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Army Invades Khan Younis
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 23:09, Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a number of armed vehicles, tanks, and military bulldozers, invaded on Tuesday evening Abasan Al Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians In Jerusalem Feeling Abandoned
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 14:22, With the specter of more housing demolitions and the “Judaification” of East Jerusalem, leaders are looking for help where they can.
Israeli Soldier Who Killed British Activist Released Early from Prison
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 13:56, An Israeli Army committee cut the prison sentence for Taysir Heib, a former soldier, who was convicted of manslaughter and other charges in relation to the shooting of a British peace activist.
Mubarak Turns Netanyahu Down
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 13:49, The two leaders met, Sunday, and afterwards sources have said that he rejected Netanyahu’s plan for the peace process.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Visits Gaza
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 12:47, EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, is currently visiting Gaza. She has met with local leaders and witnessed the effects of the siege on Gaza.
Assad, Davutoglu Discuss Future of Palestine
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 12:05, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met in Damascus to discuss the current situation in Palestine as well as their nations’ relations with Israel.
Loyalty Oath Approved by Israeli Cabinet
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 11:42, The Israeli cabinet has approved a provision that would require all Israeli citizenship seekers to swear allegiance to a “Jewish democratic state”.
Head of UNRWA Discusses Efforts, Frustrations in Gaza
IMEMC – 20 Jul 2010 – Tuesday July 20, 2010 – 10:36, Last Thursday John Ging, head of UNRWA in Gaza, spoke to an audience at the Zikim kibbutz near Ashkelon about his organization’s goals in Gaza, as well as the difficulties they face achieving them.
Israel detains Palestinian activist on spy charges
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – A well-known Palestinian activist in Israel was detained by Israeli police on Tuesday on allegations that he spied for a foreign agent against Israel, Israeli media reported. Mahmoud Masarwah, 62, from the Palestinian village of Baka Al-Garbiyeh in Israel, further had [h]is remand extended by 10 days without being granted access….
Russian armored vehicles for PA arrive in Jordan
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – A Russian donation of 50 armored personal carriers for Palestinian Authority security forces arrived in Jordan on Tuesday, ahead of their transfer to the West Bank, the Foreign Ministry announced.”The official ceremony for the receiving of the special equipment took place on July 19 in Jordan where it was delivered by….
Activists: Israeli forces demolish well
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – A pro-Palestinian activist group said Tuesday that Israeli border police and hired laborers recently carried out demolitions in a farming area north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The Christian Peacemakers Team said in a statement that Israeli forces using heavy machinery destroyed a cistern and removed irrigation pipes from 1.5 acres of farmland in the third such incident in 12 days. Related: CPT: AL KHALIL/HEBRON: Israeli border police demolish cistern in Al Beqa’a Valley
Israel to deploy new anti-missile system in November
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Israel will deploy its new anti-missile system designed to combat threats from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, the Israeli Defense Ministry said Monday.” The Iron Dome interceptor, in conjunction with air force and anti-aircraft systems, successfully downed a large number of threats in fully operational mode,” the ministry said in statement quoted….
Ashton asked to send observers to Jerusalem
7/20/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held a second meeting Monday with officials in Jerusalem, where dignitaries stressed the centrality of the holy city in Palestinian life and culture. Ashton was in Palestine as part of her second Middle East trip. A delegation of Palestinian officials asked that the EU appoint a special commissioner for Jerusalem affairs…. Related: Human rights groups urge Ashton to end siege
Israel army ’ready’ to bomb Hizbullah in civilian areas
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Israel is prepared to attack Hizbullah in populated areas where weapons are stashed, Israel’s army chief Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday.” It is quiet now, but we are monitoring developments and are ready for all possibilities,” Ashkenazi told Israel Radio, speaking from Rome where he is on an official visit. Asheknazi said Israeli….
PA sues Israeli companies over fuel theft claims
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority has filed suit in an Israeli court over the alleged theft of fuel by an Israeli transport company contracted by the nation’s largest oil distributor. The allegations, brought forth in a Ma’an investigation days earlier, involve a petrol distributor taking advantage of PA customs inefficiencies to pilfer thousands of liters of fuel…. Related: Missing fuel from Israeli contractor raises questions
Jerusalem official accuses Ramallah of negligence
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Fatah’s Jerusalem affairs chief accused the Palestinian Authority of “serious negligence,” saying Tuesday that the failure had harmed Palestinians in the city. The government led by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad failed to organize a proper budget for Jerusalem affairs, Hatem Abdul-Qader told Ma’an, adding that there was no clear plan to support the….
Jordanian national detained by Israel forces
7/20/2010 – Tulkarem – Ma’an – Israeli forces detained a Palestinian and a Jordanian national in Tulkarem in the northern West Bank overnight Sunday. Masked Israeli soldiers raided the southern neighborhood in the city and stormed the house of detained Al-Qassam Brigades leader Abbas As-Sayyed. Forces later searched his brother’s home and detained Amjad Sabe As-Sayyed, 27. A second….
Shots fired at Qalqiliya municipal building
7/20/2010 – Qalqiliya – Ma’an – Unidentified assailants opened fire Monday night at a municipal building in the northern West Bank causing minor damage, local officials reported. Municipal sources said staff at the Qalqiliya building heard four gunshots, all of which penetrated the office of public services windows. Palestinian security forces said they arrived shortly after the shots were….
Foundation reports arson at Jaffa mosque
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Arson was behind a fire targeting the ancient western door of the Hassan Beik Mosque in the coastal city of Jaffa on Tuesday, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Islamic Heritage and Endowments reported. The perpetrators have yet to be identified, the foundation said, but suggested that Israeli extremists were behind the attack. The foundation….
Shipment of Libyan aid through single open crossing
7/20/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – A portion of aid unloaded in Egypt will be transferred into Gaza by Israeli crossings officials on Tuesday, a Palestinian liaison said, noting the goods would enter via a single open crossing terminal. The aid from the Libyan-sponsored ship, which was diverted to Egypt after Israeli warships prohibited the vessel from docking in….
