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Army Demolishes Ten Structures In the West Bank
IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 01:54, The Arabs48 News Website reported that Israeli soldiers demolished on Thursday ten structures in two areas in the occupied West Bank, mainly in a village in the northern area of the Jordan Valley.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Thursday November 25, 2010 – 14:15, On Thursday November 25, women and men worldwide celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, The day has been officially adopted by the UN in 1999 (Resolution 54/134), as part of the efforts to raise international and public awareness of the issue.
Army Demolishes A House In Yatta VIllage
IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Thursday November 25, 2010 – 12:47, The Palestine News and Information Center,WAFA, reported on Thursday that Israeli soldiers demolished a house of that belongs to two brothers identified as Iyad and Mohammad Al-Ummor, in the village of Yatta in the eastern part of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
Physically Challenged Child Wounded After Soldiers Pushed Her Mother While Carrying Her
IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Thursday November 25, 2010 – 11:50, The Research and Documentation Unit at the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights reported that a 4-year-old child was wounded two weeks ago after Israeli soldiers pushed her mother while carrying her on her way to a Jerusalem hospital.
Gaza Photo Exhibition Attacked by the Jewish Defense League in Paris
IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Thursday November 25, 2010 – 11:30, Members of “The Jewish Defense League” attacked earlier this week a photo exhibition of the German photojournalist Kai Wiedenh??fer “depicting the massacres in the Gaza strip during the Israeli Operation Cast Lead” offensive. The exhibit is being held at the the Modern Art Museum of Paris.
Soldiers Demolish Tubas Mosque
IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Thursday November 25, 2010 – 10:55, Palestinian News Agency, Ma’an, reported on Thursday that Israeli bulldozers leveled a mosque in the neighborhood of Yazra in the eastern part of the central West Bank city of Tubas. The army claimed that the mosque was built without a construction permit.
Palestinian Child Hospitalized After Being Violently Attacked By Israeli Policemen
IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Thursday November 25, 2010 – 08:52, A 7-year-old Palestinian child from Silwan neighborhood, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, was hospitalized Wednesday, after a number of Israeli policemen violently attacked, kicked and punched him.
Rights group: Soldiers injured Palestinian 4-year-old
11/25/2010 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli border police injured a disabled Palestinian child when they stopped her family two weeks ago at a checkpoint in occupied East Jerusalem, a local NGO said Thursday. The research and documentation unit in the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights said the incident took place on 14 November at….
25 rendered homeless in latest Israeli demolition
11/26/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — The extended family of Iyad and Muhammad Musleh Al-Amour, 25 men, women and children in total, had their 250 square meter home demolished by Israeli Civil Administration forces early on Thursday. The home, in the Ad-Derat area east of Yatta in the southern West Bank, was razed using heavy machinery and….
Medics: Shepherd injured by settler beating
11/25/2010 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A group of settlers swarmed a Palestinian shepherd tending his flock of sheep and goats in the hills south of Nablus, the 45-year-old reported, with medics saying he was mildly injured and taken to hospital. The shepherd, from Qasra village, was expected to make a full recovery, medics said, while….
Israel razes West Bank mosque
11/25/2010 – TUBAS (Ma’an) — Israel’s Civil Administration demolished a building in the Tubas area on Thursday which villagers use as the only mosque in the small town. Residents of Khirbet Yarza, a village of less than 200 residents, said Israeli bulldozers entered the Jordan Valley area early in the morning and tore down….
Israeli police blasted for abusing Jerusalem children
11/25/2010 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police were accused of “flagrant violations” of the law Thursday over their harsh and at times violent treatment of Palestinian children suspected of stone-throwing in east Jerusalem. The allegations were detailed in a letter sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by a group of 60 Israeli professionals, among them experts in medicine….
British aid convoy enters Gaza
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A humanitarian convoy that set out from London in October entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt Thursday evening. A member of the Road to Hope convoy, identifying himself as Shabz from London said it felt “great” to be in Gaza.”We’ve got toys for the children, equipment for….
Military activity reported on Gaza border
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Witnesses reported a series of military activities on the northern Gaza border early on Thursday morning, including the launch of artillery fire which was said to have landed in an open field in the district. Armored bulldozers, helicopters and fighter jets were seen operating in the former Nisanit settlement on….
PRC claims hit on Israeli bulldozer in Gaza
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian fighters said they hit an Israeli military bulldozer with a rocket-propelled grenade in the northern Gaza Strip Thursday morning. In a statement, the An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, said they observed a “direct hit” on the bulldozer, which they said was operating….
Activists detained in night raid on Beit Ummar
11/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers detained four Palestinians, including two prominent activists, in a late night raid on the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar, activists said. The Palestine Solidarity Project said in a statement that Israeli forces from the Gush Etzion military base came to the homes of brothers Yousef and Mousa….
Construction begins on Gaza wastewater treatment plant
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The first concrete was poured Thursday morning in the Western-funded construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. French Consul General Frederic Desagneaux participated in the ceremony along with representatives of the other donors, which include the World Bank, the European Union, Belgium….
