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Lebanon allows work permits for Palestinians
IMEMC – 21 Jul 2010 – Wednesday July 21, 2010 – 18:02, The Lebanese government has amended one of its labor laws to allow Palestinians to work in areas previously forbidden to them.
Israeli military destroys Palestinian village
IMEMC – 21 Jul 2010 – Wednesday July 21, 2010 – 17:22, The Israeli military demolished an entire village in the Jordan Valley after declaring it within a closed military zone.
Israel says it will limit white phosphorus, not outlaw it
IMEMC – 21 Jul 2010 – Wednesday July 21, 2010 – 16:52, A report given to the UN by Israel details how it will attempt to limit civilian casualties in the future.
Two Gaza crossings partially opened
IMEMC – 21 Jul 2010 – Wednesday July 21, 2010 – 16:14, The opening of two crossings shows possible hope of the siege ending
Netanyahu open to political risks for talks to begin
IMEMC – 21 Jul 2010 – Wednesday July 21, 2010 – 16:07, Though quiet on important issues Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he is willing to take political risks to return to direct talks with the Palestinian Authority
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes, shops
7/21/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – Israeli authorities have demolished eight structures belonging to Palestinians in a residential area northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Al-Gharbi mayor Ghassan Abu Salem said more than a dozen military vehicles carrying armed soldiers arrived mid-morning Wednesday with military equipment to carry out the demolitions.”They immediately began tearing down the….
Israeli shelling kills 2 in north Gaza
7/21/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Two Palestinian men were killed and seven others were injured by Israeli tank shelling that reportedly targeted armed Palestinian operatives in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon. Medics at Beit Hanoun Government Hospital identified the slain men as Mohammad Al-Kafarneh, 22, andKasim Ash-Shindary. Seven others sustained serious wounds and three were listed….
PA urges Israel to hand over oxygen machines
7/21/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health appealed Wednesday to Israel to deliver seven oxygen machines donated bya Norwegian development agency that were seized by Israeli officials en route to hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza. Heath Minister Fathi Abu Moghli delivered a second letter of appeal to donor countries and organizations, calling….
From jail, Palestinian appeals for medical help
7/21/2010 – Salfit – Ma’an – A Palestinian man sentenced to life in an Israeli prison appealed to rights organizations Wednesday via officials at the Detainees Center in Salfit, saying he fears an undiagnosed and untreated medical condition is endangering his life. Foad Atiyeh Qar’an was imprisoned 18 May 2007 and sentenced to 25 years. He says he is….
Israeli officer attacks child over toy gun, says family
7/21/2010 – Jerusalem – Ma’an – An Israeli police officer attacked a child in the Old City of East Jerusalem on Tuesday because he was holding a toy gun, his family said. Eight-year-old Wisam Siyouri told Ma’an that an Israeli police officer assaulted him with a rifle, hitting him the chest and head because he was holding a toy….
Lebanon grants work permits to Palestinian refugees
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Lebanon has amended its Labor Law to allow Palestinian refugees to file for work permits and gain access to employment previously barred to them, Lebanese media reported Tuesday. According to Lebanon’s Daily Star, the Administration and Justice Parliamentary Committee amended Article 59 of the Labor Law by which Palestinians registered in the….
Mufti: Mosque attacks harm peace prospects
7/21/2010 – Jerusalem – Ma’an – Israeli attacks against Muslim holy places harm the peace process and destabilize the region, the grand mufti of Jerusalem said Wednesday. Sheikh Muhammad Hussein said attacks against mosques were on the increase, citing a recent attempt to burn a mosque door in Yaffa, allegdly by an Israeli national. He condemned suspected settler-instigated arson….
Gaza govt: Mossad sent agents on aid convoys
7/21/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – The Gaza government’s Interior Ministry accused Israel’s intelligence services Wednesday of sending agents on humanitarian aid convoys to the Strip. Ministry official Khaled Issa said “[Mossad] agents were discovered collecting information on the situation in Gaza and writing reports on the tiniest detail,” while alleging they were participating on aid convoys. The official’s….
Gaza rights center granted special status at UN
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – After long delays reportedly caused by Israeli representatives on the nominations committee, the Gaza-based Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights was granted UN Special Consultative Status in New York on Tuesday. The UN Economic and Social Council approved a recommendation from the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations…. Related: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
PA sets deadline for banning settlement goods
7/21/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Economy in Ramallah announced 31 July as the deadline for merchants to clear their shops of settlement goods or face legal action. The law prohibiting the sale and purchase of settlement goods was issued by President Mahmoud Abbas on 26 April 2010, with a penalty of two to….
Hamas: US blocking unity deal
7/21/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – US intervention in the region has made a unity deal between rival factions Fatah and Hamas “difficult now and in the near future,” the Islamist movement said Wednesday. Ismail Radwan told Ma’an radio that “American intervention in the region, the issue of indirect talks, banning residents from receiving passports, and besieging them in….
PA police: Israeli forces detain 2 in Hebron
7/21/2010 – Hebron – Ma’an – Israeli forces detained two Palestinian residents in the southern West Bank district of Hebron overnight Tuesday, Palestinian Authority police said. A police report said Israeli soldiers raided the Adh-Dhahiriya village in Hebron, storming the home of Muhammad Eid At-Tal and detaining his brother Basem. Forces also raided the Dura village and detained Ahmad….
Rights group: Gaza man abducted at knifepoint
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Masked gunmen kidnapped a resident of the Gaza Strip on Friday after stabbing him with a sharp tool, a Palestinian human rights organization said Tuesday. Munir Kaskin was taken to an unknown destination where he was questioned about family disputes, and then released, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reported. In a statement….
6 tunnel workers survive collapse
7/21/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Six workers survived a tunnel collapse Wednesday in Gaza, medics said. Rescue teams lost contact with the trapped workers inside a tunnel along the Egypt-Gaza border in Rafah but were later able to help them navigate out, chief of ambulance and emergency services Muawiya Hassanein said. Gaza officials have noted a drop in….
Israel releases British rapper detained at airport
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli airport authorities have released a British-Iraqi rapper who was held for half a day at Ben Gurion International Airport, the musician’s fan page reported Wednesday. Lowkey was detained Tuesday upon arrival in Tel Aviv en route to play a number of concerts and hold a series of musical workshops in refugee camps….
Jordan grants scholarships to Palestinian students in Israel
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – King Abdullah II of Jordan announced Tuesday the conferring of 65 scholarships to Jordanian universities for Palestinian students living in Israel. A statement issued by the Jordanian embassy in Tel Aviv said the scholarships “will create more links between those students and their original Arab culture through Jordan which embraces the Arabs from….
