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Palestinian Woman Wounded After Army Fired At Homes In Northern Gaza
IMEMC – Sunday July 10, 2011 – 04:14, Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday at night that Israeli soldiers, based near the northern Gaza border, opened automatic fire at a number of Palestinian homes wounding a young Palestinian woman and inflicting damage to property.
Israeli Air Force Bombards Brick Factory In Gaza
IMEMC – Sunday July 10, 2011 – 04:00, The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Saturday at night, an air-strike targeting a brick factory, east of Gaza city; damage was reported, no injuries.
Activists Break Through Israeli Annexation Barrier Near Qalandya
IMEMC – Saturday July 09, 2011 – 23:45,”Welcome to Palestine” participants have Saturday took part in demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians protesting against Israel’s Annexation Wall in the West Bank city of Qalandya and the village of Nabi Salih. Demonstrators later took part in a act of civil disobedience when international and Palestinian activists cut and broke through the annexation barrier close to Qalandya.
Despite Israeli arrests, threats and scare tactics,”Welcome to Palestine” tour begins
IMEMC – Saturday July 09, 2011 – 14:51, Less than 50 of the International Solidarity visitors managed to arrive in the West Bank as part of the Welcome to Palestine campaign, called for by at least 40 Palestinian civil society organizations meant to raise awareness about what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank and inside Israel.
Immigration: Israel to expel 120 activists
7/10/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel is preparing to expel 120 mostly European activists jailed after having managed to arrive on flights to the country as part of a pro-Palestinian protest, an official said Saturday. But immigration service spokeswoman Sabine Hadad said four activists from Germany and Holland were authorized to stay after giving a written commitment “not…. Related: A special form for Arab passengers to warn airport ahead of their arrival
Palestinians, activists launch anti-wall campaign
7/10/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinians and foreign activists gathered at the Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Saturday to launch a campaign urging the international community to implement a International Court of Justice ruling to demolish the separation wall. The campaign is being supported by popular committees and local organizations across Palestine, as….
Israel media: ‘Flytilla’ passengers join protests
7/10/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli news reports said Saturday that two demonstrations in the occupied West Bank included activists onboard the so-called “flytilla” that arrived Friday. More than 100 participants were detained at Ben Gurion International Airport upon arrival but according to Israeli reports, others managed to join protesters in two towns near Ramallah. A…. Related: PA envoy slams European complicity in blocking ‘Flytilla’
Report: Salah to remain in jail
7/9/2011 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — A British court ruled Friday that Sheikh Raed Salah will remain behind bars after denying an appeal filed by the leader of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, Israeli media reported. In upholding the decision to deport him, the judges noted that Salah entered the United Kingdom illegally…. Related: Protest in Nazareth over Islamist leader Salah
Protest in Nazareth over Islamist leader Salah
7/10/2011 – NAZARETH, Israel (AFP) — Several thousand Palestinian citizens of Israel protested in Nazareth on Saturday against the detention in Britain of controversial Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Saleh who faces deportation. An AFP journalist said around 4,000 people, among them Palestinian members of the Israeli parliament, marched through the tow holding pictures of the imam and chanting…. Related: Report: Salah to remain in jail
Witnesses: Israel fires on central Gaza
7/10/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces fired on the central Gaza Strip late Saturday, witnesses said, just after Israeli officials said two rockets landed in an Ashkelon-area regional council. An Israeli army spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment….
PA envoy slams European complicity in blocking ‘Flytilla’
7/9/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the European Union Leila Shahid slammed European airlines on Friday for preventing European citizens from traveling to Tel Aviv to join solidarity protests with the Palestinian people.” Is Europe blockaded just like Palestine? On what basis are European solidarity activists blacklisted at airports in….
Activists: Dozens held at Paris demonstration
7/10/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Police in Paris dispersed a demonstration Saturday in solidarity with pro-Palestinian activists onboard the so-called air flotilla at Ben Gurion International Airport, a French activist said. Several dozen people were briefly detained at the protest in the French capital. They were released late Saturday. Israel is preparing to expel 120 mostly….
Egypt extends detention of Israeli spy suspect
7/10/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt’s public prosecutor on Saturday extended by 15 days the detention of a man suspected of spying for Israel, a judicial source said. Ilan Grapel, a US-Israeli dual national, “will remain in custody for another 15 days pending investigation,” the source said. His remand had been due to expire Monday. American-born….
Abbas: PA may not pay salaries next month
7/10/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas revealed on Saturday that the PA is encountering a serious financial crisis and might not be able to pay civil servant salaries next month. Abbas had warned of the measures in a meeting with leaders of Palestinian popular organizations Friday night.” We might pay a half salary….
Erekat: Dismantle wall 7 years since ICJ ruling
7/9/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — PLO official Saeb Erekat urged the international community to abide by its commitment to international law on Saturday while marking the seventh anniversary of an International Court of Justice ruling condemning the Israeli separation wall.”The recognition of the State of Palestine on the 1967 border embodies the spirit and legal….
Egypt appoints new information minister
7/10/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt on Saturday appointed a new information minister, a controversial post that had been abolished after the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Osama Heikal, former editor-in-chief of the liberal Wafd party’s newspaper, was sworn in on Saturday in front of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the military council….
