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Soldiers shoot worker on north Gaza border
11/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was injured Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire at a group of workers collecting stone aggregates near an evacuated Israeli settlement in northern Gaza. Eyewitnesses said 19-year-old Karam Al-Adham was shot in his left leg near the abandoned Eli Sinai structure northwest of Beit Lahiya. He….
Israeli police, Bedouin clash at mosque demolition
11/7/2010 – TEL AVIV, Israel (DPA) — Israeli police on Sunday arrested five people protesting the demolition of a mosque in the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said the protestors had thrown rocks at the police, who were providing security for civil authority workers who were taking down the structure. The mosque…. Related: Al-Aqsa preacher slams demolition of Negev mosque
Settlers carry out work on seized Jerusalem home
11/8/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli settlers have expanded construction work on a Palestinian-owned house in Jerusalem’s Old City they took control of nearly a year ago. Witnesses said settlers brought construction equipment and furniture to the building, which is owned by Palestinian resident Fatima Dahoody, 80. The Palestinian Prisoner Society’s Jerusalem….
Shortage of medicines felt by patients in Gaza
11/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Tamer liked football and won a bronze medal twice in school competitions. Today, he lies on a hospital bed at Gaza City’s Ash-Shifa Hospital. The 14-year-old’s hands and feet are tied together with four sacks of water weighing one kg each. This is temporary until….
Court to hear appeals over jailed Bil’in leader
11/8/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli court will hold two hearings this week regarding the case of Palestinian protest leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah, who was convicted in August on charges related to demonstrations in the West Bank village of Bil’in. According to Rateb Abu Rahmah, a fellow member of the Bil’in….
Gaza: Kerem crossing partly open, Karni closed
11/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities will partially open one crossing into the Gaza Strip on Sunday for the limited delivery of food and fuel, a Palestinian liaison official said. Raed Fattouh told Ma’an that the Palestinian side was told to expect 160-170 truckloads of commercial goods and humanitarian aid through….
Al-Aqsa preacher slams demolition of Negev mosque
11/7/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The orator of Jerusalem’s iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque condemned on Sunday Israel’s demolition of a mosque in the Bedouin town of Rahat, in the Negev, as a part of an attempt to drive Palestinians off their land. Yousef Jumah Salamah said the demolition was a “crime that was…. Related: Israeli police, Bedouin clash at mosque demolition
Detainee shot dead outside Hebron courthouse
11/7/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) – Unidentified gunman shot dead a Palestinian detainee at the entrance of the magistrate court in Hebron in the southern West Bank. The assailants fled the scene. Police and medical sources identified the victim as 36-year-old Ayman Jibreel Rajabi. Medical officials said his bullet-riddled body was taken to Al-Ahli Hospital in….
Germany calls on Israel to allow exports from Gaza
11/7/2010 – JERUSALEM (DPA) — Israel should allow exports to leave the Gaza Strip, visiting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Sunday, describing such a step as “necessary.” Addressing a joint news conference in Jerusalem with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, he said Israel’s easing of its Gaza blockade in June was a “courageous step in….
2 Palestinians seized in overnight raid
11/7/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were detained early Sunday in Bethlehem, the Israeli army said. The two, who were not identified, were transferred for questioning, an Israeli military spokesman said. Residents of Beit Jala reported a loud blast around 4 a. m. It was not clear if the incidents were related….
British MPs visit Jerusalem Hamas politicians
11/8/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Two British MPs visited on Saturday two Palestinian lawmakers who are holed up in the Red Cross center in Jerusalem facing expulsion from the city by Israeli authorities. MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Andrew Slaughter, both members of the Labour Party, met with Palestinian Legislative Council membersMuhammad Totah and Ahmad Atoun in….
France’s Kouchner warns of ‘dangerous’ Middle East
11/7/2010 – BEIRUT (DPA) — French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner used a visit to Lebanon Saturday to warn of an increasingly dangerous situation in Middle East politics. His warning came as tensions rose in Lebanon over the imminent publication of a UN special tribunal report into the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri, and the possible collapse of talks….
