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Palestinian Authority claims arrests of 300 Hamas members in response to killing of settlers
IMEMC – 1 Sep 2010 – Wednesday September 01, 2010 – 17:30, In the largest arrest campaign since it took power in 1994, the Palestinian Authority, run by the Fateh party, sent security officers all over the West Bank Wednesday morning to arrest known members of the rival Hamas party, after Hamas’ armed wing claimed responsibility for the killing of four Israeli settlers Tuesday night. According to the Palestinian Authority, at least 300 were arrested and taken to Palestinian police stations and prisons.
Israeli Settlers Attack Families And The Military Abducts Two In Hebron
IMEMC – 1 Sep 2010 – Wednesday September 01, 2010 – 16:37, Israeli troops abducted two Palestinian brothers and settlers attack another house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning.
Settlers harass family near settlement
9/2/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Approximately 50 Israeli settlers attacked the home of a Palestinian family near the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement on Wednesday, reportedly in response to the killing of four Israelis one day earlier. A witness told Ma’an that the settlers threw empty bottles and stones at the home of Younis Idrees….
Report: Settlers to break construction freeze
9/2/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an/Agencies) — Israeli settler leaders told the country’s media that they intend to violate a construction ban on private homes in West Bank settlements and build in protest of a shooting incident that saw four settlers killed. Hamas’ armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed to have carried out the….
PA official: Settlers vandalize cars after Hebron shooting
9/1/2010 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers broke car windows Tuesday evening and cut down olive trees hours after four Israelis were killed in a shooting near a West Bank settlement in Hebron, an official said. Ghassan Doughlas, who heads the Palestinian Authority file on northern West Bank settlement activity, told Ma’an that several….
Hamas claims Ramallah attack
9/2/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas’ armed wing has claimed responsibility for the second shooting attack in two days which injured two Israeli citizens near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday evening. In a statement, the Al-Qassam Brigades declared “full responsibility for Ramallah operation caused of injuring two Zionist settlers critically.” At around….
Israel seals off Hebron following shootings
9/2/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Wednesday sealed off parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron in the wake of an attack against Israeli settlers in the area which killed four. Deputy mayor of Bani Na’im Raja Ziadat, a village close to the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement, where the attack….
Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Affiliate detained for 50 days without trial
9/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Hizb Ut-Tahrir movement said Wednesday that Palestinian Authority Preventive Security have a supporter in custody in Salfit after 50 days without trial or indictment. The pan-Islamist movement said Shahir Assaf from the Biddya village in the northern West Bank district was detained on 12 July “from the street without an….
Protests against talks continue in Ramallah
9/2/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — “What happened in Hebron proved our point; we need a unified Palestinian position,” Palestinian National Initiative leader Mustafa Barghouthi said following a mass rally in Ramallah on Wednesday. The protest, planned immediately after PA forces quashed a news conference on 25 August, was coordinated by leftist Palestinian factions, independent parties and….
Report: Barak proposes deal on Jerusalem
9/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel is prepared to return parts of East Jerusalem within the framework of a peace deal, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday. Speaking to the Israeli daily Haaretz, Barak said a “special regime” for managing the city’s holiest sites, many of which are found in East Jerusalem, would….
Negotiators to push mechanism to end siege
9/2/2010 – PARIS (Ma’an) — “Ending the siege is the fastest way to unity,” Fatah Central Committee member and delegate to the Washington peace talks Nabil Sha’ath explained as the motivation behind a new plan to open the Gaza Port. The official told Ma’an that a proposal had already been cobbled together….
Hamas: PA detains 150 supporters after attack
9/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority security forces detained 150 Hamas members including senior figures across the West Bank in an arrest campaign hours after a deadly attack in Hebron, Hamas said Wednesday. Hamas said in a statement that several recently released female prisoners and supporters were summoned to PA intelligence facilities for questioning, particularly….
PA: Hamas impeding Hajj draw in Gaza
9/1/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Religious Endowments says Hamas is impeding the Hajj draw in Gaza to ensure party members are allocated places. In a statement, the ministry insisted that the draw was being carried out by a computer program developed by the party “and it may choose Hamas leaders and….
Fatah splinter group: Hebron shooting ‘natural response’
9/1/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Former Fatah splinter group and Islamist party Al-Ahrar said Tuesday’s shooting, which left four Israelis dead, was a “natural response to the Israeli occupation’s crimes against the Palestinians and holy places,”Calling for more attacks, the group said the Hamas-affiliated military wing’s “success in….
Israel opens 2 Gaza crossings
9/1/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities announced Wednesday that two Gaza crossings would be partially opened for the transfer of aid and goods, a Palestinian liaison official said. Raed Fattouh said Palestinian crossings officials were informed of the partial opening of the Kerem Shalom and Karni crossings, in southern and northern Gaza respectively, for….
3 injured, 12 detained in Hebron brawls
9/1/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority police dispersed three fights which led to three injuries and 12 arrests in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, a report read Wednesday. Police were called to the site of the brawls in Bab Az-Zawya and Ein Sara in the city, as well as the Adh-Dhahiriya village, with….
In photos: Jenin village hosts heritage museum
9/1/2010 – MaanImages / Haytham Othman – In the village of Haddad, in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, dioramas depict the lifestyle, dress and work tools of Palestinians through history. The Haddad Museum houses dozens of scenes, each replicating a different facet of life with minute detail; gathering artifacts old, antique and ancient to illustrate the lives….
Clinton, Netanyahu condemn Hebron killings
9/2/2010 – WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — In remarks to the press ahead of a bi-lateral US-Israel meeting the night before the launch of peace talks, the killing of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank became the focus, with all sides condemning the killings. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke….
Egypt seizes Hamas official in northern Sinai
9/1/2010 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities on Tuesday detained a Hamas internal security official while en route to Egypt. Identified only by his initials, S. A. , 30, from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, was found in a taxi in the northern Sinai when he was arrested. Police say he confessed under interrogation to paying….
