Europe’s ambiguous relationship with Israel
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Europe’s ambiguous relationship with Israel
Europe’s relationship with Israel and its occupation policies is not a straightforward one. The European Union does not acknowledge settlements as legal or part of Israel, yet European companies continue to profit from the economy of the occupation and siege.
Video: Palestine in Israeli school books
Nurit Peled-Elhanan presented her book, “Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education (Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education” (Library of Modern Middle East Studies, 2012) at the AICafe on Tuesday 24 September 2013.
Israel: poorest country in the OECD
The life of most Israelis is not so glossy. A report released last Wednesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reveals that Israel, with a poverty rate of 20.9%, is the most impoverished of the 34 countries in the organisation. Moreover, the report indicates that Israel's poor population has grown more than in any other OECD nation; Israel's poverty level has exceeded that of Mexico, whose poverty rate stands at 20.4%.
Islamic figures ask Jordan to save al Aqsa
Jordanian Islamic academic Ishaq Farhan appealed on Sunday to Jordan's King Abdullah to take urgent action in protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque. In his appeal, Farhan urged King Abdullah to delegate his government, particularly the Ministry of Religious Affairs, to provide political support and protection for the Awqaf employees charged with Aqsa Mosque's management.
PHOTOS: Settlers destroy olive trees
Palestinian farmers from the West Bank village of Qaryut discovered severe damage to their olive groves Saturday following an attack by Israeli settlers from the nearby colony of Eli. Representatives of the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture counted some 60 trees damaged or destroyed belonging to 12 different farmers.
Palestinian children endangered by army
At-Tuwani - On the morning of Monday, October 21, the Israeli army escort that usually accompanies Palestinian children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al-Abeed to their school in At-Tuwani failed to arrive. The children were left to walk the longer route, accompanied by two international volunteers, at high risk of being attacked by settlers from the illegal Havat Ma'on outpost and Ma'on settlement.
Artists and farmers from northern West Bank settlements will exhibit their products in Tel Aviv as part of a local government campaign to impact public opinion in the event that a public referendum on the creation of a Palestinian state is held in Israel.