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Mayor: Israeli forces confiscate land near Hebron
7/11/2010 – Hebron – Ma’an – Israeli soldiers issued orders barring residents of four small villages in the southern West Bank from their land, mayor Suleiman Al-Adam said Sunday. The orders declared the agricultural land a closed military zone, and ordered farmers and others working on the land to evacuate. The soldiers also confiscated farming equipment, a statement by….
6 reported injured at Bethlehem anti-wall rally
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Six Palestinians sustained bruises Sunday afternoon as Israeli forces dispersed an anti-wall rally near Bethlehem. International activists and locals whose land is slated for confiscation marched from the city center on the road toward the Cremisan monastery in Beit Jala in the central West Bank, where Israeli bulldozers have begun overturning land to….
Elderly farmer hit by settler car near Bethlehem
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – An 85-year-old Palestinian farmer from the Al-Khadr village near Bethlehem was struck down by an Israeli settler in his car on Sunday morning, medics said. Mahmoud Judah Sbeih was heading to tend to his land near the illegal Israel settlement of Efrat on his donkey on the bypass road near Al-Khadr when….
Hebron ‘dance protest’ in response to Israeli soldier video
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – International Solidarity Movement activists and Palestinians staged a “dance protest” in Hebron in response to a video released showing Israeli soldiers dancing on duty, organizers said Sunday. Palestinians together with activists from Britain, Italy, Sweden and Denmark performed to Lady Gaga’ Poker Face in the Old City of Hebron in front of Israeli soldiers…. Related: Hebron “Àúdance protest’ against Israeli soldiers and settlers
Report: Lieberman’ settlement bans gentiles
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – The illegal settlement that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman calls home has banned Israeli Jews who don’t meet certain religious standards from moving there and non-Jews outright, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Sunday….”….if you accept 10 families in which the mother isn’t Jewish, then soon there will be 30 children…” Related: Israeli FM to Palestinians: Take Israel’s Arabs
Doctor treats lawmaker at Jerusalem sit-in tent
7/11/2010 – Jerusalem – Ma’an – A physician was called to the sit-in tent at the International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters in East Jerusalem on Sunday, after a Palestinian lawmaker, threatened with deportation, suffered a sudden decrease in blood pressure. Former Hamas-affiliated Jerusalem affairs’ minister Khaled Abu Arafah was treated by a doctor, who said the drop….
Israel opens 1 Gaza crossing
7/11/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Israel informed Palestinian crossings officials that one Gaza crossing would be open on Sunday morning for the transfer of aid and fuel. Liaison official Raed Fattouh said the Kerem Shalom crossing, in southern Gaza, would be temporarily opened for the transfer of between 130 to 140 truckloads of aid and commercial goods. Limited….
Palestinian MK: Libyan aid boat en route to Gaza
7/11/2010 – Jerusalem – Ma’an – Palestinian-Israeli Knesset member Ahmad Tibi said Sunday that a Gaza-bound aid boat sponsored by a Libyan charity would not dock at the Egyptian port of Al-Arish. The Hope, organized by the Tripoli-based Gaddafi International Charity and Development Association, aims to relay a humanitarian and political message, Tibi said, which is that “the land….
In photos: Anti-wall rally in Beit Ummar
7/11/2010 – MaanImages / James Briggs – An Israeli soldier hands a Palestinian protester a document classifying an area in the occupied West Bank as a closed military zone, during an anti-wall-and-settlement demonstration in the village of Beit Ummar, south of Bethlehem, on 10 July 2010….
Israel allows coriander into Gaza
7/11/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Owners of falafel stores in Gaza celebrated this week as Israel finally allowed coriander into the Strip. Israel had banned the spice for security reasons under its blockade on the coastal enclave, now in its fourth year.” All of the spices were allowed into Gaza recently” crossings liaison official Raed Fattouh confirmed. One….
Abbas: No direct talks until progress on borders, security
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Direct talks will not be resumed with Israel until progress is made during US-brokered proximity talks on the issues of borders and security, President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday evening.”We hope to make progress that will enable us to launch serious negotiations leading to a two-state solution before it is too late,” Abbas….
Source: Netanyahu asked Clinton to mediate Shalit deal
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has asked former US president Bill Clinton to join mediation efforts to secure the release of a captured soldier. Under the proposed deal, Clinton would visit Gaza and meet with senior Hamas leaders in a bid to finalize a prisoner swap to exchange Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for hundreds….
Netanyahu considers concessions
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will offer Palestinians a package of “confidence-building measures” to resume direct talks, Israeli press reported Sunday. The Prime Minister will consider stopping, or minimize, army incursions in Palestinian Authority controlled cities, allow the Palestinian police control in a wider area of the West Bank, remove some roadblocks….
Israel calls on Cairo to protect Jews after leader convicted
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israel’s ambassador to Cairo has called on Egypt to protect its Jewish community after its leader was convicted last Saturday on charges of fraud. Ambassador Yitzhak Levanon sent a note protesting the sentence to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul Gheit, accusing the judiciary of “oppression and cruelty” and saying it reflected a bias….
Hamas: EU chief should coordinate Gaza visit with us
7/11/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Hamas’ parliamentary bloc called on the EU foreign affairs chief to “enter the Strip from its real doors” by coordinating her visit, scheduled for Wednesday, with the Gaza government. EU minister Catherine Ashton’s spokesman announced the minister would visit the Strip to assess the situation “on the ground for herself,” Associated French Press….
