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250 thousand Palestinians pray in Jerusalem this Friday
IMEMC – 3 Sep 2010 – Friday September 03, 2010 – 20:35, At least 250 thousand Palestinians prayed in the Aqsa Mosque and the surrounding yards on the last Friday of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan, Palestinian media sources reported. Israeli sources estimated the number at 135 thousand.
Settlers take over Palestinian land near Nablus
IMEMC – 3 Sep 2010 – Friday September 03, 2010 – 20:17, Dozens of Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli troops gathered on a peace of land near the village of Qaryut in the northern part of the West Bank Friday morning and claimed ownership of the land.
Peace Talks Resume in Washington
IMEMC – 3 Sep 2010 – Friday September 03, 2010 – 13:46, Yesterday, September 2nd, marked the beginning of a new round of peace talks between the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Israeli government in Washington. The talks are the first in 20 months.
Palestinian prisoners say assaulted by guards
9/3/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Supreme National Committee to Defend Detainees said prisoners in Israel’s Haredim prison were assaulted shortly after they began eating their iftar meal on Thursday. A statement from the group said a phone call from prisoners reported a cell invasion as prisoners broke their fast, reportedly in an….
Settlers throw rocks at Palestinian cars
9/3/2010 – JERICHO (Ma’an) — Dozens of settlers blocked roads leading to the West Bank city of Jericho and threw stones at Palestinian cars, witnesses said. Locals said the settlers were protesting the killing of four Israelis in a drive-by shooting near Hebron on Tuesday evening. The attack was claimed by Hamas’ armed wing the….
Tensions high on final Ramadan Friday
9/3/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Some 2,000 Israeli Border Police troops and volunteers deployed in Jerusalem Friday morning, surrounding the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City as tens of thousands of Muslims gathered for prayer on the final Friday of Ramadan. Restrictions were tighter then usual as Israeli forces around the city prohibited men under 50….
Israeli army shuts down anti-wall rallies
9/3/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets and sound bombs to shut down non-violent weekly protests across the West Bank on Friday. In Al Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, around 50 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals marched to the village entrance to protest the separation wall, which cuts villagers off from….
Report: Settlers to march to Hebron attack site
9/3/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hebrew news websites said dozens of Israeli settlers planned to march toward the site of a Tuesday night shooting where four Israelis were killed, to protest against the attack. The group left the illegal West Bank settlement of Beit Hagia south of Hebron, and marched toward Bani Na’im, the….
Settler injured as car stoned
9/3/2010 – SALFIT (Ma’an) — A 12-year-old Israeli girl was injured Thursday when rocks were thrown at the car she was traveling in close to Revava settlement in the West Bank, the Israeli army said. A military statement said soldiers were searching for suspects in the area, in the Salfit district. The incident occurred within….
Jerusalem activist detained overnight
9/3/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The home of a Jerusalem activist was raided and one man detained on Thursday night, family members said, adding that soldiers confiscated his mobile phone and personal computer during the raid. Anan Issa Najib was taken to the Russian Compound investigation center in Jerusalem for questioning following the detention, his brother….
Report: Israeli forces take over Hebron home
9/3/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers raided a house in Hebron and converted it into a military base on Friday afternoon, residents said. Salem Salayma said soldiers instructed his family of 14 to move into the first floor of his house in Al-Baq’a, east of Hebron. An Israeli military spokesman was not immediately….
Egyptian forces kill migrant at border
9/3/2010 – AL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian forces killed a migrant attempting to cross the border into Israel on Friday, Egyptian security sources said. Egyptian soldiers fired warning shots, but the migrant continued toward the border and was shot dead, the sources said. Two other migrants were seized as they attempted to cross the border. They….
Gaza: Armed groups to form joint force
9/3/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Twelve militant groups held a meeting in the Gaza Strip last week, and agreed to form a joint operations room to coordinate resistance activities, Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman told reporters Thursday. Speaking shortly before US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell delivered an update on the peace talks in Washington….
Israel to extend Friday permits for Laylat Al-Qader
9/3/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Civil Administration said Friday that West Bank residents with permits for prayer in Jerusalem on Fridays would be allowed access to the holy city for Laylat Al-Qader on Sunday using the same permit, a spokesman said. The spokesman urged residents to hold on to their permits if they….
