Palestinians working inside Israel have been defrauded of more than US $2 billion say Israeli economists PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 473, March 5th, 2010 Jerusalem - Israel has defrauded Palestinian workers of more than US$2 billion by deducting from their salaries contributions for welfare benefits to which they were never entitled, Israeli economists revealed this week.   A new report, "State Robbery", says the theft continued eve ...

Amira Hass The year 2009 was the quietest for Israelis from the security point of view and the most violent for the Palestinians from the point of view of attacks by settlers in the West Bank." Just as he was saying this - as an example of one of the absurdities that characterize the political situation - Palestinian Agriculture Minister Ismail Daiq received a phone call from the Jenin district to inform him that five artesian wells in the village of Daan ...

The use of white phosphorus and other weapons containing toxic metals have triggered a startling increase in birth defects in Gaza By Mariam Hamed   Special to Palestine Note, February 16, 2010  In Gaza's hospitals, one might see peculiar, near-alien looking objects in the maternity ward.  Is this child human, or is it from another planet, escaped from some Hollywood movie? The answer will surprise you when a Palesti ...