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Israeli Troops Invade Houses in Hebron
IMEMC – 1 Nov 2010 – Monday November 01, 2010 – 12:04, Security sources reported that the Israeli military invaded, on Monday morning, several houses in Hebron.
Erekat: “Egypt Proposed A Joint Plan For Submitting Palestinian Demands To The UN”
IMEMC – 1 Nov 2010 – Monday November 01, 2010 – 08:19, Head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that Egypt proposed that the Palestinians present a plan that represents their demands to the United Nations, and that this plan would also represent a unified Arab stance.
Hamas Fighter Kidnapped In Bethlehem, Army Believes He Is Behind A Shooting Attack
IMEMC – 1 Nov 2010 – Monday November 01, 2010 – 06:35, The Israeli army issued a statement revealing that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian fighter, reportedly a member of Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades, and that the fighter is believed to be behind a shooting attack against settler’s vehicles near Bethlehem.
Israeli Officer Charged With Handing Gun To Friend During Attack On Palestinians Last Weekend
IMEMC – 1 Nov 2010 – Sunday October 31, 2010 – 15:46, On Sunday, an Israeli court charged two Israelis, a border officer and his friend, with firing live rounds at Palestinian-Israeli citizens last weekend in the town of Safed, while shouting “death to Arabs”, “stinking Muslims” and “a Jew has a soul and an Arab is a son-of-a-bitch”.
Settlement expansion spotted in Salfit
11/1/2010 – SALFIT (Ma’an) — General Federation of Palestinian Workers’ Unions in Salfit monitored the settlement expansion activities in different places in Salfit. Mahmoud Al-Bar, the head of the federation, said settlers carried out construction in or near Ariel, Revava, Pedu’el, the Barkan industrial estate, and other settlements. Land near these settlements was….
Witnesses: Israeli tanks operating in central Gaza Strip
11/1/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Several Israeli military vehicles crossed the Gaza border on Monday into the central Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an. Witnesses said Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered hundreds of meters into the village of Wadi Al-Salqa, south of Gaza City, roaming the area and bulldozing land. The Israeli army regularly….
Netanyahu bans Fayyad from Jerusalem
11/2/2010 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ordered security forces to prevent his Palestinian Authority counterpart from attending scheduled events in Jerusalem, Israeli press reported. Netanyahu issued the order a day before PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was due in the city to celebrate the PA-sponsored rebuilding of….
PA denounces remarks by UNRWA official
11/1/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Cabinet on Sunday denounced the statement of UNRWA official Andrew Whitley, who said Palestinian refugees should give up their right to return and resettle in Arab countries. Whitley, outgoing New York director of the UN refugee agency, said refugees should not live in the “cruel illusion” that they….
PFLP fighters: We attacked Israeli forces in Gaza
11/1/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said Monday that its fighters shelled Israeli forces east of Al-Maghazi, in the central Gaza Strip. The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said in a statement that its forces fired two 90 millimeter mortar rounds at an Israeli military….
Erekat: Arabs to bring Palestinian issue to UN
11/2/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Egypt has proposed a joint Arab initiative to bring Palestinian demands for statehood to the United Nations, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief negotiator Saeb Erekat has told Ma’an. He told Ma’an Radio that one aim of this plan, which he said is close to being finalized, would….
Palestinian guides send letters to female detainees
11/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian girl guides sent letters to female detainees in Israeli prisons Sunday as part of their annual “Arab Guides Day” celebrations. Organized by the Palestinian Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Association, scouts and guides from across the West Bank convened at the Ministry Of Youth and Sports to celebrate the day….
Fatah: Hebron must stand fast against settlers
11/1/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — The Fatah Central Committee met on Sunday afternoon in the West Bank city of Hebron and discussed ways to “strengthen the steadfastness” of people living in the community in the face of what they saw as an escalation of attacks by Israeli settlers. The meeting was chaired by the secretary of….
Israeli forces seize Palestinian from Nablus
11/1/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — The Israeli military said it arrested a Palestinian man during an overnight raid in the West Bank city of Nablus. The army said the man was “taken in for questioning by security forces.”He was not immediately identified….
Minister: 200-300 Hamas fighters killed in war
11/2/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Between 200 and 300 members of Hamas’ armed wing died in Israel’s winter offensive on Gaza, the local interior minister acknowledged in remarks published Monday. Fathi Hamad told the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat that “They say it was the people who paid the toll of that war, but….
Hamas ‘not following in Fatah’s footsteps’
11/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar opted not to confirm reports published Saturday by the London-based Al-Hayat daily claiming that he described rocket launchers as “mutineers against their own factions.” Speaking to Ma’an, Zahhar said, “First of all, I have not spoken at all to many newspapers recently. Secondly, during…. Related:Hamas says projectile launchers mutineers
Bardaweel: Israel won’t see Shalit without paying price
11/1/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Salah Bardaweel said Monday that “the Israeli occupation will not rejoice [with Gilad] Shalit without paying the price under the resistance factions’ conditions.” This remark came during a speech at an event in the city of Khan Younis held in solidarity with the more than 10,000 Palestinians from….
Report: Egypt intel chief set for Israel visit
11/1/2010 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will travel to Israel this week for talks aimed at breaking an impasse in negotiations with the Palestinian Authority (PA), an Israeli website reported. Suleiman will meet with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu and President Shimon Peres, according to Ynet, the site affiliated….
PLO exploring ‘other options,’ official says
11/1/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinians are prepared to explore alternatives to negotiating with Israel in the event peace talks continue to stall, a member of the PLO negotiating team said Monday in Ramallah. Nabil Sha’ath, a Fatah leader, said outside his party’s international relations bureau that the US-backed peace process….
