Peace demonstrators arrived on November 2006 to a military camp, between the Carni and Erez crossings, near Gaza Strip, serving as a parking lot for some 100 armored personal carriers (APC), tanks and Caterpillar's D9 armored bulldozers. While some activists climbed on the D9 bulldozers to occupy them, others displayed dummies soaked in blood and photos of Palestinian victims on and around the armored vehicles (Photo: Al Ittihad)

New report: Heavy engineering machine and the Israeli occupation

Who Profits Research Center published a new report: “Facts on the Ground: Heavy Engineering Machinery and the Israeli Occupation,” which describes in depth how construction machinery became a vital component of the occupation mechanism Since the early days of the 1967 occupation, Israel has used heavy construction machinery in order to strengthen its hold over the Palestinian territories…

Seventh prison term for occupation objector Uriel Ferrera

Seventh prison term for conscientious objector Uriel Ferrera, last week he was sentenced to 30 days in Military Prison No. 6. Ferrera, 19 years old from Be’er Sheva, reported to Tel Hashomer military induction base, accompanied by a demonstration of support for his refusal to serve in the military. Ferrera declared his refusal to serve for…

Samih al-Qasim in the today's Al-Ittihad front-page

The great Arab-Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim has died

The Communist Party of Israel and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) mourn the loss of the great poet, comrade Samih Al-Qasim. Arab-Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim has died on Tuesday in the village of Rameh in the Galilee at the age of 75, after a long battle with cancer. Born in 1939, Al-Qasim was…