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Settlers Torch Farmlands In The Jordan valley
IMEMC – 22 May 2010 – A group of fundamentalist settlers torched on Saturday several farmlands in Wad Al Maleh in the northern plains of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Soldier Wounded By Palestinian Sniper Fire
IMEMC – 21 May 2010 – Israeli military sources reported Friday evening that one soldier was shot and wounded by Palestinian sniper fire near Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The condition of the soldier was described as moderate.
Hezbollah Calls For Readiness Ahead Of Israeli Drill
IMEMC – 21 May 2010 – Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, representative of the Hezbollah party in southern Lebanon, stated that the fighters of the party will remain alert ahead of Israel’s large-scale military drill which is slated to begin this Sunday.
Report: Israeli soldiers shoot Bedouin`s camel
5/22/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli soldiers shot the camel of Bedouin farmers dead on Friday night, Palestinian officials said, following an altercation with the owners. Israeli media said the three soldiers involved in the incident left their Jericho-area military base without permission, and admitted to killing the animal after the owners filed a complaint with the local….
Settlement goods no longer sold in Italian grocery chains
5/22/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco announced Saturday that two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and Nordiconad, said they would suspend the sale of products from a settlement good exporter. Products from Agrexco, what the coalition calls a “principal exporter of produce from Israel and the illegal Israeli settlements” will be cleared from stores….
Civil Defense snuffs settler-sparked fire
5/22/2010 – Tubas – Ma’an – Palestinian Civil Defense crews doused a fire witnesses said was cause by settlers, who lit a blaze that consumed dozens of dumums of agricultural produce on Saturday. The scorched lands, in the Wadi Al-Maleh area of Tubas, were planted with wheat and barley and weeks away from harvest. The dry crop caught fire….
Israeli forces detain 3 from Ramallah-area
5/22/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – Overnight raids by Israeli forces saw three detained from their homes in the West Bank city of Silwad in the Ramallah district on Saturday morning. Witnesses said troops entered the town in the hours before sunrise and entered the Hamed home, where Mujhed Mahmoud Hamed, 20, Nathmi Abed Al-MajidHamed, 18, and his brother….
Barhoum: Expulsions continues under Mitchell cover
5/22/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called the deportation of a Hamas lawmaker from Jerusalem, then a Gaza-born man and his brother from their Beersheba home an “escalation. . . carried out under the cover of negotiations.” In a statement released hours after the second and third deportations in two days, Barhoum expressed concern saying “Lawmakers and….
Egyptian security uncovers smuggling storehouse
5/22/2010 – Al-Arish – Ma’an – School knapsacks, shoes and plastic dinnerware, were among the goods seized by Egyptian officials Friday afternoon when officers raided a smuggling tunnel storehouse near Rafah. Security sources said officers raided a huge warehouse used to house goods ready for transfer into Gaza, in the Sarsurieyah neighborhood, northeast of the Rafah crossing, some 120….
Hamas wants peace, dialogue with America
5/22/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – The Hamas government’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmad Yousef called for face-to-face dialogue with the American government and the people of the United States. Coming on the heels of news that the Hams government had sent letters to the Obama administration outlining its official policy on Israel, resistance and borders, the move….
Gaza group urges Egypt to keep Rafah open
5/22/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Oh behalf of Gaza’s committee against the siege,PLC member Jamal Al-Khudari urged Egypt to keep the Rafah crossing open, following the decision to shut the terminal on Thursday. After 75 days of continuous closure, the Rafah crossing opened for six days last week, allowing the passage of just under 6,000 individuals in….
Summer blitz against collaborators for Gaza
5/22/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Gaza’s government will wage a “fierce campaign” against collaborators following the expiration of the limited amnesty period on 10 July, de facto Minister of the Interior Fathi Hammad said during an interview on Saturday. The limited amnesty period was set to encourage Palestinians allegedly providing information to Israeli agents to turn themselves in….
Fatah: Hamas will run unofficially
5/22/2010 – Jenin – Ma’an – All parties will be represented in the upcoming municipal elections, and the Fatah Central Committee is working to push through a plan to ensure the elections will be fair and democratic, a Fatah official said Saturday. Member of Fatah Central Committee Azzam Al-Ahmad elaborated on the plan during a news conference in Jenin….
Hamas accuses PA of mass member round up
5/22/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Several Hamas leaders, eight university students and a journalist were among the 76 party affiliates rounded up in a mass arrest campaign by PA forces last week, a statement alleged. The Palestinian Authority police have “escalated their arrest campaign against the [Hamas] movement’s affiliates and leaders,” the Saturday statement read, noting detentions – which….
Egypt detains African migrants trying to enter Israel
5/22/2010 – Al-Arish – Ma’an – Egyptian authorities said they detained 33 illegal African migrants on Saturday as they attempted to enter Israel in the northern Sinai. Security sources told Ma’an that 22 of those attempting to enter Israel were Egyptian, with 19 Ethiopians and 3 Eritreans. The groups were approximately 150 kilometers away from the border when they….
UN forum for for Palestinians to meet in Istanbul
5/22/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The UN announced that its Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the in Istanbul, Turkey starting Tuesday 25 May. Delegates will sit for two days at a series of sessions under the title “Ending the occupation and establishing the Palestinian State,” with the aim of….
Armed Zahhar says refugees to return home ’sooner or later’
5/22/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Surprising his Friday night audience at a political panel in Gaza City, senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar raised a machine gun mid-speech saying “If we had these in 1948, we would be in a different situation.” Zahhar addressed the panel on the subject of “milestones in the question of Palestine since 1948,” and….
Abbas declares home free of settlement goods
5/22/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – President Mahmud Abbas signed the Karama Pledge on Saturday, committing himself to the boycott of all goods made in illegal West Bank settlements, and declaring his home “free” of the offending products. In a show of support for the campaign, lead by his Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Abbas applied a sticker to his….