In photos: Bethlehem checkpoint crowded on Ramadan Friday
9/3/2010 – MaanImages / Luay Sababa – Palestinians try to cross the Bethlehem checkpoint on the outskirts of the West Bank city to reach Jerusalem. Worshipers hoped to attend the noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Checkpoints around the West Bank were again overwhelmed, with tens of thousands….
Report: 2 detained in relation to Ramallah shootings
9/3/2010 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority forces reportedly arrested two men linked to the deaths of four Israeli settlers driving in the West Bank, Israeli media reported on Friday. On Thursday, Palestinian officials told Ma’an that a car had been seized though it was not immediately clear whether it was in connection….
Marwan Barghouthi: Unity trumps peace talks
9/3/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an/Agencies) — Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti told Reuters that Palestinian infighting should be the current priority, and not peace talks, which he said were destined to fail. In an article published Thursday, the Fatah member – well known for his political stance on unity between parties – Barghouti said he supported negotiation in….
Talks framework set in Washington
9/3/2010 – WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — Speaking to reporters during a brief break from re-launched peace talks, US envoy to the Mideast George Mitchell said Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to meet every two weeks in the region to continue talks. The first set of talks will take place on 14-15 September in the Middle East….
Report: Clinton tells Netanyahu to extend settlement freeze
9/3/2010 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday that he must extend the settlement freeze until the end of the year otherwise peace talks would collapse, Israeli press reported. Clinton reportedly made the request during a meeting with the Israeli premier held on the first….
Hamas leader tells Gaza worshipers: Talks will fail
9/3/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Hamas official in Gaza Ismail Radwan warned the Palestinian Authority on Friday that the continued arrest of Hamas members and affiliates in the West Bank was a sure sign that the peace talks would fail Speaking during a sermon delivered with the Friday prayer in Gaza City, Radwan urged Palestinians….
Hamas, Jihad mark Jerusalem Day alongside Iran
9/3/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — PLO opposition groups took to the streets in Gaza City on Friday, marking World Jerusalem Day in events organized by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Protesters gathered following the noon prayer from mosques all around Gaza City, with banners handed out by organizers condemning the peace talks launched in Washington on….
Egypt cancels visit of Iranian minister
9/3/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Egypt canceled the visit of an Iranian minister after he described Arab leaders’ participation in Washington peace talks as a betrayal, The Associated Press reported. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottak was due in Cairo Monday for a Nonaligned Movement meeting. Mottak’s Egyptian counterpart canceled the meeting after the….
Nasrallah, Ahmadinejad slam peace talks
9/3/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad both slammed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at rallies in their respective capitals, Israeli media said.” These negotiations were born dead,” Nasrallah said in a televised rally to mark Jerusalem Day in Beirut, the Israeli news site Ynet said. The Hezbollah chief cited polls….
Hamas: 600 swept up by PA
9/3/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority has detained nearly 600 Hamas supporters and affiliates from across the West Bank, particularly from the Hebron region, a statement from the party said on Friday. The statement said that some of the movement’s most prominent leaders were among those detained, alongside affiliates with the party….
Ma’an shares Iftar in Ramadan tent
9/3/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Minister of Social Affairs Majda Al-Masri praised Ma’an’s “mature role in the media, as it proceeds with quick and confident steps toward a highly qualified and proficient agency,” during an iftar dinner hosted by the organization. The fast-breaking meal hosted by the Ma’an Administration was….
