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150 Israeli academics pledge to boycott settlements
IMEMC – 2 Sep 2010 – Thursday September 02, 2010 – 23:59, In a move that could cost them their jobs, 150 professors, researchers and other academic professionals decided this week to follow the lead of their peers in the theatre community and signed a pledge to boycott Israeli settlements.
Report: Israel Continues to Violate Right to Education in Palestine
IMEMC – 2 Sep 2010 – Thursday September 02, 2010 – 18:10, A report by the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights shows that Palestinian students are routinely denied the right to education due to the Israeli occupation.
Another Attack Against Settlers In Ramallah, Two Wounded
IMEMC – 2 Sep 2010 – Thursday September 02, 2010 – 17:59, Two Israeli settlers were wounded, Wednesday night, in a drive-by shooting near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Palestinian shot as Israeli forces enter north Gaza
9/2/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot a Palestinian in northern Gaza Thursday, following earlier reports that Israeli patrols and bulldozers entered the area. Taha Shedeh Taha, 18, was admitted to Kamal Edwan Hospital with gun shot wounds to his leg, medics said. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that soldiers shot a Palestinian close….
Army court rejects appeal to release anti-wall activist
9/2/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court of appeal rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, an anti-wall activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, supporters said Wednesday. The appeal was heard Tuesday at Israel’s Ofer military detention center, where the 38-year-old Abu Rahmah….
Group: Salah prevented from receiving religious reading
9/2/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israel-based prisoners support organization said the country’s Prison Administration prevented detained leader of the Islamic movement in Israel from receiving religious books while incarcerated. Firas Amri, who heads the Yusuf As-Siddiq Institute based in Umm Al-Fahim, said books requested by Sheikh Raed Salah and sent by the organization….
Dura man says attacked by Israeli coworkers
9/2/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — A Palestinian worker in Israel, from the southern West Bank town of Dura in the Hebron district, said he was attacked on Wednesday by his Israeli coworkers. Mussa Muhammad Ekhrees,who was admitted to a Hebron hospital later in the day, said he was assaulted by his peers who were angered….
Rights group condemns Hamas arrests
9/2/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemned Thursday the ongoing arrest campaign by the Palestinian Authority against Hamas supporters in the West Bank since Tuesday’s attack in Hebron. Four Israelis were killed in a drive-by shooting attack claimed by Hamas’ armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades. The PA…. Related: PCHR: In an Ongoing Campaign, Palestinian Security Services Arrest Dozens of Hamas….
Hamas vows to continue attacks
9/2/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Attacks by Hamas’ armed wing will continue “in any form and in any place,” including inside Israel and in Gaza, a spokesman said Thursday. The Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for killing four settlers in a drive-by shooting near Hebron on Tuesday evening, and for injuring two Israelis in a similar….
Hamas says talks illegitimate
9/2/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas said Thursday that Palestinians will not be bound by any peace agreement reached in Washington, a spokesman said. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas relaunched negotiations after a 20-month hiatus, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the talks were a “conspiracy against the cause….
No West Bank study for Gaza university students
9/2/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza university students remain unable to access classrooms in the West Bank, a report fro the Al-Mezan Center for Human rights said on Tuesday.”After a decade or more of de-development in Gaza,” the rights group said, residents of the Strip need all possible skills to ameliorate the humanitarian situation….
Gaza crossing partially open
9/2/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Israeli authorities will partially open the southernmost Gaza crossing to allow aid in on Thursday, officials told Ma’an. Palestinian Liaison officer for crossing coordination Raed Fattouh said between 180 and 190 truckloads of goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors including four tucks of equipment and spare parts….
Israel releases man without charge after month in prison
9/2/2010 – TULKAREM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces released a prominent Tulkarem businessman Thursday without charge after one month in Israeli prisons, his lawyer said. Usamah Fakhri At-Tanib, general director of the Tanib Company, was detained when soldiers raided his family’s apartment complex on 27 July. Residents were forced to evacuate the building while a….
Car believed involved in Hebron attack seized
9/2/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian security sources said 10 people were detained by Israeli forces during overnight raids on Wednesday, though military representatives only confirmed that eight were taken for questioning. Eight were said detained from the Hebron city area, though the Israeli military said five, with both sides reporting three detained from the Al-Fawwar….
Viewpoints: Prospects for peace in Washington
9/2/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Despite two attacks in 48 hours aimed at disrupting negotiations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are in Washington, DC, as scheduled. Both leaders have mandates to participate in the first round of direct talks in 20 months, but they also face growing pressure from domestic opposition….
Abbas: It is time to achieve peace
9/2/2010 – WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — “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 justice,” President Mahmoud Abbas said from the White House moments after a second shooting attack against settlers in the West Bank.”We condemned….
‘Peace talks like Mexican soap opera’
9/2/2010 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — “We hope, we truly wish for a peace agreement, but to tell you the truth I’m not optimistic,” says 20-year-old Sundus, a student at An-Najah National University in Nablus, exemplifying the sentiment of the West Bank’s second largest city as talks start. Today, Israel controls the….
PLO: Palestinians want freedom
9/2/2010 – As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas resume direct talks in Washington after a 20-month hiatus, the PLO outlined its positions on the final status issues which the US administration has said it hopes will be resolved within one year. Freedom means control of our borders. Consistent with international law, which….
