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'The battle over Jerusalem has begun,' Binyamin Ben Eliezer, Israeli Minister of Housing, announced in mid-May. As he spoke, the government was preparing to expropriate 133 acres of land in [...]

Your portrait of Shams Kalboni, her mother and grandmother ('From Arab to Palestinian Israeli,' September/October 2009) captures a transition in identity that goes to the very heart of Israel's greatest [...]

TIKKUN READERS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PROBLEMS IN ISRAEL OFTEN KNOW FAR less about the dynamic community of Israeli non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which are the engine for [...]

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the September/October 2009 issue including "From Arab to Palestinian Israeli," "Jewish Health," and "The Pomegranate: A Rich and Holy History."

The article focuses on Occupied Territories without an invitation from Palestinian residents with supported acts of protest and peaceful resistance by Palestinians. Topics discussed include subjugation and dehumanization of human beings, and the denial of their rights to dignity and freedom, efforts of a new generation of young American Jews and violence in the Jewish communities.

The article reports on the China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index that was unchanged at 49.9 in September 2011 compared with 49.9 in August 2011. As stated, there was recorded a second straight increase in September 2011 in the official Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) of China. It states that the steady PMI indicates that manufacturing activity continued to fall in September 2011 but only insignificantly.

The article offers information on the increase in the interest rate in China, which is expected to increase further. It states that the People's Bank of China raised benchmark lending and deposit rates by 25 basis points to counter rising inflation. It mentions that several economists forecast that the central bank is yet to increase the rates once again.