Report: Israel to restrict use of white phosphorus
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Israel is taking steps to reduce the number of civilian casualties in future wars, Israeli media reported Wednesday citing Israel’s new report to the UN on its actions during Operation Cast Lead. According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, new procedures include “emphasizing that protection of civilians is integral part of IDF….
Gaza official says new Israeli siege policy ’bluff’
7/21/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – The Israeli cabinet decision last month on easing certain terms of its blockade of Gaza is a “continuation of Israel’s attempt to bluff the world,” an official said Wednesday. Jamal Al-Khoudary,the head of the popular committee against the siege and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said there was no real….
PA police host summer camp in Qalqiliya
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – EU police instructors participated in the closing ceremony of the first police summer camp in the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya on Wednesday. Sixty-seven children participated in the camp, which included 10 days of theater, music, sports and painting, the EU’s EUPOL COPPS program announced in a statement Wednesday. The summer camp….
Brazil donates $14 million for Gaza reconstruction
7/21/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – Brazilian President Luiz In?ɬ°cio Lula da Silva signed a decision granting $14 million for Gaza reconstruction efforts, Palestinian officials announced. During a visit to Brazil, a Fatah delegation headed by Central Committee member Nabil Sha’ath met with da Silva, who applauded President da Silva’s positions toward Palestine.”The question of Palestine runs….
Iranian officials to visit Gaza
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Four Iranian parliamentarians will head to the Gaza Strip next week, one of them said Wednesday. A member at the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Iranian Parliament, Mahmoud Ahmadi Babghash,said in a statement that the lawmakers would enter the coastal enclave Tuesday via Egypt’s Rafah crossing. Babghash identified the other delegation members….
Shalit parents meet Israel defense minister
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – The parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Gilad’s father, Noam, was quoted as saying he did not receive any news from Barak about progress in the negotiations to secure a prisoner exchange that could….
Report: Israel rescinds travel warning on Turkey
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau canceled a travel warning on Tuesday, issued for Turkey after its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in May. The bureau issued a statement saying the warning had been withdrawn due to a “calm and lack of mass rallies against Israel,” the Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. However….
Security Council gets grim report on Israeli actions
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – “We believe we are once again at a critical juncture in the effort to move to serious Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at achieving a two State solution,” the United Nations Security Council was told on Wednesday. During a briefing presented by B. Lynn Pascoe to the body on behalf of the Office of the….
Hamas official: No political detainees in Gaza
7/21/2010 – Gaza – Ma’an – Hamas is not holding any Fatah-affiliated detainees, Gaza Interior Minister Fathi Hammad said Wednesday. In a public session addressing the prospects of a Palestinian reconciliation deal, Hammad said the Islamist movement has proposed “everything possible” to achieve reconciliation with Fatah, but that it has not witnessed similar initiatives. The comment came a day….
PA municipal chief accused of stealing water
7/21/2010 – Hebron – Ma’an – Palestinian Authority forces detained the head of the Tarqumiya Municipality on Wednesday on allegations that he and other Hebron officials failed to commit to the Water Authority’s standards on infrastructure and water theft. Mohammad Al-Ja’freh and several others including employees of nearby municipalities and owners of illegal water extensions on the Hebron district….
PMA: Gaza bankers fired for losses, not politics
7/21/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – A Gaza City-based bank’s recent firing of at least eight employees had nothing to do with politics, Palestine Monetary Authority officials said Wednesday. On 19 July, employees of the Palestine Islamic Bank said 17 coworkers were notified that their contracts were being terminated immediately, and only five received dismissal notices. The report alleged….
PA sends medical aid to Gaza
7/21/2010 – Ramallah – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health sent a medical aid convoy to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, officials said. PA Health Minister Fathi Abu Moghli supervised the shipment of 12 truckloads of medicine and equipment worth $2. 5 million, expected to be delivered to Gaza’s Health Ministry by Thursday. Abu Moghli called for….
Electric company slashes rates in north
7/21/2010 – Nablus – Ma’an – The Northern Electricity Company says it will reduce rates for residents and businesses by 15-18 percent effective July. The company serves the Nablus area, a total of 56,000 households and businesses. CEO Yahya Arafat said in a statement that the reduction was to make contract rates comparable to the new pre-paid systems….
Daniel Pearl act identifies violations of press freedom globally
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – With little fanfare in Washington, and with few countries in the world noticing, President Barack Obama signed into law an act that will hold governments all around the world accountable for violations of human rights. The…
Birthrights and wrongs: Toy guns and history lessons
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Last night we all stayed at a kibbutz , which was described to us as sort of socialist living quarters. The exhaustion of yesterday never seemed to end. Last night, after dinner we were all forced to…
Get Ready: Jeff Goldberg kicks off Iran war campaign in Atlantic next month
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – A few weeks ago I wrote that the Atlantic’s Jeff Goldberg was busy at work on a magnum opus for “The Atlantic” calling for a bombing attack by the United States on Iran. The article will…
Hebrew-speaking children of foreign workers can stay in Israel
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington ‚Äì Children of foreign workers will be allowed to remain in Israel, but only if they speak Hebrew, Ynet News reported Wednesday. Demonstrators gathered in 2009 to protest against the expulsion of undocumented immigrants, as…
Settler goods boycott sets deadline
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington – The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Economy announced a July 31 deadline for the shops to clear their shelves of settlement-made goods, Ma’an News Agency reported Wednesday. Goods produced on Israeli settlements, like these candy…
River Jordan baptism site too polluted for patrons, environmentalists
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington – Environmentalists are urging the Israeli government to close a baptism site along the lower River Jordan “until water quality standards for tourists and pilgrims bathing at the holy site were met,” German news agency…
Palestinian who posed as Jew jailed for ‘rape by deception’
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – New York – A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem who had consensual sex with an Israeli woman after allegedly misrepresenting himself as Jewish has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by an Israeli court. [Photo: Berthold…
Israeli military razes WB village, declaring it military zone
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington ‚Äì The Israeli military has razed a West Bank village, marking it a military live-fire zone, Haaretz reported Wednesday. Columnist Amira Hass tells the story : The IDF’s Civil Administration destroyed a Palestinian village Monday morning…
WATCH: Independent journalism and the peace process
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington – GRITtv’s Laura Flanders interviewed Tuesday journalists Antony Loewenstein and Ali Abunimah about their observations on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and how independent media plays a role in reporting on the Middle East. Israeli warships trail…
Hamas: Israeli spies aboard aid ships to Gaza
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington ‚Äì Hamas‚Äô Interior Ministry has accused Israel of putting Mossad spies on humanitarian aid convoys to the Strip. The Rachel Corrie sailed to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip in early June, but was stopped…
Gaza economy seeing limited recovery
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington ‚Äì Israel will transfer NIS 100 million to Gaza banks, which are suffering a cash shortage following an economic upswing in response to an eased Gaza blockade, Ynet News reported Wednesday. A modern glass factory…
Abbas demands US assurances before direct talks
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will not reenter direct negotiation with Israel unless he receives more concrete assurances from the US with regard to the borders of the future Palestinian state. President…
Lebanon grants Palestinian refugees work permits
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Washington ‚Äì The Lebanese Parliament has changed a rule to allow Palestinian refugees to apply for work permits, a step in a push to increase their rights in the country, The Daily Star reported Wednesday. The…
Israeli tanks kill 2 in Gaza
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – Muhammad Al-Kafarna, 22, killed by Israeli shelling, 7 injured New York – Israeli tanks killed two Palestinians men and injured seven others in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday when they opened fire on a group…
J Street defends Sestak
Palestine Note 21 Jul 2010 – New York – The liberal pro-Israeli group J Street announced on Monday it is airing a television ad defending Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, after he came under attack from the far-right…
Time to crack down on settlement funding
Palestine Note 20 Jul 2010 – To say that the proliferation of Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory is an impediment to peace is an understatement. As Israel continues to gobble up Palestinian land, the individual rights of landowners and the Palestinian…
Israel jails Arab for ‘deceit rape’
AlJazeera 21 Jul 2010 – Man sentenced to 18 months in prison after telling an Israeli woman he was Jewish.
