Yifat Alkoby, a Jewish settler from the Hebron settlement of Tel Rumeida, is seen assaulting and swearing at women and girls from the neighboring Abu-'Ayesha family, who were forced to build a metal cage around their home to protect themselves from the repeated and violent attacks by Jewish settlers. www.btselem.org
On 31 January 2008, the Civil Administration delivered to two homeowners in Far'un, a village south of Tulkarm, notice that orders had been issued to demolish their houses, which lie close to the Separation Barrier. In 2007, the Civil Administration demolished seven houses in the village that were situated near the route of the barrier. The authorities claimed that the houses were constructed without a building permit. www.btselem.org
The army has fenced off the farmland of Khalifah Da'neh, a Palestinian resident of the Hebron District, attaching it to the lands of the adjacent settlement Givat Haharsinah. On the morning of 5 February 2008, a settler drove his car onto the farmland, began to cut off branches of fruit trees. Da'neh stood startled on the other side of the fence, unable to do anything about it. He filmed the incident in its entirety. Da'neh handed the video film over to the police, with whom he filed a complaint. Israel fen
"Somebody with a megaphone told us to get out of the car. He insisted that I completely undress, lik
Jun 30 - Malaysia's foremost opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has left the Turkish embassy, where he has been taking refuge since Sunday after an aide accused him of sodomy. [from Reuters]