Human rights groups urge Ashton to end siege
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Gaza-based rights groups reminded EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that calls to ease the siege on Gaza “fall short of addressing the root cause of humanitarian suffering” and urged her to take decisive action. A coalition of 13 rights groups issued a letter on Monday, the day after Ashton visited Gaza, where she told reporters she noticed minor improvements in the situation, but said more was required…. Related: Ashton asked to send observers to Jerusalem
Indonesian medical delegation arrives in Gaza
7/20/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – An Indonesian delegation of doctors arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday via the Rafah crossing, border officials announced. Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities allowed the exit of a group of Palestinians with disabilities to leave Gaza. Egypt opened theRafah crossing on 1 June, following an Israeli raid on a six-boat aid fleet destined for….
Netanya bombers told to compensate hotel
7/20/2010 – Tulkarem – Ma’an – Six Palestinians involved in the Netanya bombing of 2002 have been ordered by an Israeli military court to pay $18 million dollars in compensation to the Park Hotel, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Tuesday. Tulkarem branch director Halima Rmelat said Abbas As-Sayyed, Muhannad Shrem, Mu’amar Shahroor, Naser Az-Zetawy, Ahmad Al-Jayousy, and Fathi Al-Khatib….
Mash’al, Turkish FM talk unity in Damascus
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mash’al met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Damascus on Monday, Turkish media reported Tuesday. Mash’al and Davutoglu discussed efforts to reconcile rivaling movements Fatah and Hamas, the state-run Anatolia News Agency wrote, as well as the Middle East peace process. Davutoglu was in Damascus for a….
Israel shuts down Allenby Bridge overnight
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli authorities closed down the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank on Monday evening for the second day, officials said. Palestinian Authority Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein Ash-Sheikh said Israel was “responsible for what happens at the crossings, and the disruptionof civilians and increasing their suffering.” The crossing was closed….
MK Tibi: Israel prefers dialogue over peace
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The idea of a bi-national state is a “nightmare” for Israel, Palestinian-Israeli Knesset member Ahmad Tibi told the Ma’an-producedNo Spin talk show on Palestine TV on Tuesday.” The Arabs living in Israel are much more interested in the two-state solution based on 4 June 1967 borders,” Tibi said. A solution based on the….
Fatah: Progress before direct talks
7/20/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – Fatah’s Central Committee met Tuesday morning to discuss a number of issues including the peace process, member Muhammad Dahlan said. The meeting, headed by party leader and President Mahmoud Abbas, covered the convening of the Revolutionary Council on Tuesday and US demands to move toward direct talks with Israel. Dahlan said Fatah wants….
Report: Lebanese party denies recruiting Fatah fighters
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – A Lebanese party denied reports on Tuesday that officials asked the Fatah leadership in Lebanon to recruit fighters into the movement, Lebanese media reported. The Future Movement, the Lebanese premier Saad Hariri’s party, said the allegation was “totally baseless,” NOW Lebanon quoted a statement issued by party official Ahmad Hariri as saying….
Italy provides loan to support Palestinian agriculture
7/20/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an -The Italian government has provided the Palestinian Authority “‚Äö¬¨30 million for the agricultural sector, PA Agriculture Minister Ismail Deiq announced Tuesday. Deiq said the loans were concessional and long-term, and would not be subject to interest rates. Projects eligible to receive the Italian loan will be implemented through a fund established for the….
New adviser appointed to Palestinian embassy in Canada
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Affairs Ministry appointed a new adviser to its embassy in Canada on Tuesday. Linda Soboh was appointed to the role, and will advise on Palestinian affairs in Canada. There are approximately 22,000 Palestinians currently living in Canada, based largely in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia….
Fatah: Hamas made decision to impede unity
7/20/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – Fatah officials condemned what they called a Hamas decision to prevent members of the movement’s Revolutionary Council from leaving the Gaza Strip to attend its Ramallah meeting on Tuesday. Fatah Revolutionary Council member Fahmi Za’arir said Hamas treats Fatah and its leaders “inappropriately,” while Fatah tries to finalize a reconciliation agreement. This, he….
PFLP denies reports of tensions with PA
7/20/2010 – Nablus – Ma’an – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine denied reports issued by the Hamas-affiliated Paldf website on Monday which alleged a strain in relations between the party and the PA. The site quoted”informed sources” describing a sit-in held Saturday in protest of the postponement of local elections as an event where “sharp….
PA to compensate family of Hamas detainee
7/20/2010 – Hebron – Ma’an – A Palestinian military court ruled Tuesday that Palestinian Authority Intelligence Services must compensate the family of suspect who died in prison. But the Southern and Northern Provinces court exonerated five intelligence officers suspected of involvement in Haytham Abdullah Abdul Rahman Amr’s death. Amr was detained by PA intelligence forces on 11 June 2009….
Report: Knesset to review flag burning law
7/20/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Israeli parliament is scheduled to discuss an amendment to the Burning Flag Law, the Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported Tuesday. According to the daily, the amendment is aimed at deterring anti-Zionist Jews from burning the Israeli flag, and would see convicted offenders fined up to 67,300 shekels. During Israel’s Independence Day celebrations in….
Fired Gaza bank employees to file suit
7/20/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Sacked Palestine Islamic Bank employees in Gaza announced Tuesday that they will file suit for wrongful dismissal and complaints [] with the Monetary Authority and human rights groups. The 17 employees were informed of the bank administration’s decision on Monday at the end of the work day, with five receiving dismissal notices. The other….
Birthrights and wrongs: Arrival
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Although still no sign of Erica, we were allowed to board the plane. While we were all sure the worst was over, we were still a little shaken by the whole thing. I mean I get…
Obama’s costly appeasement of Israelis
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – It was a session replete with superlatives when the assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs, Andrew J. Shapiro, spelled out in unprecedented detail the Obama administration’s approach to U.S.-Israel security cooperation, reassuring the…
Netanyahu: I deceived U.S. to destroy Oslo accords
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – There is one video Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, must be praying never gets posted on YouTube with English subtitles. To date, the 10-minute segment has been broadcast only in Hebrew on Israel’s Channel 10….