One solution: Two states
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – WASHINGTON, DC – The steady march of settlements, the rightward shift in Israeli politics, the growing sense that a conflict-ending peace agreement is impossible – all these things are feeding some pundits’ impulse to declare the…
Hope for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – JERUSALEM – There many reasons to be pessimistic and at times to despair about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet even when things look hopeless, hope has a way of appearing, offering a vision of what can be…
Avoid the misunderstandings to get to peace
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House with President Obama, they were careful not to make fun of Obama, whose popularity is lower than his bow to the…
Behind the Israeli wall: A lesson in reality
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – 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…
Give them something to lose
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Whatever prior commitments Netanyahu and Abbas made to their respective constituencies must be set aside throughout the duration of direct talks. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced earlier this week that he will consider Israel fully…
Secretary Clinton pushes the peace process
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Washington – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with representatives of Palestine TV and Israel Channel 2 on Friday morning to comment on Thursday’s negotiations with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas and the wider…
WATCH: The NYC taxi stabbing and Islamophobia in the US
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Washington – The stabbing of New York City taxi driver Ahmed Sharif upped the ante on a national conversation about Islamophobia, as picket lines fill over the Park51 Islamic community center in lower Manhattan. Photo: Courtesy…
Tense final Friday of Ramadan
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Washington – Tensions ran high in Jerusalem as tens of thousands of Muslims gathered at the Haraam Ash-Sharif plaza for prayers during the final Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Ma’an News Agency reported…
Report: Abbas pressued to stay in talks
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Washington – After the first day of direct negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leadership, Haaretz reported a “senior Palestinian source” said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is under pressure from the US to remain in talks even…
Report: Clinton demands freeze extended
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Secretary tells Netanyahu at talks to extend building moratorium Washington – According to Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu that he must extend the settlement freeze through the…
Group calls on Obama to stop abuse of Palestinian kids
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Washington – Reports of abuse against Palestinian children by the Israeli army are not new. An Al-Jazeera report from the beginning of the summer accused officers of sexually molesting detainees, including children. Al-Awda Right to Return…
Infant heart surgery saves lives in East Jerusalem
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – Washington – Political factions are protesting the Palestinian Authority’s engagement with Israel, and tensions are high in Jerusalem on the last Friday of Ramadan, but at Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem, some 200 children have been…
Abbas, Netanyahu agree to bi-weekly talks
Palestine Note 3 Sep 2010 – 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 second round of talks, scheduled now for Sept….
The French Connection & Middle East Talks
Palestine Note 2 Sep 2010 – Originally featured on The Washington Note European High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton decided to head to China instead of participating in the Middle East stakeholders dinner hosted by President Obama…
Hamas condemns ‘direct talks’
AlJazeera 3 Sep 2010 – Gazan supporters of Hamas rally to mark Al Quds day and to condemn new Palestinian-Israeli talks launched in Washington.
Iranians rally on al-Quds day
AlJazeera 3 Sep 2010 – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses thousands in Tehran, saying that Middle East peace talks are doomed to failure.
Two Arrested, At least A Dozen Injured During West Bank Anti Wall Protests
PNN – This week, anti wall protests were organized in the villages of Bil’in and Nil’in, in the central West Bank, and the village of Al Ma’sara, in the southern West Bank. Israeli and…
Israeli Settlers Take Over Palestinian Owned Land In Northern West Bank
PNN – Nablus — PNN — Israeli armed settlers attacked on Friday morning the village of Qaryit and took over 130 Donums of farmers lands. Qaryit is a small Palestinian village near the southern…
PCHR: One 8 Injured, 15 Arrested This Week
PNN – PCHR— PNN- This week Israeli attacks Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza left 8 civilians injured the Palestinian Center for Human Rights said in its weekly report. The report, which…
Palestinian Strategy Towards Independence
PNN – By: Daoud Kuttab – There is a chance that the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 will soon end and an independent Palestinian state will emerge. The direct peace talks taking place…
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
US envoy Oren warns Hizbullah has 15,000 rockets on border
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Ambassador says Islamist group amassing arsenal in southern Lebanon with long enough range to hit Eilat; missiles now hidden beneath hospitals, homes and schools to avoid Israeli Air Force strikes.
‘Jerusalem cannot be the capital of state called Israel’
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Nasrallah derides Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as dead on arrival in “Jerusalem Day” speech, comments came after explosion rip through suspected Hizbullah arms cache in southern Lebanon.
Egypt protests Iranian comments on peace talks
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Cairo cancels meeting with Mottaki after he said Arab leaders attending peace talks are “betraying their nations.”
Explosions rock southern Lebanon village
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Lebanese officials say blast may have been caused by an explosion at a Hizbullah weapons warehouse.
Egyptian TV show stirs debate over Muslim Brotherhood
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Leading Brotherhood members allege that the script expresses the views and policies of Egypt’s powerful security apparatus.
Hamas to launch ‘more effective attacks’ on Israel
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Report: Thirteen groups join together in reaction to relaunched peace talks; Hamas official hints to future suicide bombings.
Barak to probe IDF conduct in ‘Galant Document’ affair
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Defense Minister picks retired major-general to investigate top military officers’ bids to influence appointment process.
