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Rabin’s Son Proposes Alternative Israeli Peace Initiative
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 17:39, The son of Yitzhak Rabin and businessman Koby Huberman presented a plan in response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Haaretz said quoting a source on Friday.
Four People Detained At Peaceful Protest Near Bethlehem
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 15:46, The Israeli army detained three Israeli peace activists and one young Palestinian man during the weekly Friday non-violent demonstration in the West bank village of al-Ma’sara , south of Bethlehem.
Israel Contributed to Hariri Tribunal
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 14:15, Israel’s Foreign Minister said Israel has contributed to U.S. backed tribunal probing the murder of ex-Lebanese Premier, Rafic Hariri, sources reported on Friday.
Israel Set to Vote on Holding Facility for ‘Infiltrators’
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 13:21, The Israeli cabinet is due to vote on Sunday on the planned holding facility for illegal migrants, media agencies reported on Thursday.
PCHR Report: Two killed, 18 wounded by Israeli forces during last two weeks
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 12:40, According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the period from 11 — 24 November 2010, a Palestinian resistance fighter and his brother were extra-judicially executed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. 4 Palestinian civilians, including two children and a woman, and a resistance resistance fighter were wounded by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.
4 Palestinians Arrested from their Homes in Night Raid on Beit Ummar
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 11:45, Four Palestinians, including two prominent activists, were arrested in a late night raid, on Thursday, on the town of Beit Ummar, the Palestine Solidarity Project stated.
PFLP Set Ambush on Israeli Troops in Gaza
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 10:56, Militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, claimed, on Thursday night, to have detonated two explosive charges beneath an invading patrol of undercover Israeli troops in the northern Gaza strip, Ma’an News reported. No injuries were caused.
Hamas Fighter Killed By Own Gun In Gaza
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 10:20, A fighter of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, was killed, on Thursday evening, when he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
“Road To Hope” Humanitarian Convoy Arrives In Gaza
IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 10:05, The humanitarian “Road To Hope” convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, carrying 30 vehicles filled with aid and 101 humanitarian aid workers, including eight who survived the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla that killed nine activists in May this year.
Israeli forces re-take Nablus during op
11/26/2010 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Following an official hand over of military control to Palestinian Authority Security forces one week earlier, Israeli military vehicles were reported moving near the former government compound toward Joseph’s Tomb. Informed Palestinian security sources said the Israeli military had informed the appropriate officials ahead of what was described as….
5 detained at Bethlehem village anti-wall rally
11/26/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained five demonstrators at a weekly anti-wall rally in Al-Ma’sara village in Bethlehem on Friday. An Israeli military spokeswoman said five were detained for “rioting” and had been transferred to Israeli police custody. The popular committee of Al-Ma’sara said four international activists were detained as….
Crossings closed Friday; week’s imports low
11/26/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Commercial crossings into Gaza were closed on Friday, and will remain closed Saturday for the Jewish Sabbath, crossings officials said. The closure, shortening the scheduled crossings operations week by one fifth, came as UN officials reported lower than average goods imports via the open terminals during the proceeding week. Between….
PFLP: Ambush attack on Israeli patrol in Gaza
11/26/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Militants with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Gaza claimed on Thursday night to have detonated two explosive charges beneath an invading patrol of undercover Israeli soldiers in the northern Strip. The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said in a statement that Israeli solders infiltrated areas east of….
In photos: The remnants of a home demolition
11/26/2010 – MaanImages / Mimmi Nietula – Palestinians clear the rubble of their home in At-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem on 26 November 2010. Two days earlier, Israeli police razed the home shortly before the owner Abed Zablah, a father of five, arrived with an order issued early that morning by the Jerusalem District Court ordering a halt to….
Egypt seizes 14 tunnels along Gaza border
11/26/2010 – AL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian forces seized 14 tunnels on the border between Egypt and Gaza on Thursday, Egyptian security sources said. Two tunnels were seized in As-Sarsuria, where large quantities of paint and iron pipes were found, and a further 12 tunnels were found in Abu Halawa south of Salah Ad-Din, sources said….
PA: Israel destroying Palestinian state
11/26/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority said Thursday that Israel is destroying its efforts to build a Palestinian state.”We build roads of peace, the Israeli government destroys them. We plant trees to protect our environment, they uproot them. We send our young children to school and their soldiers bully them and beat them….