Iraq militants refuse to hand over Briton
7/10/2011 – BAGHDAD (AFP) — A Shiite militant group in Iraq said on Saturday that it would not hand over a British bodyguard it abducted four years ago, in a statement worded to suggest Alan McMenemy remains alive.” The American occupiers did not stop their procrastination and delays in handing over our mujaheddin [holy warriors] in their prisons….
Egypt orders arrest of 12 police officers for murder
7/10/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) — The prosecutor in Egypt’s second city Alexandria ordered on Saturday the arrest of 12 police officers accused of torturing to death a suspect in a deadly New Year’s church attack, a judicial official said. Adel Emara ordered the arrest of the officers, who allegedly killed Sayed Belal, a Salafi….
Human rights activists slam Syria over protester deaths
7/10/2011 – DAMASCUS (AFP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday condemned Syria’s “deliberate policy” of dispersing protesters with deadly force after activists said security forces killed at least 15 people in the latest protests. The deaths came on Friday as Damascus accused the US envoy to Syria of inciting violence in the city of Hama, where….
South Sudan announces statehood
7/9/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — South Sudan became the world’s newest state on Saturday, as the speaker of the South Sudan parliament announced independence amid jubilant celebrations. In January 2011 the results of a referendum on secession in South Sudan were announced, with an overwhelming majority of 99 percent voting for independence from the….
Libyan rebels push campaign to cut off Gadhafi
7/9/2011 – GUALISH, Libya (AFP) — Libyan rebels said they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Moamer Gadhafi in the ever-closer capital. But the embattled leader remained defiant, telling supporters on Friday that “the regime in Libya will not fall.” After heavy….
3 soldiers killed in south Yemen ambush
7/9/2011 – ADEN (AFP) — A Yemeni army officer and two of his troops were killed in an ambush by gunmen near the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, military sources said. They said the unidentified assailants opened fire with automatic weapons on a jeep outside the town of Daleh. Apart from the military casualties, two civilians….
US says Al-Qaeda defeat ‘within reach’
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2011 – Defence secretary says eliminating the group’s last remaining leaders will help cripple its ability to strike.
Egypt PM vows to sack murder-accused police
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2011 – Essam Sharaf pledges to fire all officers accused of killing protesters during uprising, to placate public frustration.
French flotilla ship ‘sails for Gaza’
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2011 – Vessel granted permission to sail from Crete to Rhodes but activists say ‘final destination’ is Palestinian territory.
Urgent plight of Somalia’s child refugees
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2011 – Doctors say more aid is desperately needed to help Somalis fleeing to refugee camps in Kenya.
Syrian forces ‘ordered to shoot to kill’
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2011 – Rights group releases testimonies of defectors from security forces who say they took part in crackdown on protests.
Iran ‘test-fires long-range missiles’
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2011 – Two missiles fired into Indian Ocean in apparent display of Iranian military’s capacity to strike beyond its borders.
Clashes Between Marchers and Israeli Soldiers on Kalinda Checkpoint
PNN – Ramallah – PNN – Clashes occured today at noon between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers near the Kalinda checkpoint, south of Jerusalem, after activists began march advocating nonviolent activities against the Israeli occupation….
International Solidarity Movement
CPT: Palestinians protest expansion of Havat Ma’on Outpost; Israeli Military responds with violence
7/9/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – Christian Peacemaker Team – At-Tuwani – Carrying a large banner that read “We want to live in Peace and Dignity,” over one hundred Palestinians, internationals and Israeli activists marched in protest of an extension to the illegal Israeli settlement of Havat Ma’on on the morning of July 9th. In response to the nonviolent march…. Related: Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine Projects
A special form for Arab passengers to warn airport ahead of their arrival
7/9/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 972 Magazine – Israel responded to the “flytilla” with a wildly disproportionate deployment of police and extraordinary security checks. But Palestinian citizens of Israel are discriminated at the Ben Gurion Airport on an hourly basis – and are now able to racially profile themselves, using a specially provided form to warn the airport authorities of their arrival…. Related: Source and Immigration: Israel to expel 120 activists
Israel attacks pro-Palestinian activists at Kalandia checkpoint
9 Jul 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Hundreds of citizens and foreign solidarity activist gathered today at Kalandia checkpoint in the north of Jerusalem to protest Israeli agressive policy and the construction of the illegal Apartheid Wall.
Israel declares Burin closed military zone
9 Jul 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli occupation forces closed Saturday all entrances leading to Irraq Burin village in the west of Nablus and subjected residents to intensive procedures.
Exclusive: A flotilla of Palestinian Refugees to return to Palestine,”Israel”
8 Jul 2011 – Paris, (Pal Telegraph) -After many attempts of sending Boats of aid to Gaza, solidarity with Palestinians seemed to grow to the peak. A controversial plan has been set by 9 European groups, 1 in Canada and 2 in the US to send Passenger boats boarded by huge number of Palestinian Refugees to their homes in occupied Palestine known as”Israel”…
Israel challenged by publicity stunts
The National 9 Jul 2011 – Peaceful international protests organised by pro-Palestine activists are capturing the attention of media and challenging Israel’s security and diplomats.
