7 April, 2011 — VTJP
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Palestinian Factions In Gaza Declare Ceasefire
IMEMC – Friday April 08, 2011 – 01:41, Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip declared a ceasefire starting at 11 P.M on Thursday. The declaration came following a day of escalation that led to the death of five Palestinians while dozens of residents, including children, were wounded. One student was seriously injured when a Palestinian shell hit a bus in southern Israel.
Five Palestinians Killed, 40 Injured By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
IMEMC – Friday April 08, 2011 – 00:33, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that five Palestinians were killed and at least 40 residents, including children, were wounded in several Israeli air strikes and a ground attacks that were initiated on Thursday at noon.
Two Israelis Hurt In a Mortar Attack In Southern Israel
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 22:21, Israeli sources reported Thursday that two Israelis, including a 16-year-old school student, were injured when a mortar shell, fired from Gaza struck a school bus in a settlement adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Army Demolishes Two Homes In Aqaba Village
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 12:22, Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the Aqaba village, east of the central West Bank city of Tubas, declared it as a closed military zone, demolished two homes bulldozers internal roads.
Army Detains Hundreds Of Palestinians Near Nablus, Conducts DNA Tests
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 11:43, Qais Awwad, head of the Awarta village Council, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, stated that Israeli soldiers invaded Awarta and detained hundreds of residents, including more than a 100 women, especially from the eastern area of the village.
Thousands Participate In The Funeral Of Slain Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaker
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 10:03, Thousands of Palestinian participated on Wednesday in the funeral ceremony of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaker who was shot dead by a masked gunman on Monday in the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank.
Army Bombards Gaza, One Resident Wounded
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 09:27, The Israeli Air Force bombarded on Wednesday night after midnight several areas in the Gaza Strip leading to excessive damage; at least one resident was injured.
Army Confiscates Tractors In The Jordan Valley
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 09:08, Israeli soldiers confiscated on Wednesday several agricultural tractors that belong to Palestinian residents on the Jordan Valley, and took them to a nearby illegal settlement.
Egypt To Invite Palestinian Officials For Unity Talks
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 05:40, Egyptian sources reported Wednesday that the new Egyptian government will host several Palestinian officials in Cairo in the coming few days. The talks will focus on efforts to achieve internal Palestinian unity.
Army Invades Awarta, Imposes Curfew
IMEMC – Thursday April 07, 2011 – 05:21, Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday evening Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, imposed curfew after sealing the village, and abducted several residents.
5 Palestinians killed in Gaza after missile strikes Israeli bus
4/8/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli fire killed five Palestinians and injured dozens more after a projectile from the Gaza Strip hit a school bus in southern Israel, injuring two people, medical and security officials said. Late Thursday, in a bid to prevent further Israeli strikes, Hamas said it had got most armed Palestinian factions…. Related: 1 dead as Israel fires on Gaza after projectile strikes bus and Hamas military wing claims attack on Israeli school bus
Hamas military wing claims attack on Israeli school bus
4/8/2011 – GAZA CITY (AFP) — The military wing of Hamas on Thursday claimed responsibility for firing an anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus, the Al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement. Israeli fire killed five Palestinians and injured dozens more after a projectile from the Gaza Strip hit a school bus in southern Israel, injuring two people….
Dozens of women arrested in Awarta village
4/7/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli troops stormed a Palestinian village early Thursday, arresting more than 100 women in what local officials said was part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of five settlers in March. Hundreds of troops entered Awarta — the village adjacent to Itamar, an illegal settlement where the murders took place —shortly…. Related: ISM: Women and elderly taken in the latest Awarta raids and Detainees’ Center condemns Awarta arrests
Homes, roads taken down near Tubas
4/7/2011 – TUBAS (Ma’an) — Witnesses said six bulldozers and hundreds of soldiers were deployed throughout the Jordan Valley village of Aqrava on Thursday morning, when two homes and road entrances were taken down by Israeli forces. Sami Sadeq, head of the village council, said two streets leading out of the village were torn up, effectively….
1 injured in series of overnight strikes on Gaza
4/7/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli warplanes carried out three bombing missions targeting the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, and a forth on an area east of Gaza City, injuring one. In the south, strikes targeted an area near the Rafah refugee camp, locally known as the Yebna camp, a second strike hit tunnels….
1 dead as Israel fires on Gaza after projectile strikes bus
4/7/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli artillery fire killed an elderly man in Gaza after an anti-tank missile struck a school bus in southern Israel, injuring one person, Palestinian medics and an army spokeswoman said Thursday…. Related: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza after missile strikes Israeli bus and Hamas military wing claims attack on Israeli school bus
Medics: Gaza death toll rises to 3; 40 injured
4/7/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli artillery fire killed three Palestinians and injured 40 others in a major escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, after an anti-take missile struck a school bus in Israel and injured two people, Palestinian and Israeli medical officials said….
5 detained in raid on Bethlehem
4/7/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians from Deheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem overnight Thursday. Soldiers entered the camp and searched the homes of Mohammad Mahmoud Al-Afandi, 17, Tareq Shahin, 18, Mahmoud Abu Hadeed, 17, and Hamza El-Saffi, age unknown. An Israeli military statement said that overnight two were detained during raids….
Shell lands in Egyptian territory
4/7/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A military-use projectile landed inside Egyptian territory late Thursday as deadly violence increased along the Gaza-Israel border, an Egyptian security official said. The projectile landed 700 meters south of Gaza’s Rafah crossing and caused a deep hole in the ground, the official said, adding that the army opened….
Report: Marmara to return to Gaza in May
4/7/2011 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The Mavi Marmara ship which was carrying nine Turkish activists killed in an Israeli raid last May is scheduled to return as part of the “Freedom Flotilla 2” next month, reports said Thursday. Head of the IHH B?ɬºlent Yildirim said the flotilla was slated to depart in….
Gaza crossing shut for second day
4/7/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Palestinian coordination office for Gaza crossings received news that the sole operating terminal for goods into Gaza would be closed for a second day in a row on Thursday. Liaison officer Raed Fattouh said “security concerns” were cited for the continued closure, adding that the crossing is now expected….
Christians demand freedom of access during Easter
4/7/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — As Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza await news on permits from Israel to visit holy sites in Jerusalem, local Christians issued a call for the respect of freedom of worship.” For Christians, Holy Week in Jerusalem has a special spiritual connection,” said a statement from the Kairos Palestine group….
Israel’s Iron Dome ‘halts Gaza rocket for first time’
4/7/2011 – ASHKELON, Israel (AFP) — Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defence system on Thursday intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza for the first time over the city of Ashkelon, an AFP correspondent said. A military source confirmed the rocket had been brought down by the unique multi-million-dollar system, which came into operation on March 27….
Target of Sudan attack was ‘Hamas weapons man’
4/8/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian security officials said that target in what has been alleged to be an Israeli strike on Sudan was the successor to assassinated Hamas official Mahmoud Mabhouh. Abdul-Latif Ashkar, one of two men killed in a strike on a car in Sudan, is said to have taken over the role….
Army to investigate all civilian casualties
4/7/2011 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — A statement from Israel’s military said Wednesday that a new protocol had been put in place, that would see all Palestinian civilian deaths perpetrated by Israeli forces investigated. Earlier protocol required a preliminary investigation by field staff, which would be handed over to a higher body when….
Detainees’ Center condemns Awarta arrests
4/7/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — The Detainees’ Center in Nablus condemned Thursday’s overnight arrest raid during which some 100 residents of Awarta, primarily women, were rounded up from the Nablus-area village. The mass detentions, a statement from the center said, “go against the human rights of the residents.”The roundups were illegal and…. Related: Dozens of women arrested in Awarta village
Barghouti: Israel trying to thwart reconciliation
4/8/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian MP Mustafa Barghouti said Thursday that Israel was attempting to escalate violence in Gaza to thwart efforts toward reconciliation and to destroy infrastructure in Gaza. After Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in Gaza, he condemned “the occupation’s crime, which left many dead and wounded including children and women….
French football legend to visit UNRWA camps
4/7/2011 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — French football star Lilian Thuram is set to arrive in Palestine on Monday, in support of the education program at UNRWA schools. In a statement ahead of the visit, French Consul General Frederic Desagneaux, Thuram’s trip would put the spotlight on France’s long-standing support for UNRWA and….