Erdogan advisor: ‘It’s up to Israel to make this right’
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Ibrahim Kalin talks to Palestine Note By Sarah Harlan Washington – Israel’s deadly May 31 commando raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza set off indignation the world over, and it was felt…
Israel lifts travel ban on Turkey
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – The Israeli Counter-Terrorism Bureau has lifted a ban on travel to Turkey, Ynet News reported Tuesday. A beach in Alanya, Turkey. The white sands of Turkey’s coast had long been a major tourism destination…
Sarah Palin ‘refudiates’ New York Muslim community center
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – New York – Sarah Palin hurled herself last weekend into the debate about Cordoba House , a planned Muslim Community center—widely misreported as a mosque—to be built two blocks from the former World Trade Center site in…
PA official accuses Ramallah of ‘neglecting’ Jerusalem
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – The Palestinian Authority’s chief of Jerusalem Affairs has condemned his Ramallah-based leadership for “serious negligence” of Palestinians in the holy city. The PA government, led by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, failed in piecing together…
Mubarak’s health under scrutiny
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – The health of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been under discussion for some time, but it has become the subject of intensified scrutiny more recently as he postponed several meetings last week. Mubarak reportedly…
Israeli army chief: ‘Ready for all possibilities’ in war with Lebanon
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – The Israeli military is prepared to engage in offensives against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including bombing weapons caches, army chief Gabi Ashkenazi told Israeli army radio on Tuesday, Naharnet News reported . “Hezbollah is consolidating its…
Al-Qaeda calls Arab leaders ‘Zionists’
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri attacked Arab governments in his first recording released since December this week, calling them “Zionists” aiding Israel, AFP news agency reported Monday. Zawahiri (left, in younger days) and Bin Laden (…
Slain UK activist’s parents want meeting with ministers
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – New York – The family of a British peace activist killed by an Israeli soldier in Gaza in 2003 are demanding a meeting with top members of their government after it emerged on Monday that Israel…
Israeli PM denies giving Egypt map of Palestine state
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – The office of Israel’s prime minister denied Tuesday that PM Benjamin Netanyahu had presented Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with a “a map delineating the borders of a future Palestinian state during their meeting in…
Rachel Corrie’s hometown divests from Israel
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – A food co-op in the hometown of Rachel Corrie, the American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003 and namesake of a Gaza aid ship earlier this year, has launched a divestment campaign…
Former MI-5 chief: No evidence for Iraq invasion
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Washington – American and British intelligence had no credible links between Saddam Hussein and the terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks when the decision was made to invade Iraq, a former British intelligence chief informed an inquiry…
Mash’al meets Turkey FM in Damascus
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – Hamas leader discusses reconciliation with Fatah Washington – Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mash’al met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Damascus Monday, Turkey’s Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday. The meeting was “a move that…
Fayyadism is not authoritarianism
Palestine Note 19 Jul 2010 – In Nathan J. Brown’s recent commentary published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brown accuses Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of authoritarianism and says his governance has failed to ensure democracy and institution building. Brown…
Slandering the good guys: Some basic facts about IHH
Palestine Note 19 Jul 2010 – In the immediate aftermath of the massacre aboard the Mavi Marmara on May 31st, 2010, while journalists and activists were detained and isolated from the world, the Israeli government was quick to unleash their own version…
The extremist settler’s guide to getting away with terror
Palestine Note 19 Jul 2010 – Last week news broke in the Israeli press of the arrest of an Israeli settler, Haim Pearlman, on charges of murdering 4 Palestinians and committing many other attacks over the past twelve years. The Pearlman Affair…
Palestinians should not be forced to chose between faith and freedom
Palestine Note 19 Jul 2010 – The bigger goal of Palestinian independence from Israel’s oppression cannot disguise the blemishes that undermine that noble goal. Time after time, the actions of Hamas have not served to advance the interests of the Palestinian people….
Birthrights and wrongs: Takeoff
Palestine Note 19 Jul 2010 – So I’m at JFK airport sitting on a stoop. The rest of the group has already passed through security without any trouble. Of course, with me that’s never the case. After a very tearful goodbye with…
Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri: Arab leaders are zionists
PNN – PNN – Bethlehem – Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Al Quada’s number two, has given a first message to the world since December last year. In it he calls Jordan’s king Abdullah II, Saudi-Arabia’s king…
Police arrest 13 Abu-Salak Members and Find Large Cache of Weapons in Lod
PNN – Early today the police arrested 13 people in connection to a murder at a Mosque in Lod. The Police stormed a compound belonging to the Abu Salak clan in relation to the…
Netanyahu and Lieberman hold reconciliatory talks
PNN – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attempted to mediate their disagreement over the conversion bill and the 2011-2012 budget last night in an attempt to unify the governing coalition….
Mubarak Turned Down Israeli Map for Palestinian State
PNN – PNN – Bethlehem – Last Sunday, Egypttian Prime Minister Mubarak met with both Abbas and Netanyahu. The Israeli PM showed Mubarak a map revealing Israel’s vision of the borders of a future…
Israeli soldier to be relesed early from Jail
PNN – A former Israeli soldier, Taysir Heib, is to be released from prison next month, eight years after he shot dead a peace activist in the Gaza Strip.The victim, 22 year old British…
Israel one step closer to contested missile defense system
PNN – PNN – Jerusalem – Israel is one step closer in developing and employing a missile defense system along its borders with Gaza and Lebanon. After successful tests in the Negev the system…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Masked Gunmen Kidnap and Stab Palestinian Man near Gaza City
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Field Developments At dawn last Friday, 16 July 2010, masked gunmen kidnapped Munir Kaskin from his house, west of Gaza City, after stabbing him in his right side with a sharp tool. Mr. Kaskin was then taken to an unknown destination, where he was questioned about family disputes, and then released. This attack is a part of
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (07-14 July 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
S. Africa reinstates envoy to Israel
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Coovadia ends seven-week hiatus over Gaza flotilla incident.
Southern residents have mixed reactions to Iron Dome
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Anti-missile system is set to be deployed in Israel in November.
IDF hopes bill will increase reservists’ benefits
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Also under consideration is a discount on land bought from the Israel Lands Administration.
