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Caterpillar Corporation stops shipment of armored bulldozers to Israeli military
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 30, 2010 – 03:25, Peace activists around the world are celebrating Friday’s announcement that the Illinois-based company, Caterpillar, has decided to hold off shipment of dozens of armored bulldozers to the Israeli military while a trial about the killing of Rachel Corrie is ongoing in Israel.
Female Detainee on Hunger Strike for Third Day
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 12:13, The Mandela Institute in the Occupied Territories reported, on Friday, that detainee Linan Abu Ghalama, imprisoned at the Israeli prison, Ha-Sharon, went on hunger strike three days ago demanding the prison administration to allow her to be joined with her detained sister.
Soldiers Deny Palestinians Access to Lands in Hebron
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 11:31, On Friday morning, the Israeli military prevented Palestinian farmers from working on their lands, adjacent to the separation wall, in the western part of the town of Beit Ula, northwest of Hebron.
Erekat: “Statements of UNRWA’s Director, Disappointing”
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 11:12, Head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, said that the statements of UNRWA New York director, Andrew Whitley, regarding the Palestinian Right of Return are disappointing.
Palestinian Children Prevented from Going to Tel Aviv Film Festival
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 11:09, Israeli soldiers refused to allow children from the West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir entry into Israel while on their way to the Children’s Film Festival in Tel Aviv, after being invited to watch the premiere of a movie featuring them.
Troops Invade Towns in Jenin
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 10:37, Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the towns of ‘Araba and Yamoun in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Palestinian Fishermen
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 09:36, Israeli Navy gunboats opened fire on Friday at dawn at several Palestinian fishing boats near the central district and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.
Israeli-Arab Peace Activist Indicted on Civil Rights Charges
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 09:20, Israeli-Arab peace activist, Ameer Makhoul, from Haifa in northern Israel, was arraigned on Wednesday in an Israeli court on a variety of charges ranging from ‘contacting a foreign agent’ to ‘spying for Hezbollah. Makhoul, who says he was tortured while in an Israeli prison, believes the charges against him are politically motivated.
Army Orders Closure Of Ibrahimi Mosque For Two Days
IMEMC – 29 Oct 2010 – Friday October 29, 2010 – 09:07, The Israeli army decided to close the Ibrahimi mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, for Muslim worshipers for two days in order to allow Jewish worshipers to celebrate a Jewish feast.
Israeli army shuts down anti-wall rallies
10/29/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shut down rallies across the West Bank on Friday held to protest the illegal annexation of Palestinian land by Israel’s separation wall. An Israeli army spokesman said soldiers used riot dispersal mechanisms at simultaneous protests in Ni’lin and Dir Nizam near Ramallah, and Umm Salamuna….
Gaza fishermen report Israeli naval fire
10/29/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — Israeli war boats opened fire on Gazan fishing boats on Friday, as they were hauling their catch in the central and southern coastal districts, witnesses reported. Officials said no injuries had been reported, while witnesses said the fire forced the small vessels leave the waters, heading north or back to shore….
Nafha detainees on hunger strike
10/29/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Detainees at Israel’s Nafha prison began a hunger strike on Friday, protesting what representatives said were inhumane practices by prison authorities. Attorney Buthayna Duqmaq with the Mandela Association told Ma’an that during a visit to the prison facility she had spoken with several detainees angered over a….
Gaza borders closed for weekend
10/29/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — Israeli crossings authorities operating on the Gaza borders informed their Palestinian counterparts on Friday that the borders would not be open for goods transport that day. While crossings are scheduled to open on Friday, the Muslim holy day, Israeli officials have announced their closure every week since August 2009, barring one….
Gaza pilgrims to travel to Mecca next week
10/29/2010 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — A senior official at the Palestinian embassy in Egypt said Friday that the transfer of Gaza pilgrims to Saudi Arabia would begin on 3 November as the Hajj journey starts for tens of thousands of Muslims. The official said the move was authorized by Ambassador Barakat Al-Farra, who had arranged with….
Israeli army detains 3 at Nablus checkpoint
10/29/2010 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers detained three Palestinians suspected of possessing weapons at a checkpoint near Nablus on Friday, witnesses said. The Huwwara checkpoint was closed in both directions following the incident, locals said. An Israeli military spokeswoman was not aware of the incident. A day earlier, three Palestinians were arrested at the same….
Report: Israel slams UNESCO decisions as biased
10/29/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A week after UNESCO passed five resolutions on their work and mandate in Palestine, Israeli officials condemned the decisions as anti-Israeli. In an interview Friday on Radio Israel, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said UNESCO had accused Israel of conducting excavations beneath Rachel’s Tomb, cordoned off from Bethlehem and…. Related: Executive Board adopts five decisions concerning UNESCO’s work in the occupied Palestinian and Arab Territories
Tens of thousands join Jihad rally in Gaza
10/29/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians joined a mass rally in Gaza City on Friday to mark the anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Jihad movement, and the death of its founder. Waving black banners, men, women, and children streamed for hours into into Kuteiba Square in central Gaza City, to….
