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Red Cross urged to help farmers harmed by Gaza no-go zone
8/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Popular Committee Against the Buffer Zone in Gaza met with the International Committee of the Red Cross Saturday to discuss means to assist farmers affected by Israel’s imposition of a no-go zone. Committee members from across Gaza called on the ICRC to intervene and allow farmers to….
Fuel shortage sees Gaza go dark
8/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hours after officials at the Gaza Power Plant warned of the site’s immanent shut down on Saturday, the Gaza Strip went black. Power plant officials said a fuel shortage caused the shut-down, and blamed a refusal of the Palestinain Authority to ship sufficient fuel into the coastal enclave…. Related: Independents hope to solve Gaza’s electricity crisis and PA to deduct 25% of Gaza salaries for electricity bill
Israeli forces shutdown Beit Ummar rally
8/7/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Protesters and photojournalists said they were beaten by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against land confiscations in the Hebron-area town of Beit Ummar on Saturday. Protesters said a group of several dozen Palestinians, Israelis and internationals gathered at the edge of the illegal Israeli settlement Karmi Zur, and demanded an end….
Media groups slam attacks against journalists
8/7/2010 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Reporters Without Borders and a forum of Palestinian journalists separately condemned the recent wave of violence against journalists across the occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement issued Friday, Reporters Without Borders urged Palestinian leaders to act responsibly, explaining, “Not a week goes by without flagrant press freedom violations in the Gaza….
Palestinian MK: 6,000 in Gaza without ID cards
8/7/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian member of Israel’s parliament called on the government to remove all obstacles in the issuance of approximately 6,000 Palestinian ID and residency rights to Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday. MK Masu’d Ghanayem called on deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai to grant the ID cards, explaining….
PA to deduct 25% of Gaza salaries for electricity bill
8/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Finance will begin deducting 25 percent from all employed Gaza residents from September to cover the Strip’s electricity bill, an Electricity Company spokesman said Saturday, as the sole power plant ceased operations. Jamal Ad-Dardasawi told Ma’an that the deduction will “improve…. Related: Fuel shortage sees Gaza go dark
400 protest home evictions in Sheikh Jarrah
8/7/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An estimated 400 gathered in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah area on Friday, marking the one-year anniversary of the first home eviction by settlers in the neighborhood, and demanding an end to the policy. The protest was one of a dozen that took place, with protesters gathering in Haifa, Beersheva….
7 denied entry into Gaza at Rafah crossing
8/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Seven travelers were denied entry into Gaza on Friday as Egypt partially opened the Rafah crossing, a Gaza crossings and border department statement issued Saturday read. The report recorded the departure of 329 Gaza residents to Egypt through the border crossing, including 163 Muslims pilgrims en route to Mecca for….
Hamas: PA detained 15 affiliates
8/7/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority Security Services detained 15 Hamas affiliates in the West Bank, a Hamas statement issued Saturday said. Over the last three days, 13 supporters were detained in Deir Ghassanah village west of Ramallah, and two were detained in the Salfit area, the statement said….
UK delegation may impede unity, Fatah official says
8/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Fatah official warned that the visit of British MPs to Gaza may hamper conciliation efforts between the rival factions on Saturday. Fatah’s European spokesman Jamal Nazzal praised all efforts to lift the four-year siege on the Strip, but warned that holding unofficial meetings with Hamas leaders would….
Dancing American: Gaza ‘more familiar’ than expected
8/7/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — “The lesson I learn every time I go somewhere new is that the place, wherever it is, is more normal and familiar than I could have anticipated,” awkward dancing phenomenon Matt Harding told Ma’an. Harding, who earned fame for his videos sent home to friends depicting him dancing in…. Related: Where the hell is Matt? He’s in the Gaza Strip
3rd day of power cuts in Tulkarem as heatwave continues
8/7/2010 – TULKAREM (Ma’an) — The northern West Bank district of Tulkarem has experienced intermittent power cuts for three consecutive days as unseasonably high temperatures lead to over consumption, a municipal official said Saturday. Tulkarem experienced an electricity blackout Saturday at 1:30p. m. , with the cut expected to last several hours, Tulkarem Municipality Director-General Abed….