Peace talks to be focus of Netanyahu visit to US
11/7/2010 – JERUSALEM (DPA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in the United States on Sunday to address a conference of Jewish leaders and meet with US leaders to discuss the Middle East peace process. Netanyahu is scheduled to give a speech at the annual North American Jewish Conference in New Orleans. Earlier in….
Off-duty cop arrested over deadly Gaza shooting
11/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Authorities in the Gaza Strip have arrested a police officer for shooting two civilians in a Gaza City market last week, the local Ministry of Interior said Sunday. Alaa As-Souri, 24, was killed by a live bullet to the chest when a gunman, employed by the municipal police, fired at….
Islamic Jihad: PA detains leader in Ramallah
11/7/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad said Sunday that Palestinian Authority security forces detained a senior leader from his home in Ramallah in the central West Bank. The movement said in a statement that Abdul-Hakim Masalma, 50, was taken to a detention center. The official had been wanted by Israeli forces for five years, the….
Bahar: West Bank lawmaker can’t hold PLC meeting
11/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian Legislative Council Deputy Speaker Ahmad Bahar criticized a West Bank lawmaker for claiming to hold a session of the parliamentary body on Sunday. This came in response to an announcement by Fatah lawmaker Jamal Abu Ar-Rub that the PLC would hold a special session in Ramallah to discuss making….
Luxury hotel to open in Gaza
11/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Nablus businessman Munib Al-Masri on Sunday toured industrial projects being carried out by the Palestine Development and Investment Company in the Gaza Strip. PADICO director Samir Hleila and other dignitaries accompanied Al-Masri. They paid a visit to Gaza’s sole power plant, where Al-Masri promised to exert efforts to….
Syrians working harder on child labor
11/8/2010 – DAMASCUS, Syria (IRIN) — The Syrian government and international agencies are focusing efforts on tackling child labor, amid concerns that rates in the country are rising.”Child labor is a serious issue in Syria and the government, UNICEF and the ILO [International Labour Organization] all look at it as an issue of concern,” said Sherazade Boualia….
Egypt vows to protect Christians after Qaeda threat
11/7/2010 – CAIRO (DPA) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak promised to protect Coptic Christians in the country after Al-Qaeda renewed threats against them, state-run media said Sunday. Mubarak condemned “any terrorist plots targeting the Copts of Egypt” and told their pope, Shenouda III, that he rejected accusations made by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group, the Islamic State of Iraq, Al-Ahram….
Is Netanyahu a Botha or a de Klerk?
Palestine Note 7 Nov 2010 – 1948 is an infamous year. It was the year that Jews largely separated themselves from non-Jewish people in Palestine, and it was the year that the system of Apartheid began in South Africa. Afrikaners progressively separated…
Israeli police demolish mosque
AlJazeera 7 Nov 2010 – Action in Arab town in Negev, following a court order, prompts protest call by Muslim residents.
Mosque Demolished In Rahat
PNN – Jerusalem — PNN — A mosque in the Beduin city of Rahat was demolished early Sunday morning. Land Administration authorities said it was built without proper permits. The residents of Rahat stood…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (28 Oct. — 03 Nov. 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Barak says Labor Party detractors could harm peace process
Jeruslalem Post 8 Nov 2010 – In letter, defense minister says he was ‚Äúno enemy of party members’ personal aspirations, but I see in their attempt to push to the front of the stage, especially at this time, a complete lack of responsibility.‚Äù
PA, Hamas use passports as ammo in battle between factions
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Human rights organizations say the PA is punishing Gaza Palestinians affiliated with Hamas by depriving them of travel documents.
MDA to continue defying rock-throwers in east Jerusalem
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – ‘We’ll continue to take care of people who need it,’ says paramedic; All of the organization’s ambulances in e. J’lem are reinforced against rocks, those that enter deep into Arab villages are armored.
Court files: Jews get land deals in east J’lem Arab areas
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Dror Etkes: This “exposes a very corrupt relationship”; documents refer to 11 properties in Silwan and Old City sold below market prices by ILA.
