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Israel Hands 231 Orders Targeting Arab Homes In Jerusalem
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Tuesday October 26, 2010 – 00:34, Local sources in Jerusalem reported Monday that the Israeli Authorities handed on Monday 231 demolition orders targeting Arab and Palestinian homes in several neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.
Hamas Minister: “We Will Liberate Akka And Haifa”
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 23:28, Israeli sources reported that Hamas Interior Minister at the dissolved government in Gaza, Fathi Hammad, stated that Hamas will liberate Akka and Haifa, and that armies from different parts of the world will join this effort.
Abbas Visits the Restoration Works of the Nativity Church
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 15:53, On Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the site of restorations being carried out on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Israeli soldiers kidnap Palestinians from the West Bank
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 13:42, The Israeli army abducted,on monday morning, twelve Palestinians from Hebron, Bethlehem, Qalqilya and Jenin in the West Bank.
Israeli Military Abducts 4 Palestinians, Burns The Holy Quran
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 12:02, On monday morning, Israeli soldiers burned and tore up the holy Quran during the invasion of the town of Jayyus, east of Qalqilya. They, kidnapped three Palestinians, two of whom work in the institutions of the Palestinian Authority.
The Annual Hajj to Mecca Ready to Begin
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 11:52, Beginning Thursday, Muslim Palestinians from the West Bank will start the annual pilgrimage to Mecca via the Allenby Bridge on the West Bank’s border with Jordan.
Court Decides To Keep Sa’adat in Solitary Confinement For an Additional Six Months
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 10:37, An Israeli court decided to keep the imprisoned Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in solitary confinement for an additional six months. Ahmad Sa’adat will remain in solitary confinement until April 21, 2011.
Ancient Mosque Vandalized by Rightist Israelis in Nazareth Area
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 10:31, On Sunday, vandals attacked an ancient mosque in Ma’alul village near Nazareth, inside Israel. They removed the stones and spray-painted slogans of the Israeli settler movement on the walls.
Israeli Troops Invade Hebron & Neighboring Towns
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 10:30, On Monday mornin, the Israeli military invaded the towns of al-Samu’, Halhol, Beit al-Rosh, Sa’er, Beit Kahel and the al-Fawar Refugee Camp near Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The military conducted inspections of Palestinian vehicles and demanded identity cards of all passengers, apparently in search of persons who were ‘wanted’ by the military.
Army Prepares For The Possibility Of Not Invading P.A Areas At Will
IMEMC – 25 Oct 2010 – Monday October 25, 2010 – 10:07, After the United States reportedly backed a request by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, the Israeli army is preparing for potentially not being able to invade P.A. controlled areas at will.
2 Gaza workers killed inside tunnel
10/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Two Palestinians died Monday in an accident in a smuggling tunnel under the Egypt-Gaza border, medics said. Musa Sleima and Abd Muhammad Zurob, both 20 years old, were killed by an electricity short, medics said. They were taken to hospitals in Rafah, where they were pronounced dead on arrival, medical….
Israel issues 7 stop work orders in Bethlehem area
10/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Civil Administration issued seven stop work orders to home and barn owners in the Bethlehem district village of Al-Maniya on Monday. One of the homeowners concerned, Na’eem Muhammad Rashayda, said the structures in question are unfinished and are being built on land categorized as Area C….
Gaza: Brigade fires mortar shells at Israeli force
10/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility Sundayfor firing four mortar shells toward an Israeli force in Al-Qarara, south of Gaza City, a statement read. The brigades said the mortar shelling targeted a force penetrating the Abu Thahir area east of Al-Qarara and assured of “their right….
Popular committee: 3 hurt in Bil’in rally
10/25/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in said Friday that three were injured, including a child, during its weekly anti-wall demonstration, a statement read. Those injured had inhaled tear gas fired by Israeli forces, the statement read. Demonstrates condemned Israeli policy and the persecution of anti-wall activists, notably….
Report: Israel prepares for PA ban on West Bank raids
10/25/2010 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — A Palestinian Authority ban on Israeli detention campaigns in the West Bank “would not significantly impact the security situation,” military sources told Israeli daily Haaretz on Monday. Israel carries out nightly raids in several Palestinian cities, in contravention of the Oslo Accords which categorizes several West Bank cities under Area….
Relatives: 3 detained in Qalqiliya
10/25/2010 – QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained three Palestinians from the Jayyus village in the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya on Monday morning, relatives said. Relatives said the forces also detained Wajdi Hussein Bayda, 30, and Khaled Jamil Salim, 31, were both detained from the village after Israeli forces raided the area. The 11….
UNRWA launches new micro-site
10/25/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has launched a new multimedia micro-site to highlight the plight of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. The campaign, “Peace Starts Here”, was launched simultaneously in Jerusalem and Brussels, and to mark United Nations Day and EU-UN Partnership Day. It features short films…. Related: UNRWA Microsite: Peace Starts Here
Report: Mossad behind blast at Iran base
10/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Mossad was behind a blast at an Iranian military base on 12 October that killed 18 Iran Revolutionary Guards and injured 14 others, Israeli Hebrew-language news site Enyan Merkazi reported Monday. According to the news site, Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, recruited Iranian agents who penetrated an ammunition storage area….
Second brigade fires at Israeli force in Gaza
10/25/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — A Gaza-based brigade said Monday its fighters fired eight mortar shells toward an Israel force stationed along the border in Rafah, southern Gaza, marking the second incident in just over 24 hours. The Resistance Committees’ An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din Brigades said the operation was a response to “Israeli aggressions and threats….
PA official accused of violating settlement boycott campaign
10/25/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) – A Palestinian official is accused of violating his own government’s ban on trading in settlement goods. The office of Hasan Abu Libda, the Palestinian Authority minister of national economy, recently torpedoed an indictment against a paper mill owner who was caught smuggling notebooks manufactured in a West Bank settlement….
