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Al-Arakib Demolished Yet Again
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 12:49, The Alternative Information Centre reports that al-Arakib village has been demolished again by Israeli forces.
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 12:42, Palestinian medical sources reported that one worker was killed late on Tuesday evening in a tunnel accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Army Invades Several Villages Near Jenin, Kidnaps Eight Across The West Bank
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 12:27, Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn several villages east of Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank. Eight Palestinian were kidnapped across the West Bank.
Lod Residents Protest Home Demolitions
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 12:08, Arab residents of Lod held a massive protest, on Tuesday at night, in support of Abu Eid family that lost its seven homes after the Israeli Authorities demolished them four months ago.
Abu Mojahid Welcomes Stance Of New Egyptian Government
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 11:52, Spokesperson of Popular Resistance Committees, Mohammad Al Abreem (Abu Mojahid), welcomed the stances of the new Egyptian government regarding rejecting the Israeli siege on Gaza and the necessity to lift it.
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 11:34, The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, issues a press release stating that one of its fighters was killed in what was described “a mission in southern Gaza”.
Israeli Prime Minister Vows To Maintain Military Occupation Of Jordan Valley
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 10:13, During a tour around the eastern West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed to keep the Israeli military presence on the eastern border of the West Bank, which would mean that any future Palestinian ‘state’ would be an island, completely surrounded by Israel.
Army Does Not Believe It Can Contain A Widespread Revolution In The West Bank
IMEMC – Wednesday March 09, 2011 – 05:03, In light with the current events and protests against the ruling regimes in some Arab countries, and the latest removal of Egyptian and Tunisian presidents, the Israeli Army’s Central Command in the West Bank have been tightly monitoring what is happening in the Arab world, and updating its operational plans for an anticipated nonviolent uprising in the occupied territories.
Gaza: Tunnel worker dies in latest collapse
3/9/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 29-year-old Gaza man died Tuesday night when the tunnel he was working in on the Gaza-Egypt border collapsed. Medics identified the man as Yousef Khalil Al-Bal’awi from Jabaliya, saying he suffocated in the tunnel collapse….
Hamas fighter said killed in Rafah on ‘jihad mission’
3/9/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas’ armed wing announced the death of a fighter on Tuesday, saying in a statement that the 20-year-old was killed in a “jihadist mission in the Rafah district.” The man was identified as Abed Al-Hamid Naser Abu Ghali from Rafah refugee camp. The statement from the Al-Qassam Brigades….
Wife says prisoner in solitary for over 1 year
3/9/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The detainees center reported Wednesday that a Palestinian prisoner at Ramla jail was placed in extended isolation. Ahed Abu Ghilmeh was scheduled to end his stint in solitary confinement on March 2 but the jail renewed his punishment, the center said. The prisoner’s wife said the treatment was….
Cancer care crisis in Gaza
3/9/2011 – GAZA CITY (IRIN) — The cancer started in Fatima Hassami’s breast before spreading to her bones, leading to multiple fractures in her left leg and constant pain for the 70-year-old.” I feel so sorry for my mother,” her daughter Ahlan Hassami said.”Every time she complains, I suffer with her.” Fatima is among….
Fayyad: No solution, no state without Jordan Valley
3/9/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — “There is no independent Palestinian state without the Jordan Valley,” re-appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Tuesday, after comments by his Israeli counterpart that the area would remain under occupation in any peace deal. Earlier in the day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had toured the Jordan Valley, telling….
Sufa crossing opens for ‘test’ Gaza gravel import
3/9/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Five hundred tons of gravel for UNRWA construction projects were transported into Gaza late Tuesday night through a crossing terminal closed by Israeli forces in 2008, in a move that sides said was unexpected. Without warning, the Sufa crossing was opened for the construction material and UNRWA trucks called in….
Resistance group says Egypt signals siege will end
3/9/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — “There are indicators from Egypt that a new stage will begin in the recent history of injustice for the people of Gaza,” the spokesman of a coalition of armed Palestinian factions in Gaza said Wednesday. Speaking for the Popular Resistance Committees, Mohammad Al-Briem (Abu Mujahed), said he believed that the….
Visit to family of female prisoner
3/9/2011 – TUBAS (Ma’an) — A delegation from the detainees’ center in Tubas visited the house of detainee Rima Daraghmeh, a Palestinian prisoner sentenced to 25 years at an Israeli detention center. Marking International Women’s Day, the delegation visited her family to consol them and show support. The head of the center told….
PA debts see Jordan cancer center halt referrals
3/9/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — The Hussein Medical Center for Cancer in Amman told the Palestinian Authority last week it would no longer accept patient referrals from the Palestinian Ministry of Health because of unpaid debts totaling almost eight million dinar, in a letter obtained by Ma’an. The letter said patients would not be….
Israel sends Dana International back to Eurovision
3/9/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Flamboyant transsexual Israeli pop diva Dana International, who won the Eurovision in 1998, will once again represent her homeland at the European song contest — only this time with a “Ding Dong”. At least, that’s the name of the song she will perform at the contest which will be held in Germany….
PA to slaughter birds diagnosed with avian flu
3/9/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) —Palestinian officials approved on Tuesday a decision to slaughter 15,000 poultry birds after an Avian Flu diagnosis in an Israeli settlement near Bethlehem. Israeli inspectors notified Palestinian officials that birds in a Bethlehem-area settlement had been diagnosed with bird flu, sparking a series of inspections of local farms and studies of….
Unity rally will not be co-opted, organizers say
3/9/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Youth organizers planning Palestinian unity rallies in the West Bank and Gaza on March 15 said several attempts by politicians and NGOs had been made to co-opt the popular outcry. Palestinian political parties, NGOs, and governments in Gaza and Ramallah, are “attempting to legitimize themselves by falsely stating that they are….