Abbas meets Clinton ahead of Washington talks
9/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas held several high-profile meetings Tuesday in Washington, two days before the official relaunching of direct talks with Israel. Abbas met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. The president is also due to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Wednesday morning before….
EU’s Ashton condemns shooting, urges restraint
9/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The EU’s Foreign Affairs and Security chief Catherine Ashton strongly condemned an attack against four Israelis residing on illegal West Bank settlements on Tuesday by Hamas combatants, a statement read. Extending her sympathies to the family and friends of those killed, Ashton said “With this unacceptable attack, the enemies….
Peres to meet pope in Italy
9/1/2010 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an/Agencies) — As peace talks launch in Washington, Israeli President Shimon Peres will reportedly travel to Italyfor a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the latter’s summer residence. The current status of peace talks will be foremost on the agenda, a statement the president’s office said, as….
Civil defense crews save passengers, put out fires
9/2/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Civil defense crews rescued passengers and drivers from the wreckage of several car accidents on Wednesday, a report read. Crews evacuated a woman from a taxi after it collided with a jeep on the Hebron-Jerusalem, forces said. In Hizma, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, forces evacuated a passenger and driver after their….
Butcher arrested for ‘misleading consumers’
9/1/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority Ministry of Economy officers on Wednesday detained a butcher in the central West Bank district of Ramallah and Al-Bireh for misleading customers into buying frozen meat which he said was fresh. Head of the consumer protection department Abed Al-Hameed Mezher said the butcher defrosted meat and sold it to….
Call It what It Is: Murder
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – I am not usually inclined to use this space for what others might call a “rant.” But this day, I feel there are some points that need to be made. Today, Hamas claimed responsibility for the…
Middle East peace requires real courage from both sides
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – On the eve of a long-hoped-for meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, members of the Hamas terrorist organization killed four members of the Israeli terrorist settler movement. The murders of…
Israel’s Bedouins call for intervention from Obama
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Washington – The Bedouin village of Al-Arakib in the Negev Desert in Israel has been demolished by Israeli forces four times, and Israel’s marginalized Bedouin community is calling on President Barack Obama for intervention as peace…
Bedouin land fight
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Claim for native title threatens Jewish state Nuri al Uqbi’s small cinderblock home in a ramshackle neighbourhood of Hura, a Bedouin town in Israel’s Negev desert, hardly looks like the epicentre of a legal struggle that…
Jamais Vu!
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Salvador Dali once said “that the first man to compare a woman’s cheek to a rose was obviously a poet, the first one to repeat it was possibly an idiot.” Much of our political, social and…
Barak offers divided Jerusalem plan
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Washington – Israeli Defense Minister outlined for Haaretz Wednesday his plan for dividing Jerusalem. Jerusalem is one of the contentious “final status” issues before Israeli and Palestinian leadership. [Premasagar – Flickr] Haaretz’s Avi Shavit asked DM…
Four Israelis killed
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – The killing of four Israelis is horrifying. As an American Jew, these deaths are gut wrenching, heartrendingly painful. That the timing of the killing was so close to upcoming peace talks is of little matter. These…
Where are we going this time?
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are in Washington this week for meetings with President Barack Obama in a bid to kick-off a new round of direct negotiations that some…
Obama says shootings won’t derail peace talks
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Washington – After meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama announced that the deadly violence in Hebron Tuesday would not stop the peace negotiations in Washington and reiterated the US’ commitment to Israeli…
More protests in Ramallah as talks kick off
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Washington – Despite the disbanding of a rally in protest of direct talks with Israeli leadership last week, a protest has convened in Ramallah Wednesday against the talks, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gets ready for…
Netanyahu urges restraint from settlers as violence breaks out
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Washington – Tensions are running high on settlements in the West Bank after four Israeli settlers were gunned down Tuesday. As settler groups threaten to resume building at 6pm Jerusalem time Wednesday, and reports of harassment…
Obama to meet with Netanyahu, Abbas
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Washington – Following their bilateral meetings with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet separately with US President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday….
Settlers to defy freeze after shooting
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Washington – Israeli settlers have vowed to resume building at 6pm Wednesday in response to the gunning down of four settlers Tuesday by members of Hamas’ militant wing, The Guardian reported . Israeli marchers are escorted by…
UPDATE: Netanyahu to tell Abbas “I came to Washington to reach historic compromise”
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Police crackdown on Hamas on eve of peace talks Washington – Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will tell Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House Iftar tonight ” I came to Washington to reach a…
Four settlers gunned down in Hebron, Hamas praises attack
Palestine Note 31 Aug 2010 – Washington – Four Israeli settlers were shot to death near Hebron Tuesday, Ma’an News Agency reported . Hamas militants, like those seen above, were not responsible for the attack on a car carrying four Israeli settlers Tuesday,…
Obama backs security for Israel
AlJazeera 1 Sep 2010 – US president meets with Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president in one-on-one White House meetings.
One Day After Deadly Attack, 2 Israeli Settlers Injured In Drive By Shooting In The West Bank
PNN – Ramallah ‚Äì PNN ‚Äì two Israeli settlers were injured on Wednesday night during a drive by shooting at a settlers’ road near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Wednesday’s attack comes…
WHO Report: I Was Asked To Spy If I Wanted To Study
PNN – World Health Organization (WHO) ‚Äì PNN – Ahmed is a medical student. He cannot continue his training at an East Jerusalem hospital because his permit was confiscated. He recounts how the Israeli…
Obama Meets Abbas And Netanyahu
PNN – Ghassan Bannoura ‚Äì PNN – U.S President Obama started on Wednesday a series of bilateral meetings with the Palestinian, Israeli, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders in preparation of direct peace talks on Thursday;…
Hamas: PA Forces Arrest 250 Movement Members From The West Bank
PNN – Ramallah ‚Äì PNN – The Hamas movement announced that the Palestinian Authority security forces had arrested over 250 of the movement’s members from deferent parts of if the West Bank. According to…
Japan Donates USD 6.88 Million For Palestinian Refugees
PNN – Amman ‚Äì PNN – The government of Japan has announced a donation of USD 6.88 million (600 million Japanese yen) towards food aid as part of UNRWA’s social safety net programme for…
In Wake Of Deadly Attack, Settlers Say Construction Freeze No More; Netanyahu Vows Retaliation
PNN – Bethlehem ‚Äì PNN ‚Äì Israeli settlers’ leaders announced that they will resume construction in all West Bank settlement by 6:00 PM local time on Wednesday. The announcement came in the wake of…
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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (19 -25 August 2010)
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Settlers launch reprisal actions for shooting attack
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Settlers throw rocks at Palestinians in Hebron, while 40 youth try to set fire to Palestinian field near Beit Hagai – home of the shooting victims.
