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New Refugee Camp To Absorb Palestinians Forced Out Of The West Bank
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by the Hamas movement, decided to establish a new temporary refugee camp at the Erez Terminal, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, to absorb the Palestinians who were forced out of the West Bank recently.
One Killed, Four Injured, When A Power Generator Exploded In Southern Gaza Strip
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – One Palestinian was killed and four other members of his family were wounded on Thursday at dawn, when a power generator exploded in their house in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
Troops detain 12 Palestinians During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – The Israeli military detained 12 Palestinian civilians, on Thursday, during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.
Around 105 Palestinians Allowed Into Gaza Via Rafah Terminal
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – Around 105 Palestinian patients and stranded families and students managed to return to the Gaza Strip on Thursday, via the Rafah terminal.
Settler Torch Olive Orchard In Silwan
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers torched, Wednesday night, an 11-Dunam olive orchard in al-Rababa valley, in Silwan, south of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Resheq: “Tripartite Summit Proves Hamas Cannot Be Ignored”
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – Ezzat al-Resheq, Hamas political bureau member, stated that the Wednesday tripartite summit that brought together Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, and Hamas’ Political Bureau Chief, Khalid Mashal, proves that Hamas is an important party that cannot be ignored.
Israel To Syria; “No Plans To Attack You”
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asked the visiting Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel ?Ångel Moratinos, to send a message to Syria stating that Israel does not have any intention to attack Damascus.
Turkey Installs Anti-Aircraft Batteries Near Syrian Border
IMEMC – 13 May 2010 – Turkey has installed Anti-Aircraft Hawk Missiles at a village close to the Syrian border in an attempt to prevent Israeli war jets from violating Turkish Airspace in case of an attack against Iran or Syria.
Silwan residents say settler arson behind olive grove fire
5/13/2010 – Jerusalem “”Ma’an “”Eleven dunums of olive trees were reported destroyed by the Awad family, who blamed nearby settlers for setting the Wednesday night blaze. The fire, in Silwan’s Wadi Ar-Rababa, is located south of Jerusalem’s Old City, and behind the Green Line. The zone was illegallyannexed to Israel following the 1967 war, and now faces….
Gaza man seeks asylum in Spain
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Mayor Victor Batarseh has issued an appeal to the Spanish foreign minister to grant an entry visa to a Palestinian from Gaza who says Hamas-aligned forces in the coastal enclave are threatening his life. Kamal Elias Fuad Al-Tarazi was employed by the Palestinian security forces that ruled Gaza until Hamas took charge in….
J’lem woman says broken nose from settler assault
5/13/2010 – Jerusalem “”Ma’an “”Following her release from hospital, a 32 year old Palestinian woman from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah reported being assaulted by a settler on Wednesday afternoon. Mother of five and Sheikh Jarran resident Hamlat Al-Mughrabi was admitted to the Augusta Victoria Hospital on Wednesday evening with a broken nose, saying a….
Limited construction goods to enter Gaza
5/13/2010 – Gaza “”Ma’an “”Two of the Israel/Gaza terminals will open on Thursday, what will likely be the final day of crossings operations for the week, Palestinian liaison officials were informed early the same morning. Crossings officer Raed Fattouh said he was told to expect approximately 130 truckloads of goods, including 5 truckloads of plastic pipes….
Amnesty: Don’t imprison nuclear whistleblower
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Amnesty International on Thursday urged Israel not to imprison nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, who is facing a return to jail within days. The Israeli High Court ruled 11 May that Vanunu, who served 18 years in prison for revealing information about Israel”‚Ñ¢s nuclear program, must serve a further three months for meeting….
30 Gazans leave Strip via Rafah amid travel restrictions
5/13/2010 – Gaza “”Ma’an “”Civilian traffic at the Rafah border increased slightly on Wednesday, a Palestinian border committee reported, noting the exit of 30 individuals from the coastal enclave amidst a 73-day closure. The report, released on Thursday, counted 105 Palestinians returning to Gaza via the Egyptian border, while 30 left with special permission. Over the….
HRW: Israel should investigate home destruction
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israel should investigate the destruction of civilian property during the 2009 Gaza hostilities, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released Thursday.The 116-page report, “”ÀúI Lost Everything’: Israel’s Unlawful Destruction of Property in the Gaza Conflict,” documents 12 separate cases during Operation Cast Lead in which Israeli forces allegedly destroyed civilian property….
Policy group urges refugees ministry in Lebanon
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – An independent public policy organization in Lebanon presented the findings of an October conference to media on Wednesday, calling for the creation of a ministry for Palestinian refugees. The self described independent, non-partisan organization said its recommendations came in support of its “threefold mission is to promote unity, security, peace, prosperity, justice and….
Radio Israel: 3 Gaza men detained infiltrating Israel
5/13/2010 – Gaza “”Ma”‚Ñ¢an “”Palestinian sources have yet to confirm Radio Israel reports announcing the capture of three Gaza residents who snuck into Israel early Thursday morning. The early report said the three were unarmed and transferred to Israeli intelligence officials for investigations….
Death of Nablus woman
fetal filicide, investigators say
5/13/2010 – Nablus “”Ma’an “”The confessed motive behind the slaying of a Nablus woman was the fact that the 27-year-old was carrying a female fetus, and not a male, Palestinian investigators told Ma’an on Thursday. The woman, identified only as NB, was found dead in her home, and was later revealed to have been three months….
Qrei’a: Negotiations will bring nothing
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem “”Ma’an “”PLO’s Jerusalem Affairs department chief and former prime minister Ahmad Qrei’a said Thursday that he expected very little from the next four months if indirect negotiations. Speaking with journalists in Amman, the PLO leader said that beyond his expectation for a fruitless series of talks, that he anticipates real problems, noting the necessity….
