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Settlements, cell phones, and red tape: challenges to Palestine’s mobile market
In recent years, the Palestinian Authority has sought to improve mobile services, but progress has been slow. Segregation inherent in the establishment of settlements has created a wide spectrum of consequences, and the problems arising with mobile service illustrate how the system is rigged up with so much red tape that no progress can be made without Israel’s explicit approval.
France passes law to protect health and environment whistle-blowers
On January 31st France adopted a new law protecting whistle-blowers for matters pertaining to health and environmental issues. The resolution – first proposed in the Senate by the Green Party – comes within a package of laws aiming at ensuring ethical rules in the public health and environment sectors are reviewed by appropriate experts. The package calls for the creation of a commission in charge of defining a code of...
The population decline of Black Jews in Israel
In 2010, a cable originating from Tel Aviv, Israel (1) was published by Wikileaks. The cable contained results of surveys conducted by JDC Brookdale Institute that focused on living conditions of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Many Ethiopians who read the cable were stunned to find out that 65 percent of Israeli households of Ethiopian origin relied on welfare to survive. Ethiopian Jews are challenged daily by white Israelis for not...
Freedom of the Press Foundation opens up donations to WikiLeaks and other organizations.
Freedom of the Press Foundation provides you with an easy way to donate to journalism organizations dedicated to transparency and accountability. Donations are being processed for WikiLeaks, Muckrock, the National Security Archive, and The UpTake until 31 january 2013. Visit the foundation’s website to learn more.
Stratfor: Algerian Secret Services’ grip on power
On 27 February 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing 5 million emails – called the Global Intelligence Files – from the American global intelligence company Stratfor, which has been providing intelligence to private companies as well as the US government. Many of the emails discuss a figure seldom talked about in the media, General Mohammed Mediene – also known as Toufik – who is nonetheless a key actor in Algerian politics. The head of the powerful Algerian secret services, Mediene is one of the most secretive public figures in Algeria: there are only two official photos …
![Graffiti calling for a raise in the minimum wage. The letters 'UN' are crossed out, ostensibly in protest of the UN MINUSTAH peacekeeping force. [Photo by Ansel Herz]](http://wikileaks-press.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Ansel-Herz-HaitiGraffiti.jpg)
