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Pink Floyd singer joins cultural boycott of Israel
IMEMC – Monday March 07, 2011 – 03:08, The former lead singer of the rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, is the latest artist to voice support for the boycott of Israel, in an effort to pressure the state to end its occupation of Palestinian land, and comply with international law and signed agreements.
Non-violent Protest Leader in Nabi Saleh taken by Israeli troops
IMEMC – Sunday March 06, 2011 – 17:23, Local protest leader Naji Tamimi was abducted during a night raid on the village of Nabi Saleh by the Israeli military, according to a statement by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, along with local eyewitnesses.
Palestinian President calls for Palestine to Join UN
IMEMC – Sunday March 06, 2011 – 13:53, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a press conference this weekend that it is time for Palestine to become a permanent member of the United Nations.
Troops Attacks Women’s Protest, Dozens Wounded
IMEMC – Sunday March 06, 2011 – 11:20, Dozens of women were wounded on Saturday after the Israeli forces violently attacked a peaceful protest at the Qalandia Terminal north of Jerusalem, and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at them.
Israeli Air Force Carries A Series Of Air Strikes In Gaza
IMEMC – Sunday March 06, 2011 – 10:28, The Israeli Air Force carried out on Sunday at dawn a series of air strikes targeting a number of areas in Gaza city, and areas in central Gaza; damage was reported, no injuries.
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza
3/6/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli warplanes targeted three areas in the central and northern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, causing damage but no injuries. Witnesses said their homes shook when F16 fighter jets dropped missiles on an open area near a mosque in the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. They said some homes and….
Settlers provoke Palestinian villagers near Ramallah
3/6/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Israel’s extremist settlers gathered near the central West Bank village of An-Nabi Salih in the Ramallah district Saturday, locals told Ma’an, sparking unrest. Residents said young Palestinian men set fire to used tires at the village entrance fearing settlers might storm the village, while Israeli….
Palestinian workers injured in Jerusalem bomb blast
3/6/2011 – Sources suggested extremist settlers were responsible for the attack, similar to past incidents – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian worker was injured Sunday morning in a pipe bomb blast near the Gilo settlement between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Jerusalem municipality refuse collector Iyad Bashir, 21, was taken by ambulance to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital with….
Protest group says leader detained from home
3/6/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Organizers with the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee said Sunday that protest organizer from An-Nabi Saleh Naji Tamimi was taken by Israeli forces early in the morning during a home invasion. A statement released by the group said dozens of soldiers entered the village, located near the Hallamish settlement north of Ramallah…. Related: PSCC: Army arrests local protest leader…
Gaza’s sole crossing to open for limited goods
3/6/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The sole operating commercial border terminal between Israel and the Gaza Strip, the Kerem Shalom crossing, will open Sunday for the limited delivery of goods and humanitarian aid, Palestinian officials said. Liaison official Raed Fattouh said Israeli authorities decided to allow the entry of around 160 truckloads, and the export….
Post-Mubarak, Egypt-Gaza crossing rules tighten
3/6/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Getting out of Gaza is harder than ever almost a month after former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak handed over power to a special military council, travelers reported. From the start of the Egyptian revolution in January, Gaza residents expressed hope that a change in the Egyptian regime would lead to…. Related: Egypt to allow Gaza students to enter
Palestinians launch new initiatives on Facebook
3/6/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Young Palestinians have started a campaign on Facebook, encouraging others to write “Free Palestine” on Israeli currency in a new bid to spread the message. According to the campaign’s Facebook page, the initiative stems from the organizers’ “firm belief in non-violent national resistance.” Israeli shekels are used in…. Related: Banks: ‘Free Palestine’ cash valueless
Banks: ‘Free Palestine’ cash valueless
3/6/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Banking Society warned Sunday, against a new protest-tactic that would see Palestinians pen the phrase “Free Palestine” on Israeli bank notes, in a plan designed as a non-violent resistance tactic. Palestinian groups had announced the scheme on Facebook, eager to see the message of freedom circulate between the West…. Related: Palestinians launch new initiatives on Facebook
Egypt to allow Gaza students to enter
3/6/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Gaza Strip’s border and crossings department said Sunday that Egyptian authorities would allow Gazan students enrolled in Egyptian universities to enter the country Tuesday. The department told Ma’an that a list of 71 students who have registered with universities online was sent to Egyptian officials…. Related: Post-Mubarak, Egypt-Gaza crossing rules tighten
Fatah scattered over Fayyad unity plan
3/6/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah leaders are divided over re-appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s plan to create a unity government as he re-assembles the resigned ministerial cabinet. Since handing in his government’s resignation on 14 February and being re-appointed as Prime Minister, Fayyad has said he hopes to use….