Israel’s Peres urges aid to Arab ‘awakening’
4/7/2011 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — Israeli President Shimon Peres on Wednesday urged support for “the awakening of the Arab world,” saying the spread of democracy in the region could dramatically improve the staunch US ally’s circumstances.” We believe that the awakening of the Arab world is a great opportunity and that all of us should do….
Erekat: International community must prevent new attack on Gaza
4/7/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO executive committee member Saeb Erekat on Thursday urged Israel to end its attacks on the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Erekat condemned Israel’s “escalation and brutal military attacks” against the civilian population of Gaza.” For years, our people have suffered the devastating consequences of an illegal and inhumane….
US condemns attack on southern Israel
4/7/2011 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States on Thursday condemned in the “strongest possible terms” an attack on civilians in southern Israel after Hamas claimed responsibility for firing an anti-tank missile at a school bus….
Hamas says Gaza ceasefire agreed
4/7/2011 – GAZA CITY (AFP) — Hamas said Thursday it had got most armed factions in the Gaza Strip to sign on to a ceasefire in a bid to halt a further escalation of violence with Israel….
Abbas in Cairo to begin reconciliation efforts
4/7/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Active contacts between Palestine and the new Egyptian regime resumed in Cairo Thursday, following the arrival of President Mahmoud Abass to the capital. Abbas will meet with Egyptian General Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and head of the interim military council ruling the nation following the….
Jordan opposition HQ threatened with fake suicide belt
4/7/2011 – AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — A man wearing a mock-up suicide belt threatened to blow himself up at the headquarters of Jordan’s largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, on Monday but police said he had no explosives. Senior Brotherhood official Murad Adaileh told AFP that police were called after the man in his 40s burst….
Libya accuses Britain of bombing vital oil field
4/7/2011 – TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — Libya accused Britain of bombing Libya’s biggest oil field as Washington rebuffed a letter from Moammar Gadhafi to President Barack Obama, reiterating calls for the strongman to step down. As the war between government and rebel forces dug deeper into a stalemate and amid mounting alarm at the plight of….
Bahrain hospitals ‘used as bait’ to snare rebels
4/7/2011 – GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Medical charity Doctors without Borders said on Thursday that hospitals in Bahrain are being used as bait to snare wounded pro-democracy protesters after security forces took over health facilities. MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres) said in a report that the crackdown was denying the injured medical care. The report also revealed testimony from….
The PLO; Junk it not fix it.
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – The PLO as an organization and leadership are like an old useless car, the only place for it is the junkyard of history. There is nothing there worth fixing. It was used to transport the leadership to richness and fame,…
Arab regimes need reform for jobs: World Bank
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Al-Arabiya- The tumult unleashed in Tunisia by the suicide of one fruit seller is a warning to Arab leaders that they must tackle high unemployment, World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned Wednesday. Mohammed Bouazizi’s suicide, which launched the January revolt…
Jenin militant charged over theater director murder
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Ma’an- Police in Jenin have charged a former Al-Aqsa Brigades militant with the murder of an Israeli-Palestinian theatre director, security sources said Wednesday. Palestinian police arrested Mujahed Qaniri on Monday, just hours after a masked gunman shot dead Juliano Mer-Khamis,…
Poll: One-third of Palestinians support Itamar massacre
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Hareetz- One-third of Palestinians surveyed said they supported an attack last month in which five members of an Israeli family stabbed to death in their home in a West Bank settlement, according to a team of Israeli and Palestinian pollsters….
IDF to tighten policy of probes into civilian West Bank deaths
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Haaretz – The Israel Defense Forces is expected to announce next week changes to its policy of investigating military action in the Palestinian territories, as a result of a relative calm in the area and pressure stemming from the international…
Palestinian Committee blames Israeli occupation alone for Mer Khamis murder
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – +972 Magazine- The morning after the murder of Juliano Mer Khamis, the Bil’in Popular Committee, led by Iyad Burnat, put out a statement expressing its sorrow over the tragic event. In the statement, the Israeli occupation is held “accountable and…
Israel’s Peace Now updates U.S. on West Bank construction
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Haaretz – Israeli left-wing non-government organization Peace Now has urged the U.S. to pressure Israel into evacuating West Bank outposts, according to an American diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, adding that the group regularly updated both Washington and the Defense…
Israel’s Peres urges aid to Arab ‘awakening’
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Ma’an – Israeli President Shimon Peres on Wednesday urged support for “the awakening of the Arab world,” saying the spread of democracy in the region could dramatically improve the staunch US ally’s circumstances. “We believe that the awakening of the…
Israeli plans TV rival to Al-Jazeera
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – The Guardian – An Israeli businessman is planning to launch an international TV network to rival Al-Jazeera . Alexander Machkevitch, reputed to be one of the world’s richest men, revealed his plan at an annual meeting of Jewish leaders in Washington….
Palestinian delegation visits Cairo to discuss reconciliation
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Al Masry Al Youm – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo Wednesday to discuss inter-Palestinian reconciliation with Egyptian officials. Abbas and a senior delegation of Palestinian officials plan to meet with members of the ruling Supreme Council of Armed…
Palestinians charged in Jerusalem pipe bomb attack
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Reuters – An Israeli court Thursday charged five Palestinians with planting a pipe bomb next to a Jerusalem monastery and planning other attacks around the city, a police spokesman said. The bomb, put last month in a rubbish bag outside…
Israel detains 100 women in murder investigation
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Reuters – Israeli troops briefly detained about 100 women in the West Bank early on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into the murder last month of a young Jewish settler family, locals said. The women, many of them…
Building a Stage for Mideast Peace Before the Final Curtain
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – New York Times – Juliano Mer Khamis lived a paradox. The internationally renowned actor, director and political activist, who was killed here this week, was both an Israeli and a Palestinian , born to a Jewish mother and an Arab Christian…
Merkel urges Netanyahu to resume talks with Palestinians and work toward 2-state solution
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Washington Post – Germany’s chancellor told Israel’s prime minister on Thursday that overcoming the stalemate in the Middle East peace process “is more urgent than ever” given the current regional turmoil. Talks have to resume and progress must be made…
Fighting Flares in Gaza
Palestine Note 7 Apr 2011 – Civilians again in line of fire Reuters – An anti-tank missile fired from Gaza hit an Israeli school bus on Thursday, wounding two people, and Israeli forces retaliated by shelling the territory, killing a 50-year-old man, Palestinian medics said. A…
Turkey working on ‘roadmap’ to end Libya war
AlJazeera 7 Apr 2011 – Prime minister says talks being held for ceasefire which would include withdrawal of Gaddafi’s forces from some cities.
Mass arrests of Palestinian women by Israel
AlJazeera 7 Apr 2011 – More than 100 women from a village near Nablus were held by Israeli troops searching for killers of settler family.
Mubarak’s former chief of staff arrested
AlJazeera 7 Apr 2011 – Egyptian state prosecutors order that Zakaria Azmi be jailed for 15 days pending a corruption investigation.
Five killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
AlJazeera 7 Apr 2011 – Violence erupts as Israel reacts to attack from Gaza on school bus in the south of the country.
Bahrain hospitals ‘paralysed’ by unrest
AlJazeera 7 Apr 2011 – In new report, Medecins Sans Frontieres accuses Bahrain’s military of deliberately targeting doctors and hospitals.
Assad attempts to appease minority Kurds
AlJazeera 7 Apr 2011 – Syrian president issues decree granting nationality to thousands of Kurds in eastern al-Hasaka.
Gulf states to usher in Yemen transition
AlJazeera 7 Apr 2011 – Talks over the exit of president Saleh set to convene soon in Saudi Arabia.
Five Palestinians Killed, 40 Injured By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
PNN – By: Saed Bannoura – Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that five Palestinians were killed and at least 40 residents, including children, were wounded in several Israeli air…
PLO: 15 Palestinians Including 5 Children, Were killed by Israel in March
PNN – Ramallah – PNN – The Palestine Liberation Organization Department of International Relations released its monthly report on Thursday documenting Israeli violations against Palestinians for the month of March. Killings:The PLO announced that…
One Killed, at least 30 Injured; in Renewed Israeli bombardment Targeting Gaza
PNN – Gaza – PNN – One Palestinian was killed 30 injured when Israeli tanks shelled residential areas in different parts of the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon. Mahmoud al-Manasra, 50, was killed when…
Israeli Parliamentarian to Sue Goldstone
PNN – Member of the Knesset, Danny Danon is attempting to file a libel lawsuit against South African Judge Richard Goldstone with the help of Jewish-American lawyers, according to the Israeli online Ynet News….