Egypt denies rumors that Dahlan is persona non grata
11/26/2010 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied news reports Thursday alleging ministry officials had informed Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan that he is persona non grata in the country. Sources in the ministry said in a statement that “the Egyptian government is standing by the side of the Palestinians and their cause….
Israel trains fighter pilots in Italy
11/26/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s military announced Friday the end of a two-week exercise in Sardinia, Italy, between the Israel Air Force and the Italian Air Force. The exercise was described as “extensive,” involving squads of F-15 and F-16s, and said to have been the first overseas training for the “Eitam….
MK proposes bill to declare Jerusalem Jewish capital
11/26/2010 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — An Israeli MK has proposed changing Israel’s Basic Law to declare Jerusalem “the capital of the Jewish people,” the Hebrew-language daily Ma’ariv reported Friday. Knesset member Zevulun Orlev sponsored the bill in April 2008, and the preliminary reading of the amendment was approved by a large….
Taha denies Saudis withheld Hamas members’ passports
11/26/2010 – GAZA (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Ayman Taha on Friday denied reports that Saudi authorities withheld the passports of senior Hamas members who had traveled to Mecca to perform Hajj. The Israeli news site Ynet reported Friday that members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees planned to travel to Damascus after making….
Hariri: Iran has role to play in Lebanon’s stability
11/26/2010 – TEHRAN (AFP) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Iran has a role to play in maintaining his country’s stability, the official IRNA news agency reported Friday on the eve of Hariri’s first visit to Tehran.” The Islamic Republic of Iran has a natural role in the region, especially in resolving crisis….
Palestinian lawmakers arrive in Khartoum
11/26/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A delegation of Palestinian lawmakers arrived in Khartoum on Friday to meet Sudanese parliamentary and government officials. Headed by deputized PLC speaker Ahmad Bahar, the group began their tour after performing Hajj in Mecca. Bahar said the delegation would participate in the Arab-African solidarity conference in the Sudanese capital on….
Palestine Youth Orchestra to perform in Greece
11/26/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian flag was raised over the Athens Concert Hall on Friday in preparation for a performance by the Palestine Youth Orchestra on Sunday. The Greek president and Palestinian negotiator Nabil Sha’ath are expected to attend the concert, along with a number of Greek ministers. The orchestra is made….
Unity leader says trust, commitment key
11/26/2010 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) —Palestinian businessman Munib Al-Masri returned from Gaza earlier in the week, where he had been engaged in independent shuttle diplomacy efforts around lagging unity talks between rival parties Fatah and Hamas. Upon his return, Al-Masri spoke with Ma’an on the program Hard Questions, explaining that his efforts toward conciliation….
Islamist group angered over PA ‘discrimination’
11/26/2010 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Officials from the Islamist movement Hizb Ut-Tahrir (Liberation Party) in the West Bank accused the Palestinian Authority of carrying out politically-motivated arrests targeting members, a statement said Friday. PA assertions that security forces do not target Islamist parties are untrue, the statement said, adding that claims of non-bias by the Fatah-run….
Army appoints new deputy chief of staff
11/26/2010 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh was appointed deputy chief of staff for the Israeli army on Tuesday, a military statement said. Naveh’s appointment follows the retirement of his predecessor Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz. Defense Minister Ehud Barak thanked Gantz for his service.”Maj. Gen. Gantz has made a lasting….
PA asks radio, TV stations to review license terms
11/26/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Unlicensed TV and radio stations must now begin the process of licensing and registration or risk closure, members of a trilateral commission of PA ministries announced Friday. A statement by the committee, composed of officials from the ministries of information, telecommunications, technology and the interior, said it welcomed a decision by….
DFLP demands public freedoms from Hamas in Gaza
11/26/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Officials from the leftist party the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said a meeting with Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday was successful, and helped guarantee pubic freedoms for the movement’s members. DFLP Central Committee Mahmoud Khalaf said officials argued with Haniyeh over a….
Gaza: Independents meet with Hamas for unity update
11/26/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A delegation gathering of independent figures held a meeting on Thursday with Hamas leader Mahmoud Az-Zahar to discuss steps to achieve national conciliation after the last meeting in Damascus. Deputy of head of the gathering Abed Al-Aziz Ash-Sheqaqi, who participated on the security file committee during an earlier round of….