Elections committee opens voter registration
3/9/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority-appointed Central Elections Commission announced Wednesday that voter registration had opened, in the latest step ahead of July 9 municipal elections. Registration will continue for one week only, a statement from the CEC said, and would include teams sent out to high schools to ensure participation of voters who….
Hamas: PA detain 7 members in West Bank
3/9/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority forces have seized 7 Hamas members in the West Bank, the Islamic movement said in a statement issued on Wednesday. Members were said to have been detained in the Jenin, Nablus, and Hebron regions….
PA to slash cost of medications
3/9/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — The price of medications will decrease by up to 50 percent over the coming months, acting Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli said Wednesday. Subsidies, and cost-cutting measures from the ministry, importers union, medical manufacturers and local pharmacists all contributed to the expected slash in the price of 1,500 medications, the….
Olympic footballers to face Thai squad
3/9/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Olympic Football Team is ready for its match against Thailand, assistant coach Makram Dabdoub said Tuesday, as the teams prepared to face off Wednesday afternoon. The first Olympic qualifier to be played by the Palestinian team on home turf, the Palestinian team hopes to triumph and advance in the….
In photos: Woman`s football team plays against Iran
3/9/2011 – MaanImages – The Palestinian Woman’s Football Team lost an Olympic Qualifying Match Tuesday against the Iran team. The game was held on International Woman’s Day in the Prince Mohammed Stadium in the Jordanian city of Zarqa north of Amman. The score was 4 – Iran and 0 – Palestine….
Ten dead in Egypt religious clashes
3/9/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) — Ten people have been killed in religious clashes in Cairo, the health ministry said on Wednesday, as Egypt’s new military rulers struggled to steer the post-revolution country through a transition. The clashes erupted on Tuesday afternoon in the poor working class district of Moqattam, when at least 1,000 Christians gathered there….
Hundreds in clashes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
3/9/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) — Attackers armed with knives and machetes on Wednesday waded into hundreds of pro-democracy activists in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, witnesses said, as insecurity raged in post-revolutionary Egypt. Stone-throwing skirmishes were continuing as an AFP reporter arrived at the scene, and activists were gathering sticks and stockpiling rocks to defend themselves from the….
Libya: Huge blasts hit rebel-held oil town
3/9/2011 – RAS LANUF, Libya (AFP) – Huge blasts rocked the Libyan rebel-held oil town of Ras Lanuf on Wednesday, sending flames leaping hundreds of meters into the sky, as fighting raged with government troops. A series of powerful explosions went off near an oil facility as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rained artillery shells on….
EU source: Gadhafi emissary en route for Portugal
3/9/2011 – BRUSSELS (AFP) — A Libyan government emissary was en route Wednesday for Lisbon for meetings with the Portuguese government, an EU source told AFP….
State TV: Libya regime offers bounty for rebel leader
3/9/2011 – TRIPOLI (AFP) — The Libyan regime offered a 500,000 dollar bounty on Thursday for the capture of the chairman of the rebel National Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, state television announced….
Gadhafi defiant as troops pound rebels
3/9/2011 – TRIPOLI (AFP) — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi accused the West on Wednesday of wanting to seize Libya’s oil and warned a no-fly zone would backfire as his forces pounded rebel lines and his top aide jetted into Cairo.” The colonialist countries are hatching a plot to humiliate the Libyan people, reduce them to slavery….
Sources: More blood spilled in Yemen protests
3/9/2011 – SANAA (AFP) — At least two people were killed Wednesday in a fresh round of deadly clashes across Yemen, where anti-regime protests have been raging since late January, medical and official sources said. One protester died of gunshot wounds early Wednesday when police opened fire on student demonstrators near the university in the capital Sanaa overnight….
Egypt’s Moussa says presidential poll must come first
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Al Arabiya – Outgoing Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Tuesday he wanted Egyptian presidential elections to come before people vote for a new parliament and said he would run for president for only one…
Cancer care crisis in Gaza
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – IRIN – The cancer started in Fatima Hassami’s breast before spreading to her bones, leading to multiple fractures in her left leg and constant pain for the 70-year-old. “I feel so sorry for my mother,” her…
Organizers: Unity rally will not be co-opted
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Ma’an – Youth organizers planning Palestinian unity rallies in the West Bank and Gaza on March 15 said several attempts by politicians and NGOs had been made to co-opt the popular outcry. Palestinian political parties, NGOs,…
The new populist Pan-Arab nationalism
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – The past few months have seen an unprecedented amount of Arabs taking to the streets in a wave of populist Arab nationalism. These movements have spread like wildfire from the streets of Tunisia to Egypt, Libya,…
Palestinian Authority to slash cost of medications
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Ma’an – The price of medications will decrease by up to 50 percent over the coming months, acting Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli said Wednesday. Subsidies, and cost-cutting measures from the ministry, importers union, medical…
Violence in Egypt Widens
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Sectarian, political clashes lead to more deaths and injuries Al Masry Al Youm – Thousands of Christians and Muslims clashed Tuesday, with one Christian man killed and scores wounded as anger rose over the burning of…
Fayyad: No solution, no state without Jordan Valley
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Ma’an – There is no independent Palestinian state without the Jordan Valley,” re-appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Tuesday, after comments by his Israeli counterpart that the area would remain under occupation in any…
Palestinian women rally for unity on Women’s Day
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Ma’an – Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza held rallies Monday to commemorate International Women’s Day. In Gaza, hundreds of women took to the streets urging Fatah and Hamas to end their rivalry. Demonstrators…
Netanyahu Vows to Keep Jordan River Posts
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – New York Times – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared definitively on Tuesday that he would maintain an Israeli military presence along the Jordan River under any future arrangement involving the Palestinians , buttressing a known policy with…
UNESCO hold safety training for Gaza journalists
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Ma’an – Ma’an Network began a training course for Palestinian journalists on Tuesday entitled “Media Coverage in Times of Danger.” Palestinian reporters and cameramen, working for several media outlets, will attend the first stage of the…
Netanyahu names new national security adviser
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Reuters – Yaakov Amidror, who has served as the head of the military intelligence research division, is well known in Israel for his right-wing views and was widely seen as a controversial candidate for the influential…
Palestinians dismiss talk of interim peace plan
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Reuters – “Netanyahu is trying to escape from his obligations toward the peace process by talking about new proposals,” said Nabil Abu Rdainah, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. An Israeli official on Monday said Netanyahu…
Elections committee opens voter registration
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority-appointed Central Elections Commission announced Wednesday that voter registration had opened, in the latest step ahead of July 9 municipal elections. Registration will continue for one week only, a statement from the…
Life in Gaza on International Women’s Day
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – Najah Ayash, Guardian – I was born and raised in a refugee camp in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. My father worked as a tailor and his income barely covered our daily expenses. I was one…
Racist Tea Party members force resignation of NPR executive
Palestine Note 9 Mar 2011 – It is really outrageous. Two nut-job members of the National Tea Party movement disguise themselves in the most racist manner as leaders of a fictitious Muslim American Organization, and proceed to secretly video tape a meeting…
ElBaradei ‘to run’ for president
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – Nobel laureate says he will run for president and urges for a new real democratic system in Egypt.