Protests flare up across Syria
The National 8 Jul 2011 – Hundreds of thousands demonstrated nationwide, according to activists and video footage posted online, with at least 13 people killed and dozens wounded when live ammunition fired by security units hit protesters in Damascus, Idleb and Hama.
Israel blocks ‘flytilla’ protesters at airport but second wave expected
The National 8 Jul 2011 – The protesters said their campaign was focused on criticising Israel’s travel restrictions on tourists looking to head to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Sea of voices at Tahrir Square protest
The National 8 Jul 2011 – The huge gathering where Egypt’s revolution began was one of the largest and most diverse since the day Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
11 killed as Saleh supporters fire after president’s TV appearance
The National 8 Jul 2011 – Most of the shooting was in celebration of Mr Saleh’s address on Thursday evening, hospital officials said, but it was unclear if all the deaths were accidental.
Syrians take to the streets as regime lashes out at US
The National 7 Jul 2011 – Demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad, Syrians carried olive branches as they gathered in the flashpoint city of Hama.
Israel to set maritime border with Lebanon as tensions rise over gas reserves
Ha’aretz – Israel to submit proposal to UN on where maritime economic border with Lebanon should be over next few days; Lebanon submitted proposal on position of maritime border to UN last August.
Pro-Palestinian activists withdraw Tahrir ship from Gaza flotilla
Ha’aretz – Withdrawal of Tahrir after failing to get Greek authority permission to sail leaves only two ships from the original flotilla still planning on sailing to Gaza.
IAF aircraft strikes Gaza tunnel after Qassams land in Israel
Ha’aretz – Israel Air Force aircraft hits smuggling tunnel in north Gaza following rocket attacks overnight Saturday which hit Ashkelon Hof municipality.
MESS REPORT / West Bank escalation reminiscent of years before second intifada
Ha’aretz – Escalating tensions between settlers and Palestinians today recall the first days of the second intifada, with the IDF increasing defensive rings around settlements; IDF officers report renewed, systematic settler agression.
South Sudan’s representative in Israel has big plans in wake of independence
Ha’aretz – Bith Thiyang has served as informal consul of South Sudan to Israel for past five years; Thiyang says things ‘will be better’ with an independent South Sudanese state.
Shameful journalism puts Murdoch’s U.K. empire at risk
Ha’aretz – News of the World ‘hacking’ scandal endangering Rupert Murdoch’s News International; Murdoch’s media empire controls institutional and high circulation U.K. newspapers and satellite TV channels.
New high-tech initiative in Israel seeks to combine business with Zionism
Ha’aretz – The Gvahim New Wave project aims to help new immigrants make it in Israeli high-tech; Project will establish a start-up incubator for new immigrant high-tech ventures.
Two Gaza rockets hit Ashkelon area
Ha’aretz – Three rockets fired into Israel from Gaza Strip; Two hit Ashkelon Hof area, one lands in Gaza.
Report: Hamas official hints that Gilad Shalit is still alive
Ha’aretz – On Israel’s decision to stop transfer of dead bodies to PA, Moussa Abu Marzouk says, ‘We cannot talk about dead bodies within the framework of the prisoner exchange deal.’
Israel to deport pro-Palestinian ‘fly-in’ activists within 48 hours
Ha’aretz – 120 foreign activists currently being held at detention facilities; four activists released and permitted to enter Israel after pledging to refrain from participating in violent protests.
IAF strikes Gaza tunnel in response to rocket attack
Ha’aretz – Israel Air Force aircraft strikes a smuggling tunnel in north Gaza following rocket attacks overnight Saturday which hit Ashkelon Hof municipality.
Lebanon official: Interpol issues alerts against Hezbollah suspects in Hariri case
Ha’aretz – Official says red alerts were dispatched at the request of the Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Report: Foreign pro-Palestinian activists clash with IDF in West Bank
Ha’aretz – ‘Fly-in’ activists take part in demonstration in West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, Channel 10 reports; four foreign nationals taken in for questioning.
Iran says its missiles have reached Indian Ocean for first time
Ha’aretz – Two long-range missiles within range of striking Israel said to have been tested at the beginning of 2011.
Airlines: We cannot return pro-Palestinian activists denied entry to Israel
Ha’aretz – More than 100 political tourists from Europe are waiting in a holding facility to be deported.
Dan Shapiro sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Ha’aretz – Former director of Middle East and North Africa at the National Security Council says Israel’s security is his top priority; former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi attends swearing-in ceremony.
Pro-Palestinian activists plan week of protests in W. Bank
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2011 – Starting in Bethlehem and ending in J’em, foreign activists will take a stand in support of Palestinian statehood in second phase of the “Welcome to Palestine” campaign which began with the “flightilla.”
Bill seeks to halt increase in women’s retirement age
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Twenty-eight MKs mobilize against Finance Ministry initiative aimed at bringing women’s retirement age in line with men’s.
Artist Menashe Kadishman joins cottage cheese war
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Collection being auctioned to raise money for people struggling to cope with rising food prices.
The never-ending claims scandal
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Holocaust survivors deserve to be helped now. Claims Conference Chairman Julius Berman should step down.