Israel bans former Hamas minister from home village
10/29/2010 – JENIN (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities banned a former Hamas minister from entering his home village in the Jenin district, the former official said on Friday. Wasfi Qabaha said told Ma’an that the order prohibiting him from access was issued by an Israeli commander during a raid on his home in the Al-Iskan….
US blames Syria for Lebanon insecurity
10/29/2010 – NEW YORK (Ma’an) — US permanent representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice welcomed on Thursday a UN assessment which held concern over a “continued threat” to Lebanese security. The UN Security Council met earlier in the day for discussions on Resolution 1559, which called for the consolidation of Lebanese government control over….
PA and Germany review joint projects
10/29/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority Planning Minister Ali Al-Jarbawi met with a German delegation in Ramallah Friday for an annual review of joint development programs in the occupied territories. Al-Jarwabi delivered a speech welcoming officials from Germany’s representative office to the PA and German foreign affairs ministry official Andreas Michaelis, and thanking….
Fayyad says not planning to run for president
10/29/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) —Appointed Prime Minister in the Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad said an end to the Palestinian factional split could only be rectified by a turn at the ballot boxes, the Jerusalem daily newspaper Al-Hayyat reported Friday. An interview published by the newspaper quoted Fayyad as saying he believed the ballot box should….
Qalqiliya pilgrims head to Saudi Arabia
10/29/2010 – QALQILIA (Ma’an) — Two-hundred pilgrims from Qalqiliya left the West Bank for Jordan on Friday morning, en route to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj. Qalqiliya mayor Rabih Al-Khandakgi, Fatah leaders, and PLC members accompanied the pilgrims on the start of their journey, considered a pillar of Islam and an obligation for Muslims who….
Such is the peace process: Obama as a salesman
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to claim that the resumption of peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have thus far yielded nothing of value, at least not as far as settling the…
Jewish or Israeli ?
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – I have always tried my best to differentiate between Jews and Israelis. It bothers me when Palestinians use these two terms interchangeably. Every time I cross the Jordan River, I overhear people talk on their cell…
Wikileaks for Dummies
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – The exposing of the truth about the Iraq war by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange is without doubt a most commendable act. For one thing, it has been carried out in a…
Shalit family issues harsh rebuke for Netanyahu
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – The family of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit issued a statement on Friday condemned the Prime Minister’s office for failing to make progress in negotiating his release from Hamas. The Shalit family also accused…
TV series to be written about Hamas leader
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – Hamas spokesman Mahmoud al-Zahar is writing a script for a TV series documenting the life and death of former leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Ynet News reported Friday. Palestinians carry a picture of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, one…
J Post: Netanyahu does not have majority support to extend freeze
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would lack majority support under any cabinet to pass an extension on the settlement freeze, a motion which Palestinians and the international…
State Department sends Ahmadinejad birthday message via Twitter
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – State Department spokesman PJ Crowley sent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a message for his 54th birthday on Twitter, the Jerusalem Post reported Friday. In his message, Crowley urged President Ahmadinejad to send American hikers…
Hamas joins anti-Israel Gaza Rally
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – Tens of thousands of Islamic Jihad supporters rallied in the streets of Gaza, chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America,” Reuters reported Friday. The protesters, which included women, men and children, wore white…
Israel calls UNESCO holy site decision absurd
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to a decision by UNESCO regarding the preservation of holy sites significant to both Jews and Muslims as absurd, Haaretz reported Friday. Rachel’s Tomb is an ancient tomb…
Israel believes intercepted arms shipment in Nigeria was destined for Gaza
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – On Thursday, Nigerian authorities announced they had intercepted a shipment of rocket launchers, grenades, and other explosives disguised as building materials at the Apapa Port in Lagos. Israeli defense officials have stated they believe…
Iran agrees to resume nuclear talks
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton has announced that Iran has agreed to resume talks in November regarding its nuclear program, the BBC reported Friday. Ashton confirmed her receipt of a letter from Iran’s…
Nasrallah calls for boycott of Hariri tribunal
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Washington – In a televised speech, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has called on the people of Lebanon to boycott the UN backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which is tasked with investigating the events surrounding the…
US and Israel discussing East Jerusalem land lease deal
Palestine Note 29 Oct 2010 – Secret talks aimed at saving direct negotiations. Washington – London-based newspaper Asharq Alawsat is reporting that Israel and the US are currently in quiet negotiations over the future borders of a Palestinian state. One of the…
UN decries Hezbollah boycott call
AlJazeera 29 Oct 2010 – International community and Hariri allies condemn group’s call for boycott of tribunal investigating former PM’s death.
