This marks the first time a church has actually followed through with divesting from companies involved in Israel's illegal occupation and colonization of Palestinian territory.

After a much-publicized cancellation, "My Name is Rachel Corrie," based on the activist's writings, has opened in NYC. The following commentary ran Oct. 16 in Newsweek:

From Agence-France Press, Oct. 10:

Sudan government, eastern rebels eye peace deal in coming days
KHARTOUM — The Sudanese government and eastern rebels are poised to sign a final peace deal ending years of fighting in the coming days, a senior Sudanese official said.

From BBC, Sept. 29:

UN 'must drop' Darfur peace force
Top UN officials say the world body must abandon efforts to pressure Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers in Darfur. UN Sudan envoy Jan Pronk says the existing African Union force should instead be strengthened.

From Ynet, Sept. 27:

Hi-tech firm boycotts Israel over 'war crimes'

Belgian hi-tech company specializing in development consulting notifies manager of Israeli company seeking cooperation that 'your country has conducted war crimes and is an apartheid regime'

From the Israeli Committee on Housing Demolitions (ICHAD), Sept. 13:

Israelis and Hezbollah Haven’t Always Been Enemies
When Hezbollah operative and diamond trader Samih Ossailly was arrested in Belgium in April of 2002, one of the items found in a search of his apartment was an End-Use Certificate (EUC) for a shipment of 113 tons of arms from the Ukraine to the Ivory Coast. So what was an Israeli arms dealer doing in possession of an identical EUC? The answer is convoluted but revealing. Ready?

From Palestine News Network (PNN), Sept. 10:

Israeli settlers break into mosque and perform religious ceremonies under guard of Israeli soldiers
By Sa’ed Al Shouhki (Hebron)

Israeli settlers stormed the southern West Bank’s Halhoul Village Mosque at dawn Sunday.

Text of a report in Arabic from the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat, Aug. 31:

Syrian group threatens to copy Hezbollah's action, abduct Israeli soldiers

A secret organization in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights has threatened to abduct Israeli soldiers to swap them with Syrian prisoners in Israeli jails "if four of them were not released unconditionally." Midhat Salih, a former deputy for the Golan, told Al-Hayat yesterday that this organization's members "are a group of young men who want to copy Hezbollah's experience" in the heights that Israel has been occupying since 1967.