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Israel Planning More Home Demolition, Evacuation In East Jerusalem
IMEMC – 17 May 2010 – The Israeli government is planning to demolish and evacuate dozens of Palestinian homes and buildings in Silwan and Al Bustan neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. The plans were presented to the Israeli government and its legal counselor in preparation to present them to the “Planning and Construction” Committee in Jerusalem.
Erekat: “Mitchell And Abbas To Meet Wednesday”
IMEMC – 17 May 2010 – Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will meet this coming Wednesday not Tuesday as previously declared, and intend hold talks on the issues of borders and security.
Israeli Official: “Solidarity Ships Will Not Be Allowed To Reach Gaza”
IMEMC – 17 May 2010 – Head of the European Division at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Noar Gilon, stated Monday that Israel will prevent solidarity ships, planned to reach the Gaza Strip this month, from reaching the coast of Gaza.
Israeli Court Allow Makhoul To See His Legal Team
IMEMC – 17 May 2010 – After 12 days of detaining him, Amir Makhoul, a Palestinian community leader from Haifa, is allowed to see his lawyers before a court hearing.
The Israeli Police Attack Jerusalem’s Street Market
IMEMC – 17 May 2010 – Israeli police officers attacked on Monday Palestinians street market at Jerusalem’s old city.
Chief Palestinian negotiator questions Israeli commitment to peace talks
IMEMC – 17 May 2010 – Saeb Erekat, who has been chief Palestinian negotiator with the Israeli government since the Oslo Accords of 1993, told an audience in Tel Aviv Sunday that the Palestinian people’s patience is running thin, due to ongoing Israeli obstruction of peace talks.
Ninth boat to join Freedom Flotilla to Gaza
5/17/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – A second boat will leave Ireland to join the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza, Palestinian lawmaker Jamal Al-Khudari announced on Monday. The boat follows the MV Rachel Corrie, which raised anchor on Saturday, and will head to the Mediterranean port of Cyprus, where it will join the Rachel, three Turkish ships and five….
PA official home raided by Israeli forces
5/17/2010 – Hebron – Ma’an – The Israeli army reportedly raided the home of Palestinian Authority Interior Ministry official on Sunday in Hebron, in the village of Su’eer, witnesses said. General director of PA’s ministry office in Hebron Kayed Jaradat’s home was searched by Israeli soldiers, using sniffer dogs, witnesses said.” Most of the home’s contents were destroyed in….
Limited Israeli incursion reported in southern Gaza
5/17/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Israeli forces reportedly entered close to the buffer zone southeast of Gaza, entering nearly 500 meters near Khan Younis, according to locals. The force, which sources said was comprised of three Israeli tanks and four military bulldozers, reportedly opened fire at residents’ homes, with no injuries reported. Locals further said land was bulldozed….
Palestinian girls win award for sensor cane at Intel fair
5/17/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Three Palestinian teenagers from the UNWRA school in the Askar refugee camp in Nablus were the first Palestinians to win an award on Monday at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose in California.Aseel Abu Aleil, Noor Alarada and Aseel Alshaar picked up a special award in applied electronics, having competed against 15,000 finalists from around the world, a statement read.The fourteen year olds scooped the prize for inventing an electronic sensor cane for the visually impaired, which for the first time sends an infrared signal downwards as well as forwards. Praising the originality of the invention, Mark Uslan, a Director at the American Federation of the Blind said, “Although various types of “Àúlaser canes’ have existed since the early 1970s, the girls’ design resolves a fundamental flaw in previous models by detecting holes in the ground,” the statement read. Related:Gaza student denied travel to conference
Gaza student denied travel to conference
5/17/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – A Palestinian student from Gaza was barred from traveling on Monday to an international conference in the Czech Republic due to the ongoing closure of the coastal enclave’s borders. Rifat Abd Elaal, an engineering student at the Islamic University in Gaza, was due to attend the International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague, sponsored by the Czech government, the EU, the UN, and Price Waterhouse Cooper. Speaking with Ma’an, Abd Elaal said he had attempted all avenues available to him to procure a visa, which can be obtained at the Czech Consulate in Ramallah, Tel Aviv or Cairo. However, due to the ongoing siege imposed by Israel, he was unable to travel to any of them.The Czech Consulate proposed that he apply via email to request a visa without going through the formal interview process, given the restriction of movement facedby him and the population of Gaza, but he said he has yet to receive a response. Related:Palestinian girls win award for sensor cane at Intel fair
Abbas spokesman: Negotiations likely to fail
5/17/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Indirect negotiations are not likely to create significant changes or advancements in the peace process, Fatah official and presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudaineh said on Sunday. Blaming “Israeli stubbornness and insistence to continue building in settlements,” Abu Rudaineh cast a pessimistic shadow over indirect negotiations scheduled to resume on Monday as US Middle….
Israeli press labels Gaza workers infiltrators
5/17/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Just over one month after Israeli military orders 1649 and 1650 went into effect, the Israeli mainstream press began labeling Gaza workers in Israel “infiltrators.” Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth’s English news site published the story “IDF nabs 2 Gazan infiltrators” on Monday, saying that what appear to be illegal workers were suspected of “terrorist….
16 Gaza residents reportedly detained at Cairo airport
5/17/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Approximately 16 Gaza residents were detained by Egypt at Cairo airport on Monday en route to Gaza, sources with the Islamic Jihad movement said. Sources said the movement would call o
n Egypt to release the detainees, reportedly all young men, in order to maintain good relations between Palestinians and Cairo. Six Islamic Jihad….
Hamas rebuffs rumors of severed ties with Egypt
5/17/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Hamas continued to deny reports that Egypt has frozen all contact with the Islamist movement on Monday, a party spokesman said. Sami Abu Zuhri told Ma’an that the issue was “mere media speculation,” but added that relations between Gaza and Cairo are tense following an escalation in security measures by Egyptian forces along….