New cars continue to enter Gaza
10/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) —Israeli authorities will continue to allow the entry of new cars into the Gaza Strip as Palestinian officials were told to expect the eighth shipment on Monday. Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh told Ma’an that both the Kerem Shalom and Karni crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip….
1 detained from checkpoint
10/25/2010 – JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained Muhammad Hammam Younis Samoudi, 20, from Jenin, while he was passing the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus….
1 detained in Hebron
10/25/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) – Israeli troops detained on Monday at dawn a Palestinian man in central Hebron and gave his brother a notice to see the intelligence. Yasser Al-Jamal, 35, was taken to an undisclosed location after Israeli troops raided four houses in the Abu Sneineh neighborhood, his brother Yosri said. Yasser’s other….
7 detained after brawl in Halhul
10/25/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authoritypolice dispersed a brawl between two families and detained seven people suspected of involvement in the Halhul village in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, a statement read. The statement said the feuding families threw rocks at one another, causing one injury. The fight broke out following a dispute….
Israel FM drafts response to unilateral Palestinian state
10/25/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry planners are preparing a report on possible responses to the unilateral deceleration of a Palestinian state, British news wire Reuters reported on Monday. The report follows the apparent break-down of direct negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli leaders over settlement activity, which the government refused to halt….
Erekat: Israel undermined efficacy of UN
10/25/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat slammed Israel for violating UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and as a result has undermined the UN, a statement issued by the official on Monday read. Marking the 65th anniversary of the UN, Erekat called on UN member states “to honor the noble objectives….
Italian priests take on Palestine national
10/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of Italian priests will play the Palestinian national team in a friendly football match in Bethlehem on Monday evening, local clergy said. Father Ibrahim Faltas of the St. John Paul Institute in Bethlehem said the priests, all of them players in their youth, wanted to send in a “message….
Hamas to PA: End negotiations, now and forever
10/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas demanded on Monday that the Palestinian Authority cease negotiations with Israel.”The PA should stop negotiations now and forever. Israel does whatever it wants without a thought to Palestinian rights,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement.”What is needed from the PA is a declaration of their….
Hamas leader disputes newspaper interview
10/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Ahmed Yousef on Monday denied a news report in Jordan claiming he had disavowed suicide operations because they harm the image of Palestinians in the eyes of the world.”I don’t want to reply to what was said by Al-Dustur newspaper because I don’t care….
Israel MK wants UN investigation into alleged Iraq war crimes
10/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In a letter to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, an Israeli Knesset member, Michael Ben Ari, calls for an investigation of those responsible for alleged war crimes in Iraq. The National Union MK filed an official complaint asking that leaders from the US and those responsible for “the occupation, genocide and war….
Fatah: Israel doesn’t want peace
10/25/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Fatah said Monday that Israel’s right-wing government ‘s decision to continue building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories had destroyed any chance for a peace deal. Ahmad Assaf, a Fatah spokesman, said in a statement that there is “nothing worse than what is being practiced against Palestinians by….
Fatah, Hamas leaders skeptical on peace talks
10/25/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Fatah and Hamas said Monday that Israel’s decision to continue building settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories threw into question its commitment to achieving a peace agreement. Ahmad Assaf, a Fatah spokesman, said in a statement that there is “nothing worse than what is being practiced against Palestinians by….
Gaza government to raze ‘illegal structures’
10/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Gaza government announced Monday that it has given directives to its interior ministry to raze what it has termed illegal structures on public lands and enforce previous orders to arrest those trading the land. Head of the ministry’s land department Ibrahim Radwan said those in violation of….
Abbas appoints new Hebron governor
10/25/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday announced that the governor of Jericho would be transferred to the Hebron district. Kamel Hemaid, from Bethlehem, will replace Hussein Al-Araj in the post. Jericho’s deputy governor Majid Fityani will become the district’s acting governor.”It is an honor to work in….
PCBS: Wholesale Price Index up 1.29%
10/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Wholesale Price Index increased by 1. 29% and Producer Price Index was up by 0. 58% during the third quarter 2010 compared with the second quarter, the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics reported Monday. Analysis of wholesale price developments for this quarter indicates changes in the following major groups as….
The peace process should quit smoking
Palestine Note 25 Oct 2010 – Nothing makes a person more uncomfortable than visiting their home country and feeling very helpless. As a Palestinian-American, visiting the West Bank, where I was born, forces me to taste the burdens of daily life, as…
The violence debate: Teaching the oppressed how to fight oppression
Palestine Note 25 Oct 2010 – An American activist once gave me a book she wrote detailing her experiences in Palestine. The largely visual volume documented her journey of the occupied West Bank, rife with barbered wires, checkpoints, soldiers and tanks. It…
Steve Emerson’s big bucks Jihad
Palestine Note 25 Oct 2010 – I’ve long suspected that the anti-Muslim crusade in this country is a racket – a device for raking in bagfuls of cash, usually by scaring vulnerable people into thinking that without the work of these self-professed…
Palestinian Minister: Obstructing “Rawabi” project is obstructing Palestinian statehood
Palestine Note 25 Oct 2010 – Palestinian Minister of the Economy warns of broader implications in preventing the construction of a city. The project of building the city of “Rawabi” is a real opportunity to absorb the Palestinian workers employed in the…
Livni: Flotilla was provocation
AlJazeera 25 Oct 2010 – Ex-Israeli foreign minister tells probe panel that Turkey engineered Gaza-bound convoy to “fill political vacuum”.
Jordan refuses to probe TV jamming
AlJazeera 25 Oct 2010 – After reports that an entity in Jordan blocked Al Jazeera’s world cup coverage, Amman says the case lacks evidence.