Islamic Jihad calls for more attacks
9/2/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Islamic Jihad movement on Thursday praised the West Bank drive-by shootings, calling for further attacks, and denounced peace talks in Washington. Speaking at a press conference in Gaza, Islamic Jihad leader Khaled Al-Batsh praised the two West Bank attacks which saw four Israelis killed and two injured in the….
Federation mourns loss of race car driver in crash
9/2/2010 – TULKAREM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Motorsports Federation announced their grief Tuesday at the loss of a racer killed in an accident at dawn Monday. Omar Khamis, 26, from Tulkarem died when his BMW crashed on a main road in the West Bank city. Abdul Rahman Nasif, the brother of another racer, was also involved….
What is said and what is not said
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel told his governing coalition that he did not promise an extension to the partial suspension in settlement construction when it expires in September (BTW, the suspension did not cover most of…
Peace process: Hope or nope?
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – To President Obama’s credit, he is going for the gold medal by working to finally end the Israeli-Arab conflict that has been at the heart of America’s credibility issues in the Middle East. On Tuesday, the…
The Jewish holidays are a time of reflection… For everyone
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Our Jewish holidays are almost here again. Our celebrations are different from those of other people and contribute to the separation we feel from the non-Jewish people around us. It is a time that I reflect…
A new Netanyahu
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – I am trying hard to be optimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that were kicked off at the White House on September 1st. It’s not that I believe that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wants to exchange the…
PA arrests 2 in connection with West Bank shootings
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Washington – Hundreds of Hamas-affiliates or alleged affiliates were detained by Palestinian Authority forces overnight Tuesday after Hamas militants took credit for the gunning down of 4 Israeli settlers near Hebron. Tensions ran high Wednesday as…
Vehicle linked to Hebron shootings seized
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Washington – The car said to be involved with two deadly shootings in the West Bank has been seized, Ma’an News Agency reported Thursday Palestinian car [Mariam Hamed for Palestine Note] The car seizure comes as…
Turkish flotilla probe presents report to UN
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Washington – The Turkish investigation into Israel’s high-seas raid of aid vessels en route to Gaza has submitted its report to the United Nations, World Bulletin reported Thursday. The Mavi Marmara [Freegazaorg – Flickr] The Turkish-owned…
Direct talks begin, both parties hint at contentious issues
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Washington – After an opening (video of remarks to be found here later today) by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu gave his remarks in the Benjamin Franklin room at the US Department…
Update: Bibi, Abbas agree to next round
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Envoy Mitchell addresses Hamas role in peace process Washington – After Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu entered into direct negotiations Thursday, US Middle East envoy announced that the parties agreed to a…
Settlers begin construction after shootings
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Washington – Israeli settlers, who live on West Bank installations considered illegal under international law, announced Wednesday that they would defy the settlement construction freeze after Hamas militants shot dead four settlers near Hebron, one of…
Abbas calls for peace after second shooting
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Washington – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for peace and condemned a second drive-by shooting targeting settlers in the West Bank in remarks from the White House Wednesday evening, Ma’an News Agency reported . Israeli ambulance [Mantiochous…
WATCH LIVE: Sec. Clinton kicks off direct talks
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Washington – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosts a re-launch of direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leadership at the US State Department in Washington, DC Thursday. Watch the opening remarks live at 10am EST. The…
To be a Fly on the White House Old Family Dining Room Wall. . .
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Originally posted on the Washington Note This is the roster of who is coming to dinner tonight: President Obama President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt King Abdullah of Jordan Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel President Mahmoud Abbas…
Bibi: “I came to Washington to reach historic compromise”
Palestine Note 1 Sep 2010 – Second shooting rocks West Bank Washington – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House Wednesday night: “I came to Washington to reach a historic compromise,” news agencies reported. Sify…
Middle East talks set to continue
AlJazeera 2 Sep 2010 – Israeli and Palestinian leaders agree to meet in the region on September 14-15, and again every two weeks thereafter.
Washington: Talks Continue As Violence Escalates
PNN – Washington – PNN – Just a few months shy of the Road Map to Peace’s 2011 target date, Israeli and Palestinians leaders resumed talks today at the United States Department in Washington…
What Is Said And What Is Not Said
PNN – By : Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh – Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel told his governing coalition that he did not promise an extension to the partial suspension in settlement construction when it expires in…
Back To The Violence In The Holy Land
PNN – By: Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. – It’s one of those regular days in the village, where as a foreign wife you stay home all day waiting for the Palestinian husband to…
Israeli Military Arrest Civilians In The West Bank And Invade Areas In The Gaza Strip
PNN – Ramallah — PNN — the Israeli soldiers arrested seven Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting southern West Bank communities on Thursday morning. Palestinian sources said that troops searched and ransacked homes in…
Hamas’ Al-Zahar Denies Links Between Attacks and Timing of Peace Talks
PNN – Bethlehem-PNN-Hamas senior figure, Mahmoud al-Zahar is claiming that the attacks carried out by Hamas in the West Bank during this week are not related anyway to the timing of the peace talks…
UN Committee Welcomes Direct Talks Between Palestinians And Israelis
PNN – UN News — PNN — A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights welcomed the recent decision by Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct talks with the aim of resolving all permanent status…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 Aug. — 01 Sep. 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Barghouti and Dahlan slam Abbas for capitulating
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Prominent Fatah figures criticize Abbas for entering into peace talks unconditionally under international pressure.