Hamas claims responsibility for W.Bank terror attack
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Shot fired at a vehicle near Rimonim Junction injuring two, one in serious condition; Abbas in Washington denounces latest Hamas attacks.
2 injured in West Bank terror attack near Rimonim Junction
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – The day after deadly Kiryat Arba attack, shots were fired at a vehicle injuring two, one in critical condition; Security forces are on the scene searching for terrorist’s vehicle.
Netanyahu: Israel committed to ‘secure and durable’ peace
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – PM says after meeting with Obama that he seeks “peace that will end the conflict with the Palestinians once and for all, that will last generations.”
Hamas leader rejects compromise with Israel, resists peace
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Mahmoud Zahar criticizes Abbas for joining negotiations, says he has no right to represent Palestinian people, claims the “enemy of Palestinian people is Zionist enemy.”
Settlers begin construction in settlements all over W.Bank
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Residents hold signs saying “They shoot, we build.” Hundreds of Likud activists arrive in Ariel showing support for end of construction freeze.
Mubarak calls for int’l security force in West Bank
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – In NY Times op-ed, Egyptian president says settlements and peace are incompatible; no lasting peace if Gaza excluded from agreement.
Netanyahu urges settlers to show restraint and respect law
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Clinton condemns attack, praises prime minister “for seeking different future for children of Israel.”
US to Turkey: No military exercise unless Israel there too
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Report: Washington tells Anakara that it wont participate in joint exercise if Israel not invited.
UN prosecutor: No indictments drafted in Hariri probe
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Assassination tribunal may file charges by end of year; considering Hizbullah video footage “implicating” Israel.
Ban Ki-moon condemns ‘cynical’ Hebron terror attack
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – UN chief says attack is a “blatant attempt” to derail peace talks; calls for swift justice of those responsible; sends condolences to the families of the 4 victims.
‘There hasn’t been a group like this since Rabbi Akiva’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Hundreds gather to mourn 4 victims of Kiryat Arba terror attack; funerals to be held in Jerusalem, Ashdod, Petah Tikva.
‘The IDF will do everything possible to bring justice’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Defense Minister Ehud Barak calls on settlers to act responsibly; praises security forces for efforts during complex conditions.
Hundreds gather to mourn 4 victims of Kiryat Arba attack
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Yitzhak Ames, 47, and his wife Tali Ames, 45, will be buried at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem, Kochava Even-Haim, 37, in Ashdod, and Avishai Schindler, 24, in Petah Tikva.
Peres on fatal Hebron attack: Terrorists will not triumph
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – President ties attack to peace talks with Palestinians, says “we should hold talks with those that denounce terror and want peace.”
‘2nd Lebanon War defeat was a result of distance from God’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Interior Minister Eli Yishai says lack of religion brought failure.
PA arrests dozens of Hamas operatives over fatal attack
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – Suspects being investigated as Israeli security forces investigate potential leads; Abbas says he “condemns all acts that target Palestinian and Israeli civilians.”
Peres, Barak congratulate defense prize winners
Jeruslalem Post 1 Sep 2010 – The Eliahu Golomb Defense Prize is Israel’s highest accolade.
‘We were very peaceful activists, but the IDF came to kill’
Jeruslalem Post 31 Aug 2010 – MK Hanin Zoabi talks to UNHRC Gaza flotilla probe, says “IDF viewed activists as terrorists.”
International Solidarity Movement
400 days and counting: nonviolent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah to remain incarcerated
9/2/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – 2 September 2010, Ramallah, WEST BANK – A military court of appeal yesterday (1st Sept. 2010) rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, imprisoned in Israel’s Ofer military detention centre since 10th July 2009. The decision comes 8…. Related: Video: Adib Abu Rahma protest – Bil’in – 8-2-08
50 settlers attack Palestinian family following Hebron shooting; Israeli soldiers stand and watch
9/1/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Just after midday a large group of settlers from an illegal outpost near to where four Israeli settlers where shot and killed last night, carried out an attack on an innocent Palestinian family. At about 12. 30 between 50 and 70 Israeli settlers emerged from the Givat Gal outpost near the illegal settlement of Kiryat….
Committee advocates building ZAKA headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah
Ha’aretz – Terror victims’ memorial group wants Jerusalem City Council to approve construction of the massive complex in contested neighborhood.
Spying and sabotage: Rivalry between Nazareth’s Arabic media heats up
Ha’aretz – Police suspect that the newspaper Kul Al Arab copied articles directly from the computers of its rival A-Sonara and used viruses to shut down its website.
It’s official: Last month marked Israel’s hottest August
Ha’aretz – According to meteorologists, August 2010 was hotter on average than those in 1981-2000 and also than the average August in the past ten years.
Rabbi at terror victims’ funeral: Jews want peace, evildoers seek to destroy us
Ha’aretz – Thousands attend funeral of four Israeli civilians killed in a shooting attack near Hebron Tuesday. Hamas has claimed responsibility.
School janitor arrested for allegedly abusing student
Ha’aretz – 37-year-old janitor accused of sexually abusing a student for three years; alleged victim claims the abuse was preceded by threats.
School year to open as planned, as labor court revokes looming school strike
Ha’aretz – In late-night debate, court rules strike declared by Secondary School Teachers’ Association unlawful, ordering its members to refrain from disrupting school year opening.