Abbas seeks US promise on borders
AlJazeera 21 Jul 2010 – Abbas demands US garantees on borders before entering direct talks with Israel.
SafeMed II Project Assisting Its Beneficiaries In VIMSAS Implementation
PNN – Malta ‚Äì PNN – The EU funded MEDA Regional Transport Project SafeMed II, which is being implemented by REMPEC in the Mediterranean region, is currently engaged in providing relevant technical assistance to…
New Weapons
PNN – By Domenico Lombardini – Regardless of the reporter independence and effective possibilities to reliably report the war facts, the direct effects of a war are often written in measurable terms: number of…
One Killed, Six Injured, By Israeli Bombardment To Northern Gaza
PNN – Gaza ‚Äì PNN – At least one Palestinian civilian was killed six others were injured on Wednesday by Israeli bombardment targeting the town of Beit Hanon in the northern part of the…
Water Crisis Raises At The Midst Of Summer
PNN – West Bank ‚Äì PNN ‚Äì In the midst of the summer, water shortages are reaching a high point in the West Bank. Both cities as villages are experiencing quit offs from water…
Stealing Victory From The Jaws Of Defeat
PNN – By Mitri I. Musleh – On the wake of US Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Andrew Shapiro, assurances of the solid commitment of the US administration to the security of Israel, and…
Palestinian Man Jailed For Sex with Israeli Jew
PNN – Jerusalem ‚Äì PNN – Sabbar Kashur, a married father of two Palestinian man form east Jerusalem, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail as a rapist for having sex with a…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (07-14 July 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Gaza launches first economic project since Hamas
Jeruslalem Post 22 Jul 2010 – EnTeG aims to use internet to get around Israeli restrictions.
StandWithUs grads begin Israel advocacy
Jeruslalem Post 22 Jul 2010 – Fourth class of student fellows graduates.
UN: Aid convoys to Gaza don’t help
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Security Council calls for “immediate release” of Schalit.
F-35 jet purchase decision pending
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Israel would be first foreign country to purchase fighter.
Knesset bans alcohol sales after 11 p.m.
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Last minute laws include IDF tuition subsidy.
IDF expects Hizbullah to target roads
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Army to simulate moving vehicles under rocket barrage.
IDF kills 2 terrorists on Gaza border
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Soldiers feared anti-tank missile would be launched at them.
1 killed, 6 hurt by IDF tanks in Gaza
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Reports say man killed was member of Islamic Jihad.
Report: Gaza medical aid is expired
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – “They’re bringing more harm than good,” with broken supplies.
Barak: I’m not leaving the coalition
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Defense minister says Labor can’t force him out over peace deal.
‘US commitment before direct talks’
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Abbas won’t talk to Israel until Palestinian state’s borders are guaranteed.
87 countries to fight anti-Semitism
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Israel to head international task force on Holocaust education.
Israel commits to reducing civilian casualties
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – In report to the UN, Israel restricts use of white phosphorous, installs Humanitarian Affairs Officers in the IDF.
Lieberman, Steinitz talk budget dispute
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Meeting comes after FM blasts Finance Ministry for slighting his party.
Report: PA still inciting hatred
Jeruslalem Post 21 Jul 2010 – Palestinian Media Watch: Abbas not fulfilling pledge made at start of proximity talks.
International Solidarity Movement
CPT: Israeli Border Police Demolish Water Infrastructure in Al Baqa’a Valley
7/21/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Christian Peacemaker Team ‚Äì Hebron – For the third time in 12 days, Israeli Border Police carried out demolitions in Al Baqa’a valley, a fertile farming area northeast of Hebron, along route 60.On July 19, the Israeli Border Police, with the assistance of hired laborers using heavy machinery, destroyed a cistern and removed irrigation pipes from 1.5 acres (6 dunams) of vegetable fields. Related: Christian Peacemaker Team – Palestine
Swedish peace activist arrested. Witnesses say charge of assault is ‘baseless‚Äô
7/21/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Swedish peace activist arrested and charged with assault – Hebron – A Swedish peace activist was arrested in Hebron last night and stood trial today in Jerusalem. Nursing student Marcus Rednanver was accused of assaulting a soldier at a peaceful demonstration in Hebron 10 days ago. Witnesses say the charge is baseless and that he has been….
Criminalization of popular struggle continues; Abdallah Abu Rahmah sentenced
7/21/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Popular Struggle – Abdallah Abu Rahmah (right) with Ela Bhatt, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Fernando H Cardoso, Mary Robinson and Gro Brundtland of the Elders during their visit to Bil’in. Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s first trial from 2005 had reached conclusion yesterday, with his sentencing to two months of imprisonment and a six months suspended sentence for….
New government website aims to bring public and power closer
Ha’aretz – Website aims to provide a platform for debates, votes and referendums as well as bill proposals discussed by the government in the Knesset.
Supreme Court rebukes Shin Bet for ‘isolating’ alleged Jewish terrorists
Ha’aretz – Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy slams Shin Bet for failing to bring Chaim Pearlman and David Sitbon to court hearings.
Supreme Court doubles jail term for police officer convicted of shooting Israeli Arab
Ha’aretz – Shahar Mizrahi was sentenced last year to 15 months in prison for shooting Mahmoud Ganaim, 24, during a 2006 raid on car thieves in Pardes Hannah.