Libya Live Blog – March 10
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe.
Moroccan monarch pledges reform
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – King Mohammed VI says changes will be made to the constitution to improve democracy and the rule of law.
Clashes erupt in Cairo’s Tahrir
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – Pro-reform protesters say soldiers used violence in effort to get hundreds of people to leave square in Egypt’s capital.
Space shuttle makes final touchdown
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – Discovery lands at Cape Canaveral, capping off a 27-year flying career which saw it spend a full 365 days in orbit.
Thousands stage rally in Bahrain
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – Mostly Shia protesters demand changes to naturalisation policy, which they say favours foreigners at their expense.
Yemen protests claim lives
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – Saleh supporter killed in Hadramaut, while anti-government protester shot in police raid succumbs to wounds.
Roadside bomb kills Iraqi general
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – Head of training for air force dies in attack on military convoy while 13 others are wounded in blasts across Baghdad.
Copts and Muslims clash in Cairo
AlJazeera 9 Mar 2011 – At least 11 people killed in sectarian clashes after Coptic protest against the torching of a church.
Committees Begin Updating Registration Lists for Upcoming Local Election
PNN – Ramallah – PNN – The Palestinian Central Elections Committee (CEC) announced on Wednesday that it would begin updating election registrations in the West Bank to account for newly registered voters and voters…
Gush Shalom: Boycott Prohibition Law Erode Democracy and Freedom of Speech
PNN – Tal Aviv – Gush Shalom to PNN – The Israeli human rights group Gush Shalom regards the Boycott Prohibition Law , which on Monday passed its first Knesset reading, as fundamentally wrong, undermining…
One Dies in Tunnel Accident, Eight Arrested in Overnight Israeli Raids
PNN – Rafah – PNN – In the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on the Egyptian border, 29-year-old Yusuf Khalil al-Balawi of Gaza City died while working in a tunnel, though the circumstances…
Palestinian Youth Demand National Unity, Stand Against Attempts to Co-opt March 15 Protest
PNN – Ramallah – PNN – Palestinian youth groups organizing a mass protest on March 15 announced on Wednesday that they would demand national unity but would reject any attempt to co-opt the movement,…
Israeli TV Accuses New Egyptian PM and FM of Anti-Semitism
PNN – Bethlehem – PNN – On Wednesday Israeli media attacked Essam Sharaf, the new Egyptian Prime Minister, calling him “an enemy of Israel” and accused him and Nabil Arabi, the new Egyptian Foreign…
Restricted in al-Walaja
PNN – By Melanie van der Voort – Many years ago the grandfather of Abed owned 6 dunams of land in al-Walaja, south of Bethlehem. Now Abed (55) owns it. Since the occupation however,…
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
‘Sinai Beduin pressure Egypt to maintain gas cut to Israel’
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – “Egypt has officially informed Jordan that gas supplies will resume only if Amman signs an agreement on new rates,” Jordanian official says.
Egypt’s ElBaradei says he will run for president
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Announcement is 1st time Nobel peace prize winner has explicitly announced he would stand for position after Mubarak’s ouster.
Dan Shapiro to become next US ambassador to Israel
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – White House announces that National Security Council director who advised Obama on Middle East issues to take up diplomatic position.
Knesset c’tee to hold meeting on J Street activities
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Kadima MK: “The fact that J Street fought against sanctions that the US wants to place on Iran is very, very serious in my eyes.”
US: Syria ‘can’t be allowed’ to block IAEA nuclear probe
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Ambassador Davies says US will not “let matter simply fade, go away”; suggests Arab state may still be pursuing “clandestine nuclear activities.”
Palestinians use social media to urge Hamas-Fatah unity
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Groups on Facebook call for reconciliation between factions, while Hamas, Fatah use internet to incite against each other.
‘Despite Mideast chaos, it is still safe to visit Israel’
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov unveils NIS 45m. campaign to ensure tourists don’t get scared from coming to Israel.