Report: US to replace Mitchell
11/1/2010 – Martin Indyk considered as potential successor – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The US administration intends to replace its Middle East envoy George Mitchell and several other senior officials, the Hebrew language daily Maariv said Monday. Quoting unnamed Washington sources, the report said Mitchell would be replaced due to his failure to resolve the deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian….
PA minister suspected of corruption
11/2/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Anti-Corruption Commission submitted an official request to Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to strip the immunity of a minister suspected of corruption, Ma’an has learned. The request was based on the recommendations of a presidential commission formed to investigate misuse of public funds and violations of public….
Hamas: PA detains 6 supporters in West Bank
11/1/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority forces detained three Hamas supporters in the West Bank, the Islamist movement said in a statement on Monday. The statement said the six were arrested in Nablus, Hebron, Qalqiliya, and Tulkarem. Hamas says the Fatah-dominated PA is engaged in an ongoing political crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank….
Mideast envoy Mitchell could be on his way out
Palestine Note 1 Nov 2010 – Washington – According to a Palestinian figure, the mission of U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell may be on the verge of completion, with responsibilities and duties possibly being shifted to Dennis Ross…
Soldier convicted of prisoner abuse
Palestine Note 1 Nov 2010 – Washington – An Israeli soldier, known only as “Corporal S”, has been found guilty of prisoner abuse and unbecoming behavior after photos of him pointing a rifle at a blindfolded Palestinian detainee surfaced last month. The…
Shin Bet chief warns of technological advances in terrorism
Palestine Note 1 Nov 2010 – Google Earth, iPhones noted for potential to feed intel to militants. Washington – Speaking at a homeland security conference in Tel Aviv on Monday, Israeli Shin Bet security service director Yuval Diskin said that civilian internet…
Widespread Work Commences in Talmon Settlement North of Ramallah
PNN – Ramallah — PNN – Eyewitnesses in the Qabliya Farms village north of Ramallah said the illegal settlement of Talmon had seen several days’ worth of widespread construction work. For more than ten…
Israel Arrests 100 Palestinian Children From Jerusalem Last Month
PNN – Jerusalem — PNN — Human rights groups issued a report saying that the Israeli military police, better known as the border police, arrested 100 Palestinian children from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of…
International Solidarity Campaign: Seven Killed and 250 Imprisoned in October
PNN – Nablus — PNN – The International Solidarity Campaign said in its monthly report that seven Palestinian civilians had been killed on Palestinian land in the month of October, four from the West…
Israel On High Alert After Mail Terror Plot Exposed
PNN – Tel Aviv — PNN – Transportation Minister Yisreal Katz said that Israel received warning of the exposed terror plot to send bombs to US synagogues on Thursday. Minister Yisrael said, “Since Thursday…
Ma’ariv: Washington Wants to Replace Mitchell in Coming Weeks
PNN – Tel Aviv — PNN – The Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv reported on Monday that the US administration plans to replace George Mitchell, special envoy for Middle East peace, possibly with former President Clinton’s…
No Thanks CNN, I’ll Do It My Way
PNN – By Daz Chandler – The topic of “promoting Palestine” is easily one of my all-time favourites. If there were an Olympic medal category which awarded gold to the individual who could go…
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
PCHR submit alternative report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights highlighting Israel’s violations of international law in the oPt
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Ref: 82/2010 From 22 — 26 November 2010, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will examine several States Parties’ reports concerning implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Of particular concern are the measures “adopted and the progress made in achieving the observance” and fulfilment of the entire spectrum of economic, social
‘Women should be more involved in peace negotiations’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Livni tells Knesset panel women have right to determine their future and that of country, and their power is first and foremost political.
Hague makes first visit to Israel as British FM
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – British foreign minister has been critical of continued settlement construction in W.Bank; set to meet Schalit family.
Ben-Simon blames Barak for losing Knesset committee
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Labor MK calls his fellow party members ‘dishrags’
PA denies talk of leasing W.Bank land to Israel in future
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Erekat calls report of possible deal a ‘test balloon’ by Israelis; Abbas, Palestinians would not be prepared to discuss such an idea.
‘I have ‘100% voting record’ on legislation backed by AIP’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak defends signing letter pushed by J Street calling for easing Gaza blockade.
Birthright participant dies on last night of trip
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – 24-year-old Michael Kellogg, who took part in program that brings young Diaspora Jews to Israel, dies in his sleep.
IDF waits to see PA’s treatment of W. Bank terror suspects
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Military expects reformed Palestinian Authority legal system to charge Hamas operatives, suspected of perpetrating shooting attack on two Israelis, with attempted murder.
Egypt plagued by lack of data
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – A new government report points at statistical deficiencies in all walks of Egyptian life.
10,000 protest in Jerusalem against yeshiva bill
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Protest organized by National Student Union gathers under banner “we’re not suckers”; Gafni spokesman calls rally “inappropriate.”
Israel bans events PA plans to hold in east Jerusalem
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Fayyad plans to go ahead with school rededications as scheduled, claiming no knowledge of gov’t restrictions.
Aharonovitch orders police to prevent PA event in e. J’lem
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – In response to PA Prime Minister Fayyad’s plans to preside over dedicating ceremonies for schools and road project in e. J’lem, public security minister signs order banning his involvement in activities.
‘Majority of Jewish public favors resuming peace talks’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Survey finds most Jews and Arabs in Israel support negotiations, but Jews rank peace deal only as second most urgent issue in Israel.
Majority of Jewish public thinks peace talks should resume
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Survey finds both Jewish and Arab publics in Israel favor negotiations, but Jews rank peace with Palestinians only as second most urgent issue in Israel.