PCBS: Building boom of ’09 tapers in ’10
11/26/2010 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A report from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on building permits in the West Bank showed a decrease in construction from the book year of 2009, while levels remain well over those set in 2008. The report covers 2008 to the third quarter of 2010, comparing the final quarter with….
An Arab-Israeli Thanksgiving, one day
Palestine Note 26 Nov 2010 – It’s hard to think of Arabs and Israelis celebrating Thanksgiving together. The relations between the two have been the worst, especially between Palestinians and Israelis. Israelis are living the high life. The Wall has allowed them…
A “self-hating” Palestinian?
Palestine Note 26 Nov 2010 – JERUSALEM – Several months ago, I took part in a symposium organised by the Palestinian Academic Society for International Affairs, entitled “Hamas’s Political Agenda 2010”. It took place at a venue a few metres away from…
Srulik, meet Handala
Palestine Note 26 Nov 2010 – JERUSALEM – Driving east from Jerusalem on the winding Jordanian-built road that once led down from the Mount of Olives to the Dead Sea, one passes through a series of Arab suburbs and soon comes to…
Novel approaches to the Arab-Israeli conflict
Palestine Note 26 Nov 2010 – BRUSSELS – Alaa al-Aswany is an unlikely candidate for the job of saviour of the Egyptian novel. Yet this dentist, who continues to run his downtown practice in Cairo, is widely regarded as having revived the…
Crossing borders
Palestine Note 26 Nov 2010 – Dalal rested in her father’s lap. She smiled but only said one word, ana, “I” in Arabic — her entire vocabulary at the age of three and a half. My friend Dr. Eliezer Be’eri, carefully felt…
Praying hard to make the rain fall
Palestine Note 26 Nov 2010 – JERUSALEM – It’s been said that everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Well, seven years of drought in the Holy Land has been so bad that it has brought together…
Saudis arrest 149 terror suspects
AlJazeera 26 Nov 2010 – Authorities have arrested 124 Saudis and 25 foreigners, who were planning attacks on government and security officials.
Earthquake hits southern Iran
AlJazeera 26 Nov 2010 – Powerful quake rocks mountainous area with no immediate word on any casualties or damages.
Four Detained, Many Treated for Tear Gas Inhalation During W.B. Anti Wall Protests
PNN – Ghassan Bannoura- PNN – This week four were arrested and dozens of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation as Israeli troops attacked anti wall protests organized at a…
Hariri: No Leadership in Israel, Netanyahu doesn’t Want Peace
PNN – Beirut — PNN — In an interview with the Washington Post on Friday, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that he does not believe Benjamin Netanyahu believes in peace. PM Hariri set…
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
Egyptians protest police violence before election
Jeruslalem Post 26 Nov 2010 – The campaign for Sunday’s election has been marred by one of the most sweeping efforts in Egypt to silence critics.
Amnesty Int’l calls for Egypt to halt ‘Facebook trial’
Jeruslalem Post 26 Nov 2010 – Ahmed Bassyouni is charged with discussing military online; Amnesty says info was public, calls case “abuse of justice system, right to fair trial.”
Tuk-tuks, cheap fuel edge out donkey carts in Gaza
Jeruslalem Post 26 Nov 2010 – Smuggled by the hundreds from Egypt in recent months, motor rickshaws, also known as tuk-tuks, are taking over the congested streets of Gaza City.
Hariri says cooperation with Iran is indispensable
Jeruslalem Post 26 Nov 2010 – Lebanese prime minister praises Ahmadinejad’s recent Lebanon trip, says two countries face same threats; calls Israel greatest danger to the region.
West Bank train line plan draws Palestinian ire
Jeruslalem Post 26 Nov 2010 – Transport Ministry spokesman says the new rail line only in planning stage, along with other W. Bank lines; no plans to actually begin work.
Syrian FM warns of war with ‘peace evading’ Israel
Jeruslalem Post 26 Nov 2010 – Moallem tells Russian newspaper that “there is no doubt that closing horizons to peace may lead to a possible war, this option always exists in our region.”
Israel slams Erdogan’s ‘lame diatribe’ from Beirut
Jeruslalem Post 26 Nov 2010 – Turkish PM launches new war crimes salvo; Lebanese Armenians protest his visit over WWI genocide.