2 Gaza crossings open
5/17/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – As an apparent trend of increased goods destined for Gaza continues, Israeli officials informed Palestinian liaison officers that two crossings into the coastal enclave would open on Monday. The northernmost Karni crossing was expected to receive 120 truckloads ofwheat and animal feed via the bulk goods transport system at the terminal, liaison official….
Gaza refugee released from Israeli custody
5/17/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – A Gaza refugee camp resident was released from Israeli custody on Sunday evening, following three years of detention. Na’im Muhammad Atallah, from the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, was detained during an Israeli operation in the camp. Upon his release, family members and friends received Atallah at the Erez crossing….
UK ‘concerned’ real passport used in Mabhouh hit
5/17/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The British government said it was deeply concerned that a genuine UK passport may have been used in the alleged assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai in January 2010, a consulate spokesman told Ma’an on Monday.”We’re very concerned that someone who has possession of what appears to be a genuine….
PA launches door-to-door settlement good boycott
5/17/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority will officially launch its settlement goods boycott campaign, entitled House to House, on Tuesday at 10am across the West Bank, aimed at encouraging residents to opt for Palestinian produce instead. The campaign, which will see over 3,000 volunteers go door-to-door to distribute the first part of a settlement produce guide….
PA dissolves ministries of information, sport
5/17/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Insisting the move was not part of the anticipated Ramallah-based government cabinet shuffle, officials said Sunday that the ministries of information and sport were replaced with “higher councils.” Caretaker government spokesperson Ghassan Al-Khatib told Ma’an that the ministries of sport and information were dismantled during the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, and replaced….
Could Fatah and Hamas unite on the football pitch?
5/17/2010 – Nablus – Ma’an – The pioneer behind the world’s largest kenafeh, Muhannad Ar-Rabi, said plans are underway to organize a football match between members of the Palestinian Authority, the PLO and other Palestinian officials at the Nablus municipality sports field. The match will take place at the end of the month and will include two teams of….
Fatah, Hamas leaders talk unity in Nablus
5/17/2010 – Nablus – Ma’an – High-profile Hamas and Fatah leaders met in Nablus on Sunday evening for extensive talks on implementing the Egyptian-backed unity deal, Fatah Central Committee member Azzam Al-Ahmad told Ma’an. Al-Ahmad himself and Fatah Central Committee member Sakhr Bseisu met with Nasser Addin Ash-Sha’er, former deputy prime minister, Samir Abu Eisha, former minister of finance….
Arab Women in Sports Media: A unique experience
5/17/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The three-day Arab Women in Sports Media conference in Damascus was a unique experience, bringing together female journalists from 15 Arab countries, over workshops and lectures from 9am to 3pm. Talks focused on the role of women in sports media and their long-standing efforts to “prove themselves” in a largely male-dominated field. Female….
Nablus to host latest Palestine Motor Sport race
5/17/2010 – Nablus – Ma’an – The second round of the Palestinian Motor Sport Series 2010 will begin in Nablus on Friday, Palestinian Motor Sport Federation officials announced. The event, sponsored by Wataniya Communications, will see racers take to their cars for the first round at 9am on Faisal Street in Nablus City, which will see both men and….
PSE: Al-Quds Index drops drastically
5/17/2010 – Nablus – Ma’an – Shares on the Palestine Securities Exchange fell sharply on Monday, with the Al-Quds Index diving by 6. 87 points, a total of 1. 36 percent, further impounding Sunday’s losses. A total of 1,433,112 shares were traded, executed through 575 trades, at a total volume of 2,414,237. 63 US dollars. Shares in five companies….
After entry ban, Chomsky to deliver Birzeit lecture via videoconference
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – New York – After Israel denied him entry to the West Bank, renowned American intellectual Noam Chomsky is to deliver his planned lecture at Ramallah’s Birzeit University via videoconference from Amman, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported…
Elivs Costello cancels Israel concerts
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – New York – Following pressure from boycott campaigners, rock musician Elvis Costello announced on Saturday that he is canceling a pair of scheduled concerts in Israel. In a statement on his website, Costello said the decision…
Report: Limited Israeli incursion in Gaza
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – New York – Israeli forces reportedly staged a limited incursion in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, according to Ma’an News Agency . According to the report, three tanks and four military bulldozers operated 500 meters inside…
Barghouthi: Solve Palestine, solve the Middle East
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – Washington – “The real catalyst for peace and democracy in the region is not to be found on the rocky road through Tehran or Baghdad, but rather on the road through Jerusalem,” Palestinian National Initiative Secretary-General…
Israel vows to stop Gaza convoy
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – EU diplomats told ‘Freedom Flotilla’ wil
l be barred New York – Israel informed European diplomats on Monday that a plan to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip by sea will be considered a “provocation” and…
Fake Gilad Shailt interview published in Gaza
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – Washington – The Hamas-owned Falasteen newspaper published a fabricated interview with captured solider Gilad Shailt this morning, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Monday. Marchers protest for Shalit’s release [Photo: Noam Kedem – Flickr] Falasteen’s Editor-in-Chief Mustafa…
Did settlers threaten to ‘blow up’ Rahm Emmanuel’s son’s bar mitzvah?