Hamas: Talks aim to liquidate Palestinian cause
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Movement accuses Abbas of providing a cover for Israel to pursue its policy of settlement construction in the West Bank.
Dovish Netanyahu pleases Kadima, angers the Right
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Mofaz: If PM is serious, we could join the coalition; Yishai: Talks will lead nowhere, Hamas won’t honor Abbas’s agreement.
Moshe Moreno describes ‘miracle’ escape from Hamas attacker
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Couple wounded in West Bank shooting saved by terrorist’s rifle malfunction which allowed them to hide in roadside ditch.
Analysis: Hamas has more cards to play
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Group still has a lot more it could do if it really wanted to push Israel up against a wall and torpedo the talks.
After shootings, West Bank police on highest alert
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Mission made more challenging as many residents head to Jerusalem for Ramadan prayers at the Temple Mount.
PA: Car used in Kiryat Arba attack seized
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Palestinian Authority forces say the vehicle was found in Hebron and several suspects linked to the car are being investigated.
‘Hamas won’t let the PA reach a peace agreement’
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Yishai says renewed negotiations will lead to nowhere, as Hamas won’t honor Abbas’s agreement; Shas declares opposition to building freeze.
Barak: ‘Galant Document’ is a ‘warning sign for democracy’
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Defense minister expresses concern that generals “have an illegitimate influence” on government decisions; official appointed to prevent future incidents.
PA official: ‘We will hit Hamas with an iron fist’
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Fatah official Dahlan says negotiations are doomed to fail, because Americans are biased in Israel’s favor; PA police vow to crack down on Hamas.
Report: Lebanon asks Interpol to catch Mossad ‘spy’
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Former Lebanese general accused of collaborating with Israeli intelligence.
UN: Palestinians lose $800m a year due to blockade
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Palestinian trade deficit with Israel cited as principal barrier to sustainable economic growth.
State stops probe of Lieberman case leaks
Jeruslalem Post 2 Sep 2010 – Touting ‘journalistic immunity,’ state is unable to investigate Internet newspaper.
International Solidarity Movement
Why Israel imprisoned my best friend
9/2/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Mohammed Khatib, The Electronic Intifada – When I was a boy I was still allowed to travel in Israel. I went to the beach and swam in the sea, something that most Palestinian children living in the West Bank today can only dream of. Israel has been restricting movement more and more over the years. We….
Israeli court resumes trial in killing of American activist Rachel Corrie
9/2/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice – Haifa, ISRAEL – On Sunday, September 5th, the Haifa District Court will resume hearing testimonies in a civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Rachel Corrie, an American student activist and human rights defender from….
One hundred settlers gather to violate construction freeze; Israeli soldiers threaten besieged Palestinian family
9/2/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Baqa’a valley, HEBRON – Last night (1 Sept. 2010) around 150 to 175 Israeli settlers, many armed, constructed an illegal outpost at a new location in the Baqa’a valley, east of Hebron, and attempted to harass a Palestinian family. The Israeli army did not attempt to disperse the settler gathering but later….
Boy, 5, critical after suspected hit-and-run
Ha’aretz – Police investigating after boy found with serious head and stomach wounds on Jerusalem street.
Two Israelis wounded in second West Bank shooting attack in two days
Ha’aretz – Hamas claims responsibility for both Wednesday and Tuesday’s shooting attacks, saying they are in response ‘to crimes of Israeli occupation.’
Israeli teen hurt as assailants pelt car with rocks in West Bank
Ha’aretz – 12-year-old girl moderately hurt; ‘Our lives have been left unprotected and the defense minister is doing nothing’ says resident of the area.
Palestinians authorities: We’ve arrested 2 suspects in deadly West Bank shooting attack
Ha’aretz – 4 Israelis were killed near Hebron Tuesday when assailants opened fire on their vehicle; Palestinian authorities have located car used in attack.
Mitchell: Bi-weekly Netanyahu-Abbas meetings to begin this month
Ha’aretz – U.S. envoy to Mideast says next round of talks scheduled for Sept. 14-15, likely to be hosted by Egypt.
Netanyahu: Israel ready to go a long way for peace
Ha’aretz – Prime Minister speaks at ceremony marking official launch of direct Mideast peace talks at the White House., Yesha council says settlers will start building in at least 80 settlements, breaking…
Barak: Rogue officers came close to sabotaging race to lead IDF
Ha’aretz – Scandal over forged document ‘deeply harmed’ public trust in the military, defense minister says, hinting at broad conspiracy within the IDF.
Iran to stage anti-Israel rallies amid peace talks in Washington
Ha’aretz – Government calls on all Iranians to attend ‘Al-Quds Day’ protests to ‘liberate Palestinian land from Zionist regime.
IDF warns of wave of violence as Hamas vows to sink peace talks
Ha’aretz – Army and police on high alert after second West Bank shooting in two days mars opening of Israel-PA talks in Washington; Hamas promises more attacks.
Hamas claims responsibility for second West Bank shooting attack in two days
Ha’aretz – ‘The attack was a message to those who pledged there would be no more attacks,’ says Islamist group as violence flares again in the eve of peace talks in Washington.
Report: U.S. threatens to shun military drill with Turkey if it bans Israel
Ha’aretz – Turkish daily H?ºrriyet reports that the U.S. relayed its position to Ankara after invitations for a joint drill were sent out to several countries, but not to Israel.
