Events of the Day

Bil'in to Protest Israel's New Style of Killing

The people of Bil'in will conduct tomorrow another demonstration against the Apartheid Wall and the war crimes Israel is committing daily in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

International Solidarity Movement said Thursday in a press: With the support of Israelis and internationals they will carry five coffins with fake, bloodied bodies inside representing a family of one mother, one father and three children.

The coffins will read: "The New Style of Killing, but the Israeli Way", referring to how the Israeli army not only kills the fathers, but the mothers and children as well.

The Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Colonies has organised weekly demonstrations since January 2005. Throughout their struggle Israelis and internationals have been supportive in resisting Israeli army offensives into the village, imposed curfew, and the wall that has estranged them from 60% of their farmland.


"REVEAL" New Political Programme on Palestine Satellite Channel

Palestine Satellite Channel (PSC) to broadcast tomorrow a political program titled REVEAL that intends to uncover the truth and the facts on the ground.

Through REVEAL, PSC aims at opening a window for friends around the world, in order to see and hear what is going on in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

REVEAL would be broadcast on Friday August 11 at 18:00 Palestine Time (15:00 GMT) and to be replayed on Saturday 01:30 Palestine Time (22:30 GMT) on (Friday).

The first episode is " GAZA UNDER ATTACK". The Guest on phone is Mr. Ziad Asali, President of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP)


Annan: Events in Lebanon Should not Distract from Urgent Need for Solution in OPT
UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan said that the tragic events in Lebanon and northern Israel should not distract from the urgent need to work towards a solution to the current crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

"The continued killing and injuring of hundreds of civilians, including children, in Gaza, by Israeli forces is utterly unjustifiable," Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for Mr. Annan told reporters in New York.

He voiced particular concern about the arbitrary arrest of many senior Palestinians, including the speaker of the Palestinian Council, Aziz Dwaik, saying this further undermines the Palestinian institutions which must be preserved if a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to be achieved.

"He calls on the parties to resume dialogue without delay, and welcomes the continued efforts by the Government of Egypt to help bring this about," Mr. Dujarric said. "Above all he believes these tragic events in OPT, Israel and Lebanon, show how urgent it is that a comprehensive peace process be revived as soon as possible."