U.S. Consulate

Palestinian demonstrators hold a mock wedding during a nonviolent demonstration in the West Bank village Al-Ma'asara, July 31, 2009. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Love under siege in Gaza

In honor of Valentine’s Day, three tales from Gaza of the impossible conditions for families and couples created by Israel’s closure of the Strip. By Tania Hary To receive a permit to travel to and from Gaza via Erez Crossing, Israel must determine that your reason for travel is humanitarian in nature or that you…

By +972 Magazine February 14, 2017

Then American Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell exits an armored diplomatic vehicle at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel, Gaza and Egypt, June 30, 2010. (Photo by ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock.com)

U.S. Consulate desegregates security staff, Israeli guards quit in protest

Unnamed Israeli guards working for the American consulate in Jerusalem say it is irresponsible for the U.S. to train its Palestinian guards in tactical driving, weapons use, accuse it of ‘raising a Palestinian militia,’ Ynet reports. A number of Israeli guards working for the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem quit in protest of a decision to…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 16, 2015

File photo of settlers threatening Israeli activists and Palestinians with sticks in front of the Ma´on settlement, South Hebron hills. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Settlers attack U.S. convoy near West Bank outpost

Settlers from the West Bank outpost of Adei Ad threw rocks at a U.S. Consulate convoy carrying American diplomats on Friday afternoon. The convoy was hit upon arriving at a nearby Palestinian village to examine olive groves that were uprooted a day prior. According to Ynet, American security personnel drew their M16 rifles as settlers…

By Edo Konrad January 2, 2015

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