Japan urges Fayyad to resume peace talks
11/25/2010 – TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan on Thursday urged Palestinian Authority premier Salam Fayyad to resume peace talks with Israel, offering him aid amounting to $100 million this fiscal year, the government said. Japan is one of the top donors for the occupied Palestinian territories, providing more than one billion dollars in aid since 1993. Japanese Prime….
Mubarak: Talks should resume
11/25/2010 – MANAMA (AFP) — President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Thursday said peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, suspended in late September over Jewish settlements in occupied territory, should resume.”We do not want the negotiations to stop,” the official Bahraini news agency BNA quoted Mubarak as saying after talks with King Hamad.”If they stop….
In photos: Trash piles up in Jerusalem camp
11/25/2010 – MaanImages / Haytham Othman – On 22 November 2010, days into the second month of a strike by UNRWA workers, mountains of trash cover the streets of Shu’fat refugee camp near Jerusalem. Although the Shuafat refugee camp is located inside Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries, the camp has a de facto ex-territorial status. While residents….
Jenin brothers summoned to Israeli intelligence
11/25/2010 – JENIN (Ma’an) – Israeli troops entered Ya’bad village southwest of Jenin shortly before noon on Thursday and entered two homes to deliver summons to their owners demanding they appear before Israeli intelligence officials for questioning, locals said. Residents said the homes of Naser Abu Baker and Samir Abu Baker were entered, and….
Israel army: Palestinian detained after attempted stabbing
11/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man attempted to stab an Israeli civilian in the occupied West Bank Thursday, an army official said. An Israeli military spokesman told Ma’an that one person was lightly injured in the illegal Gush Etzion settlement, near Bethlehem. The Palestinian man, who was not identified, was arrested at….
Arab League slams Israel referendum law
11/26/2010 – CAIRO (AFP) — The Arab League on Wednesday slammed a new Israeli law mandating a national referendum ahead of any withdrawal from annexed east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. The League’s deputy secretary general, Ahmed bin Helli, said the law “showed clearly the hostile nature of the Israeli government and the fact that it….
Organization of the Islamic Conference delegation to visit Gaza
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — In an effort to improve services and lobbying for a better humanitarian situation in Gaza, a delegation from the Organization of the Islamic Conference will visit the coastal enclave for an extensive tour of existing infrastructure. The delegation, headed by Humanitarian Affairs Department officer Fuad Al-Mazna’i, will arrive….
Dutch government secures limited exports for Gaza
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli officials approved the export of strawberries and carnations from Gaza for the second year in a row under a continuing Dutch government program to support farmers in the coastal enclave, officials confirmed Thursday, but said that approval for the export of a limited number of vegetables remained pending. Palestinian….
Cars continue to enter Gaza
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A single Gaza crossing was opened on Thursday for the introduction of food, fuel, aid, construction materials and motor vehicles approved for import into the coastal enclave by Israeli officials. The goods will enter via the southernmost Kerem Shalom crossing, Palestinian liaison officer Raed Fattouh told Ma’an, adding….
Fatah backs Abbas: No freeze, no talks
11/25/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Official sources in the West Bank’s leading Fatah party said Wednesday that the body’s Revolutionary Council voted to support the position of leader and President Mahmoud Abbas in his stance on Israeli settlement construction. As long as Israel continues to build illegally on Palestinian lands, Abbas has….
PLO official reiterates stance on renewing talks
11/25/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A member of Fatah’s central committee reiterated Thursday the PLO’s stance against resuming talks with Israel without a freeze on settlement growth in the occupied Palestinian territories. Meeting with the UN special envoy for the peace process, Robert Serry, Nabil Sha’ath said the international community….
Turkey ‘will not remain silent’ if Israel attacks Lebanon
11/25/2010 – BEIRUT (AFP) — Turkey will not remain silent if Israel attacks Lebanon or Gaza, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Beirut on Thursday, as ties between the longtime allies remained at an all-time low.” Does (Israel) think it can enter Lebanon with the most modern aircraft and tanks to kill women and children, and destroy….
Hamas asks UN, Arab League to stop Israeli attack
11/25/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas-led government in Gaza is appealing through diplomatic channels to demand that the international community prevent a new Israeli attack on the Palestinian enclave. Yousef Rizqa, a political advisor toPrime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, said: “The government had sent many letters to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, chief of the….
Official: Abbas, Fayyad talking cabinet shuffle
11/25/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Secretary-General of the Fatah Revolutionary Council Amin Maqboul said Wednesday that President Mahmoud Abbas informed the party’s highest body that he had begin consultations with his appointed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on details of an upcoming ministerial cabinet shuffle. Speaking with Voice of Palestine Radio, Maqboul said the president….
Hamas: PA detains 5 party members
11/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority security servicesdetained five Hamas supporters in the West Bank, a statement by the party’s West Bank leadership accused on Thursday. The supporters, the statement said, were detained from Nablus, Qalqiliya and Ramallah….
Police detain drugs suspect in Bethlehem
11/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority police arrested on Wednesday night a suspected drug dealer from Bethlehem and seized quantities of substances he was allegedly trying to sell in the city. The suspect, who was not identified, was detained in a sting operation while he traveled from Hebron to Bethlehem. Police said they found hashish….