Court jails murderer of Israeli-American teen for three life terms
Ha’aretz – Yahiya Adwan Farhan was convicted of murdering of Dana Bennett, Aharon Simchov and Czech citizen Sylvia Molrova; Bennett’s mother: Verdict is no consolation but it’s a relief.
Boy, 6, plays with car gears, runs over and kills 3-year-old girl
Ha’aretz – In separate incident, one person killed and four others hurt as truck collides with car near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai.
‘Lebanon to file UN complaint over alleged Israel espionage’
Ha’aretz – Lebanese media reports Beirut compiling comprehensive report on Israel’s alleged clandestine involvement in a state-owned telecom company.
2 Palestinians killed as IDF clashes with militants near Gaza border
Ha’aretz – Top Islamic Jihad militant killed as Israeli tanks fire at militants after receiving reports they intended to attack a nearby IDF unit.
U.S. official: Final status issues to be discussed only in direct Mideast peace talks
Ha’aretz – Comment by State Dept. spokesman comes as Abbas reportedly conditions direct negotiations with clarifications regarding borders of the future Palestinians state.
Israel ‘taking steps’ to reduce civilian casualties in future wars
Ha’aretz – An Israeli report submitted to the UN also says Israel has launched 47 criminal investigations into alleged misconduct by soldiers in the Gaza war., The U.S. Congress passed Obama’s initiative…
In sign of warming ties, Turkey FM reportedly meets Hamas chief
Ha’aretz – Davutoglu and Meshal discuss ways to break Israeli siege on Gaza, Palestinian reconciliation efforts, and Turkey’s demands in aftermath of flotilla raid, according to Anatolia news agency.
Israeli policeman beats a child in Jerusalem
21 Jul 2010 – Jerusalem, July 21, (Pal Telegraph) An Israeli policeman attacked yesterday and severely beat a child in Jerusalem, Sam Alseyuri 8 years near a market located near one of the gates of Al Aqsa Mosque. According to local sources the attack on the child occurred after the performance of Asr prayer with his mother and two siblings: his brother Hossam 7…
Israeli ministers meet to discuss situation in Gaza
21 Jul 2010 – Jerusalem, July 21, (Pal Telegraph) The Mini Council of Ministers for Israeli political and security affairs meets today morning to discuss the conditions in the Gaza Strip, after the recent claims of easing the process on Gaza’ commercial crossings and letting more goods in. The meeting will address these claims and will prepare a report on these “facilities” and evaluation,…
Israel raids Hebron, arrests 2
21 Jul 2010 – Hebron, July 21, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli occupation forces arrested late last night Palestinian citizens after raiding several houses in the town of “Thahereyeh” and the village of Abu Alasja south of Hebron in the West Bank. Security sources said that the Israeli occupation forces also arrested Bassem Eid Tal (37 years) after entering the home his father and his brother’s…
IOF responses to Goldstone report
21 Jul 2010 – Jerusalem, July 21, (Pal Telegraph) The Israeli occupation’ government has pledged against the use of white phosphorus bombs, and to avoid civilian casualties during any war to come, so by during providing additional responses to the report of the Goldstone Commission to the United Nations. According to the Hebrew newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” on the morning of Wednesday, that the Israeli…
Israel land-grab escalates in East Jerusalem
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – Israel is planning a major land-grab in East Jerusalem worth tens of billions of dollars. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has informed the Supreme Court that the state plans to apply the law on abandoned properties in East Jerusalem. This will mean that Israel can “legally” take over thousands of acres and buildings that are the…
From jail, Palestinian appeals for medical help
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – A Palestinian man sentenced to life in an Israeli prison appealed to rights organizations Wednesday via officials at the Detainees Center in Salfit, saying he fears an undiagnosed and untreated medical condition is endangering his life. Foad Atiyeh Qar‚Äôan was imprisoned 18 May 2007 and sentenced to 25 years. He says he is sick, in…
Racist patriarchy in Israel
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – This is an example of racist patriarchy. A man, Sabbar Kashur, has been imprisoned for doing nothing more than having consensual sex with a woman, whose name has not been disclosed. Both parties were of age, and no one alleges that the transaction took place without consent. Initially, this was not clear, as the original…
Criminalizing Arab political activity in Israel
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – On Wednesday 28th July, a unique event will take place at the House of Commons. Three Arab members of the Israeli Knesset, Jamal Zahalka, Haneen al-Zoabi, and Talab al-Sana will hold a seminar discussing the significance of Israel’s self-proclaimed “Jewish character” and what it means in practice for the Palestinian minority within Israel’s 1948 boundaries….
UN Chief Dilly-Dallying on Panel to Probe Israeli Killings?
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – When the Security Council condemned the killings by Israeli military forces of nine Turkish civilians on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May, it also released a presidential statement “taking note” of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’ proposal for an international investigation of the incident. But nearly two months later there are no…
Is being Arab Israel’s criteria for rape?
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – Consider this scenario ‚Äì a girl meets a guy while out shopping. They make eye contact, they flirt, he tells her he’ a business mogul about to close on a billion dollar deal. she’ the most beautiful girl he’ ever seen, he’ been searching for her all his life, etc etc, you know the drill….
Israeli shelling kills 2 in north Gaza
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – Two Palestinian men were killed and seven others were injured by Israeli tank shelling that reportedly targeted armed Palestinian operatives in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon. Medics at Beit Hanoun Government Hospital identified the slain men as Mohammad Al-Kafarneh, 22, and Kasim Ash-Shindary. Seven others sustained serious wounds and three were listed in…
Palestinian Children Under Occupation
Uruknet July 21, 2010 – The Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations is a Beirut, Lebanon-based organization engaged in “strategic and futuristic studies on the Arab and Muslim worlds, (emphasizing) the Palestinian issue.” In July 2010, it published the latest in its “Am I Not a Human?” series titled, “The Suffering of the Palestinian Child under the Israeli Occupation,” saying:…
Comrade Majdalawi: Shameful PA meetings with occupation officials must end
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – Comrade Jamil Majdalawi, member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, demanded that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) end the shameful meetings with officials of the occupation state, including Yoav Mordechi, Avi Mirahi and Yuval Diskin, who have been received by Palestinian officials in Ramallah and Jenin….