Report: Salafists say Hamas detained leader in Gaza
3/6/2011 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — The Israeli daily news site Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday the anger of Gaza-based Salafi group At-Tawheed and Holy Jihad, after they reported the arrest of a senior leader by Hamas officials in Gaza last week. Abu Al-Walid Al-Mqdesi was detained at the end of February, the site said, and added….
Last group of Palestinian students leave Libya
3/6/2011 – TRIPOLI, Libya (Ma’an) — All Palestinian students have left Libya, as battles between opposition forces and regime loyalists rage across the north African country, said Palestinian Ambassador in Tripoli Atif Mustafa Auda. Auda told Ma’an radio that the final group of 13 students left via Tripoli International Airport on Sunday. The Palestinian….
Mash’al: Egypt revolt gave us back our lives
3/6/2011 – KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — Hamas chief in exile Khalid Mash’al hailed the sweeping political changes in Egypt, which he said had given the Palestinian people their lives back, in a speech in Khartoum on Sunday.” Today we are witnessing Cairo returning to its natural state, after it disappeared from that state for a long….
Chile to Netanyahu: Palestinian state good for Israel
3/6/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Chile’s president on Sunday sought to mollify Israel over his country’s recognition of Palestinian statehood, saying that the move was ultimately for the good of the country. Speaking to journalists after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Jerusalem office, Sebastian Pinera echoed a phrase often used by….
In photos: Girl guides mark Women`s Day in Bethlehem
3/6/2011 – MaanImages / Jenny Baboun – Saint Joseph’s Girl Guides celebrate International Women’s Day and Guides’ Day during a mass at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 6. The Palestinian Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Association congratulated all Palestinian guides on the special occasion….
Ramallah teacher carries out solo sit in
3/6/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — After being transferred five times in the last year, school teacher Ahmad Daoud Mahmoud Suleiman had had enough, and began Sunday a one-man sit-in protest outside the Ministry of Education building in Ramallah. From the steps of the ministry building, Ahmad said that in the winter of 2010 he had been….
EU contributes €20.0 million to PA
3/6/2011 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) The European Union contributed €20 million to the Palestinian Authority on Saturday toward payment of salaries and pensions in the West Bank and Gaza. The aid, around $28 million, would pay the salaries and pensions of almost 85,000 Palestinian public service providers and pensioners for the month of February, an….
Clashes as rebels deny Libyan victory claims
3/6/2011 – RAS LANUF, Libya (AFP) – Air strikes targeted rebel positions Sunday and outgunned insurgents were forced to retreat but Libyan TV claims that Moammar Gadhafi’s forces had retaken key towns in a major offensive were swiftly denied. The rebels said they had withdrawn from the coastal town of Bin Jawad, occupied on Saturday in….
New Egypt minister takes over after security raids
3/6/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) – A new Egyptian interior minister took office on Sunday pledging to restore public confidence in the police a day after protesters stormed several state security buildings. The authorities meanwhile urged the return of documents taken by the protesters when they stormed the buildings in raids on Friday and Saturday, saying it was important….
Egypt PM appoints new key ministers
AlJazeera 6 Mar 2011 – Foreign affairs, interior and justice portfolios change hands amid violence outside state security buildings in Cairo.
Gaza truck drivers on strike
AlJazeera 6 Mar 2011 – Lorry drivers protest Israeli’s closure of a key commerical crossing, which tightens the blockade on the territory.
Israeli Fighter Jets Attack Targets in Gaza
PNN – Gaza – PNN – The Israeli Air Force carried out a number of air strikes at dawn on Sunday targeting a number of areas in central Gaza Strip; damage was reported but…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory ( 24 Feb. 02 Mar. 2011)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Jailbreak to Gaza fuels fears of post-Mubarak era
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Hassan Weshah was one of nearly a dozen Palestinians who escaped from Egyptian prisons and returned to Gaza during Egyptian unrest.
Indictment: 3 imported Chilean women to work as prostitutes
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Holon residents face charges of human trafficking, prostitution procurement; men paid to bring indigent Chilean women to Israel.
Egypt appoints three new ministers to key posts
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Incoming foreign minister has expressed reservations about Camp David; Youths storm state security HQ; 8,000 protesters hit Beirut streets.
MKs at prison: Big disparity in Schalit, Hamas conditions
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Mofaz: No proportionality between conditions Palestinian prisoners are granted in Israeli prisons, the way Gilad Schalit is held.
J’lem sanitation worker loses arm to garbage-bag pipe bomb
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Police say small pipe bomb placed in garbage bag in Gilo neighborhood; cops believe incident is capital’s first terrorist attack in a year.
Egypt considers easing Gaza travel restrictions
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Cairo diplomat says military debating whether to reopen border crossing for Palestinians leaving Gaza once situation stabilizes.