Israeli settlers build new settlement in Hebron
2 Sep 2010 – Hebron, September 2, (Pal Telegraph) Hundreds of Israeli settlers started last night building a new settlement on the territory of the farming village of “Baq’a”, east of Hebron in the West Bank. A villager named Mar’i Jaber (local witness), said that large numbers of Israeli settlers raided the village in the evening, with amounts of cement, sand, wood and water…
CANDLES OF GAZA
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – …Despite the scarcity of water ad the chronic power cuts, the Municipality of Gaza City manages to keep most of the time lighted the fountain in the garden of the Unknown Soldier Square. The Gaza fountain is a symbol. This fountain says the determination of the Palestinian people to become a free nation and its…
Israeli army court rejects appeal to release anti-wall activist
Uruknet September 2, 2010 — An Israeli military court of appeal rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, an anti-wall activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, supporters said Wednesday. The appeal was heard Tuesday at Israel’s Ofer military detention center, where the 38-year-old Abu Rahmah has been held since 10 July 2009. The decision…
PALESTINE BETRAYED BY ITS OWN
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – Anyone in his right mind knows that the present round of Direct ‘Peace Talks’ is doomed to failure. Anyone with an open mind can see that the parties involved in these talks represent the same points of view…. that of Israel. Mahmoud Abbas represents the Palestinian people as much as Sarah Palin represents the Americans….
Palestinian shot as Israeli forces enter north Gaza
Uruknet September 2, 2010 — Israeli forces shot a Palestinian in northern Gaza Thursday, following earlier reports that Israeli patrols and bulldozers entered the area. Taha Shedeh Taha, 18, was admitted to Kamal Edwan Hospital with gun shot wounds to his leg, medics said. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that soldiers shot a Palestinian close to the border fence She…
“Solidarity with the entire Palestinian people”
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – …It was clear that this regime [Israel] does not respect international law, but continues to commit violations over and over again. We debated what is needed to change this. At this time civil society organizations in Palestine started to discuss what is today the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign to isolate Israel and to build…
US Mid-East talks: A conspiracy against the Palestinians
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – Today’s talks in Washington between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas are a means through which the United States is seeking to further its predatory interests in the Middle East. The Obama administration placed maximum pressure on Abbas to take part and abandon, in practice if not in words,…
Preparing for the 28th Anniversary of the 1982 Massacre at Sabra-Shatila
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – I certainly understand and share your sadness and feeling of hopelessness after your visit to Shatila Camp. Most people i take there leave feeling much the same as you. In the Palestinian Refugee camps in Lebanon tomorrow begins the ‘black month’ during which the World commemorates the September 1982 massacre at Sabra-Shatila‚Äîthis year being of…
Bedouin families told to leave by June
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – Israeli authorities issued warrants ordered Bedouin families lodging in tents and sheds on land between Jericho and Jerusalem to leave the area by June 2011. Ahmad Ka’abna, who was issued a warrant, said around 600 households would face evacuation if the order is enforced. Resident Fayiz Ka’abna, who supports a family of 11, asked “We…
Would Israelis like things to be better?
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – 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 better. The question is simple enough: do people here want to create a change so that the…
Bedouin future at stake in the Negev
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – 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…
“Bureaucratic weapons worse than bombs”
Uruknet September 1, 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. In all all too familiar…
Mitchell’s Quick-fix Fake Peace
Uruknet September 1, 2010 – 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…
Lifta’s legacy under threat
Uruknet September 1, 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. Beautifully built and dressed in crafted Jerusalem stone, Lifta hugs the slopes straddling the highway leading from west Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Its remaining houses look like jewels of a necklace,…
Clinton: only you two can achieve peace
The National 2 Sep 2010 – Flanked by Abbas and Netanyahu, US secretary of state sets direct talks in motion and calls on both to take burden of responsibility.
Gazans just want the electricity to stay on
The National 2 Sep 2010 – Many Strip residents have given up on idea of peace with Israel and long for normalcy in their lives.
Israel girds for further attacks
The National 2 Sep 2010 – Country is on alert as resumption of peace talks feared likely to provoke violence from Hamas.
Bedouins in Israel Call Upon Obama to Intervene, End Violation of Their Most Basic Rights
Alternative Information Center – Following is the text of a letter sent today to U.S. President Obama, calling upon him to intervene for ending the violation of the Bedouins’ most basic rights. Following the repeated brutal demolition of the village…
Four Israeli Settlers Killed in Southern West Bank
Alternative Information Center – Four Israeli settlers were killed in their car Tuesday (31 August) in the South Hebron Hills, near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and the settlement of Kiryat Arba. The Islamic organization Hamas has claimed…
UNCTAD Releases Report on Assistance to Palestinian People
Alternative Information Center – The Palestinian economy experienced marginal improvements in 2009, but continued to perform well below potential with high unemployment, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) annual report on assistance to the Palestinian people ….