Extremist Settlers Burn Jerusalem Church
PNN – Jerusalem — PNN – Extremist settlers burned a church on Prophets Street in Jerusalem on Friday. Zachariah al-Mashriqi , one of the leaders of the church, condemned the crime and said it was…
Israeli Troops Use Tear Gas To Stop Weekly Anti-Wall Protest In Ni’lin
PNN – Ni’lin — PNN — Israeli troops used tear gas and sound bombs to stop protestors at the village of Ni’lin, in central West Bank, on Friday. International and Israeli supporters joined the…
The Israeli-Palestinian Settlement Impasse
PNN – By Dr. Saeb Erakat – It comes as little surprise that Palestinian-Israeli negotiations are at an impasse. The lesson after nearly two decades of bilateral negotiations is that direct talks alone are…
Israeli Forces Suppress Al-Ma’sara Protest
PNN – Bethlehem — PNN – Israeli troops stopped the weekly protest march against the wall and settlements in the Palestinian village of al-Ma’sara. Israeli troops broke up the protest with tear gas and…
One Injured, Dozens Suffer Ffrom Gas Inhalation At Bil’in Weekly Protest
PNN – Ramallah — PNN – One Palestinian was injured and dozens were treated for tear gas inhalation after a confrontation with Israeli troops during the weekly march to protest the wall in the…
Remembering The 54th Anniversary Of The Israeli Massacre In Kafr Qasim
PNN – Ghassan Bannoura— PNN — On the evening of October 29, 1956 Israeli troops shot and killed 49 unarmed Palestinian civilians in the village of Kafr Qasem, 20 km east of Tel Aviv…
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
Gazan crowd chants ‘Death to America,’ ‘Death to Israel’
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – Tens of thousands of Palestinians rally at event staged by terror group Islamic Jihad with Hamas support to voice opposition to peace talks.
PM slams UNESCO calling Rachel’s Tomb a mosque
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – Gov’t attacks cultural body’s request that Israel remove Rachel’s Tomb, Cave of the Patriarchs from list of national heritage sites.
PM slams UNESCO’s classifying Rachel’s Tomb as a mosque
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – Government responds sharply to UNESCO request that Israel remove Rachel’s Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs from its list of national heritage sites; Netanyahu calls UNESCO decision “absurd.”
Schalit protest tent in J’lem defaced by vandals
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – Life-sized cardboard figure of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schlalit stolen; surrounding signs damaged, torn; family condemns vandalism.
Iran tells EU its ready to resume talks on nuclear program
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – Ashton receives letter offering to pursue talks after November 10, calls development “very important.”
‘Israel may lease east Jerusalem from a Palestinian State’
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – Arab newspaper reports that US, Israel are discussing future borders; one option is leasing land from Palestinians for up to 99 years.
Nasrallah calls for boycott of Hariri tribunal
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – Hizbullah leader says no Lebanese should participate in investigation into former PM’s assassination because information being gathered by UN is being sent to Israel; Ban condemns interference in court’s work.
Archaeologist Ehud Netzer dies after fall during excavation
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – 76-year-old succumbs to wounds sustained at Herodion site in West Bank; to be laid to rest at Kiryat Anavim cemetery.
Settler numbers rise at almost 3 times nat’l average
Jeruslalem Post 29 Oct 2010 – CBS figures show West Bank Jewish population at 303,900 in June 2010, up 7,200 in six months.
Security and Defense: The day after
Jeruslalem Post 28 Oct 2010 – When Israel thinks of a nuclear Iran, it’s not just concerned about change in balance of power; it’s more concerned about nuclear terrorism.
Women’s Whispers: Kosher in Israel?!
Jeruslalem Post 28 Oct 2010 – You have to admire Israel’s kosher entrepreneurship. All a person needs is a bit of food, a hungry customer, a logo and — presto!
Hear O Israel…
Jeruslalem Post 28 Oct 2010 – Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) celebrates its 60th anniversary; with new blood arriving every year, Army Radio has changed with the times.
Putting the ‘fun’ in ‘fungus’
Jeruslalem Post 28 Oct 2010 – Pilobolus returns to Israel with yet another set of jaw-dropping dance pieces.
Vandals deface display for captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit
Ha’aretz – Posters ripped down and cardboard cut-out of Gilad Shalit stolen from protest tent at Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem.
Ehud Netzer, archeologist who located Herod’s tomb, dies at 76
Ha’aretz – Netzer, one of Israel’s most renowned archeologists, suffered serious injuries after falling down a 6-meter drop at the Herodium site south of Jerusalem.
Islamic Jihad leader: Israel must be wiped out of existence
Ha’aretz – Organizers say up to 100,000 people attend largest Islamic Jihad rally in Gaza in several years; Hamas leader calls for unity against Israel.