Fatah accuses Israel of deepening division
7/11/2010 – Hebron – Ma’an – Fatah accused Israel on Sunday of maintaining and exploiting division between Palestinians. Fatah spokesman Usama Al-Qauasmi said in a statement that the division between the West Bank and Gaza allows Israel to continue its settlement projects, and weakens the establishment of a Palestinian state as one geographical unit with Jerusalem as its capital….
Hamas leader denies progress on swap
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Senior Hamas leader Salah Al-Bardawil says there has been no progress on a prisoner exchange with Israel. Al-Bardawil said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was simply repeating the same conditions in recent days and the Israeli media were going along for the ride.” Israeli media outlets are toying with the emotions and feelings….
Mediator says reconciliation inevitable
7/11/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Sunday that he is committed to achieving Palestinian conciliation and to forming a political and security partnership with his Hamas movement’s political rivals. Speaking in Gaza at a joint press conference following a meeting with Palestinian business leader Munib Al-Masri, Haniyeh explained that “we are trying to….
Arab Bank announces World Cup competition winners
7/11/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Arab Bank announced the winners of its FIFA World Cup 2010 competition on Sunday, which was launched in May. Fifty customers took home 42 inch LCD televisions by qualifying when they opened a new account or when they acquired a new Visa credit card or Visa Electron card during the promotion period….
WATCH: Stewart undoes mainstream Islamophobia
Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 – Washington – Jon Stewart took on thinly-veiled Islamophobia in mainstream news on his July 7 show, smartly uncovering Islam-is-unAmerican sentiment in the media. Comedy Central veteran news satirist Jon Stewart [Danagraves – Flickr] In the segment,…
Cartoon Network to launch in Arabic
Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 – Washington – Turner Broadcasting announced last week it will launch a “free to air” Arabic channel later in 2010, Middle East business site AMEinfo.com reported July 5. Cartoon Network stable “Speed Racer” [Ryan Hartkopf – Flickr]…
ISM: ‘Go dance on your own streets’
Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 – Washington – Palestinians and the International Solidarity Movement bite back after Israeli soldiers put out a dance video to Ke$sha’s “Tik Tok” while on patrol in the West Bank. One ISM volunteer tells soldiers to go…
Settler arrested for killing Palestinian youth, released
Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 – Washington – A man from the Yitzhar settlement near has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in May, Ynet news reported Sunday. The boy, Ayssar Yasser al-Zaben, reportedly pelted…
Collision course: Libyan ship still bound for Gaza
Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 – Washington – A Libyan ship carrying aid to the Gaza Strip will stay on course, Palestinian Legislative Council member Jamal Al-Khudary and Israeli-Palestinian Knesset member Ahmad Tibi told the Palestinian news agency Ma’an on Saturday. The…
No direct talks without progress on indirect issues, Abbas
Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 – Washington – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his position on progressing to direct talks Saturday night, saying face-to-face negotiations will not resume until ground is gained in the US-brokered proximity talks. Ma’an News Agency reported Sunday:…
Bill Clinton to mediate Shalit deal?
Palestine Note 11 Jul 2010 – Report: Israeli PM asks former president to engage Hamas for soldier’s release Washington – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has requested former US president Bill Clinton get involved in the prisoner exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad…
Libyan ship ‘will continue to Gaza’
AlJazeera 11 Jul 2010 – Organiser of aid mission dismisses Israeli claims that vessel has been diverted to Egypt.
Israeli Soldier Charged With Sexual Harassment
PNN – Ramallah — PNN — Eyal Nahum, an Israeli soldier, was indicted on Sunday for harassing several thousands of underage girls sexually over the internet. Nahum, 25 years old, maintained sexual relationships with…
Netanyahu Approaches Clinton To Renegotiate Shalit Release
PNN – Bethlehem — PNN — With growing pressure from inside his country, Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu asks the former US president Bill Clinton for help in negotiating the release of Gilad Shalit….
Old Man Sustain Wounds By An Israeli Settler
PNN – Bethlehem — PNN – A Palestinian old man was cortically injured, on Sunday midday, when an Israeli settler rammed him with his car near Al Khadier villager, southern West Bank. Local sources…
Six Injured As Troops Attack A Weekly Protest Near Bethlehem
PNN – Ghassan Bannoura — PNN – six civilians were injured on Sunday during the weekly anti-wall protest at the town of Beit Jala near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.Israeli and international supporters…
Libyan Aid Ship Sails for Gaza
PNN – Jerusalem – PNN — The confusion about the destination of the Libyan aid ship Al-Amal continues. Setting sail on Saturday afternoon, its captain indicated to Al-Jazeera before leaving that the vessel will…
IDF to release flotilla findings
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Eiland to present Ashkenazi with probe’s publication.
C’tee allows Egypt border fence
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Legislation halting salaries for MKs with criminal offenses also approved.
Livni, Abu Ala exchange ‚Äòniceties‘
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Former FM, Former PM speak at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel.
Israel crowns its top magician
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – ‚ÄòAbracadabra:‘ A magicians’ competition begins.
Oldest written document ever found
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Archeologists unearth 14th century BCE clay fragment in Jerusalem.