US ambassador: Election results won’t alter Israel ties
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – James Cunningham states US will continue to maintain Israel’s qualitative military edge and assist efforts to defend against Hamas, Hizbullah rocket-fire, in comments at Begin-Sadat Center conference.
Lieberman vows to stop funding for Ariel boycott artists
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – FM accuses artists of incitement against state, defaming Ariel residents; Livnat says new amendment will force actors to perform regardless of geography.
Pamela Anderson to show Israel how to tango
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Baywatch star will compete on Dancing With the Stars; plans to meet with MKs about supporting a law to ban fur imports in Israel.
Lieberman: We should leave Ghajar unilaterally
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – FM says J’lem’s intention was to leave northern part of village long ago, but Hizbullah derailed Lebanese involvement in border agreement.
FM: I told gov’t to leave Ghajar without Lebanese agreement
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Lieberman says J’lem’s intention was leave northern partof village for long ago but Lebanese participation in border agreement was constantly derailed by Hizbullah.
Nazareth imam indicted for inciting violence
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Salim is also charged with supporting terrorism for his website that praises global jihad and al-Qaida; is also accused of calling for jihad against IDF soldiers; suspects in Yafim Weisnstein murder implicate imam for incitement.
Israel a big issue in upcoming Jordanian elections
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Amidst fears that West Bank Palestinians will be dumped on Jordan, many candidates call for “political resistance” to defend Jordan from “Israeli threat.”
Peres expresses support for the legal system of the IDF
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – President meets with Mandelblit; says he is “shocked to the depths of his soul” at “traitor” graffiti painted on the walls of military legal chief’s home.
Iran proposes nuclear talks with West be held in Turkey
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Teheran says it has informed Turks it’s willing to hold talks with P5+1; adds that it’s “hopeful a time and agenda will be agreed upon soon.”
FM vows to stop gov’t funding for Ariel boycott artists
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – FM accuses those who signed letter, calling for performers to boycott settlement theater, of incitement against Israel.
Playwrite threatens to sue if play performed in Ariel
Jeruslalem Post 7 Nov 2010 – Following letter asking performers to boycott new theater in settlement, writer says his contract does not include showings “outside of Israel’s borders.”
Safed police asked to investigate anti-Arab leaflets
Ha’aretz – Last month, group of prominent rabbis, including chief rabbi of Safed, signed call urging Jews to refrain from renting apartments to Arabs.
Supreme Court backs Jews-only housing in Jaffa neighborhood
Ha’aretz – Court rejects appeal by Jaffa residents, human rights groups challenging leasing land to company specializing in housing for religious Zionist community.
Nazareth imam charged with incitement and supporting terror
Ha’aretz – Sheikh Nazem Abu Salim has allegedly used his web site and Friday sermons to back global jihad and declare solidarity with Al-Qaida.
Peres slams ‘delegitimization campaign’ against IDF legal system
Ha’aretz – President meets with Military Advocate General after ‘traitor’ graffiti was found at his house; Peres: It is important to work to ensure that the IDF continues to be one of…
IDF presents: Missile alerts on your cell phone
Ha’aretz – Home Front Command to launch new cellular application alerting citizens about missile attacks starting June 2011.
Yisrael Beitinu: Israel must not fund artists who boycott settlement arts center
Ha’aretz – Lieberman’s party urges action against theater actors calling for boycott of new Ariel arts center; Foreign Minister says that ‘the show must go on, but the incitement [against the state]…
Netanyahu’s U.S. trip: Official state visit or family vacation?
Ha’aretz – Office of the PM issues last minute statement about Netanyahu’s soldier son joining his parents on U.S. trip.
Police, Bedouin clash as state demolishes condemned Negev mosque
Ha’aretz – Rahat mosque, which police say was funded by the Islamic Movement’s Northern Branch, had been marked for demolition as a result of it being illegally constructed; residents begin rebuilding demolished…
Netanyahu to tell Biden: Only military threat can stop Iran
Ha’aretz – In meeting with U.S. Vice President, Netanyahu expected to warn that Islamic Republic may be setting trap for West in expressing willingness to return to dialogue.
