and: A video of the Gaza arrival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzr10jz0NK0

Articles 26.08.2008

 Eliminating The Green Line
-peace now settlement watch report Aug. 2008-
Hagit Ofran - Peace Now - In order to create a territorial connection between the settlements blocks and isolated settlements in the heart of the West Bank, intensified building activity in outposts and isolated settlements 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28707

 Israeli settlement growth nearly doubles since 2007
AFP - The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the occupied territories to be illegal, and the Palestinians view the settlements as the main obstacle to reaching a full peace agreement.
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28714

 `Wind out of sails`, or `Israel`s Achilles heel exposed`?
1: Amos Harel and Barak Ravid - Haaretz - Israel allowed the boats to dock in Gaza to avoid what was described as a "provocation." // 2: Herb Keinon - Jerusalem Post - A method that proved to work: employing the media as an instrument to force Israel to buckle under 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28708

 CO Sahar Vardi, third of a new wave of draft refusers to go to prison - including request for letters
New Profile - "The bloody times in which I live (consisting of assassinations, aggression, bombings, shootings) result in increasing numbers of victims on both sides. It is a vicious circle that emanates from the fact that both sides elect to engage in violence. This choice I refuse to take part in."
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28710

 New group battling Israel`s self-righteousness head-on
English-language information, though given unfriendly, about an initiative of Hebrew University students (coming from the right-wing`s self-appointed and industrious "academia monitor") [ed]
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28709

 Hebron: settlers assault Palestinians and TIPH monitors
IMEMC - Settlers threw stones and glass bottles at houses and at civilians and children passing on their way to school; and members of the TIPH monitoring team came themselves under attack, after they were called to document the aggression.
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28712

 Abbas: “No peace agreement until all detainees are freed”
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - 198 detainees were freed under what Israel described as a good-will gesture towards president Abbas. Meanwhile approximately 10.000 Palestinians continue to languish in Israeli jail, among them several hundred women and children.
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28713

 MachsomWatch - Southern Hills of Hebron, Sunday, 24.8.08, AM
MachsomWatch - "The workers expressed their worry about the new machine that has been installed lately and is placed in a special room. It is called: A System for Human Inspection. Two inspection installations are at work now; at the entrance the workers are checked through the regular magnometer, and near the exit is the room of this radiating one. They fear for their health, naturally"
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28704

 Israeli gesture underway: 198 Palestinian prisoners freed
Raanan Ben-Zur - YNET - Before getting on buses at Ofer Prison which will take them to Bitunia crossing, inmates sign commitment to never engage in terror activities again. Prisoners to be greeted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah ceremony
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28703

 Disarming the bomb in the basement
Khaled Diab - guardian.co.uk - Israel`s weapons policy jeopardises the country`s own security and undermines efforts to create a nuclear-free Middle East
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28702

Further recommended articles

 
 Seth Freedman: Harsh words, but true
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28678
 
 Gideon Levy: Twilight Zone / `Tossed out like a dog` 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28670

 Meron Benvenisti : Moot argument 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28626

 Fred Schlomka : Israel`s `Two Roads` Solution
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28621
 
 Daniel Gavron : Is this the way? 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28611

 Akiva Eldar : Face the nation 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28606

 David Nir: Barak’s skunk tactics prove themselves once again at Bil’in 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=28605