Israel slams ‘absurd’ UNESCO decision on Jerusalem, West Bank holy sites
Ha’aretz – UNESCO board adopted last week five proposals initiated by Arab member states regarding sites which are considered holy to both Jews and Muslims.
EU: Iran ready to restart nuclear talks with major powers
Ha’aretz – EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton receives letter from Iran nuclear chief agreeing to meet with the six major powers at any time after Nov. 10.
Report: U.S. proposes Israel lease lands from Palestinians under future deal
Ha’aretz – According to Asharq al-Awsat, U.S. offers in secret negotiations that Israel lease lands in E. Jerusalem from future Palestinian state for 40-99 years., PM’s remarks come as Palestinians consider UN…
Egypt: No breakthrough in Mideast peace talks
Ha’aretz – Egyptian officials meet with PA President Mahmoud Abbas and confirm Egypt’s support for Palestinian demand that Israel freeze West Bank settlement construction before talks can continue.
Assad: No indication Syria-Israel peace talks will resume soon
Ha’aretz – Remark by Syrian president comes after recent war of words between Damascus and Washington amid U.S. attempts to sway Syria away from Iran’s influence.
Suffering of Palestinian Children Rated Among Highest in the World
Uruknet October 29, 2010 — The Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported, on Wednesday, that Dr. Hanna Issa, an expert in international law, confirmed that among all the children of the world, Palestinian children are suffering the most. Their plight began in 1948, and has been ongoing to this day due to Israeli practices against them. Thousands of children were displaced…
US Palestinians converging to help shape homeland’s future
Uruknet October 29, 2010 – When activists from across the United States convened in August 2008 for the US Palestinian Community Network’s first Popular Conference, few people knew what to expect. The energy at the conference was palpable as organizations, individuals and families from our communities across the country, as well as solidarity forces allied with our cause, came together…
Report: Israel slams UNESCO decisions as biased
Uruknet October 29, 2010 -. A week after UNESCO passed five resolutions on their work and mandate in Palestine, Israeli officials condemned the decisions as anti-Israeli. In an interview Friday on Radio Israel, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said UNESCO had accused Israel of conducting excavations beneath Rachel’s Tomb, cordoned off from Bethlehem and its surrounding Muslim cemetery by the…
Murder attempt on Haneen Zoabi?
Uruknet October 29, 2010 – Jonathan Cook reports that at a demonstration yesterday when right-wing fascists marched through the Galilee town of Umm el-Fahm, Israeli riot police shot rubber bullets at Haneen Zoabi. Calling the bullets “rubber” can be misleading. A “rubber” bullet nearly blinded Matan Cohen. “Rubber” bullets regularly kill people when they impact the head, because of their…
Aiming at the siege
Uruknet October 29, 2010 – The jeep transporting Fayza Sufayer, 45, had barely crossed the border from Egypt into Gaza when she jumped out and kissed the ground several times, in gratitude of her arrival in Gaza. Sufayer was one of 315 Arab and foreign supporters who arrived on 21 October in Gaza as part of the Lifeline 5 convoy…
Palestinian Children Prevented From Going To The Tel Aviv Film Festival
Uruknet October 29, 2010 – Israeli soldiers refused to allow children from the West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir entry into Israel while on their way to the Children’s Film Festival in Tel Aviv, after being invited to watch the premiere of a movie featuring them. The children, first and second graders, were supposed to enter via the Meitar checkpoint…
Adnan Mirza: Another US War on Terror Victim
Uruknet October 29, 2010 – Post-9/11, Mirza is one of legions of war on terror victims – framed, charged, indicted, tried and convicted on bogus terrorism related charges. On October 22, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas headlined, “Pakistani Student Sentenced to prison for conspiring to support the Taliban and unlawful possession of firearms,” saying: Adnan…
Tel Aviv to begin building “security barrier” on border with Egypt
Uruknet October 29, 2010 – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled plans for a security barrier running along the borders of Egypt and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories by the beginning of next month, November. At a meeting of the Israeli cabinet meeting for Security and Political Affairs that took place on Wednesday, October 27, Netanyahu demanded the immediate acceleration…
Forget the Details, its all about the Land
Uruknet October 29, 2010 – The Palestinian-Israeli conflict may seem unbelievably complicated to most — an endless web of historical narratives, emotional claims and bitter pasts — but it all comes down to a simple premise: the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is about land, plain and simple. Israel wants the rest of it and the Palestinians won’t go down without a fight…
Hezbollah urges Hariri case boycott
Uruknet Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah movement, has urged all Lebanese to boycott a UN-backed investigation into the murder of Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon’s former prime minister. In a televised address on Thursday, he warned that the country had reached “a very dangerous point”. “I call on all Lebanese, citizens and politicians alike, to boycott this tribunal and end…