Israeli Sources: Two Israelis Injured by Shell Fired from Gaza
PNN – Gaza – PNN – Two Israelis were injured, one critical, on Thursday when a shell fired from Gaza hit a bus at the Sha’ar Hanegev settlement in the Negev. Israeli sources said…
One Injured as Fighter Jets Continue to Attack Gaza
PNN – Gaza – PNN – A Palestinian man was injured on Thursday as Israeli fighter jets raided areas in the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that fighter jets conducted four air raids targeting…
International Solidarity Movement
Samouni family responds to Goldstone backtrack on Israeli war crimes
4/7/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 6 April 2011 – Ken O’Keefe – During Operation Cast Lead Israel committed massive war crimes for all the world to see. Among these crimes the use of White Phosphorus in densely populated areas, use of Depleted Uranium, bombing civilian targets of all sorts without military necessity, destroying civilian infrastructure with no military justification and…. Related: Ken O’Keefe
Women and elderly taken in the latest Awarta raids
4/7/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – At approximately 10. 00pm last night the army once again entered the village of Awarta, throwing sound-bombs into the streets and declaring it a closed military zone, putting the residents under house arrest. This time the army arrested over 200 people, amongst them women and the elderly. The arrested were marched two kilometres out of…. Related: Dozens of women arrested in Awarta village
Alternative Information Center
Israel Attacks Gaza Strip
Alternative Information Center – Israel used warplanes (F16s, Apaches and drones), warships and tanks to bomb Gaza non-stop for three consequtive hours this evening (7 April), targeting most of Gaza. Israeli shells fell on residential areas, targeting houses belonging to…
West Bank Updates: Home Demolitions, Arrests and Prisoners’ Hunger Strike
Alternative Information Center – A roundup of Israeli attacks in the West Bank over the past two days, including home demolitions near Nablus, arrests in Awarta and Deheishe refugee camp and a hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners to protest…
Trial for Rachel Corrie Continues with Contradictory Israeli Military Testimonies
Alternative Information Center – The trial for Rachel Corrie, the International Solidarity Mission (ISM) activist killed in Gaza by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003, continued in the Israeli city of Haifa this week. Israeli military commanders provided contradictory testimonies and…
UNRWA Workers in East Jerusalem on Hunger Strike
Alternative Information Center – 22 warehouse employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (URNWA) have been on a hunger strike for ten days already in protest of their working conditions.
Letter From Israeli Citizens to Czech Government: Please Don’t Support Apartheid, Racism and Occupation
Alternative Information Center – We are a group of Israeli citizens who are deeply concerned about our government’s policies of racism, apartheid and occupation, and the European Union’s complicity in these policies. It has been brought to our attention that…
Israeli Bus Company Wins 8 Year Contract to Provide Amsterdam Transport Services
Alternative Information Center – Israel’s Egged bus company has won an 8-year bid to provide bus service for the city of Amsterdam.
Israel pounds Gaza, kills 4 after missile hits bus
Relief Web 7 Apr 2011 – Source: Agence France-Presse
The Market Monitor – Trends of staple food prices in vulnerable countries, Issue 11 – April 2011
Relief Web 7 Apr 2011 – Source: World Food Programme
New investigation policy regarding Palestinian casualties from IDF fire in Judea and Samaria
Relief Web 7 Apr 2011 – Source: Government of Israel
Israel: Two wounded in anti-tank missile attack on school bus
Relief Web 7 Apr 2011 – Source: Government of Israel
Israeli war jets attack Gaza civilians, 5 killed, 40 Injured
7 Apr 2011 – Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) – Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that five Palestinians were killed and at least 40 residents, including children, were wounded in several Israeli air strikes and a ground attacks that were initiated on Thursday at noon.
Israel attacks Gaza again, kills 50 yr civilian
7 Apr 2011 – Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) – One Palestinian was killed 14 injured when Israeli tanks shelled residential areas in different parts of the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon.
Campaign for a Palestinian female detainee in Israel
7 Apr 2011 – Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) – The European Network to Support the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners (UFree) launches a campaign of solidarity with the detainee Kifah Qutaish after her detention was extended ‘administratively’ for the third consecutive time.
100 women arrested by Israeli army in Awarta
7 Apr 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli occupation forces carried out Thursday massive detention operation in village of Awarta in the south of Nablus, arresting 250 Palestinians including 100 women of all ages.
Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails go on hunger strike
7 Apr 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails announced Thursday a hunger strike for one day protesting Israeli policy of isolation and requiring appropriate medical treatment for patients according to the human rights conventions.
Israel demolishes homes in al-Aqaba village
7 Apr 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli occupation forces supported by six bulldozers demolished Thursday morning homes and animal sheds in al-Aqaba village in the East of Tubas.
One injured in Israeli air raids on Gaza Strip
7 Apr 2011 – Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli warplanes carried out Wednesday overnight four air raids targeting smuggling tunnels under Gaza-Egypt borders in Rafah city and an empty land in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, eastern Gaza city.
GCC ‘expects end to Yemen crisis’ as pressure builds on Saleh to depart
The National 7 Apr 2011 – Embattled Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh will give response tomorrow to Gulf states¬ø plan for his exit from power.
Hamas link to suspected Israeli missile strike in Sudan
The National 7 Apr 2011 – One of the victims was Abdel Latif al Ashkar, the successor to Mahmoud al Mabhouh, the Hamas commander assassinated by a Mossad hit-squad in Dubai last year, according to reports.
Friday, Day of Assembly, becomes day of demanding justice
The National 7 Apr 2011 – Fridays have evolve to take on extra significance outside the traditional religious importance, with Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Oman and the Palestinians territories all set to witness renewed demonstrations as people across the region seek to assert themselves in different ways.
Saad Hariri attacks ‘flagrant Iranian intervention’ in Middle East
The National 7 Apr 2011 – Lenanese caretaker prime minister accused Tehran of trying to turn Lebanon and other Arab states into “Iranian protectorates”.
Assad government enlists Syrian imams to calm Sunni majority
The National 7 Apr 2011 – Syria’s political leadership is reversing laws that have upset the country’s Sunnis and has made a point of having face-to-face discussions with Sunni clerics, to try to ensure Sunnis do not join the protesters.
US government reviews military aid to Lebanon
The National 7 Apr 2011 – Concern over Hizbollah’s influence as US says its funding should be used to deter militant organisations, though analysts warn that withdrawing grants could be counterproductive.
Israeli troops arrest 100 West Bank women in hunt for settler family’s killers
The National 7 Apr 2011 – Storming of Awarta village part of massive manhunt in aftermath of stabbing of a Jewish couple and their three young children, one of them a baby, as they slept in their beds.
Egyptians take advice from victims of East Germany’s Stasi on state security files
The National 7 Apr 2011 – Herbert Ziehm responded to an invitation from Egyptian activists to tell them how Germany went about disbanding a vast, hated security network that, with 100,000 staff and 200,000 informants, was similar in size to Egypt¬øs secret police.
Israel believes Hamas trying to establish ‘balance of terror’
Ha’aretz – According to senior defense source, Hamas’ prime minister has no control over the situation in Gaza; information gathered from Thursday’s bus attack show the shooters knew the target contained children.
Haaretz Wikileaks exclusive / Bahrain King boasted of intelligence ties with Israel
Ha’aretz – According to latest trove of documents revealed by WikiLeaks, the Bahraini King instructed that official statements stop referring to Israel as the ‘Zionist entity’ or ‘enemy.’
Domestic issues overshadow Netanyahu’s European visit
Ha’aretz – Accusations over funding of trips Netanyahu and his wife took several years ago intruded on the prime minister’s trip to Europe, in addition to renewed attacks from Gaza.
Hamas announces cease-fire to be honored by all Gaza factions
Ha’aretz – Following cross-border fighting flare-up, Hamas says cease-fire, agreed upon by all Gaza factions, to come into effect starting Thursday night.
Iron Dome successfully intercepts Gaza rocket for first time
Ha’aretz – Missile defense system makes world history by intercepting a short-range Grad rocket fired at Ashkelon; IDF launches strike on targets in Gaza following attack on school bus earlier in the day.