Danon: Settlers will start building the moment freeze ends
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Construction should resume in areas Israel expects to retain, Meridor says.
Report: No missile system to Iran
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Israel pleased Russia heeds sanctions, won’t give Iran S-300.
Greek PM’s visit signals warming ties
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Turkish FM meets Mashaal as Ankara strengthens links to Hamas.
Fatah supports direct talks on condition
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Revolutionary council expected to support Abbas’s stance.
Fatah to support direct talks conditionally
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Revolutionary council expected to support Abbas’s stance on negotiations.
Report: Israel holds captured flotilla ships
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Foreign Ministry requests assurances vessels will not attempt further blockade runs; Israel Counter-Terrorism Bureau lifts travel restriction on Turkey.
Meridor is for continued building
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – ‘It is right to build post-freeze in areas that will belong to Israel.’
Sharansky: Schism with US Jews would hurt Israel
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Jewish Agency chairman warns conversion bill would greatly damage Israel’s international standing.
Yacimovich: Steinitz, Barak budget deal illegal
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – MK: Deal violates requirement to report salary arrangements.
Analysis: Affect of regime change in Egypt on IDF.
Jeruslalem Post 20 Jul 2010 – Son of Mubarak, Gamal may take control if father falls ill.
International Solidarity Movement
Settler attacks increase in Tel Rumeida
7/20/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians have increased over the past few days in the TelRumeida neighborhood in Al Khalil (Hebron). On Sat. July 17, Mohammed, a shopkeeper, was approached by twelve Israeli settlers near his shop by the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Without provocation, two of the settlers grabbed Mohammed and a third punched him….
Food co-op in Rachel Corrie’s hometown boycotts Israeli goods
7/20/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Ha’aretz – Americans are far more supportive of Israel than Europeans, and most initiatives to boycott Israeli goods or to divest funds from companies working with Israel are unsuccessful in the United States. But such projects have recently become more widespread, especially among students – although most divestment decisions by student bodies are not implemented on the….
Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes
7/20/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) condemns the early release from prison of the Israeli soldier that murdered photography student and ISM volunteer Tom Hurndall in Gaza in 2003. The Israeli press yesterday reported that Taysir Hayb will be released three years early from an already short eight-year sentence. His murder was only a symptom of a….
Likud lawmaker: Jews should be allowed freer access to Temple Mount
Ha’aretz – Deputy parliament speaker says it is ‘distorted’ Israeli police makes it easier for Muslims to visit the holy compound than for Jews.
Knesset speaker at Shalit protest tent: I’m confident Gilad will be released
Ha’aretz – Reuven Rivlin visits Shalit Family protest tent, says Israel is doing everything to gain captured soldier’s release.
Third man arrested in case of espionage against Israel
Ha’aretz – Resident of Arab village of Baka al-Garbiyeh arrested week after police arrest Druze man suspected of crimes against Israel’s security.
Doctor suspected of using anasthetics to rape two women
Ha’aretz – 46-year old doctor of anesthesiology arrested Monday on suspicion of drugging and raping two women that he met on an online dating site.
Israel Police arrests 13 members of Lod clan, days after fatal feud
Ha’aretz – Bystander killed in fight by rival clans over the right to pray in one of the city’s mosques, police said, in fourth case of violence between the Azbarja and the…
Meridor: Loyalty oath will only make Israeli Arabs more extreme
Ha’aretz – Likud minister objects to proposed amendment which would require prospective citizens to swear allegiance to ‘Jewish democratic state.’
Israel wants fewer civilian deaths in future wars
Ha’aretz – An Israeli report submitted to the UN says the IDF has implemented changes designed to minimize civilian casualties and damage to civilian property in any future wars.
Obama: Iran’s path of defiance will only bring it more isolation
Ha’aretz – At press conference with British PM Cameron, Obama says U.S. remains committed to diplomatic solution to conflict over Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel lifts severe warning on travel to Turkey
Ha’aretz – Counter Terrorism Bureau cites end to stormy protests that followed deadly Israeli raid on Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship on May 31.
‘South Africa to reinstate Israel envoy, after recalled over Gaza flotilla’
Ha’aretz – Government reiterates call for international probe and end to Gaza siege, but says ambassador needed to monitor developments in Middle East., Davutoglu and Meshal discuss ways to break Israeli siege…
Iran seeks tit-for-tat retaliation over nuclear sanctions
Ha’aretz – EU ministers likely to adopt tighter sanction beyond those passed by UN on June 10, which called for inspection of suspicious Iran cargo on ships and aircraft.
Israel denies presenting Egypt with map of Palestinian state
Ha’aretz – London-based newspaper quoted an Israeli source on Tuesday as saying that the Egyptian leader had rejected PM’s outline for a final settlement.
Al-Qaida No. 2 blasts Arab leaders for ‘surrendering’ to Israel
Ha’aretz – Arab League voiced support last March for Israeli-Palestinian talks, drawing terror group to accuse it of ‘giving up’ on Palestine.
Syria president, Turkey FM issue joint call for end to Gaza siege
Ha’aretz – After meeting in Damascus, Assad and Davutoglu emphasize importance of reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions.
Iron Dome missile defense system aces final test run
Ha’aretz – Defense establishment and manufacturer pleased with dome’s ability to intercept simultaneous rocket salvos from different directions.
Israeli Druze leaders attend Lebanon conference, despite ban on travel to enemy state
Ha’aretz – The Israeli Druze leaders, mostly sheikhs and religious leaders from northern villages in the the Galilee, departed Saturday for Jordan, and continued to Lebanon through Syria.