Israel denies entry to Sweden MP and ex-Israeli who sailed on Gaza flotilla
Ha’aretz – MP Mehmet Kaplan and artist Dror Feiler planned to lodge complaint against IDF for violence, armed robbery, obstruction of freedom and kidnapping.
Lieberman: Israel will quit Lebanon town unilaterally due to Hezbollah refusal to cooperate
Ha’aretz – Netanyahu to inform UN of expected disengagement from disputed border village of Ghajar; FM: We told Netanyahu we could not wait for Lebanese government to comply.
Iran suggests Turkey as venue for nuclear talks with major powers
Ha’aretz – Iranian FM says Tehran informed Ankara that it is willing to hold talks with the P5+1 group in Turkey, says consultations are under way and are on the right track.,…
Rights group: Female detainees in Talmond denied medical treatment
7 Nov 2010 – Ramallah, November 7, (Pal Telegraph – Occupied Palestine) Several ill detainees in the female population of the Israeli Talmond prison have been denied medical treatment, a Palestinian rights group reported, adding that the prison administration has refused to allow a dentist into the facility. The Mandela rights group head Buthaina Duqmaq, in statement she issued Saturday after visiting Israeli prisons,…
Israel moves to improve relations with UNESCO after forging holy sites
7 Nov 2010 – Nazareth, November 7, (Pal Telegraph – Occupied Palestine) The Israeli government is determined to settle existing differences with UNESCO (the UN organization for Education, Science and Culture) in light of the organization’s recent decisions to counter the prior’s practice of adding Islamic holy sites in Palestine to the country’s Jewish heritage list, Israeli media said. According to Israeli Radio, a…
Israel’s Netanyahu undoubted winner of US mid-term elections — for now
7 Nov 2010 – Jerusalem, November 7, (Pal Telegraph – Redress) Uri Avnery argues that although the Republican win in the US mid-term elections represents a victory for Binyamin Netanyahu, the longer term prospects for the Israeli prime minister and those he represents are much less certain. The Israeli leadership did not know how to treat the results of this election. Are they good…
Bil’in’s weekly demo drowned in tear-gas clouds
7 Nov 2010 – West Bank, November 7, (Pal Telegraph — Joseph Dana) Some hundred demonstrators — residents of the villages accompanied by their Israeli and international supporters — marched from the village’s center towards the Wall and the lands that are isolated behind it today, as demonstrators have been doing every Friday for nearly six years. On arriving to the large yellow metal…
Israel opens Abu Salem, keeps Karni closed
7 Nov 2010 – Gaza, November 11, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli occupation authorities partially opened today the Kerem Abu Salem and Karni commercial crossings to the entry of dozens of trucks carrying aid and fuel to the Gaza Strip. Chairman of the Coordinating Committee of Gaza’s Supplies, Raed Fattouh, said that the Israeli occupation authorities allowed the entry of between 180-190 trucks through the Kerem…
Safed: ‘the most racist city’ in Israel
Uruknet November 7, 2010 – The tranquility of Safed, a small Israeli city nestled high in the hills of the Upper Galilee close to the Lebanese border, is not usually disturbed except by occasional pilgrimages by Madonna or other famous devotees of the Jewish mystical teachings of Kabbalah. But in the past few weeks, Safed – one of Judaism’s four…
Israeli State Violence and the Value of Palestinian Life
Uruknet November 7, 2010 – Disregard for Palestinian life has characterized the attitudes of Israeli authorities towards its Arab citizens since the establishment of the state. The Palestinians constitute what the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben calls homo sacer, according to which the laws of humanity do not apply to them. For Israel, the Palestinians exist in conditions of “bare life”….
