IMEU : Misc.

SodaStream Infographics (IMEU)

Tue, 11 Feb 2014 07:52:43 PST

SodaStream International Ltd. is an Israeli company that produces carbonization devices and syrup for making soft drinks at home. In recent years, it has become the target of human rights activists because its main production facility is located in an industrial park, Mishor Edomim, in the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Election 2013 (IMEU)

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:09:25 PST

(Infographic) More than 1 in 3 people living under Israeli rule did not have the right to vote in the 2013 elections.

FAQ on Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) (IMEU)

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:25:38 PST

What is BDS? BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. On July 9, 2005, one year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which found Israel's Wall built on occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal, an overwhelming majority of Palestinian civil society called upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel, similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era.

The MV Rachel Corrie's Humanitarian Cargo: Another "generous offer" from Israel? (IMEU)

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:00:00 PST

On the morning of June 5, the MV Rachel Corrie, a 1,200-ton cargo ship named after the young American woman who was crushed to death in Gaza in 2003 by an Israeli bulldozer, was illegally seized by the Israeli Navy and taken against the crew's will to the Israeli port city of Ashdod. Part of the multinational nonviolent humanitarian effort known as the Freedom Flotilla, the Rachel Corrie carried more than 1,000 tons of medical and construction supplies to besieged Gaza.

Who Was Rachel Corrie? (IMEU)

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:07:14 PST

On 16 March 2003 in Rafah, occupied Gaza, 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie from Olympia, Washington, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer driver. Rachel was in Gaza opposing the bulldozing of a Palestinian home as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement.

FAQ on the Nakba (IMEU)

Sun, 10 May 2009 02:00:00 PST

Nakba means "Catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers to the destruction of Palestinian society in 1948 when more than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced into exile by Israeli troops. Because the Palestinians were not Jewish, their presence and predominant ownership of the land were obstacles to the creation of a Jewish state. Their exodus, or Nakba, was already nearly half-complete by May 1948, when Israel declared its independence and the Arab states entered the fray.

Israeli army t-shirts spark outrage (IMEU)

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:01:20 PST

Controversy has been sparked over a batch of T-shirts worn by Israeli soldiers that many say foment anti-Palestinian violence and human rights abuses. According to Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper: "Dead babies, mothers weeping on their children's graves, a gun aimed at a child and bombed-out mosques - these are a few examples of the images Israel Defense Forces soldiers design these days to print on shirts they order to mark the end of training, or of field duty.

FAQ on Plan Dalet (IMEU)

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:00:00 PST

On March 10, 1948, Zionist political and military leaders met at the "Red House" in Tel Aviv and agreed to Plan Dalet, which called for the systematic expulsion of Palestinians from areas sought for the soon-to-be-founded state of Israel. The plan led to what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba.

Israeli-Palestinian fatalitites since 2000: Key trends (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:44:00 PST

This paper examines some of the major trends in the fatalities of Palestinians and Israelis since the beginning of the second intifada until July 2007. Amongst the most notable trends are: the continuing high rate of fatalities amongst civilians, who account for more than half the total of all those killed; the declining number of Israelis killed; and a continuing high death rate for Palestinian adults and children, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

Narrations of the Palestinian 1948 Catastrophe (Ala Abu Dheer, Palestine Media Unit, An-Najah National University)

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:48:00 PST

The Palestine Media Unit of the Public Relations Department at the An-Najah National University in Nablus recently issued the English version of the book Narrations of the Palestinian 1948 Catastrophe, a compilation of first-hand accounts of the events constituting what Palestinians call the Nakba, or catastrophe, in which hundreds of thousands fled from their homes in what was to become the new state of Israel. The entire book has been published online in PDF format.