Barak vows to ‘exact price’ for deadly West Bank shooting attack
Ha’aretz – Rightist MKs to Netanyahu: Suspend peace talks in wake of deadly West Bank shooting; U.S.: Attack is a tragedy.
Obama to Netanyahu, Abbas: Don’t let the chance for peace slip away
Ha’aretz – Prime Minister Netanyahu says seeking ‘historic compromise’ ahead of working dinner with Abbas, Jordanian King Abdullah and Egypt’s Mubarak at the White House to launch direct Mideast peace talks.
Hamas leader Zahar rejects PA peace talks with ‘brutal occupier’
Ha’aretz – Gaza strongman Mahmoud Zahar said the movement would resist peace efforts and criticized the Palestinian president for joining the negotiations.
Obama: ‘Senseless slaughter’ in West Bank won’t stop peace talks
Ha’aretz – Standing alongside Netanyahu after the two met privately at the White House, Obama condemns killing of four Israelis, says U.S. support of Israel’s security is unwavering.
Netanyahu urges West Bank settlers: Respect the rule of law
Ha’aretz – Prime Minister gets briefed on investigation into deadly West Bank shooting on Tuesday, tells settlers to show restraint., Turkish daily H?ºrriyet reports that the U.S. relayed its position to Ankara…
PA carries out ‘one of largest arrest waves of all time’ in West Bank
Ha’aretz – Crackdown on Hamas operatives in the region, in which more than 300 were arrested, follows deadly terror attack near Hebron.
Barak: Israel ready to cede parts of Jerusalem in peace deal
Ha’aretz – Ahead of start of direct peace talks in Washington, Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods will be part of a Palestinian state; a ‘special regime’ to govern holy…
Settlers: We’ll violate settlement freeze in response to attack
Ha’aretz – Four Israelis were killed Tuesday in a shooting attack near Hebron, on the eve of the resumption of direct Mideast peace talks in Washington.
Israel needs to tackle core issues for peace to be in sight, Palestinian official says
Ha’aretz – Speaking in wake of the deadly West Bank attack, the head of the PA’s U.S. mission expects settlement freeze to continue to be a decisive negotiations topic.
U.S.: Direct talks can achieve Mideast peace in one year
Ha’aretz – Speaking to reporters, American Mideast envoy George Mitchell says Obama put comprehensive Mideast peace talks at ‘very high priority.’
U.S.: West Bank attack shows how far enemies of peace will go
Ha’aretz – White House statement comes as Netanyahu says will would not let terror decide where Israelis live or the configuration of Israel’s final borders.
Four Israelis killed in shooting attack near Hebron
Ha’aretz – Hamas claims responsibility for West Bank attack in which two men and two women, one of whom was pregnant, were killed.
Gazan dies due to tunnel collapse
1 Sep 2010 – Gaza, September 1, (Pal Telegraph) A Palestinian young man was killed due to the collapse of a tunnel linking Egyptian territory and the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. According to Dr. Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency Sectors in Gaza, that the young gazan, Abdul Latif Abu Toyoor (16 years), arrived to the hospital of Abu Yousef Al…
IOF arrests two Peace activists during a demo
1 Sep 2010 – Jerusalem, September 1, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli police arrested two foreign peace activists and Israelis during a demonstration by more than two hundred of these activists in the town of Silwan, South of Al Aqsa mosque, in solidarity with the residents of the town and to condemn the regular attacks of Israeli settlers on them.
Israelis end settlement freeze desicion ‘unofficially’
1 Sep 2010 – Jerusalem, September 1, (Pal Telegraph) The Board of settlements in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank declared the end of the settlement freeze as of Wednesday, before twenty-six days from the date of expiry of the decision taken by the Israeli government.
Israeli settlers go on attacking spree in Hebron
1 Sep 2010 – Hebron, September 1, (Pal Telegraph) Tens of Israeli settlers started throwing stones at Palestinian vehicles which were passing today near the settlements of Kiryat Arba and Beit Hagai overlooking the street of Hebron – Beer Sheva- which is called Line (60) of settlements.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian house in Hebron
1 Sep 2010 – Hebron, September 1, (Pal Telegraph) 50 Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian house located nearby the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, in Hebron, south of the West Bank.
Israeli minister demands more weapons for Israeli settlers
1 Sep 2010 – Jerusalem, September 1, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai instructed his government today to facilitate the granting of licenses for the possession of arms and weapons to the Israeli settlers of the West Bank, following the killing of four Israeli settlers in the “torrent of fire” operation done by the resistance of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam brigades which is…
Crackdown after West Bank shooting
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – Palestinian security forces have swept through the West Bank, arresting more than 150 Hamas members, after the group’s military wing claimed responsibility for killing four Israeli settlers, according to senior Palestinian security officials. The crackdown on Wednesday comes on the eve of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians in Washington, and appears to be an…
What is Hamas thinking?
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – But are any of these reasons to murder four people in cold blood? Was it necessary to prove that the Hamas-less conference in Washington was a charade? Couldn’t it collapse under its own weight? What is Hamas thinking? It has shown that “armed Palestinian resistance is present” all right, but also that it can act…
Israeli Shin Bet electrocuted child prisoners to extract confessions
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – Following a visit yesterday to some young prisoners being held at the Megiddo Prison, lawyers for the Ministry of Detainees have stated that the young prisoners testified under oath that they had been interrogated and systematically electrocuted and tortured by Israeli intelligence officers in settlements near to Palestinian cities. According to Salim Redouane who was…
62 days and counting – Jerusalemite MPs still seeking sanctuary in International Red Cross offices
Uruknet August 31, 2010 – 62 days ago (1st July 2010) three elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council walked into the International Red Cross headquarters in Jerusalem and they have not left since. A fourth colleague, now in detention, was also served with an expulsion order. The three in question have spent the last 9 weeks confined to the…
Diana Buttu: direct talks bound to fail
Uruknet August 31, 2010 – …The funny thing about Netanyahu’s statement on preconditions is that the preconditions are actually Israeli, rather than the other way around. They’re making it a precondition that Palestinians have to accept that Israel is going to continue its settlement activity. And if the Palestinian side says no to settlement activity, then somehow that is a…
The quest for peace begins again
The National 1 Sep 2010 – “You are my partner in peace,” Netanyahu tells Abbas, as tensions rise after four Israeli settlers are gunned down.