Abbas in Re-launching Direct negotiations: We are not starting from Zero
WAFA – WASHINGTON, September 2, 2010 (WAFA)- “We are not starting from zero. We have
Palestinian, Israeli Families: Bring us Peace
WAFA – RAMALLAH, September 2, 2010 (WAFA)- Parents Circle — Families Forum called, today, on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas to not let extremists from both sides
PSC: You Can Help Break the Siege on Gaza
WAFA – RAMALLAH, September 2, 2010 (WAFA)- In just a few weeks, a Viva Palestina aid convoy, supported by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, will leave London and travel through Europe, Turkey, Syria and
Ashton: Direct Negotiations Outcome Crucial
WAFA – BRUSSLES, September 2, 2010 (WAFA)- Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission said, today, that the outcome
PLO: Palestinians Want Freedom
WAFA – RAMALLAH, September 2, 2010 (WAFA)- “Freedom means control of our borders.” PLO Negotiations Affairs Department said today. Freedom means having our government located in our historic capital‚Äîthe
Iran hardliners besiege opposition leader’s home
Daily Star 2 Sep 2010
EU presses China on observing Iran sanctions
Daily Star 2 Sep 2010
Activists promote Egypt’s spy chief for president
Daily Star 2 Sep 2010
Security ‘not behind’ delay of Sfeir’s Jbeil visit
Daily Star 2 Sep 2010
General Security ‘has taken all measures’ to halt broadcasts of herbal drug ads
Daily Star 2 Sep 2010
Lebanese Shiite cleric arrested in Syria over spying for Israel
Daily Star 2 Sep 2010
Lebanon, Israel vow to avoid Blue Line scuffles
Daily Star 2 Sep 2010
Middle East peace ‘in a year’
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin framework talks on a peace deal which could encompass borders, Jerusalem, Jewish settlements and security The Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, met for the first day of…
Middle East peace talks: 17 years after Oslo Clinton takes on challenge
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – ‘It’s time to get to work,’ says US secretary of state with the knowledge that expectations are low as negotiations begin It is clear Israelis and Palestinians face a tough slog if the negotiations launched in…
Middle East peace talks aim for ‘a future that will end conflict’
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – Israeli prime minister gives positive message to ‘partner for peace’ Mahmoud Abbas Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, launched peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians today with a call for courageous, bold leadership and…
Jewish director Julian Schnabel brings Palestine to Venice
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – Director talks of ‘responsibility’ to tell story of Middle East conflict in film Miral, told through eyes of two Palestinian women The American artist and film-maker Julian Schnabel said he felt a “responsibility” as a Jew…
Binyamin Netanyahu opens Middle East talks with two ‘pillars to peace’
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – Israeli PM names non-negotiable issues as Hillary Clinton warns of cost of continued conflict Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, opened peace talks with the Palestinians today by saying that two issues — recognition of his country…
Middle East peace talks – as it happened | Richard Adams
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – ‚Ä¢ Cautious optimism at outcome of Middle East peace talks ‚Ä¢ Israel and Palestine leaders set date for further talks ‚Ä¢ Framework for further negotiations up for discussion 10am ET: Amid the searing heat of a…
Middle East peace talks begin in Washington
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin direct talks, as Netanyahu describes Abbas as ‘partner for peace’ despite recent attacks Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has said he is looking “to find a historic compromise” that will bring…
Middle East talks begin in Washington
The Guardian 2 Sep 2010 – Middle East leaders meet in Washington for direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians
OPT: UNRWA Commissioner-General Visits Meat Distribution Provided By Khalifa Bin Zayed Foundation to Poorest Refugees
Relief Web 2 Sep 2010 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Abuse of Palestinian children in detention: Palestinian and Israeli organisations write to Netanyahu
Relief Web 2 Sep 2010 – Source: Defence for Children International/Palestine Section
West Bank/Israel: Hamas Must End Attacks on Civilians
Relief Web 2 Sep 2010 – Source: Human Rights Watch
Middle East and North Africa Zone Appeal No. MAA80003 Mid-Year Report
Relief Web 2 Sep 2010 – Source: IFRC
LEBANON: Rich Feast Through Month of Fasting
IPS Although not a celebration in the traditional sense, Ramadan in Lebanon is a time of joy for many, during which families reconnect and share their wealth with the poor. But in this country of extremes, not everyone has the luxury of celebrating the holy month.
Soldier: Major called me ‘annoying nigg*r’
YNet News – IDF private petitions court, demands dismissal of senior officer over racial….
EU presses China on observing Iran sanctions
YNet News – European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton urges Beijing to refrain….
Al-Zahar: No connection between attacks, peace talks
YNet News – Addressing this week’s terror attacks against Israelis in West Bank, senior….
Barak weighs truncating chief of staff’s term
YNet News – Defense minister considers option of reinstating old system in which chief of….
PA official: Hamas will strike again
YNet News – Hamas will try to execute more terror attacks against Israelis in the West Bank, a Palestinian Authority source told Ynet on Thursday night. General Adnan Damiri, a …….
Netanyahu: I want an agreement
YNet News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met in private Thursday, as part of the newly, Washington launched direct peace talks between …….
Israeli car stoned in West Bank; girl injured
YNet News – Terror wave continues: A 12-year-old girl riding in a car driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank was mildly wounded Thursday, after the car was stoned by …….
PA arrests 2 in connection with terror attack
YNet News – Break in terror probe? Palestinian security forces have reportedly arrested two suspects some 24 hours after a West Bank shooting attack near the Rimonim Junction left …….
PA: Israeli promises pliable
YNet News – Palestinian sources are expressing doubts regarding Israel’s sincerity, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas launched …….
Rightists step up protest, burn Palestinian flags
YNet News – Right-wing activists stepped up their protest Thursday against direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks launched in Washington by earlier in the day. Dozens of …….
Washington summit: Direct talks get underway
YNet News – Direct talks underway: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met one-on-one Thursday under the supervision of US Secretary …….