Jordanian racers to join Jericho speed test
11/25/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Men and women from the Jordanian race car circuit will join their Palestinian counterparts Friday for the Wataniyah mobile-sponsored Speed Test. The Jordanians arrived in Jericho on Wednesday with their vehicles for an advance tour of the city and time to practice on the Palestinian track. last night with their cars….
Women candidates test Egypt’s new quota system
11/25/2010 – By Ines Bel AibaCAIRO (AFP) — Egypt is for the first time guaranteeing 64 out of 508 parliamentary seats being contested in Sunday’s election for women, boosting their profile in a male-dominated society, but some see it as a cynical bid to bolster the ruling party. Wafaa Mashhur is not convinced by the new….
Israel pulls down West Bank mosque
AlJazeera 25 Nov 2010 – Palestinians say troops have demolished mosques and several other structures in two areas in the occupied territory.
Egypt detains Christian protesters
AlJazeera 25 Nov 2010 – Up to 156 Orthodox Coptic Christian protesters arrested following deadly clashes with police a day earlier.
Turkey warns Israel against attacks
AlJazeera 25 Nov 2010 – Turkish prime minister says he will not “stay silent” if Israel attacks Gaza or Lebanon.
Ethiopia PM warns of Nile war
AlJazeera 24 Nov 2010 – Meles Zenawi said Egypt could not win a war over the Nile river, and accuses Cairo of supporting his country’s rebels.
Palestinians Look to Evict Hebron Squatters
PNN – Hebron — PNN — Palestinians petitioned the Israeli High Court to evict Jewish squatters in Hebron on Thursday. A military panel ordered the settlers removed from the area two and a half…
Israeli Forces Arrest Four, Demolish Home Near Hebron
PNN – Hebron — PNN – In a series of military raids throughout the occupied West Bank, Israeli troops arrested eight Palestinians on Thursday. Four of the arrests occurred in Beit Omar, a village…
Israeli Troops Destroy Mosque and Homes East of Tubas
PNN – Tubas — PNN – Supported by Israeli military forces, bulldozers destroyed ten homes, livestock pens, a mosque and connected living quarters in the village of Yarza, east of Tubas in the northern…
51-year-old Woman among Three Hebron Arrests; 14 Throughout West Bank
PNN – Bethlehem — PNN – Israeli forces raided homes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and arrested a 51-year-old woman, while two young men were arrested in similar Hebron raids and…
Eight-year-old Palestinian Arrested at Checkpoint
PNN – Hebron – PNN – On November 21, an eight-year-old Palestinian boy was arrested in the Old City of Hebron by Israeli military forces near the checkpoint at the entrance of a settlement….
Hacked for Four Days, PNN Goes Back Online
PNN – Bethlehem — PNN — The Palestine News Network went back online today after hackers managed to shut down its web site for four days. On Sunday morning the Arabic, English, German and…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (11. — 24 November 2010)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
The Women’s Unit Conducts a Series of Activities Including Lectures in Cooperation with the 16-day Campaign “International Activity for the Elimination of Violence against Women”
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Ref: 86/2010 The Women’s Unit of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has coordinated a series of activities in cooperation with the 16-day campaign of the “International Activity to Eliminate Violence Against Women,” which starts on 25 November 2010, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, until 10 December 2010, the Anniversary of the Universal Declaration
Dutch will look into NGO funding of anti-Semitic website
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – NGO Monitor slams Dutch ICCO for funding ‘Electronic Intifada’; Dutch FM says if true, will have a ‘serious problem’ with the Palestinian site.
Canada boycotts UN racism conf. that targeted Israel
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Canadian Minister says his country “lost faith” in Durban process because it “actually promotes racism rather than combats it.”
Olmert slams PM for not agreeing to US freeze demand
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Former PM says both Obama administration and Netanyahu are wasting valuable time by focusing on such a “marginal” issue.
Olmert slams Netanyahu for not agreeing to US freeze demand
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Former PM says both Obama administration and Israel are wasting valuable time by focusing on such a “marginal” issue; does not deny claims made in George W. Bush’s memoir that Israel destroyed Syrian nuclear reactor.
Zahar: US ‘wasting our time’ with peace talks
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Hamas leader in Gaza says “resistance,” not peace agreement, best way to get Israel to withdraw from West Bank.
Hamas leader Zahar: US “wasting our time” with peace talks
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Organization’s chief in Gaza says “resistance,” not peace agreement, best way to get Israel to withdraw from West Bank.
‘Turkey won’t be silent if Israel attacks Lebanon, Gaza’
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – In Beirut, Erdogan says Israel cannot “enter Lebanon with the most modern aircraft and tanks to kill women and children.”
Erdogan: We won’t be silent if Israel attacks Lebanon, Gaza
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – “Does (Israel) think it can enter Lebanon with the most modern aircraft and tanks to kill women and children,” Turkish PM says in visit to Lebanon; Armenians clash with troops in protest of visit.
Barak: Coalition is preventing peace talks’ success
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Defense minister says there is a “contradiction” between current government and negotiations; recommends national unity coalition.
