Sustainable Development Goals Revealed
A long-awaited set of sustainable development goals were released on Tuesday. They are meant to inform high-level negotiations for a post-2015 global development framework which will kick into high gear this September during the United Nations General
Published : 04 June 2014
Communication to 38th World Heritage Committee on the Nomination of Battir as a World Heritage Site in Danger
Battle for Battir: Palestine’s New UNESCO World Heritage Site Palestine has a new World Heritage Site: the ancient West Bank village of Battir, famous for its extensive dry-stone terracing and ancient irrigation systems that date to
Published : 03 June 2014
Israel Supreme Court Hears Naqab Bedouin Land Claim
Today, at 9 AM, the Supreme Court in Jerusalem will hear the appeal of the heirs of Sheikh Suleiman al-Ukbi regarding the right of ownership of land at al-Araqib and Zazhilika, northwest of Be`er Sheba.
Published : 02 June 2014
Sustainable Development Goals Revealed
A long-awaited set of sustainable development goals were released on Tuesday. They are meant to inform high-level negotiations for a post-2015 global development framework which will kick into high gear this September during the United Nations General
Published : 02 June 2014
Egypt: Forgotten Town at the Heart of Capital
Cairo: When the founders of Izbit Khayrallah arrived in their new neighbourhood it was mostly sand, snakes and scorpions. The migrants from Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta had much sought-after jobs in the military-run factories
Published : 23 May 2014
Palestine: 1,500 Trees Destroyed by Israel
Israeli forces destroyed an estimated 1,500 fruit trees belonging to the Tent of Nations farm outside Nahalin village, in the Bethlehem region of the occupied West Bank yesterday morning. Owned by the Nassar family, the farm
Published : 20 May 2014
Leilani Farha, New UN Special Rapporteur
OTTAWA—Ottawa’s Leilani Farha, a lawyer and anti-poverty activist, has been appointed UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing. Farha, executive director of Canada Without Poverty, learned of her appointment Wednesday, which also happened to be her birthday. Farha
Published : 12 May 2014
Israel: Unrecognized Villages in the Negev
Since July 2010 the Bedouin village of Al Araqib in the Negev desert has been demolished 68 times, writes Silvia Boarini. Many have fled but those that remain are determined to stand their ground: `They
Published : 12 May 2014
Homs Residents Return to Devastated Homes
HOMS, Syria—Hundreds of Syrians, some snapping photos with their cellphones, wandered down paths carved out of rubble in the old quarters of Homs Friday, getting their first glimpse of the horrendous destruction that two years
Published : 10 May 2014