Hebron summer camp come to a close
8/7/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — A summer camp for Palestinian children concluded Saturday with field trips to the Hebron villages of Yatta and As-Sumu, entitled I Have the Right to Live in Dignity. The camp, organized by the Ard Al-Atfaal Assembly in Palestine and the South Society for the Care and Rehabilitation for the Disabled, was….
Canadian Muslims visit Jerusalem sit-in tent
8/7/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A delegation of Canadian Muslims visited the sit-in tent erected by three Palestinian lawmakers from Jerusalem threatened with deportation on Saturday in Sheikh Jarrah. The delegation met with Mohammad Totah, Khaled Abu Arafah and Ahmad Atoun, three Hamas-affiliated members of the Palestinian Legislative Council who were stripped of their residency rights….
Sweden, EU pay PA salaries
8/7/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Europe’s PEGASE mechanism channeled “‚¬14 million to the Palestinian Authority at the end of June for the payment of civil servant salaries and pension benefits, a statement from the EU said. The contribution came from both Sweden (“‚¬5. 31 million) and the European Commission, as part of the latter….
Hamas leader denies involved in ‘secret talks’
8/7/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Ramallah-based Hamas legislator told Ma’an Saturday that reports saying he was involved in secret talks with Israel were “baseless.” “I have no idea what the purpose of such news is,” Omar Abdul Raziq said, commenting on a report published in London’s Al-Sharq Al-Awsat and the Israeli….
Abbas aide: Religion of int’l border troops irrelevant
8/7/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to give the okay for the deployment of international troops along the borders of a Palestinian state regardless of their religious affiliation, his political adviser told the government news agency WAFA on Saturday. Nimir Hammad said reports, which he said surfaced in American media on the….
UK group urges boycott of Israeli dates
8/7/2010 – LONDON (Ma’an) — The UK-based Palestinian Solidarity Campaign urged a boycott of Israeli dates ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week. Traditionally, Muslims fast between dawn and dusk throughout the month. Breaking the fast with dates produced on illegal Israeli settlements would be “an affront to us all,” a PCS….
Israel names rep to UN flotilla probe
8/7/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Former Israeli Foreign Ministry official Yosef Ciechanover has been appointed as Israel’s representative to the UN committee charged with investigating the 31 May flotilla incident, Israeli media announced Saturday. The UN commission will probe the Israeli raid of six aid vessels en route to Gaza, which killed nine passengers….
First kidney transplant performed in Ramallah
8/7/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Medics at the Palestine Medical Compound in Ramallah celebrated two successful kidney transplants on Friday, marking the first medical procedure of its kind performed at a public hospital in Palestine. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad telephoned his Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli to congratulate him for “the great accomplishment….
Civil defense, police control fires in Hebron
8/7/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority police and civil defense crews extinguished multiple blazes across the Hebron district on Saturday, a police statement read. In Dura, forces controlled a car and house fire, with police saying the likely cause was arson. House fires in Kharas and Beit Ula, caused by a gas leak, were also….
Palestine wins 2nd place in Arab Chemistry Olympiad
8/7/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian delegation took second place at the Sixth Arab Chemistry Olympiad held in the Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates last week. High school students from 12 Arab countries had their knowledge and practical skills tested over three days in the annual competition, which closed on Wednesday. The host….