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – New York – After taking steps toward holding his son’s bar mitzvah at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, White House chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel apparently cancelled this plan after extremist Israeli settlers threatened the ceremony with violence,…
Erekat: Abbas meeting Mitchell Wednesday
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – Washington – Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell Wednesday, AFP reported Monday. Mitchell (right) last met with Abbas (left) to deliver US President…
Israel to assist with WB bird flu outbreak
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – Washington – In response to last week’s avian flu outbreak in a West Bank village chicken population, the Israeli Agricultural Ministry has sent veterinary reinforcements for the culling of the birds and echoed the Palestinian’s call…
Report: Egypt denies entry visas to Hamas officials
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – Washington – The temperature of Hamas-Egypt relations appears to have hit a record low as Egyptian daily Al-Mesryoon reported Cairo is freezing diplomatic channels with Gaza “in response to defamation campaign against Egypt.” Hamas accused Egypt…
Abbas spokesman: Negotiations likely to fail
Palestine Note 17 May 2010 – Abu Rudaina: Israel’s settlements to blame New York – Renewed indirect peace talks with Israel are unlikely to produce significant results, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ spokesman was quoted as saying on Sunday. Nabil Abu Rudeina…
American Arab will bring Arab culture to Miss universe contest
Palestine Note 16 May 2010 – For years, Arabs have wondered why more Arab countries have not participated in the Miss Universe competition showcasing the beauty of the Arab Woman. There are 22 Arab countries yet only two had the courage (or…
West ‘concerned’ despite Iran deal
AlJazeera 17 May 2010 – US, EU and Britain say uranium exchange plan fails to address issues over Iran’s intentions.
Israel warns against Gaza flotilla
AlJazeera 17 May 2010 – Israel says plans by activists to break blockade with aid ships are a “provocation”.
Police: Woman thought to have killed herself may have been murdered
Ha’aretz – Body of Netta Blatt-Sorek, 52, was found near a monastery in Beit Shemesh about three months ago.
Suspect in kidnap of Jerusalem businesswoman named over separate shooting attack
Ha’aretz – Suspect said he wanted revenge after a businessman took over management of a parking lot in which was employed, and from which he stole large amounts of money before the executive switch.
After miracle soccer victory, Jaffa revels in the spoils
Ha’aretz – The biggest home draw ‚àí particularly for Arab residents ‚àí remains Hapoel Tel Aviv, who play in Jaffa’s Bloomfield Stadium.
Some 700 Haredim riot in Jerusalem after graves removed from Ashkelon ER site
Ha’aretz – Jerusalem cuts off services to Haredi neighborhoods due to violent protests; at least 30 arrested in last two days.
Israel to Europe: Stop your citizens from sailing to Gaza with aid
Ha’aretz – Israel to deport Turkish volunteer arrested by Shin Bet for allegedly belonging to outlawed Islamist group organizing aid boat to Gaza.
IDF concerned settler violence could spark Palestinian uprising
Ha’aretz – GOC Central Command tells Kfir Brigade soldiers the IDF does not know of any Palestinian plans for response, but to prepare for possibility.
Israel fears Iran nuclear deal will delay UN sanctions
Ha’aretz – Iran vows to continue high-grade nuclear fuel enrichment despite swap deal; White House: Iran must prove its nuclear program is peaceful.
Barak to lawmakers: Don’t present Israel as opponents of peace
Ha’aretz – Defense Minister tells Labor MKs that Israel must work on building trust with U.S., stressing breadth of American assistance.
Hamas publishes fake interview with abducted Israeli soldier Shalit
Ha’aretz – Last sign of life from Shalit was a video clip released by Hamas in September, in which the soldier addressed his family and held up a copy of a newspaper to prove that he had in fact been filmed on that date.
Report: Son of British Jew named as latest suspect in Dubai murder
Ha’a
retz – Dubai police have now identified 33 people suspected of killing Hamas operative, most of them named through forged passports.
Gazan plea to be allowed to attend IYL conference in Prague
17 May 2010 – Gaza, May 17, (Pal telegraph) My name is Refaat Abd Elaal, and I am currently a student in the Gaza Strip. I have recently been the recipient of an invite to the International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague (11th-16th July), but am currently unable to procure a visa to attend, due to the political situation here. As the first Palestinian…
American-Egyptian pop artist to visit WB soon
17 May 2010 – Jerusalem, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) The American pop artist and songwriter, Kareem Salama, intends to visit Jerusalem and the West Bank, between 20-23 May, in the context of a tour that will include six countries in the Middle East which are: Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Bahrain, Syria, and will last for one month. During his visit to Jerusalem and the…
Palestinians win Intel Science Fair award
17 May 2010 – West Bank, May 17, (Pal Telegraph – Agencies) Three fourteen year-old girls from the UNRWA school at Askar refugee camp in Nablus have won an award at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, California. Aseel Abu Aleil, Noor Alarada and Aseel Alshaar picked up a special award in ‘applied electronics’ at the event – the world’s premier…
World’s largest head-dress marks Palestinian ‘Nakbah’
17 May 2010 – Beirut, May 17, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) -Giant keffiyeh highlights UN Resolution 194 on right of Palestinians to return to their homes. Lebanese and Palestinian activists on Saturday marked the “catastrophe” of Israel’s creation on their land by setting a record for the world’s largest keffiyeh, or Arab head-dress. The 6,552-metre (21,496-foot) chain of scarves was laid out on the grounds…
Freedom Flotilla are on their way to Gaza
17 May 2010 – Gaza, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) Its reported that the Freedom Flotilla’s number of vessels coming into the Gaza Strip rose to nine ships, with the addition of new vessels, and that it will reach the port of Gaza’s sea on May 27. The nine vessels are divided between boats carrying passengers and cargo ships weighing a tonnage of 10,000 tones…
Clashes erupt in Hebron
17 May 2010 – Hebron, May 17, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided number of neighborhoods in Hebron today, besides clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers at the entrance of Al-Aroub refugee camp. Security sources reported that IOF fired sound and gas bombs at a group of Palestinian boys who responded by throwing stones, adding that number of the boys…
Boycott campaign results clsoure of 17 settlement factories in WB
17 May 2010 – West Bank, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) The boycott campaign that calls for boycotting the products of the settlements’ factories, adopted by the Palestinians in the West Bank, caused the closure of at least seventeen factories since its start several months ago. For the Israelis, as reported by The Washington Post, Avi Alekiam, which represents owners of three hundred factories in…
