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“Tolerance Museum” Given Go Ahead By Israeli Interior Ministry
IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 17:58, Associated Foreign Press has reported that Israel has given the go ahead to build a planned “tolerance museum” on top of a Muslim burial site. The plans were the subject of a lengthy legal battle brought by Palestinians, some of whom have family buried under the proposed site.
Eleven Palestinian Youths Detained In Silwan
IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 16:51, Wafa has reported that eleven Palestinian teenagers have been arrested in the Palestinian district of Silwan in East Jerusalem. The teenagers, aged between 14-17, were taken from their homes by Israeli military on Wednesday during a raid of the area
Hamas: Fayyed Unacceptable As PM
IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 16:08, Senior Hamas official, Moussa Abu Marzouk, speaking to the Palestinian daily, al Falesteen, has reiterated the party position that Hamas will not support Salam Fayyed continuing in his current position as Prime Minister in an interim unity government.
US Zionist Groups Voice Opposition To Israeli Anti Boycott Law
IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 12:43, Both soft and hard line US Israeli supporters have come out against the new Israeli Boycott Law that came into effect on Monday when it gained a majority vote in the Knesset. Groups have described the bill, which makes illegal the boycotting of Israeli goods, including goods made in the settlements, as undemocratic and undermining freedom of speech.
PA: US Responsible For Israel’s Racist Policies
IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 11:38, The Palestinian Authority has slammed the role of the US in Middle East talks in a statement on Monday. In a press release following a PA meeting to discuss the Middle East Quartet meeting, Palestinian leaders laid the blame for Israeli policies on US Barrack Obama administration’s door. The statement described Israeli policies as racist and expansionary.
Army Attacks Gaza with Two Airstrikes, One Resident Injured
IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 10:10, The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Wednesday at dawn, two air strikes targeting a blacksmith workshop in Gaza City, leading to excessive damage and one injury.
Dozens Protest Visit Of Greek President To Ramallah
IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 07:49, As the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed the Greek president, Karolos Papoulias, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians protested the visit to express rejection to Greek Authorities decision that prevented the Freedom Flotilla 2 from sailing to Gaza via Greek ports.
Witnesses recount deadly West Bank raid
7/13/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A Palestinian student who died Wednesday in the occupied West Bank was shot before being arrested by Israeli soldiers,witnesses in his refugee camp said. Ibrahim Sarhan was already bleeding profusely as soldiers surrounded a house in Al-Farah camp, refusing to allow ambulances to approach the area, witnesses told Ma’…. Related: Israeli armed forces gun down 21 year old
Woman moderately injured in Israeli airstrike
7/13/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian woman was moderately injured in an Israeli airstrike early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, hours after the Israeli army said a projectile attack caused property damage. The woman was taken to the nearby Shifa hospital, medics said. Israel’s air force fired on a car-repair workshop on….
Israel approves work on controversial museum
7/13/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel has approved the start of work on a controversial Museum of Tolerance that will be built on the site of an old Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The project, organized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, was the subject of a lengthy legal battle, with Palestinians and some Israeli….
Hundreds attend funeral for slain Hamas member
7/13/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Around 800 people attended the funeral for Hamas member Ibrahim Sarhan, 21, who was killed Wednesday during a raid on a northern West Bank refugee camp. Many waved the green flags of Hamas and chanted slogans as Sarhan was buried at the Al-Farah camp cemetery. Hamas accused the Israeli military of…. Related: Israeli armed forces gun down 21 year old
20 suffer from food poisoning in Negev prison
7/13/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Issa Qarae, the minister for detainees, said Wednesday that 20 Palestinian prisoners were being treated for food poisoning at a Negev prison in southern Israel. Qarae added that the detainees were currently in the prison clinic. It is understood that they had eaten food which had expired….
Israeli forces raid Beit Ummar, detain 3
7/13/2011 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained three Palestinian men on Wednesday from the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron after ransacking their homes. Popular committees spokesman Muhammad Awad said soldiers ransacked the home of Ali Ayyad Awad, beating him and his wife Amina before detaining their son Ahmad, 18. Ahmad….
‘Flytilla’ activist says mistreated by Israel
7/13/2011 – VIENNA (AFP)— An Austrian pro-Palestinian activist deported from Israel has complained of ill treatment at the hands of aggressive Israeli forces. Julia Hurnaus, 25, was one of about 40 so-called “flytilla” activists expelled on Tuesday from Israel, where they had flown for a protest action over the weekend.” People were injured, people were hit in….
Settlers attack Palestinian car near Jenin
7/13/2011 – JENIN (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager sustained bruises after Israeli settlers pelted his car with stones near the site of the former Israeli settlement of Homesh, which was evacuated in 2005. One of the car’s passengers, Kamal Abu Awwad, said that he and some friends were driving from Nablus to Jenin when….
Israel deports seven ‘flytilla’ activists
7/13/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel on Tuesday expelled seven foreign pro-Palestinian activists detained after flying into Israel for protests at the weekend, leaving five still in custody, an official said.” There are three British people, an Irishman and a German,” immigration service spokeswoman Sabine Hadad told AFP. She was unable to say when they would be deported….
Medics: Airstrike injures woman in eastern Gaza
7/13/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian woman was injured in an Israeli airstrike on eastern Gaza early Wednesday, medics said, hours after the army said projectile fire damaged property in southern Israel…. Related: Woman moderately injured in Israeli airstrike
2 brothers detained overnight
7/13/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Israeli forces detained two brothers from Bethlehem overnight, their parents said. Muhammad Abu Haniyeh, 45, and Abed, 43, were on their way to Bethlehem from Hebron when police arrested them. Police claimed the two brothers posed a threat to the illegal Etzion settlement. They were taken to the investigative center in….
Israel cancels amnesty for members of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigade
7/13/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The armed wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa martyrs brigade, announced Wednesday that Israel has canceled an amnesty it granted two of its members from Bethlehem.”Israeli intelligence had informed the security departments in Bethlehem of the decision to cancel amnesty granted to Hadi Dadara and Mohammad Ramadan affiliated with an armed….
Hamas denies economic crisis in Gaza
7/13/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas government in Gaza confirmed Wednesday that it is not suffering from a financial crisis despite the current economic problems affecting the Ramallah based leadership. The finance minister Aladdin Al-Rafati told Ma’an that the government would continue to pay employee salaries every month as usual. Salaries will….
Army trucks tour Bethlehem
7/13/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Three Israeli army vehicles briefly entered the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday afternoon, puzzling bystanders who rarely see soldiers operating in the daytime. The army occasionally raids Bethlehem and other cities in the West Bank late at night but according to previous agreements, the Palestinian Authority maintains security control….