Israel names rep to UN flotilla probe
Palestine Note 7 Aug 2010 – New York – Israel has named a former diplomat as its representative on a UN-backed investigation of its deadly assault on a convoy of ships carrying aid to Gaza. The Mavi Marmara, the large Turkish ship…
Gaza power plant shuts down amid heat wave
Palestine Note 7 Aug 2010 – Washington – The Gaza power plant, which already operates at reduced capacity , shut down Saturday for a lack of fuel, The Associated Press reported Saturday. The shut down leaves half a million Gazans without power as…
Lebanese aid ship to sail to Gaza
Palestine Note 7 Aug 2010 – Washington – A Gaza-bound aid ship from Lebanon has slowly en route to the blockaded coastal enclave for months now, but Iran’s Press TV reported Saturday that The Mariam sails for Gaza this weekend. The MV…
Israeli ship ‘fires at Lebanon’
Palestine Note 7 Aug 2010 – Lebanese president vows to better equip army Washington – The United Nations has called for calm and restraint on the part of Lebanon and Israel, but both parties continue to bristle after Tuesday’s cross-border skirmish that…
Hamas lawmaker denies ‘secret talks’ with Israel
Palestine Note 7 Aug 2010 – Washington – Despite London-based al-Sharq al-Aqsat’s report Saturday that former Hamas minister Omar Abdul Raziq met with Israeli officials in Netanya, he has denied the report as “baseless.” A child sports a headband favoring Hamas’ militant…
Israel/Palestine and Iran: Linkage Should be Hard Wired by Obama Team
Palestine Note 7 Aug 2010 – First featured on The Washington Note Barack Obama is occasionally photographed carrying a weighty and important book around with him. One of those books — which he seemed to carry around for nearly a year (it…
BlackBerry ban: Saudi may reach agreement with PDA maker
Palestine Note 7 Aug 2010 – Washington – Earlier this week that Saudi Arabia announced it be following the United Arab Emirates in a ban of BlackBerry smart phones for security reasons, but The Associated Press reported Saturday that negotiations between the…
Campaign underway to save former Yale professor from Israeli jail
Palestine Note 6 Aug 2010 – Washington – Palestinian activist and former Yale professor Mazin Qumsiyeh is under threat of arrest for his participation in and support of nonviolent resistance in the West Bank, according to fellow activists. Qumsiyeh has been ordered…
Pay dispute closes Gaza power plant
AlJazeera 7 Aug 2010 – Gaza officials say Palestinian Authority in West Bank has not paid Israel for fuel.
Video: Cinema Jenin Comes Back To Life
PNN – After two years of work, the cinema of Jenin, northern West Bank, opened its doors to the public. An important day for the city residents. PNN reporters visited the festival and made…
Secret meeting between Hamas and Israel
PNN – A UK paper has reported that a secret meeting between Israeli and Hamas official Omar Abd al-Razak took place last week, with the discussions focussed on the recent announcement from Hamas for…
Israeli Troops Suppress Anti Wall Protests In The West Bank
PNN – Bethlehem – PNN – On Friday anti wall protests were reported in the villages on Bil’in and Nil’in, central West Bank, also in the village of Artas in southern west Bank. The…
Volunteer Work Day to Support Steadfast Resistance in Wad Rahal
PNN – Today at 4pm, about 30 internationals, Israelis, and Palestinians participated in a volunteer work day called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in the village of Wad Rahal. Last week, the…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 July – 04 August 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
A brushfire or a spark for conflict?
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Tension in Lebanon coincides with US concerns.
Rallies mark anniversary of Sheikh Jarrah eviction
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Thousands took part in solidarity demonstrations across Israel.
PA forces nab academic allegedly tied to Hamas
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Arrest is part of a crackdown targeting dozens of Palestinians.
Iran tops US terror list
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Ahmadinejad: ‘No evidence’ 3,000 people were killed on 9/11
Israel to finalize JSF purchase plans
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Barak to chair meeting on procurement of stealth fighter jets.
Israel protests US warning on Eilat
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Meseznikov: ‘This advisory gives a prize to terror.’
Israel protests US warning on Eilat, not Akaba
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Meseznikov: ‘This advisory gives a prize to terror, undermines security.’