Israel debates F-15 purchase
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Silent Eagle aircraft debuts in US; Defense Ministry follows closely.
Navy preps for Libyan flotilla
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Ship is determined to break Gaza blockade, not sail to Egypt.
Mumbai attack nanny to live in Israel
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Yishai gives residence visa to woman who saved child from Chabad house.
Iran may back down from stoning of woman
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Int’l pressure seen in decision to review death sentence case.
‘Hizbullah has target list ready’
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Cmdr. says group has list of places to hit in Israel for next war.
Hizbullah claims list of targets ready
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Group commander says they have list of targets to hit in next war.
Suspect in Palestinian murder freed
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Police release settler after arrested for murdering Palestinian.
Police question Olmert in Holyland case
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Olmert spends 8 hours with investigators in third session for case.
Aharonovitch wants probe of Druse abuse
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – Soldiers are allegedly victims of racism from West Bank settlers.
Lieberman: ‘end land for peace swaps’
Jeruslalem Post 11 Jul 2010 – FM suggests land, population swaps instead.
International Solidarity Movement
Hebron “dance protest” against Israeli soldiers and settlers
7/11/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – 10 July 2010 – Over 100 Palestinians together with international solidarity activists gathered in Hebron this Saturday to protest against the closure of Shuhada street. As a response to the infamous Youtube video of soldiers dancing near the illegal settlement of Tel-Rumeida, some protesters staged a dance protest: three dancers took the role of soldiers and searched and “arrested” three Palestinians…. Related: Hebron ‘dance protest’ in response to Israeli soldier video
Druze protesters clash with police searching restaurant in Golan village
Ha’aretz – A large number of police surrounded the village during the search, residents said, leading thousands of protesters to resist their attempts.
Settler released hours after arrested over killing of Palestinian youth
Ha’aretz – Suspect denies involvement in last month’s shooting of 16-year-old, says police arrested him only after he reported victim had hurled rocks at him.
IDF officer indicted on charges of sexually harassing thousands of underage girls
Ha’aretz – Eyal Nahum, 25, allegedly posed as a 15-year-old on chat rooms, suspected of blackmailing girls into turning on webcams and touching themselves intimately.
Bill could force Haredi schools to teach math – or lose funding
Ha’aretz – Unclear whether current right-leaning coalition will vote in favor of bill, aiming to ensure core curriculum at ultra-Orthodox schools.
Conversions bill sets Netanyahu on collision course of with U.S. Jews
Ha’aretz – American communities outraged, claiming PM broke personal promise to ensure bill granting Orthodox rabbis a monopoly on conversion in Israel would not become law.
Netanyahu doubts Mideast peace deal possible by 2012
Ha’aretz – In interview with U.S. television, Netanyahu also calls Iran the ‘ultimate terrorist threat today’ and says it is a mistake to think its nuclear ambitions can be contained.
Former Palestinian negotiator: Proximity talks seem unnecessary
Ha’aretz – Qureia tells Livni he believes Palestinians will return to direct negotiations as soon as significant progress is made under U.S. mediation.
Hezbollah warns Israel: We have list of IDF targets for future war
Ha’aretz – Militant group responds to Israeli release of maps and aerial photographs of what it described as a network of Hezbollah weapons depots and command centers in south Lebanon., Video created…
Netanyahu: Relationship with Washington stable and strong
Ha’aretz – Prime Minister tells cabinet that he will head to Egypt on Tuesday to meet with Mubarak on move toward direct talks with Palestinians.
Report: Netanyahu asks Bill Clinton to mediate Shalit release
Ha’aretz – Prime Minister reportedly suggests that former U.S. president visit Gaza, speak with Hamas officials.
UN chief resists Israeli pressure to scrap debate on flotilla raid
Ha’aretz – In meeting with Ban Ki-moon, PM Netanyahu fails to win promise to prevent General Assembly session on Israeli attack on Gaza-bound convoy.