Egypt activists struggle to monitor election
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Voters are encouraged to report any cheating or violence to rights activists, as police arrest over 1,000 Muslim Brotherhood activists.
‘PA to publicize confessions of Hamas terrorists’
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Report comes after Hamas cell arrested for planning attacks on West Bank mayor, PA police stations; Hamas says it does not attack other Palestinians.
International Solidarity Movement
Mousa, Yousef Abu Maria arrested from their homes as harassment continues in Beit Ommar
11/25/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – Palestine Solidarity Project – Early Thursday morning, at approximately 2:00am, Israeli forces from the Gush Etzion military base came to the homes of brothers and National Committee members Yousef and Mousa Abu Maria. Both are also co-founders of the Palestine Solidarity Project. Mousa, whose wife and baby girl-both Israeli citizens-were visiting family, was forced outside….
Akiva Eldar / Referendum bill uses public as peace deal rubber stamp
Ha’aretz – Knesset approves bill mandating referendum before decision to withdraw from Israeli territory, but does not enable appeal against decision to reject a peace agreement.
Victim of alleged sexual assault by prospective police chief to kick off PR campaign
Ha’aretz – O., the first of 3 women accusing Uri Bar-Lev with sexual misconduct is planning to reveal her identity in a prime-time press conference.
Katsav to receive rape trial verdict before end of year
Ha’aretz – Former President charged with raping former employee while serving as tourism minister, sexually assaulting two others as president, and obstructing justice.
Dozens march through Tel Aviv carrying caskets to protest violence against women
Ha’aretz – In rally marking international day for the elimination of violence against women, welfare minister says discourse on violence against women must be veered away from pornography.
Police chief candidate interrogated over sex charges
Ha’aretz – Maj. Gen. Bar-Lev’s denies accusations made against him; complainant announces national campaign to support sex crime victims.
Israeli settlers win ownership of East Jerusalem home after lengthy battle
Ha’aretz – Settlers have moved into two Lowell-owned apartments in East Jerusalem this week, in what appears to be coincidence, though incident a day before led to clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.
Netanyahu: Palestinian distortion of historical facts hurts Mideast peace drive
Ha’aretz – Responding to PA report refuting the Western Wall’s Jewish significance, PM says Palestinians should build a bridge of reconciliation, instead of revising history.
Erdogan: Turkey will not remain silent if Israel attacks Lebanon
Ha’aretz – Turkey PM warns Lebanese leaders that Israel may be planning an attack, calls on 5 permanent members of the UNSC to pressure Israel over its nuclear program.
Barak: Current government makeup hinders likelihood of peace talks
Ha’aretz – Defense Minister says if current government won’t move peace process forward then Israel must consider a unity government.
Jordan summons Israel envoy to protest police ‘aggression’ at embassy
Ha’aretz – Jordan harshly condemns the way Israeli security men allegedly questioned Jordanian officials at embassy in Tel Aviv., Frattini visit Sderot after touring Gaza, urges Palestinian Authority’s Fatah to reconcile with…
Arab League: Referendum law proves Israel’s aggressive nature
Ha’aretz – Deputy Arab League chief accuses Israel of placing ‘one obstacle after another’ to halt efforts to renew Mideast peace process.
Abbas slams Israel referendum bill
Ha’aretz – New law requires two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum to cede land in East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
Israeli forces arrest son of jailed Bil’in activist in night raid
25 Nov 2010 – Bili’n, November 25, (Pal Telegraph – ISM) At 2:30 AM this morning Israeli forces entered the village of Bil’in in armored military jeeps and by foot, and proceeded to surround the home of jailed organizer, Adeeb Abu Rahmah. A group of masked soldiers forcefully entered the house without showing a warrant, and arrested Adeeb’s only son, 16 year old Mohammed….
Israeli settlers move into Palestinian house evicted by Israeli police
25 Nov 2010 – Jerusalem, November 25, (Pal Telegraph – The Guardian) Family of 14 driven out of house in Jabel Mukaber, an Arab neighbourhood targeted by ideologically motivated settler activists. Jewish settlers today moved into a house in East Jerusalem after Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family of 14 and removed all their possessions. The move will dismay US officials who are striving…
Rights group: Israeli soldiers injured disabled 4-year-old child
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – Israeli border police injured a disabled Palestinian child when they stopped her family two weeks ago at a checkpoint in occupied East Jerusalem, a local NGO said Thursday. The research and documentation unit in the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights said the incident took place on 14 November at a checkpoint in Shu’fat….