Netanyahu not yet on record about ‘new initiative’
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – After meeting Chilean president, PM talks only about Palestinian Authority refusal to talk, nothing about new plan; Barak meets Australian FM.
Egypt reshuffle purges remains of Mubarak era
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Gov’t responsive to reformists’ demands, replaces FM Aboul Gheit; new FM Elaraby remembered for reservations about peace with Israel.
Hotovely: ‘Outposts built on state land should be legal’
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – MK Tzipi Hotovely, arguably the Likud party’s top ideological voice, voices her opinions about peace negotiations, the recent “wife murders,” and the mistakes Israel cannot afford to make.
Hamas head: ‘Egypt revolt gave us our lives back’
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Speaking in Khartoum, Khaled Mashaal praises fall of Mubarak, says Cairo returned “to its natural state,” calls on Fatah and Hamas to reunite.
J’lem sanitation worker loses arm in garbage bag blast
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Police say small pipe bomb placed in garbage bag in Gilo neighborhood; another sanitation worker lightly injured in explosion.
Gaddafi: Why is no one helping me fight terror in Libya?
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2011 – Libyan leader says he is surprised that the world doesn’t see that he is preventing war throughout the Mediterranean.
International Solidarity Movement
Several people injured at the International women’s day demonstration at Qalandiya checkpoint
3/6/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 05 March- ISM – At the 5th of March several protesters at Qalandiya checkpoint were injured. Among the injured were a 23 year old Swedish ISM activist hit by a tear gas grenade. The grenade burned her skin and left a bleeding wound on her arm, burned her hair, and left her temporarily deaf in her….
Army arrests local protest leader in Nabi Saleh last night
3/6/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 6 March – Popular Struggle Coordination Committee – Naji Tamimi, member of the Nabi Saleh popular committee and one of the leading figures in the struggle against the annexation of village lands by the nearby settlement of Halamish, was arrested last night during an army night raid on the village. The military also searched the home of…. Related: PSCC: Army arrests local protest leader… and Protest group says leader detained from home
Bombing is southern Gaza: 18-month child injured
3/6/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 3 March – ISM, Gaza – On February 26, Jamal Abo Hiatham Sharikhi (33 years) had his home destroyed by bombing from the Israeli military, and his 18-month old daughter was injured on her head by broken glass. He described the experience in this way: “It was 2 o’clock in the afternoon. I was….
Violence and trauma grips Silwan once again
3/6/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 5 March – Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Violent confrontations erupted in Silwan yesterday, with clashes sparked in Samer Sarhan Street and spreading throughout various districts of the village. Witnesses state that in addition to firing heavy amounts of rubber bullets at protesters, Israeli forces have begun using a new type of tear gas. 17 Palestinians were…. Related: Wadi Hilweh Information Center
Wadi Hilweh Information Center: Weekly update on Silwan
3/6/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 06 March – Wadi Hilweh Information Center – 3 March 2011 | 4 youth arrested in dawn raid on Silwan: Israeli forces raided Silwan today at dawn, arresting 4 local children. The boys arrested are aged between 13 and 15 years, and are scheduled to appear in the Israeli Magistrates Court on charges of stone-throwing in the near…. Related: Wadi Hilweh Information Center
Settlers attacked farmers in Iraq Burin, south of Nablus
3/6/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 6 March – ISM – Settlers attacked the villagers of Iraq Burin on Sunday, the 6th of March. The farmers had recieved permission from the D. C. O. to farm their land for two days, and were accompanied by the Israeli military to protect them from violent settlers. Soldiers left the area and about 20 settlers came….
Scrap collector injured in the North
3/3/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 26 February – ISM, Gaza – As his family was hungry but running out of cooking gas, Khaled Mohammed Al-Hsunmi (37) went out to collect wood. Cooking gas in Gaza is scarce and expensive (the siege does not allow much gas to enter), so Khaled regularly goes on a hunt for wood. Burning wood is plenty near….
Egypt considers easing Gaza blockade, says diplomat
Ha’aretz – Egyptian ambassador to the Palestinians says changes to Egypt’s border with Gaza will be considered when the situation stabilizes.
Ron Prosor named Israel’s new ambassador to the UN
Ha’aretz – Ron Prosor is a former director of Israel’s Foreign Ministry and he also has held diplomatic positions in London, Bonn and Washington.
Hamas chief: Egypt revolution brought us back to life
Ha’aretz – Speaking at Sudan conference, Khaled Meshal says rival Fatah, Hamas should reconcile on the basis on ‘jihad’ against Israel.
Livni: Netanyahu’s peace policy shows an utter lack of leadership
Ha’aretz – Speaking days after the Prime Minister’s Office indicated the premier was preparing a new policy speech, the opposition leader says ‘a speech cannot replace policy.’