BICOM makes Israel’s case with integrity
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Making Israel’s case must not exclude being honest about the challenges Israel faces, or its shortcomings.
Learning Lebanon II’s lessons
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – The war was not considered a success by Israel, but the fact that it’s the Hezbollah leader hiding in a shelter this year and not Israeli children, suggests that it was not a total loss either.
Nasrallah’s bluster
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – The more bombastic the Hezbollah leader’s bravado the more it betokens his desperation.
‘Interpol issues ‘red notice’ for Hariri suspects’
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – International notices are not warrants, but request for arrest ahead of extradition; Hezbollah members were reportedly fingered by STL.
French flotilla ship ‘Dignity’ allowed to sail from Crete
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Greek coastguard says vessel detained last week while refueling will now sail to the island of Rhodes, but activists vow final destination is still the Gaza Strip; nine other flotilla ships remain moored.
Obama: The US welcomes the birth of South Sudan
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – China, Britain and old civil war foe North Sudan join Washington in signaling their recognition of the world’s newest state.
‘Egypt remands alleged Mossad spy Grapel 15 more days’
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Remand of dual Israeli-American citizen had been scheduled to expire; ‘Al-Ahram’ reports espionage investigation still pending.
Jordanian launches campaign to advance polygamy
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Second (or more) wives club aims to solve the problem of spinsterhood, raise money to pay hold mass weddings, combat dowries.
‘Gov’t did not respond hysterically to air flotilla’
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Deputy PM Meridor says foreign activists who evaded authorities and later clashed with soldiers at roadblocks proves preparation justified.
”Air Flotilla’ activists at protests in Bil’in, Kalandiya’
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Organizers claim pro-Palestinian activists who managed to pass border control at Ben-Gurion Airport are participating in W.Bank protests.
UNRWA changes spark fear refugees will be abandoned
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Palestinians stage protests outside UN agency in Gaza City in protest against dropping of words “relief” and “works” from name.
Erekat: PA Washington talks didn’t produce any results
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Signs of tensions between Palestinian Authority, US surface after Palestinian envoys meet with David Hale, Dennis Ross.
Iran: We’ve fired missiles to Indian Ocean for first time
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – “Two 1,900 km-range missiles fired from north,” Revolutionary Guard official says; move unusual as testing usually takes place in desert.
Capital punishment in Iran on the rise, rights groups say
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – Average of two people a day executed in first half of 2011, claim human rights organizations; official figures from Tehran contradict groups’ findings.
US rejects Syrian charge that envoy incited protests
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2011 – State Department says Robert Ford was in fact greeted by friendly protesters who welcomed him; 4 killed in protests around country.
Press Release: Sheikh Raed Salah denied Bail
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – After a three-hour hearing yesterday in London, Sheikh Raed Salah was denied bail by the courts and is to remain in a high security prison with dangerous criminals until his appeal against deportation is heard. The judge stated that the prosecution’s submissions that Sheikh Raed would abscond if granted bail were not convincing, and…
Statement on behalf of the people of the city of Hama
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – The people of the city of Hama, their young and old people, their children and women adopt this statement in its full text, meaning and content, knowing that this statement does not object the general demands of the Syrian revolution, but rather is an integral and complementary part of it. This statement has been…
Egyptians Again Rally for Change
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – Before and after Mubarak was ousted, Egypt’s military arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and disappeared thousands, a practice continuing to ruthlessly stay in power and prevent change. Moreover, thousands arrested are being tried in military courts, denying them due process or judicial fairness. Allowed only court-appointed counsel, attorneys get minutes with clients to review charges before…
There is no reason to talk to an Israel that has lost its way
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – News reports last week told of the Israeli military demolishing Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley, clearing the area to consolidate Israeli control. On the same day, other reports told how the same military was being rebuffed in efforts to remove an illegal Jewish settler outpost in the very same occupied West Bank. There…
Children of Qalandiya: Mahmoud
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – This child has a face and a name. He has a father and a mother who worry, who don’t know where Mahmud had been taken to and on what grounds. They probably wonder where he spends his days, and worse- his nights, whether he had been bitten so badly that he had become disabled (…
A Free Pass for Torturers
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – “Nobody’s above the law,” President Barack Obama declared in 2009, as Congress contemplated an investigation of torture authorized by the Bush administration. But Mr. Obama has failed to honor those words. His Justice Department proclaimed its intention to grant a free pass to Bush officials and their lawyers who constructed a regime of torture…
Syria: Defectors Describe Orders to Shoot Unarmed Protesters
Uruknet Defectors from Syria’s security forces described receiving, and following, orders to shoot on protesters to disperse them, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch interviewed eight soldiers and four members of the security agencies who had defected since anti-government protests erupted in March 2011. Those interviewed participated in the government crackdown in Daraa, Izraa, Banyas, Homs, Jisr…
The Tahrir Will Sail Again Tahir and Most Other Freedom Flotilla II Boats Regroup for Later Efforts to End the Seige