IOF breaks into Hebron, no arrests reported
20 Jul 2010 – Hebron, July 20, (Pal Telegraph) Three militant patrols raided Today the village of “Kharsa” southern town of Dura in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said that the officers of the Israeli intelligence were roaming the streets of the village and stopped at a number of citizens and workers in the street which being renovated and paved which connects…
Israeli settlers break into Al Aqsa mosque
20 Jul 2010 – Jerusalem, July 20, (Pal Telegraph) In the town of Jerusalem, a state of tension due to the severe storming groups of Israeli extremists and settlers took place today morning to the holy Aqsa mosque. The head of the Manuscripts Department at Al-Aqsa, Najeh Bakirat, said in a statement that three groups of dozens of extremist Israel settlers stormed the Aqsa…
Gaza opens first mall, Israelis say its a rich new target to strike
20 Jul 2010 – Gaza, July 20, (Pal Telegraph) The opening of Gaza’s first commercial mall stirred a wave of resentment in Israel, an Israel website commented on that event saying “ In Gaza not only rockets exist ‚Ķ‚Ķ but the opening of Gaza’s first mall”. The website mocked Gaza by saying that Gaza has now a new big commercial mall that includes all…
Lebanon approves giving Palestinian refugees working permits
20 Jul 2010 – Beirut, July 20, (Pal Telegraph) The Committee of parliamentary Justice voted as “yes” on the amendment to article 59 of the Lebanese labor law to grant the Palestinian refugees work permits to work in the Lebanese territory and shall be exempt from taxes, last monday. The Lebanese site “Oh Lebanon,” said that the Committee agreed to the proposal presented by…
Liberate all ghettos
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – The action that we recently undertook on the terrain of the old Warsaw Ghetto — to spray the words “Liberate all ghettos” in Hebrew and “Free Gaza and Palestine” in English — has been used by some commentators in Israel and the Jewish community in Poland to accuse us of anti-Semitism. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust…
Israel’s Judaisation of Jerusalem
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – In the framework of Israel’s policy of Judaising Jerusalem and making the Holy City its eternal capital, Israel has pursued a number of measures following its occupation and illegal annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967: 1 – The confiscation of land “in the public interest”, using a British law of 1943 and building 15 illegal…
West Bank settler waste… a disaster ravaging farms and generations
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – The Zionist settlers across the West Bank constitute a major threat to the Palestinian territories, particularly with regard to the dangers posed by the industrial waste being pumped onto the land from their factories. This waste water pollutes the subterranean water reservoir as it flows into valleys and agricultural land and from there into the…
Occupation forces target PFLP in Beit Furik
Uruknet July 19, 2010 – Occupation soldiers conducted a campaign of arrests targeting leaders, members and supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Beit Furik village near Nablus, and kidnapped nine residents, seven men and two women, including recently freed prisoner Comrade Linan Abu Ghoulmeh. Mayssar Itiani, a Palestinian prisoners’ activist, reported that the occupation forces…
How Jay Bybee Has Approved the Prosecution of CIA Operatives for Torture
Uruknet July 19, 2010 – Last Thursday, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, released the previously undisclosed testimony of Jay S. Bybee, delivered to the Committee on May 26 as part of its investigations into advice given by Justice Department lawyers to the Bush administration regarding the use of torture in the “War on Terror.”…
Video: Daughter of Mossad Chief: I Refuse to Enlist in the Israeli Military
Uruknet July 19, 2010 – Omer Goldman, has had to confront the values of her own family. She is the daughter of the former deputy head of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service and who is still considered one of the most powerful men in the Israeli security system….In her declaration of refusal she stated:”I refuse to enlist in the Israeli…
It is Time We Shift Gears
Uruknet July 19, 2010 – …And there is no doubt the Palestinians have been working against an impossible current for too long. That is why no one can ever say the Palestinians didn’t give the path of negotiations their best shot. But instead of frustrating themselves and their people by continuing to participate in this moth-to-the-light bashing, perhaps now is…
Israeli female soldier confesses to her involvement in killing Palestinian child
Uruknet July 19, 2010 – An Israeli female soldier admitted in a TV show entitled “soldiers behind the scenes” that she helped once her comrades to kill a Palestinian child in cold blood, but she did not disclose when and where the crime took place. “I was monitoring through the camera at the command center the movements of Palestinian children…
Report: “Israeli soldiers Killed 5 Palestinians In Gaza in June”
Uruknet July 19, 2010 – The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, issued a report on the Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip in June and stated that Israeli soldiers continued their attacks and killed five Palestinians in different part of the Gaza Strip. The attacks targeted the residents and their property, while the soldiers killed five Palestinians…
Egypt: Protests mount over police murder of Khaled Said
Uruknet July 19, 2010 – Attempts by the Egyptian authorities to cover up and whitewash the brutal torture and killing on June 6 of 28-year-old Khaled Saeed by the Alexandria police have failed to suppress popular outrage. Anger at the security forces’ ability to act with impunity under the Emergency Laws, in force since 1981 and recently renewed, is beginning…
Egypt’s president, the very healthy invalid
The National 20 Jul 2010 – Hosni Mubarak’s aides deny cancer rumors amid a series of reports that claim he could die within a year.
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.
EUPOL COPPS Participates in Police Children Summer Camp
WAFA – QALQILIA (WEST BANK), July 20, 2010 (WAFA)- EUPOL COPPS participated in the closing ceremony of the first Police Children Summer Camp that took place today in the West Bank City of Qalqilia. The
Ir Amim Expects Wave of Expropriations in East Jerusalem
WAFA – TEL AVIV, July 20, 2010 (WAFA)- Several Israeli Attorney Generals objected the application of the Absentee Property Law on annexed East Jerusalem – but the law was never annulled, and Israeli courts
Palestinian Boy Run over by Settler in Hebron
WAFA – HEBRON, July 20, 2010 (WAFA)- An eleven year old Palestinian boy was run over by a Jewish settler in Hebron, and had to be immediately hospitalized, International Solidarity Movement (ISM) reported.