In photos: Palestinian race car series
5/22/2010 – Thousands of Palestinians gathered on Friday 21 May 2010in the West Bank city of Nablus to watch the second round of the Palestinian Motor Sport Series for 2010. Approximately 50 drivers participated in the race, four of them were women. MaanImages / Rami Swidan….
First Palestinian conference on liver diseases
5/22/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – The first conference on liver and digestive system diseases in Palestine kicked off on Thursday at offices of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Ramallah. Several outstanding physicians and specialists from Palestine, the US, Britain, Jordan and other countries presented their work at the conference, and will participate in panel discussions on treatment and….
Harvard needs to fire Dershowitz
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – The media went into a frenzy this week over some kid who lied his way into Harvard. Big deal. Some 22 year old is incapable of doing the damage to Harvard done by a major law…
Israel’s navy will have its work cut out
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – Ten thousand tons of cargo, 800 passengers, 50 nationalities, nine vessels – one aim – to break the siege on Gaza. That’s the simple math behind the Freedom Flotilla as its lead vessel was unveiled on…
‘Overcoming the Bush legacy’: New language is not enough
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – When former US President George W. Bush left the White House, he left behind one of the most unpleasant legacies in history. He redefined the US’ role in world affairs, tainted the country’s reputation, and left…
The new frontiers of Israeli diplomacy, ctd.: Czech Foreign Minister “humiliated”
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – The Czechs are furious: Diplomatic humiliation Itamar Eichner, Yediot, May 18 2010 [Hebrew original here and at bottom of post] Israel is embarrassed: This week the Czech Republic made an official protest of what it calls…
Rahm Emanuel arrives in Israel
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – New York – White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel arrived in Israel on Friday on a visit during which his son will celebrate his bar mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age ceremony, in Jerusalem. According…
Italy supermarkets ban Israel produce firm
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – New York – Boycott campaigners claimed victory on Saturday in announcing that two Italian supermarket chains decided to halt sales of products from Agrexco, a supplier of fruit and vegetables from Israel and settlements in the…
Abbas backs settlement boycott
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – New York – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threw his support behind a campaign urging Palestinians to stop buying products made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Reuters reported Saturday. Abbas welcomed in his home…
Sea convoy sets out for Gaza
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – New York – The biggest-ever attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip got underway on Saturday. Nine ships sailing under the banner of the “Freedom Flotilla” set sail for Gaza in defiance of…
Gaza gov’t plans crackdown on collaborators
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – New York – Gaza’s Hamas-run government says it will wage a “fierce campaign” against collaborators this summer, Interior Minister Fathi Hammad told Ma’an News Agency on Saturday. A grace period allowing Palestinians to turn themselves in…
Abbas: No progress in Israel talks
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – No deal on land swap, president says New York – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that he is ready to swap some land with Israel but no agreement has been reached on how much…
Obama, Hariri to discuss Syria arms
Palestine Note 22 May 2010 – New York – President Barack Obama is likely to raise concerns about Syria’s reported arming of Hezbollah guerillas when he meets Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Monday, Reuters news agency reported. Hariri heads a national…
Aid convoy sets off for Gaza
AlJazeera 22 May 2010 – Relief ships set sail for besieged strip despite Israeli warning it will block access.
Report: Israel’s streams getting cleaner, but still much work to be done
Ha’aretz – Waterways remain sullied due to failing sewage systems and waste from Palestinian cities. They also need a fresh dose of water after years of poor rainfall.
Hotel group bashes ministry campaign against hiring illegal foreign workers
Ha’aretz – Campaign depicts different Israelis like “Noa Harel, a student” as not being able to find a job because employers prefer foreign workers.
Fate of foreign workers’ children may be set this week
Ha’aretz – Committee recommends granting permanent resident status to children living in Israel for more than 5 years, came to Israel before age 13, and who are in the school system.
Knesset panel to back tougher conditions for Hamas prisoners
Ha’aretz – Bill proposed in response to the organization’s continued hold of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
Israeli chef rolls into the record books with largest falafel ball
Ha’aretz – Weighing in at 10.9 kilograms and with a circumference of more than a meter, the falafel ball is expected to enter the Guinness Book Records.
Toxic cloud engulfs Acre as firefighters battle metalworks blaze
Ha’aretz – Mayors urge Environmental Protection Minister to close metal factory as fears of environmental damage rise when fire breaks out.
Man beaten to death in Tel Aviv nightclub brawl
Ha’aretz – Police open murder investigation after nightspot fracas on Tel Aviv’s Carlebach Street leaves one dead and two hurt.
Analysis / No real threat of war despite Hezbollah’s threats
Ha’aretz – There should be no confusion between the threat and the exercise that is carried out every year in May, and a threat of immediate war in the north.
Home front drill to begin as tension in north rises
Ha’aretz – Hezbollah’s deputy head said that the Shi’ite organization had stepped up its alert status ahead of the “war game” being conducted on Sunday in Israel.
‘Freedom Flotilla’ aid convoy sets off for Gaza
Ha’aretz – In response to the nine-ship international aid convoy to Gaza, an Israeli flotilla also left Herzliya displaying banners of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
Lebanon PM: International community must take responsibility for Middle East peace
Ha’aretz – Ahead of Washington trip, Said Hariri urges world powers to make ‘serious effort’ to push forward Israel-Palestinian talks – but Obama administration is more likely to focus on flow of arms to Hezbollah., Palestinian president dismisses Israeli accusations that the campaign amounts to incitement of hatred against Israel.
Abbas: Gaps remain in land swap deal with Israel
Ha’aretz – Responding to reports he offered to trade more land than in the past, PA President only says no agreement has been reached on the amount of land to be traded.