Video: THE RISING NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENT IN PALESTINEA speech by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Palestinian political dynamics and Middle East peace
Uruknet July 20, 2010 -…And that’s why I say today we are talking about a struggle in Palestine that’s not a struggle between two equal sides, and one cannot continue to equate between the Israelis and Palestinians as if this is just a struggle between two sides that cannot find a way to talk to each other. This is not…
PFLP Political Bureau calls for October mobilization for Comrade Sa’adat
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – The Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement on July 18, 2010, calling for the broadest expression of solidarity and support for Comrade Ahmad Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the PFLP, in mid-October 2010, when his continued isolation in the jails of the occupation will again come before…
CPT: Israeli Border Police Demolish Water Infrastructure in Al Baqa’a Valley
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – For the third time in 12 days, Israeli Border Police carried out demolitions in Al Baqa‚Äôa valley, a fertile farming area northeast of Hebron, along route 60. On July 19, the Israeli Border Police, with the assistance of hired laborers using heavy machinery, destroyed a cistern and removed irrigation pipes from 1.5 acres (6 dunams)…
Rachel Corrie’s hometown divests from Israel
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – The Olympia, Washington Food Co-op board of directors met last week to make the final decision to endorse the boycott. “A couple of board members were concerned about what will be the financial effect on the organization, but it’ minimal,” board member Rob Richards told Haaretz. “For me personally there is a moral imperative that…
We Are Not Special, and There Is No Happy Ending: The Blood-Drenched Darkness of American Exceptionalism
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – …We must always remember the scope of the horrifying effects of the U.S. invasion and occupation, including the murder of over a million innocent people, together with the all-encompassing devastation of an entire country as set forth in that same article. Such is the limitless power of delusion on this scale: a blood-drenched tragedy of…
IDF destroys West Bank village after declaring it military zone
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – The IDF’s Civil Administration destroyed a Palestinian village Monday morning that had earlier been cleared out when its water supply was cut off. The IDF demolished about 55 structures in the West Bank village of Farasiya, including tents, tin shacks, plastic and straw huts, clay ovens, sheep pens and bathrooms. These structures served the 120…
Early release of Tom Hurndall’ killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – 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…
Family of Briton killed by Israeli soldier demand meeting with ministers
Uruknet 20 July 2010 – The family of British activist Tom Hurndall have demanded a meeting with the British government after the Israeli authorities announced the early release of the soldier who killed him. Taysir Hayb will be freed next month after serving six years of his eight-year sentence, after a ruling on Monday by the Kastina military court in…
Apartheid plain and simple
Uruknet July 20, 2010 – As if the preponderance of discriminatory laws already swelling the Israeli legal system were not enough, the Israeli parliament — the Knesset — is slated to debate a fresh instalment of anti-Arab draft laws aimed at “reasserting the Jewish nature of Israel”. One of these draft laws, tabled by a pro- settler party called Habayt…
To resume talks, Abbas soliticits US views on Palestinian borders
The National 21 Jul 2010 – The Palestinian leader ended the most recent 2008 direct negotiations because he was unwilling to compromise on Jerusalem.
Israel ‘to minimise civilian casualties in future attacks’
The National 21 Jul 2010 – Military responds to Goldstone report’s accusations of war crimes in Gaza Strip with changes in combat tactics and limit on white phosphorus munitions.
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.
Engineer’ Innovation Paves Way for Sustainable Medical Waste Management
WAFA – RAMALLAH, July 21, 2010 (WAFA)- Amal Kamel scans the crowded kidney dialysis department, jotting down notes in her notebook. A mechanical engineer with the Ministry of Health (MoH), Amal is designing
Al Mezan Granted UN Special Consultative Status
WAFA – NEW York, July 21, 2010 (WAFA)- The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has approved the recommendation for Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights to be granted special consultative status, which was
Call for Action against House Demolitions in Jordan Valley
WAFA –
Merkel: Iran not working seriously with IAEA
Daily Star 21 Jul 2010
Israel to curb use of white phosphorus in future wars
Daily Star 21 Jul 2010
Iran says scientist provided valuable information on CIA
Daily Star 21 Jul 2010
Hizbullah keen to expand influence – new US envoy
Daily Star 21 Jul 2010
Spy arrests plunge Lebanon back into crisis
Daily Star 21 Jul 2010
Nasrallah, Jumblatt discuss furor over spies for Israel, Special Tribunal
Daily Star 21 Jul 2010
Cabinet to complain to UN over Israel’s espionage
Daily Star 21 Jul 2010
Israeli troops get orders to protect civilian welfare
The Guardian 21 Jul 2010 – Move among measures outlined in official Israeli report submitted to the UN following Gaza assault The Israeli military is to assign a “humanitarian affairs officer” to each combat unit to advise on the need to protect…
Israel shelling kills Palestinian ‘militant’ at Gaza border
The Guardian 21 Jul 2010 – Islamic Jihad claims one of its fighters was killed in attack that injured seven others including a young girl, according to Gazans A Palestinian militant was killed yesterday when the Israeli military fired a shell at…
Israeli army to get humanitarian affairs officers in wake of Gaza war
The Guardian 21 Jul 2010 – Measures designed to reduce civilian casualties outlined in official report into three-week offensive The Israeli military is to assign a “humanitarian affairs officer” to each of its combat units to advise soldiers on the need to…
John Lydon’s rotten politics | David Cronin
The Guardian 21 Jul 2010 – PiL’s frontman has betrayed punk’s ethos by embracing greed and disregarding the plight of the Palestinians Johnny Rotten has cheated on me. OK, I don’t expect that statement to elicit much sympathy. But I can’t have…
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES BLOCKING DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS FOR LASTING SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICT
Relief Web 21 Jul 2010 – Source: UN Security Council
Israel intensifies West Bank Palestinian home demolitions
Relief Web 21 Jul 2010 – Source: Amnesty
Israeli shelling kills 2 Gaza militants, wounds 6
Relief Web 21 Jul 2010 – Source: Reuters – AlertNet
OPT: Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights Granted UN Special Consultative Status
Relief Web 21 Jul 2010 – Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
UN Chief Dilly-Dallying on Panel to Probe Israeli Killings?
IPS When the Security Council condemned the killings by Israeli military forces of nine Turkish civilians on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May, it also released a presidential statement “taking note” of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s proposal for an international investigation of the incident.
Hebrew-speaking children to remain in Israel
YNet News – If child of foreign worker studied in previous year in education system, is….
Israel, Ukraine sign visa-free travel deal
YNet News – Foreign Ministers Lieberman, Grishchenko sign mutual agreement despite Shas’….
Shalit meets Barak, says nothing new to report
YNet News – Kidnapped soldier’s father says defense minister ‘willing, but unable. Netanyahu….
Abbas wants US assurances before direct talks
YNet News – Palestinian president tells Fatah movement will not go into direct negotiations….
Israel gives Gaza banks NIS 100M
YNet News – Political-Security Cabinet discusses civilian blockade of Gaza Strip, learns of….