Lieberman asks France to help evacuate Israeli diplomats from Ivory Coast
Ha’aretz – More than 450 foreign diplomats have been enclosed in three main secure sites in the conflict-torn capital of Abidjan; earlier France rescued Japan’s ambassador to the West African country in helicopter-borne mission.
Syria’s Assad provides citizenship to Kurds amid persisting protests
Ha’aretz – Syria President fulfills key demand by country’s long ostracized minority in an attempt to quell anti-government protests that have shaken the country’s authoritarian regime.
U.S.: Libya stalemate emerging between rebels and Gadhafi loyalists
Ha’aretz – Top U.S. general voices caution about the possibility of arming Libyan rebels, citing concerns that extremists were attempting to infiltrate their ranks.
South Tel Aviv residents march to demand deportation of foreigners
Ha’aretz – Neighborhood group protests the presence of foreign infiltrators, calling upon the government to expel them immediately.
AG closes sexual harassment case against Maj. Gen. Uri Bar-Lev
Ha’aretz – In November 2010 Dr. Orly Innes accused then-candidate for police commissioner of sexual assault two years ago; Bar;Lev has since resigned from the police force.
Netanyahu denies ‘Bibi-Tours’ allegations, says will sue for libel
Ha’aretz – The prime minister slams allegations aired on Channel 10 that he billed two organizations for a single trip as ‘slander of handful of bodies in Israel which want to harm me for political reasons.’
Israel Bonds denies allegations it paid for Netanyahu’s travels
Ha’aretz – The organization, created to raise money for Israel abroad, says it covered the expenses of Sara Netanyahu, while the Knesset footed the bill for the prime minister’s travels.
Haaretz WikiLeaks exclusive / Settler leader downplays comments on West Bank evacuation
Ha’aretz – Danny Dayan’s response comes after Haaretz cited a WikiLeaks cable quoting the settler leader saying that settlers would agree to evacuate West Bank for ‘the right price.’
Dozens injured as trains crash near Netanya
Ha’aretz – Accident comes amid several recent incidents involving Israel Railways trains, coming just a day after a train caught on fire near Ben Gurion International Airport.
Netanyahu: Israel will take any action necessary in Gaza Strip
Ha’aretz – PM praises Iron Dome success but says it won’t solve all of Israel’s problems; Abbas urges West to stop Israeli strikes on Gaza; U.S. condemns strike on Israeli bus by Gaza militants.
WikiLeaks Haaretz exclusive / Histadrut chief was key power broker in Netanyahu government
Ha’aretz – In spring of 2009, Ofer Eini said if government does not deal with him seriously, he would ‘pull the plug’ and Labor would leave coalition.
Peres: Bus attack shows Gaza turned into terror state
Ha’aretz – Following Gaza strike on bus which left two wounded, President meets with UN ambassadors, and asks ‘Can the UN guarantee that terrorist acts won’t happen?’; Netanyahu says Israel will not tolerate terror acts.
Merkel: Unilateral recognition of Palestinian state may not push peace forward
Ha’aretz – Prime Minister Netanyahu and the German Chancellor display warm relations during meeting in Berlin amid rumors of tension; Merkel: It is never boring with Netanyahu.
Two hurt in missile strike on bus carrying students near Gaza
Ha’aretz – 16-year-old seriously wounded after anti-tank missile strikes school bus; IDF strikes Gaza Strip moments following bus attack, killing one and wounding five.
Haaretz WikiLeaks exclusive / Israel’s Peace Now updates U.S. on West Bank construction
Ha’aretz – Leaked U.S. diplomatic cable shows both U.S. administration and Defense Ministry use the Israeli left-wing NGO to continuously track illegal West Bank settlement construction.
Poll: Majority of Egyptians support maintaining Israel peace
Ha’aretz – Survey by International Peace Institute published by the Wall Street Journal also shows most Egyptians do not support religious-extremist regime.
Shin Bet: Israel smashed Hamas terror ring in Jerusalem area
Ha’aretz – Israel believes five-strong cell was sponsored by Hamas in Gaza, and planned shooting attack in Jerusalem similar to 2008 massacre at Mercaz Harav yeshiva.
IDF strikes Gaza smuggling tunnels amid mounting tensions
Ha’aretz – In statement, IDF says it would ‘not suffer’ the continued launching of rockets and mortars on communities around the Gaza Strip.
Iran: Israel’s nuclear program is destabilizing the entire Mideast
Ha’aretz – Speaking at meeting of UN Disarmament Commission, Iran envoy says Tehran supports a nuclear-free Mideast, criticizing the lack of supervision of Israel’s nuclear facilities.
World Bank: Palestinian economic growth stunted by ‘closure regime’
Ha’aretz – World Bank commends PA for its institution-building efforts but voices concerns over limited economic growth in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Abbas condemns Israeli ‘aggression’ on Gaza Strip
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – PA president calls on int’l community to intervene to stop escalation; meets in Cairo to discuss Hamas-Fatah dispute, stalled peace process.
60 injured as 2 trains collide near Netanya station
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Police say conductor of Netanya-Tel Aviv train failed to obey a stop light, directed his train to track on which second train was coming from the south.
African migrants celebrate freedom at ‘Refugee Seder’
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Around 500 migrants from across Africa broke unleavened bread with Israeli friends volunteers at early Pessah Seder in South TA.
US plotting strategy to have Goldstone report withdrawn
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Rice: Report “gravely, fundamentally flawed”, “unfairly drew conclusions”; indicates US nearly certain to boycott “Durban III” conference.
A terrible day that could have ended still more tragically
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Karen Doron-Katz’s daughter, 13, was among dozens of children lucky enough to be dropped off before an anti-tank missile hit their school bus.
Analysis: A callous escalation
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – After the attack on the childrens’ school bus, the gov’t must decide whether to seek restored calm or consider a major onslaught in Gaza.
Boy, 16, badly hurt after Hamas fires missile at school bus
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Many children had just got off when vehicle was struck with anti-tank missile in Negev; Palestinians fire 45 mortars, rockets after attack.
IAF strikes Gaza as Hamas announces immediate cease-fire
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Hamas says fire into Israel halted at 11 p.m.; IAF hits total of 12 targets; Palestinians report 5 killed; terror group claims responsibility for firing anti-tank missile at childrens’ school bus.
Bibitours: A-G undecided whether criminal probe needed
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – A-G’s office sidesteps earlier reports that Weinstein would open probe into whether there was grounds for investigation into Bibitours affair.
Iron Dome works in combat, intercepts Katyusha rocket
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Rocket defense system sees first operational success south of Ashkelon; Follows heavy barrage of rockets, mortars from Gaza Strip.
Kazakhstani Jew plans news channel to rival Al-Jazeera
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Source close to mining magnate says he plans to inject “at least $100m.” into new network;
Poll: 60% of Egyptians want peace with Israel to remain
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Study conducted by UN-affiliated group also finds that if presidential elections were held today in Egypt, Amr Moussa would win, ‘WSJ’ reports.
PID close sexual harassment case against Uri Bar-Lev
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Justice Ministry: Evidence collected to back allegations of harassment; Bar-Lev says he will resign; Orly Innes: “The truth has come out.”
‘Terror cells are in Sinai with plans to kidnap Israelis’
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – PMO, Police, Foreign Ministry to prosecute Israelis who travel to Iraq on “heritage tours”; officials worried by loose weapons from Yemen, Libya.
To err is human, to admit is divine
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Goldstone’s recent retraction once again wags a finger at Israel’s leaders. Conceding his own error highlights the perpetual failure of Israel’s leaders to ever admit they are wrong.
PM says settlement issue should not hinder peace
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – During visit to Berlin, Netanyahu says negotiations are most important aspect of peace process, says Israel will not tolerate attacks by terrorists.
Moscow Patriarchate speaks out against J’lem gay pride
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – In a meeting with AIPAC, religious leader says he “felt regret” over “pride parades of homosexual minorities in the Holy City.”
Assad takes steps to appease Kurds after protests
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Syrian President grants citizenship in Kurdish region, releases 48 Kurds from prison, sacks Homs governor to placate protesters.
Catharsis or neurosis?
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – 50 years since Eichmann, has the country recovered? An in-depth look at the trial of the century.
Chosen Bites: Passover game plan
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Because all extra virgin olive oils are kosher for Passover and year round, make sure you purchase a great oil.