Davutoglu meets Hamas leader in Damascus
Daily Star 20 Jul 2010
Karzai reaffirms 2014 goal for Afghan-led security
Daily Star 20 Jul 2010
Iran’s Parliament adopts bill against inspections
Daily Star 20 Jul 2010
South Africa envoy returns to Israel after recall over flotilla raid
Daily Star 20 Jul 2010
Bellemare: Army hinted it won’t arrest Hizbullah men
Daily Star 20 Jul 2010
Israel threatens to attack populated Lebanese areas
Daily Star 20 Jul 2010
Children are just Israel’s latest victims | Mya Guarnieri
The Guardian 20 Jul 2010 – Israel’s plan to deport the children of foreign workers is yet another reminder of the state’s ongoing inhumanity Michelle is the 14-year-old daughter of undocumented migrant labourers from the Philippines. In fluent Hebrew, she sums up…
Gaza Operation Investigations: Second Update
Relief Web 20 Jul 2010 – Source: Government of Israel
United Nations Media Seminar on Middle East Peace to Address Role of Media, Including New Media, in Advancing Peace Process, in Portugal, 22-23 July
Relief Web 20 Jul 2010 – Source: UN Department of Public Information
OPT: EUPOL COPPS participates in a Police Children Summer Camp
Relief Web 20 Jul 2010 – Source: European Union
OPT: Narratives Under Siege (3) – The Economics of Occupation
Relief Web 20 Jul 2010 – Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
MIDEAST: Can’t Digest This Occupation
IPS Nasser Abdulhadi is a mild-mannered man who runs a restaurant. He was always known as the jovial sort. One day, his friends say, he stopped being jovial. He chose instead to fight for a world title for one of his country’s national dishes, and through that to gain worldwide recognition…
South Africa returns ambassador to Israel
YNet News – Country’s foreign ministry says Israeli army probe identified mistakes in deadly….
Turkey, Hamas moving closer
YNet News – Turkish Foreign minister tells Hamas’ Mashaal Ankara determined to break Gaza….
Cat saga stirs diplomatic world
YNet News – South American ambassador to Israel deserts wife, takes away her money, 40….
Greek hotels kick out unruly Israeli teens
YNet News – Three groups of Israeli teens facing IDF enlistment get expelled from various….
Zawahiri slams Arab leaders as ‘Zionists’ in new tape
YNet News – In his first message since December, Qaeda’s number two slams Egypt in….
EU ministers to visit Gaza in September
YNet News – Diplomatic sources in Madrid said Tuesday a ministerial delegation from the EU, headed by Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, will visit the Gaza Strip …….
Egypt: Mubarak in good health
YNet News – Reports about a deterioration in Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s health are categorically false, his information minister said on Tuesday, two days after a US …….
Israel rescinds travel warning on Turkey
YNet News – The Counter-Terrorism Bureau on Tuesday cancelled a travel warning issued on Turkey after the calamitous IDF raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in May. The bureau issued …….
Russian official: Iran won’t get our missiles
YNet News – Russia’s Interfax news agency cites a top military official as saying the UN’s latest Iran sanctions, which Moscow has backed, rule out the delivery of missile systems. …….
Fearing Israel: Lebanon phone system under scrutiny
YNet News – Lebanon’s Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahas has set up a technical team to map all communications networks in Lebanon, senior sources in Lebanon’s …….
Europe Considers New Penalties for Iran
New York Times 20 Jul 2010 – The measures are meant to put additional pressure on Iranian leaders to curb the nation’s nuclear program.
World Briefing | Middle East: Syria: Islamic Scarf That Leaves Only Eyes Exposed Is Banned
New York Times 20 Jul 2010 – Syria has banned the niqab from its private and public universities in an effort to protect the country’s secular identity.
AL KHALIL/HEBRON: Israeli border police demolish cistern in Al Beqa’a Valley
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – Israeli border police demolished a rainwater cistern and removed irrigation pipes from several Palestinian fields in Al Beqa’a Valley just east of Hebron on 14 July 2010, the second day of incidents in the area this month.
AL KHALIL/HEBRON: Israeli police invade Palestinian home, arrest father in Old City
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – At 2 p.m. on 13 July, about 20 Israeli police and soldiers invaded the Awewi family home in Hebron’s Old City. They forced the mother and the eight children into the kitchen and arrested the father, who is a Palestinian Authority (PA) police officer. The mother…
AL KHALIL/HEBRON: Israeli Border Police destroy vegetable fields in Al Beqa’a Valley
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – Israeli border police destroyed several Palestinian fields in Al Beqa’a Valley just east of Hebron on 6 July 2010, directly affecting the livelihood of more than one hundred Palestinians.
Prayers for Peacemakers, July 7, 2010 / Oraciones por la paz, 7 de julio 2010
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – Pray for the Palestinian families of the Beqa’a Valley, near Hebron. In recent days, Israel soldiers have destroyed and confiscated water pipes that irrigate the farmers’ vegetable crops. Pray for a just distribution of water resources in the West Bank. Ôªø
PALESTINE REFLECTION: Freedom
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – “Is running water what makes us happy?” This question, coming from a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams in At-Tuwani, where there is neither running water nor electricity, has made me think. What is the ideal human condition anyway?
Olympia Food Co-op Removes Israeli Goods From Shelves; First US Store to Institute Boycott
Palestine Monitor – The Olympia Food Co-op Board of Directors has decided to boycott Israeli goods at their two locations in Olympia, Washington. At a July 15th meeting packed with Co-op members, the Board reached this consensus. The Co-op becomes the first US grocery store to publicly join the…
During the time of the siege
Mondoweiss – During the time of the siege, Ahmed, a very young child in Gaza, left his home with his family because it was located very close to a big mosque that people had heard was going to be bombed. Later, while he was playing football, he was…
Why I’m fasting on Tisha B’av
Mondoweiss – Today is Tisha B’av, the ninth of the Jewish month of Av, a day when Jews traditionally remember the destruction of the Temples and other tragedies of our history by fasting and reading from the Book of Lamentations, culminating a three week period of remembering and…
Orphans and cataracts– IHH is a charity
Mondoweiss – Love Boat or Hate Boat? An Interview with IHH from Cultures of Resistance on Vimeo . At Huffington Post, director of Cultures of Resistance and flotilla member, Iara Lee demonstrates that the attacks on IHH, the Turkish charity that helped organized the Gaza flotilla, are essentially Islamophobic….