Such is the Peace Process: Obama as a Salesman
Uruknet October 28, 2010 – It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to claim that the resumption of peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have thus far yielded nothing of value, at least not as far as settling the decades-long struggle. For one, the media has paid the talks little attention, aside from the ceremonial coverage of the…
The Chosen Peoples — Book Review
Uruknet October 28, 2010 – …Following more discussion of Zionist philosophy, the authors conclude that both “religious and secular Zionists adhere to a narrow, materialistic interpretation of chosenness.” The result is that “They reject the ordeal of working toward a more just society in favor of facile striving for territory.” They are bereft of a different understanding of chosenness, “as…
Peace Group Director ‘Forced to Accept’ Plea Bargain On Spy Charges
Uruknet October 28, 2010 – An Arab-Israeli political activist accepted a plea bargain on charges of espionage yesterday. Ameer Makhoul, head of the peace group Ittijah, was accused of spying for the Lebanese Hizbollah party. He admitted guilt for crimes that will see him serve seven to 10 years in exchange for more serious charges being dropped. His family and…
Tehran ready for nuclear talks after November 10 – Ashton
Daily Star 29 Oct 2010 BRUSSELS: Iran is ready to hold its first talks with world powers in more than a year about its disputed nuclear program any time after November 10, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Friday.The meeting…
Israel, US discuss Palestinian land lease – report
Daily Star 29 Oct 2010 Israel and the US are conducting secret talks on future borders of a Palestinian state, London-based Arabic daily Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reported Friday.”We are conducting intense negotiations with the US administration in an effort to resume direct…
Nigeria arms shipment ‘was loaded in Iran’
Daily Star 29 Oct 2010 LAGOS: An illegal arms shipment including rockets and grenades discovered in Nigeria this week was loaded in Iran by an Iranian trader, the firm that operates the vessel that delivered it said Friday.Security agents this week…
Holy site sparks row between Israel and UN
The Guardian 29 Oct 2010 – Site near Bethlehem included in a resolution by Unesco, which says it forms ‘an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territories’ A religious site outside Bethlehem revered by both Jews and Muslims has emerged as the…
A shared story offers hope to Israel | Daphna Baram
The Guardian 29 Oct 2010 – A row over a textbook that tells both sides of Israeli-Palestinian history shows a shift in some Israelis’ thinking — but not others’ A piece of news from Israel this week hides a grain of hope…
OPT: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS 20 – 26 October 2010
Relief Web 29 Oct 2010 – Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Presidents of International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice Present Annual Reports to General Assembly
Relief Web 29 Oct 2010 – Source: UN General Assembly
Building state structures — German-Palestinian Steering Committee meets in Ramallah
Relief Web 29 Oct 2010 – Source: Government of Germany
GENDER: Give women peacekeepers a chance
Relief Web 29 Oct 2010 – Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
8th Week against the Apartheid Wall, November 9 — 16 2010
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Hamas official: We were warned of possible Israeli strike
YNet News – Sources in Gaza claim at least one Arab state warned Islamist group of possible….
Iran says it is ready to restart nuclear talks
YNet News – In letter to EU’s Ashton, National Security Council says Islamic Republic….
UN-backed court criticizes Hezbollah boycott call
YNet News – International Tribunal probing assassination of Lebanese statesmen condemns….
Report: Israel, US discuss land lease from Palestinians
YNet News – Al-Sharq al-Awsat daily reports of possibility that Israel will lease land in….
Glimpse into Egyptian captivity
YNet News – New exhibit showcases rare photographs of beaten, injured IDF soldiers taken….
New York Times execs visit West Bank city
YNet News – Publisher, senior editors of influential American newspaper given tour of Ariel….
US college president: Anti-Israel professor cannot be fired
YNet News – Tenured Pennsylvania professor who questioned Shoah, referred to Israel as….
Obama: Synagogues targeted in possible terror plot
YNet News – US President Barack Obama said Friday that suspicious packages sent from Yemen to the US apparently contained explosives, and that they were intended for Jewish …….
US probes possible mail bomb terror plot
YNet News – Authorities on three continents were investigating on Friday whether suspicious packages shipped from Yemen to the United States aboard cargo planes could be part of a …….
Clinton tweets happy birthday to Ahmadinejad
YNet News – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s spokesman sent a birthday greeting to the president of Iran, who turned 54 this week. State Department spokesman P.J. …….
‘Death to Israel’ chanted at Gaza rally
YNet News – Tens of thousands of supporters of Islamic Jihad rallied in the streets of Gaza on Friday, chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”. Young men and boys …….
PM insists Rachel’s Tomb is heritage site
YNet News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to a UNESCO decision by which Rachel’s Tomb is located on the grounds of a mosque and that Israel should remove it, as well as …….
