Habitat II Baby, Habitat III Bathwater
The substantive debate toward the 2016 Habitat III Conference is warming up. The disappointment that states earlier expressed at PrepCom2 (Nairobi, April 2015) for slow progress in producing the draft material for the outcome document
Published : 10 August 2015
Gaza Strip’s Last Safety Net at Risk
The UN’s refugee agency is one of the few forces standing between the people of Gaza and humanitarian catastrophe. Canada’s recent withdrawal of funding “desperately damaging” to refugee lifeline. Not long ago, I had a conversation
Published : 06 August 2015
World Bank Rolls back Safeguards Further
Dangerous rollback in environmental and social protections with the World Bank’s new Framework, undermining President Kim’s commitment to “no dilution” Washington—The World Bank has released new draft safeguard policies[i] that will vastly weaken protections for affected
Published : 04 August 2015
Israel/Palestine: PM Approves 300 More Settler Homes
The Israeli government has announced the "immediate construction" of some 300 new units at Beit El in the occupied West Bank as two illegally constructed buildings were demolished in the same area after a court order. "After
Published : 01 August 2015
GRM: Tool for Gaza Reconstruction or Blockade?
The Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) was supposed to be the internationally endorsed procedure for the vital reconstruction of built environment in Palestine’s Gaza Strip after the most recent Israeli war against the people of the
Published : 31 July 2015
HIC Reviews Habitat III Issue Papers
Habitat International Coalition has just issued its compilation of inputs from Members and officers following their review of the Habitat III Issue Papers. The 22 thematic contributions from technical experts selected by the UN-Habitat/Habitat III
Published : 31 July 2015
Palestine: Israeli MoD Proclaims New Wave of Colonies
Israeli Defense Ministry Announces 906 New Settlement Units Move is “compensation” for court order to demolish illegal buildings Jason Ditz, AntiWar.com 22 July 2015 The Israeli Defense Ministry has set up a Thursday announcement for the approval of
Published : 23 July 2015
Palestine: The "Cleansing" of Susiya
At first glance, the metal and wooden-framed tents that make up the Palestinian village of Khirbet Susiya in the southern West Bank would seem easy enough for the Israeli army to demolish. But an Israeli government
Published : 19 July 2015
Palestine: Naqab Bedouin Await Forced Evictions
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The residents of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev are on standby, awaiting Israeli bulldozers to arrive someday and destroy their homes as a prelude to establishing a Jewish community on the
Published : 15 July 2015