In an effort to combat BDS, the JCRC doubles down on the occupation
Mondoweiss – The leaders of the American Jewish community continue to struggle with how to respond to the the growing BDS movement. The Jewish Community Relations Committee of Greater Washington has adopted a particularly strange approach – they want their members to actively support the occupation. This call…
Closing the settlement loophole
Mondoweiss – Yousef Munayyer, Executive Director of the Jerusalem Fund and the Palestine Center, writes in Foreign Policy’s Middle East Channel about ending tax exempt donations to Israeli settlements . Acknowledging that efforts to challenge this practice through the IRS hasn’t worked, he suggests a government-led interagency approach: FinCEN,…
Turkey meets with Hamas leader
BBC – Turkey’s foreign minister meets with a Hamas leader in Syria, a move that could threaten relations with Israel further.
Who is a Jew?
BBC – Israel’s parliament considers controversial ‘conversions’ law
Analyst: Israel’s Next War Could Be Lebanon
Antiwar.com – While speculation over a possible Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities intensifies, at least one influential analyst is calling on Washington to focus more on the likelihood of a new war breaking out between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia and how to prevent or contain it….
Sources: Amiri Told CIA Iran Has No Nuclear Bomb Program
Antiwar.com – Contrary to a news media narrative that Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has provided intelligence on covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, CIA sources familiar with the Amiri case say he told his CIA handlers that there is no such Iranian nuclear weapons program, according to a former…
Pavlov’s Dogs of War Revisited
Antiwar.com – Super Dave Petraeus, newly installed as top banana in the Bananastans*, is practicing the exploding-cigar kind of diplomacy Dick Cheney and his cabin boys perfected during the Li’l Bush regime. Following policies outlined by the neoconservative cabal in their September 2000 manifesto Rebuilding America’s Defenses, Dick…
Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli goods from shelves; first US store to institute boycott
Sabbah report – Olympia, WA– The Olympia Food Co-op Board of Directors has decided to boycott Israeli goods at their two locations in Olympia, Washington. At a July 15th meeting packed with Co-op members, the Board reached this consensus. The Co-op becomes the first US grocery store to publicly…
IKEA contributes to a better everyday life for the many settlers
BDS – IKEA delivers goods to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. IKEA’s answer to the critique is that “IKEA stores have existed in Israel for the many people since 2001” and that “IKEA’s vision is to contribute to a better everyday life for the many…
Articles
One-state debate explodes Zionist left myth
Jonathan Cook, Ma’an News Agency 7/20/2010
A fascinating debate has entered Israel’s political mainstream on a once-taboo subject: the establishment of a single state as a resolution of the conflict, one in which Jews and Palestinians might potentially live as equal citizens.
Surprisingly, those advocating such a solution are to be found chiefly on Israel’s political right.
The debate, which challenges the current orthodoxy of a two-state future, rapidly exploded traditional conceptions about the Zionist right and left.
Most observers – including a series of US administrations – have supposed that Israel’s peace-makers are to be found exclusively on the Zionist left, with the right dismissed as incorrigible opponents of Palestinian rights.
In keeping with this assumption, US President Barack Obama tried until recently to sideline Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and bolster instead Ehud Barak, his defense minister from the left-wing Labor party, alongside opposition leader Tzipi Livni of the centrist Kadima party.
But, as the Israeli right often points out, the supposedly “pro-peace” left and center parties have a long and ignominious record in power of failing to advance Palestinian statehood including during the Oslo process. The settler population, for example, grew the fastest during the short premiership of Barak a decade ago.
What the new one-state debate reveals is that while some on the right – and even among the settlers – are showing that they are now open to the idea of sharing a state with the Palestinians, the left continues to adamantly oppose such an outcome. more.. e-mail
Are Palestinians Building a State?
Nathan J. Brown, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 7/1/2010
The international community’s understandable admiration for Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and his efforts to rebuild the West Bank obscures a dangerous regression in democracy and human rights. Just back from the West Bank, Nathan J. Brown contends that the United States is once again confusing support for an admirable individual with that of a sound policy.
Key Conclusions
* Government circumventing democracy. The unaccountable governing process that Fayyad has had to invent is not just postponing a democratic system—it is actively denying it. * Isolated successes do not create rule of law. The increasing number of cases seen and submitted to the courts indicates growing efficiency and confidence, but security services continue to act outside the law under the guise of cracking down on Hamas. * Lack of institution building. While Fayyad’s cabinet has managed to make a few existing institutions more effective and less corrupt, there has been regression in other governing bodies. Palestinian civil society is showing signs of decay as well. Ironically, there was more institution building and civil society development under Yasser Arafat than there has been since the West Bank-Gaza split in 2007. * Disillusionment increasing among Palestinians. Popular support for Fayyad is growing but he still has no organized base. And Palestinians are increasingly cynical about the prospects for long-term development…. — See also: Full Article (PDF) more.. e-mail
Fayyadism is not authoritarianism
Fadi Elsalameen, Ma’an News Agency 7/20/2010
In Nathan Brown’s recent commentary published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he accuses Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of authoritarianism and says his governance has failed to ensure democracy and institution building.
Brown argues that “what Fayyad has managed to do is to maintain many of the institutions built earlier and make a few of them more efficient. But he has done so in an authoritarian context that robs the results of domestic legitimacy.”
Brown describes disorder in the Palestinian Bar Association and the Teachers Union as failures in two major institutional areas: the rule of law and the educational system. He concludes: what Fayyad’s government claims to be institution building is in fact institution maintenance or revival.
So to follow Brown’s logic, if the Bar Association and the Teachers Union’s ills were cured, then Fayyad’s work would be what Brown would call institution building.
From what I know, in order to cure a body from an illness, ones body needs “maintenance and revival,” and since Brown’s logic leads one to believe that if the “illness” is cured, institution building is accomplished, I can’t help but point out the obvious: Brown’s argument at best means Fayyad is in the middle of institution building, not at the end, and Fayyad himself never claimed that he has finished building Palestinian institutions.