Boycott ban prompts heated debate in Israel
7/13/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Right-wing Israeli MP’s warned judges on Wednesday not to overturn a controversial new ban on the boycott of Israel or Jewish settlements, insisting it was backed by Israel’s public as well as parliament. The lawmakers were responding angrily after activists said they would challenge the law before Israel’….
Orthodox Jews clash with police over tax inspections
7/13/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthdox Jews clashed with police in a conservative neighborhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday as tax officials tried to carry out inspections, a police spokesman said. Micky Rosenfeld said several tax authority representatives entered the Mea Shearim neighborhood on Wednesday morning to carry out “examinations, check-ups and closures” of several businesses.” Disturbances….
In Israel, quiet holds 5 years after Lebanon war
7/13/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — The fifth anniversary of Israel’s war in Lebanon passed largely unmarked on Tuesday, with no official events planned and the border between the neighbors mostly quiet. The conflict that began on July 12, 2006, ending 34 days later with the deaths of 1,200 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis….
Ashrawi: Quartet must adopt clear position on negotiations
7/13/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Hanan Ashrawi urged the Middle East Quartet on Tuesday to adopt clear positions on negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.”The failure of the Quartet to come up with a clear and decisive position on negotiations and the requirements of peace is a direct result of the refusal of…. Related: Palestinians call on US to support UN bid and Arab League convenes to discuss UN bid, peace process
Arab League convenes to discuss UN bid, peace process
7/13/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Arab League officials will convene in Doha, Qatar on Thursday to discuss the next steps before September, the Palestinian president’s spokesman said. Nabil Abu Rdeina said Wednesday that the body’s peace process follow-up committee would discuss supporting the Palestinian bid for recognition of an independent state at…. Related: Ashrawi: Quartet must adopt clear position on negotiations and Palestinians call on US to support UN bid
Palestinians call on US to support UN bid
7/13/2011 – RAMALLAH (AFP) — The Palestinians have called on the United States to reverse course and support their United Nations membership bid, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday. Erekat, speaking at a news conference in Ramallah, said the Palestinians had been in touch with Washington after a meeting of the Middle East peacemaking Quartet this week…. Related: Ashrawi: Quartet must adopt clear position on negotiations
Reporter: Palestinian killed in Nablus raid
7/13/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, a Ma’an correspondent reported and Israeli military officials confirmed…. Related: Israeli armed forces gun down 21 year old andHundreds attend funeral for slain Hamas member
Hamas mourns student killed in Nablus raid
7/13/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A young Palestinian man killed Wednesday in an Israeli raid near Nablus supported the pro-Hamas student bloc at his university in the northern West Bank city, the party said. Ibrahim Sarhan, 21, was shot while emerging from a mosque during a search operation in Al-Farah refugee camp, Palestinian security sources said….
Jazz concert in Gaza
7/13/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A German jazz orchestra is due to perform in the Gaza Strip on July 14-15, becoming the first ever jazz ensemble to play in the coastal enclave. The Goethe-Institut, in cooperation with Deutsche Welle and the Heinrich Boll Foundation, will host the concert as part of a ‘Gender Kicks….
In photos: Iranian plastic arts exhibition in Gaza
7/13/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Iranian artists weren’t able to make it to Gaza City to attend the first plastic arts exhibition, but their work carried the message. Their portraits represent Iranian support to the Palestinian and Lebanese people and their resistance against oppression. One of the portraits had a photo of….
Policeman ‘commits suicide’ outside PA building
7/13/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A Palestinian policeman died early Wednesday after shooting himself in front of the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, witnesses said. The policeman, from Qalqilya, worked as a bodyguard for political officials. Onlookers said the man first fired in the air, drawing the attention of others who tried to stop….
Tawjihi results to be announced by end of next week
7/13/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) —The vice-minister for Higher Education in the Hamas government, Dr. Muhammad Abu Shuqair, said Wednesday that he expects the Tawjihi results to be announced by the end of next week. Grading of the management, economics and scientific culture subjects is going to be completed by next Saturday, he said. All….
West piles pressure for UN action on Syria
7/13/2011 – DAMASCUS (AFP) — Western governments ratcheted up the pressure for UN Security Council action against Syria on Wednesday with France branding blocking moves by China and Russia “indecent.” US President Barack Obama said his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad had no legitimacy after repeatedly ducking reform, as ties between Damascus and Western governments nosedived after pro-regime protesters….
Almost Everything You Need to Know About a U.N. Vote on Palestine (And Six Magic Words)
Palestine Note 13 Jul 2011 – “I will accept a Jewish state.” According to Rabbi Marvin Heir, Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, those are the six magic words that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must utter before “there can ever be peace in the…
Bethlehem’s taps run dry as West Bank Israelis continue to fill their swimming pool
Palestine Note 13 Jul 2011 – The National- Water taps have run dry in this venerable West Bank city, fuelling public frustration and alarming Palestinian leaders. An acute shortage has panicked Bethlehem hoteliers into building massively expensive storage tanks, lest their customers flee to water-abundant Israeli…
Hundreds to receive entrepreneurship training
Palestine Note 13 Jul 2011 – Ma’an- Three Palestinian organizations will provide entrepreneurship and employment skills training to more than 1,000 Palestinian youths this summer, thanks to a new US-NGO partnership. The Youth Entrepreneurship Development Program is providing grants to the Sharek Youth Forum, INJAZ-Palestine and…
Officials: Mideast Quartet talks failed due to disagreement over Israel as Jewish state
Palestine Note 13 Jul 2011 – Haaretz- The foreign ministers of the Middle East Quartet failed to reach an agreement on Monday surrounding the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and therefore did not issue a public statement on their meeting meant to renew Israeli-Palestinian…
Civil Rights Groups to Challenge Anti-Boycott Law at Supreme Court
Palestine Note 13 Jul 2011 – Netanyahu defends law, condemns attempts to ‘hurt’ settler families and children Washington Post – A new law that seeks to impede boycotts against Jewish settlements in the West Bank sparked a ferocious debate Tuesday between supporters who praised it as…
Libyan rebels reclaim key western village
AlJazeera 13 Jul 2011 – Rebels reclaim Qawalish, just hours after Gaddafi forces had taken the strategically important village.
Egypt dismisses almost 600 police officers
AlJazeera 13 Jul 2011 – Egypt fires almost 600 officers as part of a clean up of the unpopular force following protests against its actions.
Fire damages Syria gas pipelines
AlJazeera 13 Jul 2011 – Production continues as government denies reports of fire caused by two explosions.
Abbas vows to continue UN statehood bid
AlJazeera 12 Jul 2011 – Palestinian president proceeds with September plan, as Middle East diplomatic Quartet meeting produces no statement.
Syria slams Clinton ‘provocation’
AlJazeera 12 Jul 2011 – Clinton said Syrian president “is not indispensable” after Damascus mob attacked US and French embassies.