Hariri: International community must take responsibility for Middle East peace
Ha’aretz – Ahead of Washington trip, Lebanese PM urges world powers to make ‘serious effort’ to push forward Israel-Palestinian talks.
Iran: No nuclear swap deal without support of Western powers
Ha’aretz – Tehran vows to hand IAEA details on Monday on agreement with Brazil and Turkey to ship part of stock of enriched uranium abroad in exchange for reactor fuel.
Hezbollah reportedly mobilizing in Lebanon ahead of large IDF drill
Ha’aretz – Hezbollah official warns the organization will be prepared to attack if Israel launches offensive on Lebanon, AFP reports.
U.S. Congress gives Obama okay to fund Israel rocket defense
Ha’aretz – Lawmakers voted to give Israel $205 million for its production of the short-range rocket defense system, Iron Dome defense, by 410-4 margin.
Remarkable urgency
22 May 2010 – Gaza, May 22, (Pal Telegraph — By Eva Bartlet) 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…
Members of Swedish Parliament demand security for Ship to Gaza
22 May 2010 – Gaza, May 22, (Pal Telegraph) Hel?©n Pettersson, Social Democratic member of the Swedish Parliament, submitted a written inquiry to Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, asking what measures the government intends to take in order to protect Ship to Gaza’s peaceful, lawful, humanitarian initiative. The reason for the inquiry is that Ship to Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla‚Äîthe coalition in which the…
A travel exhibition opened in Ramallah, soon in all WB
22 May 2010 – Ramallah, May 22, (Pal Telegraph) The travelling exhibition “EXISTENCE DENIED” of the Photographers Andrea & Magda www.andrea-magda.com will open in the Franco-German cultural center of Ramallah (near al Manara square) on the 6 th of may 2010 at 18:00 pm. Following the opening of the exhibition will be displayed in the French cultural centers of Jerusalem in July, Nablus in…
Israeli settlers burn 200 fruit trees in Hebron
22 May 2010 – Hebron, May 22, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli settlers burned Saturday morning more than 200 fruit trees belonging to Palestinians from the town of Seir, east of Hebron on the West Bank. Security sources said to SAFA news agency that a group of Israeli settlers from the settlement of “Asfar” in Seir valley, east of Hebron, burned more than 200…
Ismail Patel to join Freedom Flotilla to Gaza
22 May 2010 – Gaza, May 22, (Pal Telegraph) Ismail Patel, Chair of human rights NGO Friends of Al Aqsa is to join the Gaza Freedom Flotilla departing next week. He will be joined by 600 fellow passengers and activists who will be leaving from over 40 different countries globally, including Greece, Ireland and Turkey.
Israeli armed boats open fire at fishing boats in Gaza
22 May 2010 – Gaza, May 22, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli armed boats opened fire today at Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza waters. The Israeli armed boats opened heavy fire towards dozens of Palestinian fishing boats on Al-Sodaneya coastal area, north of Gaza Strip, no casualties were reported. Israeli gunboats stationed in the waters of Gaza target Palestinian fishing boats on a…
Israeli army returns bodies of two Palestinians
22 May 2010 – Gaza, May 22, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – The Israeli occupation army handed over the bodies of two Palestinians who were killed yesterday in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Absan town, south of the Gaza Strip, medical sources reported on Saturday. The Palestinians, Hamdi Abu Hmad, 17, and Nader Abu Daka, 18, were activists in Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of…
Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza
22 May 2010 – Gaza, May 22, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces shot dead two Palestinian men who had reportedly just crossed over to Israel from the Gaza Strip on Friday, the media reported. The incident followed overnight aerial attacks Israel conducted over the Gaza Strip, which left no casualties. Israeli officials said the three bombings, targeting a residential area in the…
Video: Israelis stealing food from Palestinians on their way to work
Uruknet May 22, 2010 – More evidence of ethnic cleansing this time by starvation which makes them weak for work. Through Irtah (Sha’ar Efrayim) checkpoint Palestinians from the West Bank who have work permits to work in Israel pass daily. The checkpoint is operated by a private security company called Modi’in Ezrachi. The company limits the types and amounts of…
Treacherous Alliance by Trita Parsi
Uruknet May 22, 2010 – …The author did not give his personal conclusions rather the book is based on interviews of many many Israeli, American and Iranian officials from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. The author did not present the book in any one’s favor, not Iran’s favor, not America’s favor and not Israel’s favor, the author simply wrote…
Bilin Builds Links At Home And Abroad
Uruknet May 22, 2010 – The hub of the Popular Struggle is winning friends and influencing people from Galway to Genoa. Yesterday’s protest was typically cosmpolitan. Report includes details of other West Bank protests. “Every day now, not just Friday, we host foreign visitors,” says Iyad Burnat, head of the Popular Committee in Bi’lin, “we explain the situation and history….
Record… I am a Palestinian Beware of My Wrath
Uruknet May 22, 2010 – This video is to show the plight of the Palestinian Arabs who have been occupied for over 62 yrs by Zionists. This Poem to show People that we will not go down with out a fight we will not give up and we will continue and our children will continue to return to the land…
Second Ship Joins the Freedom Flotilla on Way to Gaza
Uruknet May 22, 2010 – Amid cheers and waving of Turkish and Palestinian flags, the second ship to join the Freedom Flotilla left Istanbul this afternoon. Sponsored by the Turkish humanitarian organization, Insani Yardim Vakfi (IHH), the ship will carry 600 passengers to Gaza as part of the ‘blockade busting’ flotilla. It joins eight other boats coming from three other…
Israeli soldiers fire at ambulance evacuating injured demonstrator
Uruknet May 22, 2010 – The West Bank village of An Nabi Saleh held their weekly demonstration on Friday, attempting to reach the village land that has been annexed by the illegal settlement of Halamish. Demonstrators marched down from the village mosque till they were blocked by a line of Israeli soldiers and jeeps. Participants chanted, danced and sang for…
Reut Institute Admits Critics Have Many Valid PointsIsraeli Think Tank Calls for Sabotaging “Delegitimizers” of Israel
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – While a report by an Israeli think tank has been widely condemned for advocating that the Israeli government use its intelligence services to attack and sabotage non-violent human rights advocates, the report is worth detailed study because it is chock full of admissions of illegitimate features of the Israeli government it desperately seeks to protect….