TEDing it like it is
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – Apolitical conference in J’lem? Initiative to increase activity of international phenomenon TEDx, launched here recently, gathering steam.
Jewel in the Crowne
Jeruslalem Post 25 Nov 2010 – The Kohinoor restaurant in Jerusalem offers an exquisite taste and feel of India.
International Solidarity Movement
Israeli bulldozers: demolishing homes, ruining livelihoods
11/26/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – International Solidarity Movement, Stella – In the last few days, with a wave of demolitions, Israeli bulldozers have spread destruction and despair in the villages across the West Bank: in Qarawat Bani Hassan near Salfeet, in al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, in Hizma, near Jerusalem, in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas, and in the South Hebron….
VIDEO – Wave of demolitions in Jerusalem, Jordan Valley and South Hebron
11/26/2010 – International Solidarity Movement – 25 November, ICHAD & Al Jazeera – Following the demolitions and evictions in East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley yesterday, this morning the Civil Administration accompanied bylarge Army and Border Police forces demolished a mosque in the JordanValley and several structures in the South Hebron Hills. Yesterday the Ministry of Interior demolished a Palestinian home in…. Related: ICHAD and Aljazeera: Israel demolishes mosque
Victim of alleged sexual assault by prospective police chief exposes her identity
Ha’aretz – Dr. Orly Innes, a prominent anti-violence advocate and activist, says she relinquishes right to conceal her identity in order to empower other victims of sexual misconduct.
Rabin’s son presents his Israeli Peace Initiative
Ha’aretz – Yuval Rabin and businessman Koby Huberman propose a response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative: A Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, with Jerusalem ‘the home of two capitals’.
Syria warns Israel: Evading peace will lead to Mideast war
Ha’aretz – Syrian FM Walid Moallem says window of opportunity for Mideast peace is slowly closing, warns that new war could cause great damage due to advanced military technology.
Lebanon PM: Netanyahu doesn’t believe in peace
Ha’aretz – In Washington Post interview, Saad Hariri accuses Netanyahu of destroying Oslo Accords, says ‘there is no leadership in Israel.’
Olmert: Netanyahu needs to accept U.S. settlement freeze offer
Ha’aretz – Former Prime Minister says Netanyahu, Obama are wasting valuable time by choosing to focus on as ‘marginal’ an issue as an extended West Bank freeze
‘My political party is my poem’ – An evening with Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti.
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – In today’s fast-paced culture poetry readings can seem a little old-fashioned. But the faithful fans of Mourid Barghouti who recently gathered in Doha, Qatar, to hear the Palestinian poet were treated to an evening that was anything but quaint. The author holds a unique position in the Palestinian diaspora. His book, I saw Ramallah, is…
Gravel collectors risk life and limb along Gaza’s border
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – On a rubble-strewn strip of land flanking Gaza’s northern border with Israel, youths play real life Russian roulette as they sift through sand in search of gravel to sell. Only the very poorest venture near the 300-metre (yard) buffer zone which runs the length of the border, a “no go” area where anyone who gets…
In photos: The remnants of a home demolition
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – Palestinians clear the rubble of their home in At-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem on 26 November 2010. Two days earlier, Israeli police razed the home shortly before the owner Abed Zablah, a father of five, arrived with an order issued early that morning by the Jerusalem District Court ordering a halt to the demolition. But…
“War criminals” leak strikes at heart of Israeli society
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – When unknown elements in Israel leaked the name, rank, identification number and other information about two hundred Israeli military personnel who reportedly participated in the 2008-09 invasion of Gaza, the effect was sudden and profound, according to sources in Israel. Although the first site on which the leaked information appeared was taken down by the…
Israeli bulldozers: demolishing homes, ruining livelihoods
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – In the last few days, with a wave of demolitions, Israeli bulldozers have spread destruction and despair in the villages across the West Bank: in Qarawat Bani Hassan near Salfeet, in al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, in Hizma, near Jerusalem, in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas, and in the South Hebron Hills. Yesterday I went…
Memories and maps keep alive Palestinian hopes of return