Israel demanding Libyan aid ship to dock in Egypt
11 Jul 2010 – Jerusalem , July 11, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, demanded his Greek and Moldavian counterparts to divert the Libyan aid ship of “Hope” to the Egyptian port of El Arish and not to the Gaza Strip. Political Israeli Sources said to the Hebrew Radio that went the Libyan aid ship, which started sailing to Gaza yesterday, to arrive…
Libyan aid ship to reach Gaza soon, Israel will intercept
11 Jul 2010 – Gaza , July 11, (Pal Telegraph) Libyan aid ship “Hope” is scheduled to reach Gaza within three days. The ship and its organizers stressed on the fact that it would not go to any other port, warning of a repeat of the fleet of freedom massacre right after the Israeli threats to it her by force. The goal of the ship…
Israeli settlers run over Palestinian old man
11 Jul 2010 – Bethlehem , July 11, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli settlers ran over an elderly today in the village of “khader”, while he was on his way to his land near the town. Sources from the municipality of “Khader” town said that the Israeli settlers ran over a senior Citizen, Mahmoud Joodeh Sabih ( 80 years old), while he was on his way to cultivate…
Israel raids Hebron, no arrests
11 Jul 2010 – Hebron , July 11, (Pal Telegraph) The Israeli patrols raided before dawn today several suburbs and neighborhoods within the city of Hebron in the West Bank without any reported arrests. Security sources said that groups of militant Israeli patrols raided in the early morning hours the city of Hebron from many directions, and toured most of the suburbs and districts within…
Study shows growing settlement activity and ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem
Uruknet July 11, 2010 – A study prepared by the Gaza Strip’ Ministry of Planning confirmed an upsurge in settlement activity and Judaization carried out by the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in occupied Jerusalem. It highlighted that the IOA confiscated more than 23,000 of the Eastern Jerusalem’ 70,000 dunum total land area, and that about 35,000 thousand housing units were…
Iranian Regime’s Nuclear Heel
Uruknet July 11, 2010 – The Iranian people have a right to demand accountability for a whole host of issues involved with the production of nuclear energy in Iran: Where are the records of seismological surveys carried out to determine how near/far major fault lines lie from the Bushehr power plant? What are the safety regulations put in place? What…
Mayor: Israeli forces confiscate land near Hebron
Uruknet July 11, 2010 – Israeli soldiers issued orders barring residents of four small villages in the southern West Bank from their land, mayor Suleiman Al-Adam said Sunday. The orders declared the agricultural land a closed military zone, and ordered farmers and others working on the land to evacuate. The soldiers also confiscated farming equipment, a statement by Beit Ula’…
Israeli FM to Palestinians: Take Israel’s Arabs
Uruknet July 11, 2010 – Israel’s Foreign Minister has said that a peace deal with the Palestinians should include handing areas where Israel’s Arabs live over to Palestinian control. Avigdor Lieberman said a peace accord should be based on “population exchanges, not land for peace.” The Palestinians claim the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem for a state, but…
Israeli academics hit back over bid to pass law that would criminalise them
Uruknet July 11, 2010 – An academic backlash has erupted in Israel over proposed new laws, backed by the government of Binyamin Netanyahu, to criminalise a handful of Israeli professors who openly support a campaign against the continuing occupation of the West Bank. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel has gained rapid international support since Israeli troops…
IOF troops damage more land in Gaza, Zionist settler runs over old Palestinian
Uruknet July 11, 2010 – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) escorted two military bulldozers 300 metes into eastern Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday amidst indiscriminate shooting. Local sources told the PIC reporter that three army tanks were firing intermittently as the bulldozers damaged Palestinian lands. IOF troops on Saturday night that opened machinegun fire at Palestinian homes and…
Tearing Down The Wall In Al-Ma’ara
Uruknet July 10, 2010 – Israeli soldiers dragged the remnants of a symbolic wall from highway 3157 near Al Ma’ara today, halting a popular demonstration. Yesterday’ protest took place on the sixth anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that construction of the Wall in Palestinian territory is illegal..
Threatening World Order: US and Israel Quietly Announce Plans to Reconstitute Their Nuclear Stockpiles
Uruknet July 10, 2010 – The world looks like it’s about to become a more dangerous place. A recent report from Israel’s newspaper Haaretz finds that the United States is moving forward with plans to strengthen Israel’s nuclear weapons stockpile. The report, exposed within the last few days, originated from Israel’s Army Radio, which sent along a secret document chronicling…
Creative Resistance Shatters Israel’s Image
Uruknet July 10, 2010 – The Gaza aid flotilla has come to symbolize a breathtaking type of creative resistance. Ingenious, challenging and as Israel has learnt much to its folly, devastating! Clearly the Mavi Marmara has changed the Zionist worldview of a tiny Jewish state besieged by hostile terrorists forever. No longer is Israel able to lean on deceptive arguments…
Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children
Uruknet July 10, 2010 – That was the heading on the leaflet distributed at the Iper Coop in Rome, Italy on July 9, 2010, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. While the systematic demolition of Palestinian homes by Israel continues, the Italian hypermarket instead sells colorful and cheerful plastic toy…
British officials moving to amend internal law to protect Israel’s war criminals
Uruknet July 10, 2010 – Pro-Israeli senior officials in the British government are embarking on getting the arrest warrant law changed in order to prevent the arrest of Israeli officials during their visits to the United Kingdom. The London-based Jewish Chronicle newspaper said on Friday that the issue of Israeli officials’ fears of British arrest warrants came to the surface…
Palestinian village to be encircled by barrier
Uruknet July 10, 2010 – Israel has started construction on a new section of its West Bank separation barrier that Palestinian residents say could sound a death knell for their hamlet. The barrier, running much of the length of the West Bank, has already disrupted lives in many Palestinian towns and villages in its path. But it threatens to outright…
Obama and Netanyahu Plan Conflict, not Resolution
Uruknet July 10, 2010 – On July 6, Bibi and Obama met privately for 79 minutes, Atlanta Journal Constitution writer Jay Bookman calling it “empty theatre, actors going through the motions of pretending to pretend, (when, in fact, there’s) no willingness or political ability within Israel to withdraw from settlements (or) create a viable Palestinian state, (nor is there) stomach…
Aid ship on course for Gaza, say backers
The National 11 Jul 2010 – An aid ship on its way from Greece is sailing for Gaza and will not be diverted to Egypt, its Libyan organisers insisted.
Palestinians in Syria have to be taught about ‘home’
The National 11 Jul 2010 – Refugees cling to precious documents as families inherit proof of a homeland, but their hopes fade that they will ever return.