Truth, Non-Violence and the Palestinian Hills
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – …There is so much evidence to show that the Palestinian non-violent resistance is and has always been central to the Palestinian struggle. But if that was the case, then where is that Palestinian Gandhi? The answer to that is simple: You are asking the wrong question. There is no shortage of Palestinian Gandhis in Israel’s…
The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – …The story I will tell is straightforward. Contrary to the wishes of the Obama administration and most Americans — to include many American Jews — Israel is not going to allow the Palestinians to have a viable state of their own in Gaza and the West Bank. Regrettably, the two-state solution is now a fantasy….
IOA decided to exile MP Abu Tair from Jerusalem
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – The Israeli occupation authority has decided Thursday to exile Palestinian Jerusalemite lawmaker MP Mohammed Abu Tair from the occupied city forever, just hours after they released him from jail where he was arbitrarily detained for 43 months. The decision of exiling Abu Tair was handed over to him after he was summoned by the IOA…
OIC: Israeli occupation of Golan Heights threat to global security
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – Israel’s continued threats against Syria, aimed at escalating regional tensions, are endangering global peace and security, foreign ministers convening at the Organization of Islamic Conference said Thursday. The remarks were drafted in a resolution after the body finalized its 37th session, the government-backed Syrian Arab News Agency reported. The OIC further called on countries not…
Zero sum gameFatah and Hamas remain locked in contention, unable to resolve their differences and unable to move forward
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – … In short, if the Palestinians are unable to free themselves from the restrictions placed on them by foreign parties, there is no guarantee that direct talks between Fatah and Hamas will be successful. In the next four months, which is the timeline of indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, there is little hope…
PACBI: UNICEF should quit Jerusalem conference
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is shocked and greatly concerned that UNICEF as well as one Palestinian and several international academics intend to participate in a conference organized by the Minerva Centre for Human Rights at the Hebrew University, jointly with the Van Leer Institute. We regard this…
Khan Younis: 2 Palestinian teens dead, Israeli soldier injured
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – Two teenage Gaza residents were killed by Israeli forces as they snuck out of the Strip allegedly looking for work, Palestinian medics said on Friday. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the two dead were identified as armed by troops, and killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces “right next to Nirim,” an Israeli…
Rampant employment discrimination against Palestinian workers in Israel
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – Unemployed computer engineer Morad Lashin would like to work in Israel’s Electricity Company, a large state utility, but admits his chances of being recruited are slim. The reasons were set out in graphic form this month when a parliamentary committee revealed that only 1.3 percent of the company’s 12,000 workers are Arab, despite the Palestinian…
Things that Make Me Want to Tell People to Shut the Hell Up
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – …In case you didn’t follow the above link concerning Hillary Clinton, I want to highlight her statement. I consider it among the most deeply immoral, horrifying and repellent statements offered by any leading politician in recent years. Here is what she said:
Palestinian children tortured in Israeli occupation jails
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – Hiba Masalha, a Palestinian lawyer who visited child-prisoners at the Majedo and Rimonim prisons said that a number of them were subjected to barbaric torture before being questioned or charged. Masalha said on Thursday that she met with 17-year-old Ahmad Farouq Jaara from Nablus who was arrested on 14 January 2010 at the Za’tara roadblock….
“Treat Our Passengers and Cargo with Respect” says Senator Mark Dearey
Uruknet May 21, 2010 – The Free Gaza Movement welcomes statements by the Irish Government to ensure the safety of the passengers and cargo currently making their way to the besieged Gaza Strip. His Excellency Mr. Breifne O’Reilly, Irish ambassador in Tel Aviv, traveled to the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem this week “to ensure a peaceful outcome which will…
Israel blocks mail between Gaza, West Bank
Uruknet May 21, 2010 — Israel has halted the flow of government sector mail between Gaza and the West Bank, causing a delay in the receipt of official documents, officials said on Thursday. Maher Abu Ouf, Palestinian director for the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, said Israel shut-down all mail services last Wednesday after forces detained Gaza-based postal service…
Israeli Air Force Attacks Several Areas In Gaza
Uruknet Friday May 21, 2010 – Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out several airstrikes on Thursday night, after midnight, targeting a number of areas in the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported. One of the attacks targeted al-Faraheen area in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The explosions set several farmlands ablaze….
Egypt in talks with US on aid largesse
The National 22 May 2010 – Cairo proposes $4bn fund over 10 years and leaked documents reveal details of ongoing discussions for an unprecedented endowment from Washington without preconditions.
International Solidarity Movement
Soldiers fire at ambulance evacuating injured demonstrator
5/22/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – The West Bank village of An Nabi Saleh held their weekly demonstration on Friday, attempting to reach the village land that has been annexed by the illegal settlement of Halamish. Demonstrators marched down from the village mosque till they were blocked by a line of Israeli soldiers and jeeps. Participants chanted, danced and sang for….
Unprovoked violence in Al Ma’asara
5/22/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – On Friday 21st May, the village of Al Ma’asara, south of Bethlehem, held its weekly demonstration against the theft of village lands by the nearby Israeli colony/settlement of Efrat. Chanting “We want to go to our lands” in Arabic and English and bearing a banner proclaiming “Boycott Settlement Products” the villagers, numbering in excess….