Erekat: PA plans turn to UN to stop settlement expansion
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – PA chief negotiator blames Netanyahu for trying to alter basic principles of peace negotiations; “If Israel made the talks fail, then we will go to the other options.”
Netanyahu: Renewed freeze ‘is not being discussed’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – At Likud meeting PM says US is not offering benefits in exchange for moratorium on building in settlements; says Palestinian unilateral declaration of state would “enact a price from both sides.”
Nigeria says Teheran will not discuss arms seizure
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Iran’s embassy in the country will not elaborate on the military-grade weaponry, which included 107mm rockets, seized in Nigeria; says “any unnecessary word would add to the confusion already existing.”
Tel Aviv ranked world’s 3rd hottest city for 2011
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Lonely Planet’s Top Cities list describes Israel’s most international city as hedonistic, tolerant, cultured, and a truly diverse 21st-century hub.
Diskin: Internet technology makes terrorism more lethal
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – At Israel’s first homeland security int’l conference, Shin Bet head says Google Earth, the internet, Apple’s iPhone help terrorists obtain intelligence they could not before; says terrorist threat more complex.
‘PM agrees to lease Jordan Valley from Palestinians’
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – As part of negotiations, US reportedly proposes Israel lease the border region for 7 years; MK says, “Why do I need to lease land that belongs to us?”
Hamas confirms losses in Cast Lead for first time
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Hammad: No al-Qaida in Gaza; we are are centrists, we do not like zealots and extremists; claims Israel trying to escalate situation in Gaza.
Southern communities petition High Court for protection
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Residents of communities surrounding the Gaza Strip demand gov’t deploy the Iron Dome defense system, complete construction of protected rooms.
Jerusalem church torching sparks condemnation
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – International Christian Embassy calls upon all communities in the Holy Land to respect houses of worship.
Thousands form human chain to protest violence in Rahat
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – A common ingredient in the murders in Rahat, and elsewhere in the Arab sector, is the use of illegal firearms, many stolen from the IDF or the Israel Police.
Yishai: I’ll do all I can to preserve Jewish majority
Jeruslalem Post 1 Nov 2010 – Coalition, opposition both drafting comprehensive immigration bills; gov’t estimates as many as 1,000 people enter from Egypt illegally every month.
International Solidarity Movement
Patrolling Al-Khalil during a tense Jewish holiday
11/1/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Saturday in Al-Khalil much of the city was under alert for another Jewish holiday; the old city was overwhelmed with thousands of settlers and tourists. The atmosphere was tense and people were restricted from entering the area surrounding the Ibrahim Mosque until 4 p. m. Access to the mosque was completely denied to Muslims for….
Ben Gurion airport, hospitals set for general strike
Ha’aretz – Histadrut chairman to meet Finance Minister Steinitz in bid to head off a strike over pay for 750,000 public sector workers.
Tel Aviv is in top three cities in the world, says Lonely Planet
Ha’aretz – Israel’s party capital wins praise for its tolerant attitudes and thrivings arts – ‘a kind of San Francisco in the Middle East’.
Smoke and flames at Ben Gurion as airport drills for distaster
Ha’aretz – Emergency services carry out large-scale exercise to test readiness for a major air crash.
Supreme Court to debate appeal of jailed former minister Hirchson
Ha’aretz – Former finance minister convicted of embezzling NIS 1.7 million from union pension funds.
Israel’s Tea Party draws few supporters to ‘Say No to Obama’ event
Ha’aretz – Movement is not a breakaway from Netanyahu’s party, Likud MK and organizer says, but is meant to help PM reject Obama’s pressure to bend to Palestinian conditions for peace talks.
Justice Ministry: 10,000 migrants infiltrated Israel since start of 2010
Ha’aretz – Israel’s strong economy and its proximity to Africa encourages illegal immigration, government official says.
Two Jewish youths charged with shooting at Arabs during Safed clashes
Ha’aretz – Border Police officer allegedly handed his M-16 to a civilian friend, as some 30 Jewish youths demonstrated violently near Arab students’ apartments.
Israel approves NIS 160 million project to save crime-stricken Lod
Ha’aretz – Plan aims to reduce crime and increasing personal safety in the city which has seen an increase in violent crimes recently.
American professor invited to Israel ‘humiliated’ by El Al security personnel
Ha’aretz – Heather Bradshaw, a neuroscience professor invited to a conference at Hebrew University, says she was asked to remove clothing, board the aircraft with no luggage.
Peres at Rabin memorial: We are more determined than the enemies of peace
Ha’aretz – Fifteen years after assassination of iconic prime minister for signing accords with the Palestinians, president still holds hope for peace.
Israel bans Palestinian PM from East Jerusalem event
Ha’aretz – Public Security Minister Aharonovitch issues warrant forbidding the participation of Palestinian PM Fayyad in ceremony marking PA-sponsored school renovations.
Iran envoy: Nuclear weapons would be a strategic mistake
Ha’aretz – Iran ambassador to IAEA says the Islamic Republic could never compete with the numbers of warheads possessed by the nuclear-armed major powers?•
PA official: Arab states to attempt UN-forced settlement freeze
Ha’aretz – Speaking to Ma’an news, chief Palestinian negotiator blasts Netanyahu’s refusal to freeze settlements, says Mideast peace talks are just one way to solve the conflict.
Shin Bet Chief warns: Internet boosting global terror threat
Ha’aretz – ‘The internet provides terror organizations with the kind of intel that was once available only to countries,’ says Yuval Diskin at homeland security conference., Israel Radio quotes Hamas minister as…
Former U.S. deputy defense secretary: Jonathan Pollard must be freed now
Ha’aretz – Lawrence Korb tells Army Radio Pollard’s punishment was too severe for his crimes, no other person with similar charges received such severe sentence.
