Daily Archives: 5 August 2007

The Boston Globe, 5 August 2007 | hat tip THE JUST-released “Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak” is a collection of 22 poems by 17 detainees at the US detention center at Guantánamo Bay. Edited by Marc Falkoff, each poem … Continue reading →

FEATURE-West Bank trade hub feels checkpoint squeeze By Mohammed Assadi , Reuters, 05 Aug 2007 Home to about 365,000 Palestinians, Nablus and the surrounding villages have been famed as a centre for trade since Greco-Roman times.Before Israel ringed Nablus with … Continue reading →

30 July 2007: B’Tselem: Gaza Residents Are Not Pawns in the Struggle for Control of the Strip Waiting at the Egyptian side of the Rafah Crossing. Photo: Reuters. Israeli, Palestinian and European human rights organizations today issued a joint declaration … Continue reading →