Today 30 July 2010 the people of Bil`in were joined by several groups of internationals, including a group of rappers from Britain and the US . A large part of the demonstrators managed to approach the soldiers who had already entered the gate. IDF in bad action

The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights released a report on Thursday, documenting the demolition of several greenhouses, a car wash and a grocery in the town of Hizma during the two previous days.

Egyptian security sources reported Saturday that an Eritrean man was shot and killed by Egyptian border police fire while trying to infiltrate into Israel.

US-based Olympiya Foods Coop grocery store voted to join the international boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign, in what its board said was a move "to compel Israel to follow international law and respect Palestinian human rights."

An extraordinary meeting of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) yesterday, requested by Venezuela to address the developing tensions between it and Colombia, ended with only vague commitments to peace.

At least three servicemen with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have lost their lives in separate bomb attacks in volatile southern Afghanistan.

Israeli warplanes have carried out airstrikes on three separate sites in the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and wounding eight others.

The Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood visits al-Walaja. Palestinians face being walled by Israeli security barrier Al Walaja in the West Bank turned into an enclave despite residents’ protests

Palestinians face being walled by Israeli security barrier

Names have always been political. Throughout history different regimes have used naming as a means of racial or religious identification.

Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a village south of the West Bank city of Nablus and set fire to village land on Friday, reports said.

The Israeli military reported Friday morning that a projectile launched from the Gaza Strip hit the outskirts of the coastal city of Ashkelon.

Israeli settlers destroyed a field of vegetables in a Bedouin village in the southern West Bank on Wednesday night, international peace groups reported.

For the second year in a row, Gaza children at the UNRWA Summer Games smashed a world record, flying 7,202 kites in the sky simultaneously on Thursday.

Residents and supporters of the Al-Araqib village, where 35 homes were demolished on Tuesday, were preparing for demonstrators on Friday, following calls for a mass protest against the demolitions.

Activists in the US are working to cut to the flow of tax-exempt donations to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. (Alice Speri)

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has told Israel to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip and to take action about its human rights violations.

Repeating its accusations against Tehran`s nuclear program, Israel says sanctions cannot stop a determined Iran from pursuing its nuclear goals.

US authorities are investigating an Army private for his alleged involvement in the unveiling tens of thousands of classified Afghan war documents by WikiLeaks.

A Polish human rights group says it has records showing that seven CIA planes landed in Poland between 2002 and 2003.

Karl Denninger, the publisher of “The Market Ticker”, in an exclusive interview for chaostheorien.de: “In order to honestly assess what’s going on and what has to be done to fix the problems, we first must admit our mistakes.” Furthermore he says why the financial system is more and more a farce, gives his stance on the prospects of a military dictatorship in the United States, and explains his position with regard to Peak Oil.