US court fines N. Korea over 1972 Israel terror attack
YNet News – Most victims of Lod Airport massacre were Puerto Rican pilgrims. Now, American….
Israel to restrict use of white phosphorus in cities
YNet News – Israeli report to UN on Operation Cast Lead says IDF taking steps to reduce….
IDF to Goldstone: We don’t have to promise not to hurt civilians
YNet News – “You can’t operate in the Gaza Strip as you would in a sterile area.” This is the pivotal point of the criticism voiced on Wednesday in a conversation with Ynet by an IDF …….
Lebanon to raise Israel spy charge at UN
YNet News – Lebanon will raise accusations of Israeli espionage at the United Nations, Information Minister Tareq Mitri said on Wednesday, after two telecom workers were arrested and …….
Turkish family dreads deportation from Israel
YNet News – The Ozman family never felt fully accepted in Israel and following contiunuous battles with the immigration authorit decided to return to Turkey, the homeland of parents …….
Noam Shalit to PM: Stop abusing Gilad
YNet News – Noam Shalit, the father of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, reiterated his demand that the government reach a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. “Using its voice …….
IDF shelling kills 2 Palestinians, injures 8
YNet News – Two people were killed and eight were injured from an Israel Defense Forces shell fired at the northern Strip town of Beit Hanoun, Palestinian sources reported Wednesday …….
Palestinians say Israel wants to impose peace
YNet News – The Palestinian envoy to the UN is accusing Israel of talking peace while carrying out “illegal schemes” to try to impose the settlement it wants before peace …….
Palestinian Information Center
International athletes might join Freedom Flotilla 2
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – The European campaign to lift the siege on Gaza revealed that it will soon make contacts with a number of well-known international athletes to participate in Freedom Flotilla 2.
Jihad: IOF crime serious escalation
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – Islamic Jihad movement described the Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) escalation that killed a Palestinian citizen and wounded six others in northern Gaza Strip as a crime.
Khudari: IOA cabinet meeting on Gaza deceptive
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – The Israeli cabinet meeting to discuss the conditions in Gaza after the decision to ease the siege on it is aimed at deceiving the world, MP Jamal Al-Khudari said.
Israel refuses to stop using internationally banned phosphorus bombs
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – The Israeli government has refused to provide the United Nations assurance to discontinue its illegal usage of internationally banned white phosphorus bombs.
IOF troops raze Palestinian homes, shop
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) razed two Palestinian homes and a shop in Laban Gharbi village, west of Ramallah city, on Wednesday at the pretext of lack of construction permit.
IOA demands Turkish pledge not to participate in anti-siege convoys
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – The IOA said they would not release the Turkish humanitarian aid ship Marmara unless Turkey provides written assurance not to participate in convoys sent to break the siege on the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian youth killed, six wounded in IOF raid
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – A Palestinian young man was killed and six others were wounded when Israeli warplanes and artillery fire targeted Beit Hanun town in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Deputy Knesset speaker desecrates Aqsa
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – Danny Danon, the deputy speaker of the Israeli parliament (the Knesset), went on a desecration tour of the holy Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday escorted by dozens of armed policemen.
IOF troops raid Abasan, detain four west Bankers
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) went on the rampage east of Khan Younis city, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night bulldozing land and firing at Palestinian homes.
Ofer prisoners initiate protest steps against Israeli violations
PIC 21 Jul 2010 – Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli ofer jail started protest steps against the Israeli prison authority’s violations of their rights.
Some Iran state employees protest transfers to provinces
LA Times 21 Jul 2010 – As quakes strike elsewhere in Iran, some state workers in Tehran protest Ahmadinejad plan to disperse the capital’s population to reduce the danger from temblors. Many people suspect ulterior motives. A series of earthquakes on Wednesday rattled southern Iran, injuring at least 19 people and damaging buildings amid a dispute over government plans to disperse offices to provincial cities because of the seismic threat to the capital.
Iran Now Says Nuclear Scientist Was Operating As Double Agent
New York Times 21 Jul 2010 – The Iranian government claimed Wednesday that Shahram Amiri was sent to provide false information to American intelligence — a story they‚Äôre making in a TV movie.
World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Anti-Rocket System Is Ready for Deployment
New York Times 20 Jul 2010 – The “iron dome” system was developed to protect Israel from rockets fired by Palestinian militants.
The Rising Non-Violent Movement in Palestine
Palestine Monitor – A multi-part interview with Dr Mustafa Barghouthi on Palestinian political dynamics, Israeli occupation and peace in the Middle East. Most of the Western media have been influenced by a certain narrative, mainly the Israli narrative, in explaining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Dr Barghouthi describes how Israeli policies…
New battleline: ‘Tablet‚Äô calls 4 ‘anti-Israel‚Äô blogs ‘agents of influence‚Äô
Mondoweiss – Tablet ran a piece today on 4 “anti-Israel” bloggers who are allegedly mainstreaming anti-Semitism so as to gin up the traffic numbers of “media companies”: Steve Walt, Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Greenwald and me. Exalted company! The piece says that all four are Jew-baiters and “agents of…
TIAA-CREF divestment campaign finds strong support among shareholders
Mondoweiss – Yesterday, Jewish Voice for Peace attended TIAA-CREF’s annual meeting as part of its campaign to get the retirement fund to divest from companies profiting off the occupation . The group delivered a petition signed by 15,300 people demanding the fund drop its investments in Caterpillar, Elbit, Motorola,…
Paul Berman’ hidden agenda
Mondoweiss – Paul Berman thinks he is smarter than other people, or braver, or both. His latest book, The Flight of the Intellectuals , indicts a number of Western writers for being too dumb, or too cowardly, to confront what he considers the great and growing threat of “Islamic…
Bil’in leader sentenced to two months in prison for protesting
Mondoweiss – From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee : Bil’in Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced to two months of imprisonment and to a six month suspended sentence, after a five year long trial on charges clearly related to freedom of speech. Abu Rahmah was convicted of two…
IDF destroys West Bank village after declaring it military zone
Mondoweiss – And other news from Today in Palestine: Land and Property Theft and Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing IDF destroys West Bank village after declaring it military zone, Amira Hass Since 1967, Israel has prevented the growth of Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley by cutting off their water supply…
Jeff Blankfort – Chomsky and Palestine: Asset or Liability?