Netanyahu: Palestinians utilizing global anti-Israel sentiment to avoid Mideast peace
Ha’aretz – Comment during joint press conference with Chilean President comes only two days after the premier’s office indicated a new peace initiative was being prepared.
Israel hits Gaza tunnels after Qassam strikes
Ha’aretz – The terror tunnel hit in the Israeli Air Force’s attack was allegedly created to assist terrorists in infiltrating Israel and execute attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Ministers reject all bills submitted in honor of International Women’s Day
Ha’aretz – Rejected bills include allowing flexible working hours for mothers, equal employment opportunities, and eradication of abortion committees; ministers pass bill preventing the increase of women’s legal retirement age.
Israel Police: Forces acted proportionally in evacuating West Bank outpost
Ha’aretz – Investigation by Judea and Samaria District Police into clashes which erupted during demolition of illegal structures in Havat Gilad outpost found that police acted in a ‘professional and restrained’ manner.
I love Israel, says child star of Oscar-winning documentary facing deportation
Ha’aretz – ‘Strangers No More,’ which won an Oscar for best short documentary, tells the story of a school where children of migrant workers and refugees from 48 states learn alongside native Israelis.
Haifa court sentences serial rapist to 22 years in jail
Ha’aretz – Viktor Vasiliev, 39, of Haifa pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting four women, some of whom he attacked more than once.
Israeli maimed in Jerusalem pipe bomb blast
Ha’aretz – Municipal worker loses arm when trash bag explodes during removal; police yet to determine whether incident was criminally motivated or terror attack.
Israel welfare services on hold as social workers strike
Ha’aretz – Social workers are demanding improved working conditions and the inclusion of privately employed social workers in the collective bargaining agreement; the strike follows a breakdown in talks to improve working conditions.
Man killed in drive-by shooting in Ramle
Ha’aretz – According to police, the man, who was tied to cases involving drugs and weapons, was killed in relation to family feud.
Israeli army raids Hebron, detains Palestinians
6 Mar 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Two Palestinian citizens were detained Sunday from West Bank cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem.
Settlers block entrances of Nabi Saleh village
6 Mar 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Dozens of Settlers from Halmish settlement blockaded yesterday night the village of Al-Nabi Saleh in the north of Ramallah.
Several air strikes target Gaza Strip
6 Mar 2011 – Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli aircrafts carried out Saturday night multiple air raids targeting different parts of the besieged Gaza Strip; no causalities were reported.
Jewish Settlers storm Burin village
5 Mar 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- Israeli occupation forces attacked Saturday civilians’ houses following clashes erupted between residents of Burin village and Jewish settlers.
4 injured in Beit Ummer weekly protest
5 Mar 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- A number of injuries were reported in clashes erupted during the weekly no-violent rally held in Beit Ummer village .
Iran: Current Necessities of the Movement
Uruknet March 6, 2011 – The first and most basic deficiency of the movement is the lack of a decision making council that at a minimum consists of activists working for women’s rights, unions and workers’ rights, students’ rights coming from different political trends, rights of national minorities, university professors [etc.] and political activists from different viewpoints. Such a body…
Hamas detains ‘unity’ rally protesters: witnesses
Uruknet March 6, 2011 — Hamas police on Sunday detained several protesters calling for unity between the Islamist group and its bitter West Bank rival Fatah, witnesses in Gaza City told AFP. Police intervened as around a dozen young protesters sought to march towards the legislative building in Gaza City to stage a demonstration calling on the long-time political opponents…
Imperialism and the historical context of the developing 2011 Egyptian Bourgeois Democratic Revolution
Uruknet March 6, 2011 – The 1952 Bourgeois Democratic Revolution was launched by the Free Officers Movement of the armed forces against the corrupt and repressive monarchy of King Farouk, under whom Egypt had become the most important lever of control and domination of the Middle East by Western imperialism in general and US imperialism in particular, as well as…
Recognition of the State of Palestine and the hypocrisy
Uruknet March 6, 2011 – Israel’s continued colonization of what remains of historic Palestine makes a Palestinian state nonviable. The PLO’s early dream of seeing a
Israeli troops Attacks Women’s Protest, Dozens Wounded
Uruknet March 6, 2011 – Dozens of women were wounded on Saturday after the Israeli forces violently attacked a peaceful protest at the Qalandia Terminal north of Jerusalem, and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at them. The women were holding a protest marking the Palestinian Women Day, and the International Women Day. Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli military…
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza
Uruknet March 6, 2011 – Israeli warplanes targeted three areas in the central and northern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, causing damage but no injuries. Witnesses said their homes shook when F16 fighter jets dropped missiles on an open area near a mosque in the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. They said some homes and shops near the mosque sustained…
Post-Mubarak, Egypt-Gaza crossing rules tighten
Uruknet March 6, 2011 – Getting out of Gaza is harder than ever almost a month after former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak handed over power to a special military council, travelers reported. From the start of the Egyptian revolution in January, Gaza residents expressed hope that a change in the Egyptian regime would lead to the easing of restrictions at…
Islam in the insurrection?