Rafah broder opens for third consecutive day
17 May 2010 – Gaza, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) The Borders and Crossings Authority announced today that the Rafah crossing will be working for the third consecutive day in both directions to allow the departure of humanitarian cases and Palestinian patients leave Gaza to Egypt, Arab aand foreign countries. In a statement they issued today, they confirmed that the third day is dedicated to…
Israel conducts limited incursion in Khan Younis
17 May 2010 – Gaza, May 17, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces raided today a limited area in Al-Qrara to the east of Khan Younis, in central Gaza Strip. According SAFA news agency, four bulldozers and three tanks invaded 500 meter in Al- Qrara area near the borders with the Palestinian occupied land of 48. The bulldozers razed agricultural lands and the…
ECESG launches “boat 8000” to sail to Gaza
17 May 2010 – Gaza, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) The “European campaign to End the Siege on Gaza,” launched a boat named “the boat 8000” relating to the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli Jails, “the boat 8000” is one of the naval vessels of the “freedom fleet”, which will travel to the Gaza Strip, loaded with humanitarian aid and building materials in addition…
I’M SURPRISED ISRAEL DID NOT GIVE CHOMSKY THE ‘RED CARPET’ WELCOME
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – Yesterday a post appeared on this Blog dealing with Noam Chomsky being denied entry to Israel. In the report, Chomsky is referred to as a ‘Left wing American Jewish Intellectual’. In his own words, he admits that his barred entrance has nothing to do with positions he might hold about Israel. Take notice that he…
U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – This document is a classifed (SECRET/NOFORN) 32 page U.S. counterintelligence investigation into WikiLeaks. “The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in the U.S. government are providing sensitive or classified information to Wikileaks.org cannot be ruled out”. It concocts a plan to fatally marginalize the organization. Since WikiLeaks uses “trust as a…
Israel calls for expelling anyone marking Nakba from occupied Palestinian lands
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – Israeli minister of finance Yuval Steinitz called for withdrawing the nationality from everyone inciting against Israel and commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). During the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Steinitz said it was intolerable and unforgivable to see Arabs and some Jews challenging the mere existence of Israel. The Israeli minister…
Gaza sight-bites
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – It’s hard, in Gaza, to find a taxi, wall, or t-shirt (including mens) that isn’t adorned with hearts. There’s an obsession with love here, in the words and in the decor. Waiting for a taxi early morning, I see a cart that hasn’t yet set out to sell or collect whatever goods allow its owner…
Can Only a Catastrophe Unite Us?
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – Every year Palestinians commemorate this tragic event. And every year, the hope that the injustice caused by this event will be rectified becomes slimmer and slimmer. Al Nakba or the Catastrophe is a wound all Palestinians bear, refugee or otherwise. Sixty-two years ago, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or lost their homes in fear…
A force more powerful
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – Later this month, ships from all over the world will converge in the Mediterranean and set sail for the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip. This international coalition is called the Freedom Flotilla. The Free Gaza Movement has sailed eight missions to Gaza in the past three years, five of them successful. The last three were…
Israeli Official: “Solidarity Ships Will Not Be Allowed To Reach Gaza”
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – Head of the European Division at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Noar Gilon, stated Monday that Israel will prevent solidarity ships, planned to reach the Gaza Strip this month, from reaching the coast of Gaza. Gilon claimed that those who want to send aid to Gaza must coordinate the issue with the Israeli government. Yet, Israel…
Expert: Israel steals Gaza water to supply its settlements
Uruknet May 17, 2010 — Dr. Akram Al-Hallaq, a professor of geography at the Aqsa university in Gaza, said that Israel is persistent in stealing and exhausting Gaza water resources in order to supply its nearby settlements. In an academic study titled “The Israeli policies of depleting fresh groundwater in the Gaza Strip,” Hallaq affirmed that Israel had drilled a…
Being pro-humanity is not anti-Semitic
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – The importance of the Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be stressed enough. The high profile the issue has across the world illustrates its key status in world affairs. All the more reason, therefore, that debate surrounding it is not clouded by accusations of racism in place of open discussion. The New York Times published recently a fascinating…
Gaza student denied travel to conference
Uruknet May 17, 2010 – A Palestinian student from Gaza was barred from traveling on Monday to an international conference in the Czech Republic due to the ongoing closure of the coastal enclave’s borders. Rifat Abd Elaal, an engineering student at the Islamic University in Gaza, was due to attend the International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague, sponsored by the…
Al Nakba: Expelled from Home and Native Land but Not from History
Uruknet May 16, 2010 – When asked for a definition of “peace” during a CBC interview, Canadian scientist, educator and renowned activist Ursula Franklin stated: “Peace is not just the absence of war. It is the presence of justice and the absence of fear.” This simple definition helps explain why there is still no peace in Palestine. The man-made Palestinian…
Video: Chomsky: “We were denied entry”
Uruknet May 16, 2010 – Noam Chomsky, a renowned Jewish-American scholar and political activist, has been barred from entering Israel to deliver a speech at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. He spoke to Al Jazeera about his hours-long wait at the Israeli border, and the explanation he was given for being denied entry…
Israel dismayed by agreement
The National 17 May 2010 – The apparent breakthrough nuclear deal Iran agreed to yesterday was met with widespread scepticism in Israel.
Israel compares South African judge who accused it of war crimes to Nazis
The National 17 May 2010 – It says Richard Goldstone sentenced dozens of black Africans to death on behalf of South Africa’s apartheid-era regime.
Russia relieves Syria’s stumbling economy
The National 17 May 2010 – While the US has moved slowly, Moscow has quickly reached out to its cold war ally, concluding deals to supply the Middle Eastern country with advanced military technology.