‘Smear campaign’ allegedly forged
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Top strategist denies planning to promote general in race to head IDF.
The defense minister’s dangerous petulance
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – What does Barak have against Ashkenazi?
Hamas accuses Israel of Eilat rockets
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Gaza group claims attack a pretext for violence against Palestinians.
‘Mavi Marmara’ returns home
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – IHH: We will go again and again until Gaza blockade is lifted.
Gaza electricity station stops operating
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Financial dispute between Hamas, PA causes cut in fuel supply.
Report: Hamas denies firing from Sinai
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – In letter to Jordan, Khaled Meshaal accuses Israel of exploitation.
Report: Hamas official met in Israel
Jeruslalem Post 7 Aug 2010 – Omar Abed Al-Razak reportedly met with officials in Netanya Tuesday.
International Solidarity Movement
CPT: Settlers Heat Up the Air in Al Bweireh
8/7/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron – Since approximately 2000, the Israeli Military and nearby settlers have set in place an iron gate across the road leading to Al Bweireh. They have also positioned a huge several-ton rock perhaps 25 meters from the barrier gate on the same road and another gigantic heap of rock and earth…. Related: CPT – Hebron
CPT: Palestinian fence damaged in village in At-Tuwani area
8/7/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Christian Peacemaker Team – At-Tuwani & Operation Dove – On the morning of Wednesday, 4 August, Palestinians from At-Tuwani found that their fence built between the village and the nearby Havat Ma’on settler outpost had been partially destroyed during the night. The fence, made from cemented metal supports and barbed wire, was funded by…. Related: CPT – At-Tuwani and Operation Dove
Channel 2: IDF chief candidate using PR firm to smear competitor
Ha’aretz – Channel 2 reveals document suggesting building a ‘positive profile’ for Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant and ‘negative profile’ for Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz; PR firm denies having composed such a document.
Abbas: Jewish NATO soldiers could defend future Palestinian state
Ha’aretz – Aide denies reports that Palestinian president opposes any Jewish presence in an international force to protect new borders under emerging peace proposals.
Hamas: Israel fired rockets at Eilat, Aqaba to justify more Gaza assaults
Ha’aretz – 5 Grad rockets hit Red Sea port resorts of Israel and Jordan on Monday killing a Jordanian civilian; Israel, Egypt blame Hamas for attack.
Turkish group may re-send flotilla aid ships to bust Gaza siege
Ha’aretz – Head of group behind May aid flotilla says Israel, which impounded the vessels, painted and repaired bullet holes to ‘hide all the proof.’
Joseph Ciechanover to represent Israel at UN Gaza flotilla probe
Ha’aretz – Panel led by ex-New Zealand PM Geoffrey Palmer to probe deaths of 9 Turkish activists during clash with Israel Navy commandos on May 31., President Suleiman lauds army’s performance during…
Report: Secret meeting held between Israeli, Hamas officials
Ha’aretz – Sources say meeting held in order to warn Hamas against kidnapping settlers in the West Bank to use as leverage to free Palestinian prisoners.