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – While the exact nature of the actors who triggered the revolt on 25 January, the date of the first call to go out into the streets to protest against the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak, is not yet entirely known, two things at least are clear. The first demonstrations in Tahrir Square were led…
Serious Syrians
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – …This spontaneous demonstration in the centre of Damascus and the way the authorities dealt with it proved that there is deep tension both within Syrian society and the security apparatus as well. On the level of society, the Syrians were influenced by the popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt which have created a conviction across…
Egypt: How to overthrow a dictator
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – …The movement was started by the youth, joined immediately by the radical left, and joined the next day by the bourgeois democrats. The Muslim Brotherhood boycotted for the first four days because they thought that the movement would be defeated by the police. When they saw that the movement could not be defeated, the leadership…
No U.S. intervention in Libya
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – WITH FORCES loyal to Libya’s Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and antigovernment protesters locked in an increasingly bloody conflict, U.S. and other Western powers are threatening to make the situation worse. Two U.S. warships crossed through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea on March 2 en route to Libya in what Pentagon officials intended as a…
Britain cherry-picks which war criminals to prosecute and where to impose no-fly zones
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – After maintaining a deafening silence about Israel’s atrocities against civilians, Britain suddenly wants a “day of reckoning” for war criminals – as long as they are Libyan. While protestors’ attempts to oust Gaddafi and his scum continued, the UK’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Peter Gooderham, called on the UN Human Rights Council…
Bush’s Interrogators Stressed Nudity
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – The disclosure that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning was subjected to seven hours of forced nudity on Wednesday – amid new pressures aimed at getting him to identify others involved in the WikiLeaks case – recalled how the Bush administration used nudity and other abusive tactics to break down “war on terror” detainees. In 2004, the…
‘Construction in West Bank settlements quadrupled since end of temporary freeze’
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – Since the end of the settlement moratorium five months ago, the construction rate in West Bank neighborhoods has quadrupled, data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics revealed Saturday. According to the data, over 114 housing units that settlers started building during the 10-month settlement freeze have been completed, as well as over 1,175 housing units…
Israel has detained over 80 children from Jerusalem in the past two months
Uruknet March 5, 2011 – A human rights centre has revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities have detained more than 80 Jerusalemite children in the past two months. The Research and Documentation Unit in the Jerusalem Centre for Social and Economic Studies claims that “most of these children and minors are from Silwan, Ras El Amoud, Eisasaweyya, and Sha’fat Camp…
Population surge in Syria hampers country’s progress
The National 6 Mar 2011 – With 500,000 people added to the country’s numbers every year, the huge growth rate severely hampers efforts to tackle widespread poverty and raise living standards for Syria’s more than 20 million citizens.
Alternative Information Center
EU Must Protest Conviction of Palestinian Human Rights Defender
Alternative Information Center – On 30 January 2001, Ameer Makhoul, a leading Palestinian human rights defender, was sentenced by an Isreali court in Haifa to nine years imprisonment for spying. Cordaid, ICCO and Oxfam Novib, united in the Human Rights…
Petition: Free all Palestinian Women Political Prisoners!