International Solidarity Movement
Eight arrested in Beit Jala bulldozer action
5/17/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – UPDATE: All eight of the activists arrested yesterday during the demonstration in Beit Jala were released last night at 11:30 p. m. Each arrestee was individually interrogated, and required to give the police his or her phone number as contact information “in case further investigation is needed”. No other conditions were stipulated. Demonstrators obstructed….
Grapes withering on the vine
5/17/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Souad has lost access to the land that provides her livelihood – Souad lives in the beautiful village of Safa, south west of Bethlehem, close by the path of the apartheid wall. From her house in the village it is only a short walk to her land an entire, rolling hillside, the summit of which….
Egypt Arrests 16 Islamic Jihad Members
PNN – Gaza – PNN – The Egyptian security arrested on Monday 16 members from the Islamic Jihad Movement upon their arrival in Cairo international airport. Among the 16 were injured men who were…
The Israeli Police Attack Jerusalem’s Street Market
PNN – Jerusalem PNN – Israeli police officers attacked on Monday Palestinians street market at Jerusalem’s old city. Police officers confiscated the kiosks and assaulted their owners. This market is one of the…
Israeli Court Allow Makhoul To See His Legal Team
PNN – Haifa – PNN – After 12 days of detaining him, Ammer Makhoul, a Palestinian community leader from Haifa, is allowed to see his lawyers before a court hearing. The Israeli court at…
WELLA Turns donkeys To Zebras In Gaza
PNN – Mohamed Al Astall Gaza PNN- You always wonder what Gazans will do to ease their suffering due to the three yeas long Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. When Israel…
MP El-Khoudary: Free Gaza Ships Arrive In May 27th
PNN – Gaza – PNN – Free Gaza Ships fleet is expected to doc in the Gaza Strip on May 27th, MP Jamal El-Khoudary from the Popular Committee Against the Siege stated. On may…
Nativity Siege Exiled Activities .. Eight Years Of Suffering
PNN – Ameen Abu Wardah Fatmah Ibraheem- PNN ” we, as Palestinian President Abbas once said, are a sign of sham in the Palestinian Authority’s history” “We hold the PA responsible for the…
MIDEAST: Israel, Iran Talking War to Ward Off War?
IPS JERUSALEM, May 17 (IPS) – Suddenly, the Middle East is awash with talk of war this summer. Or, is the talk of war merely meant to keep war at bay?
Beit Jala salutes the Nakba by stopping Israeli bulldozers for two hours
Stop The Wall – For weeks now, the people of Beit Jala, on whose lands the Apartheid Wall is to be constructed, have staged ongoing protests to stop the bulldozers from destroying their land and building the Wall. This time, the demonstrators were even able to fix and raise a Palestinian flag on one of the bulldozers. [
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Palestinian Killed by Gunmen in Ya’bad Village Family Dispute
PCHR 16 May 2010 – Field Update On Sunday, 16 May 2010, Mahmoud Ibrahim Abdullah Torkman, 55, from Ya’bad village, southwest of Jenin, was killed by two bullets to the stomach. ‘Ezzat Isma’il al-Fari, 30, from the nearby Kfairet village, fired at Torkman in an apparent family dispute. Al-Fari turned himself in to the Palestinian police in Jenin after committing the crime. This crime constitutes….
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Gidi Shmerling to join PM’s Office as spokesman
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2010 – Jerusalem Municipality spokesman to take charge of Israeli press, Nir Hefetz upgraded to communications adviser and head of public diplomacy at PMO.
US to continue push for sanctions
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2010 – Iran agrees to ship some uranium to Turkey, keeps enrichment going.
Mofaz: Livni was mistaken to attack haredim
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2010 – Comes after opposition leader attacks haredi leadership for ultra-Orthodox not joining work force, IDF.
PM to Abbas: Show Sadat’s courage
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2010 – “The Likud brought peace with Egypt that has lasted,” says Netanyahu.
Hamas publishes fabricated Schalit interview
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2010 – Writer quotes soldier as ‘saying’ he is healthy, treated well.
‘IDF to blame for price-tag atmosphere’
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2010 – Rabbi Shapira urges fierce defense of Judea and Samaria hilltops.
Boycott Could Compel Government to End the Occupation, Levy Says
WAFA – TEL AVIV, May 17, 2010 (WAFA)- “Yes, an Israeli who lives in Israel will have a hard time preaching to others about the virtues of a boycott‚Ķ,but it is his right to believe that a boycott could
After Denied Entry to West Bank, Chomsky Likens Israel to ‘Stalinist Regim’, Hass Writes
WAFA – TEL AVIV, May 17, 2010 (WAFA) – ‘I find it hard to think of a similar case, in which entry to a person is denied because he is not lecturing in Tel Aviv. Perhaps only in Stalinist regimes,’ Amira
Ramallah Municipality Names Street after Hanna Mikhaeil
WAFA – RAMALLAH, May 17, 2010 (WAFA)- Ramallah Municipality has named, today, a street in Ramallah after the late
Palestinian Girls Scoop ‘Special Award’ At World’s Top Science Competition
WAFA – JERUSALEM, May 17, 2010 (WAFA)- Three girls from the UNRWA School at Askar Camp in Nablus have made history by becoming the first Palestinians to win an award at the world’s premier youth science
IOF Conducts 19 Attacks Against Gazan Fisherment
WAFA – GAZA, May 17, 2010 (WAFA)- Between 1 January 2010 and 30 April 2010, there was a significant increase in the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Centre for
Palestinians Rights Reaffirmed in Nakbe Commemoration
WAFA – RAMALLAH, May 17, 2010 (WAFA)- Presidency Secretary General Tayib Abdul-Rahim said, today, that the
Israel’s apartheid road | Rachel Shabi
The Guardian 17 May 2010 – The ban on Palestinians using highway 443 has been lifted but sidestepped by the Israeli army. It’s bare-faced segregation If you didn’t have peripheral vision, it would probably be fine. If you didn’t glance to the…
OPT: UNRWA Girls Scoop “Special Award” At World’s Top Science Competition
Relief Web 17 May 2010 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
US still concerned over Iranian nukes
YNet News – White House issues statement saying uranium swap deal between Iran, Brazil….