Abbas To Netanyahu: “Israel Is Conducting Unilateral Steps For The Past 30 Years”
PNN – Bethlehem — PNN – the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday ” Israel is conducting unilateral steps for the past 30 years . President Abbas was responding to recent Israel’s Prime Minister…
Two killed In A Gaza Tunnel Accident
PNN – Gaza — PNN — Two Palestinian workers died on Monday evening due to an accident inside a tunnel at the southern Gaza borders with Egypt. Mousa Soliman, 20 years old, and Mohamed…
Clashes Renew In East Jerusalem
PNN – Jerusalem — PNN — Clashes Between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians resident renewed on Monday evening in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sliwan. Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Silwan and fired…
Israeli Tanks Invade Gaza Border Area, Troops Arrest Civilians in West Bank
PNN – Gaza/Ramallah — PNN — A number of Israeli tanks invaded farmland near the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on Monday morning. Local sources said that tanks opened fire on nearby…
Police: Eight-year-old Boy Killed in Hebron Traffic Accident
PNN – Hebron — PNN – Sufyan Rafet al-Tayti, 8 years old, was killed in a car accident on Monday night near his village of Halhoul, near Hebron. A police statement said traffic police…
Explosion At Secret Iranian Missile Base Causes Suspicion
PNN – Tehran — PNN — An explosion at the secret Iranian military base of Imam Ali drew suspicion of foul play from France’s Le Figaro newspaper. The explosion occurred at Imam Ali military…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (14— 20 October 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Hamas ratchets up rhetoric against Israel — and PA
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Abbas: PA may resort to UN; Fathi Hammad claims Israel preparing for “another battle against Gaza Strip in order to uproot Palestinian resistance.”
Republican victory: More Israel support, or isolationism?
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Analysis: Anticipated shake-up of US political landscape won’t necessarily have major reverberations on the US-Israel relationship, peace talks.
Bank of Israel tightens conditions for large mortgages
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Banks supervisor: The guidelines will affect up to a fifth of home loans, steps intended to have impact on demand side of housing market.
‘Gaza awash in coriander‚Ķand other consumer goods’
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – EU diplomat Christian Berger says for people to be able to buy goods there needs to be vast improvements in economy.
Iran plans to load fuel into Bushehr nuclear reactor
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Iranian official: Despite US, EU efforts, policies to put sanctions on Teheran, fuel of power plant will be loaded into its core; celebrations expected to mark event.
Abbas: Israel been taking unilateral measures for years
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Palestinian Authority president responds to Netanyahu’s criticism of Palestinians possibly seeking UN recognition of state.
Abbas: Israel has been taking unilateral measures for years
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Palestinian Authority president responds to Netanyahu’s criticism of Palestinians possibly seeking UN recognition of state; “settlements are a unilateral step done by Israel,” Abbas says.
Hamas on way to liberate Haifa, Acre, group official says
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Fathi Hammad claims Israel preparing for “another battle against Gaza Strip in order to uproot Palestinian resistance.”
Erekat slams Israel for J’lem nat’l bill, undermining UN
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – PA official outraged at national priority bill in J’lem housing; says Israel undermined the efficacy of and derogated the UN System.”
‘IDF soldiers on Marmara didn’t offer medical treatment’
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – An Israeli-Arab, Muhammad Zaidan, who was aboard the Mavi Marmara when overtaken by Israeli navy, says passengers were left bleeding, Zoabi pleas for treatment rejected by soldiers who stood, talked.
High-tech answer to harassment on Egypt’s streets
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Planned website to use text and Twitter messages to create map of hotspots of female harassment on Cairo streets
Palestinians fire 5 mortar shells from Gaza; none hurt
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Two shells land in open fields in Eshkol Regional Council area, 3 fall within Palestinian areas of Strip; no damage reported.
Livni: Flotilla affair should be viewed in wider context
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – Opposition leader strongly supports legitimacy of Gaza blockade and IDF boarding operation based on previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements on control over sea access, calls Turkish-sponsored ‘Mavi Marmara’ expedition deliberate political provocation contrary to int’l consensus
‘Once in a decade’ conference opens in Berlin
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – European and former Soviet Union Jewish leaders emphasize support for Israel and strategize a boycott of Iran.
700 start 5-day bike ride to help children at Alyn Hospital
Jeruslalem Post 25 Oct 2010 – The pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation center — the only one of its kind in Israel — hopes to raise $2.5 million from its Wheels of Love campaign.
International Solidarity Movement
IDF prosecutors chided for using testimony of mentally disabled Palestinian witness
10/25/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Amira Hass, Haaretz – A military judge has criticized the military prosecutor’s office for relying on the testimony of a mentally challenged young man who referred to events that never took place. In doing so, the witness put a resident of the Palestinian West Bank village of Na’alin behind bars for nine….
Soldiers abandon Palestinian farmers in Kufr Qalil
10/25/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – 24 October – Farmers in Kufr Qalil, near Nablus, were scheduled to receive army protection yesterday through the Israeli District Coordination Office (DCO), in order to harvest their olives on land near the illegal Bracha settlement. The family, accompanied by four international activists, went to the land and was initially pleased to find army jeeps nearby….
ISM activists protest the OECD conference in Al Quds
10/25/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – This weekend the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conference was held in Jerusalem, despite pressure from human rights groups for it to be held elsewhere or not at all. After their insistence on holding the conference here, ignoring Israel’s blatant violations of international law and colluding with their aspirations to claim….
ALERT: Call for Gaza volunteers falsely attributed to the International Solidarity Movement
10/25/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – 25 October – Recently an article titled “We are looking for the next Rachel Corrie” appeared on several IndyMedia websites purporting to be an official ISM call for volunteers in Gaza. This article was not written or released by the International Solidarity Movement. Some versions of the article may have Huwaida Arraf, an ISM co-founder, falsely….