Alternative Information Center – Target of Petition : Israeli Prime Minister, Israeli Prison Service and Israeli Ministry Judge Advocate General Sponsored by : Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
Roger Waters: My Journey to BDS
Alternative Information Center – In 1980, a song I wrote, “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2,” was banned by the government of South Africa because it was being used by Black South African children to advocate their right to…
Gadhafi plunges Libya into bloodbath
Daily Star 6 Mar 2011 Chile’s president sought Sunday to mollify Israel over his country’s recognition of Palestinian statehood, saying that the move was ultimately for the good of the Jewish state while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the international community…
Chilean president: recognition of Palestine ultimately benefits Israel
Daily Star 6 Mar 2011 Chile’s president sought Sunday to mollify Israel over his country’s recognition of Palestinian statehood, saying that the move was ultimately for the good of the Jewish state while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the international community…
The view from Tehran (2): Iran is not Egypt or Libya
Daily Star 6 Mar 2011 TEHRAN: For most outsiders, Iran seems to be a natural candidate to soon join the growing list of Middle Eastern countries embroiled in political turmoil sweeping the region. The power of the international media and statements…
Egyptian protesters attacked by ‘thugs’
Daily Star 6 Mar 2011 Men in plain clothes armed with swords and petrol bombs attacked protesters in Cairo Sunday night during a demonstration demanding reform of security services hours after new ministers of the interior, foreign affairs and justice were…
Yemen opposition movement vows to step up demonstrations
Daily Star 6 Mar 2011 SANAA: Yemen’s opposition movement vowed Sunday to intensify protests against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, after the embattled leader refused to resign by the end of the year. Violence also flared in outlying provinces,…
Bahraini protesters beseige PM’s office
Daily Star 6 Mar 2011 Thousands of Bahraini demonstrators blocked the entrance to the prime minister’s office but failed to disrupt a government meeting Sunday as the campaign for reform in the strategic Gulf nation enters its third week. The protest…
Special maximum security U.S. prison units fill up with Muslims
Daily Star 6 Mar 2011 WASHINGTON: U.S. federal prisons for the past three years have housed special units filled disproportionately with Muslim inmates whose every communication with the outside world is strictly monitored. Known as “Guantanamo North,” the so-called Communication Management…
To Stay and Deliver – Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments
Relief Web 6 Mar 2011 – Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Gaza truck drivers strike to protest Karni Closure
Relief Web 6 Mar 2011 – Source: Gisha
OPT: Al Mezan Opens Medical Professionals Training Course on Detecting and Combating Torture
Relief Web 6 Mar 2011 – Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
EU contributes €20.0 million to the Palestinian Authority’s payment of February salaries and pensions
Relief Web 6 Mar 2011 – Source: European Union
Commemorate Land Day 2011 by Joining the Global BDS Day of Action 30 March
Stop The Wall – The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles to join the Global BDS Day of Action on Land Day, 30 March 2011, in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s right to self determination on their ancestral land. [
Popular committee leader arrested in al Nabi Saleh
Stop The Wall – Last night, Occupation forces arrested Naji Tamimi, the coordinator of the popular committee in al Nabi Saleh from his home. According to statements from local sources, Occupation forces entered the village on foot, followed by three military vehicles. At 3:00 AM, they raided the house of Naji Tamimi where they arrested him. Soldiers also raided the house of another popular committee leader, but did not find him in his home. [
East J’lem man beats wife’s lover to death
YNet News – Beit Hanina resident discovers wife’s affair, allegedly kidnaps lover to….
‘Mossad kidnapped Palestinian engineer’
YNet News – Gaza power plant manager goes missing in Ukraine; his wife blames Israeli secret….
‘God is about connecting, not separating’
YNet News – Parents in Jerusalem neighborhood protest barrier built between secular and….
Facebook protest: ‘Free Palestine’ on NIS
YNet News – Will new form of protest promote Palestinian state? A new group was recently created on Facebook calling for the independence of the Palestinian people using an original …….
Video: Settlers defy razing orders, build on
YNet News – VIDEO – Despite razing orders issued by the Supreme Court, settlers from Beit El have built 48 housing units without permit on Palestinian private land since the end of …….
Egypt’s new FM accused Israel of genocide
YNet News – Nabil Elaraby, a former judge in the International Court of Justice, accepted the post of Egypt’s foreign minister on Sunday, the Egyptian state news agency reported. …….
Hamas chief: Egypt revolt gave us back our lives
YNet News – Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal hailed the sweeping political changes in Egypt, which he said had given the Palestinian people their lives back, in a speech in Khartoum …….
Palestinian Information Center
Bardawil denies arresting Jordanian citizen in Gaza
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – Senior Hamas official Salah Al-Bardawil denied Israeli press claims saying that the Palestinian security forces in the Gaza Strip arrested a Jordanian citizen for leading an extremist group.
Mishaal calls for establishment of new Palestinian situation
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – Khalid Mishaal has said the time has come to “establish a new Palestinian situation”, and added that Hamas wants reconciliation that upholds resistance and has a leadership on the path of Jihad.
IOA extends control on Jenin land till 2013
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) informed Palestinian citizens in ten villages to the east and west of Jenin city that their land would remain under IOA control till 2013.
UNICEF discusses 2011-2012 plan with Gaza Health Ministry
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – The Gaza Health Ministry represented by International Cooperation Director-General Dr. Mohammed al-Kashif convened a meeting with a delegation from the UN children’s fund (UNICEF).
Relatives: Detainees in Egyptian jails on 15th day of hunger strike
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – Relatives of Palestinians held in the Egyptian jails affirmed that their next of kin were still on hunger strike for the 15th day running protesting their continued incarceration.
Geneva to host soon int’l conference on rights of Palestinian prisoners
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – Under the slogan “working for justice” various European human rights organizations are preparing to hold the first international conference on the rights of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Gaza city council agrees to twin with Tripoli, Lebnanon
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – The Gaza municipal council has agreed to establish a “twinning” relationship with Lebanon’s second capital of Tripoli.