MK Mofaz: Livni against haredim to gain Shenkin’s support
YNet News – In interview with haredi newspaper, Kadima member slams party chairwoman’s ‘hate….
Bill: Grant foreign kids legal status
YNet News – MKs propose bill granting visa to all people born, educated in Israel and….
Plan: IDF to replace Border Guard forces
YNet News – Army considers transferring elite Border Guard units, deploying Home Front….
Barak: Israel must seek peace as US pursues Iran
YNet News – Labor chairman explains to his faction that ‘fundamental change’ needed in….
Settlers to battle Palestinian road plan
YNet News – West Bank Jews vow to battle plan to build Palestinian road over land allocated….
European powers skeptical over Iran-Turkey-Brazil nuke deal
YNet News – Deal drafted between three countries stipulating that Iran will transfer 1,200….
PA boycott threatens tradesmen with jail time
YNet News – In the coming days every Palestinian home in the West Bank will receive a detailed list of 500 products the Palestinian Authority has decided to boycott. The campaign …….
IDF drills takeover of Palestinian city
YNet News – The Kfir Brigade on Monday conducted a first-of-its-kind drill imitating the takeover and occupation of a Palestinian city. GOC Central Command Avi Mizrahi explained …….
Chomsky says Israel acting like ‘totalitarian state’
YNet News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he had learned of the decision not to allow Noam Chomsky to enter Israel from the press, but the 81-year-old …….
Jerusalem: Haredim riot, block main road
YNet News – Some 200 ultra-Orthodox demonstrators made their way to Sabbath Square in Jerusalem Monday, torching trash cans and blocking the main road into the city. Police …….
Deputy IDF chief: Iran linked to everything negative
YNet News – “There is not one negative thing that cannot be linked to Iran, and its ties to Hezbollah and Syria create a sensitive reality that has the potential of developing,” …….
Iran deal to ship uranium abroad meets Western skepticism
Daily Star 17 May 2010 TEHRAN: Iran agreed Monday to a key big power demand, saying it was ready to ship much of its low-enriched uranium abroad – but immediately rolled out a new obstacle to compromise on its nuclear program…
Al-Qaeda ‘planned World Cup attack’ from Iraqi territory
Daily Star 17 May 2010 BAGHDAD: A senior Al-Qaeda militant had been planning an attack against the soccer World Cup which kicks off in South Afric
a next month, an Iraqi security spokesman said on Monday. The 30-year-old Saudi national, who was…
Estonia to lend IT savvy to Palestinian Authority
Daily Star 17 May 2010 TALLINN: IT-savvy Estonia is to lend some of its expertise to the Palestinian Authority to help boost its e-government and online education services, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said Monday. Palestinian officials will be brought to Estonia…
Abbas to meet America’s peace envoy on Wednesday – Palestinians
Daily Star 17 May 2010 RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to meet US envoy George Mitchell on Wednesday to discuss final-status issues in indirect peace talks with Israel, the chief Palestinian negotiator said. Mitchell will then meet…
France to send Iranian assassin home after academic freed
Daily Star 17 May 2010 PARIS: France decided Monday to send home an Iranian agent it had jailed for murdering the shah’s last prime minister, two days after Tehran freed a young French academic accused of spying. Ali Vakili Rad was…
Moms of 3 US hikers to leave Tuesday for Iran
Daily Star 17 May 2010 NEW YORK: The mothers of three American hikers plan to leave Tuesday for Tehran, where they said they will appeal to Iranian leaders to release their children from prison. Cindy Hickey, Nora Shourd and Laura Fattal…
Iran’s nuclear move may derail U.S. efforts on sanctions
LA Times 18 May 2010 – Agreement by Iran to send nuclear fuel abroad appears to sap some of the momentum for a new round of U.N. Security Council sanctions.
Uranium Offer by Iran May Hinder Efforts on Sanctions
New York Times 17 May 2010 – Monday’s agreement, negotiated by Brazil and Turkey, could undermine efforts in the U.N. to impose new sanctions on Iran.
Israel Roiled After Chomsky Barred From West Bank
New York Times 17 May 2010 – Noam Chomsky, the linguist and icon of the American left, had been barred from entering the occupied West Bank on Sunday.
France Prepares to Release Iranian Assassin
New York Times 17 May 2010 – The release of Ali Vakili Rad, convicted of assassinating an exiled former Iranian prime minister, comes a day after Tehran freed a young French academic.
Mustafa Barghouthi and Noam Chomsky Deliver Joint Condemnation of ‘Facist’ Israeli Policies
Palestine Monitor – MP Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, co-hosted a press conference in Ramallah today with Professor Noam Chomsky, speaking from Amman, Jordan. Professor Chomsky, who along with his daughter was prevented from entering the West Bank yesterday by Israeli authorities, could not…
How To Make A Population Disappear
Palestine Monitor – Maleb Anawi has just received a demolition order for his home. “I asked the police where should I go?”, he says, “I was told that is my problem”. Anawi has no easy answers, already he has moved several times, but on six occasions his property has…
Noam Chomsky Denied Entry Into Israel: Press Conference Today in Ramallah
Palestine Monitor – PRESS INVITATION: MP Dr Mustafa Barghouthi Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative and Dr Mamdouh Aker Commissioner General of Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights cordially invite you to attend a PRESS CONFERENCE “Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel and West Bank” Ramallah MONDAY…
Mustafa Barghouthi Condemns Banning Of Chomsky From WB
Palestine Monitor – MP Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative denounced the refusal of permitting entrance to the American intellectual Professor Noam Chomsky from entering the Palestinian territories. After the Israeli Occupation Authorities detained Professor Chomsky for five hours on the bridge, he was then…
Elvis Costello cancels Israel concerts: sometimes it’s ‘impossible to simply look the other way’
Mondoweiss – Following a campaign by BDS organizers , Elvis Costello has announced that he will be canceling his upcoming shows in Israel. It doesn’t sound like it was an easy decision for him, and he has posted a thoughtful statement about the decision on his website : Then there…
Nakba Day is a reminder that George Mitchell can’t ignore Palestinian refugees
Mondoweiss – Proximity talks signaling the restart of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, which have been on hold for years, are beginning amidst an important reminder of the root cause of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Saturday, May 15, marked Nakba Day. The Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” was the depopulation of Palestine of…
Why can’t ‘NYT’ get on the horn to Finkelstein, Malsin, Falk & famous Spanish clown?