Knesset speaker gives Christian tourists Zionism lesson
Jeruslalem Post 3 Sep 2010 – Reuven Rivlin gives account of his families exodus from J’lem’s Old City to send pilgrims back to their homelands as ambassadors.
Palestinians deny agreeing to West Bank talks with Israel on Monday
Ha’aretz – Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat contradicts earlier Palestinian claims of immediate follow-up to Friday’s Washington peace summit.
Clinton: Time is now for Middle East peace
Ha’aretz – U.S. Secretary of State says a peace deal would limit Iran’s ability to use Mideast tensions to justify its behavior; Ahmadinejad dismissed the peace talks earlier on Friday.
Israeli, PA negotiating teams to meet on Monday in Jericho
Ha’aretz – According to senior Fatah negotiator Nabil Shaath, expiration of settlement freeze has been postponed from Sept. 26 to Sept. 30 to give negotiators full month to iron out a deal.
Arab league chief: This round of Israeli-Palestinian talks will be the last
Ha’aretz – Amr Moussa’s hopeful words contrast comments made earlier this week, when he said he had ‘little hope’ that talks would be successful., New IAEA report reveals agency chief Yukiya Amano,…
Hezbollah leader praises Hamas for West Bank shooting attacks
Ha’aretz – Nasrallah on attacks which left 4 Israelis dead and 2 injured this week: This is the way to free Jerusalem and Palestine.
Gaza militants warn of further attacks as peace talks get underway
Ha’aretz – Hamas says 13 militants groups have joined forces to launch ‘effective’ attack against Israel, declaring ‘all options are open’.
Settlers defy peace talks with new construction across West Bank
Ha’aretz – Yesha council says settlers will start building in at least 80 settlements, breaking a government freeze that ends on September 26.
In Gaza – Patience you need – is Written on the Wall !
Uruknet September 3, 2010 – … Life has changed drastically,in these days of unrest. She tell me, her husband was killed in the very first day of the Israelis war on Gaza. Like so many others here in Gaza, who lost family members, they have also lost their job and their income, she, the street vendor, simply does not have the…
Marwan Barghouthi: Unity trumps peace talks
Uruknet September 3, 2010 — Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti told Reuters that Palestinian infighting should be the current priority, and not peace talks, which he said were destined to fail. In an article published Thursday, the Fatah member – well known for his political stance on unity between parties – Barghouti said he supported negotiation in principle, but explained…
Abuse of Palestinian children in detention: Palestinian and Israeli organisations write to Netanyahu
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – Today, DCI-Palestine, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) have written a letter to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing deep concern over continued reports of ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children who are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court…
Report: Israel Continues to Violate Right to Education in Palestine
Uruknet September 02, 2010 – 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. According to the report, a blanket ban has been imposed on Palestinian students from the Gaza Strip, preventing them enrolling at Palestinian universities in the West Bank to continue their education….
Why Israel imprisoned my best friend
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – 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 Palestinians were banned from traveling…
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 Aug. — 01 Sep. 2010)
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – Summary : Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (26 August — 01 September 2010): Shooting: During the reporting period, 8 Palestinian civilian and an international human rights defender were wounded by IOF in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank, 7 civilians,…
One hundred settlers gather to violate construction freeze; Israeli soldiers threaten besieged Palestinian family
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – 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. A large group of settlers constructing an illegal near Road 60 The Israeli army did not attempt to disperse the…
What does increased Palestinian political repression say about the prospects for peace?
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – 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 opponents to argue that domestic constraints tie their hands and prevent them from making concessions beyond a…
Katrina’s Destructive Aftermath
Uruknet September 2, 2010 – August 29, 2005, a day of infamy remembered less for the storm, catastrophic floods and destruction, and more as a metaphor for disaster capitalism, exploiting security threats, “terror” attacks, economic meltdowns, and “natural” disasters like Katrina. It turned this aging senior into a writer and radio host, furious over federal, state and local authorities using…
Hardball between Israel and Palestine starts September 14
The National 3 Sep 2010 – The gritty process of Middle Eastern peace-making will get underway in 10 days’ time after Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to hold biweekly meetings.
Militants uniting to plan attacks
The National 3 Sep 2010 – Palestinian groups, decrying peace talks, planned renewed, “more effective” attacks against Israel.
Revolutionary Guards join blockade of Iran opposition leader’s home
The National 3 Sep 2010 – Militiamen and Guards surround the home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi to stop him joining a Palestinian solidarity rally.