Israel passes law banning settler boycotts
AlJazeera 12 Jul 2011 – Bill stirs opposition from rights groups which call it ‘a direct violation of freedom of expression’.
Hamas Claims no Reconciliation Possible with Fayyad as PM
PNN – Ramallah – PNN – Palestinian daily Felesteen has reported today that a senior Hamas official has announced that regardless of President Mahmoud Abba’s determination for Fayyad as PM, Hamas will not allow…
Israeli Army Bomb Gaza in Response to Qassam Rockets
PNN – Gaza – PNN – Israeli aircraft bombed two weapon manufacturing sites in the Gaza Strip this morning in response to Qassam rockets being fired into Israel overnight. The Israeli army’s Spokespersons Unit…
Israeli Army Kills Palestinian Student
PNN – Ramallah – PNN – 22 year old Ibrahim Sirhan was shot and killed by the occupying Israeli Army in the al-Fari’a refugee camp near Nablus earlier today. Ibrahim Sirhan, an engineering student…
International Solidarity Movement
Three years have come and gone in Beit Hanoun
7/13/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 12 July 2011, International Solidarity Movement, Gaza – Three years of protests have come and gone in Beit Hanoun. Every week, for three years, the people of Beit Hanoun have come out to protest against the occupation, against the wall that prevents them from returning to their homes in ’48, against the buffer zone which…. Related: Witnesses recount deadly West Bank raid
CPS Gaza crew attacked by Israeli warship
7/13/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – Civil Peace Service Gaza – Israeli naval forces attacked the Civil Peace Service Gaza monitoring boat with water cannons earlier today. Civil Peace Service Gaza is aninternational third party non-violent initiative to monitor potential human rights violations in Gazan territorial waters. The initial attack happened at 12. 05pm local time. There were four people…. Related: Civil Peace Service Gaza
39;Welcome to Palestine’: Israeli court challenges deportation orders
7/13/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – Welcome to Palestine – Bethlehem and Jerusalem, July 13, 2011. Court dates have been set for noontodayand tomorrow at 9 am for the court challenges of “Welcome to Palestine” participants against the deportation orders of the Israeli government that they and their attorneys consider illegal. The hearings will take place at the Central District Courthouse in….
Media activists needed in Palestine
7/13/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – Reporting the voice of Palestinian struggle from the root – About ISM:The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation in Palestine by using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded by a small group of primarily Palestinian and Israeli activists in August 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen…. Related: Download the flyer (PDF)
Israeli armed forces gun down 21 year old
7/13/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 14 July 2011, International Solidarity Movement – A 21 year-old student was killed by the Israeli army on July 13th in Al Faraa refugee camp, whilst on his way to prayer. Ibrahim Omar Serhan, 21 years old, was left to bleed to death by the Israeli Occupation Forces, on July 13, 2011. Around 3:30 am…. Related: Witnesses recount deadly West Bank raid
Israeli military targets al Khalayla in demolitions
7/11/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – 11 July 2011, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank – On Monday, July 11th, the Israeli military demolished 5 buildings of localPalestinian businesses in the closed neighborhood of al -Khalayla nearal-Jib village outside of Jerusalem. At 6:30am the owner of a window shopreceived a call from the Israeli military that part of his business’sbuilding….
Alternative Information Center
We Will Not be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law
Alternative Information Center – “We’re going to arrest you, but it’s difficult with you because all you do is talk.” – Israeli soldier to Palestinian organizer Mohammad Othman, 2009 [1]
Impact of journalism, social media, arts in resolving Middle East conflict explored as international seminar closes in Budapest, Hungary
Relief Web 13 Jul 2011 – Source: UN Department of Public Information Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Israel , Tunisia ‘Roots of Peace in People’s Minds’ Must Be Nurtured, Hungarian Official Stresses (Received from a UN Information Officer.) BUDAPEST, 13 July — As the International Media Seminar on…
“Towards a safe life” summer camp for young women in Iraq Burin ends
Relief Web 13 Jul 2011 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: occupied Palestinian territory 13 July 2011 West Bank The protection and mental health programme at UNRWA, in cooperation with the local community, concluded a first-of-its-kind ‘Safe…
EU provides new assistance for Palestinians affected by water restrictions in the occupied territory
Relief Web 13 Jul 2011 – Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department Country: occupied Palestinian territory Brussels, 13 July 2011 – The European Commission has allocated ‚Ǩ4 million to address water scarcity which is affecting people in the occupied Palestinian territory. Rainfall in the area is…
Palestinian student killed by Israeli gunfire in Nablus
13 Jul 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-A Palestinian student was killed Wednesday morning by Israeli gunfire in al-Farah refugee camp, east of Nablus.
Israeli airstrike on Gaza injures Palestinian woman
13 Jul 2011 – Gaza strip, (Pal Telegraph)-A Palestinian woman was moderately injured yesterday as Israeli warplanes targeted a repair shop in Attuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza city.
US shows evidence in Iraq rocket attacks it says leads to Iran
The National 13 Jul 2011 – The home-made rockets killing US troops in Iraq ‘don’t have a big sign that says “made in Iran”,’ but it is possible to identify the source from the original marks and from the shape, according to US experts in Baghdad.
Back again, Egypt’s exiled Islamists no longer have to lie low
The National 13 Jul 2011 – Under Mubarak, Islamist groups were violently suppressed, but after Egypt’s revolution, new political parties are forming with membership ranging from the moderate Muslim Brotherhood to ultraconservative Salafists and former militants.
New Egyptian protests threatening trials of Mubarak regime members, says top judge
The National 13 Jul 2011 – As protesters revive their tent cities to express their frustration that ‘the revolution’ has stalled and demand speedier justice for former regime members, their actions could undermine the fairness of trials of Mubarak’s associates, according to a judge with Egypt’s highest appeals court.
Shiite bloc stands by majority rule for Bahrain
The National 13 Jul 2011 – Al Wefaq’s representatives walk out of meeting after Sunni representative calls Shiites ‘naturalised rejectors’ of Islamic orthodoxy, in reference to Iranian origin of some members of community to which majority of Bahrainis belong.
US tells Yemen’s opposition that Saleh will return soon
The National 13 Jul 2011 – Ruling party sets president’s date for Sunday as opposition chief warns of major escalation in protests and president’s son is seen as major obstacle to power transfer.
UN security council to discuss Syria’s nuclear activities
The National 13 Jul 2011 – Security council unlikely to agree on punitive measures against Syria for refusing to cooperate with investigations into its suspected nuclear activities.
Hizbollah comes under fire from Saad Hariri for undermining murder tribunal
The National 13 Jul 2011 – Saad Hariri upbraided Hizbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, for attempting to undermine the credibility of the international tribunal that issued arrest warrants for four Hizbollah members over the assassination of Rafiq Hariri.