Israeli FM says US ‘misunderstood’ plans for J’lem settlements
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma”‚Ñ¢an – Enumerating what he called Palestinians “?ìslap in the face”¬ù following “?ìcountless gestures”¬ù by Israel, the nation”‚Ñ¢s Foreign Minister said the Palestinian president asked that forces press harder in Gaza to overthrow Hamas.”?ìAbbas himself called and asked us, pressured us to continue the military campaign and overthrow Hamas,”¬ù Avigdor Lieberman told….
Lavrov updates Abbas on Russian efforts
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem “”Ma”‚Ñ¢an “”Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called President Mahmud Abbas Thursday to update him on talks with the Russian in Damascus and Turkey and propose some ideas to activate the International Quartet on the peace process. According to WAFA, the official news agency of the Palestinian Authority, they Abbas and Lavrov spoke about….
PFLP chief urges Abbas to cancel talks
5/13/2010 – Bethlehem “”Ma’an “”The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s leadership is urging President Mahmoud Abbas to reverse his “miserable decision” to return to peace talks with Israel.”Israel’s leadership has proven in action and word that they will not stop settlements or abide by international legitimacy,” secretary-general Abed Al-Rahim Mallouh said in a statement….
In photos: Making music in Rafah
5/13/2010 – Palestinian children take a music class at the SOS Children’s Village in Rafah on 11 May 2010. MaanImages / Hatem Omar….
Zionist children losing their minds! ++ An Israeli on why Jerusalem is utterly not Israel
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – This story in the Forward today reminds me of something my older son wrote to us in a letter from Jewish summer camp when he was 14. He told us the kids were terrific but that…
Israel’s ID/permit system
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On April 23, Arizona’s racist immigration bill became law. Called “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act,” it requires proof of legal entry or citizenship or face arrest, fines,…
I stand by Palestine forever
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – In a recent interview which I conducted with the brave Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff, he told me that he has never seen a nation to be as strong and powerful as the Palestinian nation. I admire…
Yemen’s sorrowful options: ‘Revolt, migrate or die’
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 When the Soviets concluded their pull out from Afghanistan in February 1989, the United States government abruptly lost interest in the country. A devastated economic infrastructure, entrenched poverty, deep-rooted factionalism…
Peace in the Middle East: A mosaic of mutual self-interest
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – The Middle East is home to some of the finest mosaics the world has ever known. Most of them date back to antiquity and bear stark witness to the passage of time. But what about now?…
Again, Israel breaking a promise
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – As Palestinians and Israelis took their first step in the much-delayed peace negotiations, there is strong evidence emerging that the hawkish government of Benjamin Netanyahu is about to break its promise to hold off on its…
A republican’s case for Middle East peace
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Marshall Breger is a law professor, an Orthodox Jew, and a Reagan Republican. During the Reagan administration, he served as he White House liaison to the Jewish community. In short, he is a lifelong defender of…
Maariv: Lieberman launching diplomatic offensive against Saudis
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – The new front Ben Caspit, Maariv, May 13 2010 [page 2 with front-page teaser; Hebrew original here and at bottom of post] Israel is threatening to launch a global campaign against Saudi Arabia, in keeping with…
One on one with Ayman Mohyeldin
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Ayman Mohyeldin is a correspondent for Aljazeera English . He has been covering the Palestinian territories, specially Gaza for the past two years. Ayman and his colleague Sherine were the only international journalists in Gaza during the…
Kadima bill would outlaw NGOs that helped Goldstone
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – New York – Lawmakers aligned with the self-proclaimed centrist Israeli party Kadima have proposed legislation that would outlaw organizations that provided information to the UN Gaza Fact Finding Mission led by Richard Goldstone, The Forward reported…
Abbas to visit Washington in 2nd week of June
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – New York – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Washington during the second week of June, a senior Palestinian official told Palestine Note on Thursday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heads the Fatah-led Palestinian government in the…
Obama grants Israel $205 million for rocket shield
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – New York – US President Barack Obama has reportedly approved the transfer of an additional $205 million to help Israel build a system designed to shoot down homemade rockets fired by Palestinians from Gaza. An Illustration…
Students call College Board anti-Israel
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Washington – An English Literature Advanced Placement essay prompt featuring a quote from the late Palestinian-American professor Edward Said has caused some Jewish students insist the test was politicized against Israel, the Forward reported Thursday. Referencing…
Report: Hamas moving Shalit twice a week
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – New York – The Palestinian captors of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit change the location of his Gaza hiding place twice a week, the German news agency DPA reported Thursday. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured in…
Inside Gaza’s power crisis
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Washington – In the latest electricity-related death in Gaza, 23-year-old Walid Taha was killed Thursday morning when a generator exploded, Ma’an News Agency reported Thursday. Daily power outages mean Gazas rely on diesel-powered generators that often…
Israel rejects calls for Hamas talks
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – New York – Israel’s Foreign Ministry Avigdor Lieberman rejected late on Wednesday calls from Russia and Turkey to include Hamas in the diplomatic process. Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mashal (above) met with Medvedev and Syrian…
Erekat calls for refugee rights on Nakba anniversary
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Washington – PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Thursday called for resolution of the final status issues, the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, and the protection of refugee rights on the eve of the…
Human Rights Watch: Israel wantonly destroyed Gaza homes
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Israel urged to lift blockade to allow reconstruction New York – Human Rights Watch urged Israel in a report on Thursday to open investigations into what it said was the unlawful destruction of civilian property during…
Egypt extends state of emergency
Palestine Note 13 May 2010 – Washington – Despite reports of relaxing government control in Egypt, the Egyptian parliament has extended its emergency rule for two years, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (left at the World Economic…
Russia defends Medvedev-Hamas talks
AlJazeera 13 May 2010 – Moscow says other Middle East quartet members are in some sort of contact with Hamas.