Int’l jurist: Palestinian detainees are hostages under international law
Uruknet November 7, 2010 — International law expert Hasan Omar stated that the Palestinian detainees in Isreli jails are not prisoners, but they are hostages being held by the Israeli occupation state and they must be released according to the principles of international law. In an interview published by the journal of Muslim Palestine, Omar explained that the prisoner under…
Obama, Gates And Clinton In Asia: U.S. Expands Military Build-Up In The East
Uruknet November 7, 2010 – President Barack Obama arrived in Mumbai, India on November 6 and announced $10 billion in business deals with his host country which he claimed will contribute to creating 50,000 new American jobs. By some accounts half the transactions will be for India’s purchase of U.S. military equipment and half the new jobs will be created…
Hamas-Fatah War of Words Continues
Uruknet November 7, 2010- The war of words between the Fatah and Hamas movements intensified ahead of the dialogue session in Damascus on 9 November, which is devoted to the discussion of security issues. This development comes after Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, alias Abu-Mazin, refused to allow Hamas to participate in the PA security agencies. Dr Yahya Musa, deputy leader…
Shortage of medicines felt by patients in Gaza
Uruknet November 7, 2010 – Tamer liked football and won a bronze medal twice in school competitions. Today, he lies on a hospital bed at Gaza City’s Ash-Shifa Hospital. The 14-year-old’s hands and feet are tied together with four sacks of water weighing one kg each. This is temporary until he undergoes surgery in five days. He’s from Al-Yarmouk in…
Full Haaretz expose / How the state helped right-wing groups settle East Jerusalem
Uruknet November 7, 2010 –
Write a Letter to a Palestinian Prisoner
Uruknet November 6, 2010 – Given the issue and condition of the Palestinian prisoners in the Zionist Entity jails, and in an expression of love and loyalty to their steadfastness and sacrifices, we decided to take part in an awesome campaign to prove our freedom fighters that they are not forgotten, that we stand with them, and fight for their…
PA: Israel raided thousands of homes in October
Uruknet November 6, 2010 – The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees’ Affairs said Israeli forces detained 403 Palestinians and raided 2148 homes across the West Bank during October. In a report released Saturday, the ministry said Israeli soldiers intimidated and assaulted residents, destroying the contents of homes during the raids. Of those detained, 95 percent had been assaulted in front…
Israeli government documents show deliberate policy to keep Gazans at near-starvation levels
Uruknet November 6, 2010 – Documents whose existence were denied by the Israeli government for over a year have been released after a legal battle led by Israeli human rights group Gisha. The documents reveal a deliberate policy by the Israeli government in which the dietary needs for the population of Gaza are chillingly calculated, and the amounts of food…
Israel Destroys Mosque in Bedouin-Palestinian Town of Rahat
Alternative Information Center – In another direct assault against the country’s Bedouin-Palestinian community, Israeli police demolished a mosque in the Negev Bedouin city of Rahat during the evening hours of Saturday, 6 November.
Montreal Students Call on Concordia, McGill Universities to Cut Off Ties With Israel’s Technion
Alternative Information Center – Following the boycott, divestment and sanctions conference convened in Montreal last month, a group of students, professors and staff from Concordia and McGill universities are calling on the schools to cut ties with the Israeli Institute…
AFD’s 10 Year Commitment in Palestinian Territory
WAFA – RAMALLAH, October 17, 2010 The French Agency for Development (AFD) is celebrating its 10 years of commitment in the Palestinian Territories and has organized on this occasion a reception on Sunday
Iraq rivals ‘agree to share power’ eight months after elections
Daily Star 7 Nov 2010 NEW ORLEANS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a US visit Sunday to meet with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and discuss ways to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Netanyahu begins visit with Biden and Clinton amid peace talks deadlock
Daily Star 7 Nov 2010 NEW ORLEANS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a US visit Sunday to meet with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and discuss ways to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Israeli police demolish mosque in impoverished Arab town
Daily Star 7 Nov 2010 RAHAT, Israel: Israeli police demolished a mosque in this impoverished Arab town Sunday, touching off rock-throwing protests by residents and fueling new grievances against the government by the country’s Arab minority. Before dawn, police armed with…
Low turnout, fraud mar Myanmar’s first vote in 20 years
Daily Star 7 Nov 2010 YANGON: Myanmar held its first election in 20 years Sunday under tight security, a scripted vote that assures army-backed parties an easy win but brings a hint of parliamentary politics to one of Asia’s most oppressed…
Iran says talks over nuclear program could be held in Turkey
Daily Star 7 Nov 2010 TEHRAN: Iran is ready to hold talks with the major powers concerned about its nuclear program “as soon as possible” and Turkey may be the best venue for negotiations, its foreign minister said Sunday. It was…
Gaza scrap gleaners risk life near tense border
Relief Web 7 Nov 2010 – Source: Reuters – AlertNet
Egypt Cracks Down as U.S. Stands By
IPS In the face of police brutality, crackdowns on political parties and media, and a host of other violations ahead of Egypt’s Nov. 28 parliamentary election, human rights advocates are calling on President Barack Obama to use U.S. leverage to persuade Egypt to reform its electoral process, allow international monitors to…
SYRIA: Iraqi Kids Struggle on Dangerous Edges
IPS Leila, 17, presses her hijab-clad head against the front door and strains to hear outside. “There’s nothing,” she says cautiously, turning towards her mother Rawda, the head of the household, in their quiet basement apartment. Along the brocade couch sit her two sisters, Mona, 19, Nadja, 15, and 10-year-old brother…
Local & Global Actions: Week Against the Apartheid Wall 9-16 November 2010
Stop The Wall – The list of Local & Global actions for the National & International Week Against the Apartheid Wall between the 9th -16th of November 2010.