France names new envoy in bid to kickstart Syria-Israel peace talks
Ha’aretz – President Assad tells Syrian media that Israel was the one placing obstacles in the way of peace and that the possibility of war in the Middle East was once again…
Report: Palestinians in Gaza and WB are suffering
7 Aug 2010 – Jerusalem, August 7, (Pal Telegraph) A report issued by the Center for Information and Support to Decision Making at the Ministry of Planning showed that the Israeli occupation killed 7 people, two of them in the occupied West Bank and five in the Gaza Strip, including the commander of the Qassam Brigades militant wing of the Movement “Hamas”, while the…
“Miles of smiles 2” activists to arrive in Gaza
7 Aug 2010 – Gaza, August 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – It is scheduled that the supporters of the European medical convoy, “Miles of smiles 2,” will arrive in Gaza Saturday evening, Ahmed Yousef, Head of the Governmental Committee for Breaking the Siege , said. The supporters who are bound to enter Gaza Strip arrived in the Egyptian Al-Arish city Friday, on their way…
IOF being boisterous in West Bank
7 Aug 2010 – Hebron, August 7, (Pal Telegraph) Two children suffered from suffocation after being targeted by the Israeli forced with tear gas in Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron in the West Bank. Security sources said that those two children were: Omar Amjad Alhadush (12 years) and Ihab Yasser Hassan.” According to same sources, the outbreak of clashes scattered inside the camp…
Gaza’s borders witness some movement
7 Aug 2010 – Gaza, August 7, (Pal Telegraph) Borders and Crossings Authority in Gaza, said that Rafah crossing worked on Friday, 329 got out of Gaaza through it including 163 of the pilgrims, while 407 Palestinian patients entered along with the people who were trapped on the Egyptian side, while the percentage of those who were forced to get back and not to…
Israel detains 3 Palestinians in south of Nablus
7 Aug 2010 – Nablus , August 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli occupation forces detained today three Palestinians at military checkpoint at the entrance of Eraq Boreen village in south of Nablus city, in the West Bank. Israeli occupation forces (IOF) imposed curfew on the village in the morning and prevented the movement of the citizens from and into the village, Abed Al-Raheem Qados,…
IOF suppresses weekly peaceful demos across WB
7 Aug 2010 – Ramallah, August 7, (Pal Telegraph) Two Israeli soldiers were slightly injured near the village of ‘Nabi Saleh’ north-west of Ramallah in the central West Bank after they suppressed the weekly demonstration against the Israeli separation wall, according to the Israeli Radio. The Radio reported that one of the two wounded soldiers were taken to a hospital for treatment. Regular suppression…
Gaza Power Plant shuts down
7 Aug 2010 – Gaza, August 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Officials at the sole power plant in the Gaza Strip said that the power plant will cut down electricity supplies and shut down completely at (5 am) on Saturday as it ran out of fuel. deputy head of the energy authority in Due to this shortage, Gaza suffers from frequent electricity blackouts. The…
New Israeli expulsion policy against Palestinians
7 Aug 2010 – Jerusalem, August 7, (Pal Telegraph) The Israeli authorities started a recent expulsion of Palestinian citizens, who hold Ids of the occupied West Bank, of Jerusalem city, as mentioned by Jerusalemite Human Rights Center. A report issued by the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights reported that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has already begun implementing the policy of expulsion…
Palestinian-American professor threatened by Israeli authorities
Uruknet August 6, 2010 – Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, who has taught at Yale and Duke Universities in the US, and is a renowned author and activist on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has been issued an order by the Israeli military to appear before a military tribunal on August 9th. Qumsiyeh’s supporters believe that he is being targeted by Israeli authorities for…
Uribe’s appointment to flotilla probe guarantees its failure
Uruknet August 6, 2010 – At the beginning of this month the Israeli government announced it would cooperate with one out of two international UN-sponsored investigation commissions into the 31 May Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre, a move which UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon claimed was “unprecedented.” However, the details of this commission and who will take part in it —…
12,000 Palestinian children arrested by Israel since 1967
Uruknet August 6, 2010 – According to new figures released by the Palestinian Authority’s Minister for Prisoner Affairs, Issa Karaka’, the Israeli authorities have arrested 12,000 Palestinian children since 1967, 300 of whom are minors and are still held in prisons run by the Israeli Occupation. Mr Karaka’ stated that detained children “were subjected to torture, extortion and unfair judicial…
Fallujah – a poisoned city
Uruknet August 6, 2010 – … Unreported in the New Zealand media and virtually unreported in the United States was the release of a report by public health academics who studied the cancer rate, infant mortality and the birth to sex ratio of children in Fallujah. The authors concluded that the findings, “show increases in cancer, leukaemia and infant mortality and…
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 July – 04 August 2010)
Uruknet August 5, 2010 – Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed two members of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip. They also wounded 29 Palestinians, including 16 police officers, two women, two children and two resistance activists. They also injured a Palestinian boy and two international human rights defenders in the West Bank. During the reporting period, IOF…
Lebanese premier vows to equip armed forces
The National 7 Aug 2010 – The comments are made following the recent deadly exchange with Israeli troops, as Israel complains that the US and France are supplying the state with weapons.
