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US Weapons Sales to Israel
By Josh Ruebner: Israel may be forgiven for failing to realize the current fiscal woes of the United States. After all, U.S. military aid to Israel not only sailed unscathed through last week's passage of the 2011 budget, but reached the record level of $3 billion. The United States additionally provided Israel $415 million for procurement, research and development of joint...
Poll: Egyptians Embrace Revolt Leaders, Religious Parties and Military, As Well
U.S. Wins No Friends, End of Treaty With Israel Sought Egyptians are optimistic about the changes that have transformed their country’s politics. Overwhelmingly, they say it is good that former president Hosni Mubarak is gone, and nearly two-in-three are satisfied with the way things are going in Egypt. The military is very well regarded, and most have a positive opinion of both...
Statistical Release on Settlements and Lands
Number of Housing Units Built in the Israeli Settlements Increased Four Times in 2010 Compared with 2009 The Occasion of the Land DayThe thirtieth of March 1976 had witnessed an uprising in the territory of 1948 in defense of their land and the confiscation of 21 thousand dunums in the Galilee, Al-Muthalath, and Negev. The uprising was violently faced by Israeli...
Casualties and material losses from September 28, 2000 - January 31, 2011
Total number of Palestinian deaths 7406 Children 1300 Women 583 Men 5519 Palestinians killed by Jewish settlers 83 Palestinians killed as a result of Israeli shelling 2914 Deaths as a result of preventing medical personnel at Israeli checkpoints 401 Stillbirths (Palestinian babies born dead at checkpoints) 32 Number of Palestinians extra-judicially killed and assassinated 841 Bystanders killed during extra-judicial killings 354 Total number Israeli deaths 1676 Children 123 Women 306 Men 642 Settlers 240 Soldiers 345 Area distribution of Palestinian deaths West Bank 2129 Gaza Strip 5081 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces and settlers 51292 Live ammunition 9126 Rubber-coated...
OCHA: The Humanitarian Case in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
These two presentations are provided by the UN's office of Coordiantion of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. One presentation is about Gaza Strip and the second about the West Bank and East Jerusalem.Both presentations are provided in tow formats: a text-only format (maps ad graphs included however) and an original (images included verison).Click on the link to download:>>...
Olive Harvest 2010
Human rights violations committed during the 2010 harvest The olive harvest ended this year, and as in other seasons, both farmers and the land they own faced continuous attacks from Occupation forces and settlers. This season’s assaults were distinguished by their ferocity, occurring in the shadow of the failing negotiations between the Occupation state and the Palestinian Authority. The Occupation plans...
Financing the Israeli Occupation
The Direct Involvement of Israeli Banks in Illegal Israeli Settlement Activity and Control over the Palestinian Banking Market Click here to Download: Financing the Israeli Occupation Report (42 pages, 3.84 MB) Israeli banks provide the financial infrastructure for all activities of companies, governmental agencies and individuals in the continuing occupation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan Heights. The services...
Oxfam: Israeli policies damaging to the Palestinian olive oil industry
By Ahmed Zaki Osman: The Israeli occupation of the West bank and siege of Gaza are seriously harming Palestinian olive oil production which contributes up to US$100 million annually for some of the most underprivileged Palestinian families, the international NGO Oxfam said in a report on Friday. The report, entitled, "The Road to Olive Farming: Challenges to developing the economy of olive...
Palestinian Economic Dependency on Israel
At the same time Israel started to control the external borders of the OPT. A customs union was imposed, meaning that Israel designed both internal and external economic policies without negotiating or consulting the Palestinians. These economic policies were designed to "serve Israeli political, military and economic interests as perceived at the time."[1] Furthermore, there was no...
