Four illegal settler outposts in the occupied Palestinian territories are to be legalized by the Israeli Civil Administration, the Israeli anti-settlement organization Peace Now reported on Thursday 16 May 2013.

The build-up process for an independent and self-governing Palestinian state is necessarily related to the ability of the Palestinian Authority to create a solid economy based on a sustainable industrial system that is currently under slow development. 

Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Sheikh Jarrah this Friday, 17 May 2013, in opposition to the ongoing settlement campaign in East Jerusalem. Weekly protests have been taking place here for years as Israelis, Palestinians and international activist alike have joined together against the eviction of Palestinian residents and the intrusion ...

On Wednesday, May 8 2013, Israel approved the construction of 296 new homes in the Beit El settlement near Ramallah. This move is likely to increase tensions as US Secretary of State John Kerry is seeking to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians that have stalled since 2010.

Mainstream media outlets are marred with depictions of Palestinians as kuffiyeh-draped militants who indoctrinate in their children a “culture of hate” and take up arms against their morally superior, democratic and pluralistic Israeli opponent. Equally flawed and Orientalist in character, more subtle presentations frame debates in strictly poli