Netanyahu’s plan? It’s about nothing
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – A reversal of roles between Israel and the Palestinians has been taking place over the last 2 years, with the latter becoming more strategically savvy while the former’s sophistication diminishes. In this context, any new “plan” that Netanyahu hopes can save the day may end up in the ever-growing diplomatic graveyard.
North and Jerusalem gear up for snow day
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – After blizzard in Hermon, light snow expected in Golan, Galilee, J’lem; emergency centers open, tractors, salt trucks prepare for icy roads.
Hurva Synagogue is home to first wedding since 1948
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Avraham Pashnov and Rachel-Orli Journo were wed at the synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City that was destroyed by the Jordanian Arab Legion.
Ebadi: Arab-style revolt certain to erupt soon in Iran
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Iranian Nobel peace laureate says poverty and the fierce oppression of the opposition will lead to a “conflagration.”
PM appoints Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amidror as new NSC head
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Amidror opposed Gaza evacuation, called for re-taking the region during Cast Lead.
Multi-million dollar statue stolen from Israel Museum
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Sculpture was part of Rodin series “Studies for a Nude of Balzac”; museum has not elaborated on details of the disappearance.
‘Libyans will take up arms against the West if attacked’
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Gaddafi says Western powers want to control Libyan oil; official lands in Egypt with message from Gaddafi; tanks close in on rebel stronghold city Zawiyah; Pentagon says US is considering military options on Libya.
Six powers tell Iran “door open” for atom talks
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Statement was apparent bid to underline unity between the six powers on issue after previous talks with Iran failed in producing results.
Thirteen killed in Egypt Christian-Muslim violence
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – Violence triggered by an arson attack on a Cairo church; Coptic Christian protesters block main highways in the Egyptian capital.
‘State discriminating between Christian, Muslim Gazans’
Jeruslalem Post 9 Mar 2011 – NGO claims Muslims given less access to holy sites in Israel; state says Christians allowed to cross over for diplomatic and humanitarian reasons.
Tender issued for railway that could reach Jordan
Jeruslalem Post 8 Mar 2011 – The proposed Jezreel Valley line would roughly follow the route of the defunct Hejaz railway built by the Ottoman Empire.
Amar’s c’tee on IDF conversions calls for end of course
Jeruslalem Post 8 Mar 2011 – Rabbinic c’tee says inclusion of Reform, Conservative teachers in staff of Nativ course “casts heavy shadow” on all military conversions.
International Solidarity Movement
Bill to punish anti-Israel boycotters passes first Knesset hurdle
3/9/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 09 March, Haaretz – According to proposal, Israelis would face harsh punitive measures for such actions; controversial bill also calls for imposing sanctions on foreign nationals and groups and on states that give boycotts force of law. The Knesset plenum on Monday approved in its first reading a “boycott law,” which would levy harsh punitive fines….
Interviews with Palestinian women activists in honor of International Women’s Day
3/9/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 08 March, Ramona M. And Cicarre Parrhesia – Tuesday marks International Women’s Day, a global celebration of women. In Palestine, rallies and conferences were organized to celebrate this day. These provided a chance and space to reflect on the achievement of Palestinian women, and the many steps still needed to attain full equality with….
Egypt presidential hopeful Moussa wants to keep peace with Israel
Ha’aretz – The Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa hints that he would not abrogate peace treaty with Israel but may demand higher gas revenues.
Israel postpones deportation of foreign workers’ children
Ha’aretz – Interior Minister Eli Yishai made the decision Wednesday, claiming he did not wish to disrupt the studies of children enrolled in Israeli state-run schools.
Netanyahu appoints new national security adviser, Ya’akov Amidror
Ha’aretz – Amidror is a former head of research in Military Intelligence who is identified with the right-wing; he currently writes a column for newspaper Israel Today.
Finance Minister: Israeli social workers’ demands are just
Ha’aretz – Strike enters its fourth day as gaps remain over social workers’ demands for pay raises.
Knesset passes initial reading of bill to keep public services in West Bank settlements
Ha’aretz – Bill would render discrimination in providing goods or public services on basis of place of residence illegal; could help fight discrimination against cultural institutions like the performers boycott of Ariel theater.
Netanyahu honors Israel’s female troops on International Women’s Day
Ha’aretz – Meeting soldiers during a tour of the Jordan Valley, prime minister says Israel is only country in region ‘in which women have equal rights.’
Israeli army storms villages in Jenin
9 Mar 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli military forces raided Wednesday several communities in the city of Jenin and erected a military checkpoint in the west of Jenin, northern West Bank. Local sources told WAFA News Agency that Israeli troops stormed the villages of Dair Ghazala, Deir Abu Deif, and Beit Qad as they roamed the streets of those communities. Witnesses said…
Palestinian worker killed in tunnel collapse
9 Mar 2011 – Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-A Palestinian worker died Wednesday due to a tunnel collapse beneath Gaza-Egypt borders.
Palestine: Unity rally will not be co-opted, organizers say
Uruknet March 9, 2011 – Youth organizers planning Palestinian unity rallies in the West Bank and Gaza on March 15 said several attempts by politicians and NGOs had been made to co-opt the popular outcry. Palestinian political parties, NGOs, and governments in Gaza and Ramallah, are “attempting to legitimize themselves by falsely stating that they are the main organizers behind…
Cancer care crisis in Gaza
Uruknet March 9, 2011 – The cancer started in Fatima Hassami’s breast before spreading to her bones, leading to multiple fractures in her left leg and constant pain for the 70-year-old. “I feel so sorry for my mother,” her daughter Ahlan Hassami said. “Every time she complains, I suffer with her.” Fatima is among 15 cancer patients currently admitted to…
Temporary Injunction against New Building in Palestinian Village Destroyed in 1948
Uruknet March 8, 2011 – An Israeli court has issued a temporary injunction on selling luxury lots on the site of the historic Palestinian village of Lifta, whose residents were expelled and forced out in 1948. Israeli Judge Yigal Marzel issued a temporary injunction on Monday (7 March) ordering the Israel Land Administration to freeze publication of the results of…
US veto in UN led to 60% increase in settlement activity
Uruknet March 8, 2011 – A Palestinian specialist in settlement affairs has claimed that America’s use of its veto in the UN Security Council last month has led to a rise in the rate of settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territories. It has, said Abdul Hadi Hantash, increased by more than 60%. “The US veto gave a green light…
Settlers to diplomats: Go home!