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – We will keep coming by sea, by air, by land and in the media until the blockade collapses and Palestine is free. As the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the whole of Palestine has been outsourced to Greek ports and European airports, our resolve to help free Palestine has never been stronger. Israel may…
Israel arrests Gaza man crossing borders for treatment
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – The Health Ministry has strongly condemned Israel’s inhumane arrest of Aaid Rafeeq Abdul-Jawwad Ziyada, 27, while he was crossing borders to get medical attention in Jordan. The ministry said in a statement on Saturday: “Not only have [Israeli] occupation authorities prevented medicines and medical consumables from entering to the Gaza Strip’s patients…but it has…
Israeli troops attack non-violent protests in four West Bank villages
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – On Friday, Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protests in a number of West Bank villages. This week, protesters marched in solidarity with Freedom Flotilla 2 detained in Greece and the Welcome To Palestine participants. Protests were reported in the villages of al-Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in in the central West Bank, as well…
Mass protests mark “Friday of Determination” in Egypt
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – Cities across Egypt saw the largest demonstrations yesterday since the revolutionary struggles that forced the resignation of US-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak on February 11. Protests, including indefinite sit-ins in public squares like those that forced Mubarak from power, showed the rising opposition to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) military junta that…
Vultures on a Carcass…
Uruknet July 9, 2011 – The carcass is Iraq, the vultures are you. I will NEVER swallow what you have done to Iraq. NEVER. And it has nothing to do with patriotism, nationalism or any of the concepts you keep regurgitating like idiotic parrots. What has happened to Iraq, through your contributions; your efforts, your silence, your apathy, your…
At Least 120 Killed This Week as Karachi Violence Continues
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – Violence in Karachi continued apace today, with at least 35 more people killed and a large number of others wounded, bringing the overall death toll for the past four days to at least 120. Today violence was mostly in the western portion of the city, which was also where police were concentrated. People flocked…
As imperialists and lackeys continue assaults, Libyan masses prepare for all out resistance
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – …Whatever initial, genuine, anti-government rebellion by the Libyan masses existed, it has since been co-opted by Western imperialism and its regional lackeys in an effort to install a regime more compliant to their rotten interests. The “reforms” this anti-people bloc offers would clear away the remaining economic protections enjoyed by Libyans and work against…
Iraqi legislator accuses officials of raping orphans and selling their organs
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – An Iraqi member of parliament from the Kurdistani Alliance Ashwaq al-Jaf accused officials and administrators of orphanages and juvenile correction departments of raping and making illegal relations with gangs to sell their organs. Another member of the Parliamentary Commission on Human Rights said that there are tribal sheikhs that come to the orphanages to…
Composer of Hama protest songs found dead with his throat carved out (Video)
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – Ibrahim Qashqoush, one of Syria’s protest songs’ composers and singers, was found brutally killed with his neck cut and his throat carved out. Mr. Qashqoush’s songs were sung by the thousands of protesters in the central flashpoint city of Hama, which has witnessed one of the largest demonstrations in Syria calling for the downfall…
Activists: Protesters beaten in Baghdad
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – At least seven anti-government protesters were arrested and beaten by Iraqi security forces as hundreds of angry demonstrators gathered Friday in al-Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, human rights activists told CNN. Five of the activists were released, but two were still being held, activists said Friday evening…Hundreds of protesters gathered in the square, carrying…
Iraq snapshot – July 8, 2011
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – Chaos and violence continue, a verdict (not justice) for Jamie Leigh Jones, protests continue in Baghdad, Nouri threatens blood will be spilled, US House Rep Barney Frank observes, “The military budget is not on the table. The military is at the table, and it is eating everybody else’s lunch,” and more… In Iraq today,…
Gaza Flotilla is Stifled, But Not Spirit of Resistance
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – It looked like a scene from an opera. Massed in the doorway and second floor balconies of a quaint building in Athens, facing a magnificent view of the Parthenon, Spanish activists hung banners and flashed peace signs and proclaimed that they wouldn’t leave the building, the Embassy of Spain, until their government assured them…
Palestinians serving 25+ years in Israeli prisons reaches 43
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – The number of Palestinians who have spent more than twenty five years in Israeli prisons has now reached 43 out of a total of around 6,500 Palestinian prisoners held by the Zionist state. According to the Ministry of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs in Gaza, the new figure was reached because a prisoner from Palestine…
“NATO countries…face increasing pressure to end the bombing campaign and seem desperate to find a quick exit”
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – I am amused by how smoothly the NYT cor¬?re¬?spon¬?dent in Libya refers to colonial strate¬?gies for ending the war: “NATO countries…face increas¬?ing pressure to end the bombing campaign and seem desperate to find a quick exit, either by arming the rebels or by killing Colonel Qaddafi with airstrikes.” In other words, assas¬?si¬?na¬?tion after bel¬?liger¬?ent…
Israel’s no fly zone
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – The majority of an estimated 600 Tel Aviv-bound pro-Palestine activists intending to arrive on Friday, July 8 as part of the “Welcome to Palestine” movement have not been allowed to board their flights at originating airports. The activists, approximately half of which are French nationals, were destined for the West Bank town of Bethlehem….