AIC Upgrades Website Infrastructure
Alternative Information Center – The Alternative Information Center (AIC) is currently upgrading its website infrastructure. We will be back online by Tuesday 22 June 2010.
Settler Released Hours after Arrested over Killing of Palestinian Youth
WAFA – TEL AVIV, July 11, 2010 (WAFA)- Israel Police on Sunday released a settler of the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar released hours after arrested over killing of Palestinian teenager whose body
Humanitarian Aid to Palestine Must Continue, Rosmah Says
WAFA – KUALA LUMPUR, July 11, 2010 (WAFA)- Humanitarian aid, including similar initiatives such as the recent Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, must continue to alert the world to the inhumane conditions in
Presbyterian Church Calls for Ending U.S. Aid to Israel if Colonization Continues
WAFA – MINNEAPOLIS (USA) July 11, 2010 (WAFA) – Presbyterian Church (USA) called for an end to U.S. aid to Israel if that country continues its colonization of the Palestinian West Bank, MWC NEWS website
Tomorrow Hearing on Flotilla in Israeli Supreme Court
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Israel vows to prevent Libya aid boat from landing in Gaza
Daily Star 11 Jul 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday vowed to prevent a Libyan aid ship from running the Gaza blockade after it appeared to be heading for the besieged enclave despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts to divert it…
Tunisian court jails eight men on terror charges
Daily Star 11 Jul 2010 TUNIS: A court sentenced eight Tunisians, two of them refugees in Europe, to up to 12 years in jail on charges of belonging to a militant group and inciting terrorism, a lawyer said. The eight had…
Netanyahu to discuss peace moves with Mubarak
Daily Star 11 Jul 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would head for Egypt this week in order to update Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on latest developments in talks with the Palestinians. “On Tuesday,…
Olmert grilled by police again over Holyland scandal
Daily Star 11 Jul 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s former Premier Ehud Olmert was questioned by the fraud squad Sunday for a third time over his alleged involvement in a huge property scandal, a police spokesman said. “Ehud Olmert went on Sunday…
Iran’s judiciary chief halts woman’s stoning ‘for now’
Daily Star 11 Jul 2010 TEHRAN: Iran’s judiciary chief has temporarily halted the execution by stoning of a woman accused of adultery, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, quoting a judiciary official. “Although the verdict is definitive and applicable, the…
Revolutionary Guards profiting from Iran sanctions – Karroubi
Daily Star 11 Jul 2010 TEHRAN: Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has said Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards back sanctions against Tehran as they make “astronomical profits” from the punitive measures, a website said on Sunday. “I believe that part of the Iranian…
Irtas rally marks the sixth anniversary of the International Court of Justice ruling against the Wall
Stop The Wall – the popular committee against the Wall and settlements in The village of Irtas organized a protest which commemorated the 2004 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice which ruled that Israel’ construction of the Wall was illegal under international law. [
Settler arrested in death of Palestinian youth
YNet News – Yitzhar resident suspected of involvement in shooting of 15-year-old boy who….
‘Libyan ship to reach Gaza in 70 hours’
YNet News – Executive director of charity sending aid to Strip denies reports vessel….
Settlers’ assault of Druze troops to be probed
YNet News – Internal security minister appeals to police commissioner following military….
IDF officer charged with seducing underage girls
YNet News – Eyal Nahum indicted for contacting some 4,000 girls aged 10-16, offering to….
UK envoy says regrets offense over Fadlallah blog
YNet News – Following criticism from Israel, British ambassador to Lebanon says article….
Hebron Palestinians: Go dance on your own streets
YNet News – Leftists, Palestinians protest against IDF soldiers’ mock dance during patrol in….
Mumbai nanny gets temporary status
YNet News – Interior Minister Eli Yishai has bestowed temporary residential status upon Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved the life of Moshe Holtzberg during the terror attack …….
Iran clerics to fight West influence in schools
YNet News – The Iranian government said it will send hundreds of clerics into Tehran’s schools this fall to fight Western influence and the appeal of the political opposition, local …….
Fatah official: Jerusalem is ticking time bomb
YNet News – Fatah official Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala) accused Israel of neglecting to honor its obligations to freeze construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and said the …….
Former officer: Navy commander must resign
YNet News – A former senior Navy officer called on its commander, Eliezer Marom, to resign Sunday, just a day before the Eiland committee report on the IDF flotilla raid is scheduled …….
Hezbollah says has list of targets in Israel
YNet News – A senior official with the Hezbollah group says they have a list of military targets inside Israel to hit in any future war. Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, …….
Eyes on Libyan Ship Intent on Running Gaza Blockade
The Media Line 10 Jul 2010 – Mideast watchers are focused on the course that will be followed by a ship which has embarked from Greece with some 2,000 tons of supplies destined for the Gaza Strip. Flying the flag of Moldova, the…
Iran Revolutionary Guard Defector: Huge Iranian Attack on Israel Inevitable
The Media Line 10 Jul 2010 – A former member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard who defected to the United States told a news conference called to promote his book on Friday that it’s only a matter of time until Iran carries out…
Having Accepted Indirect Talks, ‘Abbas Draws New Line-in-Sand
The Media Line 10 Jul 2010 – [Analysis] Having taken more than a year to prod Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud ‘Abbas into indirect talks with Israel, American and Israeli efforts to elevate those talks to direct status are being met with a new ‘…
Rapping in Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic
New York Times 10 Jul 2010 – A look at Palestinian and Jewish rappers living in Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, Israel and Brooklyn.