Activism roundup: Abu Rahme sentence extended, students stage mock checkpoint
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – This week an Israeli military judge extended the jail term for Abdallah Abu Rahme, a well-known Palestinian activist who was due to be released on 18 November. This ruling follows a year-long sentence and lengthy court trials that found him guilty of incitement and coordinating “illegal” demonstrations against Israel’s wall in his village of Bilin…
Video: Israel demolishes mosque
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – Israeli forces have demolished a mosque and several other buildings in the northern Jordan valley. They say the structure was built without a permit but residents say the mosque was built before 1967 and was recently renovated. The Palestinian government has condemned the action as state destruction, while Israel continues to fight for Israeli settlers…
Physically Challenged Child Wounded After Israeli Soldiers Pushed Her Mother While Carrying Her
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – The Research and Documentation Unit at the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights reported that a 4-year-old child was wounded two weeks ago after Israeli soldiers pushed her mother while carrying her on her way to a Jerusalem hospital. The incident took place at a military roadblock at the entrance of Shu’fat refugee camp,…
A THANKSGIVING MESSAGE FROM GAZA
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – As you Americans sit down with your family on this Thanksgiving Day, think of the Gazans that have nothing to thank you for. Think of the over 1500 citizens of Gaza that were murdered with weapons made in your country. Think of the additional 3 BILLION dollars that will be spent on warplanes bound to…
Franco Frattini is either a fool or ignorant, or possibly both
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – During his recent visit to Israel and the Gaza Strip, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini revealed rather brazenly his low intellectual capacity, a scandalous lack of honesty as well as stunning ignorance of the situation in this part of the world. He made many strident statements which can be described as, inter alia, hasty, inaccurate,…
Israeli forces brutally batter 7-year-old Palestinian child
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – Israeli policemen severely battered a Jerusalemite child in Silwan, occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday night breaking both his arm and leg, his father said. Mansour Al-Resheq told the Quds media center in the Shaari Tzedek hospital that policemen chased his 7-year-old child Adam and savagely beat him then dragged him on the ground before leaving him…
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Let our Motto be: No to Silence on Violence against Palestinian Women
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – On 25 November of every year, the world celebrates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which was adopted by the UN on 17 December 1999 to eliminate violence against women around the world and to urge governments and governmental and international organizations to organize activities to raise awareness of the magnitude…
Israel has put 200,000 Palestinians before military tribunals since 1990
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – A report from the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has claimed that 200,000 Palestinians have been tried by Israeli military tribunals since 1990. What the report describes as “unfair and arbitrary” trials in Israel have led to thousands of Palestinians languishing in the Zionist state’s prisons. “Military court rooms surrounded by the…
Israel pulls down West Bank mosque
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – Israeli troops have demolished a mosque and more than 10 other structures in two areas in the ooccupied West Bank, Palestinian sources have said. Most of the demolition activity took place in the village of Khirbet Yarza in the northern Jordan Valley on Thursday where local residents said troops had razed a very old mosque…
Should Palestine Declare Statehood?
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – It would not be the first time. In 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) unilaterally declared independence in Algeria. Other than an upgrade of the PLO’s 1974-acquired observer status though, the Algiers declaration did not have much effect. As dozens of countries – but none of the main Western players – endorsed the declaration, the…
Exposing Israel’s Fraudulent Third Periodic Report to the UN –
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – On October 18, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights offered an “Alternative Report” response to Israel’s submission, sent to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Submitting to the UN, Aharon Leshno Yaar, Israel’s Permanent Representative to Geneva said “Israel was proud of its long-lasting recognition of the inherent dignity and the…
Palestinian civil society reaffirms support for persecuted French activists
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) urges the French government to immediately cease all undemocratic, repressive measures against its own conscientious citizens who promote or engage in non-violent boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel until it complies with international law. The BNC also calls upon the State of France to…
Israeli police blasted for abusing Jerusalem children
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – Israeli police were accused of “flagrant violations” of the law Thursday over their harsh and at times violent treatment of Palestinian children suspected of stone-throwing in east Jerusalem. The allegations were detailed in a letter sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by a group of 60 Israeli professionals, among them experts in medicine, psychology, education,…
SPF Deivers Tonfa Training to 37 Recruits
WAFA – RAMALLAH, October 20, 2010 (WAFA)- The Palestinian Special Police Force (SPF) has successfully delivered a Tonfa training course to 37 new SPF recruits, according to a press release by EUPOL-COPPS,
Abu Rdeineh: All Settlement Forms are Illegal, Rejected
WAFA – RAMALLAH, October 19 (WAFA)- The Presidency spokesperson , Nabil Abu Rdeineh confirmed today that all the forms of settlement (outposts and non-random) in Palestinian lands are illegal. Commenting
Netanyahu Declines Demolishing Settlements’ Random Units
WAFA – TEL AVIV, October 19 (WAFA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided that he wouldn’t demolish the unregulated construction in a various settlements although the government has issued
The Elders Urge Comprehensive Approach to Arab-Israeli Peace
WAFA – DAMASCUS, October 19, 2010 (WAFA)- The Elders have called for a more comprehensive approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks following discussions with officials, civil society, business and
France Provides €4 million for Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant
WAFA – JERUSALEM, October 19, 2010 (WAFA)- On Sunday 17 of October 2010, at Ministry of Planning, Mr Dov Zerah, CEO of the French Development Agency (AFD), Dr Ali Jarbawi, Minister of Planning and
IOF deploys Ariel Settlement
WAFA – SALFIT, October 19 (WAFA)- The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) deployed, today, the Ariel Settlement that is established by force on the lands of the Salfit, Iskaka, Yasuf and Burkin
Dr. Erakat: Israel Seeks De Facto Recognition of Illegal Practices
WAFA – RAMALLAH, October 19, 2010 (WAFA)- Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department Dr. Saeb Erakat said, yesterday, “By hosting the OECD conference in Jerusalem,
Observer: Israeli Government on Division Verge, Netanyahu Negotiates Kadima
WAFA – LONDON, October 17, 2010(WAFA) – The British Newspaper ‘Observer’ wrote that the Israeli government is facing the division risk because of the deadlock in the negotiations with the Palestinians
Israel police under fire for abusing East Jerusalem children
Daily Star 25 Nov 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli police were accused of “flagrant violations” of the law Thursday over their harsh and at times violent treatment of Palestinian children suspected of stone-throwing in East Jerusalem.