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – Memories and maps feature prominently in the experience of Palestinians — a people scarred by dispossession, dispersion, occupation and uncertainty about their future. So amid the latest wrangling over the stalled peace talks with Israel come two sharp reminders of the depth of the conflict and how difficult it will be to resolve it. Salman…
Publish It Not
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – In the mid-1990s, I arrived in Jerusalem for the first time—then as a tourist—with the potent Western myth at the front of my consciousness: that of Israel as “a light unto the nations,” the plucky underdog facing a menacing Arab world. A series of later professional shocks as a freelance journalist reporting on Israel would…
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (11. — 24 November 2010)
Uruknet November 26, 2010 – Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (11 — 24 November 2010): Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF extra-judicially executed a Palestinian activist and his brother in the Gaza Strip, and wounded 17 Palestinians, including two children and a woman, in the West Bank and the…
Gaza Photo Exhibition Attacked by the Jewish Defense League in Paris
Uruknet November 25, 2010 – 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. The employees of the museum explained that a group…
Another BDS Victory: Irish Trade Union TEEU Votes to Boycott Israel
Alternative Information Center – At its biennial conference last weekend, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) unanimously voted to “support for a boycott campaign of Israeli goods and services and a policy of disinvestment from Israeli companies” as a…
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
US rushes to contain new WikiLeaks damage
Daily Star 26 Nov 2010 DOHA: Iran should not meddle in Lebanon and Iraq and keep out of the internal affairs of Arab countries in the Gulf, Egypt’s foreign minister said Friday in a Qatari newspaper. “We say to our brothers…
Egypt: Islamic Republic should keep out of affairs of Arab states
Daily Star 26 Nov 2010 DOHA: Iran should not meddle in Lebanon and Iraq and keep out of the internal affairs of Arab countries in the Gulf, Egypt’s foreign minister said Friday in a Qatari newspaper. “We say to our brothers…
Egypt speaker: US pressure could backfire
Daily Star 26 Nov 2010 CAIRO: Egypt’s Parliamentary speaker said Friday that US pressure on Cairo for reforms may backfire and lead to a religious state, in a warning two days ahead of an election preceded by arrests of Islamists.”If there…
Western Sahara protesters were ‘beaten, abused’
Daily Star 26 Nov 2010 RABAT: Moroccan security forces repeatedly beat and abused people they detained during disturbances in Western Sahara earlier this month, Human Rights Watch said Friday.”The Moroccan authorities should immediately end the abuse of detainees, and carry out…
Saudi Arabia arrests 149 terror suspects
Daily Star 26 Nov 2010 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has arrested 149 people from 19 cells linked to Al-Qaeda over the past eight months and foiled attacks against state and security officials, the Interior Ministry said Friday.The announcement comes as elderly Saudi…
Memories and maps keep alive Palestinian hopes of return
The Guardian 26 Nov 2010 – Refugees remain the most intractable issue of the Middle East conflict, as two new books show Memories and maps feature prominently in the experience of Palestinians — a people scarred by dispossession, dispersion, occupation and profound…
How the EU could entice Israel to seek peace | Khaled Diab
The Guardian 26 Nov 2010 – Making Europe’s cosiness with Israel dependent on commitment to fair peace would be more effective than a blunt boycott In Israel, the European Union is often regarded as too pro-Palestinian. But it would be a mistake…
Work begins on new Gaza sewage plant
Relief Web 26 Nov 2010 – Source: Agence France-Presse
Israeli troops raze mosque, buildings in West Bank
Relief Web 26 Nov 2010 – Source: Agence France-Presse
Israel mulls rail link to West Bank settlement
Relief Web 26 Nov 2010 – Source: Agence France-Presse
OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, 29 NOVEMBER
Relief Web 26 Nov 2010 – Source: UN General Assembly
Report: US briefs Israel on document leak
YNet News – Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks says American diplomats warned gov’t officials….
Syrian FM warns of war with Israel
YNet News – Four days after Knesset approval of referendum law, Walid Moallem says ‘full….
Mubarak warns of wave of global terror
YNet News – Egyptian president meets with king of Bahrain, says if Palestinian issue is not….
Minister’s associates: New police chief a surprise
YNet News – The identity of Israel’s next police commissioner, expected to be announced in the near future, will be a big surprise, close associates of Internal Security Minister …….
Lebanon’s Hariri seeks Iran help
YNet News – As he prepared to head to Iran, Lebanese Prime Minister Sa’ad al-Hariri emphasized Friday Tehran’s significant role in maintaining stability in his country. Hariri …….