On Flotillas and the Law
Uruknet July 8, 2011 – When it comes to the struggle against Israel’s policies of oppression there are two conflicting levels: that of government and that of civil society. The most recent example of this duality is the half dozen or so small ships held captive in the ports of Greece. The ships, loaded with humanitarian supplies for the…
Two Protests Send Strong Messages On International Accountability Being Key To Break The Illegal Israeli Occupation Of Palestine
Stop The Wall – On the Seventh Anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the Hague Hundreds Asked to Implement the Decision of the International Tribunal and Dozens from Independent Youth Movements Protest Against US Threats [
3 Gaza rockets fired at Israel
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Rocket terror continues: Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel Saturday evening, security officials said. Two rockets landed in open areas in … ….
Palestinians losing European support?
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – More than 100 European Union parliament members say they object to a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood in September. In a letter addressed to EU … ….
4 fly-in activists released
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Four pro-Palestinian activists who arrived in Israel in recent days as part of a protest fly-in were released from prison and allowed to enter the country, officials said … ….
‘Protest singer’ slain for anti-Assad tune
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Ibrahim Kashush became the latest symbol of the ongoing Syrian uprising against President Bashar Assad after a simple act of protest cost him his life. Kashush’s only … ….
Egypt: Israeli ‘spy’ to remain in jail
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Egyptian prosecutors decided Saturday to extend the remand of Israeli-American Ilan Garpel by another 15 days, according to a report on official Egyptian newspaper … ….
Great darkness in Egypt
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – UPPER EGYPT – Maha, an Egyptian merchant in her 40s, doesn’t sleep well at night. Ever since the January 25 revolution, she is experiencing a difficult period. “In the … ….
‘Flytilla’ activists protest in West Bank?
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Palestinians and left-wing activists on Saturday afternoon clashed with Israeli security forces in two separate incidents, in the Palestinian village of Nabi Salih and at … ….
Iran says fired missiles to Indian Ocean
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Senior Revolutionary Guard commander threatens that US aircraft carriers will be….
‘Israel-Turkey talks to resume in NY’
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Turkish diplomat tells H?ºrriyet daily that despite failure to resolve….
South Sudan is world’s newest nation
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – Citizens, international dignitaries convening in the new country capital of Juba….
50 ‘flytilla’ activists enter West Bank
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – After hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists blocked at European airports, 124….
Viagra smuggling foiled during fly-in
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – While hundreds of police officer wait for pro-Palestinian activists at….
Salah to remain in custody in UK
YNet News, 9 Jul 2011 – British court rules leader of Islamic Movement’s northern faction must be….
Palestinian Information Center
Nunu: Western countries ban on travel of activists bias in favor of Israel
PIC – 09/07/2011 – 07:34 AM
IOA confiscates 20 hectares of Palestinian village land
PIC – 09/07/2011 – 08:09 AM
IOF quells West Bank marches against barrier
PIC – 09/07/2011 – 08:53 AM
UNRWA halts number of projects due to lack of financing
PIC – 09/07/2011 – 09:09 AM
Israeli pressure blocks sail of Sierra Leone flagged ship to Gaza
PIC – Israeli pressures on Freetown succeeded in foiling the sail of a Sierra Leone flagged ship, a part of the Freedom Flotilla II, from Greece to the Gaza Strip.
Haneyya calls on London to free Raed Salah
PIC – Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya has called on the British government to release Sheikh Raed Salah who was kept prisoner after his appeal on a deportation decision was denied.
120 pro-Palestinian activists arrested after landing in Ben-Gurion airport
PIC – The Israeli Interior Ministry has blocked hundreds of foreign activists from boarding planes in Europe and arrested dozens who managed to reach the occupied territories on Friday.
IOF soldiers round up 30 Palestinian children in Bethlehem village in two months
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 30 Palestinian children in the Housan village, south of Bethlehem, over the past two months, the ministry of prisoners in Gaza said in a report on Saturday.
IOF troops close Burin village, arrest blind boy in OJ
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed entrances to Iraq Burin village, south of Nablus city, on Saturday and tightened security measures at roadblocks in the vicinity of the village.
IOF quells peaceful march at Qalandia
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled on Saturday a peaceful march organized at the Qalandia roadblock separating occupied Jerusalem from the West Bank.
British court denies bail for Salah
PIC – A British court has denied bail for Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, after the judge said Salah was a “menace to the public”.
Turkish PM says apology over flotilla a condition for restoring ties with Israel
PIC – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has once again refused to normalize relations with Israel before it formally apologizes for the 2010 Gaza flotilla attack and lifts the siege on the Gaza Strip.
Israel arrests Gaza man crossing borders for treatment
PIC – The Health Ministry has strongly condemned Israel’s inhumane arrest of Aaid Rafeeq Abdul-Jawwad Ziyada, 27, while he was crossing borders to get medical attention in Jordan.
Neurotic, psychotic Israel
PIC – Israelis know deep in their hearts that they are living on land that belongs to another people, that they are residing in homes whose real owners were expelled by Israel’s terrorist army.