Four Israeli civilians killed in attack in Hebron area
B’tselem 31 Aug 2010 – B’Tselem strongly condemns the shooting attack yesterday (30 Aug. ’10) that killed four Israeli civilians. Deliberate attacks against civilians are immoral and illegal. Willful killing of civilians is defined as a “grave breach” of international humanitargram FilesQuickTimeQTSyst
Video: Soldiers seal Hebron shops
B’tselem 31 Aug 2010 – On 10 August ’10, B’Tselem volunteers filmed security forces sealing three shops by Hebron’s Old City as part of Israel’s separation policy in the city. The forces used violence, did not present a military order, and did not allow the shop-owner to removegram Files
PA must investigate demonstration dispersal
B’tselem 31 Aug 2010 – According to B’Tselem’s investigation and the media, on 25 Aug. ’10, Palestinian security forces dispersed a procession held in Ramallah by participants of a non-violent political conference, and assaulted a human rights professional.
Middle East talks begin with work plan
LA Times 2 Sep 2010 – Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Bank threatens to derail the effort. Israeli and Palestinian leaders formally reopened peace talks Thursday by setting a work plan for the next year, but adjourned without progress on their conflict over Israeli housing construction in disputed areas, an issue that threatens to quickly undermine the negotiations.
Iran security forces in evidence ahead of pro-Palestinian rallies
LA Times 2 Sep 2010 – Central Tehran is blanketed with security forces and the home of a reformist leader reportedly remains under siege by pro-government militiamen in apparent attempts to intimidate the opposition. Iranian security forces patrolled central Tehran on Thursday and the home of a reformist leader reportedly remained under siege by pro-government militiamen in what appeared to be attempts to intimidate the political opposition ahead of rallies planned for Friday.
West Bank city of Hebron could be powder keg as Mideast peace talks begin
LA Times 2 Sep 2010 – Hebron, home to more than 150,000 Palestinians and 400 Jewish settlers, is often at the center of the storm, and it is once again. Residents are bracing themselves and warn violence could spread. The fate of the U.S.-sponsored peace talks launched Thursday in Washington could hinge in part on how things play out in this hotly disputed West Bank city, where extremists on opposite sides suddenly find they share a common purpose: to sabotage the process.
Successive Rounds of Mideast Talks Are Set
New York Times 2 Sep 2010 – With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressing confidence in the talks, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to hold regular meetings.
World Briefing | Middle East: Gaza: Militant Groups Promise More Attacks
New York Times 2 Sep 2010 – Thirteen militant groups in Gaza vowed Thursday to step up attacks on Israeli targets to foil peace negotiations.
AL BWEIREH, PALESTINE: Settlers “heat up the air”; outpost dismantled
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – Roadblocks are emblematic of a decade of military and settler harassment of Palestinians in Al Bweireh. Will the new one be more than a bump in the road for the Hill 86 settlement outpost?
PALESTINE: Ongoing action alert: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – CPT-Palestine invites you to join people from all over the world in boycotting Israeli goods and cultural events, divesting from all companies that profit from the occupation of Palestine, and pushing for international sanctions on Israel.
Palestinians protest the PA cabinet’s announcement of an “indefinite” delay in municipal elections
Palestine Monitor – 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…
As talks resume, two-thirds of Israelis support settlement building
Mondoweiss – And other news from Today in Palestine: Land and Property Theft and Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing Abbas demands a freeze on Israeli settlement activity (AFP) AFP – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Wednesday publicly demanded a freeze on all Israeli settlement activity at the launch of landmark US-mediated peace…
Palestinian guns — redux
Mondoweiss – Many people reacted strongly with disapprobation to my ” Hamas attack was wrong ” post yesterday. Nearly everyone agrees that murdering civilians is wrong, but some question whether the settlers are civilians in the first place. The settlers are racial supremacists whose race pride, irrational hatred…
‘Do you know how hard I work to control the rage inside of me?’
Mondoweiss – Yesterday on this site, responding to the murders of the four settlers in the West Bank Tuesday, Seham, a Palestinian-American, offered a list of settler attacks on Palestinians . David Samel, who has taken a strong stance against violent resistance , responded in a comment: Seham, I have…
I know a ton of old lefties, wheat-grass drinkers, and painters in falling-down houses that went to Bard, but
Mondoweiss – the lobby never sleeps. Dear Friends and Colleagues, The Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program and Foreign Affairs magazine cordially invite you to the opening of this year’s James Clarke Chace Memorial Speaker Series: “The Demonization of Israel: Its History and Politics” Martin Peretz Editor-in-Chief, The…
Help! CNN runs reports produced by propaganda outfit headed by former AIPAC president
Mondoweiss – Check this out. Israel 21c is a pro-Israel p.r. organization . “A Focus Beyond,” its motto, says it all. ISRAEL21c — a New Paradigm for Pro-Israel Communications ISRAEL21c’s mission is to focus media and public attention on the 21 st century Israel that exists beyond the conflict….