Major TV channels decide not to air Rabin memorial ceremony
Ha’aretz – The ceremony, which is planned to take place in Tel Aviv on Saturday night at 8 P.M. will be broadcast live on Channel 8 on cable network HOT.
PM on controversial Yeshiva student bill: Every Israeli should work
Ha’aretz – Labor, Yisrael Beiteinu parties say their ministers would vote against bill calling for resumption in allowances to full-time yeshiva students.
Disabled protest for minimum wage-level benefits
Ha’aretz – Hundreds of people with disabilities protest in front of the Finance, Social Affairs Ministries, charging officials with being more concerned with profits than human welfare.
42 weapons and drug dealers arrested
Ha’aretz – The arms dealers were arrested after a police sting operation that used an undercover agent operating for a whole year in the cities Lod, Petah Tikva, Kfar Sava and Jaljulya.
Panel to recommend giving Israeli yeshiva students stipends during job training
Ha’aretz – PM postpones for two weeks vote on law that would give Haredim extra funding.
Tel Aviv residents balk as winter pruning leaves city trees nearly bald
Ha’aretz – City says recent poll of Tel Aviv and Jaffa residents finds that 68% approve of the city’s pruning and 24% want the trees to be trimmed more than they already…
Haaretz reporter Uri Blau returns to Israel in deal with Shin Bet
Ha’aretz – Blau has been in London since before former soldier Anat Kamm was indicted for passing on to him documents allegedly stolen from IDF Central Command.
IDF collects army-issued weapons from Jordan Valley residents in wake of rifle thefts
Ha’aretz – Settlers protest the decision, claiming it jeopardizes residents; ‘What is needed is an increase in security measures” says Legal Forum for the Land of Israel.
Ministers back proposal to make Jerusalem a national priority zone
Ha’aretz – While initiators of the bill have highlighted their campaign as a bid to revitalize the city, it is sure to spark criticism from those who see it as an attempt…
Police clash with Arab youth while distributing demolition orders in East Jerusalem
Ha’aretz – Four demolition orders come amid Mayor Nir Barkat’s development plan program raze 22 Palestinian homes in Silwan that were built without permits, and to construct a tourism center in their…
Fake Health Ministry posters: Milk causes cancer
Ha’aretz – People throughout Israel were surprised last week to see posters bearing the Health Ministry logo detailing illnesses said to be caused by milk.
ANALYSIS / How the government plans to legalize banned stipends for Haredis
Ha’aretz – Bill granting allowances for yeshiva students, outlawed by High Court as discriminatory, to be reworded in efforts to circumvent the ruling.
Government suspends voting on controversial yeshiva student bill
Ha’aretz – Labor, Israel Beiteinu ministers outraged by ‘discriminatory bill ‘; Finance Minister negotiates revised version with ultra-Orthodox MKs.
Samaritans mark holiday of Tabernacles
Ha’aretz – Ancient sect holds pilgrimage ceremony on Mount Gerizim.
Israeli Arab MK: Loyalty oath relegates Israel’s Palestinian citizens to inferior status
Ha’aretz – In a New York Times op-ed, Ahmed Tibi says the loyalty oath is a ‘punch in the gut to Palestinians who for more than 60 years have struggled to achieve…
Abbas: Settlements are a unilateral step taken by Israel
Ha’aretz – PA president responds to Netanyahu’s statement in which he urged the Palestinians to refrain from taking one-sided steps toward statehood.
Shin Bet requests extension of order which allows detention of Palestinians without a hearing
Ha’aretz – ‘Security situation in Israel has not changed over the past three years and there is therefore a need to extend the temporary order,’ says top Shin Bet official.
Gaza flotilla was ‘Turkish provocation’, Livni tells inquiry
Ha’aretz – Turkey exploitation of a diplomatic vacuum was behind the decision to launch aid convoy raided by Israel, opposition leader says.
Lieberman orders ‘day after’ plans for tackling nuclear Iran
Ha’aretz – While government remains committed to prevention, contingency plan hints Israel may be losing faith in the world’s ability to halt Tehran’s atomic program – either diplomatically or by force., Uri…
Hamas scatters ashes of Gaza-bound flotilla dead on militants’ graves
Ha’aretz – Senior Hamas leader tells reporters that ‘this action reiterates the strong ties between the Turkish people and the Palestinians in confronting Israel.’
Hebron 13-Year Old ‘Banned From Attending School’
Uruknet October 25, 2010 – After being arrested, detained, beaten and fined by the Israeli army, Karam Daana, 13, has been placed under house arrest for five months during which he cannot attend school. His father has lost his work permit. Karam is yet to receive a trial…
Israelis ‘building 600 new homes in West Bank’
Uruknet October 25, 2010 – Work has begun on up to 600 new homes in West Bank settlements since Israel lifted its curb on such construction, a senior settler official said. The figure mirrors recent findings from other sources, including the Israeli watchdog Peace Now. Foundations are already being dug for at least 350 apartments, while construction of another 200…
Israeli Military Abducts 4 Palestinians, Burns The Holy Quran
Uruknet October 25, 2010 – On monday morning, Israeli soldiers burned and tore up the holy Quran during the invasion of the town of Jayyus, east of Qalqilya. They, kidnapped three Palestinians, two of whom work in the institutions of the Palestinian Authority. Linda, daughter of abducted Ismael Beda, reported to a Ma’an News Agency correspondent that Israeli soldiers broke…
Hebron: the endangered cityBriefing Paper – October 2010
Uruknet October 25, 2010 – Hebron is one of the oldest cities in Palestine, perhaps one of the oldest in the world, and is located in the south-central area of Palestine. Archaeological remains suggest that people were living on the site more than 6000 years ago; it was ruled by the Canaanites between 4000-1200 BCE. Hebron stands about 1,027 metres…
IOF troops advance in southern Gaza, as navy destroys fishing boat
Uruknet October 25, 2010 – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, at dawn Monday amidst random firing, local sources told the PIC. They added that four IOF armored vehicles advanced tens of meters in citizens’ land east of Khan Younis and bulldozed the land amidst indiscriminate firing with no casualties reported. IOF warplanes…
Report: Mossad behind blast at Iran base
Uruknet October 25, 2010 – Mossad was behind a blast at an Iranian military base on 12 October that killed 18 Iran Revolutionary Guards and injured 14 others, Israeli Hebrew-language news site Enyan Merkazi reported Monday. According to the news site, Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, recruited Iranian agents who penetrated an ammunition storage area in the top-secret base in the…
Video: Greek Orthodox Christians in Gaza
Uruknet October 25, 2010 – Following a meeting in the Vatican, Roman Catholic Bishops have urged Israel to stop displacing Palestinians, saying that religion is not a basis for settlement building. The bishops were attending a summit on the plight of Christians in the Middle East and the statement will strike a chord in Gaza, which has one of the…
Military court extends solitary confinement of PFLP leader
Uruknet October 24, 2010 — An Israeli military court on Sunday extended the solitary confinement of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine secretary-general Ahmad Sa’adat until 21 April 2011, PFLP said. Sa’adat has already been held in solitary confinement in Ramon prison in Israel for 18 months, PFLP officials said, adding that the latest court decision also renewed a…
World Education Forum – Palestine, 28-31 October
Alternative Information Center – The World Education Forum will be held in various cities throughout Palestine from October 28-31st.
