tudy: Israel's wall segregates 13% of West Bank http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=404019

Israel's separation wall will annex 773 sq. km. of Palestinian land, a study by the Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem said on the anniversary of a judicial ruling which called on Israelis to stop building. Just 6.5% of the wall is constructed along the pre-1967 armistice lines internationally recognized as the basis of an independent Palestinian state, ARIJ said Saturday in the report marking the International Court of Justice advisory opinion. The wall, 473 km. of which has been constructed, 54 km. under construction, and 247 km. planned for building, separates Palestinians from 13% of the total area of the West Bank, ARIJ said in its survey of the June 2011 status of the wall

Over Two Thousand Jewish Americans And Canadians Make Aliyah This Summer http://www.imemc.org/article/61663

Twenty-five hundred Jewish Americans and Canadians are expected to immigrate to Israel this summer of 2011. The immigrants will be residing in areas with a largely Palestinian population, as part of an initiative to change the demographics of these areas.Two hundred and forty-five immigrants are expected to arrive at Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday July 12, 2011, Nefesh B’nefesh organization told Maan News Network.Applicants for the program may qualify for up to 9,000 dollars in financial assistance as well as 4,000 dollars for a vehicle subsidy.

The immigrants will be settling in Northern parts of Israel, in the Golan Heights, lower and upper Galilee, the Jezreel Valley and the Upper Jordan Valley.The “Go North” initiative received a 10 million dollar donation from the Russell Berrie Foundation, the Jewish National Fund, and other programs designed to aid newly arrived Aliyah immigrants.The newly arrived Olim will meet with the Go North Employment Coordinator every month for the first year, in order to ease the transition of immigration.

Israel's boycott ban is down to siege mentality | Carlo Strenger http://www.undpi.org/Palestine-and-Gaza/Israel-s-boycott-ban-is-down-to-siege-mentality-%7C-Carlo-Strenger.html

Existential fear, confusion and ideology are behind this latest attempt by the Knesset to curb criticism and free speech The flood of anti-democratic laws that were proposed, and partially implemented, by the current Knesset, elected in February 2009, constitute one of the darkest chapters in Israeli history.