Chatham House (2009)
Report that seeks to describe the Palestinian refugee issue from a broader regional perspective which includes
those of the host countries and the refugees living outside of the occupied Palestinian territory. Read More >
Uri Blau / Ha'aretz (January 2009)
Analysis of a secret, comprehensive government database resulting from a two-year project led by IDF Brigadier
General Baruch Spiegel. It reveals that about 75 percent of settlement construction in the West Bank has been
conducted without appropriate permits, and more than 30 settlements have been partly built on private Palestinian
land. Read More >
Dan Fleshler | Potomac Books Inc (2009)
Book Review (Foreign Affairs) | CampusBooks
Jewish Virtual Library (2009 - 2013)
Aggregate of polls from a variety of sources concerning topics such as the impact of settlement construction,
whether to impose a settlement freeze, and support for evacuation of outposts. Read More >
December 8, 2008
Classified U.S. diplomatic cables containing an account of Rep. Robert Wexler's meeting with Israel Defense
Intelligence Director Yadlin in which Yadlin outlines the imminent threats to Israeli security. Yadlin identifies
Palestinian terrorism as the fourth highest priority threat that Israel faces, following Iran, Syria and Hezbollah.
Read Document >
CNN (11/29/2008)
Christiane Amanpour explores Jewish extremism in Israel, with a look the founding of the Israel settlement
enterprise, US organizations' support for settlements, the influence of Meir Kahane, and the actions of the Jewish
Underground and others. Features interviews with Shimon Peres, Hanan Porat, Yehuda Etzion, Gershom Gorenberg,
former Peace Now Settlements Watch Director Dror Etkes, and Jerusalem expert Danny Seidemann. (1:27:13) Watch >
Dear Friend,
Israel is a flower -- perhaps the greatest -- of the Jewish imagination. Over the course of two millennia of exile, a vision of Israel endured. It has taken on forms that were fantastic and humble, dreamlike as prophecy and prosaic as a hammer and nails. The capacity for bringing forth a world from the imagination -- a better world, a land of peace and plenty and freedom from the terrors and indignities of exile -- is part of our heritage as Jewish writers, and in our work we draw strength from that heritage every time we sit down at the computer to write. But as anyone might attest whose Bubbe ever warned him or her, as ours did us, to avoid walking over manhole covers, playing with sticks, or swimming after eating, the Jewish imagination is also a powerful tool for the envisioning of future disaster. In this darker guise, the Jewish imagination has fueled the vivid nightmares of our people from the ghettoes of Europe to the far-fetched claims of today's email fear-mongerers; and of course many of those dark imaginings of the Jewish future have also, tragically, been realized over the years.
October 22, 2008
Classified U.S. diplomatic cables, leaked by the whistleblower site WikiLeaks, that contain details of Israel
attempting to keep the economy of the Gaza Strip, following the Hamas takeover of the territory, functioning at the
lowest level possible consistent with avoiding a humanitarian crisis. Read Document >
Nate Wright / Middle East Report (October 7, 2008)
Profile of the Bethlehem suburb of Beit Sahour, inside of Area C in the West Bank, and the difficulties for by
Palestinians caused by Israeli settlements, restriction of movement, and other elements of the occupation. Read More >
B'Tselem (October 2008)
Route 443 serves Israeli commuters traveling between the two largest cities in Israel- Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. In
the past, Route 443 was the main thoroughfare serving the southern Ramallah district. In 1988, Israel expropriated
land from Palestinian villagers living along the road in order to widen it, claiming that the road would serve
their villages as well. However in 2002, the army prohibited Palestinian traffic on the road, stating 'security
reasons'. (7:33) Watch >