Abbas renews threat to pursue UN recognition of Palestinian state
Daily Star 25 Oct 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Hardline Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has commissioned a report on how to prepare for a nuclear-armed Iran as doubt mounts about the efficacy of preventive action, an Israeli source said Monday. Publicly, Israel…
Lieberman wants options if Iran secures nuclear arms
Daily Star 25 Oct 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Hardline Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has commissioned a report on how to prepare for a nuclear-armed Iran as doubt mounts about the efficacy of preventive action, an Israeli source said Monday. Publicly, Israel…
More pictures surface of Israeli soldiers posing with Palestinian detainees
Daily Star 25 Oct 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A rights group published new photos of Israeli soldiers posing with a detainee and vandalizing a Palestinian home Monday, in images apparently taken during the 2008-09 Gaza war. In one picture, a soldier points…
‘We saw nothing,’ flotilla activists tell Israeli probe into deadly raid
Daily Star 25 Oct 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The first passengers from a Gaza-bound aid ship to testify on the deadly operation were unable Monday to answer the key question of who started the violence that left nine Turkish activists dead.
Identical letters dated 15 October 2010 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (A/ES-10/504—S/2010/535)
Relief Web 25 Oct 2010 – Source: UN General Assembly, UN Security Council
ESCWA Celebrates 10th Anniversary of 1325 and Launches Study on Women’s Role in Conflicts and Conflict-Resolution
Relief Web 25 Oct 2010 – Source: UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Peace processes in the third quarter of 2010
Relief Web 25 Oct 2010 – Source: School for a Culture of Peace
WOMEN COUNT FOR PEACE: THE 2010 OPEN DAYS ON WOMEN, PEACE and SECURITY
Relief Web 25 Oct 2010 – Source: United Nations
8th Week against the Apartheid Wall, November 9 — 16 2010
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Weekly Repression Update 18-25 October 2010
Stop The Wall – To mark this year’s Week against the Apartheid Wall from 9 – 16 November, Palestinian and international activists will again mobilize in the streets and organize a series of events across the globe. This mobilization on the ground will be complemented by a fast paced 48 hour media marathon on 12 and 13 November. We call on media to join 48 hours non-stop coverage! [
Pentagon in charge of aid to Israel?
YNet News – Republicans considering transferring Israeli security aid budget from State….
Hamas minister: We’ll occupy Haifa, Akko
YNet News – Fathi Hamas, Gaza’s interior minister, visits Khan Younis University and….
Convicted soldier: I feel like a war criminal
YNet News – Prosecution demands prison sentence for Givati troops who forced Palestinian boy….
Israel wins Cambridge Uni debate
YNet News – Despite hostile audience, Israeli team marks unexpected victory in debate titled….
5 mortar shells fired from Gaza
YNet News – Western Negev comes under firs again as mortar shells hit Eshkol Regional….
Lieberman drafts nuclear Iran plan
YNet News – Foreign minister also orders contingency plans for unilateral Palestinian….
US to Turkey: Israel won’t be privy to NATO info
YNet News – Ankara newspaper says Washington promised Ankara non-NATO members, including….
Livni: Flotilla made use of political vacuum
YNet News – Opposition chair tells Turkel committee lack of peace process gave Turkey….
Civil Aviation Authority irks Jordan
YNet News – New CAA directives hinder Royal Jordanian Airlines’ winter schedules. Company….
Students step up campaign against haredi funding bill
YNet News – Student representatives have decided to step up their campaign against the yeshiva student stipends and open a series of demonstrations across Israel. According to …….
Turkish ‘peace activists’ visit Jihad gunmen
YNet News – The Viva Palestina 5 ship carrying “peace activists,” which docked at the al-Arish port recently, brought along not only humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza, but …….
Iran set to load fuel to core of 1st atomic plant
YNet News – Iran will load fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, a senior MP said, and celebrations will be held to mark what is one of several important …….
‘State of Israel turned its back on me’
YNet News – Last May Israel marked 10 years since its army’s withdrawal from Lebanon and the arrival of thousands of South Lebanon Army (SLA) veterans to the country. Meanwhile, some …….
Palestinian Information Center
IOF orders demolition of Palestinian homes in Bethlehem, arrests 4 in Silwan
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served demolition notices to the owners of seven houses east of Bethlehem, south of the West Bank, local sources said.