Voices Loud Against PA, Israeli Talks
Al-Manar 2 Sep 2010 – With Palestinians in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank staging a sit-in to protest the resumption of direct talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel, many voices have opposed these negotiations saying they’re doomed to failure. The Palestinians in Ramallah and Gaza…
Israel vs Israel: A protest in Silwan against settlements
Joseph Dana 2 Sep 2010 – An Israeli Protester Being Arrested in Silwan. 1 Sep 2010. Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Silwan is a neighborhood in East Jerusalem just outside of the old city walls. The streets of the neighborhood are narrow and steep as most of the houses lie on either side…
Mazin Qumsiyeh — What is said and what is not said
Palestine Think Tank 2 Sep 2010 – If Netanyahu can use the excuse of having a coalition that can break apart if he gave up an inch, then how can Abbas who is now ruling by Fiat and has already given up 78% of Palestine resist further pressure for further back-downs without rebuilding…
Egyptian security detains son of Palestinian health minister
Sabr 2 Sep 2010 – [ 02/09/2010 – 12:02 PM ] GAZA, ( PIC )— The Egyptian security apparatuses recently apprehended Mohammed Naim, the son of Palestinian health minister in Gaza Dr. Basem Naim, Palestinian sources told the Quds Press. They said that Mohammed, who is in his twenties, arrived in Cairo via…
Group: Salah prevented from receiving religious reading
Sabr 2 Sep 2010 – JERUSALEM ( Ma’an ) — An Israel-based prisoners support organization said the country’s Prison Administration prevented detained leader of the Islamic movement in Israel from receiving religious books while incarcerated. Firas Amri, who heads the Yusuf As-Siddiq Institute based in Umm Al-Fahim, said books requested by Sheikh Raed…
Middle East talks ‘constructive’
BBC 2 Sep 2010 – Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.
Egypt spy chief poster campaign
BBC 2 Sep 2010 – Posters promoting Egypt’s intelligence chief appear on the streets of Cairo, amid growing speculation over who will succeed President Hosni Mubarak.
Israeli novelist on Middle East conflict
BBC 2 Sep 2010 – The Israeli novelist David Grossman on how the Middle East conflict tore his family apart.
When Will We See the Next Mass Murder? Rosh Hashanah? Yom Kippur? 9/11?
Sabbah report 2 Sep 2010 – By Jeff Gates* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Here’s a news flash for Tel Aviv: it’s not a sign of respect when the bulk of humanity views you as psychopathic. The concerns of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are misplaced. The legitimacy of Israel is no longer…
What does increased Palestinian political repression say about the prospects for peace?
Sabbah report 2 Sep 2010 – By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In the late 1980s, Robert Putnam’s argument about multi-level games in international bargaining kicked off a rich debate over domestic constraints. The thesis, in essence, is that interlocutors in bargaining may chose to lend extra power to political…
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Erekat ‘apology’ sparks controversy
Ma’an News Agency9/2/2010
No equivalent program targeting Palestinian audience
Videos of Palestinian leaders asking the Israeli public to join them as “partners for peace” were coordinated and co-implemented by the Palestinian arm of the Geneva Initiative, the organization’s director confirmed.
The first phase in a mass-media campaign – funded by USAID – “aims to counter the myth that there is no partner on the Palestinian side,” director of the Israeli branch Gadi Baltiansky explained.
Three clips were released on Israeli TV on Sunday featuring Palestinian members of the peace delegation to Washington, each declaring themselves a “partner for peace.”
“Shalom to you in Israel, I know we have disappointed you, I know we have been unable to deliver peace for the last 19 years,” chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat says in his short appearance, while Yasser Abed Rabbo warns of the “dangers for both of us” if talks fail.
Speaking in Hebrew, Jabril Raboub told Israelis that there was a “historic chance” to make peace, and Palestinians have a strong president and prime minister who are willing to make peace. “I think there is a good chance, and this is the time to go forward,” he said.
The clips stirred controversy among Palestinians, and hundreds rallied in Ramallah on Wednesday protesting peace talks they said were not representative of the Palestinian public because they lacked terms, references and guarantees that Israel would stick to its promises. more.. e-mail
Interviewing Michael Neumann
Edward Lewis, CounterPunch8/27/2010
Israel / Palestine: What Really Matters and What Doesn’t
Michael Neumann is a Professor of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. He has long been a trenchant critic of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians, and has written extensively on the topic for CounterPunch, notably his book, “The Case Against Israel”.
Lewis: You are critical of the principle of national self-determination — that every nation should be able to form an independent political community. Yet this idea is one of the major moral foundations on which support for Palestinian statehood is based. Why are you opposed to the idea of national self-determination? On what alternative grounds do you support Palestinian claims to a state of their own? Neumann: “Every nation should be able to form an independent political community”? – that contains a fateful ambiguity.
If ‘nation’ means ‘whoever happens to be living in some country-sized geographical area’ – see your second question, about boundaries – then I’m not against the principle. I tepidly support it. Yes, political power should ultimately reside in the hands of ‘the people’ – another fatefully ambiguous expression – meaning everyone residing in that area. That alone would be enough to make some sort of case for a Palestinian state – hell, these folks were living there. At the very least, everyone residing in Palestine should have the power of the state that rules it. And at the very least, that justifies either a bi-national, one-state or a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict.
The case is not air-tight because not every act of self-determination is legitimate. If you – an individual or a nation – are free, and determine your own future, you might do so for good or for evil. You might even do irreparable harm to yourself…. more.. e-mail
How to Kill Goyim and Influence People: Israeli Rabbis Defend Book’s Shocking Religious Defense of Killing Non-Jews (with Video)
Max Blumenthal, AlterNet8/30/2010
A rabbinical guidebook for killing non-Jews has sparked an uproar in Israel and exposed the power a bunch of genocidal theocrats wield over the government.