Reading through the article, Brown fails to prove how Fayyad is an autocrat and in fact convinces me of the opposite. He shows that Fayyad and his government have been steadily, if unevenly, building and maintaining Palestinian institutions and rule of the law. — See also: Are Palestinians Building a State? more.. e-mail
Holy Land 5 case reveals double standard in enforcement of US law
Electronic Intifada: 20 Jul 2010 – On 21 June 2010, the Supreme Court ruled to continue to authorize prosecutions of charities under the Material Support provision, disappointing families and supporters of the Holy Land Five and troubling US-based organizations that directly support grassroots humanitarian programs in the Middle East.more
Johnny Rotten: “Rise” against racism, boycott Israel
Electronic Intifada: 20 Jul 2010 – The following letter to British musician John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, who is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv next month, was issued on 18 July 2010 by the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) and the University Teachers’ Association in Palestine (UTAP).more
Video: Netanyahu brags he deceived US to destroy Oslo accords
Electronic Intifada: 20 Jul 2010 – A 10-minute video segment originally broadcast in Hebrew on Israel’s Channel 10 threatens to gravely embarrass not only Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but also the US administration of Barack Obama. Jonathan Cook reports.more
Liberate all ghettos
Electronic Intifada: 20 Jul 2010 – The action that we recently undertook on the terrain of the old Warsaw Ghetto — to spray the words “Liberate all ghettos” in Hebrew and “Free Gaza and Palestine” in English — has been used by some commentators in Israel and the Jewish community in Poland to accuse us of anti-Semitism. Ewa Jasiewicz and Yonatan Shapira comment for The Electronic Intifada.more
Olympia Food Co-op Removes Israeli Goods From Shelves; First US Store to Institute Boycott
Palestine Monitor: 20 Jul 2010 – The Olympia Food Co-op Board of Directors has decided to boycott Israeli goods at their two locations in Olympia, Washington. At a July 15th meeting packed with Co-op members, the Board reached this consensus. The Co-op becomes the first US grocery store to publicly join the international grassroots movement for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) on Israel for its human rights abuses. Co-op board member Rob Richards explained, “ My hope is that by being the first in the US to adopt the boycott we act as a catalyst for other co-ops to join in. Each additional organisational entity that joins may have a very small effect on the big picture, but drop by drop fills the tub.” Noah Sochet, a Co-op member and OlympiaBDS organiser adds, “ As a US citizen and as a Jew, I’m proud to say that my Co-op no longer underwrites the suffering in Palestine.”…more
Obama’s Costly Appeasement of Israelis
Palestine Chronicle: 20 Jul 2010 – By George S. Hishmeh –Washington, D.C. It was a session replete with superlatives when the assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs, Andrew J. Shapiro, spelled out in unprecedented detail the Obama administration’s approach to U.S.-Israel security cooperation, reassuring the Israelis of “preserving (their country’s) qualitative military edge.” The crowded event, held at the Brookings Saban Center founded by a wealthy Egyptian-Jew, seemed to serve as an obvious attempt by the administration to reassure Israelis that President Barack Obama, whose popularity in Israel is very low (about 10 percent), means well in his lethargic bid to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Shapiro, a onetime a senior research assistant at the pro-Israeli think-tank, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and for eight years a former foreign and defense adviser to Hillary Clinton before she was named secretary of state, reminded his audience of her “deep sense of pride in…more
Israel’s Separation Wall: A Health Hazard
Palestine Chronicle: 20 Jul 2010 – By Stephen Lendman In July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Israel’s ‘Separation Wall’ illegal, saying its route inside the West Bank, and associated gate and permit system, violated Israel’s obligations under international law, ordering the completed sections dismantled, and “all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto” repealed or rendered “ineffective forthwith.” The ICJ also mandated reparations for the “requisition and destruction of homes, businesses, and agricultural holdings (and) to return the land, orchards, olive groves, and other immovable property seized,” obligating member states to reject the illegal construction and demand Israel comply with international law. Most nations ignored the ruling. Israel defied it and continued building, now 61% finished, another 8% under construction, and the remaining 31% planned but not begun. When completed, its expected to be over 800 km, twice the length of the Green Line, four times as long as the Berlin Wall, and in…more
Gaza Freedom Flotilla: This is who we lost
Tales to Tell: 19 Jul 2010 – , Killed: Cengiz Aky?ºz, 41, with a surviving daughter, Lawrence of Cyberia has rounded some pictures and a handful of sentences about those who Israel killed when they attacked the Freedom Flotilla., This is who we lost , . Lawrence also contrasted Israel’s pictures of “weapons” found on the Mavi Marmara with, “Picture of weapons found during a cursory search of my kitchen and basement.” , Sums it up perfectly., , , , , , , ,more
JEFF GATES: Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S.
MyCatBirdSeat.com: 20 Jul 2010 – Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S. A mericans know that something fundamental is amiss. They sense—rightly—that they are being misled no matter which political party does the leading. A long misinformed public lacks the tools to grasp how they are being deceived. Without those tools, Americans will continue to be frustrated at being played for the fool. When the “con” is clearly seen, “the mark” (that’s us) will see that all roads lead to the same duplicitous source: Israel and its operatives. The secret to Israel’s force-multiplier in the U.S. is its use of agents, assets and sayanim (Hebrew for volunteers ) . When Israeli-American Jonathan Pollard was arrested for spying in 1986, Tel Aviv assured us that he was not an Israeli agent but part of a “rogue” operation. That was a lie . Only 12 years later did Tel Aviv concede that he was an Israeli spy the entire time…more
Netanyahu Video Reveals Israel’s Disdain for America (and the World)
MyCatBirdSeat.com: 20 Jul 2010 – Netanyahu: US easily manipulated Netanyahu Speaking with Settlers in the West Bank A recently-revealed tape has shown Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, discussing ways to undermine the Oslo Accords and calling the United States “easy” to manipulate. The video was filmed in 2001, apparently without Netanyahu’s knowledge, during a meeting with Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. It aired on Friday night on Israel’s Channel 10, and several translations have been posted online . At one point on the tape, Netanyahu threatens a “broad attack” against the Palestinian Authority. “The main thing, first of all, is to hit them. Not just one blow, but blows that are so painful that the price will be too heavy to be borne,” Netanyahu said. “A broad attack on the Palestinian Authority.” The tape was shot during the early stages of the second intifada, when violence between Israelis and Palestinians was escalating. Netanyahu was…more
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