Settlers to defy building freeze
The National 1 Sep 2010 – Right-wing backlash as four settlers slain by Hams gunmen were buried in the Israeli occupied territory.
Israeli settlers to break freeze on West Bank construction after deaths
The National 1 Sep 2010 – Palestinian shooting attack that killed four Israelis sparks protest move.
Destroyed Gaza Seaport: Why Doesn’t Dutch Government Demand Compensation from Israel?
Alternative Information Center – Is rael’s military attack on the Gaza Strip-bound Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the deaths of nine international activists, the injuring of dozens and deportation of hundreds, launched the Gaza Strip to the top of international…
Abbas in White House: It is Time to Achieve Peace
WAFA – WASHINGTON, September 1, 2010 (WAFA)- “It is time to make peace, it is time to end the occupation that began in 1967, and for the Palestinian people to achieve their freedom, independence and
UNCTAD: Palestinian Economy in Modest Growth amid Israeli Occupation
WAFA – NEW YORK, September 2, 2010 (WAFA)- The occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) recorded marginal economic growth last year, and unemployment remained high, with Israel’s closure policy in the West Bank
Palestinian Students Compete, Win in Special Ramadan Spelling Bee
WAFA – JERICHO, September 1, 2010 (WAFA)- Alumni of the English Access Microscholarship program (“Access”) and the Youth Exchange and Study program (“YES”) organized a spelling bee, to provide the
Inalienable Rights Committee Welcomes Start of Negotiations
WAFA – NEW YORK, September 1, 2010 (WAFA)- The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People welcomed, yesterday, the decision of the Israeli and Palestinian
PCBS: CCI Increases by 0.07%
WAFA – RAMALLAH, September 1, 2010 (WAFA)- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said, today, that Construction Cost Index (CCI) Increased by 0.07%, and Sewage Networks Cost Index (SNCI) Increased
Japan Donates $6.88 Million for Food Aid to Palestine Refugees
WAFA – RAMALLAH, September 1, 2010 (WAFA)- The government of Japan has announced a donation of $6.88 million (600 million Japanese yen) towards food aid as part of UNRWA’s social safety net program for 2010
US seeks Israeli talks with Syria, Lebanon
Daily Star 1 Sep 2010
US: No military drills with Turkey if Israel excluded
Daily Star 1 Sep 2010
Barghouti dismisses peace talks, urges Palestinian unity
Daily Star 1 Sep 2010
Israel and PA hunt settlerattackers in West Bank
Daily Star 1 Sep 2010
Hariri: Security depends on efforts to equip Lebanese Army
Daily Star 1 Sep 2010
Middle East talks in Washington
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – President Barack Obama meets with Middle East leaders in Washington before opening direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians scheduled to begin 2 September
Middle East peace talks begin as Obama warns ‘chance may not come again soon’
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – Direct dialogue begins between leaders in Washington as Barack Obama heralds ‘moment of opportunity’ to clear way for two-state solution The Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, begin direct talks in Washington today…
Middle East peace talks: Back to the future | Editorial
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – Obama must push for a settlement that is fair to the Palestinians if the deadlock of weariness and obstinacy is to be broken We have been here before. Once again, Israelis and Palestinians are preparing for…
Netanyahu calls Abbas ‘my partner in peace’ as Middle East talks begin | Richard Adams
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – Netanyahu says Israelis ‘recognise that another people shares this land with us’ in White House peace talks with Palestinians Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of his desire to “forge a new beginning” as the Middle…
Obama vows Hebron killings will not deflect pursuit of peace
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – US president condemns ‘senseless slaughter’ of four Israeli settlers in West Bank as talks with Middle East leaders begin Barack Obama has said the “senseless slaughter” of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank by “terrorists…
West Bank partially sealed off after Israeli settler killings
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – Palestinian residents instructed not to travel through the area during the funerals of the four settlers ‘to prevent clashes’ Israeli troops sealed off swaths of the southern West Bank today in the aftermath of the killing…
Video: Four Israeli settlers shot dead in West Bank
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – Reaction from both sides after Hamas gunmen kill four settlers on outskirts of Hebron
Barack Obama begins talks with Middle East leaders
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – Binyamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan to meet separately with Barack Obama Barack Obama is launching his initiative to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict within a year with a series of…
Middle East talks: key issues for Israel, the Palestinians and the US
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – The Middle East talks face several potential crisis points, but Barack Obama’s resolve will be central to success or failure This evening Barack Obama will sit down for dinner with Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and…
Israeli settlers to resume building on West Bank after Hebron killings
The Guardian 1 Sep 2010 – West Bank settlers to defy freeze on construction, putting further strain on contentious issue in this week’s peace talks West Bank settlers have pledged to resume building from 6pm tonight, in defiance of the Israeli government’s…
Ban condemns West Bank shooting of four Israelis
Relief Web 1 Sep 2010 – Source: UN News Service
Israel seals parts of West Bank after deadly attack
Relief Web 1 Sep 2010 – Source: Agence France-Presse
Japan donates US$6.88 million for food aid to Palestine refugees
Relief Web 1 Sep 2010 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
FACTBOX-Israelis killed by Palestinian militants
Relief Web 31 Aug 2010 – Source: Reuters – AlertNet
8th Week against the Apartheid Wall, November 9 – 16 2010
Stop The Wall – Eight years into the construction of the Apartheid Wall, over 60% has already been built to ghettoize communities, threatening over 260,000 people with displacement and stealing land and water resources. [
ZAKA headquarters authorized in east Jerusalem
YNet News – As peace talks about to begin in Washington, Jerusalem municipal council for….
