Toban Black

Bryan Farrell on the Waging Nonviolence blog -
“Nonviolence goes overlooked in Palestine”

“joy_in_palestine” on their In Palestine blog-
[ Nonviolent Palestinian resistance ]

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Gwen on the Sociological Images blog -
“ ‘1 SHOT, 2 KILLS’ [Israeli] army t-shirts” (March 24th)

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Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler (in this article) -

A recent “Human Rights Watch (HRW) report focuses on six cases of Israeli drone-launched missile attacks in which 29 Palestinian civilians, eight of them children, were killed. Based on cross-referenced eyewitness accounts corroborated by doctors, as well as ballistics and forensic evidence collected on the attack sites, the report asserts that ‘in none of the cases did HRW find evidence that Palestinian fighters were present in the immediate area of the attack at the time.’ ”

“Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at the emergencies program of HRW, estimates that at least 87 civilians were killed in 42 drone attacks.”

“Israel is the world leader in drone technology.”

“Israeli drones have advanced sensors, combining radars, electro- optical and infrared cameras, and lasers providing real time imaging by day and night.”

“According to Palestinian sources, 900 civilians were killed during the military operations, among a total of more than 1,400 killed. The HRW report says a third of the fatalities were from drone-launched missiles. Israeli sources put the civilian death toll at 300.”

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(Photo by “TLV REVOLTER“)

In Israel

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Erin Cunningham for the IPS -
“MIDEAST: Environment Emerges as a Major Casualty” (May 4th)

Mel Frykberg for the IPS -
“ENVIRONMENT: Israel Stripping West Bank Quarries” (April 30th)  [via Red Jenny]

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Rory McCarthy (in this article) -

“The region faces a fifth consecutive year of drought this summer, but the World Bank report found huge disparities in water use between Israelis and Palestinians, although both share the mountain aquifer that runs the length of the occupied West Bank. Palestinians have access to only a fifth of the water supply, while Israel, which controls the area, takes the rest.”

“Israelis use 240 cubic metres of water a person each year, against 75 cubic metres for West Bank Palestinians and 125 for Gazans, the bank said. Increasingly, West Bank Palestinians must rely on water bought from the Israeli national water company, Mekorot.

In some areas of the West Bank, Palestinians are surviving on as little as 10 to 15 litres a person each day, which is at or below humanitarian disaster response levels recommended to avoid epidemics. In Gaza, where Palestinians rely on an aquifer that has become increasingly saline and polluted, the situation is worse. Only 5%-10% of the available water is clean enough to drink.”

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Alexander Trevi on his Pruned blog -
… “The Forests of Isratine and Palesrael”
( … “These are places of erasure and amnesia.” )