Dozens of Israeli law professors protest against Israeli boycott law
Ha’aretz – “I don’t want anyone to be confused. I approved the law,” says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “If I hadn’t backed it, it wouldn’t have passed. I am against boycotts aimed at the Jewish state.”
Carlo Strenger / Israel’s McCarthy coalition is on a dangerous power trip
Ha’aretz – The slew of anti-democratic laws introduced by the current Knesset constitutes one of the darkest chapters in Israeli history.
European Union expresses concern over Israel’s boycott law
Ha’aretz – EU says legislation may affect freedom of expression in Israel; mixed reaction among European Jewish organizations.
Court rules 2 pro-Palestinian activists can stay in Israel, with conditions
Ha’aretz – Two activists who took part in fly-in will not be deported to their home countries if they agree not to participate in demonstrations.
Poll: Obama’s ratings plummet in Arab World
Ha’aretz – According to the poll, both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and US interference in the region are seen as the biggest obstacle to peace and stability.
‘Iran to enrich higher-grade uranium in underground bunker’
Ha’aretz – Diplomatic sources say that preparatory work is underway at Fordow facility to produce refined uranium.
Series of blasts in India’s financial capital Mumbai kill at least 21
Ha’aretz – Three simultaneous blasts rock the city during rush hour; attack is biggest since 2008, when 166 people died in a terrorist assault.
Dismembered body of 8-year-old Hassidic boy found in Brooklyn
Ha’aretz – Over 2,000 volunteers assist with search mission; police arrest 35-year-old Jewish man upon discovering body parts in his refrigerator.
Netanyahu: Boycott law reflects democracy in Israel
Ha’aretz – In a heated Knesset debate, prime minister defends controversial law which bans calls for boycotts on Israel; opposition head Livni: You are leading the country into an abyss.
IDF chief appoints special team to re-examine Gilad Shalit case
Ha’aretz – New team meant to review all evidence gathered by military on abducted IDF soldier in last five years, in hopes of finding new angles to approach a possible prisoner swap deal.
Foreign Ministry employee suspected in theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars
Ha’aretz – Suspect was the accounts manager at the Israeli embassy in Jordan from 2007-2011; he is believed to have been aided by local embassy employees.
Six police officers hurt in clashes with ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem
Ha’aretz – Residents of Mea She’arim neighborhood hurl rocks at security forces in protest of closing down of illegal slaughterhouse, five arrested.
Proposal: Break up Tnuva
Ha’aretz – Mooo over, say ministries, but disagree on how to attack the cash cow.
Sabotage takes out Egyptian gas supply for 4th time
Ha’aretz – The pipeline bombing took place at 2 A.M. near Sinai’s El-Arish airport. North Sinai Governor Abdel Wahab Mabrouk said that the ensuing fire had been controlled, and that the saboteurs used the same technique employed in the previous bombings, Egyptian media reported.
All signs say Iran is racing toward a nuclear bomb
Ha’aretz – Iran’s leadership is undaunted by the sanctions imposed on the country and seems unhindered by the damage the Stuxnet computer worm caused to the centrifuges at the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz.
Hamas: No Palestinian reconciliation if Fayyad remains PM
Ha’aretz – Senior Hamas official says that Mahmoud Abbas’ insistence on Salam Fayyad as Palestinian PM is ‘unacceptable and unreasonable’.
IDF kills Palestinian in West Bank refugee camp
Ha’aretz – Ibrahim Sirhan, 22, was shot during an IDF arrest operation in the al-Fari’a refugee camp near Nablus.
IAF strikes targets in Gaza in response to rocket attacks
Ha’aretz – IAF aircraft bomb two weapons manufacturing sites in northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning.
Hundreds from around the globe make aliya this week
Jerusalem Post 14 Jul 2011 – ‘The destiny of the Jewish people is to live in Israel,’ says brand new immigrant Hillel Davis.
Israeli police arrest employee of Israel embassy in Jordan
Jerusalem Post 14 Jul 2011 – According to suspicions, the accountant illegally lifted funds that were meant for purchases, salaries of other employees.
Gath dig shows ‘Philistine’ need not be a dirty word
Jerusalem Post 14 Jul 2011 – Excavation where David slew Goliath sheds light on a people remembered as uncultured.
Environment Ministry revokes Haifa Chemicals toxics permit
Jerusalem Post 14 Jul 2011 – Company will regain license only after completing rigorous safety review.
Groups educating haredi women on ‘Mehadrin’ bus lines
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Female activists: Gender segregation on buses part of radicalization trend in the haredi community.
Experts: Boycott law won’t withstand Supreme Court test
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Just hours after the controversial new law was passed, a petition calling for it to be overturned was presented to the High Court.
‘Ovadia Yosef backs placing girls in haredi schools’
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – MK Nahari (Shas) also hints at revamp of system for accepting girls to Ashkenazi institutions.
Criminal probe announced after death in Nablus raid
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – IDF stresses investigation does not mean shooting of Palestinian was breach of the operation’s rules of engagement.
‘Majority of US Jews worried about Obama Israel policies’
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Among those polled, 65 percent voted for Obama, 24% for John McCain, and 5% did not vote, or voted for someone else.
Hamas warns of Internet game trap by Shin Bet
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Hamas claims Shin Bet uses Ikariam, popular online game set in classical Greece, to recruit Palestinian collaborators; young player says he was asked by anonymous player to provide information on armed Gazan groups.
Immigrant Anna Wexler: Unexpected symbol of Israel
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – 26-year-old science writer represented her new country at Qatar conference after facing a storm of controversy over her presence.
Clalit loses record lawsuit against tobacco companies
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Supreme Court hurriedly issues long-delayed verdict on NIS 7.6b. lawsuit begun in 1998.
Russia lays out ‘step-by-step’ approach on Iran
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Lavrov: Iran will address IAEA concerns over nuclear program in return for eased sanctions; US fears losing leverage over Tehran.
Genuine solidarity vs. stale promises
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Upcoming march seeks to shatter paralyzing dichotomies and replace them with grassroots partnerships between Israelis and Palestinians.
July 14: Let’s emulate Glenn
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – We must stand united in full solidarity and make our voices heard in condemning this UN effort. Apathy is a luxury we cannot afford!
Rethinking gas from Egypt
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Instead of fantasizing about Norwegian-like gas bounties, it’s time to begin exploiting the probably more modest resources discovered here.
The ‘Anti-Boycott Law’ enables Israel to defend itself
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Facing ongoing attacks from the global BDS movement, Israel cannot be expected to support those who work toward its economic destruction.
The return of Mallorca’s Chuetas
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Fundamentally Freund: A rabbi’s decision opens the door to welcoming the descendants of forced converts back to the faith.
A superfluous law
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Whatever one might think of boycotts as a means of protest, they are certainly not foreign to our society.