Uruknet March 8, 2011 – Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank passed out threatening pamphlets to foreign diplomats on Thursday, instructing them to “go home” and put an end to their “meddling” in Israeli affairs. The flyers, handed to diplomats waiting at a military checkpoint into Ramallah, warned that “meddling” by the American government and European Union “is putting…
The Big Lie: Israel’s Concern for “Security”
Uruknet March 8, 2011 – …Protecting national security has from the beginning been less of a concern to Israeli leaders than acquiring more territory. The Israelis have turned down Arab peace overtures since at least 1949, when at the Lausanne conference they refused Arab offers of peace in exchange for the return of Palestinian refugees. Immediately after the June 1967…
Israel Requests US$20 Billion Extra in Military Aid From The US Taxpayer
Uruknet March 8, 2011 – Israel is requesting an extra US $20 billion in military aid from the USA, in addition to the US $30 billion ten year programme given to Israel in 1997 by George Bush.
Egypt: Some Progress on the Release of Political Prisoners and Dismantling the Security State
Uruknet March 8, 2011 – On Saturday, after intense protests on Friday, when thousands of demonstrators surrounded the State Security buildings in Alexandria and Giza, demanding the release of political prisoners and the dissolution of the hated State Security agency (which employs about 100,000 of Egypt’s 500,000-strong security forces, and is blamed for the most severe human rights abuses under…
Video: Gaza youth breaks out
Uruknet March 8, 2011 – The hardships of living in Gaza have been well documente., but now a group of young Gazan students have spoken out – and they’ve given their first television interview to Al Jazeera. They prefer to remain anonymous; telling the world through social media that they have had enough of the Israeli occupation, of Hamas and…
Hamas Police Detains Six Protestors In Gaza
Uruknet March 08, 2011 – As hundreds of residents marched, Monday, in the streets on Gaza City calling for an end to the internal Palestinian divisions and urging for unity, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian police and security forces detained six residents. This is the second day of protests by massive crowds in Gaza; the protest was organized by families of Palestinian…
Protests over citizenship for Sunnis from abroad shake Bahrain
The National 10 Mar 2011 – Thousands march in Manama as existing citizens say granting rights to Sunnis from countries such as Syria and Jordan is unfair.
Christians and Muslims rally together in Egypt after sectarian deaths
The National 10 Mar 2011 – Egyptian army blamed for not intervening sooner in clashes over destruction of church between Copts and Muslims that saw 10 killed.
Kuwaitis hand MPs watermelons in political protest
The National 9 Mar 2011 – In Kuwaiti slang, a person who lacks understanding is a watermelon: pro-democracy demonstrators say the fruit sends Kuwaiti MPs a message: that some of them are not doing their jobs.
The Saudi women banned from marrying because father won’t let them
The National 8 Mar 2011 – Many Saudi men defy Sharia and treat women as property, refusing to let them marry and threatening to kill their daughters if they seek help outside the family.
Fierce fighting across Libya as Gadhafi sends envoys abroad
Daily Star 9 Mar 2011 VIENNA: World powers urged Iran Wednesday to cooperate with the U.N. atomic watchdog, otherwise it could soon face further censure for blocking the investigation into its controversial nuclear drive. “We call on Iran to cooperate fully…
World powers press Iran to cooperate with U.N. atomic watchdog
Daily Star 9 Mar 2011 VIENNA: World powers urged Iran Wednesday to cooperate with the U.N. atomic watchdog, otherwise it could soon face further censure for blocking the investigation into its controversial nuclear drive. “We call on Iran to cooperate fully…
Sudan security arrest and beat dozens at opposition rally
Daily Star 9 Mar 2011 KHARTOUM: Security agents arrested and beat dozens of opposition supporters Wednesday minutes after they started a rally against the 21-year rule of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir, witnesses said. The protest in downtown Khartoum was the latest…
Egypt government warns of ‘counter-revolution’
Daily Star 9 Mar 2011 CAIRO: Egypt’s new government warned Wednesday of a “counter-revolution” following a series of deadly political and religious clashes blamed on diehards of the former regime. The government said it “is fully committed to the interests of…
12 rights groups in Syria demand end to state of emergency
Daily Star 9 Mar 2011 DAMASCUS: Twelve Syrian human rights organizations have called on the government to scrap the state of emergency which has stifled civil society for almost 50 years. “The state of emergency affects human rights and public freedoms…
Suspected Islamist bomb attack kills five people in Algeria
Daily Star 9 Mar 2011 ALGIERS: A bomb struck a vehicle of bird hunters in Algeria and killed five of them, media reported Wednesday, in the deadliest attack in months as the country battles unrest blamed on Islamist militants. Three of…
U.S. lawmaker: Muslim hearings will be fair
Daily Star 9 Mar 2011 WASHINGTON: The Republican congressman who has organized controversial hearings into radical Islam called Muslims “part of the mosaic” of America Wednesday and said they shouldn’t feel threatened or intimidated by his inquiry. Rep. Peter King, who…
Playing for pride: the Palestinian football team kick off at home
The Guardian 9 Mar 2011 – Hope that first competitive international in West Bank can pave way for statehood To the rest of the world it was just another match in the blizzard of international fixtures, the first hurdle for two footballing…
Lebanon: Fifteenth report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) (S/2011/91)
Relief Web 9 Mar 2011 – Source: UN Security Council
Update no. 4: Humanitarian Situation in Libya and the Neighbouring Countries
Relief Web 9 Mar 2011 – Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Fellows Program Offers New Opportunities for Palestinian Engineering Graduates
Relief Web 9 Mar 2011 – Source: US Agency for International Development
OPT: Cancer care crisis in Gaza
Relief Web 9 Mar 2011 – Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
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. [
Defend Jerusalemite Residency Rights!
