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Many times, media outlets and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rely upon unsourced and uncorroborated Palestinian "eyewitnesses" to back up their stories, despite the unprofessionalism that lies behind this sloppy form of investigation.
But what if journalists conveniently …

Source: muzzlewatch.com
Battles over maps that demarcate different boundaries and place-names for the same piece of land aren't a proxy battle for flesh and blood conflict.

Source: Foreign Policy In Focus
In light of Hamas' seizure of the Gaza Strip, it is worthwhile to understand how this radical Islamist organization came to play such a major role in Palestinian political life and how Israel and the United States contributed to making that possible.

Source: Inter Press Service
Workers in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel have suffered another year of drastic decline in living standards and rising poverty, unemployment, social disintegration and political chaos, the ILO said in a new report.

Source: Independent.co.uk
More than 320 civilians were among a threefold increase in the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces last year, according to Amnesty International.

Source: ZNet
Normally CNN, FOX, MSNBC and the New York Times have little in common with each other, let alone blogs like little green footballs, Americablog or the Huffington Post. But when it comes to disseminating Israel's message, all are on the same page.

Source: ZNet
For Palestinians, 15 May represents the date when they lost 78 percent of their historic homeland and the date that turned them into the world's oldest and largest refugee population.

Source: MotherJones.com
Perhaps because it is striking news or a powerful message, the media has heavily focused on only one of the findings of the recent UN Human Rights Council report on the Occupied Territories- that Israel's actions are similar to apartheid.

Source: Alternative Information Center
The Alternative Information Center (AIC) Settler Violence Report for November 2006 includes updates on the situation for the regions of Hebron, Nablus and the Northern West Bank, and Bethlehem.

Source: Guardian Unlimited
For more detail about the book itself, have a look here. The article seeded here is about the response to the book.
In case you haven't heard, Jimmy Carter has a new book out.

Source: hrw.org
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has failed to establish an effective framework to respond to violence against women and girls, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Source: Information Clearing House
An Israeli Combat Soldier Breaks the Silence
The midday news showed Israeli tanks shelling the Gaza Strip.

While Israeli actions in Lebanon are outrageous, and while, for the sake of national unity, many Lebanese are tempted to avoid assigning blame, in reality, it is in no one's best interest, neither Lebanon's nor Syria's nor the Arab world's, to forget or ignore how we got …