PA security militias transfer detainees to underground cells in Jericho prison
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – Ex-detainees released recently said that dozens of Palestinian prisoners was transferred by the Palestinian authority’s security apparatuses to underground cells in Jericho prison.
Bahar champions national plan to defend Jerusalem
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – Dr. Ahmed Bahar has condemned the Israeli occupation authority’s (IOA) decision defining Jerusalem as a national priority area of the first order.
Barhoum: Israel flexing muscles in light of U.S. support
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – Hamas official says photos taken by Israeli soldiers harassing bound Palestinians during the last war against Gaza, which were later posted on Facebook, attest to Israel’s criminal approach.
Abu Sha’ar slams Israel’s decision to prioritize Judaization of O. Jerusalem
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – Minister of religious affairs Taleb Abu Sha’ar strongly denounced the Israeli government for approving a law considering the Judaization of occupied Jerusalem a national priority for Israel.
231 Israeli demolition orders issued against homes in O. Jerusalem
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – Different sources in the holy city said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) distributed yesterday more than 231 demolition orders in different areas in occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli authorities deny Salfit farmers access to olive crops
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – Israeli authorities continue to deny farmers in the west Salfit town of Masha access to their land located behind the separation wall to harvest their olives, local sources reported Monday.
Resheq: No date or venue fixed yet for the reconciliation meeting
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has denied that a date or venue were yet set for the next reconciliation meeting between his movement and Fatah faction.
Borini to UNRWA: Answer staff demands to avoid worsening refugee conditions
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – MP Hosni Al Borini (Nablus) called on UNRWA administration to take immediate and just action to end strike by its staff to avoid worsening health and service conditions in Palestine’s refugee camps.
IOA renews isolation of Saadat despite his illness
PIC 25 Oct 2010 – An Israeli military court has renewed the solitary confinement of Ahmed Saadat for the fourth time running despite his illness and the international condemnation campaign against his isolation.
Afghan president confirms large cash payments by Iranian officials
LA Times 26 Oct 2010 – Hamid Karzai says his office receives about $2 million annually from Iran, but that the cash is a donation and covers governmental operating costs. The U.S. also makes such payments, he says. Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged Monday that his office regularly received large cash sums from Iranian officials but said there was nothing untoward about the payments.
Iran sidesteps trade sanctions with help from Chinese firms
LA Times 25 Oct 2010 – Copies replace Western-made machinery, though Iranians may have to pay higher prices. Iranian officials say international sanctions haven’t kept them from continuing to do business with much of the world. At the Tehran International Industry Fair this month, leaders boasted in a brochure that 25 countries were taking part.
AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Palestinian family awakens to discover 100 mature grapevines destroyed
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AT-TUWANI/ABORIGINAL JUSTICE REFLECTION: Seeking the peace of Palestine by engaging our own settler reality
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AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) REFLECTION: God’s justice, even for the shops
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Uncovering the Ancient Crafts of Nablus
Palestine Monitor – The Old City of Nablus is one of the oldest cities in the world. Founded by Romans nearly 2,000 years ago, the city has survived Byzantine, Crusader, Islamic, and Ottoman rule. Now under Israeli occupation, the Old City of Nablus remains a charming and well-preserved cultural…
Hebron 13-Year Old ‘Banned From Attending School’
Palestine Monitor – After being arrested, detained, beaten and fined by the Israeli army, Karam Daana, 13, has been placed under house arrest for five months during which he cannot attend school. His father has lost his work permit. Karam is yet to receive a trial. Written and photographed…
Michigan University Students Boycott IDF Speakers: Video
Palestine Monitor – Speakers from the Israeli army visiting Michigan University were confronted by students wearing the names of children killed in Gaza. Get involved with BDS here http://bdsmovement.net/
Children the New Target in Silwan Ethnic Cleansing Campaign
Palestine Monitor – “I asked them to give me a minute to wake him up. But they didn’t wait, they came in and took him”, said Mahmoud Mansour as he explained how the Israeli police arrested his son. Mahmoud is the father of 12-year-old Imran Mahmoud, the boy who…
Comedy tonight— Jenin Freedom Theatre benefit in NYC!
Mondoweiss – Oh boy, I’m late; this event is starting in the next hour in New York. Some funny folks on hand, and moving performers. Get out there! At NYTW, which once couldn’t find room for Rachel Corrie. Times are changing. Enjoy yourself… Tickets still available!…
David Frum’s world is scary
Mondoweiss – He and his wife got off an Air France flight out of Paris in 2004, she relates, because they saw two guys who “looked… to be of Arab descent” and who “elaborately” prayed to Mecca in the departure hall.
Cut, cut, cut the budget (just don’t touch Israel)
Mondoweiss – If the GOP’s electoral wins next week are enough to take over Congress, one thing they’ve pledged to do is “stop out-of-control spending,” as their “Pledge to America” policy blueprint says. But don’t even think about touching the over $3 billion in annual aid the United…
One good reason Iranians might hate us
Mondoweiss – The Central Intelligence Agency used to be proud of its role in the 1953 coup in Iran, in which the democratically-elected nationalist leader, Mohammad Mossadeq, was overthrown, and the repressive Shah restored to power. Especially back in the 1950s and ’60s, CIA officials oozed with smug…
‘There is no such thing as tourism in an occupied city’
Mondoweiss – There are days that I think that Israel can be redeemed without violence, and this video gives me hope. Watch these human-rights activists, many of them Israeli speaking Hebrew, leading creative protests of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) annual tourism conference held in…
Abbas: Settlements Unilateral Step Taken by Israel
Al-Manar 25 Oct 2010 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not warn him against taking unilateral steps toward statehood when Israel has been building West Bank settlements on its own for decades. “Settlements are a unilateral step taken by Israel,” Abbas said…
New Photos Confirm Israelis Abused Palestinian Detainees
Al-Manar 25 Oct 2010 – A rights group on Monday published new photos of Israeli occupation soldiers posing with detainees and vandalizing Palestinian homes, in images apparently taken during the 2008-2009 Gaza war. In one picture, a soldier points his assault rifle at the face of a blindfolded detainee and…
Palestinians Fire 5 Mortar Shells from Gaza; None Hurt
Al-Manar 25 Oct 2010 – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired five mortar shells into the occupied Palestinian territories on late Sunday morning, causing no injuries or damage. Two of the shells landed in open areas in the Eshkol Region, and three landed in open areas within the Strip. …
Al-Quds Demolition Orders Spark Clashes
Al-Manar 25 Oct 2010 – Israeli occupation soldiers have clashed with Palestinians in the East al-Quds (Jerusalem) neighborhood of Silwan, firing stun grenades and rubber bullets at the protesters. Clashes broke out in Silwan on Sunday when Israeli authorities stormed the al-Bustan area to hand down demolition notices, Ma’an news…
Gaza flotilla ‘Turkish provocation’
BBC 25 Oct 2010 – Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni accuses Turkey of deliberately provoking Israel by supporting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla earlier this year.
