Thousands of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley risk forced displacement, says UN body (VIDEO)
Sixty thousand Palestinians live under harsh conditions in the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea area – one of the most isolated and restricted areas in occupied Palestine. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has summarized their humanitarian situation in its February 2012 fact sheet. The Jordan Valley and Dead Sea [...]
Israeli cabinet approves construction of fast rail link between Mediterranean and Red Sea
Israel’s government on Sunday gave the green light to building the first rail link between its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, offering a new Asia-Europe trade route to compete with the Suez Canal. “This is a strategic decision,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers at the cabinet’s weekly meeting. “In the coming decade, new (economic) [...]
Veolia treats wastewater from Modi’in Illit settlement
Recent research shows that Veolia is involved in “new” Israeli projects in the occupied West Bank. Veolia Water Israel provides services to the illegal settlement of Modi’in Illit, and Veolia Transportation Israel operates a total of seven – instead of four – bus lines that run through Palestinian land. Who Profits? – a research project [...]
Morocco’s Museum Of Things I Can’t Afford
As I sat in Fanajeen, Aasmaa, Akhannouch’s café, contemplating a map of Morocco amputated of its southern provinces in a Morocco Mall brochure while sipping from my 30 dirhams cup of coffee, I couldn’t help thinking Salwa Idrisi Akhannouch, the queen of retail franchising in Morocco and CEO of Aksal Group, must have sensed Moroccans’ [...]
2012 Lagos Summit on Climate Change: Energy efficiency and Traffic Solutions
The Lagos State Government annually hosts a climate change summit early into the year for about 4years now to guide moves for climate change in Lagos in that year. This summit has seen progress in the past and the Lagos State Ministry of Environment has coordinated the meetings to have a general influence on deportment [...]
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Israel goes to the polls in two or three months
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