Israeli Army Cracks Down on Protest at Qalandia Checkpoint
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Israel Marks New Path of Apartheid Wall
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Palestinians Mark Anti-Wall Court Ruling
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Newspapers Review: US House to Cut Aid to PA
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Andaluc??a Regional Government Supports UNRWA Perinatal Care
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Iceland Commits to Vote for Palestine UN Recognition, Upgrades Diplomatic Status to Mission
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A Palestinian State Redeems the U.N.’s Historic Nakba (Catastrophe)
Intifada-Palestine: 9 Jul 2011 – Mohamed Khodr The Honorable President of the United States Barak Obama The Honorable Secretary of State Hilary Clinton The Honorable Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon The Honorable President of the General Assembly Joseph Deiss The Honorable Special… more
Israel largely fends off pro-Palestinian ‘fly-in’ activists
LA Times 8 Jul 2011 – More than 200 activists, mostly European, were kept off Israel-bound flights after Israel circulated a list of names to airline officials and asked that carriers refuse them seats, officials said. Israel on Friday largely fended off a planned “fly-in” protest by hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists,…
Virtual Bridge Allows Strangers in Mideast to Seem Less Strange
New York Times 9 Jul 2011 – A Facebook page created by a former Israeli diplomat allows Israelis to chat with Palestinians and other Arabs about peace prospects and the topics of daily life.
Egypt’s Tahrir Square Again Echoes With Cries for Justice
New York Times 9 Jul 2011 – For five months, Egyptians have shouldered a revolution’s burdens ‚Äî economic malaise, sectarian discord and fears of rising crime ‚Äî and seen few of its rewards.
Ben Gurion Airport showcases the normalization of apartheid in Israel/Palestine
Mondoweiss – This post originally appeared on +972 . Reider adds that he’s not sure how long the process described below has been in place. Israel responded to the”flytilla” with a wildly disproportionate deployment of police and extraordinary security checks. But Palestinian citizens of Israel are discriminated at…
Angry Arab describes new ambassador to Israel as ‘Zionist fanatic,’ and you gotta wonder–
Mondoweiss – As’ad AbuKhalil, on the case, saying “a Zionist fanatic becomes US ambassador in Israel” and picking up on the swearing-in of the new US ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro. “Among the guests at the ceremony were Ambassadors of Israel, Turkey and Morocco, the head of the…
Two US flotilla activists do flytilla
Mondoweiss – According to Ha’aretz (Hebrew),* two American women who were would-be passengers on the “Audacity of Hope” became the first of the flotilla activists to directly confront the Israeli blockade, not of Gaza, but that of the West Bank. The two did not attempt to go to…
Jerusalem Ad: Beautiful apartment, breathtaking view, Jews only
Mondoweiss – From Ofer Neiman: Yad2 is a listing of second hand stuff and flats. The flat in question is located in the French Hill neighborhood, a Jewish neighborhood built after 1967 near Mt. Scopus, in occupied East Jerusalem. Ad reads: “Beautiful apartment including table and chairs. Wall…
Colonel w/ checkered past is last witness to be called in Rachel Corrie trial
Mondoweiss – link to www.haaretz.com link to www.palestine-info.co.uk link to www.mamillacampaign.org link to www.palestine-info.co.uk link to www.palestine-info.co.uk link to sandbox.rebuildingalliance.org link to www.haaretz.com link to www.haaretz.com link to www.ynetnews.com link to mondoweiss.net link to 972mag.com link to 972mag.com link to news.walla.co.il link to weeklyintercept.blogspot.com link to www.ynetnews.com link…
Outgoing Ambassador: U.S. Provided $200-Million for Iron Dome
Tikun Olam – The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Israel, James Cunningham, offers the Jerusalem Post a litany of ways in which we’ve been at Israel’s beck and call. Problems with U.S.-Israel relations? Nah. Nothing that a few hundred million bucks and 20 F-16s can’t fix (that was the failed bribe price for the settlement freeze). Cunningham says:”How do I love thee? Let me count the ways:”.
Weekly Focus: Palestinian Authority Violations of the Right to Peaceful Assembly
Al-Haq 8 Jul 2011 – (2011-07-09)
Did you ever talk to Sheikh Raed Salah? Did you ever really listen to him?*
Middle East Monitor 9 Jul 2011 – Sheikh Raed Salah, one of the most prominent campaigners for Palestinian rights, traveled to the United Kingdom to participate in a speaking tour, including at the launch of the ‘Building Peace and Justice in Jerusalem’ Campaign in Parliament, but was instead arrested for deportation from his…
Egypt PM suspends accused police
BBC 9 Jul 2011 – Egypt’s prime minister orders the suspension of police accused of killing protesters during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
Thousands rally for Egypt reforms
BBC 8 Jul 2011 – Tens of thousands of people rally in Cairo to press Egypt’s government to speed up reforms, in one of the biggest protests since the fall of President Mubarak.
Articles
Israelis’ afflictions: instilled memory and paranoia vera
Uri Avnery, Redress7/10/2011
For several weeks now, our army and navy have been in a state of high alert, bravely facing a deadly threat to our very existence: ten little boats trying to reach Gaza. These vessels are carrying a dangerous gang of vicious terrorists, in the form of elderly veterans of peace campaigns.
Binyamin Netanyahu has affirmed our unshakable determination to defend our country: we shall not let anyone break the blockade to smuggle rockets to the terrorists in Gaza, who will then launch them to kill our innocent children.