Iran weighs wiping zeros off the Rial in war on inflation
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Today, a dollar buys about 10,000 of the Iranian currency; subsidy cuts and sanctions are boosting prices, worrying the government.
Gulf Arabs work on plan for Yemen’s Saleh to go
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – US, Saudi Arabia appear ready to push aside a long-time ally against al Qaida to avoid a collapse of the poorest Arab state.
60 injured in 2-train collision at Netanya station
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – Crash causes extensive damage to railway, 3 railway cars burned; MDA evacuates victims, all are lightly injured.
New gov’t food aid program kicks off amid uncertainty
Jeruslalem Post 7 Apr 2011 – NGOs involved still unsure where the bulk of funding will come from or exactly what the program’s goals are.
Husband of slain Lod woman is prime suspect, police say
Jeruslalem Post 6 Apr 2011 – City undergoing crisis of confidence, community relations official says.
Iran, settlements overshadow Netanyahu-Merkel talks
Jeruslalem Post 6 Apr 2011 – Analysis: If German leader had planned to tackle PM on lack of progress with Palestinians, she may now be on defensive over trade with Tehran.
French still vital to Lebanon: experts
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: Experts believe the French language is not at risk in Lebanon despite a clear increase of schools that use English as a language of instruction, saying that two-thirds of the country’s students can still be…
Employees at Jiyyeh gas station robbed at gunpoint
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: A gas station in Jiyyeh was the victim of armed robbery Thursday morning, security sources said. Two masked perpetrators in a green Mercedes entered the gas station and aimed two pistols at the station’s employees….
Press Federation files lawsuits against Gadhafi
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: The Press Federation instructed Thursday its legal advisers to file a lawsuit against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi over the disappearance of a Lebanese journalist who went missing over three decades ago. Mohammad Baalbaki, head of…
Thieves break into St. George Hospital
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: St. George Hospital in Ajaltoun, Kesrouan, was robbed Wednesday night, reported the National News Agency. Marcelle Tawfiq Khoury, a lawyer representing St. George Hospital, said that the break-in occurred in the outpatient facility of the…
Australia donates $300,000 for mine-clearing efforts
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: Australia donated $300,000 Thursday to mine clearance operations in Lebanon, as part of an ongoing commitment from its embassy to locate and remove cluster munitions in the south of the country. Australia’s Ambassador to Lebanon,…
Misuse of antibiotics leading to hardier diseases: WHO
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: Misuse of antimicrobials is rampant in Lebanon, with more than half of people purchasing the medicine without a doctor’s prescription, according to a study by a government-appointed committee, whose findings were publicized during a campaign…
Protesters demand government issues notary licenses allowing them to work
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: Several dozen people gathered near the Grand Serail Thursday to protest against the government’s delay in issuing a decree that would appoint them as public notaries. The protesters, who held signs reading “Now!” and “Our…
Lebanon key in preventing occupation of Libya: lecture
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: Lebanon was instrumental in injecting clauses prohibiting the deployment of “occupying forces” in Libya, audiences gathered at American University Beirut (AUB) heard Thursday. The phrasing was inserted to avoid a never-ending extension of the no…
Safa progress to Lebanese Cup final with win over Ansar
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: Safa moved into the semifinal of the Lebanese Cup Thursday after a 1-0 win over Ansar at Cite Sportive. League champions Ahed or relegation threatened Shabab al-Sahel will go head to head Friday for a…
Israeli attack kills five Palestinians in Gaza Strip
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 GAZA: Fighting flared in Gaza Thursday after Israeli forces retaliated with planes and artillery, killing five Palestinians after a Palestinian anti-tank missile hit an Israeli school bus, wounding two people. Palestinian medics said at least 30…
Both victims of Port Sudan raid Sudanese: police
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 KHARTOUM: Sudan said Thursday the two people killed in an airstrike on its Red Sea coast were Sudanese, denying reports that a top Hamas fighter was the target of the attack claimed to have been carried…
Germany urges Israel to resume stalled Middle East peace talks
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BERLIN: Germany’s chancellor told Israel’s prime minister Thursday that overcoming the stalemate in the Middle East peace process “is more urgent than ever” given the current regional turmoil. Talks have to resume and progress must be…
Turkey proposes road map for peace in Libya
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 ANKARA/AJDABIYA: Turkey’s prime minister proposed a road map for peace, urging forces aligned with Gadhafi to withdraw from besieged cities, the establishment of humanitarian aid corridors and comprehensive democratic change however the rebels rejected the proposal…
Source: Syria to lift decades-old state of emergency next week
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BEIRUT: Syria granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds Thursday on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of emergency rule. A senior Syrian official told The…
Gates: Middle East unrest should not distract from fighting ‘terror’
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 BAGHDAD: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates hailed the “extraordinary” progress made in Iraq as an example for Middle East democracy Thursday, but warned that security services across the region have been distracted from the fight against…
Gulf Arabs plan gives Saleh, family immunity
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 SANAA: A Gulf Arab plan for Yemen’s president to step down would guarantee the veteran leader and his family immunity from prosecution, an opposition source said Thursday, but youth activists said that should be rejected. The…
Media watchdog slams Libya’s deportation of foreign reporters
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 PARIS: Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders condemned Thursday the Libyan government’s expulsion of 26 foreign journalists. The Paris-based group said the journalists had been invited to the Libyan capital by embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi but were…
Misrata residents shelter from mortars
Daily Star 7 Apr 2011 ALGIERS/BEIRUT: People in the Libyan city of Misrata are crammed five families to a house in the few safe districts to try to escape mortars raining down from government forces, a rebel spokesman said Thursday. Troops…
Letters: Israel’s conduct under the spotlight
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Your leader ( 6 April ) on Richard Goldstone’s revised and more sympathetic take on Israel’s “guilt” in its conduct of the Gaza war is uncharitable and a typical piece of liberal-left special pleading, always seeking to stress…
US embassy cables: US talks to Israeli security chief about Arabs and Gaza
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Cable dated:2008-05-22T07:57:00 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 05 TEL AVIV 001080 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2018 TAGS: PREL, PTER, PINR, KPAL, KWBG, EG, IS SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH SHIN BET CHIEF FOCUSES…
US embassy cables: Avigdor Lieberman moves towards Israeli mainstream
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Cable dated:2006-10-25T16:56:00C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 TEL AVIV 004256 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2011 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PINR, KPAL, KWBG, IS, IR, EG, JO, LE,…
US embassy cables: Israel – calm before the storm?
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 04 TEL AVIV 002473 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/12/2019 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PTER, MOPS, KWBG, IS, IR SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT…
US embassy cables: US discusses Gaza with Israeli security chief
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Cable dated:2006-10-04T14:59:00 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 TEL AVIV 003910 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2021 TAGS: PREL, PTER, PINR, KPAL, KWBG, EG, IS SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR AND SHIN BET CHIEF DISKIN DISCUSS…
US embassy cables: Arms smuggling into Lebanon and the Gaza Strip
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Cable dated:2009-11-18T14:32:00 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 TEL AVIV 002501 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/18/2019 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, MOPS, PTER, KWBG, EG, IR, LE, IS SUBJECT: 40TH JPMG: COUNTERSMUGGLING TECHNICAL DISCUSSION (…
Israeli Iron Dome missile shield intercepted rocket from Gaza
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Iron Dome fires radar-guided missiles from a truck-sized launcher and is designed to blow up incoming rockets in mid-air An Israeli missile system intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza in the first known use of Israel’s…
Israeli school bus hit by Gaza missile
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Israel’s tanks fire across border in ‘deadly’ retaliation after teenager and driver injured in bus attack An anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip has struck a school bus in southern Israel, wounding two people, including…
Juliano Mer-Khamis: the man who died for theatre
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – The peace activist gunned down in front of the venue he helped found in the West Bank reminds us of the true value of the arts Last October, the European Theatre Convention organised a visit to…
Justice for Gaza conflict victims: a response to Richard Goldstone
The Guardian 7 Apr 2011 – Palestinian human rights organisations express their concern about Goldstone’s revised position Dear Richard Goldstone As Palestinian human rights organisations, we were surprised by your op-ed, Reconsidering the Goldstone report on Israel and war crimes . Your conclusions…
Arab Uprisings Break Down Media Stereotypes
IPS Exhaustive media coverage of the wave of popular revolts sweeping the Middle East and North Africa has helped to dispel myths and stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims, and foster better cultural understanding, media experts said during a conference in Cairo on Wednesday.