Israel Targets Students
Uruknet “They arrested six students with political or activist ties,” said Anan Quzmar, coordinator of Right 2 Education (R2E), a student’s rights organization based in Birzeit University. “They came in the middle of the night,” said Quzmar. “They arrested half a dozen students and trashed up the house.” The students were taken to detainment facilities and then prison. A few…
Hasbara Lie Exposed: “Staged” Settler Violence is Actually Tree Pruning
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – In a recent Ynet News story, a news group operating within West Bank settlements witnessed “Arabs and Leftists” staging an event in which their olive trees were vandalized, so as to further demonize settlers…In essence, we are expected to be utterly devoid of critical thought in order to believe such a wild story. We are…
Olive Harvest in the South Hebron Hills: What the Occupation Has Become
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – How many Israeli soldiers does it take to remove an elderly Palestinian woman from harvesting olives? It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but it is an unfortunate reality of life in the West Bank. We are in the middle of the olive harvest season and with it comes episodes of violence as…
Omar Khadr Jury Hammers the Final Nail Into the Coffin of American Justice
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – …With such grotesque distortions of justice taking place over the last week, it is easy to forget that the judge, Army Col. Patrick Parrish, had also prevented Khadr’s lawyers from drawing on their client’s well-chronicled reports of his torture and abuse in US custody. As a result, claims that Khadr was subjected to abusive treatment…
Dr. Richard Falk Endorses One State In Israel-Palestine
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – I am very honored to have this opportunity to talk with the audience that is attending this important conference that considers the Houston Declaration on an peaceful solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. I wish that I could be there with you in person, but scheduling conflicts prevent this, including my obligations as Special Rapporteur on…
Report: Israel PM offers to trade freeze for US spy
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested to US President Barack Obama to free Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in exchange for extending settlement freeze in the West Bank for 60 days, an Israeli news site reported Saturday. Inian Merkazi (“Central Issues”) quoted sources in Washington saying Netanyahu has already made his suggestion. Jonathan Pollard is…
New Scandals in Palestinian Child Prisoner Torture: Israeli Soldiers Urinate on 13-Year-Old Boys
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqa’ said he has uncovered a new scandal in the treatment of child prisoners by Israeli soldiers, in which Israeli soldiers urinated on two 13-year-old boys and held them naked in a bathroom for two days. Qaraqa’ said that he had contacted a lawyer on behalf of two detained…
PFLP in Khan Younis declare solidarity with Sa’adat and prisoners
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Khan Younis organized a rally in solidarity with Comrade Ahmad Sa’adat, the imprisoned General Secretary og the Front, and all of the prisoners inside the occupation jails, on October 30, 2010, drawing large crowds of leaders, supporters and cadres of the Front. The rally was organized…
Indian troops martyr 34 innocent Kashmiris in October
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their continued acts of state terrorism, martyred 34 innocent people including a young boy in the last month of October. According to the data compiled by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, of those martyred one civilian was killed in custody. These killings rendered 2 women widowed and…
The People Speak
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – Oct 31, 2010 (IPS) – The focus on people’s movements in Palestine continues to gain momentum with growing non-violent demonstrations in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, and with a Palestine-wide call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. Years of the non-violent demonstrations throughout the occupied West Bank against Israel’s…
Finding the ‘Cure’ for the ‘Cyber Epidemic’
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – As the “War on Terror” morphs into a multiyear, multitrillion dollar blood-soaked adventure to secure advantage over imperialism’s geopolitical rivals (and steal other people’s resources in the process), hitting the corporate “sweet spot,” now as during the golden days of the Cold War, is as American as a preemptive war and the “pack of lies”…
Israel arrested more than100 children from Silwan in October
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – Amid rising Israeli-Arab tensions, Israeli police are waging a crackdown on Palestinian youths — many not yet teenagers — in East Jerusalem’s most volatile neighborhood, Silwan. In a recent incident, M., a slightly chubby 10-year-old with dark eyes, was harmed by a group of plainclothes forces who sprang out of an unmarked car and grabbed…
The Ramallah Government: church torching by settlers was response to UNESCO decision
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Information has expressed that they consider the recent burning of a Christian church in occupied Jerusalem by a group of Jewish settlers a “response to decisions made by the UN organisation for education, culture and science, UNESCO, the most recent of which was its refusal to include the Ibrahimi Mosque…
Witnesses: Israeli tanks operating in central Gaza Strip
Uruknet November 1, 2010 — Several Israeli military vehicles crossed the Gaza border on Monday into the central Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an. Witnesses said Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered hundreds of meters into the village of Wadi Al-Salqa, south of Gaza City, roaming the area and bulldozing land…
First Bad Deal Gone Down: Origins of the Current Democratic Debacle
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – The last, wan hope for real change in the American system was not lost through the imperial dithering of Barack Obama’s “Bush-Clinton Terror War Continuity” administration during the past two years. No; those last wan hopes went down the drain in 2006 — the year that the Democratic Party regained control of Congress … and promptly…
Unanswered questions in the Yemen terror scare
Uruknet November 1, 2010 – In what has become a regular feature of American public life—especially on the eve of major elections—the airwaves were taken over Friday by breathless reports of a new terror threat. It is impossible to determine how much is fact and how much is fiction in the ever-expanding claims being made regarding two packages from Yemen…