8th Week against the Apartheid Wall, November 9 — 16 2010
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Shulamit Aloni: I feel like stranger here
YNet News – As artists protest ‘wave of racism’ sweeping country, Lieberman slams renewed….
Nazareth imam charged with incitement to terrorism
YNet News – Nazem Sahfe indicted for backing terror groups after murderer says he inspired….
Iran suggests new nuclear talks be held in Turkey
YNet News – FM Mottaki says Tehran informed its ‘friends in Ankara’ it is willing to conduct….
Senator: US must neuter Iran
YNet News – Lindsey Graham says Obama will ‘feel a lot of Republican support if he decides….
Settlers counter artists’ call to boycott Ariel
YNet News – Shomron Settlers’ Committee urges ‘supporters of Land of Israel’ to boycott….
Netanyahu to ask US to threaten Iran
YNet News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet US Vice President Joe Biden Sunday evening and relay to him a severe message regarding Iran’s nuclear program, …….
Jaffa square named after Muslim leader
YNet News – Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality has decided to name a Jaffa square after Bassam Abu Zayid, who was a senior figure in the Islamic Movement in Israel and founded the …….
Iranian authorities take on rap music
YNet News – After restricting “Western-percieved” contents in universities, Iranian authorities have taken on the local music scene. Tehran police announced Sunday that it arrested …….
Leftists filmed torching Gush Etzion land
YNet News – VIDEO – Six foreign nationals and Palestinians set fires alight near the West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin in the Gush Etzion bloc. Police said the suspects were taken in …….
US ambassador: Midterm results won’t affect US-Israel relations
YNet News – US Ambassador to Israel James Cunningham said Sunday the results of last week’s midterm elections would not affect US policy towards Israel, adding that the US had “moral …….
MK: Remove memorial for Silwan riots instigator
YNet News – Knesset Member Miri Regev (Likud) sent a letter to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Sunday demanding he remove a memorial set up in Silwan for a Palestinian man who was shot to …….
Palestinian Information Center
Fatah using Iran bogey to justify surrender to Israel
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – To justify its moral and political bankruptcy, the Fatah movement, under PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, is trying to use the so-called Iran bogey to justify its effective surrender to the Zionist regime.
Barghouthi: IOA exploiting negotiations to impose facts on the ground
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – MP Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghouthi said that giving the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) a fresh breathing space to continue negotiations would not be of any good.
Ashqar leaves Gaza to join Hamas delegation in reconciliation talks
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – MP Ismail Al-Ashqar, a Hamas leader, left Gaza on Sunday heading for Syria to participate in the next round of reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah that would be held in Damascus on Tuesday.
JP: USA supplying Israel with smart bombs
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – The Israeli air force is to receive soon the first batch of American-made precision-guided bombs that would noticeably boost its ability to shell specific targets, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Palestinian government asks Britain not to amend war criminals law
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – The Palestinian government in Gaza has asked the British government to revoke an earlier decision to amend the legislation on prosecuting war criminals.