Bushfires ravage Iraq Burin amidst weekly demonstration
5/22/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – I The northern West Bank village of Iraq Burin demonstrated against the Israeli annexation of their farmlands today, resulting in the injury of one local protester by a tear gas projectile. Tear gas canisters landing on dry grass sparked bushfires in the hot climate, causing further damage to the contested farmland that villagers struggle to….
BNC announces: 2nd National Conference on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
Stop The Wall – The BDS National Committee (BNC) cordially invites you to the Second National Conference on BDS: a strategy for civil resistance. The conference aims to raise awareness about BDS as an effective and critical civil resistance strategy, expand the adoption by Palestinian civil society of boycott as a principle tool of resistance, and encourage civil society worldwide to join the global BDS movement, whose anchor and reference is the BNC. [
Escalation of violence against al-Ma’sara: one critically injured in the head
Stop The Wall – Hassan Brijiyeh (37 years), member of the popular committee against the Apartheid Wall and the Settlements, was critically wounded when a tear gas canister hit him directly in the head. He started vomiting and lost the capacity to move one of his hands. [
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (13 — 19 May 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Beating in downtown Jerusalem may implicate US Consulate wor
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – Beating in downtown Jerusalem may implicate US Consulate workers
Livni organizes Knesset mega-conference on Jewish identity
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – Opposition leader: “We must develop Israel as a Jewish, democratic state.”
IDF to open Route 443 to Palestinian traffic
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – Highway opens despite fears of renewed terror.
Abbas: Palestinians, Israel agree in land exchange principle
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – Israel: “Public discussion of the content will make progress more difficult.”
Fatah official threatens ‚Äòarmed struggle’ if talks fail
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – Israel: Such threats are antithetical to peace
Erdogan: Support nuclear deal
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – Turkish PM urges Security Council members to accept accord with Iran.
‘Ahmadinejad has humiliated Iran’
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – Opposition figure Mahdi Karroubi lashes out at regime’s policies.
Hizbullah arms of ‘grave concern’
Jeruslalem Post 22 May 2010 – US says Obama to discuss Syria’s arming of terrorists with Hariri.
President Abbas Signs Boycott Vow
WAFA – RAMALLAH, May 22, 2010 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas signed, today, the ‘dignity vow’ pledging the boycott of settlement products, and that he would not enter any goods produced in settlements to
Freedom Flotilla en Route to Gaza
WAFA – ISTANBUL, May 22, 2010 (WAFA)- Three ships carrying international activists left Turkey on Saturday en route to Gaza’s shore, as part of a flotilla organized by the Free Gaza Movement — meant
Training Palestinian Officials by Palestinian Experts
WAFA – RAMALLAH, May 22, 2010 (WAFA)- EUPOL COPPS officials participated in the graduation ceremony of a training programme on Project Cycle Management delivered by Palestinian experts and coordinated by
Palestinians’ Abbas swings behind boycott campaign
Relief Web 22 May 2010 – Source: Reuters – AlertNet
TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED AT GAZA BORDER
Relief Web 22 May 2010 – Source: Missionary International Service News Agency
Turkey seeks support for Iran deal
YNet News – PM Erdogan tells leaders of Security Council countries uranium agreement would….
Lebanon PM slams Israel defense drill
YNet News – Saad Hariri says Israeli decision to launch week of military exercises ‘runs….
US lifts sanctions against Russians linked to Iran
YNet News – Obama administration removes sanctions against four Russian organizations….
Hezbollah shows off weaponry in Lebanon ‘tourist complex’
YNet News – Shiite group inaugurates museum to mark 10th anniversary of Israeli pullout from….
Obama, Hariri to discuss Syria arms concerns
YNet News – Ahead of Lebanese prime minister’s first official visit to US, Obama….
Iran to hand nuclear deal letter to IAEA on Monday
YNet News – IRNA news agency says Tehran’s ambassador to IAEA to submit official letter to….
PA inspectors enforce boycott of settlement goods
YNet News – RAMALLAH – A few jars of spicy Yemenite sauce and a couple of boxes of date spread — that’s what the Palestinian Finance Ministry inspectors managed to find during a raid …….
Defense official: Home front drill may determine outcome of next war
YNet News – Israel’s largest ever home front exercise is set to begin Sunday morning as part of the emergency authorities’ preparation for a number of possible scenarios, including …….
Palestinian stones injure Israeli woman; husband opens fire
YNet News – An Israeli woman sustained mild injuries Saturday evening when Palestinians threw stones at the taxi she was riding in along with her husband near the village of Azoun, …….
Egypt PM wants Mubarak to seek another term
YNet News – Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said in comments published on Saturday that he hoped 82-year-old President Hosni Mubarak would seek a sixth six-year term in an …….
Obama’s top aide Emanuel in Israel
YNet News – White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel arrived in Israel over the weekend for a private visit, during which his son will celebrate his bar-mitzvah at the Western Wall. …….
‘Freedom Flotilla’ en route to Gaza
YNet News – Three ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists left Turkey on Saturday en route to Gaza’s shore, as part of a flotilla organized by the Free Gaza Movement — meant to draw …….
Abbas: No agreement on land swap
YNet News – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he’s ready to swap some land with Israel but that gaps remain on how much territory is to be traded. Addressing reports …….
Palestinian Information Center
International condemnation for barring Chomsky from entering WB
PIC 22 May 2010 – Reporters Without Borders organization has expressed astonishment at the Israeli authorities step of barring entry of renowned Jewish-American scholar Noam Chomsky into the West Bank last Sunday.
Hamas: Israel’s decision to exile Abu Tir from J’lem a racist step
PIC 22 May 2010 – Hamas strongly denounced the Israeli decision to exile Hamas lawmaker Mohamed Abu Tir from his hometown of occupied Jerusalem, describing it as a racist step.
Freedom Flotilla aid ships challenge Israeli siege and head for Gaza
PIC 22 May 2010 – Three Turkish aid ships, part of the Freedom Flotilla coalition convoy, will be sailing off on Saturday to meet other ships from European and Arab countries in some point in the Mediterranean sea.