Report: Israeli soldiers kill 3, injure dozens in October in Gaza Strip
Uruknet October 31, 2010 — A report issued by Gaza Strip medical services documented dozens of Palestinian deaths and injuries at the hands of Israeli occupation forces in the month of October, 2010. The report issued Sunday said Israeli troops launched three aerial raids on various areas of the Strip, killing two and injuring ten. The murder victims were identified…
Iran Not Ready for Nuclear Talks, Ahmadinejad Aide Says
Uruknet October 31, 2010 – Iran will not discuss its nuclear programme at talks with global powers, an adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, adding fresh doubt to the chances of a negotiated end to its stand-off with the West. Iran said on Friday it was ready to resume talks which stalled more than a year ago and…
Daily shootings in Gaza’s border zone
Uruknet October 31, 2010 – A string of shootings of Palestinian workers, many of them only teenagers, in the northern Gaza Strip has brought renewed attention to a live-fire exclusion zone imposed by Israel on the Gaza side of the Green Line. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon removed settlers and most soldiers from Gaza in 2005, but Israeli forces still…
“No chance for two states”: Interview with Knesset member Haneen Zoabi
Uruknet October 31, 2010 – There is now “no chance” for a two-state solution in Palestine. So said Haneen Zoabi, a Palestinian member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in an interview with The Electronic Intifada (EI) on 29 October in Chicago (video). “The reality goes more toward the one state solution,” Zoabi said, “whether a democratic one-state solution, or a…
Israel mulls US proposal on leasing Palestinian land
Daily Star 1 Nov 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel is mulling a US proposal for addressing key security concerns that would entail leasing swaths of the Jordan Valley from a future Palestinian state, army radio said Monday.The radio quoted anonymous Israeli officials…
Tehran silent on arms shipment found in Nigeria
Daily Star 1 Nov 2010 ABUJA: Iran’s embassy in Nigeria refused to comment in detail Monday on an arms shipment found in the West African nation believed sent from an Iranian port, saying it did not want to add to “confusion.”In…
Iran envoy: atom bomb would be strategic mistake
Daily Star 1 Nov 2010 VIENNA: Building nuclear bombs would be a strategic mistake for Iran, its envoy to the UN atomic agency said Monday, and a leading Western expert said Tehran should be taken seriously when it insists it will…
Palestinian children face increasing settler violence, study finds
Daily Star 1 Nov 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Palestinian children are coming under increasing attack by a handful of violent, extremist Jewish settlers, a human rights group said Monday in a report on the human cost of settlement expansion.The study, which was…
Hamas admits higher fighter casualties in Gaza war
Daily Star 1 Nov 2010 GAZA CITY: A senior Hamas official admitted Monday that up to 300 fighters had been killed in the 2008-09 Gaza war after the Islamist group initially put the toll at 48.Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad told…
Let Palestinian police control Area C | Kieron Monks
The Guardian 1 Nov 2010 – Israel’s refusal to allow police to bring law and order to large parts of the West Bank undermines its security credentials When Israeli officials say security is their highest priority , they do not mean in Area…
M??venpick’s West Bank hotel is testament to political stability
The Guardian 1 Nov 2010 – Ramallah’s new hotel highlights the city’s economic growth in an area previously associated with Palestinian militancy An international five-star hotel opens for business today in Ramallah in testament to political stability and economic growth in the…
Middle East and North Africa: Revised Plan 2011 (MAA8000311)
Relief Web 1 Nov 2010 – Source: IFRC
A Way Past Middle East Deadlock
Relief Web 1 Nov 2010 – Source: Council on Foreign Relations
SUPPORTING GAZA FARMERS
Relief Web 1 Nov 2010 – Source: CARE
OPT: Rafah Crossing Opens for 6th Month for Humanitarian Aid
Relief Web 1 Nov 2010 – Source: Government of Egypt
World Forum Boosts Education for Palestinians
IPS Education in Palestinian areas and the longing for a homeland were given a major boost over the weekend through the World Education Forum (WEF). The four-day education conference Oct. 28-31 was held in cities across the West Bank and in Gaza, as well as Lebanon.
8th Week against the Apartheid Wall, November 9 — 16 2010
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Iran envoy: Atom bomb would be strategic mistake
YNet News – Islamic Republic’s ambassador to IAEA suggests his country could never compete….
Egypt’s intelligence chief headed to Israel
YNet News – Omar Suleiman to visit Israel this week in attempt to renew stalemated peace….
Gaza vicinity residents demand protection
YNet News – Regional council heads petition High Court, demand State provide temporary means….
Minister Katz: Israel on bomb alert since Thursday
YNet News – Transportation minister hints state knew about mail terror plot before it was….
Lebanon: 3 ‘Israel spies’ sentenced to death
YNet News – A Lebanese military court on Monday sentenced three people who were convicted of spying for Israel to death. Two of the Lebanese nationals, Sami Farhat and Amar …….
Thousands protest against yeshiva student bill
YNet News – Some 6,000 students attended a mass rally in Jerusalem’s Zion Square on Sunday against a bill meant to side-step a High Court of Justice ruling and allow stipends for …….
Netanyahu: Don’t let PA hold east Jerusalem ceremony
YNet News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the security establishment on Monday to prevent the Palestinian Authority from conducting ceremonies and organizing events …….
Man impersonates Shalit during Gaza rally
YNet News – Relatives of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel demonstrated in the south Gaza city of Rafah on Monday. During the rally, two gunmen pointed their rifles at the head of …….
Man stuck in elevator for 18 hours
YNet News – Instead of spending the weekend with family and friends, Nissim Shamayim was stuck in an elevator for 18 hours at the Shatner Center in Jerusalem’s Givat Shaul …….
Palestinian Information Center
Gaza demonstrators at UN office demand end of siege
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in front of the UN offices in Gaza city on Sunday demanding international intervention to lift the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.
IOF soldiers conduct field interrogation of Hamas leaders in Yabad
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – A senior intelligence officer accompanied the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) that stormed two houses of Hamas figures in Yabad village, Jenin district, and conducted field interrogation with both.
