Full Coverage: Israel

18.10.2009 Yoav Shamir was called an anti-Semite for one his films, which, as a Jew and an Israeli, he found odd.

02.07.2009 Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, an international rights group says in a report published today.

26.06.2009 Israel must lift its two-year blockade of the Gaza strip so that people can rebuild their lives, said an global anti-poverty agency on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Israeli bombardment.

15.06.2009 Up to three houses are being demolished every day in occupied Palestinian territory, and in some cases entire villages have been given blanket demolition orders by the Israeli authorities - leaving more than 300,000 Palestinians under threat of losing their homes.
+ Helping Gaza's children

12.06.2009 British foreign secretary David Miliband faces pressure to call for the suspension of an agreement which gives Israel preferential trade deals with the European Union.

12.06.2009 British foreign secretary David Miliband today faces pressure to call for the suspension of an agreement which gives Israel preferential trade deals with the European Union.

10.06.2009 Reports that French company Veolia has abandoned the $500 million rail project linking Jerusalem and illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been welcomed by the anti-poverty charity War on Want.

30.03.2009 Disclosure that in the first nine months of last year Britain licensed the sale of military equipment to Israel worth £27 million today brought a call for the UK government to stop arming Israel.

02.03.2009 David Hare will perform his own work, Wall, drawing on his trips to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, at the Royal Court on 12-14 March.

11.02.2009 The Church of England's decision to disinvest from Caterpillar is welcomed by a development agency that urges institutional investors to pull out of a company whose bulldozers have been used to build Israel's Separation Wall and destroy Palestinians’ homes.

26.01.2009 Caryl Churchil says she wrote Seven Jewish Children – A Play for Gaza (Royal Court Theatre, London, 6-21 February) "as a small response to what has happened in Gaza in the last few weeks.”

16.01.2009 The European Commission should follow up its decision to suspend moves to upgrade political and trade links with Israel by stopping the upgrade process altogether, says a prominent anti-poverty group.
+ Ceasefire violations hampering aid deliveries

15.01.2009 The European Commission's decision to take “time-out” on its talks with Israel on upgrading relations is a missed opportunity to clearly condemn Israel, says Christian Aid.
+ Gaza hospitals under attack

08.01.2009 The British government is accused by a development charity of complicity in Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.
+ ICRC demands urgent access to wounded as Israeli army fails to assist wounded Palestinians
+ Communication

07.01.2009 A coalition of major humanitarian, human rights and development organisations called on the European Union today to immediately suspend any enhancement of its relations with Israel until the latter agrees to a comprehensive ceasefire and provides unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza.

05.01.2009 More than half the estimated 13,000 Palestinians who have fled from their homes in Gaza to escape Israeli bombardment are children, says a leading children's charity.

01.01.2009 The UN agency responsible for Palestine refugees has appealed for $34 million on top of its recent $275 million Emergency Appeal as the needs of the population of Gaza continue to mount in the face of Irael's military operation.
+ Israel Looking to Silence Hamas Forever
+ Aid Groups Demand Gaza Ceasefire

31.12.2008 Human rights groups in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are calling for international sanctions against Israel following bombing raids that have killed more than 375 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
+ Gaza today: ‘This is only the beginning’
+ OneWorld Guide to Palestine
+ Grave threat of spread of child malnourishment
+ Hospitals overburdened by influx of wounded

30.12.2008 The people of the Gaza Strip are facing a humanitarian crisis unless the bombing stops and the Israelis allow immediate access for aid shipments, Oxfam warns.
+ Stop the Killing in Gaza

20.11.2008 The top UN human rights official has called for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which she said contravened international law and had deprived those living there of their most basic human rights for months.