Haredi woman charged with starving her son accepts plea bargain
Ha’aretz – Doctor testifies that the woman systematically removed feeding tube of 3-year-old son suffering from malnutrition, infections.
Award-winning musician jailed for 25 years for raping sisters, 6 and 10
Ha’aretz – Ephraim Yegudiev, poet and lyricist for the Israel Andalusian Orchestra, sentenced after his wife informed police of sex offenses.
Haaretz reporters Akiva Eldar and Benny Ziffer win international awards
Ha’aretz – International Council for Press and Broadcasting awards Peace Through Media prize to Haaretz senior political correspondent Akiva Eldar, as Benny Ziffer wins outstanding contribution to new media award.
Court: Israeli Arabs arrested over alleged spying to remain jailed
Ha’aretz – Israeli academics and international human rights activists protest outside Petah Tikva court in support of Omar Sayid and Ameer Makhoul.
Human Rights Watch: IDF wantonly destroyed homes during Gaza war
Ha’aretz – IDF formulating response to report which claims property was sometimes damaged even without military necessity.
Russia rebuffs Israeli rebuke over open relations with Hamas
Ha’aretz – On Wednesday, Israel slammed Russian President Medvedev for meeting with Hamas leader Meshal in Damascus.
Iron Dome defense system gets new backer: Barack Obama
Ha’aretz – U.S. agrees to fund anti-missile defense system, long delayed due to budgetary difficulties, beyond regular annual defense assistance afforded to Israel.
U.S. warns Israel, Palestinians: Avoid inflammatory actions in Jerusalem
Ha’aretz – Public Security minister tells the Knesset that Israel will raze Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem in the coming days despite the renewal of indirect peace talks.
Israel to Russia: Hamas is like the Chechen terrorists
Ha’aretz – During a meeting in Ankara, Russia and Turkey said that Hamas should not be excluded from the Mideast peace process.
Report: Hamas changing Gilad Shalit hideout twice a week
Ha’aretz – Militants moving captured Israeli soldier for fear Israel will launched targeted attack.
Barak: Ministers’ provocations over Jerusalem harming Israel’s interests
Ha’are
tz – Defense Minister slams Lieberman, Aharonovitch and Yishai for denying reports of deal with U.S. on Jerusalem construction freeze.
Iran says three-way summit could finalize nuclear deal with West
Ha’aretz – Weekend meeting with Turkish and Brazilian presidents could see Tehran agree to export uranium for enrichment.
Interior Minister: Israel will never freeze construction in Jerusalem
Ha’aretz – Yishai tells Shas daily that he has clarified this stance to the U.S., and plans to expedite construction in the capital.
Hints of Syrian nuclear deal with Russia unsettle U.S.
Ha’aretz – State Department warns of Russia’s responsibility as a NPT signatory before signing on to build nuclear reactors in Syria.
U.S.: Lebanon PM to make official Washington visit this month
Ha’aretz – Planned Hariri visit is a symbol of the historic ties between Lebanon and the United States, White House says.
Hamas: Netanyahu is trying to push an empty deal on Shalit’s release
Ha’aretz – Khaled Meshal tells Russian President Medvedev: We don’t want to keep Shalit but only an honorable deal will solve the issue.
Lieberman: Iran, Syria and North Korea are new ‘axis of evil’
Ha’aretz – Lieberman said during a visit to Japan that the three countries pose the biggest threat to world security because they build and spread weapons of mass destruction.
Shin Bet recruiters enticing Palestinian medical students with Jerusalem entry permits
Ha’aretz – Students claim security service blocked medical training after they refused to spy for Israel.
Israeli settler attacks a Palestinian mother in Jerusalem
13 May 2010 – Jerusalem, May 13, (Pal Telegraph) Gamalat Al Maghrabi, (32 years), from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, a mother of five children, was severely attacked by an Israeli settler and was left with a broken nose and bruises on her face. Local sources in Jerusalem, quoted her sister Maysoon Ghawi saying that the Israeli settler attacked her sister without prior warning and…
PLO commemorates Al Nakba 62nd anniversary
13 May 2010 – Ramallah, May 13, (Pal Telegraph) The PLO Department of International Relations (DAIR) reaffirmed the Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their original homes is one of the inalienable national invariables. In a press release issued this day commemorating the 62 nd anniversary of the Palestinian NAKBA, the Department asserted the cause of the Palestinian refugees is sacred and is one…
Israel detains 12 Palestinians in the WB
13 May 2010 – West Bank, May 13, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) — Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained today 12 Palestinians from different cities in the West Bank. Local sources reported that Israeli forces raided Jericho and detained number of the Palestinians. The Israeli army reported that the detainees were transferred to the Israeli intelligence.
