Here follow the September 22, 2009 press picks on Occupation Magazine www.kibush.co.il/index.asp

Today, TOI-staff posted new articles. OM is updated each day of the week by different editors. For earlier articles use the powerfull search function & view the sections.

Activism

Water convoy to villages in South-Hebron Hills, Saturday, 26.9.09 www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35763

Articles

Israeli troops shoot, kill East Jerusalem man at settlement checkpoint

Ma’an/Jerusalem Post – The Israeli military communique claims that the Palestinian “tried to run over the soldiers and that they “acted in self-defence”. A closer examination gives a strong impression he was just trying to get away, fearing to be arrested for smuggling Palestinian workers without permits into Israel. www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35758

We ran out of courage

Yigal Sarna – Ynet News – The greater the injustice, both inside and outside, the greater the silencing and the noise aimed at swallowing up the truth. Yet without it, in the next crisis, not only we will be crueler – we will also make the same mistakes we didn’t correct. We will be weaker. www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35757

Let`s try something else

Samir Ghattas – Al-Ahram – The EU alone cannot provide adequate backing for Fayyad`s unilateral statehood strategy or stop Israel from undermining it. Nor can it guarantee that the probationary two-year period would end up in international recognition of an independent Palestinian state. There is, however, a way around that. www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35755

How Israel silenced its Gaza war protesters

Akiva Eldar – Haaretz – A new report from Adalah shows how the courts and police attempted to stamp out opposition to Operation Cast Lead “This is a time of war, and every incident harms the people`s morale.” This was not a sentence in a right-wing journal, but rather a statement by an Israel Police representative during Operation Cast Lead seeking to persuade the Tel Aviv District Court to block anti-war protesters from the city. www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116114.html

Israeli Activist Group Targeting U.S. Charities for ‘Illegal’ Fundraising

Kristen A. Parillo – Worldwide Tax Daily – ‘‘The U.S. government — particularly under President Obama — has said it is very strongly opposed to settlements and sees them as an obstacle to peace talks,’’ the Gush Shalom spokesperson said. ‘‘At the same time, the U.S. government is in a sense funding the settlements.’’ www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35756

Jews, Arabs celebrate holidays together in Akko

Sharon Roffe-Ofir – Ynet – “The tears have been sewn up. It`s time to put things right again.” www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35754

Carter: Settlements hindering peace

Associated Press/Jerusalem Post – “The key factor that prevents peace is the continuing building of Israeli settlements in Palestine, driven by a determined minority of Israelis who desire to occupy and colonize east Jerusalem and the West Bank,” Carter said, also stating his conviction that withdrawal of Israeli forces from Arab territories will dramatically reduce any threats to Israel. www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35759

Israel should learn from U.S. how to pace diplomacy

Aluf Benn – Haaretz – we must view the New York summit as a step – not as a dramatic event www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116080.html

Brzezinski: U.S. must deny Israel airspace to attack Iran

JTA – “They have to fly over our airspace in Iraq. Are we just going to sit there and watch? If they fly over, you go up and confront them. They have the choice of turning back or not. No one wishes for this but it could be a Liberty in reverse.” www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35760

Spain excludes settlement university from academic competition

BNC Europe – “It represents the first case of sanctions against an Israeli academic institution in Spain and one of the very first such actions in the West. […] This move of the government of Spain follows the decision of the UK government not to rent offices from Israeli settlement builder Lev Leviev and the divestment of the Norwegian Pension Fund from Elbit Systems, an Israeli company providing surveillance equipment to the Wall” www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35748

Recommended earlier articles

Michael Warschawski: Following Publication of Report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Gaza: Israeli War Criminals to Trial/Court! www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35744

Yitzhak Laor: The national choir www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115759.html

Stephen Walt: Settling for failure in the Middle East www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35742

Haroon Siddiqui: Shining a light on Israeli aggression in Gaza www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35741

Robert Hirschfield: Israel`s gadfly www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35740

Benny Ziffer: Why I can`t share in the general excitement about Asaf Ramon`s death www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35729

Adam Keller: The unbearable nonviolence of Bil`in www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35726

RICHARD GOLDSTONE: Justice in Gaza www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=35681

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