PA militias summons female students from Najah university
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – The Palestinian authority security militias blatantly overstepped the Palestinian values and norms, and summoned for interrogation a large number of female students at Annajah national university.
IOF kidnap two Palestinians in W. Bank
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn Sunday two Palestinian citizens during raids on homes in different West Bank areas, especially in the cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem.
Islamic Jihad slams rapid digging near Aqsa
PIC 6 Mar 2011 – Islamic Jihad has strongly condemned accelerated Israeli drilling south of the Aqsa Mosque, calling on the OIC, Arab League and rights groups to act urgently to defend the Islamic landmarks.
Answering the Public, Egypt Names a New Cabinet
New York Times 6 Mar 2011 – The move answered a public demand to eliminate most ministers with links to former President Hosni Mubarak as protesters nationwide tried to storm the offices of hated institutions.
Women Fight to Maintain Their Role in the Building of a New Egypt
New York Times 6 Mar 2011 – The revolution included women, who upended traditional expectations of behavior. The challenge now, activists say, is to make sure they maintain their involvement.
Two indications from Egypt that Gaza blockade will collapse
Mondoweiss – The new Egyptian Foreign Minister has called the Gaza blockade a violation of int’l law, Angry Arab reports , and David Kenner translates (h/t Ali Gharib). The Foreign Minister is Nabil Elaraby, who was a judge in the historic Int’l Court of Justice Ruling against the separation…
Young Palestinians in NY call for dissolution of Palestinian Authority
Mondoweiss – Young Palestinians seeking the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority confront Palestinian mission officials in New York. They say that the P.A. is collaborationist with the Palestinian occupier. Note that a young leader of the group advocates for the Goldstone Report. And the video says, We saw…
Israeli diplomat who resigned in protest shows up at Sheikh Jarrah demo
Mondoweiss – From Haaretz’s Hebrew coverage of the Sheikh Jarrah protests , we see Ilan Baruch, the diplomat who lately resigned in protest of Netanyahu policies, saying Israeli policies are alienating the country from the world’s good opinion. He was wounded in the war of attrition. Ilan Baruch is…
Mondo Award Winner: Robert in Antalya nominates Furkan Dogan
Mondoweiss – On the first day of 2011, Robert of Antalya, Turkey, nominated Furkan Dogan , the young American who was killed on the Mavi Marmara last May while filming the Israeli commando operation, for a Mondo Award for inspiration. The judges have come in; and Robert’s piece is…
Mondo Award Winner: Kathleen Galt’s paean to the Gishes
Mondoweiss – On the last day of 2010 Kathleen Galt nominated Peggy Gish and her late husband Art Gish as inspirations worthy of a Mondo Award. Well the judges have now spoken, and Galt’s nomination piece has won an award, #4. We’re counting down. Galt wins a handful…
Protesting Israeli Diplomat Joins Sheikh Jarrah Demonstration
Tikun Olam – Former Israeli ambassador Ilan Baruch at Sheikh Jarrah protest (Solidarity Sheikh Jarrah) Among those joining last Friday’s weekly Sheikh Jarrah demonstration was recently retired Israeli senior diplomat Ilan Baruch. This offers the government a double whammy. First Baruch resigns in protest over the government’s charade of…
Yediot Finally Publishes Story of Kidnapping of Gaza Engineer
Tikun Olam – Yediot’s headline: ‘Claim: Mossad Kidnapped Palestinian Engineer’ It’s only taken three weeks, but finally today an Israeli publication has written about the kidnapping of Gaza’s chief power plant engineer by the Mossad in the Ukraine (which happened on February 18th). Unfortunately, the reporter only repeated the…
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
WSWS – The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute http://www.wsws.org/wsws/dd-formmailer/dd-formmailer.php to this regular feature.
Nabi Saleh Popular Committee leader arrested in a night raid
Joseph Dana 6 Mar 2011 – Nagey Tamimi in Nabi Saleh. Photo: Nariman Tamimi Nagey Tamimi (47), a leader of the Popular Committee in Nabi Saleh, was arrested last night during a raid on his home. Dozens of soldiers surrounded and entered his home at 1:30 am, roused Nagey from his bed…
Ghoul: Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails facing slow death
Sabr 5 Mar 2011 – [ 05/03/2011 – 07:02 AM ] GAZA, ( PIC )— Palestinian minister of prisoners’ affairs Mohammed Al-Ghoul has said that Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation authority (IOA) jails were constantly persecuted and harassed by the prison administrations. He told the PIC in an interview on Friday that the…
Gaza truck drivers strike to protest Karni Closure
Gisha 6 Mar 2011 – Bread prices expected to rise
Attack on Egypt democracy protest
BBC 6 Mar 2011 – Knife-wielding men attack Egyptian pro-democracy activists in Cairo for the first time since President Hosni Mubarak resigned, reports say.