Scream, insult, embarrass and harass ‘uppity’ women
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – A recent ruling by an influential haredi rabbi takes Israel back 3,000 years.
Can love translate into votes?
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Washington Watch: Republicans’ support of Israel does not put American Jewish voters in their pockets.
‘EU worried ‘Boycott Bill’ will effect Israeli free speech’
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Spokesperson for Catherine Ashton says bill may harm Israeli citizens’ freedom to express opinions; PM at Knesset: I approved bill into law.
How not to have a Palestinian state
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Now is the moment of truth for the Palestinians. They must choose negotiations, with all that such negotiations entail.
Blair to return in search for statehood bid solution
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – After Quartet meeting in Washington fails, UK envoy expected to visit region to find formula to prevent UN Palestinian state bid.
Egypt might postpone elections until November
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Analyst: Delayed ballot will harm Muslim Brotherhood; strong constitution key for robust democracy.
Syrian forces kill four villagers in tank-backed assaults
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Victims killed in tank assault on Jabal al-Zawya region; security forces arrest 30 people during demonstrations in Damascus.
Murder of boy shakes NY ultra-Orthodox community
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – 9-year-old boy last seen Monday, walking from day camp to meet mother at doctor’s office; human remains found in suspect’s refrigerator.
Military expedition company takes tourism to the extreme
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Lionops Military and Extreme Tourism gives participants a taste of military life with multi-day excursions.
Near simultaneous blasts kill at least 21 in India’s Mumbai
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – At least 141 injured in blasts in city center; Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists blamed; Obama condemns attacks, offers assistance.
Syrian exiles call for army to side with people
Jerusalem Post 13 Jul 2011 – Syrian opposition meeting in Istanbul says Assad troops should withdraw from country’s cities, condemns Iran, Hezbollah for backing regime.
U.S. Standing Plunges Across Arab World
IPS The United States’ popularity in the Arab world has plummeted to levels lower than the last year of the George W. Bush administration, according to a new survey of public opinion in six Arab countries released here Wednesday.
CPS Gaza crew attacked by Israeli warship
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – Israeli naval forces attacked the Civil Peace Service Gaza monitoring boat with water cannons earlier today. Civil Peace Service Gaza is an international third party non-violent initiative to monitor potential human rights violations in Gazan territorial waters. The initial attack happened at 12.05pm local time. There were four people aboard the Oliva boat at…
Libya: Misrata orphans may be abroad
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – A Libyan government minister has voiced concern about the whereabouts of 105 orphans from the rebel-held city of Misrata, saying there were reports they may have been taken abroad. Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Sharif told reporters in Tripoli late on Tuesday that the government had opened an investigation into what had happened to the…
Libya: NATO strikes have killed 1,100 since March
Uruknet June 13, 2011 – Libya’s prosecutor says more than 1,100 Libyans have been killed and 4,500 wounded since NATO’s campaign of airstrikes began on March 19. Mohammed Zikri al-Mahjoubi said Wednesday that he will charge NATO’s chief in a Libyan court with genocide over the air campaign. He outlined 10 charges against Anders Fogh Rasmussen, including killing and…
Evidence: NATO-backed Libya “Rebels” Are Clearly Terrorists
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – Since the on-set of the so-called “rebellion” in Libya this newspaper has warned that Benghazi had engaged in gross human rights abuses. These abuses included executions, beheadings, and lynchings—especially of Black Libyans, migrant workers from other African countries and suspected loyalists of Muammar al-Quathafi. The information and even celebratory video clips are widely available…
Rebels-in-waiting: The children as young as SEVEN being trained to fight on the front lines against Gaddafi
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – With smiles on their faces, these young boys could be playing soldiers with their friends. But the youngsters are in fact helping rebel fighters in Libya to overcome Colonel Gaddafi’s troops as the bitter civil war rumbles on. Boys as young as seven have been pictured carrying automatic weapons and cleaning rifles in Misrata…
Human Rights Watch: Libyan rebels loot clinics, homes and shops in seized western towns
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – Libyan rebels fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi have looted shops and clinics and torched the homes of suspected regime supporters in some of the towns they seized in the country’s western mountains, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The findings come as the rebels have enlarged the area under their control in the west and…
The most powerful weapon is our humanity
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – When I left Palestine a few weeks ago, I left behind more than the place I had come to call home, its generous people I had come to call family, and all the warm, exotic sights, smells, tastes and sounds of a world that revived my spirit, conscience, passion and will to live. I…
Israeli police will not face trial over death of Palestinian girl
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – Israeli policemen suspected of shooting dead a 10-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl in 2007 will escape prosecution after a court said that too much time had elapsed to allow a re-examination of the case. The decision will come as a blow for the girl’s parents, who have campaigned for justice for their daughter, Abir Aramin, who…
Freedom Flotilla II: Final Thoughts
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – Palestinian analyst/advocate/author and former journalist Nadia Hijab is right, saying “(i)t was never about aid.” In her article titled, “Freedom Flotilla II: No to a Kinder, Gentler Siege,” she said like earlier and new initiatives to come, it’s “a political act” against Israel’s illegal occupation/Gaza blockade – forced isolation, in fact, since 1988 “permit…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fights extradition to Sweden
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – On Tuesday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared at the High Court at London’s Royal Courts of Justice to appeal against his extradition to Sweden on trumped-up allegations of rape. The expected two-day hearing is in response to the February 24 ruling by Judge Howard Riddle at the High Court that Assange can be extradited….
Gaddafi’s government warns of food and water shortages
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – Libya could face a shortage of food because a lack of fuel has prevented it from bringing in most of this season’s grain harvest, Muammar Gaddafi’s agriculture minister said on Tuesday. Libya has struggled to maintain supplies of motor fuel and some foodstuffs since a rebellion against Gaddafi’s rule in February escalated into a…
The Human Rights Watch plan to save US imperialism
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – …Take the words of a newspaper editorial on HRW’s new report: ‘Only by confronting the past can nations construct a better future.’ This is how the calls for George, Dick and Don to be prosecuted are understood. It is an opportunity to reckon with the nightmare that was the ‘war on terror’, an opportunity…
Syrian FM says crisis between Syria and U.S., France, to be solved
Uruknet July 13, 2011 — Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem said Wednesday the recent crisis erupted between his country and the United States and France over protesters’ attack on the two’s embassies, would be solved within the framework of the Vienna Conventions. “I believe that demonstrators shouldn’t bypass the boundaries of the two embassies,” Moallem told a joint…
Witnesses recount deadly West Bank raid
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – A Palestinian student who died Wednesday in the occupied West Bank was shot before being arrested by Israeli soldiers, witnesses in his refugee camp said. Ibrahim Sarhan was already bleeding profusely as soldiers surrounded a house in Al-Farah camp, refusing to allow ambulances to approach the area, witnesses told Ma’an. “Me and Ibrahim finished…
Israeli Army Kills Palestinian Student
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – 22 year old Ibrahim Sirhan was shot and killed by the occupying Israeli Army in the al-Fari’a refugee camp near Nablus earlier today. Ibrahim Sirhan, an engineering student at An-Najah University was killed during an Israeli army arrest operation at dawn today in the refugee camp. His uncle, Ismail Sarhan was quoted by Reuters…
The Cleansing of Iraq.1
Uruknet July 13, 2011 – When you destroy, when you ravage, when you pillage, when you annihilate, you are in fact cleansing…and Iraq is being cleansed of Itself. Most people are very stupid. When one talks about the cleansing of Iraq, they immediately think – physical liquidation – as in killings. Well you must be quite pleased to know…
French Ship Carries Freedom Flotilla’s “Dignity” to Gaza
Uruknet July 12, 2011 – The French vessel Dignite’-Al Karama is the only boat from the Freedom Flotilla II actually sailing for Gaza in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade imposed in 2006. At the same time, six Spanish members of the humanitarian aid mission went on hunger strike in the Greek capital. The hunger strikers, who have…
Strikes likely as Israel forces curriculum on East Jerusalem schools
Uruknet July 12, 2011 – Widespread strikes across Palestinian civil society could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year, as the municipality moves ahead with its current plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools. “I expect that the beginning of the new school year will not be a normal one….
