Posts Tagged West Bank

31 journalists arrested in Iran since elections

31 journalists arrested in Iran since elections

Another 6 journalists arrested this week in Iran brings the total to at least 31 detained since the disputed election. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists,  "...at least six other journalists were in detention prior to the disputed elections. Of the journalists currently behind bars

07.16.2009 | Editorials, Iran, Middle East, Palestine | Clarity Correspondent

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Can Netanyahu really control the settlers?

The Israeli settlers in the Palestinian West Bank are a multi dimensional problem. They are, under Judaic tradition, doing nothing more than reclaiming Judea and Samaria, as they term it.  For the Palestinians, however, they are creating Swiss cheese holes in any future Palestinian state, rending

05.29.2009 | Israel, Middle East, Palestine | Clarity Correspondent

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Is it legally apartheid? - the Palestine conundrum

Is it legally apartheid? – the Palestine conundrum

There is a veil of legal obscurification spread over the Israel-Palestine conflict. There are multiple legal debates - is Palestine occupied or disputed territory, is Israel executing colonial power, but there is probably no more emotively charged question, than is Israel's treatment of Palestin

04.1.2009 | Features, Israel, Middle East, Palestine | Clarity Staff Reporter

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Violence breaks out on the West Bank

Violence breaks out on the West Bank

  From Al Jazeera:   Israeli soldiers have clashed with Palestinians protesting against the construction of a giant wall in the West Bank town of Naalin.  Mairead Maguire, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, attended the demonstration on Friday by residents who say the wall will cut them off from t

11.21.2008 | Israel, Palestine | Stuart Ford

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