OCHA: IOA demolished 65 Palestinian homes since start of 2010
PIC 22 May 2010 – OCHA said in a report that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had demolished 65 Palestinian homes in the West Bank since the start of 2010.
Aqsa preacher: Al-Bustan zone an integral part of O. Jerusalem
PIC 22 May 2010 – Preacher of the Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Ikrima Sabri stated that Al-Bustan neighborhood is part and parcel of the occupied city of Jerusalem and has nothing to do with the Jewish people.
Duweik participates in anti-wall protest march
PIC 22 May 2010 – Dr. Aziz Dweik has taken part in the peaceful anti wall march organized weekly by Ma’sara village inhabitants in Bethlehem district against the Israeli occupation authority’s separation wall.
IOA banishes two brothers from Beer Sheba to Gaza
PIC 22 May 2010 – The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has banished two Palestinian brothers from Beer Sheba to the Gaza Strip on Friday afternoon, Wa’ed society for prisoners said in a statement.
American delegation in Gaza
PIC 22 May 2010 – A seven-member American delegation comprising academics and activists arrived in Gaza Strip on Friday night for a 48-hour visit.
Abu Zuhri: Futile negotiations serve as umbrella for more Israeli aggression
PIC 22 May 2010 – Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri said Friday that the futile negotiations between Fatah faction and the Israeli occupation has served as a political umbrella for more Israeli aggressions..
Farwana: 13 Palestinian lawmakers remain in Israeli jails
PIC 22 May 2010 – Abdul Naser Farwana, a Palestinian researcher in prisoners’ affairs, said on Friday that there are 13 Palestinian lawmakers still incarcerated in Israeli jails without any justified legal reason.
Qatar Reigns Supreme in MidEast Competitiveness
The Media Line 20 May 2010 – Qatar has remained the Middle East’s economic kingpin and Israel is showing great signs of improvement, an annual study of economic competitiveness has found. The 2010 World Competitiveness Yearbook, issued by the International Institute for Management…
On being an Arab lawmaker in Israel
LA Times 23 May 2010 – Ahmad Tibi, a member of Israel’s parliament, talks about why he thinks democracy in Israel applies only to Jewish citizens, why he’ll never accept Israel as a Jewish state and why he’ll never leave. As one of Israel’s few Arab lawmakers, Ahmad Tibi knows how to fight to be heard, even when colleagues don’t want to listen.
World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Palestinian Gunmen Killed
New York Times 22 May 2010 – Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who crossed the border from Hamas-controlled Gaza into Israel on Friday, the Israeli military said.
Detained Iranian Director Granted Hearing
New York Times 21 May 2010 – Jafar Panahi, an Iranian director whose hunger strike and continued detention in Tehran’s Evin prison has been a focus of attention during this year’s Cannes Film Festival, may soon be released on bail.
Nakba: Three Videos
Palestine Monitor – Three investigative videos to coincide with the 62nd anniversary of the “Nakba” . Israeli NGO Zochrot, Hebrew for “Remembering”, an organisation that works to raise awareness about the Nakba, goes out into the streets of Jaffa and discovers what Israelis think about the rights of refugees. Excerpt…
Bilin Builds Links At Home And Abroad
Palestine Monitor – The hub of the Popular Struggle is winning friends and influencing people from Galway to Genoa. Yesterday’s protest was typically cosmpolitan. Report includes details of other West Bank protests. 11-year old Tarek Aden was shot in Bilin yesterday Photo by Hamde Abu Rahma “Every day now,…
‚ÄòIr Amim’ comes to the US to smash Jewish ‚Äòmyths’ about Jerusalem
Mondoweiss – Two months ago Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington to lecture Obama from AIPAC’s stage that Jerusalem is not a settlement, Jews have been building there for 3000 years and in his defiance he helped to invalidate the Israel lobby. Who is this thug to be defying…
Zuckerman insists Israel is strategic asset
Mondoweiss – Mort Zuckerman at US News: “Finally, there is Israel’s strategic location on the Mediterranean. It provides a port of call for U.S. troops, ships, aircraft, and intelligence sources, and a place where arms, fuel, munitions, and other supplies can be stockpiled and accessed when America needs…
I guess Mikey needed a pick-me-up
Mondoweiss – Truly pathetic. Sometimes the Israel lobby gets lonely. On his twitter feed, Martin Kramer is hyping Israeli ambassador Michael Oren’s invitations to speak to US colleges. (Thanks to Adam, who’s on the road).
‚ÄòJPost’ says fear of losing Jewish money drives Obama shift re Israel
Mondoweiss – This article by US transplant Herb Keinon says it all. Israel is a domestic issue. Of course we never see a story that connects the dots so explicitly in the American press, for anyone to read: that Obama’s arduous “charm offensive” on Israel (do you really…
‚ÄòDebate Ltd’ seeks guerrillas for international hasbara army
Mondoweiss – With worldwide Palestine solidarity and the BDS movement growing in strength, Israeli propaganda efforts intended to counter the “peace with justice” call have also come under the spotlight. We’ve seen Reut’s “delegitimization” report , crass campus hasbara, and a host of other initiatives (both “engagement” and “offensive”)….
