Israel/Palestine: Judaizing the Galilee, Again
Galilee/Naqab Minister Aryeh Deri: “The plan will create tourist attractions and jobs.” Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee Aryeh Deri, intends to spend NIS 20 million on developing sites of religious significance, among
Published : 09 November 2015
Israel Strategy: Gas $ for Land & Space Domination
PM to bypass antitrust chief on Israel gas agreement Statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published in Globes outline the strategy for gas revenues to fund state priorities, including creation of a satellite industry and
Published : 06 November 2015
Urban Gardening could thrive in Egypt
From Berlin to Medellín, Toronto to Dakar, urban gardening is growing in popularity. City dwellers around the world are cultivating their own food in small gardens, on rooftops, in abandoned lots and other scraps of
Published : 06 November 2015
Urban Gardening in Cairo?
Urban gardening could thrive in Egypt, if the state stays out of the way From Berlin to Medellín, Toronto to Dakar, urban gardening is growing in popularity. City dwellers around the world are cultivating their own
Published : 06 November 2015
Democratic Land Control and Human Rights
In this article, we argue that democratic land control is inseparable from human rights. It is important to understand demands for democratic land control in the context of broadly distinct political conditions that in turn
Published : 02 November 2015
Palestine: Israel Legalizes 800 Settler Homes
JERUSALEM: Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank, the interior ministry said. They included 377 homes in the Yakir settlement, 187 in Itmar and 94 in Shilo in
Published : 31 October 2015
Yemen: U.N. Warns of Dire Food Situation in Taiz
The U.N. World Food Programme on Friday appealed for safe access to the Yemeni city of Taiz, saying that fighting between warring factions had blocked food supplies and left thousands of people in extreme hunger. The
Published : 30 October 2015
The World`s Most-segregated Cities
“Reclaim your community,” declared the posters. “Hipsters beware.” Pinned around London’s East End last month, they announced Fuck Parade, an anti-gentrification demonstration that culminated in an attack on a café selling bowls of cereal. Long
Published : 28 October 2015
UN Expert: “Abolish Investor-State Dispute Arbitrations”
NEW YORK—“Trade must be made to work for human rights and development and not against them,” the United Nations Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, has
Published : 26 October 2015