Saudis stop Hamas men from reaching Syria
YNet News – Saudi Arabia has prevented senior members from Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), who had made the pilgrimage from Gaza to Mecca, to …….
Official: Mossad behind Egypt riots
YNet News – Who’s responsible for this week’s riots in Egypt, which left one man killed and dozens injured? Chairman of the Egypt People’s Assembly’ Foreign Affairs Committee Dr. Dr …….
Palestinian Information Center
Palestinians demonstrate in Jerusalem against house appropriations
PIC 26 Nov 2010 – Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated Friday in the Sheikh Jarrah suburb in Jerusalem to protest the occupation policy of confiscating Palestinian property and passing it on to settlers.
Sabri condemns Israeli occupation attacks on the Silwan children
PIC 26 Nov 2010 – Sheik Ekrema Sabri, the Aqsa Mosque Imam and the head of the Supreme Islamic Council, condemned the continued assaults on the children of the Silwad Jerusalem suburb..
Rizka warns against accepting a state with temporary borders
PIC 26 Nov 2010 – Dr. Yousef Rizka, the Palestinian Prime Minister’s political adviser , said that Mahmoud Abbas’s talk about his conditional agreement to a state with temporary borders is a clear regression.
Hamas: Demolition of mosques and villages reflects Zionist racist policies
PIC 26 Nov 2010 – Hamas strongly condemned what it called “IOF thuggish behaviour” against the Palestinian people in the villages of the Jordan valley and the Negev..
Abbas’s militia kidnap a number of pilgrims for meeting with Gaza pilgrims
PIC 26 Nov 2010 – Abbas’s militia kidnapped Majed al-Nouri and his nephew Hazem al-Nouri one day after their return from the pilgrimage trip under the pretext that they met with pilgrims from Gaza during pilgrimage.
IOF procrastinates in evacuating properties confiscated by settlers in al-Khalil
PIC 26 Nov 2010 – A group of Palestinians have asked the Israeli Supreme Court to implement its ruling stipulating the evacuation of Palestinian commercial properties occupied by extremist Jewish settlers..
Netanyahu plans building a large detention centre at the border with Egypt
PIC 26 Nov 2010 – The Israeli Prime Minister announced his government’s intention to build a large detention centre at the border with Egypt to be used for detaining infiltrators until their deportation.
Change in Egypt may lie with ruling party
LA Times 26 Nov 2010 – It is in the ruling party, not in street protests, that power plays lie. The parliamentary election campaigns have highlighted the split between the party’s old guard and the rising business elite. This ancient city of congenial smiles is cranky.
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: 19 Jailed Activists Are Pardoned, Report Says
New York Times 26 Nov 2010 – An Iranian opposition Web Site reported that supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had pardoned 19 jailed opposition activists on a religious occasion.
World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: 156 Held After Protest Over Blocked Church Project
New York Times 26 Nov 2010 – Egypt’s prosecutor general accused 156 Christians of attempted murder and possession of explosives after clashes with the police over the building of a church in Cairo
G.O.P. and Tea Party Are Mixed Blessing for Israel
New York Times 26 Nov 2010 – Fresh Republican support for the Israeli government after the U.S. midterm elections may be offset by Tea Party suspicion of foreign aid.
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli Army arrests young Palestinian man in South Hebron Hills
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AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Shepherd made homeless, livelihood threatened, son in prison
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Eviction Notices Not Enforced Against Hebron’s Squatter Settlers
Palestine Monitor – This week saw Palestinian shopkeepers from Hebron petition the High Court of Israel to honour an eviction notice given to settlers over two and a half years ago. In 2001 settlers moved illegally into part of Hebron market, which remains under the control of Israel’s Civil…
This beats turkey and pumpkin pie
Mondoweiss – At last. Wikileaks is set to dump leaked classified documents, cables, n love letters involving Israel and the U.S. Both countries are said to be “tense”. I guess Julian Assange gets it. Haaretz : The United States Embassy in Tel Aviv has informed the Foreign Ministry in…
Neverending spectacle entails night raids, mosque demolition, child arrests/beatings, and sheep dung barred as fuel
Mondoweiss – And other news from Today in Palestine: Apartheid / Land, Property, Resource Theft & Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing Palestinian Child Hospitalized After Being Violently Attacked By Israeli Policemen A 7-year-old Palestinian child from Silwan neighborhood, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, was hospitalized Wednesday, after…
Mamas, dont let your boychicks grow up to be pundits
Mondoweiss – You have to hand it to Hebrew School. What a training ground those late weekday sessions have shown to be. Salon produced its Hack Thirty List — “our all-star team—of the most predictable, dishonest and just plain stupid pundits in the media”—and by my reckoning at…
‘NYT’ warns that US support for Israel may become ‘politicized’
Mondoweiss – The New York Times has done a good thing today by putting AIPAC on its front page in a piece that says that Israel was “one of the big winners” of the midterm elections, due to the elevation of Republicans who support Netanyahu’s hellbent course. The…
God isn’t finished with me yet
Mondoweiss – The headline is intended to inoculate me against the immaturity charge. This is a picture of the head of the Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, at Angry Arab . It’s getting passed around.