Inside the October Surprise Cover-up
Uruknet July 12, 2011 – In 1991-92, when President George H.W. Bush’s reelection campaign was threatened by interlocking national security scandals, his White House staff and Republicans in Congress went into partisan battle mode determined to discredit – not investigate – allegations of wrongdoing, newly released documents from Bush’s presidential library reveal. The documents show that GOP anger boiled…
Syria Protests July 12, 2011 : A Video Roundup
Uruknet July 12, 2011 – Tuesday of Freedom for Detainees: More than 15 thousand detainees at this time. The majority are under forced disappearance and are distributed among different cities and villages. Even the families of the martyrs have not been spared detention, mainly as a way to intimidate them about divulging how their loved ones were killed and…
Iraq snapshot
Uruknet July 12, 2011 – The editorial board of the Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register notes US President Barack Obama’s claims that combat operations ended August 31, 2010 in Iraq and that all troops will be out of Iraq at the end of this year, “None of it is true. Fifty thousand U.S. troops remain in Iraq. Combat deaths, including…
Israeli soldiers destroy wells, water pumps in the Jordan valley
Uruknet July 12, 2011 — Israeli forces destroyed water wells and water pumps in several villages in the Jordan Valley on Tuesday. The villages of Al-Nasaryah, Al-Akrabanyah and Beit Hassan, all situated in the Jordan Valley, had water pumps and engines confiscated. The equipment was used by farmers in the villages. Nabil Jawda, Muhammad Wahdan, and Najih Zaid all…
You’re So Easy to Rule
Uruknet July 12, 2011 – Your national leaders are terrorists. Look on the bright side: they aren’t shooting at you or sending drones into your neighborhood. Not yet. You still have that to look forward to, you fortunate idiots. But most Americans can’t or won’t acknowledge the fact that terrorists rule them. The ruling class counts on that, and…
Lebanese envoy to U.N.hails South Sudan’s birth
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations welcomed the establishment of the Republic of South Sudan during a Security Council meeting…
First tripartite talks held since Nakba Day killings
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Senior Lebanese and Israeli military officials met Wednesday under the supervision of United Nations peacekeepers…
Negotiation blunders jeopardize oil and gas campaign
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 As the Lebanese government struggles to defend its right to offshore natural resources, with the issue expected to be discussed in Thursday’s Cabinet meeting…
SSNP denies Al-Bilad accusations
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 The Syrian Social Nationalist Party denounced Wednesday a report in the Saudi newspaper, Al-Bilad…
Interpol issues international warrants for STL suspects
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Interpol issued international arrest warrants Wednesday against those accused of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the international police organization announced.
General Security post on agenda of Cabinet’s first session: sources
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 The government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati will discuss 71 items on the agenda of its first session Thursday, including key administrative appointments.
Parliamentary training institute opens doors
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 An institute aimed at training parliamentarians and improving legislative activities in states across the Middle East and North Africa was launched Wednesday in Beirut.
Safadi accuses Hariri of inciting sectarian sentiments
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi struck back at former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Wednesday, accusing him of inciting sectarian sentiments…
Irish doctors ask to visit jailed Bahraini medics
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 A group of Irish doctors, activists and politicians is in Bahrain, seeking to visit jailed doctors and nurses who treated injured protesters during unrest in the Gulf kingdom.
Syrian exiles call for army to side with people
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 A meeting of Syrian opposition in Istanbul ended on Wednesday with a call for the army to protect its people and side with the protesters against President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Safadi fires back at Hariri
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi struck back at former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Wednesday, accusing the Future Movement leader of inciting sectarian sentiments and placing the Tripoli lawmaker’s life at risk.
U.S. denies backing Lebanon over Israel border dispute
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Embassy spokesperson denies Haaretz reports that the U.S. had endorsed the Lebanese maritime border demarcation, submitted to the U.N. last year.
Egypt shakes up police after protests
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Egypt said Wednesday more than 650 senior officers would end their police service, an unprecedented shake up after protesters demanded reform of a force blamed for killing protesters who ousted Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt fires 587 officers to cleanse police force
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Egypt’s state TV says nearly 600 top officers have been fired from the police as part of cleansing the discredited and widely unpopular force.
Social Media: a double-edged sword in Syria
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 Social media played a pivotal role in the ousting of Arab leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, but activists in an uprising in Syria fear Syria the government is keeping tabs on them by scanning websites such…
Arab League tells U.S. to stop interfering in Syria
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 The Arab League said Wednesday that Washington overstepped its bounds by saying Syrian President Bashar Assad had lost the legitimacy to lead his country.
March 14 gear up on work to topple Mikati Cabinet
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 The Future Movement-led March 14 coalition announced Wednesday it had begun working to topple the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Lebanon, Israel, UNIFIL meet to discuss Blue Line violations
Daily Star 13 Jul 2011 A tripartite meeting between Lebanon, Israel and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon took place Wednesday to discuss breaches of the border separating the two countries.
PA to boycott companies heeding Boycott Law
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Wednesday he stands behind the newly approved Boycott Law, the Palestinian Authority now threatens to boycott any Israeli … ….
Hundreds riot in Mea Shearim after police raid
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Six police officers were hurt Wednesday during haredi riots in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood. A joint Tax Authority-Jerusalem Municipality operation saw inspectors … ….
Sky’s no longer the limit
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – The defense establishment is set to present an impressive plan in the coming days, the aim of which is to render Israel the most defensible country in the world from the … ….