U.S.: Libya Splitting Republicans in 1990s Redux
IPS In something of a replay of the infighting among Republicans over Washington’s military interventions in the Balkans in the 1990s, U.S. involvement in the civil war in Libya is exposing serious splits among self-described conservatives.
World Bank Chief Calls for Economic Reforms in Mideast
IPS World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Wednesday pressed a Middle East and North Africa in the midst of the “Arab Spring” to promote vibrant civil societies and urged international financial and development institutions to hold its client governments in the region more accountable, if sustainable growth rates and more integrated…
New Stop the Wall report: Brazil’s Military Relations with Israel (Portuguese version)
Stop The Wall – Mar 30, 2011— On the occasion of the 3rd global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Action Day on March 30 (Palestinian Land Day), we release Stop the Wall’s disconcerting and potentially explosive report on growing and strategic military relations between Brazil and Israel. (Portuguese version) [
Warning: Hamas plans to abduct Israelis
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Officials issue grave warning saying terrorists plan to kidnap civilians from….
Netanyahu vague on Sudan strike
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – In first comments on matter, Bibi neither denies nor confirms reports Israel….
Marmara to return to Gaza in May
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Vessel involved in deadly raid in May 2010 scheduled to take part in another….
Israel to France: Evacuate our Ivory Coast diplomats
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – FM Lieberman asks French to help evacuate diplomats from embassy after it was….
Poll: 60% of Egyptians support peace with Israel
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Survey shows most Egyptians would support peace accord if Palestinian state is….
Hamas cell behind J’lem explosion?
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Security forces arrest five residents of east Jerusalem suspected of planning….
Report: Abbas refused to meet Mashaal
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Senior Palestinian source claims Abbas refused to meet Hamas’s politburo chief….
Gaza official: ‘Mabhouh heir’ survived Sudan hit
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Legislative council member from Hamas denies reports his nephew, Abdul Latif….
Dozens hurt in train collision near Netanya
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Two trains collide south of Netanya station prompting Magen David Adom emergency….
Goldstone to face libel suit
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – MK Danny Danon enlists help of Jewish-American lawyers to file libel lawsuit….
IDF bombs Gaza tunnels; no injuries
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Air Force carries out several strikes in Gaza Strip, destroys smuggling tunnels,….
Gaza groups declare truce; IDF bombs Strip
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Fearing harsh IDF retaliation following a day of missile attacks on Israeli communities, Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip declared a ceasefire as of 11 pm … ….
IDF chief urges calm in south
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz visited the Gaza vicinity Thursday evening after terrorists fired a barrage of rockets at Israel and an anti-tank missile hit a bus, … ….
Iron Dome intercepts first rocket
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Residents in Ashkelon reported Thursday seeing Israel’s new Iron Dome defense system intercept a Grad rocket fired towards the southern city from the Gaza Strip. IDF … ….
Bomb scare at California synagogue
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Police investigating a blast near a Los Angeles-area synagogue on Thursday said it was caused by a mechanical failure, and not a pipe bomb as they had originally … ….
Attorney general to order ‘Bibi-tours’ probe
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein plans to order an investigation by the State Prosecutor’s Office into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight funding, Ynet learned … ….
Police cmdr. won’t be charged with sexual harassment
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – Police Commander Uri Bar-Lev will not stand trial for sexually harassing Dr. Orly Ines, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced on Thursday. The attorney general … ….
Teen critically injured in attack on Negev bus
YNet News, 7 Apr 2011 – A 16-year boy was critically injured after a bus driving near the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council was hit, apparently by an anti-tank missile, fired from the Gaza Strip … ….
Palestinian Information Center
Israel wants Zionist-friendly democracy in the Arab world
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – Israel knows quite well that its various interests in the Arab region can best be guaranteed by repressive tyrants such as Hosni Mubarak and Zeinulabideen bin Ali
PLC meeting: Jerusalem hot topic on foreign agenda
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – MP Ahmed Abu Halabiyya said Wednesday that issues in Jerusalem were some of the hottest topics while meeting abroad with organizations and public figures in several Islamic and Arab nations.
Israeli wide demolitions in Aqaba village this morning
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have embarked since the early morning hours of today on widespread demolitions in Aqaba village in Tubas city, north of the West Bank.
Palestinian prisoners go on single day hunger strike
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails go on hunger strike on Thursday to protest the continued Israeli repressive measures against them including medical neglect and solitary confinement.
Ramallah protests continue as Abbas delays freeing prisoners
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – Protests continue in Ramallah as youth await promised steps by Palestinian de facto president to free a list of men held for political reasons in the Palestinian Authority jails.
Turkish foreign minister meets Mishaal
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu announced that he met with Hamas supreme leader Khaled Mishaal in Damascus on Wednesday night to discuss inter-Palestinian reconciliation.
Israeli security source: Assassination of Abu Sisi was an option
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – The assassination of Gazan engineer Dirar Abu Sisi was an option discussed by the Israeli security apparatuses, a security source was quoted as saying by the Israeli TV on Thursday.
Abu Marzouk: Men killed in mystery Sudan raid not Palestinians
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – Deputy chairman of the Hamas political bureau Mossa Abu Marzouk has denied that the victims killed in the recent mystery attack in Sudan on Monday were not Palestinians and had no ties with Hamas.
Sit-in in Jenin against Israeli decision to exile 8 prisoners
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – Protesters outside the Red Cross headquarters in Jenin city on Wednesday demanded human rights organizations to pressure Israel to cancel its decision to exile eight Palestinian prisoners.
Man injured during four new Israeli raids in Gaza Strip
PIC 7 Apr 2011 – A man was injured, tunnels were damaged and people panicked after the Israeli occupation forces launched four raids on various targets in the Gaza Strip.
Prisoner Suffering Serious Health Problems, says PPC
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Child Diagnosed with Cancer Released from Prison
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Jerusalem Resident Says Israelis Trying to Push him Out of his Old City Home
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Gaza Residents Stranded on Egyptian Border Return Home
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Facebook Page Discusses Palestinian Women Problems
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Rights Groups say no Legal Value for Goldstone’s Article
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Israel to Prevent Solidarity Fleet from Reaching Gaza
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Israeli Settlers Attack Water Spring near Nablus for Second Time
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Jenin’s Freedom Theater Founder Shot Dead
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Israeli Settlers Seize Palestinian Land
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Palestinian Official Denied Right to Visit his ill Granddaughter in Jerusalem
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Israeli Municipality of West Jerusalem Approves Building 942 Housing Units in Settlements
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RICHARD FALK: OBAMA’S LIBYAN FOLLY: TO BE OR NOT TO BE..
Intifada-Palestine: 7 Apr 2011 – by: Richard Falk The outcome in Libya remains uncertain, but what seems clear beyond reasonable doubt is that military intervention has not saved the day for either the shadowy opposition known as ‘the rebels,’ and certainly not for the people of… more
KEN O’ KEEFE : Samouni Family Responds to Justice Goldstone Backtrack on Israeli War Crimes
Intifada-Palestine: 6 Apr 2011 – Samouni Family in Gaza with Ken O’ Keefe by: Ken O’Keefe / Intifada Palestine During Operation Cast Lead Israel committed massive war crimes for all the world to see. Among these crimes the use of White Phosphorus in densely populated areas, use… more
Military Analysis: Libyan Rebels Don’t Really Add Up to an Army
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – Many of the fighters are brave, but by almost all measures by which a military might be assessed, they are a hapless bunch.
Bahrain’s Rulers Tighten Their Grip on Battered Opposition
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – The splintered Shiite opposition in Bahrain is seeking ways to regain momentum after the nation’s Sunni rulers crushed opposition protests last month.
Syria Tries to Placate Sunnis and Kurds
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – The government of President Bashar al-Assad offered several unusual gestures on Wednesday intended to earn it good will among Sunnis and Kurds.
Missile From Gaza Hits School Bus
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – A 16-year-old Israeli boy was critically wounded on Thursday when an anti-tank missile fired out of Gaza struck a school bus in southern Israel, officials said.
Germany Pushes Israelis on Peace
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that it was more urgent than ever that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks be restarted.
Gates, in Iraq, Talks of Effects of Budget Fight
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on Thursday that if the United States government shuts down this weekend and into next week, American troops would experience a temporary halt in their pay.