Palestinian Child Hospitalized After Israeli Troops Violently Attacked Him
Al-Manar 26 Nov 2010 – 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. The child, Adam Mansour Al Rishiq, was taken to a Jerusalem hospital and…
Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 8 Palestinians in WB
Al-Manar 26 Nov 2010 – 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 just north of the southern West Bank city of Khalil and the site of many recent home…
Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish Palestinian Mosque, Buildings in West Bank
Al-Manar 25 Nov 2010 – Israeli occupation forces have razed a Palestinian mosque and more than 10 other structures in two areas of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, violating the primary rights of Palestinian people. Most of the demolition activity took place in the village of Khirbet Yarza in the…
Yediot’s defense analyst on the looming US-Israel ‘security catastrophe’
Coteret 26 Nov 2010 – Read this one in full. Alex Fishman is Yediot’s veteran defense analyst. Besides providing a detailed post-mortem of the latest fiasco in US-Israeli diplomacy, he makes a very blunt allegation: Netanyahu is selling out the IDF’s self-defined strategic interests and the good will of the US…
Lebanon
BBC 26 Nov 2010 – Key facts, figures and dates
Fighting through
BBC 26 Nov 2010 – Egypt’s Muslim Brothers campaign through clampdown
Friends of Israel — Enemies Inside the Gates [Video]
Sabbah report 26 Nov 2010 – Recently, political pressure has been brought to bear against a trades unionist KEVIN BRACKEN, for attempting to express his views about the events of 9/11, on Australia’s publicly funded broadcaster, the ABC. This video redresses the balance, and makes it clear that Australia’s prime minister is…
“War criminals” leak strikes at heart of Israeli society
Sabbah report 26 Nov 2010 – Instead of asking why some groups or individuals in Israeli society are willing to take great risks to hold that society accountable for its actions, Israel prefers to blame the problem on treacherous, self-hating, anti-Semitic Jews, and to instill fear and hatred as the means for…
Exposing Israel’s Fraudulent Third Periodic Report to the UN
Sabbah report 26 Nov 2010 – 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 equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family,” omitting to explain he means only Jews, no others,…
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Srulik, meet Handala
Gil Zohar, Common Ground News Service11/25/2010
JERUSALEM – Driving east from Jerusalem on the winding Jordanian-built road that once led down from the Mount of Olives to the Dead Sea, one passes through a series of Arab suburbs and soon comes to a dead end in front of the grotesque West Bank barrier.
Called Geder ha-Hafrada (separation fence) in Hebrew and jidar al-fasl al-‘unsuri (Apartheid wall) in Arabic, the insurmountable (if still incomplete) barrier has no doubt contributed to a reduction in terror and car theft. However, my objection to it is more existential: like some of those in West Berlin who spray-painted their protest for freedom on the Bundesrepublik side of die Mauer even as armed GDR guards used deadly force to prevent anyone from approaching the Wall’s eastern side, I believe all walls must fall.
It is a metaphor that has repeated itself from Joshua’s encircling of Jericho, to the Berlin Wall and its remaining East Side gallery, to Garth Hewitt’s ballad: “They’ve Cancelled Christmas in Bethlehem” – about the stranglehold the wall has placed on both day-to-day life and religious pilgrimage in the place where Jesus the Prince of Peace was born 2,000 years ago.
