SPIEGEL ONLINE - 19.11.2010
Peace activists have strongly criticized a planned high-speed rail line in Israel that will cut through the West Bank and deprive Palestinian communities of land. A subsidiary of Germany's national rail operator apparently helped plan the line, and critics claim they must have known about the controversial route. By Juliane von Mittelstaedt more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 11.10.2010
Like many thousands of his compatriots, Palestinian carpenter Haitham Asfur has a politically contentious job: He lays tiles for the enemy. He works on construction projects in the divisive Jewish settlements that currently threaten to derail peace negotiations. By Ulrike Putz in Sinjil more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 23.09.2010
Hebron is the West Bank in miniature. While diplomats and leaders seek to find a path to Middle East peace, Jewish settlers in the heart of the West Bank's second biggest city insist that they are going nowhere. Indeed, their thirst for settlement construction is far from sated. By Ulrike Putz in Hebron more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 03.09.2010
In Washington, the Israelis and Palestinians are discussing peace, but in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, construction is proceeding at full speed. A legal ban is being ignored and the government is looking away. The thousands of new homes could hinder reconciliation. By Juliane von Mittelstaedt in Jerusalem more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 23.07.2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have declared a freeze on new settlements, but construction is continuing in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Settlers are receiving contributions from American foundations that enjoy tax breaks, including Christian groups that see Biblical prophecies being fulfilled. By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Christoph Schult more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 25.02.2010
Europe's highest court ruled on Thursday that Israeli products manufactured in settlements in occupied Palestinian territories are not exempt from paying EU customs duties. Though nominally a finding on a trade-related matter, the decision has much wider political implications. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 07.10.2009
He lived in the Gaza Strip, she in the West Bank. It seemed as though the Israeli blockade would prevent their marriage. Then May risked her life to crawl through a smugglers' tunnel into Gaza and join Mohammed. Now they face an uncertain future together. By Ulrike Putz in Nuseirat, the Gaza Strip more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 17.08.2009
While politicians in Jerusalem squabble with the Americans over halting the construction of new settlements in the West Bank, the settlers themselves are quietly proceeding with construction in a bid to create a fait accompli on the ground. The radical young generation is even digging caves as outposts. By Juliane von Mittelstaedt more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 14.07.2009
Is Europe really willing to express its aversion to Israeli settlements in the West Bank by slapping customs duties on products made in them? A tax court in Hamburg might soon provide an answer to this touchy issue. By Ralf Beste and Christoph Schult more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 24.12.2008
Paintings by the West's favorite graffiti artist, Banksy, are part of everyday life for Palestinians around Bethlehem. Some images have been erased, others protected -- but some inspire an odd local lore. By SPIEGEL ONLINE Staff in Jerusalem more...
