Archive for February, 2011

Homeless in Lod – Demolition Update: January 2011

February 1, 2011
“We haven’t been going to school much over the last six weeks – our clothes and our schoolbooks were destroyed when our homes were demolished.”
Thus spoke the four young cousins, Nur, Kamal, Muhammed and Roiya, who came to Jerusalem on Friday, January 28th, 2011, with their families, neighbors and friends to protest the [...]


Cabinet approves higher taxes for Israel’s gas tycoons

From NIF News Feb 3 2011
The Israeli cabinet has approved the Sheshinski Committee’s recommendations to raise the royalties on Israel’s gas fields from 33 to 55-65 percent. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that most of the extra billions of dollars collected by the government will be allocated to education.
NIF, SHATIL and Israel’s social change movement [...]