African academics launch boycott campaign against Israeli universities
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – Hundreds of African academics announced an initiative to boycott Israeli universities until their state ends its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Hamas condemns the Rahet mosque demolition
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – Hamas strongly condemned the Israeli demolition of the Sahwa mosque in Rahet in the Negev at dawn Sunday and the assault on citizens of the city and the arrest of some of them.
Bahar denies PLC session in WB on Monday
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, has denied a news report that the PLC would convene a session in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday.
PA security militias kidnap 10 citizens from Hamas
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – The PA security militias kidnapped during the last two days 10 Palestinian citizens affiliated with Hamas Movement in the cities of Al-Khalil and Ramallah, according to local sources on Sunday.
Big settlement projects approved as Netanyahu flies to US
PIC 7 Nov 2010 – The Israeli government approved three settlement projects in occupied Jerusalem on the eve of its premier’s departure for Washington to meet with US president Barack Obama.
Iran pushes for nuclear talks in Turkey
LA Times 8 Nov 2010 – It’s unknown if the U.S. and other world powers have agreed to the proposal. The move is seen as an effort to put diplomatic pressure on Washington and its allies. Iran agreed to talks with the United States and other world powers on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, provided negotiations take place in neighboring Turkey, officials said Sunday. The offer probably was meant to put diplomatic pressure on the U.S. and its allies.
AL KHALIL (HEBRON): Two Palestinians killed, four families made homeless.
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AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Palestinian family awakens to discover 100 mature grapevines destroyed
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Court docs show that the Israeli government sold property in East Jerusalem to settlers
Mondoweiss – And more news from Today in Palestine: Settlers / Land, property and resource theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansing Court documents show settlers got land deals in E J’lem (AP) The government sold or leased properties in Arab areas of east Jerusalem to settlers at low prices and…
Sen. Lindsey Graham says U.S. should ‘neuter’ Iran
Mondoweiss – I fear this is just the beginning … Lindsey Graham has lately been denounced by Limbaugh and others for selling out to the establishment (for his efforts with Kerry for cap-and-trade and skeptical words about the Tea Party). This wildly irresponsible idea is meant to conciliate them….
My mother gave up her seat
Mondoweiss – My mom recently went to New York City. She loved it. She loved the lights, the crowds and the crazy people on the corners selling things. She brought back a lot of crap. When she gets excited, she’s like a child, full of energy and wonder….
Alienated affection: Israel relationship is costing the U.S. its alliance with Turkey
Mondoweiss – Israel and its U.S. lobby’s insistence on unquestioning U.S. support for Israel in its brutal and illegal conduct toward Palestinian and Turkish civilians has cost the U.S. a major, strategic ally, Turkey, and has severely undermined U.S. foreign policy goals, strategy, and power in the Middle…
Half of Milgram’s subjects told him to take a hike, hallelujah
Mondoweiss – I’m running today but needed to get this up in an optimistic spirit. On Sunday mornings, my NPR station airs Krista Tippett’s great religion show, On Being. And this morning during a conversation with a social scientist about torture, Tippett aired audiotape from the Stanley Milgram…
Two Israeli Raids on Gaza Strip
Al-Manar 7 Nov 2010 – Israeli war planes carried two strikes on Gaza strip Saturday night leaving one person injured. F16 war jets fired Air-to-ground rockets causing two huge explosions, witnesses said. The first airstrike targeted an empty olive farm east of the city of Khan Younis and the second targeted…
Illegal mosque razed by Israelis
BBC 7 Nov 2010 – Israeli police clash with residents in the southern city of Rahat as an illegally built mosque is demolished.
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Only justice can bring peace to this benighted region
Robert Fisk, The Independent11/6/2010
The speed with which the Baghdad church massacre by al-Qa’ida has frightened the peoples of the Middle East is a sign of just how fragile is the earth’s crust beneath their feet.