Gaza’s sole major power station shut down
The National 7 Aug 2010 – Outage over fuel payment dispute could last days; Hamas blames Palestinian Authority, which calls for more diligent collections by energy agency.
Gaza Suffers Heat and Electricity Shortage
WAFA –
Muslims Working in Tel Aviv Municipality to Work according to Ramadan Timing
WAFA – TEL AVIV, August 7, 2010 (WAFA)- Human Resources Official responded positively to
Muslim Aid Delivers £130,000 of Medical Equipment to Gaza Hospital
WAFA –
Hammad: President Approves of International Force Deployment Regardless of Religion
WAFA – RAMALLAH, August 7, 2010 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas’ Political Advisor, Nimer Hammad, said that the
MIDEAST: On the Freedom Flight From Gaza, For a While
IPS I tasted freedom for the first time in three years. After being stuck in Gaza since 2007 I travelled to Malaysia for a holiday. It was like visiting another planet. Being treated like a human being and being able to experience what many young people around the world take for…
New Report: People versus Oppression
Stop The Wall – One year ago, Stop the Wall and Addameer released a report entitled “Repression Allowed, Resistance Denied”, which detailed the repression of Palestinian human rights defenders active against the Wall since 2002.Today, in the 6th anniversary of the ICJ ruling against the Wall, The campaign publish this new document covering the ongoing repression between March – June 2010. [
Gaza power plant shuts down, again
YNet News – Strife between Gaza, Ramallah authorities render Strip’s power plant devoid of….
‘Adultery in Iran is worse than murder’
YNet News – Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who is facing death by stoning over alleged adultery….
Report: Hamas, Israeli officials meet in Netanya
YNet News – London-based Arabic newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper says ex Hamas Minister….
Ban okays final flotilla probe panel
YNet News – WASHINGTON – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday announced the final composition of an inquiry commission to investigate the IDF raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in …….
IHH: Marmara may return to Gaza
YNet News – The group behind a convoy to Gaza that ended when the IDF stormed the ships and killed nine activists said on Saturday it may use the vessels for another run on the …….
Delegate to UN flotilla probe named
YNet News – Yosef Ciechanover will be Israel’s representative at the UN inquiry committee on the IDF flotilla raid in May, the government announced Saturday. Ciechanover has …….
Palestinian Information Center
Gaza power plant fails after fuel runs out
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – Gaza’s only power plant shut down at 5:00 am (local time) Saturday after sharp cuts in imported industrial fuels caused fuel necessary for operation to run out.
Khater: American, Egyptian stands obstructed reconciliation
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – Sami Khater told a press conference in Damascus on Saturday that Arab parties sided by the American position in obstructing inter-Palestinian reconciliation efforts.
PNC’s committee rejects all forms of negotiations with the Israeli occupation
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – The supreme follow up committee of the PNC has announced Saturday it rejects all forms of direct or indirect negotiations with the Zionist enemy.
Power authority points finger at Fayyad over Gaza power outage
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – Kanaan Obeid, Vice President of the power authority, said the power failure in Gaza Strip’s only power plant Saturday morning is a result of running out of necessary fuels to run the generators.
Hammad: Abbas accepts international forces on borders
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – Nimir Hammad, the political advisor to Mahmoud Abbas, said that Abbas accepts the deployment of an international force on the Palestinian borders regardless of its members’ religion.