Ban Encouraged by Start of Direct Peace Talks between Palestinians, Israelis
WAFA – VIENNA, September 3, 2010 (WAFA)- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is “very much encouraged” that direct peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders have been launched today and
Grandi Visits Meat Distribution Provided by UAE Foundation to Poorest Refugees
WAFA – BETHLEHEM, September 3, 2010 (WAFA)- UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi took part in one of the Agency’s Ramadan meat distributions Thursday at the community rehabilitation centre in Dheisheh
Wounding Dozens in Bil’in Weekly Protest
WAFA – RAMALLAH, September 3, 2010 (WAFA)- Dozen demonstrators wounded of tear gas inhalation launched by Israeli soldiers during the weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank
Abuse of Palestinian Children in Detention: HR Organisation Write to Netanyahu
WAFA – RAMALLAH, September 3, 2010 (WAFA)- Defense for Children International DCI-Palestine, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
Alert: Stop Israel’s Abuse of Palestinian Children
WAFA – WASHINGTON, September 3, 2010 (WAFA)- According to the Palestine Section of Defense for Children International, each year, about 700 Palestinian children from the West Bank are prosecuted in Israeli
Tens of thousands pray at Al-Aqsa as Hamas calls for more armed ‘resistance’
Daily Star 3 Sep 2010
UN nuclear chief asks Israel to join Non-Proliferation Treaty
Daily Star 3 Sep 2010
Blast rips through south Lebanon village
Daily Star 3 Sep 2010
EU official apologises after blaming Jews for blocking Middle East peace talks
The Guardian 3 Sep 2010 – EU trade commissioner accused of antisemitism after saying Jewish intransigence dooms Middle East talks in Washington A top European official was accused of antisemitism tonight after declaring that there was little point in engaging in rational…
Middle East peace talks are ‘doomed to fail’, says Ahmadinejad
The Guardian 3 Sep 2010 – Iran’s president urges Palestinians to continue armed resistance against Israel at al-Quds Day rally Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today launched an angry attack on “doomed” US-brokered Middle East peace talks and urged the Palestinians to continue…
Gaza groups threaten attacks on Israel
The Guardian 3 Sep 2010 – Militant groups in Gaza Strip say they have joined forces to step up attacks against Israel as leaders meet for peace talks Militant groups in the Gaza Strip said last night they had joined forces to…
Israeli soldier charged with looting Gaza aid flotilla ship
The Guardian 3 Sep 2010 – Israeli military says soldier is accused of stealing from the Mavi Marmara after it was towed to an Israeli port An Israeli soldier has been charged with looting the lead ship in a Gaza aid flotilla…
The skewed Middle East peace talks | Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
The Guardian 3 Sep 2010 – Whether there’s a deal or not, the Palestinians can’t really win, while the Israelis have little to lose Israelis and Palestinians who have started peace negotiations in Washington are separated by much more than the gulf…
OPT: Area C Humanitarian Response Plan Fact Sheet – August 2010
Relief Web 3 Sep 2010 – Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for September
Relief Web 3 Sep 2010 – Source: UN Department of Public Information
OPT: Protection of Civilians Weekly Report, 25 – 31 August 2010
Relief Web 3 Sep 2010 – Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
EGYPT: Brotherhood Struggles Against Shut Doors
IPS As Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood- led opposition over the last five years in an assembly dominated by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP).
Egypt protests Iran peace talks comments
YNet News – Cairo cancels a visit by Islamic Republic’s foreign minister after he accuses….
Arab League chief wants to give peace talks a chance
YNet News – Secretary-General Amr Moussa wonders whether Israel ready for ‘real peace,’….
Ahmadinejad says Abbas ‘has no right to cede parts of Palestine’
YNet News – During Al-Quds Day speech, Iranian leader says, ‘Destiny of Palestine will be….
Police chief in Hebron: September particularly dangerous
YNet News – Dudi Cohen says police increase deployment following this week’s terror attacks….
MK Peretz: Change initiated by Barak bad for Israel, IDF
YNet News – Former defense minister says decision to shorten IDF chief’s term to three years….
Japan OKs new financial sanctions against Iran
YNet News – Fresh sanctions include freeze on assets of more than 100 groups, individuals….