General strike in Silwan in protest at visit made by Israeli municipal head
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – Local sources said a general strike was prevailing Monday morning in all neighborhoods of Silwan district in protest at the visit that was made by Nir Barakat to nearby Ras Al-Amud area.
Spain says it cannot offer Dichter immunity against arrest
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – Spanish authorities said it cannot grant Avi Dichter immunity from arrest and interrogation if he intends to visit its territories because of an arrest warrant was issued against him.
MP Musleh: Reconciliation talks amidst detention campaigns deception
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – Hamas MP in Ramallah Mahmoud Musleh has charged that the Fatah’s talk about reconciliation while continuing detention campaigns in the West Bank was tantamount to deceiving the public opinion.
Bardawil: No Shalit release without price
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – Hamas MP Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil has stressed that the Zionist enemy will not rejoice the return of Gilad Shalit without paying the price set by the resistance factions capturing him.
Hammad rules out Israeli war at present
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – Palestinian minister of interior in Gaza Fathi Hammad has said that regional and international conditions are not appropriate for a fresh Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Christian Science Monitor: Israel arrested 100 children from Silwan in October
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – The Christian Science Monitor newspaper stated in a report that Israel arbitrarily arrested 100 children, most of them under age 13 last month in Silwan district, east of occupied Jerusalem.
National committee: Release Gaza prisoners whose incarceration term ended
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – The national committee for prisoners has asked international human rights organizations to immediately intervene with the IOA to end its crime of detaining Gazan prisoners whose sentences had ended.
Islamic action front slams Jordanian-Israeli oil pollution exercise
PIC 1 Nov 2010 – The Islamic action front in Jordan strongly denounced their government for conducting a maritime pollution cleanup drill with Israelis last month in the Gulf of Aqaba.
Iranian lawyer committed to winning U.S. hikers’ freedom
LA Times 2 Nov 2010 – Masoud Shafii’s clients, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, are charged with spying. ‘Nobody can prove my clients were spies,’ says Shafii, who acknowledges he’s walking a tightrope as their lawyer. For a man preparing to go up against his own government in a case with international repercussions, Masoud Shafii doesn’t look particularly worried as he brews some tea and offers it to a guest.
Nablus Journal: Stability Transforms West Bank City
New York Times 1 Nov 2010 – A ceremony was the latest step toward the rebranding of Nablus from a focus of chaos to a model of stability.
World Briefing | Middle east: Iran: Trial of 3 U.S. Hikers Is Postponed
New York Times 1 Nov 2010 – The start of the trial of three American hikers has been postponed because one of them, Sarah E. Shourd, has not been summoned to return to Iran to appear in court.
Guard Led 3 Americans Across Iran Border, Released Hiker Says
New York Times 1 Nov 2010 – Sarah E. Shourd, a teacher freed in September after nearly 14 months in Tehran’s Evin prison says the group inadvertently crossed into Iran.
AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Shepherd made homeless, livelihood threatened, son in prison
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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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OCHA Report: 1,000 Palestinians Injured By Israeli Forces in 2010
Palestine Monitor – The Office for The Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) Protection of Civilians report announced this week that 1,000 Palestinians have now been injured by Israeli forces during 2010. The figure is a 38% increase on the last year’s total for the same time frame. Israeli soldiers…
Israel Targets Students
Palestine Monitor – On 26 August, Israeli forces stormed a student apartment in Birzeit. “They arrested six students with political or activist ties,” said Anan Quzmar, coordinator of Right 2 Education (R2E), a student’s rights organization based in Birzeit University. “They came in the middle of the night,” said…
How many Israeli soldiers does it take to keep an elderly Palestinian woman from harvesting her olives?
Mondoweiss – The headline sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but it is an unfortunate reality of life in the West Bank. We are in the middle of the olive harvest season and with it comes episodes of violence as well the harsh face of Israeli…
Haneen Zoabi: Palestinians citizens of Israel are ‘struggling for a normal state . . . which is a state for all of its citizens, [in] which the Palestinians and the Israeli Jews can have full equality.’
Mondoweiss – Ali Abunimah has an interesting and wide ranging interview with Israeli MK Haneen Zoabi up on Electronic Intifada . Zoabi has been public enemy number one in Israel since taking part in the Freedom Flotilla last Spring. Most recently, she was targeted last week by police during…
Olive Harvest in the South Hebron Hills: What the Occupation Has Become
Joseph Dana 1 Nov 2010 – An Israeli settler yells at a Palestinian farmer in the south Hebron hills. (Christian Peacemaker Teams) How many Israeli soldiers does it take to remove anelderlyPalestinian woman from harvesting olives? It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but it is an unfortunate reality of…
Ayed Morrar on the Repression of the Unarmed Struggle in Palestine
Joseph Dana 1 Nov 2010 – Ayed Morrar, the main protagonist from the acclaimed documentary Budrus , has an opinion piece appearing on the Huffington Post today. The piece details the crackdown of the unarmed struggle in West Bank since the successful demonstrations against the route of Israel’s separation wall which he led…
New Scandals in Child Prisoner Torture: Soldiers Urinate on 13-Year-Old Boys
Sabr 1 Nov 2010 – 01.11.10 – 10:59 Bethlehem — PNN – Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqa’ said he has uncovered a new scandal in the treatment of child prisoners by Israeli soldiers, in which Israeli soldiers urinated on two 13-year-old boys and held them naked in a bathroom…
Israeli Soldier Sentenced to Prison For Photos
Sabr 1 Nov 2010 – 01.11.10 – 11:11 Jerusalem — PNN — A military court sentenced an Israeli soldier to five months in prison for posing in a picture next to a Palestinian prisoner. Corporal Yehuda Battalion was photographed posing with a prisoner in the Jenin area in January. His cell…
Palestinian detainee held in isolation for going on hunger strike
Sabr 1 Nov 2010 – [ 31/10/2010 – 10:04 AM ] GAZA, ( PIC )— The Israeli military court will hold Palestinian detainee Shadi Abul Hussein in solitary confinement on Sunday for going on hunger strike over the past four days, his mother told the PIC on Saturday. She added that Abul Hussein…
500 Palestinian workers detained in October
Sabr 1 Nov 2010 – [ 30/10/2010 – 10:15 AM ] RAMALLAH, ( PIC )— Israeli occupation police and border guards detained 500 Palestinian workers in the current month of October including 20 women for working in 1948 occupied Palestine without permits. A statement for the Palestinian trade union in the West Bank…
Israeli soldier jailed over photo
BBC 1 Nov 2010 – An Israeli soldier is sentenced to five months in jail after photos emerged of him posing next to a Palestinian prisoner, media report.