Rachel Corey Solidarity ship sailed towards Gaza yesterday
13 May 2010 – Gaza, May 13, (Pal Telegraph) The international communication official in the governmental Committee of breaking the siege on Gaza, Ahmad Ayesh al-Najjar, said that the Irish freighter “Rachel Corey” from the port of “Dandalk” to start the journey towards the besieged Gaza Strip. a gathering of hundreds of Irish citizens yesterday evening to watch the ship was witnessed, then Palestinian…
Israel detains 2 Palestinians in Tubas
13 May 2010 – West Bank, May 13, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces detained today two Palestinians from Al-Farea refugee camp in north of the West Bank city of Tubas and they carried out two airdrops from a helicopter. Security sources reported that Israeli force detained Yousef Abu Syam, 18, and Ahmad Maya, 32, after raiding their houses in Al-Farea camp. The…
Israel to start demolishing Palestinian houses after a brief freeze
13 May 2010 – Jerusalem, May 13, (Pal Telegraph) The Israeli Internal Security Minister “Yitzhak Aharonfitch” joined his voice with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman to confirm that Jerusalem is outside the framework of the settlement freeze, adding that the indirect negotiations did show any positive results besides the announcement of its launching, “Aheronfitch” confirmed that Israel would start…
Israel opens Gaza’s commercial crossings, lets in Cement
13 May 2010 – Gaza, May 13, (Pal Telegraph) Israel decided today to allow the entry of a cement truck for the restoration of “Jerusalem” Hospital in Gaza, which was bombed during Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. Raed Fattouh, an official coordinating the entry of goods to the Gaza Strip, confirmed that the Israeli side also decided to let in trucks loaded with…
Israel Navy is training to take over “Fleet of Freedom”
12 May 2010 – Gaza, May 12, (Pal Telegraph) The Israeli Navy is conducting heavy training for an operation to capture the eight vessels that are expected to enter into Gaza in the twenty-fourth of this month and called it the “fleet of Freedom”, within the Free Gaza Movement and the European campaign to break the siege on Gaza. According to their plan, the…
The Nakba continues
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – The catastrophe continues. As the 62nd anniversary of the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes looms, rights continue to be violated and a solution is more urgent than ever. A solution based on UN General Assembly Resolution 194 for Palestinian refugees is a must. The creation of a Palestinian state on the…
Is Israel Sliding Towards a Police State?
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu has been sentenced to another three months imprisonment for allegedly refusing to perform community service in West Jerusalem. Vanunu, a former employee at Israel’s secret Dimona nuclear facility in the Negev desert, spent 18 years in jail after he revealed information about the facility to the international media. He was kidnapped…
New Refugee Camp To Absorb Palestinians Forced Out Of The West Bank
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by the Hamas movement, decided to establish a new temporary refugee camp at the Erez Terminal, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, to absorb the Palestinians who were forced out of the West Bank recently. The Palestinians were forcibly removed from occupied West Bank under the new Israeli…
Israel’s secret police targeting leaders of country’s Arab minority, say Palestinians
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – The recent arrest of two respected public figures from Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority in night-time raids on their homes by the Shin Bet secret police — brought to light this week when a gag order was partially lifted — has sent shock waves through the community. The arrests are not the first of their kind. The…
Israel’s ID/Permit System
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – On April 23, Arizona’s racist immigration bill became law. Called “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act,” it requires proof of legal entry or citizenship or face arrest, fines, jailing, and/or deportation. Under South African apartheid, pass laws segregated blacks from whites, restricted their movements, required pass books be carried at all times, and produced…
Settlers Torch Olive Orchard In Silwan
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers torched, Wednesday night, an 11-Dunam olive orchard in al-Rababa valley, in Silwan, south of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Maan news Agency reported that three olive trees, over 300 years old, were burnt down while dozens of trees were partially burnt. The attack took place while thousands of Jewish…
Obama grants Israel $205 million for rocket shield
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – New York – US President Barack Obama has reportedly approved the transfer of an additional $205 million to help Israel build a system designed to shoot down homemade rockets fired by Palestinians from Gaza. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, the Pentagon informed Israel’s Defense Ministry of the funds, which will be used to purchase 10…
Video: Free Gaza – Continued Israeli Genocide and Western Silence
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – Excerpts from a speech by: Chris Hedges. The author spoke at the Revolution Books Town Hall Meeting at Ethical Culture Society on January 13, 2009 condemning Israel and USA complicity in Israel’s murderous destruction and genocide of the innocent men, women and children of GAZA and the West Bank. Dedicated to the children of GAZA…
Israeli Soldiers Continue To Use Children As Human Shields
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – Child organisation DCI-Palestine has documented two new cases of children used as human shields by Israeli soldiers during military operations…The use of civilians, especially children, as human shields is clearly prohibited by applicable international law and by Israel’s domestic legislation. Israel is party to the CRC Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict,…
Palestinian boy (14) used as human shield during protests in Beit Ummar
Uruknet May 13, 2010 – On 16 April 2010, Sabri ‘Awad (14) was on his way to school to attend an event marking the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, when he heard people in the street saying there were protests against Israeli soldiers, and tear gas canisters being fired against the stone-throwers. When he reached the school, he saw two soldiers standing at…
Again, Israel Breaking a Promise
Uruknet May 12, 2010 – As Palestinians and Israelis took their first step in the much-delayed peace negotiations, there is strong evidence emerging that the hawkish government of Benjamin Netanyahu is about to break its promise to hold off on its illegal expansionist plans in the Palestinian-occupied territories. The anti-colonialist Israeli watchdog group, Peace Now, revealed that Israeli settlers have begun…
Why Talk of “Realism” is UnrealisticThe Nakba and the Two-State Solution
Uruknet May 12, 2010 – On the surface and viewed from the perspective of dominating powers, their designated minions, and entrenched cohorts, it may appear that the Nakba is diminishing. Several facts corroborate that view: the passage of time, the very dispossession and dislocation of millions, the tendency of official Palestinian “leadership” to accept whatever scraps they are given, the seemingly…
Israel’s Tightening Grip On The Jordan Valley
Uruknet May 12, 2010 – The Jordan Valley is an area under urgent threat of annexation. During the last few weeks Israel has considerably tightened its grip on its local Palestinian population. On the 11th of April the Israeli Army shut off the main water source to the village of Bardala (Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate), jeopardising its viability as…
What is Behind “Despotic Tolerance”
Uruknet May 12, 2010 – ….Arab authorities curbing in relation to Arab foreign policies is more dangerous than that in local affairs. All Arab governments that concluded peace with the Zionist entities — whether they signed treaties or not yet — are interested in showing that they can pay the price internally. This is what is demanded by America before being…
Egyptian workers demand a living wage
Uruknet May 12, 2010 – On May 11 the Egyptian government extended the State of Emergency, which has been in effect continuously since 1981, for an additional two years. The Emergency Law gives the regime broad powers which it has used to try to suppress dissent of all sorts. But the law and other repressive measures have been ineffective in stemming…
Netanyahu: “Jerusalem Is Ours, We Will Build And Develop It”
Uruknet May 12, 2010 – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israel will always build and develop the city of Jerusalem is order to make it a “viable, developed and advanced city”. Netanyahu said the relation between the Israelis and Jerusalem cannot be questioned and the Jews around the world look forwards to return to it and live it. He…
Iran is executing young protesters, please write to
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Israel plans Jerusalem expansion over Green Line
Uruknet May 12, 2010 – Plans for Israel’s expansion of Jerusalem’s borders were revealed on Wednesday, which include a 12,000 housing unit complex on land belonging to the West Bank village of Al-Walaja, south of Jerusalem, The Islamic Christian Commission for Support of Jerusalem and the holy Places (ICC). ICC Secretary-General Hasan Khatir said during a news conference that the new…
Israel’s secret police targeting leaders of country’s Arab minority, say Palestinians
The National 13 May 2010 – Two leading Arab minority human rights activists advocating disinvestment from Israel have been arrested by Shin Bet and charged with espionage on behalf of Hizbollah.