FLOTILLA TO GAZA REPORT
Irish4Palestine – Posting this from comrades in England heading to Gaza on the Flotilla:Subject: DAY ONE OF TOX’S JOURNEY TO GAZA VIA THE BOAT CONVOY The day began hectically with me rushing to Birmingham International Airport only to miss the flight! Alhamdulillah as they say there is reason…
Palestinian children tortured in Israeli occupation jails
Sabr – [ 21/05/2010 – 11:47 AM ] RAMALLAH, ( PIC )— Hiba Masalha, a Palestinian lawyer who visited child-prisoners at the Majedo and Rimonim prisons said that a number of them were subjected to barbaric torture before being questioned or charged. Masalha said on Thursday that she met with…
Farwana: 13 Palestinian lawmakers remain in Israeli jails
Sabr – [ 20/05/2010 – 10:01 PM ] RAMALLAH, ( PIC )— Abdul Naser Farwana, a Palestinian researcher in prisoners’ affairs, said on Friday that there are 13 Palestinian lawmakers still incarcerated in Israeli jails without any justified legal reason. Farwana’s remarks came after the Israeli occupation released MP Mohammed…
IOA decided to exile MP Abu Tair from Jerusalem
Sabr – [ 21/05/2010 – 09:59 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, ( PIC )— The Israeli occupation authority has decided Thursday to exile Palestinian Jerusalemite lawmaker MP Mohammed Abu Tair from the occupied city forever, just hours after they released him from jail where he was arbitrarily detained for 43 months….
Israel, Palestine: Where Commemorations Are Split
Antiwar.com – JERUSALEM — In Israel and Palestine memory is a split matter, depending on which side of the map you come from. Especially this May, as Israeli and Palestinian leaders restart negotiating a border acceptable to their peoples. In the past 20 years, both peoples have largely…
Boycott Targets Stars From Elvis to Elton
Sabbah report – By Nathan Guttman Washington — It was a feather in the cap of pro-boycott activists, but for Israelis, a major setback. With battle lines drawn across concert halls and stadiums hosting rock bands, the decision by mega-star Elvis Costello to cancel his planned concerts in Israel…
Palestinian nonviolence relies on global non-silence
Sabbah report – By Yousef Munayyer * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz When will there be a Palestinian Gandhi? I’m often asked this question by people who sympathise with Palestinian suffering but are uncomfortable associating themselves with resistance movements that they see as violent or terrorist. The reality of course is that…
Two of Italy’s biggest supermarket chains suspend sales of settlement produce
BDS – May 22, 2010 – Following lobbying efforts by the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco, two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and Nordiconad, announced the suspension of sales of products from Agrexco, the principal exporter of produce from Israel and the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian…
Dublin City Council passes anti-Veolia motion
BDS – The international Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement today scored a major victory as Dublin City Council passed a resolution calling on the City Manager not to sign or renew any contracts with French multinational Veolia[1] — the operators of the LUAS who have also…
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Israel’s navy will have its work cut out
Jamal Elshayyal, Palestine Note5/22/2010
Ten thousand tons of cargo, 800 passengers, 50 nationalities, nine vessels – one aim – to break the siege on Gaza.
That’s the simple math behind the Freedom Flotilla as its lead vessel was unveiled on Saturday in Istanbul.
At a rally held to bid the ship farewell, organisers challenged Israel’s insistence that its navy would not allow this convoy, of much needed humanitarian aid, to reach the Gaza Strip. As one organiser put it to me: “These ships will only return empty of their cargo, and with the footprints from Gaza’s sand”.
And from what I’ve seen from the organisers and supporters, I am inclined to believe her.
There are more than 20 charities partaking in one way or another in this flotilla -activists, humanitarians, politicians from the USA to Indonesia. If Israel were to prevent these people from entering or if it were to harm or detain them, Israeli authorities could very well find themselves embroiled in diplomatic disputes with up to 50 countries.
Furthermore, the sheer resolve and work put in by the organisers of this fleet – over a period spanning back to 2008 – really does make it difficult to believe that they would just turn back to where they came from without reaching their desired destination. Aside from the 10,000 tons of aid, organisers say they’re taking up to two months worth of food and supplies – in case that’s how long it takes for Israel to allow them access.
That’s 800 people, willing to spend two months at sea, away from their friends, families, and livelihood, so they can deliver aid to people they don’t even know.
From Israel’s perspective though, it is understandable why it shouldn’t allow this humanitarian convoy reach Gaza. Doing so could dramatically change the status quo…. — See also:Sourcemore..e-mail
Democracy according to Reichman
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Israeli Occupation Archive5/20/2010
In the end, we will only be left with Prof. Uriel Reichman. After we sent Prof. Noam Chomsky away, and there was no sharp rebuke by Israeli academics (who in their silence support a boycott of Bir Zeit University), we will be left with a narrow and frightening intellectual world. It will be the kind of intellectual world shaped by the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya — an institution of army officers and the rich, headed by its president, Reichman.
A law professor, certainly enlightened in his own eyes, a former candidate to become education minister, Reichman says he doesn’t support the human rights group B’Tselem. That’s his right, of course; our right is to state that at the head of an important Israeli college stands a man who doesn’t understand a thing about democracy.
After all, what does B’Tselem do? It gathers reliable testimonies on the sins of the Israel Defense Forces, very few of which, if any, have been proved wrong. Reichman doesn’t support this? In the world according to Reichman, we are left only with statements by the IDF Spokesman’s Office. We will believe that no white phosphorus was used in Gaza, that the “neighbor procedure” is something that tenants’ committees do, and that if they call a family and give them five minutes to leave before their home is bombed, that’s an action by the most ethical army in the world.
Students at the Interdisciplinary Center say they heard their president declare that B’Tselem is “a fifth column” and that it’s “shameful” this group received a place at the school’s Democracy Day. Reichman denies this, and we respect his word. In any case, the spokeswoman for the college said: “B’Tselem’s modus operandi is not acceptable to Reichman.” What, then, is acceptable to Reichman? A society without self-criticism. This then, is Israel’s intellectual elite; these are our intellectuals — without B’Tselem.
A college president and law professor who preaches changing the electoral system and favors an Israeli constitution — one who doesn’t explain to his students the importance of human rights groups — is no more enlightened than the yeshiva heads who don’t teach the core subjects….. — See also:Sourcemore..e-mail
Hallelujah, the World is Against Us!