Mubarak: Talks must resume before Israel builds on all Palestinian land
Daily Star 25 Nov 2010 President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt said Thursday that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, suspended in late September over Jewish settlements in occupied territory, should resume. “We do not want the negotiations to stop,” the…
Cairo detains 156 protestors over church riots
Daily Star 25 Nov 2010 Egypt’s attorney general ordered the detention of 156 protesters involved in clashes with riot police after the authorities blocked construction of a church in a Cairo suburb, the official news agency MENA said Thursday.
British students stage sit-ins after violent protest over fees
Daily Star 25 Nov 2010 LONDON: British students occupied university buildings Thursday to show their anger at government plans to triple fees, as leaders vowed to follow up violent protests in London with new rallies next week. Oxford University, University College…
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (11- 24 Nov. 2010)
Relief Web 25 Nov 2010 – Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
OPT: Israel condemned over Bedouin village demolition
Relief Web 25 Nov 2010 – Source: Amnesty
OPT: On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Let our Motto be: No to Silence on Violence against Palestinian Women
Relief Web 25 Nov 2010 – Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Palestine Liberation Organization donates US$2m for Nahr el-Bared reconstruction
Relief Web 24 Nov 2010 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
IDF troops thwart stabbing attack in West Bank
YNet News – Soldiers deployed at Gush Etzion junction neutralize terrorist who charged at….
Settlers to teach school kids about ‘evils’ of moratorium
YNet News – Judea, Samaria schools plan to instruct students on ‘damages’ of construction….
IDF officers learn Arabic
YNet News – ‘Any Israeli would benefit, especially those who interact with Palestinians,’….
Turkey ‘will not be silent’ if Israel attacks
YNet News – ‘Does Israel think it can enter Lebanon with most modern aircraft and tanks to….
Settlers rebuild razed memorial
YNet News – Hours after security forces razed an unauthorized monument in memory of IDF soldier Avner Hezi Kfir, about 200 settlers arrived at the site in order to rebuild the …….
Netanyahu: Palestinians distort history
YNet News – Bibi goes on the attack: The Palestinians are spreading libelous propaganda against Israel and distort historical facts about the causes of the Israeli-Palestinian …….
Canada boycotts Durban III, cites anti-Israel focus
YNet News – Canada will not attend Durban III, a United Nations conference on racism next September in South Africa because the event has negatively targeted Israel, the country’s …….
Olmert slams Netanyahu on freeze
YNet News – Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took a rare public jab at his successor on Thursday, saying that Israel should agree to the US demand to halt settlement construction in …….
Palestinian Information Center
Jewish settlers open random fire at Qalaqalia village
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – A gang of Jewish settlers opened heavy fire on Palestinian homes on Wednesday in the village of Kafr Qadoum, east of Qalalia, the West Bank.
IOF kicks family out of home to demolish it
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – Israeli troops stormed Thursday Irfaiyya village south of Yatta, forced family to leave their home to demolish it for allegedly being built without a permit, anti-wall activists reported.
Franco Frattini is either a fool or ignorant, or possibly both
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – During his recent visit to Israel and the Gaza Strip, Italian Foreign Minister revealed rather brazenly his low intellectual capacity..
‘Taped confessions to be aired by Fatah were given under force’
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – A committee of West Bank prisoner family members said taped confessions to be aired by the Fatah authority were fabricated, given under duress.
IOF shelling targets motor bicycle
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shelled a motor bicycle east of Gaza city on Wednesday night but no casualties were reported, medical sources said.
Professor Salibi’s health critically worsens in Israeli jails
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – Ahrar center said that the health condition of professor Mohamed Al-Salibi, 62, deteriorated badly and was transferred by the Israeli administration of Megiddo prison to hospital.
PFLP: The US is no longer an honest mediator in the peace process
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – The PFLP official Maher Al-Taher said that Washington no longer serves as an honest mediator in the peace process for it fully stands by Israel and works on liquidating the Palestinian cause.
Israeli officers in Hadarim jail try to dissuade detainees from hunger strike
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – Al-Ahrar center said that Israeli intelligence officers summoned leading prisoner Abdelnaser Issa in Hadarim jail in order to dissuade him and his fellow prisoners from staging their hunger strike.
IOF troops advance in northern Gaza amid intensive shelling
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced into northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning amidst intensive firing, eyewitnesses reported.
Israeli forces brutally batter 7-year-old Palestinian child
PIC 25 Nov 2010 – Israeli policemen severely battered a Jerusalemite child in Silwan, occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday night breaking both his arm and leg, his father said.