No halt to east Jerusalem construction, says Israeli interior minister
The National 13 May 2010 – Vows to keep building Jewish homes and demolishing unauthorised Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem — despite indications Israeli leader has put the brakes on both.
International Solidarity Movement
Settler celebrations of ethnic cleansing disrupt Sheikh Jarrah for second straight day
5/13/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Hundreds of settlers held disruptive celebrations in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah yesterday in honor of “Jerusalem Day”. Dancing, screaming and praying in the street, the settlers disrupted life for over six hours, as police barricades and teeming masses prevented traffic from flowing as usual. One Palestinian woman was violently assaulted in the afternoon….
BDS action against Israeli pharmaceutical company at COSMOFARMA expo
5/13/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Rome Palestinian Solidarity Network – On Saturday, May 8 a protest organized by the “Rome Palestinian Solidarity Network”(comprised of numerous associations and committees who stand with the Palestinian struggle for freedom) was held at the entrance to Rome’s exhibition center during COSMOFARMA, a pharmaceuticals expo attended by thousands of health professionals. The Rome Palestinian Solidarity….
PCHR: Israeli Troops Kill A Child And Arrests 12 Civilians
PNN – Gaza – PNN – A Palestinian infant was killed and 3 civilians, including a child, were wounded during Israel’s military attacks targeting the West Bank, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights said…
HRW To Israel: Investigate Unlawful Destruction In Gaza
PNN – By HRW — PNN – Israel should investigate the unlawful destruction of civilian property during the 2009 Gaza hostilities and lift the blockade that hinders residents from rebuilding their homes, Human Rights…
Thirteen Israeli Soldiers Arrested For Being ‘High’ On Duty
PNN – Israel – PNN – Israeli media sources reported on Thursday that 13 Israeli soldiers serving at an Air force base were arrested over drug usage. According you Ynet the soldiers serve as…
Barak: Provocations Harms Israel’s Interests
PNN – Ghassan Bannoura — PNN – The Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, issued a statement on Thursday asking Israeli ministers to stop provocations comments over Jerusalem as it harms Israel’s interests. Barak statement…
Troops Arrest 12 Palestinians During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
PNN – Bethlehem – PNN – The Israeli military arrested on Thursday 12 Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank. Palestinian sources reported invasions in Jericho and Jordan valley…
Prof. Nusseiba : It Is too Late For The-Two State Solution
PNN – By Khalid Amayreh – Proffesor Sari Nusseiba, President of al-Quds University, near Jerusalem, is one of the most prominent liberal intellectuals in the Occupied Palestinian territories. A political moderate, Nusseiba whose family…
MIDEAST: Is Israel Sliding Towards a Police State?
IPS RAMALLAH, May 12 (IPS) – Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu has been sentenced to another three months imprisonment for allegedly refusing to perform community service in West Jerusalem.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory ( 06-12 May 2010)
PCHR 12 May 2010 – A peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in Beit Jala town against the construction of the annexation wall….
PCHR today release “Ensuring Respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention: Convening a Conference of High Contracting Parties”.
PCHR 12 May 2010 – Ref: 52/2010 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) today release “Ensuring Respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention: Convening a Conference of High Contracting Parties “. This new report details the legal situation regarding the convening of a conference of High Contracting Parties, as well as the enforcement mechanisms available to the international community…..
Lawyer: ‘Hizbullah spy’ only asked about politics
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Omar Sa’id and Ameer Mahoul are suspected of contact with enemy agents.
‘Zionist Left’ to gather in Kikar Zion Sat. night
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Peace Now and other organizations gather under the banner “Zionists aren’t settlers.”
Settlers launch interactive Web site
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Council of Jewish Communities sparks “Zionist internet revolution.”
E. J’lem demolitions on hold
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Public Security Ministry backtracks after US intervention.
Man pleads guilty in Iran missile case
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Taiwanese businessman allegedly conspired to violate US embargo.
Fury at ‘child-starving mom’ deal
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – According to plea bargain, Jerusalem woman will evade prison sentence.
Turning tide for Egypt as Arab League head?
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – As Amr Mousa’s end of term draws near, Arab League members squabble over nationality of next chief.
Barak: J’lem politics are ‘delicate’
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Comes after Yishai says gov’t “will not give in to American pressure.”
Barak: Our political situation is ‘delicate’
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Defense Minister responds sharply to Yishai’s previous Jerusalem statement.
‘Iran loosening grip on al-Qaida’
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – US intelligence shows Teheran is re-examining ties with terror.
Yishai: J’lem construction will continue
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Interior Minister says gov’t will not give in to US demands.