A poem for my mother
Mondoweiss – Jenny Grossbard, 25, lives in New York. This piece first appeared on her blog, Overcoming Zion , ten days ago , with the title, “The Metro-West Jewish News.” At the peak of his absurdity, the author writes: “Jewish anti-Zionists are in love with Jewish powerlessness, because so many…
Revolving border: AIPAC works with Netanyahu to set colonization policy in W Bank
Mondoweiss – This seems to be one of the rare instances where the open collusion/consultation between AIPAC and the Israeli government is so clearly stated. From Ynet : The West Bank construction freeze of all things should not be a problem: Firstly, because there was really never a full…
If you look at anything on this site—
Mondoweiss – If you look at anything on this site, please watch the video below that Adam posted here before of a Palestinian woman who lives in central Hebron and whose door has been welded shut by rightwing Zionists with the support of the Israeli gov’t. It is…
British judge says Gaza is ‚Äòhell on earth‘ and jury acquits activists of damaging arms factory
Mondoweiss – Shades of the 70s, and the Berrgians. Seven activists in Brighton, England, are acquitted of damaging an arms factory they believed supplied arms to Israel. Christopher Varley writes, “Here’ the only ‚Äòexistential threat‘ that the country has ever really faced- its legitimacy revoked by the colonial…
Toy Israeli houses for Italian kids, destroyed homes for Palestinian children
Mondoweiss – Toy house from Israeli firm Keter Plastics That was the heading on the leaflet distributed at the Iper Coop in Rome, Italy on July 9, 2010, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. While the systematic demolition…
Israeli Finance Ministry explains recent IDF-sourced Hezbollah stories
Coteret – Why the sudden spate of Israeli-sourced publications on Hezbollah’ military power? On Wednesday (July 7 2010) this one , in the Jerusalem Post,eliciteda sarcastic Tweet from Foreign Policy’ Marc Lynch : Israel’ shocking discovery of Hezballah presence in‚Ķ.Lebanon. Believe it or not! This morning (July 11 2010), Maariv…
Angels and Devils: Mozart, Strauss, Hitler, Hertzl
Palestine Think Tank – On last Friday July 2 2010, Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Professor and researcher at Bethlehem and Bir Zeit Universities, a human rights activist who lived 28 years in the USA, returned to his homeland Palestine to demonstrate non-violently against the Apartheid Wall, the massive uprooting of…
I HOPE THIS MAKES YOU SICK
Irish4Palestine – HOMELESS, THANKS TO ISAREL Are people still angry? Are you still outraged? Yeah, here I come to ruin your Sunday World Cup Final party. As you go out into your kitchen, and pull open the fridge door for a nice cold drink, remember this: But lets…
IRELAND TAKES STAND AGAINST ISRAEL
Irish4Palestine – GO ON IRELAND!!! No, you evil rogue state, you do not get to steal our identities and passports to murder people you don’t like. You don’t get to have access to information about all our citizens so you can harm them and drag us into your…
Gaza bling
BBC – Palestinian who made a million… through smuggling
Grip of obsession?
BBC – Palestinian quest to smash Guinness world records
To end the occupation, cripple Israeli banks — by Terry Crawford-Browne
Sabbah report – By Terry Crawford-Browne* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The international banking sanctions campaign in New York against apartheid South Africa during the 1980s is regarded as the most effective strategy in bringing about a nonviolent end to the country’s apartheid system. The campaign culminated in President…
(en) Russia, Moscow Anarchists Protest at South African Embassy
A-infos – Today (10 July) a group of anarchists stages a protest at the South African embassy in Moscow. Their protest raised a number of issues related to the World Cup and, also, the repression of Abahlali baseMjondolo. The World Cup finishes on Sunday and the trial of…
(en) US, SDS* call: October 7, 2010 – All out to defend education!
A-infos – On March 4th, campuses across the country erupted in protest as faculty, campus workers, and students joined together to say NO to the attacks on education. On that day, over twenty chapters of Students for a Democratic Society protested on their campuses. At the University of…
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Boycott Israel campaign wants Israel to abide by international law
Neve Gordon, Redress7/11/2010
There is a considerable amount of misunderstanding about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. As John Berger explained a while back, BDS is not a principle but a strategy; it is not against Israel but against Israeli policy; when the policy changes BDS will end.
BDS is also not about a particular solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but rather the demand that Israel abide by international law and UN resolutions. It is accordingly something that you can support if you are for a two state solution or a one state solution. You can even support it as a Zionist. It arises from the realization, following years of experience, that the occupation will not end unless Israelis understand that it has a price.
In a sense, the fact that a boycott is required is a sign of weakness following the polarization and marginalization of the left in Israel. On the one hand, we have more or less used all the other weapons we have in the arsenal of non-violent resistance and the situation on the ground is only getting worse. On the other hand, we are witnessing the development of a proto-fascist mindset in Israel. I am, for example, extremely anxious about the extent that the space for public debate in Israel is shrinking.