Iran delays US hikers’ spy trial
BBC 1 Nov 2010 – Iran has postponed the trial of three American hikers on charges of spying, the judiciary spokesman says.
Israeli film wins Tokyo prize
BBC 1 Nov 2010 – Israeli director Nir Bergman picks up the top prize at the Tokyo Film Festival for the second time.
Articles
South Africa is already here
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, Israeli Occupation Archive10/31/2010
The government is trying to build a protected autonomy for the Jewish majority and a stunted autonomy for the Arab minority.
How could the Israeli public allow a few dozen racists go down into the lion’s den of Umm al-Fahm on their own? Do Michael Ben-Ari, Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben Gvir represent only themselves or just the fringes of the extreme right? After all, thousands of Israeli citizens agreed when they heard the thugs’ explanations of the reasons for their march.
Hundreds of thousands in Israel are pleased with the Citizenship Law, glad that the bill will, when it passes — and it will pass — allow discrimination against Arabs who will want to buy a home in a Jewish community, and the majority of the public considers MK Hanin Zuabi a traitor.
Where were all these people while the fascists marched through Umm al-Fahm? Suddenly they are not comfortable being seen with those who reflect precisely the zeitgeist?
Participating in this march should have been Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, MKs Anastassia Michaeli and David Rotem, the settler leadership, the followers of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the heads and residents of Jewish communities in the Galilee, as well as the owners of homes in Tel Aviv and Ra’anana who refuse to rent apartments to Arabs. This march should have carried the banner “[National] Pride Parade.” Alas, only 1,300 participants showed up, along with the police force that protected them.
But they are certainly not alone. They simply do not need yet another demonstration. Israel’s apartheid movement is coming out of the woodwork and is taking on a formal, legal shape. It is moving from voluntary apartheid, which hides its ugliness through justifications of “cultural differences” and “historic neglect”…. — See also:Sourcemore..e-mail
‘Israeli society doesn’t feel the need for peace’
Interviewed by Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, Israeli Occupation Archive10/31/2010
There is now “no chance” for a two-state solution in Palestine. So said Haneen Zoabi, a Palestinian member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in an interview with The Electronic Intifada (EI) on 29 October in Chicago (video).
“The reality goes more toward the one state solution,” Zoabi said, “whether a democratic one-state solution, or a binational one-state solution.”
Elected in 2009, Zoabi represents the National Democratic Alliance, and is the first woman to be elected on the list of an Arab party in Israel.
“We are struggling for a normal state,” Zoabi explained, “which is a state for all of its citizens, [in] which the Palestinians and the Israeli Jews can have full equality. I recognize religious, cultural and national group rights for the Israelis, but inside a democratic and neutral state.”
Zoabi spoke to EI just before she addressed 120 students, faculty and community members in an event organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago. During her lecture, and in the interview with EI, Zoabi described the systematic legal, social and cultural discrimination Israel’s 1.2 million Palestinian citizens face. Zoabi said she strongly opposes Israel’s demand to be recognized as a “Jewish state” as this would legitimize and deepen these forms of discrimination.
Zoabi was among dozens of Palestinian citizens injured by Israeli police just two days before her interview with EI. On 27 October, Israeli extremists affiliated with the outlawed Kach movement, founded by the late Meir Kahane, marched through Umm al-Fahm, a Palestinian city within Israel. Kahane believed that all Palestinians should be expelled from Israel and the occupied territories. Zoabi described how police attacked Palestinian demonstrators and protected the Israeli extremists. — See also:Sourcemore..e-mail
Civil resistance to bring down the Walls
Ayed Morrar, Huffington Post, International Solidarity Movement11/1/2010
Budrus, a documentary film now debuting across the US, tells the story of a successful protest campaign by unarmed Palestinian civilians against Israel’s military occupation in my small West Bank village. Our struggle’s success and the consequent expansion of civil resistance to other West Bank communities may provide hope to viewers desperate for positive news from the Middle East, but today an Israeli crackdown on unarmed Palestinian protesters is threatening this growing movement. For our movement to thrive and serve as a true alternative to violence, we need Americans’ to demand that Israel, a close US ally, end this repression.
Budrus depicts our ten month campaign of protest marches in 2003-2004, which included participation by men, women and children, and by representatives from all Palestinian political factions, along with Israeli and international activists, to resist the construction of Israel’s Separation Barrier on our lands. Young women, led by my 15-year-old daughter Iltezam, ran past armed Israeli soldiers and jumped In front of the bulldozers that were uprooting our ancient olive trees. The soldiers regularly met us with clubs, rubber-coated bullets, curfews, arrests and even live ammunition. But we won in the end. The Israeli military rerouted the barrier in Budrus, allowing us access to almost all of our land.
