Irish American political activist Ken O'Keefe is on hunger strike in an Israeli jail whilst fighting deportation after being arrested for attempting to enter Gaza on Thursday. Last year, the former US Marine and Gulf War veteran returned to Iraq with more than 500 Human Shields. After entering Gaza via a settlement, he was detained by 10 Israeli soldiers whilst walking along the beach into the Palestinian area.

 
Former US Marine and initiator of the Human Shield Action to Iraq, Ken O'Keefe, was jailed last night by Israeli authorities attempting to enter the Gaza Strip.

 
Preparatory work for Freedom Summer in Palestine (June 25 - August 19) is in high gear, with committees throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip working on planning local and national actions. Over the past few days, Freedom Summer plans have been highlighted in all major Palestinian newspapers, and at a national conference in Biddu on resisting the Wall. We encourage you to join us for Freedom Summer, to help make Palestinian communities' Freedom Summer plans a reality.

 
Ar-Ram, North Jerusalem, Palestine - Tomorrow, Friday, June 11, 2004, the community of Ar-Ram will gather at Ar-Ram intersection at 12h15 and organize the Friday prayer there as a demonstration against the construction of the wall throughout their town. They will be joined in their nonviolent protest by international and Israeli peace activists.

The planned route of the Wall runs through the main road of the town, from Ar-Ram checkpoint to Qalandiya checkpoint cutting off thousands of residents from Jerusalem. Once the Wall is completed, the Israeli military will have total control over the access of Ar-Ram residents to health and school services, turning the whole area into an enclave.

 
Az Zawiya, Salfit, Palestine - Today over 400 villagers of Az Zawiya came out to protest for the third day in a row against the building of the wall which will cut them off from their land and their livelihoods.

Az Zawiya is one of three villages that will be surrounded by the wall, effectually creating an enclave that will include Rafat, Deir Ballut and Az Zawiya.

Profitant de la dernière fin de semaine avant le débat des chefs, le mouvement canadien en opposition au bouclier antimissile souhaite que les partis politiques se prononcent clairement sur la participation du Canada au projet des États-Unis.

 
Bizzariya, Tulkarem, Occupied Palestine - Nearly 200 villagers, internationals and Israelis, removed three roadblocks of rocks, rubble and dirt from the road between Bizzariya and Anabta on Tuesday morning [ed: June 8th] using their hands, shovels, picks and a bulldozer. The action was unchallenged by IDF and was completed in two hours.

 
The issue of War Crimes emerged after World War I at the Versailles Conference, but it was not until the end of World War II that a more comprehensive definition of what constitutes war crimes was developed.

Un entretien réalisé avec l'auteur William Blum par la revue L'Humanité en 2002.

??vO?ats de la force de l'OTAN au Kosovo (KFOR) et le personnel de l'ONU contribuent à alimenter l'essor de la prostitution dans la province de Serbie à majorité albanaise, affirme Amnesty International dans un rapport rendu public le 6 mai dernier.