Oren, Peres optimistic about direct talks
YNet News – Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, said Friday he saw reason for optimism following the relaunch of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. “It …….
Blasts at Hezbollah arms cache; 5 injured
YNet News – VIDEO – Lebanese security officials said Friday that several explosions caused a large fire in a southern village. Five people were injured in the incident, they said. …….
Israelis, Palestinians to meet Monday in Jericho
YNet News – Senior Palestinian official Nabil Shaath, a member of the Central Committee of Fatah and of the Palestinian delegation to Washington said Friday that represenatives of …….
Nasrallah: Direct peace talks ‘born dead’
YNet News – Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Friday slammed the Palestinian Authority’s decision to launch direct peace talks with Israel, saying that “these …….
Palestinian Information Center
Fascism in Ramallah
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – In recent days and weeks, ruthless and undisciplined Security forces have been suppressing public dissent, especially opposition to futile talks with Israel.
220 thousand worshipers attend the Friday prayers at the Aqsa Mosque
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – AFEH has estimated the number of worshipers who attended the Friday prayers at the Aqsa Mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan to be 220 thousand despite all the hurdles created by the occupation.
IOF troops take over two Palestinian houses in al-Khalil
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – IOF troops on Friday occupied two houses belonging Palestinians near the Keryat Arba’ Jewish settlement in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, according to local sources.
IOA confiscate Jerusalem land to build war dead memorial
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – The Israeli occupation authorities has decided to build a war dead memorial on lands that belong to Palestinian citizens in Sheikh Jarrah suburb in the occupied city of Jerusalem..
Palestinian resistance factions vow more effective attacks against occupation
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – Palestinian resistance factions in occupied Palestine have hailed Thursday the attack on the Israeli occupation in Al-Khalil and Ramallah cities in the West Bank on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Resheq: Kidnapped Hamas members tortured in Abbas’s jails
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – Ezzat Al-Resheq, member of Hamas’s political bureau, said on Thursday that members and supporters of Hamas were subjected to severe torture sessions in the jails of the PA in the West Bank.
Algerian aid ship arrives at al-Areesh
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – An Algerian ship loaded with aid for the besieged people of the Gaza Strip has arrived on Thursday at the Egyptian port of al-Areesh where the cargo will be unloaded and transported by land to Gaza.
Prisoner hospitalised as a result of torture in Abbas’s jails
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – A Palestinian academic was taken to hospital late Thursday night after deterioration in his health while in a PA security detention center in Ramallah.
More than 600 arrested by Abbas’s militia
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – The latest campaign of arrests against Hamas members and its supporters which started after the attack on settlers in al-Khalil has continued with the number of people arrested exceeding 600.
PCHR condemns arrest campaign carried out by Abbas’s security
PIC 3 Sep 2010 – PCHR condemned, in a statement on Thursday, the continuous arrest campaigns, which have been carried out by the Palestinian security services against members and supporters of Hamas in the West Bank.
Pressure is on Palestinians’ West Bank security force to stem anti-settler violence
LA Times 3 Sep 2010 – Palestinian security forces, reformed and retrained, have made a strong show of force, arresting hundreds of suspects. But human rights groups accuse them of detaining people without proper cause. Recent Palestinian attacks on West Bank settlers, which are likely to increase in response to relaunched peace talks, pose one of the biggest challenges yet to U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces and their uneasy alliance with the Israeli military.
Arab states pressing for IAEA controls over Israel nuclear program
LA Times 3 Sep 2010 – Documents reveal a battle between the West and developing countries over whether to place Israel’s nuclear program under controls, as demanded by an Arab-sponsored resolution adopted by the IAEA. Arab countries are stepping up efforts to pry open Israel’s nuclear program, according to letters by diplomats accompanying a new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Syria Moves to Curb Influence of Muslim Conservatives
New York Times 3 Sep 2010 – The country, which had sought to show solidarity with Islamic groups and allow religious figures a greater role in public life, has reversed course.
Pessimism Permeates Mideast Media on Talks
New York Times 3 Sep 2010 – Many Palestinian and Israeli commentators described this week’s talks in Washington as mere political theater.
Settlements in West Bank Are Clouding Peace Talks
New York Times 3 Sep 2010 – Middle East negotiators agreed to keep talking, but the issue of West Bank settlements threatens to derail the 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.