Palestine Think Tank – From PULSE Media: In a recent interview renowned linguist Noam Chomsky called the BDS campaign ‘hypocritical‚Äô. Jeffrey Blankfort, who is the author of an earlier important critique of Chomsky’ position on Palestine, responds: When Noam Chomsky was stopped at Jordan’ Allenby Bridge and prevented from entering…
cartoon of the day
Palestine Think Tank – Free Gaza by Carlos Latuff
Khalid Amayreh ‚Äì Refuting Palazzi’s Lies
Palestine Think Tank – Ed note: Massimo Abdul Hadi Palazzi is a well-known figure to Italians who are active for Palestinian rights. He has been frequently unmasked by the great Miguel Martin?©z and others. However, those unfamiliar with this figure will learn about him in this piece by Khalil Amayreh. (…
Israel ‘restricts phosphorus use’
BBC – The Israeli military tells the UN it will limit the use of a controversial weapon in future conflicts.
Israeli Arab in rape racism row
BBC – An Israeli Arab who had consensual sex with a woman who thought he was a Jew is convicted of ‘rape by deception’ in Israel.
Man killed by IDF strike on Gaza
BBC – Israeli troops kill one man and injure at least 10, including a child, in an attack on the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinian Chef Finds Occupation Hard to Digest
Antiwar.com – RAMALLAH ‚Äì 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’ national dishes, and…
Ending the Gaza Blockade Might Help Israel as Much as Gaza
Antiwar.com – In the wake of Israel’ botched attack on a Turkish ship bringing relief to Gazans from Israel’ (and Egypt’) economic blockade of Gaza, the Israelis have responded to intensely negative world opinion by relaxing the blockade. That move may help Israel as much as Gazans. Ending…
ACTION ALERT: Third Prison Term for Israeli Conscientious Objector, Shir Regev
Sabbah report – For those of you who live outside Israel, it would be very effective to send protests to your local Israeli embassy. CO Shir Regev, has returned to prison for the third time. He was sentenced on 14 July to 34 days of imprisonment, which he is…
Time to crack down on settlement funding – by Yousef Munayyer
Sabbah report – By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz To say that the proliferation of Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory is an impediment to peace is an understatement. As Israel continues to gobble up Palestinian land, the individual rights of landowners and the Palestinian people are…
Articles
A Friendly Conversation with the Shabak
Yonatan Shapira, Pulse 7/21/2010
Activist Yonatan Shapira (you may know him from actions such as The Pilots‚Äô Letter, Tutu Disruption, and The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising) was summoned to a “friendly talk” with the Shabak [translation via Promised Land]:
Yesterday Rona from the Shabak called me and asked me to come talk to meet her in the police station on Dizengof st. (Tel Aviv). She refused to tell me what was it about, but made it clear I wasn‚Äôt going to be arrested, and that this is just an acquaintance or “a friendly talk”…
At five o‚Äôclock I got to the Dizengof police station and was sent to the second floor of the rear building, where a guy who presented himself as Rona’ security guard waited for me. I was taken to a room and subjected to a pretty intimate search to make sure I didn‚Äôt install any recording device on my testicles. After I was found clean I was let into Rona’ room. She was a nice looking girl, apparently from a Yemeni origin, in her early thirties.
Rona told me that she knew I was active in the BDS (movement) and (calling for) an economic boycott of Israel, and she wanted to know what else I did as part of these activities. I told her that everything (that I do) is well known and published on the internet and the media, and that I have nothing to add, and that I wasn’t going to talk to her.
Rona emphasized that there is a Knesset bill that might soon make my activities illegal. She went on and tried to get me into a political debate, asking if I know that the BDS is in fact a Palestinian organization.
Rona raised the issue of the graffiti in Warsaw and asked it was my own idea or another part of the BDS. She asked if I understood that I crossed a line and hurt many people’ feeling…. more.. e-mail
Palestinian Children Under Occupation
Stephen Lendman, Dissident Voice 7/21/2010
The Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations is a Beirut, Lebanon-based organization engaged in “strategic and futuristic studies on the Arab and Muslim worlds, (emphasizing) the Palestinian issue.” In July 2010, it published the latest in its “Am I Not a Human?” series titled, “The Suffering of the Palestinian Child under the Israeli Occupation,” saying:
Palestinian children grow up “under the Israeli occupation, surrounded by cruelty, oppression, killing, starvation and destruction.” Yet, like all children, they dream of playing and living normally and safely. Instead, their father may be dead or in prison, their brother killed, their home destroyed, and their mother forced to give birth at an Israeli checkpoint, risking her and the newborn.
Palestinian children grow up differently from most others, their development “distorted by an occupation,” destroying their innocence, dreams and well-being. They live in constant fear, forced to grow up while still a child. “Actually (they are) grown up, for (they challenge) the toughest circumstances,” helping their families, replacing a parent when lost, and confronting Israeli incursions. “Amazingly… Palestinian child(ren set) the example to mature people,” even when very young.
They live when “we think that the world has become (more) civilized” without cruel colonizations, when global leaders defend human rights, dignity, democratic freedoms, and peace rhetorically, yet are indifferent to oppressed Palestinians, children always the most vulnerable, yet they persist and endure despite enormous hardships and obstacles, what Western children can‚Äôt imagine.
From September 2000 (the start of the second Intifada) through 2007 alone, 1,400 children were killed, 230 under age 12…. more.. e-mail
Israeli right embracing one-state?
Ali Abunimah, AlJazeera 7/20/2010
There has been a strong revival in recent years of support among Palestinians for a one-state solution guaranteeing equal rights to Palestinians and Israeli Jews throughout historic Palestine.
One might expect that any support for a single state among Israeli Jews would come from the far left, and in fact this is where the most prominent Israeli Jewish champions of the idea are found, although in small numbers.
Recently, proposals to grant Israeli citizenship to Palestinians in the West Bank, including the right to vote for the knesset, have emerged from a surprising direction: Right-wing stalwarts such as knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin, and former defence minister Moshe Arens, both from the Likud party of Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister.
Even more surprisingly, the idea has been pushed by prominent activists among Israel’ West Bank settler movement, who were the subject of a must-read profile by Noam Sheizaf in Haaretz.
Their visions still fall far short of what any Palestinian advocate of a single state would consider to be just: The Israeli proposals insist on maintaining the state’ character – at least symbolically – as a “Jewish state,” exclude the Gaza Strip, and do not address the rights of Palestinian refugees.
And, settlers on land often violently expropriated from Palestinians would hardly seem like obvious advocates for Palestinian human and political rights.