Coming soon: Mabhouh TV series
YNet News – Hamas spokesman Mahmoud al-Zahar is writing a script for a TV series on the life and death of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a leader of the organization who was murdered by the …….
Palestinian Information Center
Thousands of 1948 Palestinians commemorate the Kafr Qasem massacre
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – Thousands of Palestinians from the 1948-occupied Palestinian territories participated on Friday in a rally to mark the 54th anniversary of the Kafr Qasem massacre ..
Prisoners at Nafha prison go on hunger strike
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – Palestinian captives in the Nafha desert jail went on hunger strike to protest the campaign of harassment by the occupation prison authority against them..
Palestinian female captive on hunger strike for the third day running
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – The Mandela Foundation that caters for Palestinian captives said that Lanan Abu Ghalma who is detained at Hasharon prison has started a hunger strike three days ago..
Ibrahimi mosque closed for Muslim worshipers as settlers celebrate “Chaye Sarah”
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – Scores of Jewish settlers converged on al-Khalil on Friday afternoon to celebrate “Chaye Sarah” closing the mosque in the face of Muslim worshipers for the length of the festivity.
Zionist plan to distort features of Buraq plaza exposed
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – Palestinian and Hebrew sources revealed that the Israeli occupation government approved a plan to excavate the Buraq plaza to search for “Jewish antiquities”, and to build a Jewish temple.
Zahhar: Hamas will accept results of any genuine elections
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – MP Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said on Thursday that his Movement would accept the results of any democratic and true elections in Palestine, urging Fatah Movement to announce the same.
Israeli settlers beat up Palestinian young man in O. Jerusalem
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – A gang of fanatic Jewish settlers have attacked a Jerusalemite Palestinian young man in the western part of the occupied city while taking his coffee in one of the coffee shops there..
Israeli occupation decide to banish Kabaha from his birthplace
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – Former Palestinian minister, Wasfi Kabaha, said that the Israeli occupation has decided to banish him from his birthplace, Bartaa al-Sharqeyya, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Resheq: reconciliation meeting in Damascus in a few days
PIC 29 Oct 2010 – Ezzat Al-Resheq, member of Hamas’s political bureau, said that it was agreed to hold the next reconciliation meeting between his movement and Fatah in the Syrian capital Damascus.
Iran agrees to new nuclear talks
LA Times 30 Oct 2010 – The discussions involving representatives of world powers and Saeed Jalili, Tehran’s nuclear negotiator, are to take place sometime after Nov. 10. For the first time in more than a year, Iran has agreed to talks with world powers over its nuclear program.
Iran’s supreme leader demands support of clerics
LA Times 30 Oct 2010 – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns the leaders of the Shiite Muslim clergy if they embrace Western ideals or oppose President Ahmadinejad’s hard-line government, the Islamic Republic could collapse. Iran’s supreme leader wrapped up an unprecedented 10-day visit to the Iranian seminary city of Qom on Friday that was widely seen as an attempt to bolster support among those in a clerical establishment either indifferent or hostile to his conservative agenda.
Iran Agrees to Resume Nuclear Talks
New York Times 29 Oct 2010 – The negotiations, which would take place in November, would be the first high-level talks in more than a year.
Memo From Tel Aviv: Remembering Rabin, Some See His Legacy Fading
New York Times 29 Oct 2010 – Fifteen years after his assassination, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel is still honored as a man, but his legacy as a peacemaker is debated by the left and right.
Don’t Aid Hariri Tribunal, Hezbollah Warns
New York Times 29 Oct 2010 – A demand puts new pressure on Lebanon’s fragile government.