Israel issues first gold coin
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Tower of David first in annually-issued series
‘US tone more positive since talks’
Jeruslalem Post 13 May 2010 – Officials in J’lem say White House pushing for direct negotiations.
Crossing of Materials into Gaza for Project of Rehabilitation of Quds Hospital
WAFA – JERUSALEM, May 13, 2010 (WAFA)- 20 tons of cement and 8 tons of steel bars, needed for the works of the project of rehabilitation of the Al Quds hospital in Gaza financed by France, entered Gaza on
HRW: Israeli Should Investigate Civil Property Destruction in Gaza
WAFA – JERUSALEM, May 13, 2010 (WAFA)- Israel should investigate the unlawful destruction of civilian property during the 2009 Israeli War on Gaza and lift the blockade that hinders residents from
ENP Publishes Country Progress Report 2009 on OPT
WAFA – BURSSLES, May 13, 2010 (WAFA)- In 2009, the Palestinian Authority pursued its efforts to build robust state institutions within two years in line with Prime Minister Fayyad’s state-building
ENP after 5 Years: More Trade, Aid, People-to-People Contacts
WAFA – BRUSSLES, May 13, 2010 (WAFA)- The annual European Neighborhood Policy reports once again demonstrate the clear benefits that the European Union brings to its neighbors. For five years, the European
Al-Ma’asra to Fuse Art and Protest to Commemorate the Nakba
WAFA – BETHLEHEM, May 13, 2010 (WAFA)- Palestinian singer Rim Banna and other artists will perform, Friday May 14, 2010 by the path of the Wall near Al-Ma’asara, south of Bethlehem, to commemorate 62
Leeds University: campus dispute in microcosm | Henrietta Foster
The Guardian 13 May 2010 – A bitter row over free speech and antisemitism is an example of the ugly disputes over Israel affecting Jewish students On the face of it, Leeds student union looks much like any other — torn posters…
OPT: PCHR and LAW Position Paper on the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention
Relief Web 13 May 2010 – Source: LAW-The Palestenian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
US provides third contribution for Nahr el-Bared reconstruction
Relief Web 13 May 2010 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
OPT: Protection of Civilians Weekly Report, 5 – 11 May 2010
Relief Web 13 May 2010 – Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2009: Progress Report on the occupied Palestinian territory
Relief Web 13 May 2010 – Source: European Commission
Russia warns US against unilateral Iran sanctions
YNet News – FM Lavrov says countries facing Security Council sanctions ‘cannot under any….
Suspicion: Palestinian killed wife because she was carrying girl
YNet News – Police say West Bank Palestinian choked wife to death over ultrasound results;….
Barak asks ministers to keep mum on Jerusalem
YNet News – In response to ministers’ comments on east Jerusalem construction, defense….
Iran eases grip on al-Qaeda
YNet News – American intelligence officials concerned movement of terror group operatives in….
Leftists protest near army memorial service
YNet News – Dozens of left-wing activists held a demonstration on Wednesday in east Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood directly opposite a monument for the fallen soldiers of the …….
US tries to blunt Iran anti-sanctions push
YNet News – The United States moved Thursday to head off a joint Turkish-Brazilian effort that could help Iran avoid new United Nations sanctions over its suspect nuclear program. …….
Settlers say survived near lynching in Silwan
YNet News – Has the sensitive situation in the capital led the police to refrain from enforcement in its eastern neighborhoods? A Jewish family from the outpost of Kida claims so, …….
Lieberman invites British FM to Israel
YNet News – Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke on the telephone Thursday with incoming British Foreign Minsiter William Hague and congratulated him on his new appointment. …….
Russia spurns Israeli rebuke over Hamas meet
YNet News – Russia on Thursday rebuffed Israel’s criticism of President Dmitry Medvedev’s meeting with the leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas this week. Calling …….
Stop West Bank deportation policy
B’tselem 12 May 2010 – Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations issued a joint statement today calling on Israel to stop its illegal policy of deporting Palestinians from the West Bank to Gaza. The policy has escalated, as evident from an order effective April 13,
Davutoglu sees ‘revolution’ in relations with rival Greece
Daily Star 13 May 2010 ANKARA: A visit to Greece starting Friday by Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will mark a “revolution” in ties between the long-time rivals, Turkey’s foreign minister said.The two-day talks in Athens would resemble “a joint…
Russia warns US against unilateral Iran sanctions
Daily Star 13 May 2010 MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the US and other Western nations Thursday against imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Interfax news agency reported. The European Union has said it may impose…
Activists caution against Egypt poll abuse
Daily Star 13 May 2010 CAIRO: Egyptian human rights groups on Thursday protested over the renewal of a decades-old emergency law, fearing it could be used to influence the outcome of elections in Egypt over the next two years. The Egyptian…
Gibbs: Hariri to meet Obama on PM’s first official visit to US
Daily Star 13 May 2010 WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will meet Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the White House May 24 during his first official visit to Washington, the US president’s spokesman announced on Wednesday. Hariri’s visit comes amid…
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Israeli excavations near Sultan Suleiman pool in O. J’lem
PIC 13 May 2010 – The Israeli antiquities authority has embarked since days on carrying out wide excavations near Sultan Suleiman pool, west of the old city of occupied Jerusalem.
Lieberman: Abbas asked personally Israeli officials not to stop Gaza war
PIC 13 May 2010 – Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman confessed again that Mahmoud Abbas had asked in person, 15 months ago, Israeli leaders to continue their war on the Gaza Strip until toppling Hamas Movement.
Barhoum urges Fatah to return to resistance
PIC 13 May 2010 – Fawzi Barhoum on Thursday urged the Fatah faction to return to its national program and resistance away from the trend within it that was selling national rights and constants at a cheap price.
