Jerusalem: Sub Laban Case Still in Court
Notorious Jerusalem eviction case back with Israel’s high court JERUSALEM—Resolution to the long-running eviction case against a Palestinian family from their home in the Old City of Jerusalem is no nearer after settlers rejected a compromise
Published : 20 December 2016
Myanmar: AI Reports “crimes against humanity”
A new report by Amnesty International (AI) documents a campaign of violence by the Myanmar security forces against Rohingya since 9 October 2016. Soldiers and police have randomly fired on and killed civilians, raped women
Published : 19 December 2016
World Bank: Gaza Water Crisis, Irreversible Damage
The World Bank acknowledges there is a water crisis in the Gaza Strip, but it blames overpumping—not the Israeli occupation. For information of Israel’s preemptive pumping of Gaza’s aquifer, see Sustainable Management of the West
Published : 18 December 2016
Palestine: Military Training as a Displacement Tool
In the West Bank’s Wadi al-Malih, Palestinian farmers and residents are experiencing Israel’s military training as a tool of displacement. Israeli policies of holding military training in the middle of populated areas continues and has, once
Published : 17 December 2016
Following the Money: Justice for Land Grabs
Following the Money: Illuminating the path to justice for global land grabs This year, our organization, Inclusive Development International, launched the Follow the Money initiative – a new tool to fight land grabs and other
Published : 16 December 2016
Israeli Amona Outpost Settlers Brace for Eviction
Fear of violence rises as residents of illegal Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank reject relocation offer. The Jewish settlers of the illegal Amona outpost in the occupied West Bank have rejected a proposal to
Published : 15 December 2016
Iraq: Restoring Occupation-ruined Agricultural
Iraq’s agricultural industry has been pillaged and its farmers devastated, but it’s still free of GMO seeds. When a video clip of a 2008 presentation on Iraq’s seed industry went viral earlier this year, Dr.
Published : 15 December 2016
Mosul Dam Collapse Warnings
Mosul Dam’s collapse “will be worse than a nuclear bomb.” Warnings by scientists and environmentalists about an imminent collapse are dismissed by Iraqi officials as far-fetched. As Iraqi forces continue their military operation to take Mosul
Published : 11 December 2016
Land Rights Defender Killings Tripled in 2016
2015 had been the worst year on record for killings of land and environmental defenders who are struggling to protect land, forests and rivers from privately interested takers. But, in 2016, roughly 16 land rights
Published : 10 December 2016