Report finds US policy toward Israel/Palestine contradicts American values
Mondoweiss – In April the American Friends Service Committee organized an important daylong mock Congressional hearing on whether US foreign policy towards Israel/Palestine upholds American values. The organizers explain: Rather than wait for Congress to debate the morality and utility of U.S. policy towards Israel and Palestine, we…
Honored speaker at Bard College derides Muslims’ praying habits and sniggers at First Amendment
Mondoweiss – In two weeks Bard College is staging a lecture in New York by New Republic editor Martin Peretz. You have to wonder how appropriate this is given Peretz’s latest rant against Muslims and the First Amendment. Peretz’s anti Arab-racism is by now well known and an…
Hear, O Israel— first the Pixies and Elvis Costello, now ‘Massive Attack’ says we won’t play Jim Crow
Mondoweiss – New Statesman , a piece by Bill Parry, author of Against the Wall : now one of Britain’s most successful bands, Massive Attack, is publicly backing the boycott. “I’ve always felt that it’s the only way forward,” Robert Del Naja, the band’s lead singer, tells me when we…
On Al-Quds Day
Mondoweiss – [ Editor’s note: Today is Al-Quds Day , an international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people that is held annually on the last Friday of Ramadan. ] Al Quds – Jerusalem : The city of martyrs; the occupied city. A city painted a deep shade of crimson with…
‘The Israel Project’ cuts Abbas out of the picture
Mondoweiss – Two nights back I received the following email from The Israel Project (TIP) after a long day of watching the Middle East peace circus that has descended on Washington : Subj: Netanyahu: “We Seek a Peace That Will Last for Generations” ¬? At White House dinner, Netanyahu…
Muslims Commemorate Al-Quds Day, Hold Prayers at Al-Aqsa
Al-Manar 3 Sep 2010 – Tens of thousands of Muslims poured into the heavily guarded Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem for the last Friday prayers of Ramadan as Palestinians protested over newly re-launched so-called peace talks. Israeli police put the number of worshippers at 160,000 to 170,000, while Muslim…
Palestinian prisoners say assaulted by guards
Sabr 3 Sep 2010 – GAZA CITY ( Ma’an ) — The Supreme National Committee to Defend Detainees said prisoners in Israel’s Haredim prison were assaulted shortly after they began eating their iftar meal on Thursday. A statement from the group said a phone call from prisoners reported a cell invasion as prisoners…
Army court rejects appeal to release anti-wall activist
Sabr 3 Sep 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…
Israel releases man without charge after month in prison
Sabr 3 Sep 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…
Abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli jails
Sabr 3 Sep 2010 – Ma’an Testimonials and events documented by human rights organizations show the abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons to be regular and widespread. Physical abuse, sexual abuse, torture, threats and intimidation as well as the denial of basic basic human rights, such as access to education…
Clinton warns on Mid-East talks
BBC 3 Sep 2010 – The US secretary of state warns the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be “the last chance for a very long time”.
Egypt silences papers on posters
BBC 3 Sep 2010 – Newspapers in Egypt are banned from reporting on a poster campaign promoting the chief of intelligence as a possible future president, the BBC learns.
Irish delay EU-Israel data deal
BBC 3 Sep 2010 – Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens’ data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.
Middle East: Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
Antiwar.com 3 Sep 2010 – JERUSALEM — As President Obama on Wednesday initiates the ninth U.S. attempt in the last 30 years to bring about a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, expectations are low and pessimism is high. It’s precisely why the talks may just succeed. That, however, may be overly optimistic….
Israel and Palestine: A true one-state solution
Sabbah report 3 Sep 2010 – By George Bisharat* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” pundits occasionally ask. But after these latest Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington fail ‚Äî as they inevitably will ‚Äî the more pressing question may be: “Where is the Israeli de Klerk?” Will an…
Articles
Why Israel imprisoned my best friend
Mohammed Khatib, Electronic Intifada9/2/2010
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 Palestinians were banned from traveling to Israel, the land where many of our parents were born. And now I find I cannot leave the West Bank. I was stopped from leaving the country on 4 August when I tried to cross the Allenby Bridge and reach Jordan in order to fly to Europe.
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.