Coptic woman trawls for votes in Egypt’s south
LA Times 26 Nov 2010 – Hoda Naeem Makkar is running in a parliamentary election allotting women a share of seats. That’s one hurdle overcome. But she is a Christian seeking Muslim ballots at a time of religious bloodshed. She drives a tiny car along sugar cane fields and across the deserts of southern Egypt, campaigning for votes in a harsh land of sectarian tensions and tribal loyalties.
U.N. nuclear agency makes little progress in Syria
LA Times 26 Nov 2010 – The U.S. may seek special inspections after the IAEA reports that it is still denied access to several suspected nuclear sites. The United States is about to push for so-called special inspections in Syria by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a rarely used tool to seek access in a country that otherwise denies entry to sensitive sites, diplomats familiar with the issue say.
Israel Chafes as Palestinian Denies Its Link to Western Wall
New York Times 25 Nov 2010 – Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denounced the challenge to Jewish claims on the iconic holy site, as tensions with the Palestinians appeared to worsen.
AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Shepherd made homeless, livelihood threatened, son in prison
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine –
Our Story Released on DVD
Palestine Monitor – After generations of one-sided analysis of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi’s ‘Our Story’ finally provides a Palestinian perspective on the history of occupation and ethnic cleansing. Following an enthusiastic international reception and cinematic release, ‘Our Story’ provides a definitive account of Palestinian history, charting occupation…
Should Palestine Declare Statehood?
Palestine Monitor – It would not be the first time. In 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) unilaterally declared independence in Algeria. Other than an upgrade of the PLO’s 1974-acquired observer status though, the Algiers declaration did not have much effect. As dozens of countries – but none of…
Israel conducts ‘wave of demolitions,’ including mosque, across West Bank
Mondoweiss – Happy Thanksgiving. How much more information do we need about the current Israeli regime? Where is Obama’s outrage? Oh he can’t muster any, doesn’t have it in him. Remember Nir Rosen calling Israel a “rogue apartheid state”? What kind of people do this kind of thing?…
When hope is lawful
Mondoweiss – They call us insane because we want the truth. They call us insane because they say we want too much. They say we are crazy because we do not settle for less. They say “take what you can get” as if we will be “getting” something….
Is new Washington Post blogger, Jennifer Rubin, a conservative or a neoconservative?
Mondoweiss – Here’s a report on the Washington Post’s hiring of “conservative” blogger Jennifer Rubin. The report includes the announcement memo from WP Op-Ed editor Fred Hiatt. Some points of confusion: —Rubin is regularly referred to as a conservative columnist. Is she against abortion and stem-cell research and…
‘Rabbi outcast,’ a biography of visionary anti-Zionist Elmer Berger, is coming to bookstores soon
Mondoweiss – This is exciting. Jack Ross’s book on Rabbi Elmer Berger, the leader of political anti-Zionist activity in the U.S. during the 1940s-60s, is being published shortly. There’s a link for the book on Amazon , and a handsome cover too: Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish…
Israel Razes Palestinian Homes in Occupied E.Jerusalem, Jordan Valley
Al-Manar 25 Nov 2010 – Israeli police on Wednesday razed a house in occupied east Jerusalem, shortly before the Palestinian owner arrived home with a court order halting the demolition. Scores of police and a single bulldozer were involved in the operation, which leveled the small house in the Al-Tur…
What the Oslo Accords were about, from the mouths of babes. Literally.
Coteret 25 Nov 2010 – The second season of the Israeli version of the reality show Beauty and the Geek is an even bigger hit than the first. Not least because the producers constantly prove that, in Israel 2010, reality outdoes satire. In the second episode, broadcast Tuesday evening, the girls…
David Morrison — Is Hamas opposed to a Two State Solution? (and 3 papers to check out)
Palestine Think Tank 25 Nov 2010 – There is little doubt that, if a state of Israel existed within its 1967 borders, then Hamas would accept its existence. For years, Hamas spokesmen have emphasised that they are seeking a long-term truce with Israel, the price being Israeli withdrawal to its 1967 borders and…
Sami Jamil Jadallah — Congressman Eric Cantor; Israel his country of choice.
Palestine Think Tank 25 Nov 2010 – Eric Cantor does not see America worthy of his loyalty, does not see President Obama as worthy of his respect and loyalty if only as president of the country. He sees Israel as the country of his choice. Perhaps the people and voters of Virginia 7th…
Mohamed Khodr — President Obama Would Rather Kill Palestinian Children than Feed America’s Children
Palestine Think Tank 25 Nov 2010 – In Israel’s hands F-35 fighter jets, the most modern fighter planes, can only serve one purpose—- Killing more Palestinian and Lebanese children. Since its founding, Israel has consistently and illegally used American tax funded weapons to kill and massacre civilians by the tens of thousands. In…
Veolia and Alstom feel the heat — BNC calls for intensifying pressure!
Global BDS 25 Nov 2010 – Occupied Palestine, November 2010 – Veolia and Alstom, the two French companies involved in the construction and management of a tramway linking west Jerusalem with illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory, described by the UN Human Rights Council as a “clear violation of international…
Israel razes West Bank ‘mosque’
BBC 25 Nov 2010 – Israeli army demolishes a number of buildings in the occupied West Bank, including one that Palestinians say was a mosque.