Peres to Shalits: Take ‘time off’ during holidays
YNet News – President hosts parents of kidnapped soldier at his Jerusalem residence,….
US tells Turkey military exercise off if Israel not in
YNet News – Turkish newspaper Hurriyet says Americans will not participate in joint military….
UN chief: West Bank attack cynical attempt to undermine talks
YNet News – Ban calls for swift justice for those behind murder of four Israelis near….
Yishai orders easing of gun control following West Bank attack
YNet News – After learning that one of settlers killed in Tuesday’s deadly shooting attack….
Terror masterminds get 11 years in jail
YNet News – Two northern Israel residents convicted of setting up terrorist cell which….
Hundreds attend terror victims’ funerals
YNet News – Family members weep, tear clothes as four victims of Tuesday’s shooting attack….
Peres greets 1st-graders: Terror cannot win
YNet News – President tells new students on first day of school Tuesday’s attack must not….
Justice minister: Illegal aliens existential threat
YNet News – In a speech marking the opening of the year at the Israel Bar Association’s Tel Aviv Central District, Justice Minister Yackov Ne’eman slammed the High Court of Justice …….
Another West Bank shooting: 2 Israelis hurt
YNet News – Another shooting attack: An Israeli couple was wounded Wednesday night in a West Bank shooting attack after Palestinian terrorists opened fire at an Israeli vehicle …….
Obama: Killing of Israelis ‘senseless slaughter’
YNet News – WASHINGTON ‚Äì Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be launching direct negotiations Thursday, just two days after a deadly terror …….
Settlers end freeze, resume construction
YNet News – While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to launch direct peace talks with the Palestinians, tensions are mounting in the West Bank, following Tuesday’s …….
Palestinian Information Center
Who says there is no Jewish Nazism?
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – It is highly hypocritical for Israel and its supporters to urge Muslims to rein in their extremists while giving a near carte blanche to the likes of Ovadia Yosef to spew their hateful venom.
Mishaal slams Washington talks kicking off today
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – Khaled Mishaal reiterated his Movement’s rejection of the US-sponsored direct talks that would start in Washington on Wednesday in the presence of the Jordanian king and the Egyptian president.
Israeli forces place tight grip on West Bank checkpoints
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – IOF ramped up security measures on West Bank checkpoints, especially at posts surrounding the city of Nablus, as Israeli settlers spread along the road between Nablus and Ramallah early morning.
U.S. gives Israel green light to build in 57 West Bank settlements
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – The U.S. has given Israel the green light to resume construction in 57 Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli sources said.
PLC calls on factions to withdraw from PLO
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – The PLC called on Palestinian factions to withdraw from the PLO, saying there is a need to take action in “activating the role of the resistance movement in defense of Palestinian rights.
Hamas slams Fayyad for vowing to protect settlers
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – Hamas deplored Salam Fayyad for vowing to protect the Israeli settlers following Al-Khalil operation, stressing that anyone trying to harm the Palestinian resistance would be deemed as a traitor.
Al-Qassam Brigades: Al-Khalil operation response to settlers’ crimes
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – Al-Qassam Brigades claimed full responsibility for Al-Khalil operation and stressed it was carried out in retaliation to the constant attacks waged on West Bank villages and towns by the settlers.
IOF on alert, settlers on the rampage
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and occupation police were put on high alert following Tuesday night attack in which four settlers were killed near Al-Khalil city.
Four Jewish settlers killed in a Hebron attack
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – In an apparent response to the latest crackdown on pro-Hamas elements by the PA, Palestinian Islamist fighters have attacked Jewish settlers in the Hebron region, killing at least four of them.
Zoabi to testify before UN panel probing Flotilla massacre
PIC 1 Sep 2010 – Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi is expected to testify on Tuesday in Amman before a UN panel investigating Israel’s deadly attack on Freedom Flotilla convoy that happened on May 31.
Obama says time ripe for Mideast peace accord
LA Times 1 Sep 2010 – Meeting separately with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, on the eve of Israeli-Palestinian talks, he calls on them to seize the moment to craft a two-state plan. President Obama began a new effort Wednesday to coax Israelis and Palestinians toward peace, telling Middle East leaders on the eve of renewed negotiations that with sustained American help, a comprehensive deal can be sealed within a year.
Hamas accuses Palestinian Authority of raids against it after killing of 4 Israelis
LA Times 1 Sep 2010 – Officials of Hamas, which claimed responsibility for the drive-by shooting, accuse the Palestinian Authority of raiding the homes of 250 Hamas members. An authority official denies the allegation. As Israeli and Palestinian leaders opened peace talks Wednesday in Washington, tensions heightened back home in the aftermath of a shooting attack that killed four Israelis a day earlier.
Leaders Call for Peace as Mideast Talks Begin
New York Times 1 Sep 2010 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority appeared together with President Obama.
Palestinians Hunt the Killers of 4 Israelis
New York Times 1 Sep 2010 – Palestinian troops rounded up dozens of men suspected of ties to Hamas as Israeli settlers held a mass funeral for two women and two men who were shot dead in their car on Tuesday night.
Killing of Israeli Settlers Rattles Leaders
New York Times 1 Sep 2010 – The killing of four Israeli settlers on the eve of peace talks in Washington underscored the role the issue of Jewish settlements could play in the fragile negotiations.
Look at this list of settler-initiated crimes against Palestinians in the last few weeks
Mondoweiss – I have been to the West Bank, I have seen with my own eyes how the settlers walk around with machine guns, terrorizing the native Palestinian population. They are only in the West Bank to justify a continued Israeli military presence there; and they are armed…
Hamas attack was wrong
Mondoweiss – The Hamas attack on settlers in the West Bank was wrong. The attack was wrong strategically, but more importantly, it was wrong morally. The so-called peace talks aren’t going anywhere. But even if they were, executing civilians is always morally repugnant. Colonized people have a moral…
What is Hamas thinking?