Yousuf: Israeli threats to freedom flotilla a crime
PIC 13 May 2010 – Dr. Ahmed Yousuf said there are Israeli preparations to attack anti-siege boats and multinational activists who will come this month by sea to the besieged Gaza Strip.
Italian study reveals Israeli use of toxic and carcinogenic weapons in Gaza wars
PIC 13 May 2010 – Specialist Italian academics revealed the presence of residual toxic and carcinogenic metals in the tissues of Palestinians wounded during the Israeli wars on Gaza in 2006 and 2009.
IOF soldiers detain 12 Palestinians, blackmail students
PIC 13 May 2010 – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 12 Palestinians in a number of West Bank areas at a late hour on Wednesday and before dawn Thursday, Hebrew press reported.
Jordanian Fatwa stipulates boycotting Israel
PIC 13 May 2010 – Prominent Islamic scholars in Jordan issued a Fatwa (religious edict) prohibiting any dealing with Israel and describing its boycott as a religious duty.
Turkey and Russia call for dealing with Hamas
PIC 13 May 2010 – Turkey and Russia called for necessarily dealing with Hamas as a political party that came to power through fair elections, stressing that the peace process cannot succeed without it.
IOA begins a campaign of demolition in OJ, plans 12,000 housing units
PIC 13 May 2010 – Israeli public security minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch has said that a campaign of demolition against “illegal” Palestinian homes in eastern Jerusalem would start soon.
Turning Tide for Egypt as Head of the Arab League?
The Media Line 13 May 2010 – As Amru Mousa’s end of term draws near, Arab League members squabble over nationality of next chief. At its base, it’s a glorified debating forum; that’s how political analyst Shadi Hamid describes the Arab League. The…
Russia Showing its Political Clout in Middle East
The Media Line 12 May 2010 – Following up the first ever visit by a Russian president to Syria, Dmitry Medvedev concluded a robust meeting in Turkey with an agreement to build and operate four $20 billion nuclear power plants on the southern…
Vanunu to be jailed again
The Media Line 12 May 2010 – Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was expected to be back in prison for refusing to carry out community service. Israel released Vanunu, a former technician at Israel’s nuclear research reactor, in 2004 after serving 18 years…
US to Put $205 Million Towards Israeli Rocket Defense Sys
tem
The Media Line 12 May 2010 – The US Department of Defense has said it would allocate $205 million to Israel to complete its development and deployment of a defense system designed to protect civilians against incoming short-range rockets and mortars. The system,…
Rogue Thai general who aided ‘Red Shirts’ is shot in the head
LA Times 14 May 2010 – Khattiya Sawasdipol was suspended from the military for his anti-government stance and has emerged as a tactical leader of the protesters. A Thai general who broke ranks to lead anti-government protests was shot in the head Thursday, an assault likely to inflame passions and undermine tenuous talks to end the demonstrators’ two-month occupation of a prime Bangkok shopping area.
Leg Lost to Land Mine, Boy, 11, Moves Israel
New York Times 13 May 2010 – After an appeal from a wounded boy, Israel may finally be set to remove most of the 260,000 land mines lining its borders.
Israeli Soldiers Continue To Use Children As Human Shields
Palestine Monitor – Child organisation DCI-Palestine has documented two new cases of children used as human shields by Israeli soldiers during military operations. In the old city of Nablus, while searching her house, Dua’a (16) was ordered by Israeli troops to open closets and lift beds, while the soldiers…
Dershowitz Goes To Tel Aviv
Mondoweiss – In an angry, demagogic speech at Tel Aviv University’s graduation ceremony this week, Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz stridently attacked Israeli academics who have dissented from their government’s positions and who have sought to rally outside pressure against the occupation of Palestine. He singled out…
New ‘HRW’ report affirms Goldstone’s claim: Israel wantonly destroyed Gaza’s civilian infrastructure
Mondoweiss – In its official responses to the Goldstone Report , Israel has vehemently denied that it purposely and systematically destroyed Gaza’s civilian infrastructure during “Operation Cast Lead,” as the U.N. report alleges. One of the many damning allegations in the report states that as the Israeli military began…
Dersh the knife
Mondoweiss – Last Saturday Alan Dershowitz gave a speech at Tel Aviv University in which he lashed out at professors who criticize Israel and use their Jewishness to do so. And those who aren’t Jewish, too. Dershowitz apparently told a story about fellow Harvard Law School prof Duncan…
‘J Street’ calls out Conference of Presidents over two-state-solution
Mondoweiss – I keep waiting for Americans for Peace Now to leave the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations because it’s a rightwing organization that doesn’t stand for what APN stands for, a two-state solution. The reason APN hangs in there is because of access, solidarity….
If OECD membership is the soft carrot, where’s the stick?
Mondoweiss – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) —a group of 31 governments designed to address economic, social and environmental issues — decided earlier this week to make Israel a full member of the coalition. I’m in Paris right now, and when I heard the news…
Articles
The Ongoing Erasure of Palestine
Naseer Aruri, ZNet5/12/2010
While many still entertain the idea of two sovereign states, Palestine and Israel, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, history, politics, and geography have made this solution unattainable for certain people — whatever rhetorical changes in American foreign policy may emerge from the Obama Administration. In fact, if the handling of the Goldstone report by Obama and his UN ambassador Susan Rice is an example, then the difference between Bush and Obama on Palestine/Israel is perhaps imaginary.
The Zionist movement and the Israeli state are in the last stages of achieving effective sovereignty over all of historic Palestine. Jewish ownership of the entire land of Palestine has been the ideological sine qua non of the state and of its progenitor, Zionism, from the outset. This central goal has been consistently obfuscated by, among many other ploys, issues of “security”; eternal victimization, the Nazi Holocaust and demands of “recognition” both of the right of Israel to exist in general and specifically as a “Jewish State.”