One of the ways of silencing any dissent is through the demand for loyalty, so that a slogan you hear a lot now is “no citizenship without loyalty”. This slogan reflects the inversion of the republican idea that the state should be loyal to the citizen and is accountable for inequities and injustices. It is a manifestation of the complete reversal of the republican relationship between state and loyalty and the adoption, instead, of a logic similar to the one that informed Mussolini’ Italy. It is — as Gramsci once said — part of the morbid symptoms of our times. more.. e-mail
Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children
Rome Palestinian Solidarity Network, Dissident Voice7/10/2010
“Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children”
That was the heading on the leaflet distributed at the Iper Coop in Rome, Italy on July 9, 2010, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. While the systematic demolition of Palestinian homes by Israel continues, the Italian hypermarket instead sells colorful and cheerful plastic toy houses, in addition to children’ chairs, tables and slides, produced by the Israeli company Keter and marketed in Italy by Giochi Preziosi and Grand Soleil.
The Keter Group, a leading worldwide producer of plastics, has some of its factories located in Israeli settlements built illegally in the occupied Palestinian territories, in particular, the infamous industrial zone of Barkan outside the Ariel settlement. Barkan, the second largest settlement industrial area, is home to some of the most environmentally unfriendly industries there are: plastics, aluminum, fiberglass, electroplating and weapons production. It is estimated that Barkan discharges 810,000 cubic meters of industrial waste water per year, which ends up in rivers and lands near the Palestinian village of Salfit.
The Israeli government provides strong incentives for industries that choose to locate their production facilities in the illegal settlements, such as tax breaks, grants and reductions of up to 69% in the rent of state owned lands. In addition, factories have access to a low-cost workforce, exploiting the Palestinians, including many minors, under constant threat of being fired and with no labor or health safeguards. more.. e-mail
PA between a rock and a hard place
Tariq Mukhimer, Ma‘an News Agency7/11/2010
In early March 2010, the Arab League gave its backing to the resumption of peace talks under the proximity formula, and set a timetable of four months for the move from indirect to direct talks. It declared that the motivation for their decision is to give Israeli-Palestinian talks a final chance and to facilitate the Obama administration’ efforts at settling the conflict.
The Obama administration welcomed the decision, but the Palestinian Authority announced that it would withdraw from indirect talks until Israel complied with its demand for a complete cessation of settlement construction and house demolitions in East Jerusalem. These policies, however, continued, and the PA failed to meet its promise and to suspend proximity talks with Israel, despite the ongoing building and the elapse of the four-month time span set by the PA itself.
Although this might be read as a further PA concession to the Israeli government, it is apparent that the PA is still waiting for Israel’ reaction following the end of its 10-month halt on settlement building announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2009 to decide its next step.
The PA hopes the Obama administration will be in a position to force Israel into announcing a new moratorium on settlement building in exchange for continuing proximity talks. The PA seeks to use this moratorium as a pretext to justify the continuing proximity talks to its people, and hence, to counter the most recent political gain by Hamas resulting from the flotilla raid and the following relative relaxation of Gaza’ blockade. The crisis the PA has to deal with in this respect is the Netanyahu administration and its plans for peace with the PA.
Apparently, Netanyahu aims at settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on an “extended model of Oslo arrangement;” that is to say, a disarmed “nominal mini state,”…. more.. e-mail
Tearing Down The Wall In Al-Ma’sara
Palestine Monitor: 10 Jul 2010 – Israeli soldiers dragged the remnants of a symbolic wall from highway 3157 near Al Ma’sara today, halting a popular demonstration. Yesterday’s protest took place on the sixth anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that construction of the Wall in Palestinian territory is illegal. Written and photographed by Kara Newhouse. Gathering after noon prayers, around forty Palestinian, Israeli and international activists marched through the village chanting- “The wall must fall!”, carrying a home-made wall constructed from iron and Styrofoam. The fake wall, decorated with stickers reading “The right to return is inalienable” measured four metres wide. The Separation Wall that Israel continues to build will be 760 km long when completed and could annex over 40% percent of West Bank land. When the demonstrators reached the intersection of Al Ma’sara’s main road and 3157, they set up the Styrofoam wall in the road, where three army jeeps and…
BDS to Israel: Abide by International Law
Palestine Chronicle: 11 Jul 2010 – By Neve Gordon — Israel There is a considerable amount of misunderstanding about the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions). As John Berger explained a while back, BDS is not a principle but a strategy; it is not against Israel but against Israeli policy; when the policy changes BDS will end. BDS is also not about a particular solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but rather the demand that Israel abide by international law and UN resolutions. It is accordingly something that you can support if you are for a two state solution or a one state solution. You can even support it as a Zionist. It arises from the realization, following years of experience, that the Occupation will not end unless Israelis understand that it has a price. In a sense, the fact that a boycott is required is a sign of weakness following the polaristaion and marginalisation of the left…more
Obama’s Collapse