Unlike our Western television news, Al-Jazeera and Arabia show the full horror of such carnage. Arms, legs, beheaded torsos leave no doubt of what they mean. Every Christian in the region understood what this attack meant. Indeed, given the sectarian nature of the assaults on Shia Iraqis, I’m beginning to wonder whether al-Qa’ida itself — far from being the centre/kernel/font of “world terror” as we imagine — might be one of the most sectarian organisations ever invented. Nor, I suspect, is there just one al-Qa’ida but several, feeding off the injustices of the region, a blood transfusion which the West (and I’m including the Israelis here) feeds into its body.
In fact, I’m wondering if our governments don’t need this terror — to make us frightened, very frightened, to make us obey, to bring more security to our little lives. And I’m wondering whether those same governments will ever wake up to the fact that our actions in the Middle East are what is endangering our security. Lord Blair of Isfahan always denied this — even when the 7/7 suicide bomber carefully explained in his posthumous video that Iraq was one of the reasons he committed the slaughter in London — and Bush always denied it, and Sarkozy will deny it if al-Qa’ida fulfils its latest threat to attack France.
Now, for al-Qa’ida, it is “all Christians” in the Middle East who are to be the targets as well, scattering these threats like cluster bombs around the region. Up to two million of Egypt’s Christian Coptic community are having to be protected at their two-week Luxor religious festival, surrounded by hundreds of state security police after al-Qa’ida’s claim that two Muslim women are being held against their will by the Coptic church. That this may have originated with a decision by the women to divorce their husbands — and thus by conversion to end their marriages since the church in Egypt does not allow divorce — is merely incidental. more.. e-mail
From Balfour to Obama
Lamis Andoni, AlJazeera11/6/2010
The dominant imperial power may have changed but treatment of the Palestinians remains much the same.
On November 2, 1917, Lord Arthur Balfour, the then British foreign secretary, promised to create a homeland for the Jews in Palestine. Known as the Balfour Declaration, the document became the first stepping stone towards the 1948 establishment of the state of Israel.
Palestine was still under Ottoman rule when it was written. But Britain and its allies were making headway in defeating the ailing Ottoman empire and, when Palestine came under British control just a month later, the document suddenly assumed much greater significance. The Balfour Declaration was presented as equal to a land deed that conferred legitimacy on the plans of the international Zionist movement.
Balfour was keenly aware of the presence of an indigenous Arab population, but in an era that preceded international law, the United Nations charter and the Fourth Geneva Convention, a powerful empire had no qualms about granting a land deed for territories it had no legitimate claim to.
The Balfour Declaration did include a stipulation that “nothing shall be done that may prejudice the religious or civil rights of the existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine” – a clause that was not exactly heeded by the founders and rulers of Israel. But little more could have been expected as the declaration itself stripped the Arab community in Palestine of its right to land and self-determination. more.. e-mail
The Loneliness of Barack Obama
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Nov 2010 – By Deepak Tripathi — London The moment when President Obama emerged at the White House to speak to the press (November 4), less than twenty-four hours after the Democratic Party’s midterm drubbing, provided the most telling picture. There was the president of the world’s most powerful country walking alone to the podium, admitting defeat just two years after an historic triumph so complete that it was hailed as a revolutionary event. As he stood uncomfortably to express contrition and promise that lessons would be learned, there was nobody from his administration standing with him to show support after a defeat as decisive as the victory was magnificent over the discredited Republican Party in 2008. Vice President Joe Biden had appeared at election rallies as the president tried to enthuse voters in the final days of campaigning. However, the vice president was nowhere to be seen when Obama walked to the…more
Political Roulette in Palestine
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Nov 2010 – By Dr. Eyad El Sarraj – Gaza – She asked: Where have you been all day? I was worried about you! And why did you turn off your mobile? – Then he replied meekly:”It was an exhausting day, long strategy meetings and discussions of administration and finance. I have a meeting tonight with “the Elders”. – “What elders?” – “They are the group of Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and other international figures who are to tell the truth on the world’s troubles” – “And what is the benefit of meeting them?” – “It is very important to tell them our story” then almost begging “Now, I want to rest for a while so that I can go to the meeting.” – At night, he came back from the meeting looking exhausted and he asked her for a cup of tea. When she brought him the cup of tea,…more
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