Egypt rejects Meles rebel claims
BBC 25 Nov 2010 – Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak dismisses allegations that his country is supporting rebel groups in Ethiopia, amid a row over the River Nile.
Articles
America’s latest bribe to Israel
Daoud Kuttab, Ma’an News Agency11/25/2010
The secret talks between US and Israeli officials, aiming at convincing the Israelis to change their position regarding the settlement freeze, started to smell more and more like a bribe, with some media reports calling it the $3 billion bribe.
The amount is in reference to the cost of the 20 advanced US fighter planes that the Obama administration is promising to give Israel in return for the Netanyahu government’s agreeing to a mere three-month freeze of illegal settlements on Palestinian land.
If anyone thinks that this is a mere sweetener to support Israel’s security, one needs to ask why this issue did not come up but after the rightwing Israeli government declare its total rejection of the extension of the 10-month moratorium on settlement activities in the occupied territories, excepting Jerusalem and a few other places.
Anyone involved in a bribe is always afraid that the actual exchange of money or goods is documented. Funny enough, the current problem with this particular “bribe” has been the issue of documentation. The Israelis want it in writing, while the Americans, suffering a major economic crisis, appear ashamed to put in writing a promise that they have made in secret to the Israelis.
What the Americans are obviously worried about is the quid pro quo issue, that is the Israeli change of behavior. The danger in this latest American bribe is that it comes not as a reward for progress in talks, but as an incentive to the Netanyahu government to agree to stop carrying out actions that are considered illegal by the entire international community, including the US. more.. e-mail
Everyday heroes: filmmaker Dahna Abourahme interviewed
Electronic Intifada: 25 Nov 2010 – Filmmaker Dahna Abourahme’s latest film focuses on the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein al-Hilwe in south Lebanon, and on the women in particular as they reminisce about their roles during the Israeli attack on the camp in 1982-1984. Amany Al-Sayyed interviews for The Electronic Intifada.more
Activism roundup: Abu Rahme sentence extended, students stage mock checkpoint
Electronic Intifada: 25 Nov 2010 – An Israeli military judge extended the jail term for Abdallah Abu Rahme, a well-known Palestinian activist who was due to be released on 18 November. Meanwhile, in New York City, students created a mock Israeli checkpoint in the middle of Columbia University and in Scotland Edinburgh-based activists worked with one of the country’s top law firms to advise the city council not to contract with Veolia.more
Photostory: somber holiday under occupation
Electronic Intifada: 25 Nov 2010 – The holiday of Eid al-Ahda — the Feast of the Sacrifice — is celebrated by Muslims across the world to commemorate the prophet Abraham’s sacrifice of a sheep in the place of his son Ishmael. Palestine is no different than most countries where the holiday is observed, but with one notable exception: the Israeli occupation. Photographer Sanne Winderickx documents the Eid al-Adha holiday under occupation in the West Bank.more
Our Story Released on DVD
Palestine Monitor: 25 Nov 2010 – After generations of one-sided analysis of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi’s ‘Our Story’ finally provides a Palestinian perspective on the history of occupation and ethnic cleansing. Following an enthusiastic international reception and cinematic release, ‘Our Story’ provides a definitive account of Palestinian history, charting occupation and displacement from 1948 up to the present day. Featuring shocking accounts from the Gaza war, the film is a must for anybody who wishes to hear the untold truths behind the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. See clip below: To order the film on DVD, send requests to palestinemonitor@gmail.com Or call on +972 599 9 400 73 Read more from Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spi…more
Should Palestine Declare Statehood?
Palestine Monitor: 25 Nov 2010 – It would not be the first time. In 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) unilaterally declared independence in Algeria. Other than an upgrade of the PLO’s 1974-acquired observer status though, the Algiers declaration did not have much effect. As dozens of countries – but none of the main Western players – endorsed the declaration, the occupation and the settlement-building went on, and Israel retained main control over the land, the resources and the population. Written by Cecile Gault. Graffiti on the Separation Wall Could it go any differently this time around? At first glance, the picture does not look bright. First, it would seem that there is not much of a state to proclaim to begin with. The Palestinian Authority controls just 40% of the West Bank and none of East Jerusalem and Gaza. Natural resources remain in the hands of Israel. As the World Bank pointed out in a…more
More Than a Bribe: Obama Surrenders Palestinian Rights
Palestine Chronicle: 25 Nov 2010 – By Ramzy Baroud The Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history so far, surpassing even the rightwing policies of President George W. Bush. Even those who warned against the overt optimism which accompanied Obama’s arrival to the White House must now be stunned to see how low the US president will go to appease Israel — all under the dangerous logic of needing to keep the peace process moving forward. Former Middle East peace diplomat Aaron David Miller argued in Foreign Policy that “any advance in the excruciatingly painful world of Arab-Israeli negotiations is significant.” He further claimed: “The Obama administration deserves much credit for keeping the Israelis, Palestinians, and key Arab states on board during some very tough times. The U.S. president has seized on this issue and isn’t giving up — a central requirement for success.” But at what…more
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