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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.

Source: International Solidarity Movement

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