Mondoweiss – Ethan Bronner rushes to assure readers of the New York Times that Israel goofed on the Chomsky denial: Government spokesmen were mortified at the development and issued statements saying that the decision was made by an Interior Ministry official at the Jordan-West Bank border and did…
Kattan: Truman administration threatened sanctions against ‘brutal’ Israeli stance on refugees
Mondoweiss – I am reading From Coexistence to Conquest , by Victor Kattan, an English journalist-scholar (or “hackademic,” as Ilan Pappe once put it), an amazing work of archival archaeology, uncovering the trail of broken promises that is the history of international law and consensus on the Arab-Israeli conflict…
‘NY Revie
w of Books’ goes after the Israel lobby, Jewishly
Mondoweiss – The NY Review of Books has an important piece in its forthcoming issue on the idea that the American Jewish establishment has rigidly sided with Israeli leadership and abandoned liberal American values and endangered the Zionist project. I.e., the New York Review is slamming the Israel…
Articles
The Nakba continues
Saeb Erekat, Jnoubiyeh 5/13/2010
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 1967 border, with East Jerusalem as its capital, is a must. Releasing all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails is a must. Solving all permanent-status issues is a must.
The international community must draw important lessons from the Nakba and make of this anniversary a date when the world upholds international law. No state is above the law, and the international community must end Israeli belligerence and disregard for international law.
Sixty-two years ago tomorrow, more than 726,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes and lands to make way for the State of Israel. They have been prevented from returning ever since. Hundreds of Palestinian villages and neighborhoods were destroyed. Today, over seven million Palestinian refugees live in exile. Of those, more than 1.3 million Palestinians continue to live in 58 UN-administered refugee camps.
In other conflicts, refugee rights have been honored and respected, including the right of return, restitution and compensation. In stark contrast, however, Israel refuses to even recognize the Palestinian right of return, thus continuing to deny the refugees’ basic rights.
The Palestinian Nakba continues to this day, as Israeli practices and policies of evictions, home demolitions, deportations, settlement activities, wall-building as well as closure and siege in both the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip generate new waves of displaced persons.more..e-mail
On my way to Athens by Gilad Atzmon
Gilad Atzmon, Gilad Atzmon 5/14/2010
Next week I am going to be traveling between Istanbul, Athens and Nicosia. I will be giving concerts and talks in support of the coming Free Gaza flotilla. In the last few days, I gave many interviews to Greek papers. Here is one. I guess that it sums up many of my thoughts about Israel, Zionism, Jewish identity, Palestine, Gaza and the Free Gaza mission.
Q. Where were you born and where did you spend your early years?
GA: I was born in Israel in 1963. It took me many years before I realized that the place I was born in was in fact occupied Palestine.
Q. Musician, author, activist, philosopher which of these identities suits you most?
GA: I am a Jazz musician. In ideal terms I would love to see myself as a person who reinvents himself on a daily basis. This is obviously a wet fantasy, a task almost impossible to achieve. But it is something to aspire to. I am academically trained as a philosopher and believe that German philosophy sets the right framework for an articulate, ideological, ethical and universal thinking. I am also an author yet I do not regard myself as an activist. I have never understood what activism stands for. I may as well mention that I am not interested in politics but rather in meaning and implications of political activity and political thinking.
Q: Why do you oppose your Jewish and Israeli identity?
GA: I do not oppose Jewish or Israeli identity. I oppose any possible form of Jewish politics and indeed any identity politics. The reason is simple. Since Jewish identity is racially orientated, every permutation of Jewish politics is racist to the bone and I am obviously against racism. In fact, Israel and Zionism was originally an attempt to rescue the Jew from racist politics and racial political orientation….more..e-mail
Is There Hope for a Two-State Solution?
Naseer Aruri, CounterPunch 5/14/2010
Perhaps it is more appropriate to begin with the question of whether a two-state settlement has ever been possible and/or viable at anytime at all since 1948. This essay begins by delineating the salient factors which dealt a severe blow to the two-state solution. The long diplomatic paralysis and the impediments to a two-state solution, are embedded in the “peace process” itself, and in the ongoing Zionist consensus that pre-1948 Palestine from the River Jordan to he Mediterranean Sea should be a single state under exclusive Israeli sovereignty. In fact, the real function of the “peace process” has been to Shelter Israel from the threat of peace. The peace process is a misnomer that has enabled Israel to escape its obligations to the Palestinian people under international law. Instead, such obligations have been effectively replaced by Israeli decrees presented as American peace initiatives.