Brooklyn murder suspect exposed
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – A Brooklyn man was arrested Wednesday after the dismembered remains of a boy who had gotten lost two days earlier were found in the man’s freezer and trash container, … ….
Netanyahu: I approved the Boycott Law
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – The Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday issued a statement saying that Benjamin Netanyahu is categorically opposed to a bill allowing the Knesset to have the authority … ….
Report: Lebanon, Cyprus to discuss naval border
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Cyprus has expressed its willingness to re-review its naval border agreement with Lebanon, the Lebanese NBN television reported Wednesday. According to the report, … ….
PA: Russia prevented statement on Jewish state recognition
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Palestinian spokesman Nabil Sha’ath credited Moscow Wednesday with silencing a statement by the Mideast Quartet after its meeting earlier this week. “Russia has … ….
India: Mumbai blasts kill 17, wound 100
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – (Video) 3 explosions rock India’s financial capital killing 17 people, injuring….
Likud minister slams justice veto bill
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Fellow party member’s bill ‘creates hazard of politicizing justices’….
Foreign Ministry employee arrested for fraud
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Benny Bashan, an employee at Israel’s embassy in Amman arrested following….
Lieberman: Court should steer clear of Boycott Law
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Yisrael Beiteinu chair pleased with passing of controversial legislation, says….
Knesset to veto Supreme Court judges?
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – New Likud initiative wants to give Knesset’s Justice Committee authority to….
Body of missing Hasidic boy found in Brooklyn
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Dismembered remains of Leiby Kletzky, 8, missing since Monday afternoon found in….
Haredi entertainer convicted of indecent acts
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Jerusalem court convicts David Bruckner after he offers boy free CD, money to….
American Jews rally against boycott law
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Controversial legislation sees Jewish community in US unite in denouncing it as….
Hamas operative killed in Nablus
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Gaza’s rulers confirm 22-year-old shot dead during IDF operation in al-Fari’a….
PA: US responsible for Israeli policy
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – PLO’s Executive Committee says DC answerable for Jerusalem’s ‘racist policies’;….
IDF strikes Gaza targets
YNet News, 13 Jul 2011 – Military aircrafts target two weapon manufacturing mills in northern Strip;….
Palestinian Information Center
Two Israeli air raids on Gaza wound woman, destroy foundry
PIC – 13/07/2011 – 08:41 AM
Special prison forces storm prisoners ward in Nafha
PIC – 13/07/2011 – 09:12 AM
IOF soldiers shoot university student, leave him bleed to death
PIC – 13/07/2011 – 08:34 AM
Abu Marzouk: Abbas wants to restore pre-reconciliation situation
PIC – Senior Hamas political official Mousa Abu Marzouk has accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of trying to restore the situation as it was before the Palestinian reconciliation.
Hamas mourns martyr, IOF arrests 8 citizens including boy
PIC – Hamas issued a statement in the West Bank on Wednesday mourning the death of Ibrahim Sarhan at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces in a pre dawn raid today.
Paris sees protests after France helped thwart fly-in
PIC – The French capital Paris saw Tuesday pro-Palestinians demonstrating outside of the foreign ministry headquarters protesting the government’s subservience to Israel.
Israeli escalation expected to shake Jerusalem in coming months
PIC – An unprecedented wide-ranging Israeli escalation is expected to rock Jerusalem in the next few months and to peak in September.
Israeli minister asks his government to assassinate Hamas leaders
PIC – Israeli minister of infrastructure Uzi Landau has urged his government to reactivate the policy of “targeted killing” and assassination of Hamas leaders.
Demonstration in Turkey against arrest of Sheikh Salah
PIC – A demonstration was organized in front of the British consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday demanding the release of Sheikh Raed Salah who was detained in London 15 days ago.
Israeli occupation authority arrests 11 Palestinian minors in Silwan
PIC – Israeli policemen arrested 12 Palestinians in Silwan town on Wednesday including 11 minors on charges they threw stones, firecrackers, and firebombs at Beit Yonatan settlement outpost.
Hamas: UNRWA tampering with its name on its official websites
PIC – Hamas in Lebanon warned UNRWA against tampering with its official name and slogan, adding that the agency returned to its original name after popular protests only on its Arabic and English websites.
Israeli forces storm Aisawiye in eastern Jerusalem, injure civilians
PIC – Israeli occupation police stormed the Aisawiye village in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon and fired tear gas and stun grenades at inhabitants, local sources said.
The Palestinian Authority must get its act together
PIC – The Palestinian Authority (PA) has never been a truly honorable and dignified entity where excesses and flaws are the exception rather than the norm.
EU provides Assistance for Palestinians Affected by Water Restrictions in OPT
WAFA
Israeli Police Arrests 11 Palestinian Teenagers in Silwan
WAFA
Jewish Teenaged Settler Attack Palestinian Shepherds on Palestinian Land
WAFA
Russia Stops Quartet from Pressuring Palestinians to Bargain, Said Shaath
WAFA
Abu Rudeineh: Arab Peace Committee to Consult on Political Approach in September
WAFA
Israel Approves Building Museum on Site of Muslim Cemetery in Jerusalem
WAFA
Newspapers Review: Quartet Meeting, Abbas Meeting with Papoulias
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IYF Grants 3 Palestinian Organizations to Enhance Employment for Palestinians
WAFA
Israeli Soldiers Kill, Injure Palestinians in Nablus
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FRANKLIN LAMB: France Says NATO Bombing Has Failed
Intifada-Palestine: 13 Jul 2011 – Gaddafi Can Stay “in Another Room of the Palace” Kadhafi provoked Italians in his first visit to Rome for nearly 40 years ago, carrying on his chest and black and white picture of the scene arrested Libyan resistance leader Omar Mukhtar… more
BRENDA HEARD: Playing with Political Fire
Intifada-Palestine: 13 Jul 2011 – The timing of political maneuvering often reveals the stark business of domination By Brenda Heard The timing of political manoeuvrings often reveals the stark business of domination. Sometimes the timing is flagrant, like the recent commotion in Greece. In the very… more
Egypt fires more than 600 top police officers
LA Times 13 Jul 2011 – In a purge aimed at appeasing antigovernment protesters, Egyptian authorities fire 669 police officials linked to the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. The move comes as parliamentary elections are delayed. Egypt fired more than 600 high-ranking police officers Wednesday in a purge aimed at…
Libya rebels desperately short of funds
LA Times 13 Jul 2011 – Even as rebel commanders predict victory is near, the rebel leadership is short of cash to fight the rebellion and run civilian affairs. The lucrative oil industry has been shut down by the fighting. In early April, Mazin Ramadan left his American wife and two…
Egypt Purges Mubarak-Era Police Officers
New York Times 13 Jul 2011 – Egypt’s transitional military government announced the early retirement of more than 600 senior police officers Wednesday in an effort to mollify thousands of protesters.