Stop The Wall – Palestinian civil society organizations in Jerusalem have launched a campaign in defense of Palestinian residency rights in the city, aiming to end the Occupation’s revocation of residency rights of Jerusalemites. [
Amidror new national security advisor
YNet News – General noted for hawkish views on Gaza, Palestinian issue says he has ‘deep….
Vilnai: IDF must drill for settler violence
YNet News – Minister answers complaint by MK Orbach, who says drill in which soldiers kill….
Paratroopers caught with alcohol, jailed
YNet News – Alcoholic beverages found in room of five combat soldiers serving near Gaza….
Assad eyes Gaddafi’s place on UN Human Rights Council
YNet News – Following Libya’s suspension from the United Nations Human Rights Council last week due to its “gross and systematic” violations and brutal suppression of human rights, a …….
‘British show demonizes Israel’
YNet News – A British mini-series that slams the IDF and the State of Israel has been slammed by the Jewish state’s embassy spokesman, Amir Ofek, as “a new category of hostility …….
Ex-aide implicates Olmert in travel rip-off
YNet News – A former aide to ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who worked for him during his term as Jerusalem mayor, offered testimony Wednesday that appears to incriminate the former …….
Lull ends: Qassam fired from Gaza
YNet News – Attacks continue: After a relatively quiet week, a Qassam rocket was fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip Wednesday night. No injuries or damages were reported in the …….
Leftists: Amidror a fascist
YNet News – The appointment of Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror as Israel’s next national security advisor is a dangerous move, given his “fascistic” views, leading leftist …….
5 minutes for Gilad
YNet News – At 11 am on Tuesday, March 15, Israel’s citizens will be asked to stop what they’re doing and observe five minutes of silence – one for every year kidnapped soldier Gilad …….
Palestinian Information Center
Qaddafi’s murderous regime must be eradicated
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – It is really lamentable that Arab states are still passively looking on while the Libyan tyrant Muammar Qaddafi is slaughtering his own people..
European rights groups to hold Friday Palestinian POW talks at UN in Geneva
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – The first International Conference for the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees will be held this Friday and Saturday at the UN headquarters in Geneva.
Hamas MPs lash out at international silence toward Israeli crimes
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – Hamas MPs in the West Bank on Wednesday lashed out at the international silence toward Israeli crimes committed against Palestinian citizens.
Israel expected to hike military budget amid Mideast unrest
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – Israel may be forced to increase its military’s budget in light of the wave of changes shocking the Arab world and the new challenges Israel faces after failed peace talks.
Palestinian factions start meeting on national unity
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip started on Wednesday afternoon a meeting to discuss means of restoring national unity and ending the internal rift.
Massive Lebanon sit-in protesting UNRWA refugee services decline
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – The alliance of Palestinian forces in Lebanon has called for public support for a large scale sit-in condemning the decline of services the UNRWA has been providing to Palestinian refugees.
Ministry of prisoners appreciates Ban Ki-moon’s statement
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – The ministry of prisoners affairs has welcomed the statement by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in which he called on Israel to free all Palestinian prisoners.
Hammad lauds campaign, “citizen’s dignity and police’s prestige” in Gaza
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – Minister Fathi Hammad hailed the campaign of “citizen’s dignity and police’s prestige,” saying it was aimed at strengthening the internal front and the relationship between policemen and citizens.
Resistance fighter from Al-Qassem dies in special mission yesterday
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said one of its resistance fighters died at night Tuesday during a special jihadist mission without stating further details.
Egyptian authorities still refuse to allow travel of dozens of Gazans
PIC 9 Mar 2011 – The Egyptian authorities are still persistent in preventing dozens of students and patients from traveling through the Rafah border crossing for medical and educational purposes.
Playground fence symbolizes Jewish split in Israel
LA Times 9 Mar 2011 – Two nursery schools share a play area, but ultra-Orthodox parents don’t want their children exposed to secular ways and immodestly dressed mothers.The barrier has been torn down, but the division remains. A new front in the struggle between Jerusalem’s secular and ultra-Orthodox communities has opened…
In Egypt, Preparations for a Rarity: A Real Vote
New York Times 9 Mar 2011 – Amr Moussa, the apparent front-runner in the Egyptian election, attended a raucous town-hall-style meeting.
Hard-Liners Ruling Iran Gain Ally in Key Post
New York Times 9 Mar 2011 – The move to replace Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani is seen as strengthening the president’s hand in his effort to crush opposition.