The world today is caught between two conflicting ideologies: The growing trend of some democratic countries to join in unions with open borders, joint legal systems, and a common currency, of which the European Union – notwithstanding its problems – is a great success. Then, there is the trend of other countries – many repressive and undemocratic – to defend their borders with minefields and walls. Like John Lennon, I prefer the first vision – of a growing global union without barriers. Imagine that. more.. e-mail
Israel’s No. 1 politician
Emmanuel Rosen, YNetNews11/24/2010
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who recently preached that ‘Gentiles exist only to serve Jews’, is Israel’s top politician, has seen it all and is more influential than any minister
He was here when the young Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on his term as UN ambassador and when the young Barack Obama worked with youngsters in poor US neighborhoods. Back then already, his word meant everything; politicians bowed down to him and asked for his approval. Nobody really understood his language and fables, yet everyone praised him and tried to curry favor with him.
In our unstable politics, where no government can last for long and no prime minister manages to survive for more than a term-and-a-half in office, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is an island of stability. A religious dictator who divides the world to good guys and bad guys in line with conservative, religious worldviews, and who within Israel’s democracy holds greater decision-making power than any minister elected by the public; at times, he is even more influential than the prime minister. For 26 years now, somehow, after all the discussions and negotiations and cabinet votes and trips to America and press commentary, it always ends up boiling down to the rabbi’s decision; we have not yet found the bold prime minister who would say: No more. I won’t do it. The kippah will pulled out and put on one’s head, the rabbi will wait in his chair for the guest to bow down and shake the holy hand, and from there it all depends on the guest’s qualities of bargaining and persuasion, and at times just on his highness’ mood. more.. e-mail
Israeli war criminals had better hope for Palestinian amnesty
Gilad Atzmon, Redress11/25/2010
Gilad Atzmon argues that the publication of the names and other details of 200 Israeli war crimes suspects who participated in the onslaught against Gaza in 2008-09 is a clear warning that every Israeli complicit in this and other outrages, and not just senior commanders and leaders, is liable for the crimes committed by the state and its army.
A few days ago, British Chief of Defence Staff General David Richards admitted that victory in Afghanistan is unachievable. “In conventional war,” said Richards, “defeat and victory is very clear cut and is symbolized by troops marching into another nation’s capital.”
It took a few years for the British military elites to admit that the war in Afghanistan cannot lead anywhere. Indeed, a valuable lesson to learn from mid to late 20th century warfare is that conventional military might cannot easily defeat civilian mass resistance.
It is interesting to reflect, too, that although the Jewish state has pursued a “strategy” of occupation for 62 years, for some reason the penny has still not dropped. The Israelis are still convinced that they can knock down the resilient Palestinians using siege, indiscriminate killing, carpet bombardment and chemical warfare.
The results are pretty obvious. Bearing in mind that Israel considers itself to be a “Jews-only democracy”, it follows that every Israeli Jew is complicit in a colossal war crime against a civilian population.
But it goes further…. more.. e-mail
Eviction Notices Not Enforced Against Hebron’s Squatter Settlers
Palestine Monitor: 26 Nov 2010 – This week saw Palestinian shopkeepers from Hebron petition the High Court of Israel to honour an eviction notice given to settlers over two and a half years ago. In 2001 settlers moved illegally into part of Hebron market, which remains under the control of Israel’s Civil Administration. Today a number of settler families are squatting there, a presence which has severely reduced the numbers of Palestinian visitors and damaged the local economy. Written by Clive Granger. Hebron’s deserted Market Palestinian shopkeeper and local resident Monir told us there is “no tourism here any more” as everyone believes “it’s a war zone”. Whole streets of shops have been forced to close. In 2007 the settler families were ordered to leave by a military appeals committee. It was ruled that the settlers had broken the law by entering the building and had no legal right to be there. Two members of the…more
Israel’s Third Periodic Report to the UN
Palestine Chronicle: 26 Nov 2010 – By Stephen Lendman 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 equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family,” omitting to explain he means only Jews, no others, especially Muslims. State belligerence for over six decades proves it. PCHR reviewed recent facts, documenting them in its report. Previous articles discussed them it detail, but they bear repeating. By so doing, peace and self-determination for a beleaguered people may come sooner. PCHR addressed each article, detailing Israel’s noncompliance, presenting indisputable, convincing evidence. In its July 9, 2004 “Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the…more
More Than a Bribe: Obama Surrenders Palestinian Rights
Dissident Voice: 26 Nov 2010 – 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 price, Mr. Miller?…more
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