Abdallah Abu Rahmah, coordinator of the Bilin Popular Committee and my best friend, is one such man. He made the international news after the EU’s foreign policy chief issued a statement condemning his conviction in an Israeli military court on 24 August. He was convicted of “incitement” — an intentionally vague charge that criminalizes freedom of speech — and of organizing “illegal” demonstrations. Direct negotiation between Israel and Palestinians may be restarting, but on the ground, Israel’s military occupation continues: oppression as usual.
Abdallah, a school teacher and father of three, has been imprisoned at the Ofer military prison since 10 December 2009 — International Human Rights Day, no less. Israeli soldiers raided his occupied West Bank home in the middle of the night, and dragged him from his bed in front of his wife, Majida, and their three children, Luma (7), Lian (5) and eight-month-old baby Laith. more.. e-mail
America’s Faltering Search for Peace in the Middle East: Openings for Others?
Charles W Freeman Jr, 9/3/2010
Remarks to staff of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, separately, to members of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
You have asked me to speak to current American policies in the Middle East, with an emphasis on the prospects for peace in the Holy Land. You have further suggested that I touch on the relationship of the Gulf Arabs, especially Saudi Arabia, to this. It is both an honor and a challenge to address this subject in this capital / at this ministry.
The declaration of principles worked out in Oslo seventeen years ago was the last direct negotiation between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs to reach consequential, positive results. The Oslo accords were a real step toward peace, not another deceptive pseudo-event in an endlessly unproductive, so-called “peace process.” And if that one step forward in Oslo in 1993 was followed by several steps backwards, there is a great deal to be learned from how and why that happened.
There can be no doubt about the importance of today’s topic. The ongoing conflict in the Holy Land increasingly disturbs the world’s conscience as well as its tranquility. The Israel-Palestine issue began as a struggle in the context of European colonialism. In the post-colonial era, tension between Israelis and the Palestinians they dispossessed became, by degrees, the principal source of radicalization and instability in the Arab East and then the Arab world as a whole. It stimulated escalating terrorism against Israelis at home and their allies abroad. Since the end of the Cold War, the interaction between Israel and its captive Palestinian population has emerged as the fountainhead of global strife. It is increasingly difficult to distinguish this strife from a war of religions or a conflict of civilizations. more.. e-mail
VIDEO – The Great Book Robbery
Pulse9/2/2010
Farewell my library! Farewell mansion of wisdom, temple of philosophers, institute of science, council house of literature! ~ Khalil Sakakini
This forthcoming Benny Brunner film chronicles a cultural destruction, it is the story of 60,000 books looted by Jews in the nascent state of Israel from Palestinians in 1948. Two versions (60 and 90 min.) of this forthcoming documentary are in the development phase. The project’s website is here: thegreatbookrobbery.org. You can contact the filmmaker at brunner.benny@gmail.com for more information if you would like to support the project, and follow the project on Twitter @bookrobbery for updates.
The Great Book Robbery is a multifaceted cultural heritage project. It has two major components, a documentary film to be produced, broadcast and screened internationally and this very website which will grow into a multi-function platform.
Two European broadcasters already committed to air the film. Furthermore, we are in advance negotiation with various international broadcasters to join us as co-producers. Currentlywe are seeking strategic partners and public financial support for the film as well as the website.
60,000 Palestinian books were systematically looted by the newly born State of Israel during the 1948 war. The story of the stolen books is not only at the heart of our project but also the launching pad of a much bigger and wider endeavor: We intend on communicating the scope and depth of the Palestinian tragedy through the destruction of Palestinian culture in 1948. — See also: Vimeo: The Great Book Robbery (teaser) more.. e-mail
Mass arrests, clashes follow settler shootings
Electronic Intifada: 3 Sep 2010 – On 1 September the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security forces launched an unprecedented arrest campaign against Palestinians affiliated with the Hamas party in the occupied West Bank. The arrest sweep followed attacks earlier in the week against Israeli settlers in Hebron and Ramallah.more
Yale lending name to racist conference
Electronic Intifada: 3 Sep 2010 – A conference last week, sponsored by Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, raises questions about the Initiative’s commitment to fighting all forms of bigotry. Instead of connecting the threads between different kinds of hatred, the conference provided a platform for anti-Arab and anti-Muslim speakers. For a center created to promote the critical study of one form of racism, it is unconscionable that it would indulge speakers who spread another. Yaman Salahi comments.more
Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality
Dissident Voice: 3 Sep 2010 – 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 become too selective…more
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