Mondoweiss – As the “peace talks” are about to get under way in Washington, Hamas has decided to remind us all of its vitality by executing four settlers. According to the New York Times article , Hamas claimed that the attack was “a natural response to the crimes of…
Abunimah on settler murders: security for all
Mondoweiss – Ali Abunimah was on Democracy Now this morning condemning the murder of the four settlers and pointing out that thousands of Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been murdered in the last two years by the Israelis. Listen here . He also said that the act surely…
Yale stands by it, but it sure can’t spell it
Mondoweiss – Here’s a letter from Yale to Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s rep in Washington, responding to Areikat’s complaint about that disgraceful conference that a Yale center dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism held last week. all about self-hating Jews, Palestinian identity formation (not good), and criticism…
Political Play-Making: The Hopelessness of Israeli-Palestinian ‘Direct Talks’
Al-Manar 1 Sep 2010 – By: Ruqayyah Shamseddine September 1, 2010 Direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Prime Minister Netanyahu are scheduled to begin on September 2nd in Washington, and already the Israeli government has presented its steadfast and unwavering decision in respect to the settlement freeze in the West…
“Central Occupied Territories in Range of Hamas Rockets”
Al-Manar 31 Aug 2010 – Hamas has completed a series of experiments on its advanced Fajar rocket, which has a range of almost 80 kilometers and can as far Kfar Saba, northeast of Tel Aviv, experts say. In a few months, Hamas will be able to begin manufacturing the rockets,…
Would Israelis like things to be better?
Joseph Dana 1 Sep 2010 – Solidarity action with imprisoned Palestinian prisoners, Jerusalem 31.8.10 Based on the past months of popular struggle in the West Bank which have included countless demonstrations, arrests, house raids, injuries and trips to the military courts, I find myself asking whether Israelis would like things to be…
Egypt seizes Hamas official in northern Sinai
Sabr 1 Sep 2010 – EL-ARISH, Egypt ( Ma’an ) — Egyptian authorities on Tuesday detained a Hamas internal security official while en route to Egypt. Identified only by his initials, S.A., 30, from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, was found in a taxi in the northern Sinai when he was arrested. Police…
Helicopter tour
BBC 1 Sep 2010 – Troubled geography of Israel and West Bank as seen from above
A moment of reckoning but for whom? America or Zionism?
Sabbah report 1 Sep 2010 – By Alan Hart* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz I never thought a day could come when I would agree with anything stated by Moshe Arens (three times an Israeli minister of defense, a one-time foreign minister, a former ambassador to the U.S. and, in my opinion,…
Articles
The Stalled Voyage of St. Mariam
Rannie Amiri, CounterPunch8/27/2010
Why is Israel Terrified of a Ship Full of Women?
“We will not even bring cooking knives.” ‚Äì Samar al-Hajj, coordinator of the all-women Lebanese aid vessel Mariam
The bloody wake left by the Mavi Marmara after the May 31 Israeli commando raid has not deterred 50 female activists from trying to break the four-year-old siege of Gaza. To hear Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speak of their planned relief effort, one would think the very existence of Israel was at stake.
The women plan to set sail aboard the Saint Mariam, a Bolivian-flagged cargo ship named in honor of the Virgin Mary, a figure sacred to both Christians and Muslims. Although they intend to depart from Tripoli, Lebanon, the crew is not only composed of multi-faith Lebanese but foreign nationals as well, including a group of nuns from the United States. So as not to give Israel pretext to attack, Hezbollah deliberately did not sponsor the mission nor were any members allowed to participate.
Its cargo? Books, toys, medical instruments and supplies, and most importantly, anticancer medication.
The ship cannot sail directly from Tripoli to Gaza since Lebanon and Israel remain technically at war (and Israel controls Gaza’s territorial waters) and thus must pass through a third country first. The Mariam was scheduled to leave for Cyprus last Sunday but authorities in Nicosia, capitulating to Israeli pressure, prohibited use of its ports for vessels departing to Gaza. Without the green light from Cyprus, Lebanon’s Transport and Public Works Minister Ghazi Aridi was forced to cancel the voyage until another country with whom Lebanon enjoys maritime relations could be found. Negotiations with Greece are now under way. more.. e-mail
The State and Local Bases of Zionist Power in America
James Petras Ph.D, Information Clearing House9/1/2010
Any serious effort to understand the extraordinary influence of the Zionist power configuration over US foreign policy must examine the presence of key operatives in strategic positions in the government and the activities of local Zionist organizations affiliated with mainstream Jewish organizations and religious orders.
There are at least 52 major American Jewish organizations actively engaged in promoting Israel’s foreign policy, economic and technological agenda in the US (see the appendix). The grassroots membership ranges from several hundred thousand militants in the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to one hundred thousand wealthy contributors, activists and power brokers in the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In addition scores of propaganda mills, dubbed think tanks, have been established by million dollar grants from billionaire Zionists including the Brookings Institute (Haim Saban) and the Hudson Institute among others. Scores of Zionist funded political action committees (PAC) have intervened in all national and regional elections, controlling nominations and influencing election outcomes. Publishing houses, including university presses have been literally taken over by Zionist zealots, the most egregious example being Yale University, which publishes the most unbalanced tracts parroting Zionist parodies of Jewish history (Financial Times book review section August 28/29 2010). New heavily funded Zionist projects designed to capture young Jews and turn them into instruments of Israeli foreign policy includes “Taglit-Birthright” which has spent over $250 million dollars over the past decade sending over a quarter-million Jews (between 18-26) to Israel for 10 days of intense brainwashing (Boston Globe August 26, 2010). Jewish billionaires and the Israeli state foot the bill. The students are subject to a heavy dose of Israeli style militarism as they are accompanied by Israeli soldiers as part of their indoctrination; at no point do they visit the West Bank, Gaza or East Jerusalem (Boston Globe August 26, 2010). They are urged to become dual citizens and even encouraged to serve in the Israeli armed forces. In summary the 52 member organizations of the Presidents of the Major American Jewish Organizations which we discuss are only the tip of the iceberg of the Zionist Power Configuration…. more.. e-mail
Israel Threatens War with Lebanon
Stephen Lendman, Dissident Voice8/31/2010
Palestine is belligerently occupied. Threats continue against Iran and Syria as well as Lebanon, specifically Hezbollah, elected partner in the nation’s unity government, bogusly designated a US State Department Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), what Israel also calls it, repeating veiled and overt warnings, suggesting violence or an impending attack.