The film ends with Palestinian and Israeli activists heading to the neighboring village of Ni’ilin where the struggle to save Palestinian land continues today. But following Budrus’s success and faced by a growing numbers of civilians protesting the confiscation of their lands, Israel has responded with military might, attempting to quell this new movement. Twenty Palestinians have since been killed during unarmed demonstrations against the construction of the Separation Barrier.
In Ni’ilin, in the dark of night, Israeli soldiers have staged hundreds of military raids and arrests of civilians from the village; hundreds more were injured — forty by live ammunition, and five, including a ten year old, were shot dead. Today, a horrid 25 foot concrete wall stands in Ni’ilin, behind which lie 620 acres of village lands taken for the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. — See also:Sourcemore..e-mail
Video: “No justice, no chickpeas!” activists tell Philadelphia shoppers
Electronic Intifada: 1 Nov 2010 – Shoppers and employees at the Fresh Grocer’s flagship store at 40th and Walnut Street in Philadelphia were surprised last month by a choreographed flash dance performed in the store by activists calling for a boycott of products that provide moral and financial support for Israeli human rights violations.more
Progressive Canadians must challenge JNF’s charitable status
Electronic Intifada: 1 Nov 2010 – Last month, Greg Selinger, the New Democratic Party (NDP) Premier of the Province of Manitoba, and two of his ministers visited Israel. Among other things, the official delegation strengthened the longtime “progressive” government’s ties to the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The trip was a sad spectacle that should embarrass every Canadian who opposes racism.more
Book review: understanding the economics of occupation
Electronic Intifada: 1 Nov 2010 – In his debut book The Political Economy of the Occupation , economist Shir Hever synthesizes a slew of sources to come to a solid analysis of the economic factors behind the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.more
The People Speak
In Gaza: 1 Nov 2010 – * photo Adie Mormech Oct 31, 2010 (IPS) – The focus on people’s movements in Palestine continues to gain momentum with growing non-violent demonstrations in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, and with a Palestine-wide call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel . Years of the non-violent demonstrations throughout the occupied West Bank against Israel’s separation wall have finally generated some media interest in the issue of the wall and annexation of Palestinian land. Yet the behind-the- scenes work of Palestinian unions, Palestinian and international BDS groups , video conferences bridging Palestine to the outside world, and the struggle of Palestinian students to access an education continues largely unnoticed by the cameras. In July, 2010, the United Nations IRIN news reported that roughly 39,000 Palestinian children from Gaza would not have schools to attend, following the destruction or severe damage of some 280 schools and kindergartens during…more
OCHA Report: 1,000 Palestinians Injured By Israeli Forces in 2010
Palestine Monitor: 1 Nov 2010 – The Office for The Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) Protection of Civilians report announced this week that 1,000 Palestinians have now been injured by Israeli forces during 2010. The figure is a 38% increase on the last year’s total for the same time frame. Israeli soldiers in Nabi Saleh The landmark was reached during the most recent weekly demonstrations against the Separation Barrier, which have been responsible for around a quarter of injuries sustained this year. Friday in Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah, saw 17 people injured by tear gas and rubber bullets used to disperse the protest. Three more casualties were taken in Bi’lin and Al Ma’asara. Coincidentally, another landmark was reached in the West Bank last week with the 400th Palestinian resident displaced. 261 structures have been demolished in the West Bank this year, and another 39 in East Jerusalem. New stop work orders have been issued to…more
Israel Targets Students
Palestine Monitor: 1 Nov 2010 – On 26 August, Israeli forces stormed a student apartment in Birzeit. “They arrested six students with political or activist ties,” said Anan Quzmar, coordinator of Right 2 Education (R2E), a student’s rights organization based in Birzeit University. “They came in the middle of the night,” said Quzmar. “They arrested half a dozen students and trashed up the house.” The students were taken to detainment facilities and then prison. A few were released, but most have remained behind bars, waiting for their hearing, to meet their lawyers, and see the single judge who will decide their fate. Ameel Abdel was lucky. He had been picked up along with other members of a student group connected to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), or the second largest political organization in Palestine’s ruling coalition. As he sat in Ofer prison with other members of al-Kutob al-Tulab al-Democrati (Democratic Student Writers),…more
Israeli Settlers’ Terror
Palestine Chronicle: 1 Nov 2010 – By Dr. Elias Akleh Palestinians in the Israeli occupied West Bank face waves after waves of Israeli terror campaigns throughout the year. These terror waves are committed by Israeli extremist settlers (colonizers) as well as the Israeli army. The most common attacks include violent trespassing on Palestinian properties during the night, stone throwing at civilians and their homes, physical assaults on farmers, children and women, destruction of all types of properties, burning civilian structures, crops and trees, shooting livestock, poisoning wells, and theft of crops and cutting fruit trees. The worst of these Israeli terror attacks are committed during harvest seasons, especially during olive season. Olive trees are very important part of the Palestinian agricultural economy. They have been a major source of livelihood for Palestinians for thousands of years. Olive groves are spread all over the country and every Palestinian house has a couple of olive trees in its…more
My Encounter with a Zionist in Crisis with Her Beliefs
Palestine Chronicle: 1 Nov 2010 – By Susan Abulhawa I received a lovely letter from a reader who identified herself as a Jewish American. To preserve her anonymity, I’ll call her ‘Sally’. She wrote that she loved Mornings in Jenin, even though the historic backdrop of the narrative did not reconcile with what she learned about Israel growing up. It seemed a heartfelt letter and thus worthy of a similar response. I did not see Sally as a Zionist or even as a Jew. I saw her as a woman, a mother, and a fellow writer. So, I was delighted when she came to my panel debate with Alan Dershowitz at the Boston Book Festival, and when she asked if we could talk more after the event, I was happy to invite her to lunch with a group of friends. She was soft spoken, with a gentle demeanor and through the course of the table conversation,…more
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