VIDEO: Egypt protesters call for security papers
BBC 6 Mar 2011 – Protesters have stormed ministry and secret police offices in Cairo to obtain documents they say show evidence of repression under former President Hosni Mubarak.
Articles
Pushing for a Palestinian Tahrir
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera3/5/2011
Feeling abandoned by their political leadership, Palestinian youth are pushing for change.
On a cool January evening at the height of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, Najwan Berekdar and a few friends were sitting at a smoky caf?© in Ramallah, puffing on water pipes and strategising. “We were talking about what’s happening in Tunisia, and we decided, maybe this is the momentum – we should use it,” Berekdar remembers weeks later from her office at Sharek, a youth-oriented Palestinian NGO. “We were, like, five people. We were sitting with our laptops and we said, ‘Okay, let’s make an event.’ We wanted something to encourage people to go out.”
Within days, masses of Egyptians began filling Tahrir Square, and 27-year-old Berekdar, her friends and like-minded Palestinian youths were even more inspired. “We wanted to send this message that it is time for us to do something. And obviously we can do it. Look at other people. If they managed to do it, we can do it.”
The demonstrations these Palestinian youths helped organise were quickly banned, sometimes with clubs, by a Palestinian Authority (PA) with deep historic and political ties to the Tunisian and Egyptian dictatorships. But then other groups began forming their own demonstrations. And Berekdar and her friends, through email loops and a face-to-face “thinking group” of about 20 academics and intellectuals, organised new protests. “We were suppressed by the PA a second time and a third time,” she says. Soon Palestinian authorities began to investigate the group.
“One of our group members was called by the police, and by the intelligence, and by – I don’t know, we have four security forces, I think,” Berekdar says….. more.. e-mail
Lessons from Tunisia and Egypt
Daoud Kuttab, Ma’an News Agency3/6/2011
Many activists in Palestine believe that they are the inventors of the concept of popular uprisings in the modern Arab history. After all, many say, the Palestinian Intifada has been hailed as a shining example of an entire people rising up in unison against a ruthless aggressor.
Palestinians know very well what it means to break the barrier of fear and what it means to expose the bare chest to the live ammunition of an aggressive security regime. Clandestine youth leadership that works behind the scenes to organize and energize an entire population is something that has the signature of Palestine all over it.
Every country and every situation is different and the fight against the Tunisian dictatorship or the 30-year-old Mubarak regime is different from Palestine’s fight against a foreign military occupier which is also planting colonies and colonizers on Palestinians’ land. But despite their successes, which no doubt influenced the young leaders of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, Palestinians and many other peoples can learn a lot from their fellow Arab revolutionaries.
One of the first lessons Palestinians can learn from the North African uprisings is the need to keep the uprisings united in purpose, not lacking in ideological debate and without a clear individual or party leadership. The people want the downfall of the regime, a simple, powerful slogan that captured the imaginations of millions. This slogan has become the rallying cry for every popular uprising in the Arab world.
The Arab uprisings have stayed away from ideological debates, which has helped keep the circle as wide as possible. If the revolts had Islamic rhetoric, left-wing vocabulary or any other distinctively ideological narrative, it would have been divided and thus it would have been easier for ruling powers to crush them. more.. e-mail
US should welcome Arab democracy
Dalia Mogahed, Ma’an News Agency3/6/2011
If the remarkable transformations taking place across the Middle East teach us anything it is that we must unlearn all we thought we knew about this region.
Paramount on this list is the paternal notion that Arabs will get democracy when we deem them secular enough, pro-Israel enough, and sufficiently in favor of our policies in the region. The people of this region are earning self-governance through their own sacrifice and perseverance whether or not we think them fit.
The question now is how prepared is America to accept this new reality. Many fear that democracy in the Middle East risks anti-American and anti-Israeli Islamists groups coming to power. Some of these democracy skeptics argue that the United States needs to push for upgraded autocracy with different faces, hoping this will stabilize the region and subdue revolt. Many Americans are wondering how we both safeguard our interest and rebuild our credibility with publics who love our ideals but believe our actions seldom reflect them.
According to Gallup research across the region, U.S. policy makers would do well to embrace a democratic Arab world as consistent with both our interests and our values. Here is why:
1. Autocracy in the Middle East can no longer deliver stability. Whatever the short-term outcome, the long term belongs to the region’s young people, who have proven they are willing to sacrifice everything for freedom. It is impossible for an unpopular dictator to rule through physical force alone. Illegitimate rulers must rely on their people’s fear and sense of disempowerment to maintain the status quo…. more.. e-mail
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