As long as the termination of the Israeli occupation is not on the active Israeli agenda, and as long as the political forces in Israel are united in their rejection of a contiguous, viable and practicable Palestinian state, Peace will not be at hand. As long as this consensus aims to destroy the political and national existence of the whole Palestinian community, and deny it the possibility of self-determination, there will be no more than one Israeli state in historic (mandatory) Palestine. This policy, known as “politicide,” may also include partial or total ethnic cleansing. The late Israeli professor, Tanya Rienhart, wrote that “the only two choices the Israeli political system has generated for the Palestinians are apartheid or ethnic cleansing (transfer). Apartheid is the ‘enlightened’ Labour party’s program (as in the Allon or Oslo plan), while the other pole is advocating slow suffocation of the Palestinians, until the eventual ‘transfer’ (mass expulsion) can be accomplished. This is what Israel has been doing to the Palestinian people, persistently since 1948 — destroying the very fabric of the Palestinian nation. Why has peace been such a threat to Israeli leaders?
For Israel, the danger of a permanent peace emanates from a perceived “demographic threat.” Not long after 2010, Palestinian Arabs living under Israeli control will become a majority between the Jordan and the Mediterranean for the first time since 1948….more..e-mail
USAID funding Israel’s apartheid road construction
Electronic Intifada: 17 May 2010 – The construction of
sections of a controversial segregated road network in the West Bank planned by Israel for Palestinians — leaving the main roads for exclusive use by settlers — is being financed by a US government aid agency, a map prepared by Palestinian researchers has revealed. Jonathan Cook reports.
A force more powerful
Electronic Intifada: 17 May 2010 – Later this month, ships from all over the world will converge in the Mediterranean and set sail for the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip. This international coalition is called the Freedom Flotilla. Ewa Jasiewicz comments for The Electronic Intifada.
remarkable urgency
In Gaza: 17 May 2010 – * wheat crops bulldozed in a roughly 15 metre wide track clawed into the land by Israeli military bulldozers and tanks. A dry winter with very late rains at the end of January, the last possible time for planting, the farmers said followed by a dry spring evolved into the beginnings of a dry summer. Called yesterday to accompany farmers in the Faraheen and Khoza’a regions, each east of Khan Younis, we were suddenly busy again. So it goes with the farmers who’ve been forced to give up high-maintenance agriculture and try for the lowest-maintenance crops possible: wheat, rye, lentils. No more trees, they’ve all been bulldozed too many times. Not so many potatoes, nor much parsley they require more water than the sparse rains provided or the destroyed water cisterns, wells and piping allowed for. Whereas before the heightened Israeli army aggressions against these visibly unarmed farmers they would live…
Mustafa Barghouthi and Noam Chomsky Deliver Joint Condemnation of ‘Facist’ Israeli Policies
Palestine Monitor: 17 May 2010 – MP Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, co-hosted a press conference in Ramallah today with Professor Noam Chomsky, speaking from Amman, Jordan. Professor Chomsky, who along with his daughter was prevented from entering the West Bank yesterday by Israeli authorities, could not recall “comparable actions outside of totalitarian states”. Dr. Barghouthi denounced Chomsky’s treatment, saying it “represented facist tendancies” of the Israeli government. Professor Chomsky had been due to deliver addresses at Birzeit University, as well as meeting with public officials and visiting popular protest sites in Bilin and Nilin. Speaking via phone link from Amman he described five hours of interrogation, during which he was informed the questions were coming directly from the Ministry of Interior. Chomsky explained the two recurrent problems the army had with his visit. “The first point was that they dont like my opinions about Israeli policies, which is true of…
How To Make A Population Disappear
Palestine Monitor: 17 May 2010 – Maleb Anawi has just received a demolition order for his home. “I asked the police where should I go?”, he says, “I was told that is my problem”. Anawi has no easy answers, already he has moved several times, but on six occasions his property has been destroyed by Israeli soldiers. In Al-Hadidye, a Bedouin village in the north of the Jordan Valley, his prospects appear bleak. Maleb Anawi with his most recent demolition order Photo: FLV Palestinian Bedouins have inhabited the Jordan Valley in large numbers for the past century under British, Jordanian and now Israeli rule. They are a traditional agricultural community- the majority being shepherds and farmers earning their living from the land. Since the Oslo Accords carved up the West Bank in 1993, the Jordan Valley was designated Area C, subjecting the Palestinian population to Israeli military law. Although the accords stipulated that power be transferred…
Noam Chomsky Denied Entry Into Israel: Press Conference Today in Ramallah
Palestine Monitor: 17 May 2010 – PRESS INVITATION: MP Dr Mustafa Barghouthi Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative and Dr Mamdouh Aker Commissioner General of Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights cordially invite you to attend a PRESS CONFERENCE “Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel and West Bank” Ramallah MONDAY 17 May – 2.30 p.m. WATTAN TV ( PARC , nearby Palestinian Water Authority) For comments and interviews, please contact: +972. 599 940073 Read more: Chomsky denied entry by Israel; Barghouthi slams move http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDet… Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel and West Bank Ha’aretz: http://www.haaretz.com/news/nationa… Mustafa Barghouthi Condemns Banning Of Chomsky From Israel and West Bank Palestine Monitor http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spi… Israel prevents thinker Naom Chomsky from entering West Bank http://www.paltelegraph.com/breakin…
Mustafa Barghouthi Condemns Banning Of Chomsky From WB
Palestine Monitor: 16 May 2010 – MP Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative denounced the refusal of permitting entrance to the American intellectual Professor Noam Chomsky from entering the Palestinian territories. After the Israeli Occupation Authorities detained Professor Chomsky for five hours on the bridge, he was then deported to Jordan. MP Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative denounced the refusal of permitting entrance to the intellectual Professor Noam Chomsky from entering the Palestinian territories. After the Israeli Occupation Authorities detained Professor Chomsky for five hours on the bridge, he was then deported to Jordan. Dr. Barghouthi said that the Israeli Occupation Authorities informed Professor Chomsky that the decision to prevent him from entering came from the highest level of authority in Israel and the Ministry of the Interior. His denied entry was specifically because of his ardent views, the planned visit to the Palestinian territories, and the…
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