When I went into the Jewish religious book emporium, Pomeranz, in central Jerusalem to inquire about the availability of a book called Torat Ha’Melech, or the King’s Torah, a commotion immediately ensued. “Are you sure you want it?” the owner, M. Pomeranz, asked me half-jokingly. “The Shabak [Israel’s internal security service] is going to want a word with you if you do.” As customers stopped browsing and began to stare in my direction, Pomeranz pointed to a security camera affixed to a wall. “See that?” he told me. “It goes straight to the Shabak!”
As soon as it was published late last year,Torat Ha’Melech sparked a national uproar. The controversy began when an Israeli tabloid panned the book’s contents as “230 pages on the laws concerning the killing of non-Jews, a kind of guidebook for anyone who ponders the question of if and when it is permissible to take the life of a non-Jew.” According to the book’s author, Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, “Non-Jews are “uncompassionate by nature” and should be killed in order to “curb their evil inclinations.” “If we kill a gentile who has has violated one of the seven commandments… there is nothing wrong with the murder,” Shapira insisted. Citing Jewish law as his source (or at least a very selective interpretation of it) he declared: “There is justification for killing babies if it is clear that they will grow up to harm us, and in such a situation they may be harmed deliberately, and not only during combat with adults.”
In January, Shapira was briefly detained by the Israeli police, while two leading rabbis who endorsed the book, Dov Lior and Yaakov Yosef, were summoned to interrogations by the Shabak. However, the rabbis refused to appear at the interrogations, essentially thumbing their noses at the state and its laws…. more.. e-mail
Why Israel imprisoned my best friend
Electronic Intifada: 2 Sep 2010 – And just as Israel has gradually increased restrictions of where we can go, the boundaries of what is permissible to do as a Palestinian have narrowed markedly. We have reached a point where peaceful protest is unacceptable to the Israeli state and military legislation has been constructed to criminalize and throw in jail anyone who dares to publicly voice dissent. Mohammed Khatib comments.more
“Solidarity with the entire Palestinian people”
Electronic Intifada: 2 Sep 2010 – The BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights recently published Rights in Principle — Rights in Practice , which examines a rights-based approach to crafting durable solutions for Palestinian refugees. The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof interviews BADIL director Ingrid Jaradat Gassner on the organization’s work and the new book.more
Palestinians protest the PA cabinet’s announcement of an “indefinite” delay in municipal elections
Palestine Monitor: 2 Sep 2010 – 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 several prominent philanthropists and business people involved with recent attempts to restore unity. The parties demonstrated against the return to peace talks under the conditions set out by Israel. “There were no conditions set out for the success of these talks,” Barghouthi said. “There were no terms of reference and Israel has been given a veto.” Barghouthi explained that in going forward with direct talks without guarantees, like a promised halt to settlement construction in the West Bank, the Palestinian government was going in without the confidence of the Palestinian people and without their support. “These talks will fail,…more
Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality
Palestine Chronicle: 2 Sep 2010 – By Ramzy Baroud Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book – or any piece of writing for that matter — is meant to provide a sense of completion. Sociological explanations are offered to offset the confusion caused by apparent inconsistency in human behavior. At times a reader is asked to take a stance, or choose sides. This is especially true in writings which deal with compelling human experiences. In Behind the Wall: Life, Love and Struggle in Palestine (Potomac Books, 2010), Rich Wiles undoubtedly directs his readers, although implicitly, towards taking a stance. But he is unabashed about his moral priorities and makes no attempt to disguise his objectives. As I began reading Wiles’ book, various aspects struck me as utterly refreshing in contrast to the way Palestine is generally written about. We tend to complicate what was meant to be straightforward and…more
Palestinians, Christians and Politics of Compassion
Palestine Chronicle: 2 Sep 2010 – By Dallas Darling Even now as Presbyterian leaders prophetically issue statements calling for the U.S. to end its military aid to Israel unless Tel Aviv stops it settlement activities in occupied land that belongs to Palestinians, they might want to recall what Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer wrote in his book “The Politics of Compassion.” Nelson-Pallmeyer believed that most Christians and denominations in the U.S.-who by virtue of their affluence, power, privilege, and isolation-are not only entirely separated from the true biblical message, but isolated from the people in whom that message is most clearly embodied today. Clearly, it is the experiences of the poor and the oppressed, including their poverty, repression, forced migration, resistance, endurance, suffering, and hope, that better enables one to understand the Good News of salvation and liberation from unjust political, economic and social structures.(1) While discussing the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Christian delegates and members of the General…more
Moral Interventionism, Labour and Miliband
Palestine Chronicle: 2 Sep 2010 – By Gilad Atzmon — London Millions of ballot papers have been sent out yesterday to those eligible to vote in the Labour leadership election. Symbolically enough, this happened the day Tony Blair, the British PM who launched the criminal war in Iraq, published his controversial memoirs. I am not holding my breath for the Labour party to make the right decision. Clearly, the same party failed to curtail Blair’s militant enthusiasm, even when it was plainly clear that the argument for the Iraq war was grounded in a dodgy dossier. Considering the scale of the atrocities we are all complicit in thanks to the Labour government, it is my duty to remind the Labour party members who their leading candidate is, what he stands for and what interests he may serve. Labour Party members should consider the role allegedly played by its leaders and leading candidate David Miliband in what…more
Mitchell Hoping for a Quick-fix Fake Peace?
Dissident Voice: 2 Sep 2010 – 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 crap hand. The former US senator, we’re told,…more
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