This is a kind of record even for Netanyahu: not a single word is true. The flotilla is not carrying any weapons – the representatives of respected international media in the boats provide assurance of this. Also, I think we can rely on the Mossad to plant at least one agent in every boat. (After all, what am I paying my taxes for?) Hamas has not launched rockets for a long time – it has very good reasons of its own to keep the unofficial Tahdi’ah (“Quiet”) agreement. What is the blockade of Gaza for?
If the flotilla had been allowed to reach Gaza, it would have been news for a few hours, and that would have been that. Israel’s total mobilization, the training of the naval commandos for capturing the boats, the acts of sabotage carried out in Greek ports, the immense political pressure exerted by Israel and the US on the poor, bankrupt Greek government – all this has kept this minor initiative in the news for weeks now, drawing attention to the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
What is this blockade for? There is no ascertainable reason for it now, if there ever was one. To terrorize the Gaza people into overthrowing the Hamas government, the victor in democratic elections? Well, it didn’t work, did it?…. more.. e-mail
Did you ever talk to Sheikh Raed Salah? Did you ever really listen to him?*
Rahela Mizrahi, Middle East Monitor (MEMO)7/9/2011
If you met or heard Sheikh Raed Salah speaking, you could not neither fear nor hate him.
Sheikh Raed Salah, one of the most prominent campaigners for Palestinian rights, traveled to the United Kingdom to participate in a speaking tour, including at the launch of the ‘Building Peace and Justice in Jerusalem’ Campaign in Parliament, but was instead arrested for deportation from his hotel room.
What has Sheikh Raed Salah done that would elicit such a response from the British government? Sheikh Raed Salah is the charismatic leader of the Northern Islamic Movement in Israel and an outspoken champion of Jerusalem.
With a resounding absence of a reasonable explanation for the arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah in the British press, he is still represented, following the Israeli press, as a dangerous Muslim extremist. Actually, Sheikh Raed Salah says nothing more radical than what the great majority of the Palestinians and many other people around the world think: he rejects Israeli house demolition, graveyard demolition, the takeover of land and holy places – focusing in Jerusalem – and the siege on Gaza. He does not recognize the Zionist regime, including its parliament, as legitimate; he is not ready to give up Palestinian land, and the refugees’ right of return. But Sheikh Raed Salah says it loudly; he speaks in a clear voice, shows only one face. Threats of prison or assassination will not stop him doing or saying what he believes is right. And that is probably the reason that the Israeli establishment does not stop persecuting him.
But let us ask a simple question: Has anyone in the British press ever spoken with Sheikh Raed Salah? Has the British public ever really had the opportunity to hear what he has said? Have they ever had the opportunity to read his writings?…. more.. e-mail
Information ministry welcomes ‘Israel in therapy’ video
Dimi Reider, +972 Magazine7/7/2011
Yesterday we covered here a masterpiece of self-defeating propaganda showing”Israel” as a distressed and paranoid young woman suspicious of people trying to help her and having flashbacks to edited and censored videos of the IDF raid on the marmara. While the initial suspicion was that this was a trailer for Ami Kaufman’s Izzie series, sources with knowledge of the actress’s engagement confirmed to 972 she was recruited to do a Hasbara video for a government project. Just for the morning exercise of your cringe muscles, here it is again: [link follows]
Yesterday we covered here a masterpiece of self-defeating propaganda showing”Israel” as a distressed and paranoid young woman suspicious of people trying to help her and having flashbacks to edited and censored videos of the IDF raid on the marmara. While the initial suspicion was that this was a trailer for Ami Kaufman’s Izzie series, sources with knowledge of the actress’s engagement confirmed to 972 she was recruited to do a Hasbara video for a government project. Just for the morning exercise of your cringe muscles, here it is again:
The actress, Aimee Neistat, would not confirm, deny or disclose the identity of her employers. We approached the Information Ministry itself for comment, and this is what we got:
“The Information and Diaspora Ministry considers the Internet as a primary Hasbara arena, and welcomes all those individuals and organizations working independently [Heb: be’ofen atzmai, in an independent manner – D.R.] to re the truth behind the provocation of the flotilla organisers.”
I wrote back, asking if they”unequivocally deny any involvement of the ministry in the production of the clip.”…. — See also: YouTube more.. e-mail
gaza drives
In Gaza: 9 Jul 2011 – the ride back from deir al balah took the coastal road, always a pleasure. crammed beside me in the 7 passenger, decades-old mercedes was a lively elderly woman in her hand-stitched robe and traditional light, white, stitched headscarf. some elderly women and men still wear these traditional clothes, though most Palestinians in Gaza nowadays are dressed in jeans, trousers, sneakers, sandals… that could be found pretty much anywhere…. she’s talking and i try to reply to her –she’s got the same maiden name as my husband’s mom, expelled from the same farming village in what is now Israel –but she’s hard of hearing. anyway she’s content enough keeping the conversation going herself. she shares the monologue with the young man pinned in on her other side. i realize my efforts are pointless, so just watch the scenery slide by. past the many homemade tents on the beach giving shade on…more
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