Abdeen Jabara to lead Goldstone discussion in NY tom’w night
Mondoweiss – Tomorrow night in New York, there’s a chance to hear one of the legends of progressive Arab-American life speak: Abdeen Jabara will be leading a discussion of the Goldstone Report at the Brecht Forum. Jabara is a civil rights attorney who helped found the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination…
Brandeis Hillel imposes pro-Israel litmus test, excluding ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ chapter
Mondoweiss – Hillel , the national organization for Jewish life on campus, says that it seeks to enrich Jewish pluralism. But its idea of Jewish identity demands fierce support for Israel. And sadly, the Brandeis Hillel yesterday formally rejected the Brandeis chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace as a…
On March 15 the ‘angry young men’ of Gaza will work to end division
Mondoweiss – ” Write down, I am an Arab ” wrote the late renowned Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, in the opening lines of his controversial poem boasting about and promoting then-declining Pan-Arabism. Toward the middle of the poem, he writes, his anger obviously amounting, “Patient in a country/…
NYU students feature Israeli soldier who attacked Mavi Marmara during ‘Israel Peace Week’
Mondoweiss – The New York University Israel Club, called Gesher, is organizing an “Israel Peace Week” to counter Israel Apartheid Week. One of the events features an Israeli soldier who took place in the attack on the Freedom Flotilla last May. From the Israel Peace Week website : Thursday,…
IDF concedes they cannot ‘contain widespread civil uprising in West Bank’
Mondoweiss – And more news from Today in Palestine: Siege / Restriction of movement Cancer care crisis in Gaza GAZA, 9 Mar (IRIN) — The cancer started in Fatima Hassami’s breast before spreading to her bones, leading to multiple fractures in her left leg and constant pain for the…
Prevention Of Assimilation in the Holy Land
Palestine Monitor – The ultraconservative Lehava organization mounted a new campaign, issuing kashrut certification to Israeli restaurants that hire Jews, exclusively. The signs will read: “We hire Jewish workers and no enemies.” This reflects a recurring anxiety in the Orthodox Jewish community: interracial mixing. “Assimilation has forever been one…
Violent crackdown on Iraqi opposition
WSWS – The reality of US-imposed “democracy” in Iraq is being displayed in police raids on opposition parties and mass arrests of demonstrators against the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
This is the Jewish Group that Brandeis Hillel Rejected
The Magnes Zionist 9 Mar 2011 – Here is the opening statement made by Jewish Voice for Peace in its bid to be recognized as a Jewish group under Hillel auspices. I think it is as important document because it shows the sort of group that has no place at the Hillel communal…
Brandeis J Street U Does the Right Thing
The Magnes Zionist 9 Mar 2011 – While I am still waiting for Brandeis JVP to get me their press release after Hillel rejected their bid to be recognized as a Hillel student group, I thought I would publish Brandeis J Street U’s statement. Just as Hillel provides a home for Jewish student…
Brandeis Hillel Should Exclude Israel And Not Jewish Students From Its Tent
The Magnes Zionist 8 Mar 2011 – (NB: This is the first part of a two-part post.Please read the second post later, which will include the statement of the JVP students who were told by the Brandeis Hillel student board that their organization is not wanted at Hillel) To tell you the truth,…
Obama nominates new Israel envoy
BBC 9 Mar 2011 – US President Barack Obama has nominated White House adviser Daniel Shapiro as the new ambassador to Israel, officials say.
UK anger as ‘Iranian arms’ seized
BBC 9 Mar 2011 – The foreign secretary condemns Tehran’s actions after British Special Forces seize a suspected shipment of Iranian arms intended for the Taliban.
Bittersweet home football debut for Palestinians
BBC 9 Mar 2011 – Palestine plays its first ever competitive international football match on home ground – but loses the historic match on a penalty shootout to Thailand.
Articles
Netanyahu’s Illusory Peace Plan
Jonathan Cook, Nazareth, CounterPunch3/9/2011
Israel Cornered on Every Front
Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers conceded last week that the Israeli prime minister is more downcast than they have ever seen him. The reason for his gloominess is to be found in Israel’s diplomatic and strategic standing, which some analysts suggest is at its lowest ebb in living memory.
Netanyahu’s concern was evident at a recent cabinet meeting, when he was reported to have angrily pounded the table. “We are in a very difficult international arena,” the Haaretz newspaper quoted him telling ministers who wanted to step up settlement-building. “I suggest we all be cautious.”
A global survery for Britain’s BBC published on Monday will have only reinforced that assessment: Israel was rated among the least popular countries, with just 21 per cent seeing it in a positive light.
A belated realisation by Netanyahu that he has exhausted international goodwill almost certainly explains — if mounting rumours from his office are to be believed — his mysterious change of tack on the peace process.
After refusing last year to continue a partial freeze on settlement-building, a Palestinian pre-requisite for talks, he is reportedly preparing to lay out an initiative for the phased creation of a Palestinian state.
Such a move would reflect the Israeli prime minister’s belated recognition thatcook Israel is facing trouble on almost every front. more.. e-mail
Israel and milking America
Sami Jamil Jadallah, Palestine Note3/8/2011
Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister in Bibi Netanyahu’s government announced to the Wall Street Journal that Israel would seek $ 20 Billions in upgrade for its already existing $3.2 Billions annual defense grants. It seems the Arab winds of freedom and democracy is another chance for Israel to milk the US cow for more money. That should not be a big problem since the US Congress with its Republican leadership and with some one like Eric Cantor representing Tel-Aviv and not Richmond, VA in the American Knesset West will surely help in this regard. If the toppling of dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt is worth $20 Billions for Israel, one has to wonder what the price the US has to pay Israel for a regime change in Libya, Yemen, or Syria?
Over the years, and since the US began to sponsor Israel, its wars, its occupation, its economic development, its settlements, its immigration policy, its ethnic cleansings, its house demolition, its targeted killings, its land and water theft, the US has contributed some $120 Billions so far and counting. The total costs to the US for its support of Israel and if we are to include the War on Iraq, sponsored by the Israeli lobby and the costs in terms of boycotts and oil prices, the costs jump to over $ 3 Trillions, the same amount of the US deficits.