Jewish settlement building ‘increases’
BBC 25 Oct 2010 – An Israeli human rights group says that building illegal Jewish settlements on Palestinian land has increased four-fold since the partial freeze on new building ended last month.
The Real Bloomers of Palestine
Sabbah report 25 Oct 2010 – Shedding more light on the Zionist lies about Palestine being “a land without people.” In December 1945 and January 1946, the British Mandate authorities carried out an extensive survey of Palestine , in support of the work of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. The results…
Palestine-Israel, 140 years, 63 years, 43 years, and the recent 7 years of joint struggle of the AAtW against suppression and transfer of Palestinians
A-infos 25 Oct 2010 – Palestine-Israel, 140 years, 63 years, 43 years, and the recent 7 years of joint struggle of the AAtW against suppression and transfer of Palestinians The Zionist settler colonialist project dream of taking the whole Palestinian lands was frustrated again and again. The illusions of “two banks…
US, Israeli Anarchists Against the wall (AATW) education and fund rising tour dates
A-infos 25 Oct 2010 – The Israeli Anarchists Against the wall initiative (http://awalls.org) have lot of lawyers’ fees to pay for the defense of participants in the joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation. You can see the weekly reports of the last five years and a half at my…
Articles
Body Parts and Bio-Piracy
Nancy Scheper-hughes, CounterPunch10/25/2010
Tissue, Skin, Bone and Organ Harvesting at Israel’s National Forensic Institute
Editorial Note: Nancy Scheper-Hughes is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she directs the doctoral program in medicine and society. Since 1996, she has been involved in active field research on the global traffic in human organs, following the movement of bodies, body parts, transplant doctors, their patients, brokers, and kidney sellers, and the practices of organ and tissue harvesting in several countries — from Brazil, Argentina, and Cuba, to Moldova, Israel and Turkey, to India, South Africa, and the United States. She is a co-founder of Organs Watch, an independent, medical human rights, research and documentation center at UC Berkeley.
What follows is her detailed report on the tissue, skin, bone and organ harvesting conducted for many years at Israel’s L. Greenberg National Institute of Forensic Medicine, a.k.a. The Abu Kabir Institute, under the aegis of its former director and current chief pathologist, Dr. Yehuda Hiss. Long before Donald Bostr??m leveled allegations of organ-harvesting from Palestinians in the Swedish tabloid, Aftonbladet, in August 2009, causing furious accusations of “blood libel,” Dr. Scheper-Hughes had already interviewed Dr. Hiss and had on tape the interview that forms part of her report here.
Dr. Scheper-Hughes says her purpose here is to refute the controversial official statements of the Ministry of Health and the IDF that while there may have been irregularities at the National Forensic Institute, they have long since ended. To this day, she says, they have failed to acknowledge, punish, or rectify various medical human rights abuses, past and present at the National Forensic Institute. While many of the allegations are widely known, the testimony by Israeli state pathologist and IDF (reserve) Lt. Col. Chen Kugel has never been published in English and his allegations are known only within Israel. Dr. Scheper-Hughes invited Dr. Kugel to speak publicly on this topic in the U.S. on May 6, 2010…. more.. e-mail
Middle East to Midwest
Darcy Macdonald, Montreal Mirror10/21/2010
MC Invincible on Israeli injustice and Motor City music
Though she spent the first seven years of her life living in “Israeli-occupied Palestine,” Detroit rapper and community activist Invincible’s understanding of Middle Eastern politics was shaped largely on American soil, hearing the stories of the friends she made in the Arab community she was raised among there.
“A good friend of mine, when I was in sixth grade, her uncle had been imprisoned by the Israeli Defence Force and tortured in prison,” says Invincible, aka Ilana Weaver, 29. “That was one of my first times hearing about the injustices that Israel commits.” Already rapping at that stage of her adolescence, the young lady connected the dots with her own Middle East experience.
“One of my earliest memories of living in Israel-occupied Palestine was being in like, first grade, and there was like, a day where they had all the soldiers come out to our school.
“They had all the kids out in the playground with the soldiers. [It was] almost like a secret-Santa-type situation, where you’d give a soldier a gift. You kind of teamed up with a sol dier. It was like an early indoctrination. They were preparing us to be those soldiers that were doing that to my friend’s uncle.”
The rapper, who headlines Artists Against Apartheid XIV this Saturday, is becoming more visible through music, film and community involvement, notably her 2008 album Shapeshifters, on which she collaborated with producers like Black Milk and Waajeed of Platinum Pied Pipers. more.. e-mail
Harming Democracy in the Heart of Democracy
Attorney Debbie Gild-hayo, ARCI, Israeli Occupation Archive10/25/2010
5 October 2010, ACRI: The Association for Civil Rights in Israel: A Position Paper Ahead of the Knesset’s Winter Session
For links to the texts of all Knesset bills and document cited, please view the complete PDF version of this document.