Why not, after so many earlier in 1978, 1982, 1993, 1996, and 2006. Also numerous incidents besides:
‚Äì refusing to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 425 by occupying South Lebanon belligerently and illegally for 18 years until mostly, but not entirely, withdrawing in May 2000 ‚Äì still holding Sheba Farms, the 14-square mile water-rich land near Syria’s Golan, also illegally occupied since 1967; in addition, Ghajar, the Lebanese village bordering Golan;
‚Äì during its occupation, using a proxy Christian South Lebanon Army as enforcer, UNIFIL Blue Helmets giving them and the IDF free reign instead of maintaining peace, how UN forces always operate, as paramilitaries against people they’re supposed to protect; and
‚Äì for over 40 years, repeatedly violating Lebanon’s territory, often daily, including 12 Israeli jet overflights on August 19.
Hezbollah: Israel’s Pretext for Incursions, Violence and War
Hezbollah was born out of Israel’s 1982 Lebanon invasion, its horrific war slaughtering around 18,000 people, mostly civilians, including in the Sabra and Shatila camps, what journalist Robert Fisk called “one of the most shocking war crimes of the 20th century.” more.. e-mail
“Bureaucratic weapons worse than bombs”
Electronic Intifada: 1 Sep 2010 – Firas al-Maraghi from the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem has been on hunger strike outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin since 26 July. Al-Maraghi is striking in protest of the Israeli Ministry of Interior’s refusal to include his German-born daughter and wife on his Jerusalem residency permit. Bridget Chappell interviews al-Maraghi for The Electronic Intifada.more
Bedouin’s legal fight threatens Jewish state
Electronic Intifada: 1 Sep 2010 – Nuri al-Uqbi’s small cinderblock home in a ramshackle neighborhood of Hura, a Bedouin town in Israel’s Negev desert, hardly looks like the epicenter of a legal struggle that some observers say threatens Israel’s Jewish character.more
Lifta’s legacy under threat
Electronic Intifada: 1 Sep 2010 – There are few villages in historic Palestine which invoke the memories of the Nakba (the 1948 dispossession of the Palestinian people) as does Lifta. However, Lifta’s architectural legacy is under threat as Israel moves to Judaize the formerly pluralistic Palestinian village.more
Mitchell’s Quick-fix Fake Peace
Palestine Chronicle: 1 Sep 2010 – By Stuart Littlewood ‚ÄìLondon On the eve of the silliest peace talks in history, the big question is this. What makes Obama’s envoy George Mitchell, a negotiator of high repute, say there is ‘no role’ for Hamas? The talks are silly because they seek to overturn what the United Nations has already decided for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict and drive a bulldozer through the building blocks of justice. It might be music to Zionist ears, but to people of good will it’s a cruel, futile and immensely damaging ploy. The talks are also silly because they bring together two people who by no stretch of the imagination could qualify as partners for peace. And they sit down under the auspices of a third party with an appalling track record in the Middle East and whom no-one trusts to act fairly. So Mitchell has been dealt a terrible hand. The former…more
Claim for Native Title Threatens Jewish State
Palestine Chronicle: 1 Sep 2010 – By Jonathan Cook – Hura, the Negev Nuri al Uqbi’s small cinderblock home in a ramshackle neighbourhood of Hura, a Bedouin town in Israel’s Negev desert, hardly looks like the epicentre of a legal struggle that some observers say threatens Israel’s Jewish character. Inside, the 68-year-old Bedouin activist has stacks of bulging folders of tattered and browning documents, many older than the state of Israel itself, that he hopes will overturn decades of harsh government policy towards the Negev’s 180,000 Bedouin. For the past few months, Mr al Uqbi has been in court pursuing a case that has pitted his own expert witnesses against those of the state. Mr al Uqbi claims the right to return to a patch of 82 hectares in the Negev, close to the regional capital, Beersheva, that he says has belonged to his family for generations. But as both the government and the judge in…more
The State and Local Bases of Zionist Power in America
Dissident Voice: 1 Sep 2010 – Any serious effort to understand the extraordinary influence of the Zionist power configuration over US foreign policy must examine the presence of key operatives in strategic positions in the government and the activities of local Zionist organizations affiliated with mainstream Jewish organizations and religious orders. There are at least 52 major American Jewish organizations actively engaged in promoting Israel’s foreign policy, economic and technological agenda in the US (see the appendix). The grassroots membership ranges from several hundred thousand militants in the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to one hundred thousand wealthy contributors, activists and power brokers in the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In addition scores of propaganda mills, dubbed think tanks, have been established by million dollar grants from billionaire Zionists including the Brookings Institute (Haim Saban) and the Hudson Institute among others. Scores of Zionist funded political action committees (PAC) have intervened in all national…more
What’s the Difference between President Ahmadinejad and Rabbi Yosef?
Dissident Voice: 1 Sep 2010 – Short answer. Iran’s President Ahmadinejad did NOT call for Israeli Jews to be annihilated. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Shas party, HAS called, more than once, for the Palestinians (and, in fact, all Arabs) to be exterminated. As reported by the mainstream Western media, Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. What that meant, it was asserted, was the destruction, the driving into the sea, of Israel’s Jews. What Ahmadinejad actually called for was the de-Zionization of Palestine. His actual words were to the effect that he wanted the Zionist state to disappear as the Soviet Union had done. In other words, there would be a place in a de-Zionized Palestine for all Jews who wanted to stay and live in peace with their fellow Arab citizens. As has been widely and accurately reported, Rabbi Yosef called on 27 August for the Palestinian Authority,…more
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