With the US in deep financial trouble with both the president and Congress pledging substantial budget reduction specially in domestic programs, and with a promise from Obama in his State of the Union message to carefully look at every line item in the budget and “eliminate programs we can’t afford and don’t work” one has to wonder how Obama will review the new Israeli demand and how he will weigh his chance of re-election if he refuses to do so? more.. e-mail
Politics of Heritage in Palestine: Conflict between Two Narratives
Nassar Ibrahim, Alternative Information Center3/2/2011
Political dimensions and motives occupy a great space in their relation and interaction with various heritage fields and numerous human experiences. For every society, heritage constitutes a fundamental factor in plumbing historical and cultural depths. It expresses identity and interacts with the social, political, and environmental reality.
It also confronts the questions and challenges that a society encounters in the course of its development, where identities, nationalities, ethnicities, and particularities are formed. Heritage did not start as songs, dances, food, clothes, architecture, and archaeology. It began in response to a dire need to fulfil the material, social, and spiritual needs of society. After it became rooted in the society, it was transformed into collective practices that, over time, became an organic part of the collective memory and behaviour.
Within this narrative, the relation between the political dimension and heritage is identified. When a society faces internal political projects or external challenges, everything that can be moved to counterbalance these challenges will be brought forth, such as history, spiritual values, and social traditions that magnify and unify the nation to point it in the direction that can best serve it.
In the case of the decades-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the relationship between politics and heritage becomes more vital and dangerous, as heritage in all its forms occupies a central position and plays a decisive and fundamental role in justifying and serving the political projects that are currently being executed at all levels. more.. e-mail
Egyptian activists move to shut down infamous secret police
Electronic Intifada: 9 Mar 2011 – CAIRO (IPS) – The much-feared secret police and intelligence service that protected the regime of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak by arresting, torturing, and even killing opponents has started a wave of burning documents and evidence that could incriminate them, as calls escalate for abolishing the force altogether and bringing its officers to justice.more
Women fight for rights in post-Mubarak Egypt
Electronic Intifada: 9 Mar 2011 – CAIRO, Egypt (IPS/Al Jazeera) – This week has been a very disappointing one for women and women’s rights activists across Egypt — when just one woman was included into the newly sworn-in cabinet.more
Prevention Of Assimilation in the Holy Land
Palestine Monitor: 9 Mar 2011 – The ultraconservative Lehava organization mounted a new campaign, issuing kashrut certification to Israeli restaurants that hire Jews, exclusively. The signs will read: “We hire Jewish workers and no enemies.” This reflects a recurring anxiety in the Orthodox Jewish community: interracial mixing. “Assimilation has forever been one of the enemies of the Jewish people,” Baruch Marzel said . Marzel is an outspoken member of the ultraconservative Lehava Organization. He has huge, wiry black beard and wears a yarmulke. Marzel is originally from Boston, MA, but immigrated to Israel at a young age. In the far right Jewish community, Marzel is an important player. He was a senior activist for the now-defunct Kach (a party whose [racist ideology permeates mainstream Israeli politics-ttp://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1572]). Today, he is involved in the political party Herut, the National Movement, and heads the Jewish National Front. He lives in the center of Hebron and, like all members of the…more
Israel’s Counterproductive Spin Machine
Palestine Chronicle: 9 Mar 2011 – By James Gundun, Washington, D.C. Sharing a boat as they float through the Middle East’s ongoing transformation, Israel has faced the same crunch-time decision as America – ride the movement out in front or try to decelerate it from behind. While U.S. officials mix selective optimism with silence in an attempt to slow revolutions to a manageable speed, Israel has gone virtually silent as the region flips beneath it. A common concern in Washington is that two months just undid 20 years of counter-terrorism policies. Israel suffers from the same anxiety. These worries notwithstanding, the isolated allies also enjoy an equal opportunity to reverse course and support a field of democratic movements. They did, after all, inspire the oppressed to rise up by suppressing them, and most peoples haven’t outright rejected U.S. involvement. Contrary to the notion that America should “keep it about them,” a defense adopted by some Washington…more
Obama Has to Move Faster
Palestine Chronicle: 9 Mar 2011 – By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. Where is Barack Hussein Obama? Why hasn’t he done anything sooner and tangible to reassure the hundreds of thousands of freedom fighters marching in the Arab streets, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Gulf? The admirable new Arab generation has so far been successful in overthrowing two long-ruling Arab dictators, the first in Tunisia and the second in Egypt within weeks of each other. And, there is no doubt, that other Arab autocrats will be next in line, most prominently Moammar Qaddafi of Libya, who has been labeled correctly by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as “delusional.” More recently, he has been described as “crazy” (by a prominent Arab journalist Jihad Khazen) and even “lunatic” by American journalists. Many others see him as a “murderous” despot following the rumored bloodbaths that the Libyan air force has inflicted on the protestors or…more
The Last Victory of Muammar Gaddafi
Dissident Voice: 9 Mar 2011 – On March 6, 2010 it became clear that the Libyan regime has defeated the internal uprising and suspended the chaotization of the Arab world. A routine clandestine mission by a British diplomat protected by 8 SAS officers to the eastern base of Libyan opposition ended up with their detention and ‘interrogation’ by the rebel leaders. The Sunday Times report about it in reality signified the ‘white flag’ hoisted by the organizers of the 2010-2011 Middle East and North Africa protests . From the very beginning the chain of events in Libya has taken an unexpected turn for global elites. Muammar Gaddafi refused to abandon Tripoli and together with his family and clan members was keeping permanent contact with the Libyans through national TV and regular public appearances. During his impressive speech on February 22, 2011 he managed to restore public support and encouraged Libyans to resist the revolution. Since then the…more
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