January 2011
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Israeli soldiers ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza By Alex Thomson
Israel’s invasion of Gaza deliberately aimed to ‘cleanse’ Palestinian neighbourhoods, former soldiers allege, in claims that will reignite the debate over the campaign’s legality, writes Alex Thomson. Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 25 January, 2011
25 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Egypt Braces for Anti-Government Protests New York Times The call to protest comes as Egypt and other Arab countries wrestle with the aftermath of Tunisia’s revolution. There, weeks of protests that started after … www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/world/middleeast/26egypt.html?src=twrhp Continue reading
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What is happening in the Middle East?
A popular, radical democratic revolution is shaking Tunisia and the whole Arab world, its reverberations being felt from Morocco to Yemen. An unarmed people has shaken off a bloody, pro-Western dictatorship. The army and sections of the police have joined the popular movement against the remnants of the dictatorship. Continue reading
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Papers reveal how Palestinian leaders gave up fight over refugees By Ian Black and Seumas Milne
Palestinian negotiators privately agreed that only 10, 000 refugees and their families, out of a total refugee population exceeding 5 million, could return to Israel as part of a peace settlement, leaked confidential documents reveal. PLO leaders also accepted Israel’s demand to define itself as an explicitly Jewish state, in sharp contrast to their public… Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt3
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt2
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Pt.2 Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt 1
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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“The biggest Yerushalayim in Jewish history”
PA offered to concede almost all of East Jerusalem, a historic concession for which Israel offered nothing in return Continue reading
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Erekat’s solution for the Haram
The PA’s chief negotiator suggested unprecedented compromises on the division of Jerusalem and its holy sites Continue reading
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Daniel Ellsberg: We Need Whistle Blowers to Stop Murder
Daniel Ellsberg: There was no law against leaking the Pentagon Papers nor is there now against Wikileaks Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 24 January, 2011
24 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Bradley Manning’s supporters turned away over minor traffic violation The Guardian (blog) Supporters of Bradley Manning, the army private suspected of leaking confidential documents to WikiLeaks, were thwarted in an attempt to deliver a petition … www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2011/jan/24/bradley-manning-wikileaks-quantico-petition Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 24 January, 2011
24 January, 2011 — creative-i.info WikiLeaks founder named ‘un-Australian of the Year’ AFP SYDNEY — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was named “un-Australian of the Year” by a men’s magazine on Monday for publishing thousands of leaked US … www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jU3uP81MLnk8Wp_SC6lKoPpDfMew?docId=CNG.3d70bb040bdfdd29691ee978be81fc1a.651 Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 24 January, 2011
24 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Teachers strike in Tunisia as protests broaden Washington Post AP TUNIS, Tunisia — Teachers across Tunisia have gone on strike to demand members of the former party of the ousted president stay out of power, … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/24/AR2011012400905.html Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 January, 2011: New Israeli laws targeting human rights groups
23 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel’s internal inquiry into killing of humanitarian aid workers finds no wrongdoing IMEMC – Sunday January 23, 2011 – 19:21, The commission created by the Israeli government to ‘investigate’ the Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters in May 2010 has Continue reading
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The Palestine papers By Matthew Weaver
Mustafa Barghouti, an independent member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said the papers showed that the Israeli don’t want a two-state solution despite their support for it in public. He gave his reaction to my colleague Harriet Sherwood. Continue reading
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The endless so-called ‘peace process’ By Moshe Machover
16 December 2010 — Israeli Occupation Archive Here are some questions for discussion: [1] Do you see the current US-sponsored dialogue as amounting to anything? The current intermittent dialogue is the latest phase of a process that started with the Madrid Conference of 1991, following the first Gulf War. Continue reading
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Wikileaks: What the Palestine papers tell us – video
Guardian associate editor Seumas Milne and Middle East editor, Ian Black, discuss the leak of secret notes from years of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 23 January, 2011
23 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Swiss open new probe against ‘WikiLeaks banker’ TMC Net By AP , GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police have arrested a banker who claims to have handed details of rich tax cheats to WikiLeaks, prosecutors said Thursday. … topnews360.tmcnet.com/topics/associated-press/articles/2011/01/23/137322-swiss-open-new-probe-against-wikileaks-banker.htm Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 23 January, 2011
23 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Bradley Manning deserves to be free Green Left Weekly Bradley Manning has been held in maximum security at Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia since July. In the two months previous to that, … www.greenleft.org.au/node/46480 Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 23 January, 2011: James Zogby: Reflections on Tunisia
23 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Dictatorship for Dummies, Tunisia edition Washington Post William J. Dobson William J. Dobson explains what dictators around the world might learn from Tunisia. The world cheered as it watched Tunisians,… www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/23/AR2011012300267.html Continue reading
The New Dark Age 