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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Anti-Arab Militia Latest Face of Galilee’s Judaisation
Palestine Monitor – Between 20:00 and midnight in Karmiel in the Galilee, a “city guard” watches over the entrances to the town: they don’t want any Arabs to visit. Israeli human rights activists Peace Now (Gush Shalom) said the guards are a “racist right militia” and argue every citizen,…
‘New York Times’ is clueless
Mondoweiss – “New York Times execs visit West Bank city “Publisher, senior editors of influential American newspaper given tour of Ariel as part of Yesha Council PR campaign” Those are Ynet’s headlines . NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and executive editor Bill Keller and other editors visited a West…
Exclusive excerpt from the important new book A Country Called Amreeka: U.S. History Retold Through Arab-American Lives
Mondoweiss – We are excited to share the following excerpt from A Country Called Amreeka: U.S. History Retold Through Arab-American Lives by Alia Malek. The book provides a necessary, and long overdue, service by inserting the Arab-American experience into the American narrative of the last 50 years. This…
Naked conspiracy: Ackerman says ‘first class team’ of 5 Jewish, pro-Israel congressional chairs has ‘major, major, major influence’ on Obama
Mondoweiss – The Forward’s Nathan Guttman has a fine piece of reporting up about how the Israeli right is hoping that the Congress will change hands next week. The best part of the piece is where the Congressional Democrats protest, Hey we love Israel just as much, even…
Cambridge debater set out to ‘nail’ others on his side
Mondoweiss – The other day we reported on a Cambridge University debate about whether Israel is a rogue state in which one of the students arguing the affirmative acted as a proponent for Israel. Well, the student, Gabriel Latner, has been banned from debating for life (who says…
IDF bars Palestinian children from Tel Aviv film festival
Mondoweiss – And more news from Today in Palestine: Settlers/ Land, Property, Resource Theft & Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing Soldiers Deny Palestinians Access to Lands in Hebron On Friday morning, the Israeli military prevented Palestinian farmers from working on their lands, adjacent to the separation wall, in the western part…
Islamic Jihad Slams Peace Talks at Mass Gaza rally
Al-Manar 29 Oct 2010 – The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement called on Friday for an end to peace talks with Israel and celebrated armed struggle at a rally in Gaza City attended by tens of thousands of supporters. “Today we sound the alarm and warn that there will be a…
Iran agrees November nuclear date
BBC 29 Oct 2010 – Iran says it is prepared to hold talks on its nuclear programme in November, as the US confirms it is working on a new fuel swap offer for Tehran.
Herod archaeologist dies in fall
BBC 29 Oct 2010 – Ehud Netzer, 76, the Israeli archaeologist credited with discovering the tomb of the biblical King Herod, has died after falling during a dig.
UN tribunal criticises Hezbollah
BBC 29 Oct 2010 – The UN tribunal investigating the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri says it expects full co-operation from the government.
Articles
American democracy: Pro-Israel Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Maidhc ?ì Cathail, Redress10/29/2010
Helen Keller’s pithy observation about American democracy being little more than a choice “between Tweedledum and Tweedledee” was never more true than in the upcoming mid-term elections in the ninth congressional district of Illinois.
In a district which includes the affluent northern suburbs of Chicago along the shore of Lake Michigan, the central issue is not the two wars — or is it now three? — the country is fighting, nor is it the tanking economy, in great part caused by those debt-inducing wars. No, the burning issue here is: who cares more about Israel?
“A Jewish candidate has been trying to convince the mostly Jewish voters that his Jewish opponent has not done enough to protect the Jewish interest,” reports Ynetnews, the English language website of Israel’s most-read newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth. Although less than 25 per cent of the ninth district’s constituents are Jewish, and there is little agreement about what constitutes “the Jewish interest”, it’s not a bad summary of Republican challenger Joel Pollak’s campaign to oust the Democratic incumbent, Representative Jan Schakowsky.
Pollak, an Orthodox Jew born in South Africa, charges Rep. Schakowsky with being “soft on Israel’s security”.
Let’s take a brief look at Congresswoman Schakowsky’s record on Capitol Hill to see if there’s any truth to Pollak’s allegations.
Since she was first elected to Congress in 1998, Schakowsky has consistently backed policies sought by Tel Aviv and its unregistered foreign agents in Washington, ensuring the continuation of the US military, diplomatic and financial support on which Israel crucially depends. As might be expected, her “100 per cent” pro-Israel record has included a reflexive defense of Israeli aggression and demands for crippling sanctions against Iran. more.. e-mail
Jewish or Israeli?
Daoud Kuttab, Ma’an News Agency10/28/2010
I have always tried my best to differentiate between Jews and Israelis. It bothers me when Palestinians use these two terms interchangeably.
Every time I cross the Jordan River, I overhear people talk on their cell phones, saying how they just got into the Jewish side, left the Jewish side, or were waiting to go through the Jewish side. Such comments can be heard as people approach or leave an Israeli checkpoint or have any other dealings with Israelis.
Religious preachers use the terms interchangeably when referring to negative actions of the Israelis or the lack of trust in Jewish negotiators and so on.
When I used to cover the Intifada and travel through the occupied territories, I had a similar concern. People would be telling me that Jews came from a certain side, Jewish soldiers beat up someone’s son, Jews shot from behind some trees, statements that referred to the actions of the occupying Israeli forces.
When I would go with foreign journalists, I would have to interpret and I would find myself in a bind, wondering whether I should literally translate words or just refer to the adjective used for the soldiers as Israeli.