The Israeli nomenclature, “Judaization” of the land, first entered general public discourse in 1976, during the massive land confiscations of the country’s Palestinian citizens of the Galilee. We must acknowledge that we are witnessing the Judaization of what remains to Palestinians of historic Palestine (with the possible exception of the Gaza Strip).
Failure to understand the process of Judaization, on the one hand, and the concomitant erasure of Palestinian WUJUD (existence), in all its forms, on the other hand, dooms all of us to continue granting Israel and its supporters the power to accomplish the process of negating Palestinian identity and nationhood. Israel continues to dispossess as many Palestinians as possible. Self-governance is a chimera. ‘Legal’ manipulations; confiscation; expulsion and brute force are the reality. — See also: PDF Version more..e-mail
A Tale of Lies, Deceit, and Terrorism
William A. Cook, Information Clearing House5/13/2010
The Birth of Israel
(Based on classified documents from the Jewish Agency and its affiliated organizations seized by the British Mandate Police, materials that confirm that the Zionist controlled Jewish community intended to remove the Arab inhabitants of Palestine from their land and make the whole of Mandate Palestine a Jewish State, an intent that continues to the present day as the new book, The Plight of the Palestinians: a Long History of Destruction, available at Macmillan.com, demonstrates.)
“Jewish villages we
re built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because Geography books no longer exist, not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either … There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population.” (Moshe Dayan, Address to the Technion, Haifa, as quoted in Haaretz, 4-4-1969)
Thus began in November of 1947 what is euphemistically called the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by the combined forces of the Jewish armies, the Haganah, the Stern, and the Irgun as they drove more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs from their homes leaving them destitute, homeless and abandoned without a country in what is now the largest refugee Diaspora in the world.
More truthfully, the plight of the Palestinians that began so ruthlessly in 1947, and is now called the Nakba, was an intentional, calculated campaign to force the Palestinian Arabs out of Palestine, a systematic genocide of a people as defined by the United Nations in its adoption of Genocide Convention, Article II.
The United Kingdom had mandatory authority from the League of Nations to govern the Palestine area with the establishment of the Palestine Mandate in 1922…. more.. e-mail
Desperately smearing Goldstone
Larry Derfner, Jerusalem Post5/12/2010
Goldstone’s “exposure” as apartheid-era hanging judge is so pathetic. Inside the Israeli echo chamber, it’s now “case closed” on the war in Gaza. The country’s biggest newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, has “exposed” Judge Richard Goldstone as an apartheid-era hanging judge. This proves he’s a huge hypocrite whose word means nothing, which proves his report on the war in Gaza means nothing, which proves Operation Cast Lead was every bit the shining example of restraint and purity of arms Israel says it was.
That’s the verdict in here. Outside the echo chamber, though, in the saner parts of the world, this episode can only make us look even guiltier. To any but a brainwashed Israeli or “Israel advocate,” this Goldstone ploy is so transparent, so pathetic. All it proves is how desperate this country has become, how blind we are to ourselves and to how others see us.
Israel is accusing Richard Goldstone of having been an enforcer of apartheid. The word “chutzpa” doesn’t get it. The word “gall” doesn’t get it. The closest word I can think of to describe this is “grotesque.”
I’m sure Goldstone made at least some bad, even immoral decisions from the bench during the years of apartheid. He set for himself the task of stretching a viciously unjust legal system in the direction of justice, and I’m sure there were times he could have stretched it more.
But in all, he was one of the good guys of that terrible time.
NELSON MANDELA knows it. After Mandela was elected president in 1994, he appointed Goldstone to South Africa’s highest court. Earlier, during the transition to democracy, Mandela concurred in Goldstone’s appointment to head an extremely explosive inquiry into regime-sponsored murder (in which it was found that Goldstone himself had been on the hit list. more.. e-mail
Israel increasingly resembling a police state
Electronic Intifada: 13 May 2010 – RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) – Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu has been sentenced to another three months imprisonment for allegedly refusing to perform community service in West Jerusalem. His arrest follows the detention of Palestinian leaders in Israel.
Israeli Soldiers Continue To Use Children As Human Shields
Palestine Monitor: 13 May 2010 – Child organisation DCI-Palestine has documented two new cases of children used as human shields by Israeli soldiers during military operations. In the old city of Nablus, while searching her house, Dua’a (16) was ordered by Israeli troops to open closets and lift beds, while the soldiers remained metres away: “They moved three metres backward towards the door while aiming their weapons at me… They ordered me to search the closets and other items in the room.” Read the full story: http://www.dci-pal.org/english/doc/… Sabri (14) was forced to walk in front of Israeli soldiers while stones were being hurled at them, during protests on the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: ” They were hiding behind me so I could cover them from the stones. They were shouting and saying in Hebrew ‘Throw! Throw!’ to the young men who were throwing stones.” According to an article published by Maan News Agency, the Israeli army…
Yemen’s Sorrowful Options: ‘Revolt, Migrate or Die’
Palestine Chronicle: 13 May 2010 – By Ramzy Baroud When the Soviets concluded their pull out from Afghanistan in February 1989, the United States government abruptly lost interest in the country. A devastated economic infrastructure, entrenched poverty, deep-rooted factionalism and lack of international aid caused the country to descend into complete chaos. Internal violence also worsened, but it was no longer an American concern. All that mattered was that the Cold War rival had been defeated. Mission accomplished. Afghanistan remains the starkest illustration of how poor countries are used, then betrayed when their usefulness runs out. But Afghanistan is not an exception; US relations with many other countries, including Pakistan, Somalia and the Palestinian Authority remain hostage to this very model. Yemen is now emerging as the newest casualty. Its government is desperate to hold on to the rein of power, amid corruption, extreme poverty and untold Western pressures. Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s president of…more
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