Although the details vary, and in some cases are anathema to Palestinians, what is more revealing is that this debate is occurring openly and in the least likely circles. more.. e-mail
Israelis embrace one-state solution from unexpected direction
Electronic Intifada: 21 Jul 2010 – There has been a strong revival in recent years of support among Palestinians for a one-state solution in historic Palestine. One might expect that any support for a single state among Israeli Jews would come from the far left. Recently, proposals to grant Israeli citizenship to Palestinians in the West Bank have emerged from a surprising direction: right-wing stalwarts. Ali Abunimah comments.more
The story of a people’s resistance told in “Budrus”
Electronic Intifada: 21 Jul 2010 – Director Julia Bacha pieces together a lovely film exploring the evolution of the West Bank village of Budrus’ resistance to Israel’s wall, and its reclaiming of its destiny. Jimmy Johnson reviews for The Electronic Intifada.more
Challenging the Jewish National Fund
Electronic Intifada: 21 Jul 2010 – As owner of 13 percent of land in Israel, and the organization that appoints the largest number of people to the Israel Lands Authority board of directors (6 out of 13), the Jewish National Fund is the central pillar of Israel’s regime over land. Hazem Jamjoum analyzes.more
The Rising Non-Violent Movement in Palestine
Palestine Monitor: 21 Jul 2010 – A multi-part interview with Dr Mustafa Barghouthi on Palestinian political dynamics, Israeli occupation and peace in the Middle East. Most of the Western media have been influenced by a certain narrative, mainly the Israli narrative, in explaining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Dr Barghouthi describes how Israeli policies have turned the Palestinian territories into a land of bantustans. Watch the video: Dr Barghouthi highlights the non-violent struggle in Palestine. Watch the video: Bio Mustafa Barghouti was born in Jerusalem, 1954. He is a leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, founded in 2002 and a member of Palestinian Legislative Council, former Minister of Information, unity government, March-June 2007.more
One-State Debate Explodes Myth about Zionist Left
Palestine Chronicle: 21 Jul 2010 – By Jonathan Cook A fascinating debate is entering 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’ political right. The debate, which challenges the current orthodoxy of a two-state future, is rapidly exploding traditional conceptions about the Zionist right and left. Most observers — including a series of US administrations — have supposed that Israel’ 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, the US president Barack Obama tried until recently to sideline the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyhau, Israel’ rightwing prime minister, and bolster instead Ehud Barak, his defence minister from the left-wing Labour party, and the…more
Palestinian Children Under Occupation
Dissident Voice: 21 Jul 2010 – The Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations is a Beirut, Lebanon-based organization engaged in “strategic and futuristic studies on the Arab and Muslim worlds, (emphasizing) the Palestinian issue.” In July 2010, it published the latest in its “Am I Not a Human?” series titled, “ The Suffering of the Palestinian Child under the Israeli Occupation ,” saying: Palestinian children grow up “under the Israeli occupation, surrounded by cruelty, oppression, killing, starvation and destruction.” Yet, like all children, they dream of playing and living normally and safely. Instead, their father may be dead or in prison, their brother killed, their home destroyed, and their mother forced to give birth at an Israeli checkpoint, risking her and the newborn. Palestinian children grow up differently from most others, their development “distorted by an occupation,” destroying their innocence, dreams and well-being. They live in constant fear, forced to grow up while still a child….more
The Freedom Charter or the second Nakba?
Intifada-Palestine: 21 Jul 2010 – By Ken O‚ÄôKeefe ‚Äì Intifada Palestine With humility, and the utmost respect to all my Palestinian brothers and sisters and to all people of conscience, I present the Freedom Charter, amended for Palestine. (London) Imagine this, imagine that Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress negotiated a deal with the South African Apartheid regime and settled for a “two-state solution.” Imagine Mandela negotiating with the Apartheid regime a land deal in which less than 15% of current day South Africa went to the black South Africans, the remaining 85% to the inherently racist Apartheid government and its people. With that in mind, I ask, is there any real difference between that scenario and the idea of a “two-state solution” today? I am happy to know that ever-increasing numbers of people inside and outside of Palestine see what I see, the so-called two-state solution is in truth the two-state disaster, the…more
Cartoon of the Week: Obama and Helen Thomas
Intifada-Palestine: 21 Jul 2010 – Courtesy of Imad Abunimeh Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post on Google Buzz Add this to Mister Wong Share this on Mixx Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Subscribe to the comments for this post? Post this on Diigo Share this on Technorati Tweet This! Share this on FriendFeed Share this on LinkedIn Submit this to Netvibes Seed this on Newsvine Add this to Google Bookmarks Buzz up!more
Stuart Littlewood reviews ‘This Time We Went Too Far‚Äô by Norman Finkelstein
MyCatBirdSeat.com: 21 Jul 2010 – Special for My Catbird Seat “The Gaza invasion marked the climax of Israel’ descent into barbarism” Q uite simply, this is a cracker of a book and very timely. In explaining how Israel’ war on Gaza in 2008/9 was not the defensive action it is always painted, Norman Finkelstein recalls the 1947 UN partition of historic Palestine and remembers how, in 1957, US President Eisenhower forced Israel to withdraw from Gaza by threatening sanctions and in the 1967 war Israel re-occupied it. The book then takes us through the warm-up for the 2008/9 war and the subsequent whitewash. In the three years following Israel’ withdrawal to Gaza’ perimeter in 2005, we are reminded that about 1,250 Gazans, including 222 children, were killed by the Israeli army while 11 Israelis were killed by Palestinian rocket fire. In January 2006 Hamas won the Palestinian elections fair and square, and the US and…more
“The Right To Exist” ‚Äì States or People?
MyCatBirdSeat.com: 21 Jul 2010 – by Sonja Karkar The following article was first published in CounterPunch on 2 October 2007. Much of what was said then remains relevant almost three years later. It has been updated only to take into account some of the events since then. It is a curious phrase this “right to exist”. Israel wants the world to accept its “right to exist” as a state, but it denies the indigenous Palestinians their right to exist as a people in their own land. International relations only acknowledges the rights of people, not states. [1] States exist because of the formal recognition afforded them by other states, and now that Israel is recognised as a state, it in fact exists. It makes no sense to demand that a political party recognise Israel’ “right to exist”, much less punish 4 million Palestinians because a majority voted the Hamas Party into government. Yet, these are…more
Turkish FM met Hamas supremo in Damascus
MyCatBirdSeat.com: 21 Jul 2010 – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal in Damascus, Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday, a move that threatens to fan fresh tensions with Israel. The two men met on Monday to discuss efforts to heal the rift between Hamas — the resistance militant group controlling the Gaza Strip — and the Fatah faction of Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas. The Middle East peace process was also on their agenda, Anatolia said. The meeting took place amid simmering tensions between Turkey and its one-time ally Israel over the killing of nine Turks on May 31 in an Israeli raid on a Turkish ship that was part of a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza. Israel has reacted angrily to previous contacts between Turkish officials and Hamas. Davutoglu was in the Syrian capital Damascus for a one-day visit Monday, after which he headed to Afghanistan for an international conference on…more
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