Bid for State of Palestine Gets Support From I.M.F.
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – The International Monetary Fund says the Palestinian Authority is fully capable of running the economy of an independent state.
Chicago News Cooperative: Chicago Lawyers Caught Between Clients and Country
New York Times 7 Apr 2011 – Lawyers working on behalf of detainees at the Guant?°namo Bay prison in Cuba have found the experience frustrating and depressing, but also at times exhilarating.
One hundred and fifty feared dead in Mediterranean boat tragedy
WSWS – Coast guards reported that the straits between the island of Lampedusa and the North African coast were the scene of yet another tragedy, after a boat capsized in stormy seas with many lives lost.
Divisions among imperialist powers deepen over conduct of Libyan offensive
WSWS – Washington’s decision to withdraw from participation in air bombardment of Libya has exacerbated tensions between the major powers, above all between the United States and France.
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli military demolishes village of Amniyr for second time in five weeks
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Gaza under attack – 5 dead, 40 injured; reports that UN evacuated all staff from Gaza; could be beginnning of large Israeli operation
Mondoweiss – Medics: Gaza death toll rises to 5; 40 injured GAZA CITY (Ma’an) 7 Apr 18:54 — Israeli artillery fire killed three Palestinians and injured 40 others in a major escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, after an anti-tank missile struck a school bus…
The guard told me ‘you are nothing like the Muslim prisoners’. He was wrong
Mondoweiss – My friend Noor (above left) has beautiful eyes, but today they look sad. Noor’s grandfather passed away and she has had no way of letting her father know because the simple forms of communication all of us take for granted can’t help her reach out to…
Jewish left continues to take on the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Mondoweiss – Protesters outside the Simon Wiesenthal Center in New York City. (Photo: Bud Korotzer) A coalition of progressive Jewish organizations on both coasts yesterday slammed the Simon Wiesenthal Center ‘s honoring of the civil rights-era Freedom Riders while “engaging in anti-Muslim bigotry that is no less destructive…
John Hagee celebrates Glenn Beck’s ‘defense of the Jewish people’ the day after Fox News ends his show under charges of anti-Semitism
Mondoweiss – Fox News and Glenn Beck announced yesterday that Beck’s show is ending on the network . This comes after sustained campaigns from Jewish organizations, such as the Jewish Funds for Justice , to cancel Beck’s show for “conspiracy theories, which often involve personal attacks on Jews and on…
There was no retraction
Mondoweiss – Professor William A. Schabas has posted an article on his blog: “Richard Goldstone did not Retract the Report” Schabas was a member of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He is a prolific author and has written many of the standard reference works employed in…
Pity the Village
Palestine Monitor – In the third Israeli lockdown of Awarta since the murder of five in Itamar, villagers report that 200 were arrested in what are becoming routine invasions by the IOF. Amjad Suliman Qawariq, the Chief of the Service Department of Awarta, reported that 200 villagers were arrested…
Juliano Mer-Khamis: The Death of Hope
Tikun Olam – Juliano Mer-Khamis’ Palestinian production of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Juliano Mer-Khamis, the noted Israeli actor-director, was assassinated in Jenin on Monday. The PA has arrested Mujahed Qaniri,a Palestinian suspected of the crime. The shooter has alleged connections to Hamas. Mer-Khamis was a living, breathing representative of what…
Fatah probes Dahlan and Rashid for supplying weapons to Gaddafi
Middle East Monitor 7 Apr 2011 – Fatah’s Central Committee announced that it has begun investigating recent reports that two members of the movement’s leadership are involved in smuggling Israeli weapons into Libya to support Mu’ammar Gaddafi’s forces. In a press release, the Committee stated that the allegations against the two contradict Fatah’s…
Austrian Foreign Minister enters Gaza through Rafah border crossing
Middle East Monitor 7 Apr 2011 – On Wednesday, April 6, the Austrian Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger, arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Mr Spindelegger is set to hold talks with a number of organisations and officials including – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
Prisoners on hunger strike for sick detainee
Sabr 7 Apr 2011 – RAMALLAH ( Ma’an ) — Palestinians detained in Israeli jails announced Wednesday a hunger strike to be held on Thursday in solidarity with imprisoned cancer sufferer Akram Mansour. The one day hunger strike protests the continued detention of Mansour, who suffers from a brain tumor and lacks appropriate…
100 women detained in Awarta
Sabr 7 Apr 2011 – NABLUS (AFP/ Ma’an ) — Israeli troops stormed the village of Awarta on Thursday morning, arresting more than 100 women in what local officials said was part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of five settlers in March. Hundreds of troops entered Awarta – the village…
Israel releases detained Palestinian patient
Sabr 5 Apr 2011 – GAZA CITY ( Ma’an ) — Israeli authorities on Monday released a Palestinian detained over a month ago on his way to hospital in Israel. Mahdi Atef Nasser, 21, from Deir Al-Balah, was detained on March 1 at the Erez crossing on the Gaza-Israel border.
Gaza truck drivers strike to protest Karni Closure
Gisha 7 Apr 2011 – Bread prices expected to rise, [2011-03-06]
Gisha response to closing of Karni Crossing: Gaza’s Crossings Squeezed Shut
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Hamas declares ceasefire in Gaza
BBC 7 Apr 2011 – Islamist group Hamas announces it has agreed a ceasefire with Gaza’s militant groups, hours after an attack on an Israeli bus.
Syria grants key Kurdish demand
BBC 7 Apr 2011 – Kurds in the eastern Syrian region of Hasaka are to be granted a key demand – the right to Syrian nationality – via a decree by President Assad.
New dawn
BBC 6 Apr 2011 – Post-revolution Cairo book fair brings hope for publishing in Egypt
(en) Anarkismo.net: International Women’s Day – Fight sexism! (fr) [machine translation]
A-infos 7 Apr 2011 – This text comes from the leaflet that libertarian socialists Aalborg shared out by 8th March demonstration in Aalborg 2011th —— 8. March creases from LS-Aalborg —— Capitalism helps maintain discrimination and sexism in society. It has large konsevenser for all people, especially women. But how do…
BDS Blossoms Across U.S. on Palestinian Land Day!
US Campaign to End the Occupation 7 Apr 2011 – April 7, 2011, Learn about the exciting BDS events that took place across the country on March 30, 2011, commemorating Palestinian Land Day, and get inspired to undertake BDS actions in your community.
Articles
Mer-Khamis and binational resistance movement
Amira Hass, Haaretz, Israeli Occupation Archive4/6/2011
Through his life and his body, Juliano Mer-Khamis embodied the possibility of a binational resistance movement
Those who knew Juliano Mer-Khamis, the Nazareth-born actor and director who was shot in Jenin on Monday, will have to be the ones to write about him; all that the rest of us can do is write about the milestones in his life.
Juliano was lucky. He was born Palestinian and Jewish, Jewish and Palestinian. This angry man was beset by conflicting yet complementary identities. He was the long shadow of an imagined binational community from the 1950s. Like a Peter Pan who refuses to grow up, Juliano embodied the potential of a shared life (ta’ayush in Arabic ) while striving for equality. The son of a Jewish mother and a Palestinian father, he was born to two cultures, and chose to live in both. He saw no need to explain.
My guess is that Juliano wasn’t entertaining illusions; sustaining blows from all sides, the potential of ta’ayush shrank. Ta’ayush is the sane vision, but the chance that it will be realized is increasingly slim. There are some who fantasize about the days of the Messiah to avoid thinking about the days before the next disaster strikes. Juliano’s was the offspring of a fantasy of ta’ayush. His birth was the outcome of a fantasy of ta’ayush, and his death is a disaster.
Juliano was angry. His rage was the kind that only a Jew like him, who was born on the left and craved equality until the end, can allow himself to express as a way of life. Palestinians must conquer the anger, mellow it; they must tame it, repress it, sublimate it. That’s the only way to stay both alive and sane (without getting arrested, wounded or killed ) under the conditions of physical and non-physical violence dictated by Israel. — See also: Source more.. e-mail
Another war on Gaza?
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada4/4/2011
In recent weeks an escalation in violence between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of more than a dozen Palestinians, the youngest of them 10-year-old Mahmoud Jalal al-Hilu.
