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ThenHistory of failed peace talks - BBC 07 Middle East Peace Talks, 1991-2006, Congressional Reference Service Summary The Arab - League Initiative for Comprehensive Peace with Israel. Q&A: The Facts About Palestine & Israel Truth Against Truth: A Completely Different Look at the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict BBC Timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer by Phyllis Bennis. This site contains an electronic version of the primer as well as information on how to purchase the printed version. Ten Years of Research into the 1947-49 War Whatever happened in 1947-1948? The Balfour Declaration--This 1917 statement backed a Jewish homeland "it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine." Settlements and SettlersThe New Jewish Terrorism 10-08 Extremist Settlers Funded by US Donors Press for Ethnic Cleansing in Israeli Cities - 10-08 Israel 'Worry' at Settler Attacks: Promised evacuation of a settlement is stalled as attacks on Palestinians inrease -- BBC 8-08 Settlement Plans Snub US: Israeli Military, Settlers, and Civil Government Again Tangle over Status of Settlements (two articles: from Independent, and from NYT) 7-08 Dark Truths About the Israeli Occupation. Devastating account of Israeli settlement policy and its consequences. D. Levy, Washington Monthly, 2-08 Settlements grow on Arab land, despite promises made to U.S. - by Amos Harel, 10-06, Haaretz |
NowSyria/Golan Heights Negotiations Quietly Proceed BBC 11-08 Contradictory Growth in the West Bank. The West Bank is a land of shocking contrasts, with vastly differing rights for Palestinians and Jewish settlers. Palestinians live under the israeli army's absolute control, their economy strangled by the separation barrier and hundreds of checkpoints. Crucial Water Issues--Jordan River Ebbing West Bank water woes: forbidden wells, inappropriate Israeli agriculture, settlements 9-08 British MD urges Israeli doctors to oppose routine torture of Palestinian detainees QUIT (Quakers Vs. Torture) could join this appeal. 8-08 AP Cover-up: Strip searching by Israeli Officials: Disturbing Report Details Mistreatment: Can "Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT)" Help? 7-08 U.S. Christian Zionists Fail to Support Peace Efforts Group Focuses on Military Aid, Iran & Syria 7-08 Israel Requests Saudi Peace Plan Changes - By Aluf Benn, Haaretz . All 22 Arab nations offered Israel peace and trade in exchange for a Palestinian State in the 1967 borders. Israel wants changes in that 2002 offer. Israell peace feelers are rumored. 3-07 UN Report: Palestinian Status 1/07 - Humanitarian Crisis, Loss of Basic Human Rights, The Wall, Settlement Expansion, International Responsibility Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos - Anna Baltzer Exit Denied: An Escalation in the Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing - By Noura Khouri, 1-07 It's the Little Things That Make an Occupation (hellish) With new map of closures and the wall. The Economist, 1-07 APARTHEID: Israelis adopt what South Africa dropped - editorial in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11-06 Hebron Reflection: War is not healthy - by Jan Benvie, Christian Peace Team. 10-06 CPTnet Gazans in Crisis
Museum Offers Gray Gaza a View of its Dazzling Past A hopeful initiative amidst repression and turmoil. NYT 7-08 UN Envoy Says Israel 'Stalling Gaza Rebuilding' Vital reconstruction in Gaza is stalled because Israel is not allowing in enough supplies, the UN's Middle East envoy warns. Golan Heights - Proposal for Its Return to SyriaIsraeli, Syrian Representatives Reach Secret Understandings. Haaretz, BBC, New York Times 1-07. Now: Archived materials |
Quakers With a Concern for Palestine-Israel