Palestine Chronicle: 11 Jul 2010 – By Jeremy Salt — Ankara The spectacle of an American sucking up to an Israeli Prime Minister is familiar but no less sickening every time it happens. Not since Eisenhower has an American president had the guts to stand up to Israel. With this single exception, all of them have fallen over in their haste to give Israel whatever it wants and to hold it responsible for nothing, not even the murder of its own citizens. The recent meeting between Barack Obama, effectively apologising because his middle name is Hussein, and Benyamin Netanyahu surely marks the lowest point in this sick relationship. Obama has now thrown in the towel. That is what the White House meeting represented. He talked of a peace process which does not exist and Israeli ‘concessions’ which have never been made. Obama wants the non-existent peace process to be resumed with a Palestinian government that is…more
Two Sit-Ins in Jerusalem
Palestine Chronicle: 11 Jul 2010 – By Uri Avnery At this moment, two sit-ins are taking place in Jerusalem, two kilometers apart. In West Jerusalem, the Shalit family is sitting in a protest tent in front of the Prime Minister’ residence, swearing to remain there until the return of their son. In East Jerusalem, three members of the Palestinian parliament are holed up in the building of the International Red Cross. The word that connects the two is: Hamas. The Shalit family is demanding the release of their son, Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit, after four years in captivity. For that purpose they have marched, under the beating sun, 200 kilometers from their home in Galilee to Jerusalem, at the head of tens of thousands. This is a popular movement almost without precedent in Israel: people of the Left and the Right marched together with ordinary people who were touched and united by their concern for the…more
Creative Resistance Shatters Israel’s Image
Palestine Chronicle: 11 Jul 2010 – By Iqbal Jassat — Pretoria The Gaza aid flotilla has come to symbolize a breathtaking type of creative resistance. Ingenious, challenging and as Israel has learnt much to its folly, devastating! Clearly the Mavi Marmara has changed the Zionist worldview of a tiny Jewish state besieged by hostile terrorists forever. No longer is Israel able to lean on deceptive arguments of the past to justify its policies of repression and vengeful occupation. That and the latest full-blown standoff between the family of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, their thousands of supporters and the rightwing Netanyahu regime, is additional evidence of a public mood displaying signs of frustration, hopelessness and despair. Ties with the Obama administration, despite desperate public attempts seeking to reassure each other that these are solid, are clearly showing signs of deep-seated divisions. Blowing hot and cold with no decisive urgency to restore ties to the Bush era,…more
A Black-Palestinian Liberation Theology?
Palestine Chronicle: 11 Jul 2010 – By Dallas Darling When President Barack Hussein Obama reiterated that the Israeli blockade of Gaza was unsustainable, and when he announced an economic aid package worth millions of dollars for the beleaguered Palestinians, I asked myself: “Why Not a Black-Palestinian Liberation Theology?” (President Obama also addressed concern over the use of Israeli weapons against Palestinians, and the need of an “international mechanism” consisting of Egypt, Turkey, Israel, and of course, the Palestinian Authority. In the Hebrew scriptures and Gospels, the word “salvation” can mean liberation, as well as deliverance, rescue, and freedom from oppression and injustices. James Cone, a Black Liberation theologian in the U.S., believed those who adhere to a faith in God should be engaged in the struggle for freedom and salvation politically, socially, and economically. At the same time, inward piety should not be substituted with social and political justice, but God’ reign of equality, love, and…more
Ralph Nader Recommends
Palestine Chronicle: 11 Jul 2010 – By Ralph Nader Summer time is reading time. Here are ten suggested new books: 1. Toxic Talk (Thomas Dunne Books) by Bill Press, the liberal talk show host, unloads in his words, on “how the radical right has poisoned America’ airwaves.” The five major syndicates are dominated by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and Bill O‘Reilly. Using their own statements, Press applies indignation, satire and humor to demonstrate the bigotry, the falsehoods and the propaganda that sustain the concentrated power of corporate oligarchs who fan far right-wing flames with advertising revenues. 2. Stop Getting Ripped Off (Ballantine Books) by Bob Sullivan. MSNBC’ penetrating consumer reporter gets very specific about how you are being fleeced and how you can often get a fair deal. If you have credit cards, mortgages, life insurance, cell phones, cable tv, are shopping for a new car or…more
Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children
Dissident Voice: 10 Jul 2010 – Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children That was the heading on the leaflet distributed at the Iper Coop in Rome, Italy on July 9, 2010, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. While the systematic demolition of Palestinian homes by Israel continues, the Italian hypermarket instead sells colorful and cheerful plastic toy houses, in addition to children’ chairs, tables and slides, produced by the Israeli company Keter and marketed in Italy by Giochi Preziosi and Grand Soleil. The Keter Group, a leading worldwide producer of plastics, has some of its factories located in Israeli settlements built illegally in the occupied Palestinian territories, in particular, the infamous industrial zone of Barkan outside the Ariel settlement. Barkan, the second largest settlement industrial area, is home to some of the most environmentally unfriendly industries there are: plastics, aluminum, fiberglass,…
Two Sit-Ins
Dissident Voice: 10 Jul 2010 – At this moment, two sit-ins are taking place in Jerusalem, two kilometers apart. In West Jerusalem, the Shalit family is sitting in a protest tent in front of the Prime Minister’ residence, swearing to remain there until the return of their son. In East Jerusalem, three members of the Palestinian parliament are holed up in the building of the International Red Cross. The word that connects the two is: Hamas. The Shalit family is demanding the release of their son, Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit, after four years in captivity. For that purpose they have marched, under the beating sun, 200 kilometers from their home in Galilee to Jerusalem, at the head of tens of thousands. This is a popular movement almost without precedent in Israel: people of the Left and the Right marched together with ordinary people who were touched and united by their concern for the young man. The…
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