor
Israeli minister urges attack on Gaza - 3 August 2011
An Israeli minister has called for a major military offensive against the Gaza Strip, hours after the regime carried out an airstrike on the impoverished coastal sliver.
Source: Gaza TV
Music guides peaceful resistance in Kufr Qaddoum - 1 August 2011
On Friday July 29, 2011 the Popular Committee of Kufr Qaddoum included musical guests from the Netherlands, Fanfare, to play for Kufr Qaddoum’s weekly demonstration against a roadblock that closes off the main road to the village.
End blockade now, says UN group in rare Gaza visit - 1 August 2011
A human rights delegation to Gaza has decried Israel’s closure of the occupied territory.
Source: the Electronic Intifada
The two-state solution will die in September - 1 August 2011
If all goes as planned, the U.S. will effectively send the two-state solution into oblivion this September, after caving into Israeli demands to torpedo the Palestinian unilateral declaration of independence at the United Nations
Source: +972 Magazine
Can water end the Arab-Israeli conflict? - 30 July 2011
Could solving the water crisis in Israel and Palestine also help resolve the entrenched occupation and conflict?
Source: Al Jazeera
Gaza-US photo exchange breaks down stereotypes - 30 July 2011
Jessica Campbell and Emmet Whittaker of the US-Gaza Cultural Exchange entered Gaza three weeks ago with a set of digital cameras, 130 art sets and artwork created by children in the US.
Source: Gaza TV
Hamas leader: Palestinian UN bid a 'scam' - 29 July 2011
"A Palestinian state means land, people and authority. And now, what is the border of Israel? Israel has had many borders in the last 30, 40 years. What border are we going to speak about?'"
Source: Haaretz
Israel sues 34 Bedouin for costs of repeated demolitions of their homes - 29 July 2011
Unprecedented law suit seeks NIS 1.8 million in damages from 34 Negev Bedouin; Israel Lands Administration says defendants built homes on land belonging to the state.
Source: Haaretz
The Norway massacre and the nexus of Islamophobia and right-wing Zionism - 24 July 2011
While much remains to be learned about the attacks in Norway, it has exposed the dangerous nexus of Islamophobia, neoconservatism and right-wing Zionism, and what could happen when the wrong person subscribes to those toxic beliefs.
Source: Mondoweiss