Poll: Mishaal tops list of popular Palestinian leaders
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – The yearly opinion poll conducted by the Maryland University showed Khaled Mishaal, the political bureau chief of Hamas, as on top of Palestinian leaders enjoying popularity in the Palestinian arena.
Israeli troops kidnap 700 children every year
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – Journalist Amira Hass said the Israeli troops kidnap every year about 700 Palestinian children, many of them are rounded up from schools, at the pretext of throwing stones at troops and settlers.
Egypt rejects reconciliation understandings reached by Hamas and Fatah
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – A press source said Egypt refused to accept the latest understandings reached between Hamas and Fatah for the signing of its reconciliation paper.
New Israeli organ trafficking ring busted in Ukraine
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – The Ukrainian authorities announced Friday the arrest of 12 people, most of them Israelis, belonging to an organ-trafficking ring headed by an Israeli woman.
Torture against Palestinian prisoners in Egypt rises after Eilat firing
PIC 7 Aug 2010 – Informed Egyptian security sources disclosed an escalation of torture against Qassam Brigade leaders of Hamas’s military wing detained in Egyptian prisons, after the firing of missiles at Eilat.
Turkey, Syria engage in bird diplomacy
LA Times 7 Aug 2010 – The countries work together to try to save the nearly extinct northern bald ibis. The latest beneficiary of improved relations between Turkey and Syria is the rare northern bald ibis.
Iran Expatriates Get Chilly Reception
New York Times 7 Aug 2010 – Iran paid for several hundred Iranians living abroad to come back for a conference, but all did not go as planned.
U.S. Seeks to Offer a Balm to Iran for Sanctions’ Sting
New York Times 7 Aug 2010 – The United States is making a renewed appeal to Iranian leaders to reopen talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
Music: Arabian Night: Distant Heat Music Show in Jordan
New York Times 7 Aug 2010 – The Distant Heat show, an overnight rave by the Red Sea in Jordan, plays the dance music while playing down cultural differences.
Mezvinsky’s choice (and the existential threat!)
Mondoweiss – Israelis are angry about the Chelsea wedding. They didn’t like the mingling of Jewish and non-Jewish ritual, they’re fearful about assimilation and the future of the Jewish people. The thought didn’t occur to them that he wanted a bigger pool than his own small tribe, and…
Islamoflubbia
Mondoweiss – As we say in my religion, What goes around comes around. —Fareed Zakaria returns $10,000 and a plaque and an award to the ADL after its bigoted response to the mosque in Manhattan. —Israel subjects Donna Shalala, former Education Secretary, now a university president, to two-and-a-half…
Is it ‘left’ wing to fear that Palestinians will get their houses back?
Mondoweiss
Virginia Tilley on fuzzy borders
Mondoweiss – John Haines responded to Weiss’s post the other day on the Lebanese border incident (“That Tree Was In Israeli Territory”) with this statement: Border? What Border? You can see in in this video that the Israelis are using a cherry-picker to reach over the fence, which,…
Report: Hamas, Israeli Officials Meet in Netanya
Al-Manar 7 Aug 2010 – London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Saturday that former Hamas Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razek, met with Israeli officials in Netanya, earlier this week. Palestinian sources told the newspaper that a secret meeting was held between Israeli and Hamas representatives, but gave no reason for…
Sheikh Jarrah Turns One while Dozens are Attacked with Tear Gas in Bil’in
Joseph Dana 7 Aug 2010 – Another week of demonstrations across the West Bank with one very important milestone. It has been exactly one year since the stuggle in Sheikh Jarrah began with the forcible eviction of Palestinians from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood. To mark the day, protests in…
Imaging Apartheid – Poster Project for Palestine
Global BDS 7 Aug 2010 – call for submissions: Montreal July 2010 http://imagingapartheid.org/downloads/imagingapartheid_call.pdf As the global movement in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation continues to grow, we are calling on graphic designers and artists to submit their work to IMAGING APARTHEID: the Poster Project for Palestine. read more
Turkish aid vessels return home
BBC 7 Aug 2010 – A Turkish aid ship that was raided by Israeli forces in May arrives back in Turkey after its release by Israel.
