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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
FINNISH-ISRAELI ARMS TRADE FLAUNTS EU REGULATIONS By Bruno Jäntti, The Electronic Intifada, 27 May 2009
Contrary to the heavily-hyped image according to which the policy output of Finland is even-handed and neutral in the Israel/Palestine conflict, Finland is actually a major arms trading partner with Israel. Recent reports by the Committee of 100 in Finland, Amnesty International, as well as an article in Finland’s biggest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, all revealed Finland’s deeply troubling attitude towards the actions of the State of Israel. Bruno Jäntti comments for The Electronic Intifada.
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH NETANYAHU’S SUBTERFUGE By Omar Yousef Shehabi, The Electronic Intifada, 26 May 2009
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared for his first meeting with US President Barack Obama earlier this week, preliminary construction began on the Maskiot settlement in the Jordan Valley, which forms the Eastern Bantu of the occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, it will be Israel’s first new settlement in the northern West Bank in 27 years. Omar Yousef Shehabi comments for The Electronic Intifada.
electronicintifada.net/v2/article10554.shtml
PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:
WEST BANK WATER ACCESS MIRED IN POLITICS By Arwa Aburawa, The Electronic Intifada, 26 May 2009
Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) is calling for the replacement of committees, which control the West Bank’s water, for having “failed both sides” with “catastrophic” consequences. “It is time to replace the failed mechanism of the Joint Water Committees established under Oslo [the peace accords of the mid-1990s], with an institution where Palestinians and Israelis are true partners in both water supply and management responsibilities,” said Nader Khateeb, the Palestinian Director of FoEME. Arwa Aburawa reports for The Electronic Intifada.
electronicintifada.net/v2/article10547.shtml
PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:
GAZA BANKING SYSTEM ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE Report, The Electronic Intifada, 27 May 2009
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IRIN) – A banking and liquidity crisis is affecting the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip: Civil servants are struggling to get their salaries, and humanitarian aid is being delayed. Thousands of welfare benefit recipients are not getting their dues. This week Israel allowed the transfer of 50 million new Israeli shekels (NIS – equivalent to $12.7 million) to Gaza towards the payment of 65,000 employees of the Ramallah (West Bank)-based Palestinian Authority.
electronicintifada.net/v2/article10555.shtml
PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:
THE PA’S SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY By Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 27 May 2009
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) – While the US appears to be optimistic about Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, inter-Palestinian rivalry, a recalcitrant Israeli government, and an international community with its own agenda could well scuttle a settlement. For the first time in decades the US, under President Barack Obama’s new administration, appears to be putting pressure on Israel through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his new hard-line and far-right government.
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