Using the word Jew for Israeli is not restricted to Palestinians from certain geographic areas or those from a particular economic background. I would hear it and get upset whenever a university professor or a person from my own family would use the term Jewish referring to Israelis, because I would think of a number of American Jewish friends that I know and who would have nothing to do with the occupiers and the state of Israel, or would be anti-Zionist and share with Palestinians their aspiration to be rid of the Israeli occupation. more.. e-mail
Squeezing Hezbollah
Franklin Lamb, CounterPunch10/28/2010
Jeffrey Feltman’s “Really Great Plan”
Beirut is abuzz over some pretty bizarre events that have been unfolding the past few months concerning Hezbollah and the UN created International Tribunal for Lebanon, set up in 2007 to bring to justice those involved in the Valentine Day 2005 assassination of then Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
One such event occurred yesterday morning, 10/27/10, at 9:00 am at Dr. Iman Charara’s street-level private obstetrics and gynecology clinic, here in Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah south Beirut neighborhood which is still recovering from Israel’s 33 days of carpet bombing in 2006 which destroyed pretty much everything including more than 250 homes, scores of businesses, and much of the infrastructure.
Some, but not all of the facts of this still unfolding episode are agreed upon. Two English-speaking male investigators, two male security persons, and one female interpreter, all from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon arrived in Dahiyeh to speak with Dr. Charara. They asked for phone numbers and addresses of 17 of her patients for as far back as 2003. The STL had called on 10/22/10 to make an appointment, and after checking with the Lebanese Medicinal Association regarding privacy issues, Dr. Charara agreed. When she led the delegation into an adjoining office to consult with her secretary about researching her office files, according to Dr. Charara, “I was surprised by the large number of women who came shouting and cursing the investigators,” she told this morning Beirut’s Daily Star. Dr. Iman Charara told New TV that she does not know how the clash between the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigators and the women at her clinic erupted.
According to one witness who has a business opposite the clinic:
“The women were yelling ‘you are American, Israeli!’ and they were cursing the investigators and demining that they leave.” At least one briefcase, a laptop computer, cell phones, notebooks and other material was taken from the STL investigators during the melee…. more.. e-mail
US Palestinians converging to help shape homeland’s future
Electronic Intifada: 29 Oct 2010 – This weekend in Chicago, the second Popular Conference for Arabs and Palestinians in the US promises to continue to push our movement forward. After more than six decades of colonization, forced dispossession, home demolitions, occupation and apartheid, Palestinians remain steadfast in their refutation of the Israeli assertion that “The old will die, and the young will soon forget.”more
Anti-Arab Militia Latest Face of Galilee’s Judaisation
Palestine Monitor: 29 Oct 2010 – Between 20:00 and midnight in Karmiel in the Galilee, a “city guard” watches over the entrances to the town: they don’t want any Arabs to visit. Israeli human rights activists Peace Now (Gush Shalom) said the guards are a “racist right militia” and argue every citizen, regardless of ethnicity, has the right to freedom of movement and do not need explanations to enter a town. The city guards target Arabs living in the surrounding villages, blocking them from enjoying Karmiel’s night life. The city guards were created by deputy mayor Oren Milstein, whose rise to power began with a “Save the Jewish character of Karmiel” campaign. “Milstein was elected on a purely racist platform,” said Gush Shalom founder Uri Avnery. Along with screening Arabs visiting Karmiel, Avernay said the deputy mayor is trying to keep Arabs from settling in the city by “agitating for Jewish inhabitants to inform on other…more
2010 Election: Referendum on Reality, Racism, and Revisionist History
Dissident Voice: 29 Oct 2010 – It’s an all but unfathomable situation President Obama has placed the American people in. In a mere two years he has managed to squander the momentum and enthusiasm of the clear majority of this country, systematically discredit and disregard the voluminous grievances of the American People, continuously cede the moral and factual high ground to ignorance and hate, and ensure that the criminal elements that shredded the Constitution, killed millions in war crimes, and collapsed the global economy go into the 2010 midterm elections with more money, power, and influence than ever. Given the horrendous crimes, lies, and manipulations committed by the Bush administration over the last decade (the most recent reminder being Wikileaks’ 400,000 document disclosure detailing systemic torture), few could have imagined that our situation could get worse. Unfortunately, that is precisely what has happened. What was desperately needed after eight years of continuous crimes was a serious,…more
Israeli Police Shoot “Hated” Arab Legislator in Back
Dissident Voice: 29 Oct 2010 – Israeli police injured two Arab legislators on Wednesday in violent clashes provoked by Jewish right-wing extremists staging a march through the northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm. Haneen Zoubi, a parliament member who has become a national hate figure in Israel and received hundreds of death threats since her participation in an aid flotilla to Gaza in the summer, was among those hurt. Ms Zoubi reported being hit in the back and neck by rubber bullets as she fled the area when police opened fire. In an interview, she said she believed she had been specifically targeted by police snipers after they identified her. Police denied her claims, saying they had used only tear gas and stun grenades. Some 1,500 police were reported to have faced off with hundreds of Arab and Jewish demonstrators in the town. Shimon Koren, the northern police commander, admitted special paramilitary forces had been used…more
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