Background
Over the past two years, we have been increasingly troubled by expanding tendencies to harm Israel’s democracy. These trends are extensively surveyed in the State of the Democracy Report — published by The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) in intermittent chapters. The two chapters that have been published so far deal with education system, and with the status of the Arab minority in Israel. The three future chapters will address the Knesset and the judicial system, free media, and freedom of protest and political activity.
A source of great concern is the fact that one of the key rings in which the Israeli democracy is threatened is the parliament itself — the very heart of democracy. Ahead of the upcoming opening of the Knesset’s Winter Session, we have drafted this brief review. It surveys the main aspects of anti-democratic trends in the Knesset, focusing on anti-democratic legislation, which includes bills that harm basic democratic rights — mainly the freedom of expression and political protest, and equality before the law; verbal and even physical abuse of members of the Knesset minority factions at this time;[1] attempts to delegitimize and infringe on the legitimate and much-needed operations of human-rights and social-change organizations;[2] and attempts to restrict the freedom of Israel’s academy. The above are most troubling signs, attesting to the deterioration of Israel’s democratic regime. — See also: Complete Document (PDF) and Source more.. e-mail
As Israel fires on activists, BDS movement claims victories
Electronic Intifada: 25 Oct 2010 – At least fifteen Palestinians were injured in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Friday, 22 October, when Israeli forces opened fire at a demonstration against the wall and ongoing land confiscation.more
OECD and Israel’s “tourist” colonization of Syria’s Golan
Electronic Intifada: 25 Oct 2010 – Leading up to the recent Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tourism committee conference in Jerusalem, there was conjecture on how the member countries in attendance would handle Israel’s tourism policies regarding the occupied territories.more
Egyptian song and dance lift Gaza weddings
Electronic Intifada: 25 Oct 2010 – Samara is the name of a new Palestinian-Egyptian dance troupe that has started a craze in the Gaza Strip. Rami Almeghari reports for The Electronic Intifada.more
Uncovering the Ancient Crafts of Nablus
Palestine Monitor: 25 Oct 2010 – The Old City of Nablus is one of the oldest cities in the world. Founded by Romans nearly 2,000 years ago, the city has survived Byzantine, Crusader, Islamic, and Ottoman rule. Now under Israeli occupation, the Old City of Nablus remains a charming and well-preserved cultural experience. Visitors to the Old City of Nablus are greeted by an exotic patchwork of colours and aromas. Exploring the narrow alleys, visitors weave their way through street vendors, picking their way through a maze of spice sacks, hand-woven rugs, and stacked pottery. Further inside the ancient walls, traditional soap factories, Turkish bathhouses, and antique stores have long-established their place in the heart of this bustling hub. The Old City of Nablus provides overwhelming sensory testimony to the eclectic civilisations which have filled her twisted paths for generations, and a stimulating afternoon for the modern explorer. Written and photographed by Brynn Ruba. Nuts roast…more
Hebron 13-Year Old ‘Banned From Attending School’
Palestine Monitor: 25 Oct 2010 – After being arrested, detained, beaten and fined by the Israeli army, Karam Daana, 13, has been placed under house arrest for five months during which he cannot attend school. His father has lost his work permit. Karam is yet to receive a trial. Written and photographed by Charlotte Silver. Karam with his father Khalid. Entering a room full of adults and strangers, Karam Daana timidly says hello before immediately finding a seat and hanging his head down. At first his shy behavior seemed standard for a 13-year-old boy, bashful in front of so much attention. But quickly it became clear that there is nothing ordinary about Karam’s behavior. Karam’s father, Khalid Daana, explained, “He’s not normal, he doesn’t talk too much, he doesn’t pray too much. He was always talking, he was active and clever. But now he is another person.” On 28 September, the Ofer Military Court, located outside…more
Michigan University Students Boycott IDF Speakers: Video
Palestine Monitor: 25 Oct 2010 – Speakers from the Israeli army visiting Michigan University were confronted by students wearing the names of children killed in Gaza. Get involved with BDS here http://bdsmovement.net/more
Children the New Target in Silwan Ethnic Cleansing Campaign
Palestine Monitor: 25 Oct 2010 – “I asked them to give me a minute to wake him up. But they didn’t wait, they came in and took him”, said Mahmoud Mansour as he explained how the Israeli police arrested his son. Mahmoud is the father of 12-year-old Imran Mahmoud, the boy who was caught on video being forcefully hit by the car of David Beeri, head of the settler organization, Elad, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Less than ten days after Imran was critically injured by the hit-and-run, the Jerusalem police arrested him on charges of throwing stones. Written by Charlotte Silver. Since the murder of Samer Sahan by a settler guard on September 22, Jerusalem police and security forces have filled the streets of Silwan. Every day, the neighbourhood teems with police patrolling the streets on foot and in cars. This past week alone, the police conducted a massive arrest campaign, detaining at…more
Can I Be on Abe Foxman’s Hit List?
Dissident Voice: 25 Oct 2010 – Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, and others are on the defensive now that the hate-monger Abe Foxman and his Anti-Defamation League have listed them as anti-Israel. The groups respond with all the right comments about the plight of the Palestinians. These groups represent a wide collective of Jewish and non-Jewish pro-human rights groups. They recognize the Nakba (ethnic cleansing of Palestinians between 1947-49), the apartheid wall, and BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions). But like many on the ‘left’, they’re afraid to stand up to the more powerful (like ADL, AIPAC, Democratic Party, etc.) and say ‘Screw You’. I would recommend a joint press release saying the following: We of the XXX are proud to have been outed by Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League as anti-Israel. Although we support the right of all Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace in a unified nation which guarantees basic…more
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