Does this escalation increase the likelihood of another large-scale assault on Gaza similar to “Operation Cast Lead” in winter 2008-2009 that killed more than 1,400 Palestinians? There are worrying signs Israel — by its words and deeds — could be laying the ground for an attack.
The ratchet of violence took another turn in the small hours of 2 April when Israel carried out an air attack on the Gaza Strip killing three members of Hamas’ military wing.
Israel did not claim that the three Hamas men were engaged in any hostile activity at the time they were killed (riding in a car), but a statement from the Israeli army alleged that they were “planning to kidnap Israelis over the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover” — several weeks in the future.
Israel’s latest attack constituted an extrajudicial killing, in which Israel, the occupying power, acted as judge, jury and executioner, issuing allegations for which it offered no evidence, after it had already carried out the death sentence. Under international law, this is a war crime.
Global media tend to report these events as Israeli “retaliation” for Palestinian attacks, but a close reading of Israeli media presents a very different picture: deliberate provocation and escalation by Israel. more.. e-mail
New study: Progress in Palestine — stagnation in Israel
Ma’an News Agency4/8/2011
As change sweeps through the Arab world, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to be defined by the threat of escalation. Contrary to public perception, however, also in the Palestinian territory new political trends have emerged. While these have often been overlooked, they fundamentally question the established parameters of confrontation.
This is the key argument of “The Politics of Change in Palestine – State-Building and Non-Violent Resistance” (Pluto Press, London, March 2011). The book is authored by the East-Jerusalem representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, a political foundation affiliated to Germany’s social democratic party.
Taking stock of recent developments in Palestine and Israel, Michael Br??ning argues that “politics of change” in Palestine have “significantly bolstered prospects for Palestinian national aspirations”, as they stand in stark contrast to “a policy of stagnation and a major shift to the right” in Israeli politics. While the study sheds light on internal political developments in the Palestinian territory, it offers a substantial counter-argument to the widespread claim that there is “no Palestinian partner for peace”.
Against the background of US-attempts to jump start “rituals of Middle East peace negotiations”, Br??ning identifies political progress in a variety of levels in Palestine. In the two first chapters, political progress is discussed in terms of programmatic and structural developments within the predominant political movements in Palestine: Hamas and Fatah. Noting remaining shortcomings such as persistent “democratic deficits”, the author makes a convincing claim that both Hamas and the Fatah movement have recently succeeded in bringing change to both political institutions. — See also: The Politics of Change in Palestine: State-Building and Non-Violent Resistance more.. e-mail
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 5, injure 30
Electronic Intifada: 7 Apr 2011 – As Palestinians were preparing for their weekend this Thursday afternoon, all of a sudden barrages of Israeli artillery fire and air raids by warplanes struck several regions of the Gaza Strip.more
Police training programs twin US-Israeli racism
Electronic Intifada: 7 Apr 2011 – The racism of the American “war on drugs,” especially in the south, is notorious. So is the racism faced daily by Palestinians. In Atlanta, a university program allows these two manifestations of racism to feed off each other and community activists are organizing to shut the program down.more
Pity the Village
Palestine Monitor: 7 Apr 2011 – In the third Israeli lockdown of Awarta since the murder of five in Itamar, villagers report that 200 were arrested in what are becoming routine invasions by the IOF. Amjad Suliman Qawariq, the Chief of the Service Department of Awarta, reported that 200 villagers were arrested last night, 6 April, after the Israeli Occupation Forces rolled in at 10:30 pm. According to Qawariq, Israeli police entered with the IOF, ordering villagers to return to their homes and imposing a curfew on the town. At 11:000 pm, police and soldiers began entering homes, conducting searches and detaining residents. According to Abu George, 44, soldiers did not shy away from arresting the elderly, sick or disabled: “Some couldn’t walk, so they carried them.” Abu George’s son has now been arrested twice, and his house raided three times. Those arrested were taken to the Huwarrah military base, not far from Awarta. Once there,…more
War on Palestinian Memory: Israel Resolves Its Democracy Dilemma
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Apr 2011 – By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian citizens of Israel must have been proud of the fact that their collective tenacity always proved stronger than any Israeli attempt at dislocating them from their rightful historical narrative. Now, they are being told to cease and desist from commemorating al-Nakba, the Catastrophe of 1948, which saw the brutal seizure and depopulation of most of Palestine in order to construct the Israeli ‘miracle’. Currently estimated at a fifth of the population of today’s Israel, Palestinians with Israeli citizenship have endured appalling treatment for decades. As Muslims and Christians, they have been regarded as an anomaly in what was meant to be a perfect Jewish utopia governed by the laws of democracy. This is the quandary that Israel has never mastered, as the non-Jewish citizens of Israel have represented a major obstacle to that vision. The question of what to do with Palestinian citizens of Israel has…more
The Fiction of the Jewish History in Palestine
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Apr 2011 – By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told NNC Pierce Morgan on March 18, 2011 that he might agree to a Palestinian state through negotiations. And he added, “We will make territorial concessions although it is very painful to do that in our ancestral land.” Netanyahu was not talking about Poland where his ancestors lived. He was talking about Palestine where generations of its indigenous population ancestors lived, cultivated the land and are buried. By the end of the nineteenth century, Zionism created a new Jewish identity of blood and soil. To mobilize their followers and supporters and appeal to their emotions, the Zionists created myths. Zionism started as a tribal religion without god, but in order to fulfill its function as a unifying force, Zionism required external religious and race symbols, not inner content. Its leaders regarded metaphysical religious belief and purity of race as having value in…more
Goldstone’s Wobble Sends Wrong Signal
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Apr 2011 – By Stuart Littlewood ‘If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document,’ says Judge Goldstone in a bombshell article in the Washington Post that set Zionist champagne corks a-poppin’. But what exactly is it Goldstone now knows that suddenly weakens his devastating findings and recommendations? Not that his report tells us more than we already knew from the multitude of accounts by eye-witnesses and other reliable sources. It’s devastating because the evidence is so damning. Its real value, though, is in the legalistic tone and immaculate packaging, which impressed the United Nations and prodded follow-up action. The Mission’s mandate from the United Nations was “to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from…more
Kairos Southern Africa’s Response to Palestine Kairos
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Apr 2011 – By Kairos Southern Africa – Bredell, South Africa The Palestine Kairos Document was launched on Monday evening 4 April 2011, at a meeting of Kairos Southern Africa in Bredell near Johannesburg. The document is called: A moment of truth – A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of the Palestine suffering. The notion of a Palestine Kairos Document was inspired by the South African Kairos Document as a Christian testimony of faith during the dark and last days of apartheid. Palestinian lay people, theologians and church leaders came together to express a testimony of faith in relation to their experience under the occupation of Palestine by Israel. In response to the message of the Palestine Kairos Document, Christians from South Africa and countries in Southern Africa gathering at the conference decided to state the following: We fully honour this faith commitment and courageous witness as expressed by…more
Libya: Arms and Duplicity
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Apr 2011 – By Felicity Arbuthnot – London ‘The assessment is that we have taken out 30 percent of the military capacity of Gaddafi.’ (Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, senior NATO staff officer, 5th April 2011.) On 29th March, freshly back from a good will tour of the Middle East, with a bunch of arms salesmen in tow, as bombs rained down on Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron, welcomed Foreign Ministers from more than forty countries to a London Conference: “To help the Libyan people in their hour of need.” Since the 110 Tomahawk Cruise missiles had pulverized the country in just the first twenty four hours of the start of bombing on 19th., March, had been declared by America’s Nobel Laureate President: “only the first phase”, they surely needed it. The Libyan people, said Cameron must be “free from violence …” Indeed. Our actions were: “… saving lives.” The Prime Minister has…more
Remember – A Poem
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Apr 2011 – (In memory of Juliano Mer Khamis) By Remi Kanazi our paths never crossed work mind ideology daily I’m sure artist teacher director advocate intellect father son funny man much more 5 bullets casings on the floor blood painting the pavement masked gunman gone people chattering fingers pointing Israeli media and politicians sharpening knives won’t let him rest five minutes before digging in for points serving an agenda he fought daily won’t let his kids process breathe mourn break down gasp for breath don’t know what runs through someone’s veins before that trigger is pulled what excuse what idea allowed oxygen to enter that motion wanted to meet you shake hands share coffee say keep working it is appreciated it is loved it is felt now rest in peace rest assured your memory will be a theater open nights until justice is served freedom is brought and a stage is set…more
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