Stolen childhood
BBC 6 Aug 2010 – Gaza children shoulder the burden of supporting large families
Articles
Negev village torn down for second time
Jonathan Cook in al-Araqib, Redress 8/7/2010
“Tearing down an entire village and leaving its inhabitants homeless without exhausting all other options for settling longstanding land claims is outrageous,” said Joe Stork, the deputy Middle East director of Human Rights Watch.
Israeli security forces destroyed a Bedouin village this week for the second time in a matter of days, leaving 300 inhabitants homeless again after they and dozens of Jewish and Arab volunteers had begun rebuilding the 45 homes. Human rights groups warned that these appeared to be the opening shots in a long-threatened campaign by the Israeli government to begin mass forced removals of tens of thousands of Bedouin from their ancestral lands in the southern Negev. The High Follow-Up Committee, the main political body for Israel’s Arab minority, vowed this week to help rebuild the village for a second time and said it would call on the UN to investigate Israel’s treatment of the Bedouin.
Al-Araqib village, which is a few kilometres north of the Negev’s main city Beersheva, has become a symbol of the struggle by about 90,000 Bedouin to win recognition for dozens of communities the government claims are built on state land.
In a test case before the Israeli courts, an inhabitant of al-Araqib has been presenting documents and expert testimony to show his ancestors owned and lived on the village’s lands many decades before Israel’s establishment in 1948. The judge is expected to rule within months. more.. e-mail
Norman Finkelstein: It Wasn’t a War
Kate Perkins, Guernica, Israeli Occupation Archive 8/7/2010
Guernica: This Time We Went Too Far looks at Israel through the lens of international public opinion—specifically, a severely damaged public perception of, and support for, Israeli policy after its invasion of Gaza beginning in November of 2008. How substantial is that change in public perception, and to what extent does it give critics of Israel a new kind of traction with respect to influencing policy?
Norman Finkelstein: There’s no question that public opinion is changing, and if you’re a person of the left, your goal is presumably to try to mobilize public opinion to affect elite policy; and I think now there are unusual, unprecedented opportunities to do so. Whether anything will come of it, well, that’s the challenge. It’s not enough for public opinion to shift; it then requires marshalling that public opinion, harnessing it, for it to have a political impact.
There are many issues, as everyone knows, in the United States on which public opinion leans very much to the left of elite policy, but that’s because public opinion hasn’t been turned into a political force. Having said that, it’s nonetheless a significant part of the battle to get public opinion on your side, before you try to harness it, and that part of the battle, it seems to me, we’re closer to winning now. Public opinion in the United States has shifted significantly, not just outside but also within the Jewish community.
If you are, as I am quite frequently, speaking at college campuses in the United States, it’s quite clear that support among Jews for Israel has dried up.
Guernica: How do you interpret this shift in public opinion, and what in particular do you see as being its most revealing indicators?…. — See also: Source more.. e-mail
‘Major George’ Accused of Running Israel’s Abu Ghraib
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Aug 2010 – By Jonathan Cook – Jerusalem A police officer known as ‘Major George’ who is accused of torturing Arab prisoners in his previous role as chief interrogator in a secret military jail has been appointed to oversee relations with Jerusalem’s Palestinian population, it has emerged. The decision has been greeted with stunned disbelief from human rights groups, who say unresolved allegations against Major George that he brutally abused Arab prisoners for many years should disqualify him from such a sensitive post. Relations between the Israeli police and the 250,000 Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem have been on a knife edge for many months, as extremist Jewish groups — backed by the municipality — have increased their settlement drive in traditional Palestinian neighbourhoods such as Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan. The Association of Civil Rights in Israel (Acri), Israel’s largest legal rights group, revealed last week that it had made a formal complaint…more
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