Uri Avnery, Ma’an News Agency5/22/2010
A local TV station told us this week about a group of Israelis who adhere to conspiracy theories.
They believe that George W. Bush planned the destruction of the Twin Towers in order to further his wicked aims. They believe that the big pharmaceutical corporations spread the swine flue virus in order to sell their worthless vaccines. They believe that Barack Obama is a secret agent of the military-industrial complex. They believe that fluoride is put into drinking water to sterilize men, in order to reduce mankind by exactly two billion. And so on.
I wonder that they have not yet uncovered the most nefarious conspiracy of all: the one perpetrated by the gang of anti-Semites who have taken control of the government of Israel and are using it to destroy the Jewish State.
Proof? Nothing easier. One has only to read the papers.
The Foreign Minister, for example. Who but a diabolic anti-Semite could have appointed Avigdor Lieberman, of all people, to this post? The job of a foreign minister is to make friends and convince world opinion that we are right. Lieberman is working hard and skillfully to get Israel hated by one and all.
Or the Minister of the Interior. He works from morning to night to shock human rights defenders and supply ammunition to the worst enemies of Israel. Recently, he prevented two babies from entering Israel because their father is gay. He prevents women from joining their husbands in Israel. He deports children of foreign workers, who are building the state.
Or the Chief of Staff. He persuaded the government to boycott the UN commission for the investigation of the “Cast Lead” operation, thus abandoning the field to the accusers of the military…..more..e-mail
Nakba: Three Videos
Palestine Monitor: 22 May 2010 – Three investigative videos to coincide with the 62nd anniversary of the “Nakba” . Israeli NGO Zochrot, Hebrew for “Remembering”, an organisation that works to raise awareness about the Nakba, goes out into the streets of Jaffa and discovers what Israelis think about the rights of refugees. Excerpt from “Checkpoints and More”, a film by anarchist film collective A Films, which tells the story of Nahr al-Bared, a refugee camp in Lebanon home to 20,000 displaced Palestinians who are trying to rebuild the camp after its destruction in 2007. Sands of Sorrow, a film produced in 1950 by the Council for the Relief of Palestinian Arab Refugees, documents the lives of those refugees displaced two years before. At the time, the possibility of returning home still seemed like a possibility. More info on Zchrot: http://www.nakbainhebrew.org/index…. More info on GRITtv: http://www.grittv.org/
Bilin Builds Links At Home And Abroad
Palestine Monitor: 22 May 2010 – The hub of the Popular Struggle is winning friends and influencing people from Galway to Genoa. Yesterday’s protest was typically cosmpolitan. Report includes details of other West Bank protests. 11-year old Tarek Aden was shot in Bilin yesterday Photo by Hamde Abu Rahma “Every day now, not just Friday, we host foreign visitors,” says Iyad Burnat, head of the Popular Committee in Bi‚Äòlin, “we explain the situation and history. We have a permanent apartment for foreign visitors and several students are completing their masters degrees on the subject of our struggle.” Yesterday’s protest march was a case in point, with the ranks of loyal activists swelled by a delegation from Wayne State University of Detroit, Michigan. An Italian group are due today, while a Galway film-maker has aired a short documentary on the subject last week. The latter emphasises the brutality, the “terrorism” of occupation in Bi‚Äòlin. Once again, the…
‘Overcoming the Bush Legacy’: New Language Is Not Enough
Palestine Chronicle: 22 May 2010 – By Ramzy Baroud When former US President George W. Bush left the White House, he left behind one of the most unpleasant legacies in history. He redefined the US’ role in world affairs, tainted the country’s reputation, and left his successor with a political inheritance that seemed almost irrevocable. This, of course, says nothing of the terrible toll Bush’s policies inflicted on millions of innocent people, many of whom have so unjustly suffered and perished, and many more who are still held hostage to unyielding pain. While reputable author and world renowned journalist Deepak Tripathi agrees with this grim view, he doesn’t think all is lost. He believes that there is still a chance, an opportunity even to redress the injustice and reverse the terrible mistakes that were made. A compelling writer and a meticulous researcher, Tripathi’s work is both gripping and comprehensive. His latest book, Overcoming The Bush Legacy…more
The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners
Palestine Chronicle: 22 May 2010 – By Professor John Mearsheimer (Edited transcript of remarks by Professor John J. Mearsheimer at The Palestine Center in Washington D.C.) It is a great honor to be here at the Palestine Center to give the Sharabi Memorial Lecture. I would like to thank Yousef Munayyer, the executive director of the Jerusalem Fund, for inviting me, and all of you for coming out to hear me speak this afternoon. My topic is the future of Palestine, and by that I mean the future of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, or what was long ago called Mandatory Palestine. As you all know, that land is now broken into two parts: Israel proper or what is sometime called “Green Line” Israel and the Occupied Territories, which include the West Bank and Gaza. In essence, my talk is about the future relationship between Israel and the Occupied Territories. Of…more
Israeli Public Sector’s Door Closed to Arab Workers
Palestine Chronicle: 21 May 2010 – By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Unemployed computer engineer Morad Lashin would like to work in Israel’s Electricity Company, a large state utility, but admits his chances of being recruited are slim. The reasons were set out in graphic form this month when a parliamentary committee revealed that only 1.3 per cent of the company’s 12,000 workers are Arab, despite the Arab minority constituting nearly 20 per cent of the population. The committee’s report presents a picture of massive under-representation of Arab citizens across most of the public sector, including in government companies and ministries, where the percentage of Arab staff typically falls below two per cent of employees. According to Sikkuy, a group lobbying for greater civic equality, discriminatory hiring policies have left thousands of Arab graduates jobless, even though the government promised affirmative action a decade ago. Mr Lashin, 30, from Nazareth, said his remaining hope was to find…more
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