Syria Calls Pipeline Explosion an Accident
New York Times 13 Jul 2011 – Syrian officials blamed a technical problem for an explosion that damaged a natural gas pipeline near Deir al-Zour, a restive region in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.
Middle East: TV Stations Multiply as Egyptian Censorship Falls
New York Times 13 Jul 2011 – A huge appetite for news is helping to stoke job growth, advertising and new programming as a post-Mubarak liberalization takes hold.
White House, in Shift, Turns Against Syria Leader
New York Times 13 Jul 2011 – After weeks of urging democratic reforms and an end to brutal crackdowns, the Obama administration said President Bashar al-Assad has lost the legitimacy to rule.
Cairo Journal: Not Satisfied, Protesters Return to Tahrir Square
New York Times 13 Jul 2011 – The spirit of revolution is alive in Egypt, but debates rage over who should rule and how.
International solidarity boat crew attacked off Gaza coast
Mondoweiss – I am writing this exactly twelve hours after I was attacked by an Israeli warship, off the Gaza coast. As a member of the Civil Peace Service , I board the Oliva boat around twice a week to monitor Gazan fishermen’s human rights. But today, it wasn’t…
Why is the New Anti-Capitalist Party silent on the Libyan war?
WSWS – If the NPA does not criticise the illegal militarist policies of the French government, it is because the government is doing exactly what the NPA is asking it to do.
Desert Bloomism: The Israeli myth that won’t spoil, wither, or die
Mondoweiss – “This tractor does two things – it turns the land and turns us off the land. There is little difference between this tractor and a tank. The people were driven, intimidated, hurt by both. We must think about this.” – John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (…
+972 Magazine: Boycott law will affect international activists
Mondoweiss – The anti-boycott bill that the Israeli Knesset passed yesterday will principally affect those Israelis who call for boycotts of Israel or illegal settlements in occupied Palestine. But how will it affect the global Palestine solidarity movement, and those who advocate for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS)…
In major shift, ‘Peace Now’ calls for boycott of settlement goods
Mondoweiss – Bravo to Peace Now. Understanding the crisis that the new anti-democratic law in Israel represents, it has called on everyone to boycott settlement products. It has at last come out for boycott, of a limited nature. Will J Street follow? From JPost : Speaking before a few…
AT-TUWANI: Palestinians protest expansion of Havat Ma’on Outpost; Israeli Military responds with violence
Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine – 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 Israeli settlement of Havat Ma’on on the morning of 9 July 2011.
Marriage equality— are we fighting to get into a Norman Rockwell painting or for true liberation?
Mondoweiss – One couldn’t help but smile at the hundreds and thousands of people revelling in Pride and the legalization of gay marriage. The positive press about the LGBT community stood in stark contrast to the derogatory condemnations of “faggots and perverts” during the pre-Stonewall era 41 years…
Bibi Buys UN Votes Against Palestinian Statehood
Tikun Olam – Bibi the peddler (Leo Baeck Institute) Bibi Netnayahu reminds me of the quintessential Eastern European Jewish peddler traipsing the countryside selling just about anything anyone would pay a kopek to buy. You want a hair brush? I’ve got one. A rooster? Got one of those too….
Netanyahu Family’s Racist History: Like Father, Like Son
Tikun Olam – Yair Netanyahu’s Facebook profile caption: ‘…The Palestinians, may they be cursed’ Jewish tradition declares that children shall not be punished for the sins of their fathers. But it didn’t anticipate a son like the 19 year-old Yair Netanyahu, who appears to retain some of the harsh…
2 Internationals, 3 Israelis Beaten and Arrested in Beit Ommar
Palestine Solidarity Project 12 Jul 2011 – Two internationals and three Israelis were arrested and beaten in Beit Ommar today, when fifty demonstrators from the Palestine Solidarity Project (PSP), the Welcome to Palestine campaign, and residents of Beit Ommar convened at the secondary fence around Karmei Tsur settlement to protest the annexation of…
The Innovators of AmericaÔø?s Future: DREAM Students
Arab American Institute 13 Jul 2011 – By Maryam Al-Zoubi Ôø?I am Undocumented, Unafraid & finally Unashamed!Ôø? was the phrase that rang in ChicagoÔø?s Daley Plaza on March 10th, 2011. I watched nervously in the crowd as my good friend Alaa Mukahhal, an undocumented Palestinian American, shouted those words from the stage. I…
Creating A New Communal Tent For Ending the Occupation
The Magnes Zionist 13 Jul 2011 – For some time I have had a dream about a community, a coalition, a big tent that includes within it all those constituencies who cry out to end the occupation now. Yes, I know, there already is a US Campaign to End the Occupation, and they…
OIC warns of complete collapse of Gaza health sector
Middle East Monitor 13 Jul 2011 – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (formerly the Organization of the Islamic Conference) has warned that the Gaza Strip is witnessing a health crisis which is “the worst of its kind”, and the besieged territory faces the complete collapse of the health sector. In its monthly report…
Knesset approves “Boycott Ban” bill
Middle East Monitor 13 Jul 2011 – Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has approved a bill dubbed the “Boycott Ban”, which outlaws boycotting, or calling for boycotts against, Israel and Israel’s illegal settlements. The bill was passed by 47 votes to 38; those who opposed the new law took the view of the parliament’s…
Egyptian gas pipeline hit by saboteurs again
Middle East Monitor 13 Jul 2011 – A huge blast has rocked Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after unknown saboteurs bombed the pipeline feeding natural gas from Egypt to Jordan and Israel. This is the fourth time in six months that the pipeline has been attacked. According to the official Egyptian news agency, the attack…
Greece ignores racism to pursue alliance with Israel
Middle East Monitor 13 Jul 2011 – On the eve of his visit to Israel, Greek President Karolos Papoulias spoke of the “strong relationship in all aspects” between his country and the Zionist state. The fact that Israel continues to occupy Palestine, expand Jewish-only colonies on occupied territory and persecute millions of Palestinians,…
Egypt to sack 700 police officers
BBC 13 Jul 2011 – Almost 700 senior police officers in Egypt are being removed from their jobs over the killing of protesters during the revolution, officials say.
Pipeline fire in north-east Syria
BBC 13 Jul 2011 – Fire has damaged an oil pipeline in north-east Syria, the oil ministry says, though it is unclear if the blaze was accidental or caused by sabotage.
Israeli troops kill man in Nablus
BBC 13 Jul 2011 – A Palestinian man is killed in an Israeli military raid on a West Bank refugee camp as Israel carries out overnight air strikes in Gaza.
Counting the cost of a Palestinian state
Sabbah report 13 Jul 2011 – The size of the territory allotted for Palestine state continued to shrink with every new Israeli settlement. Do the Palestinians want this state? No, clearly not.
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House Broke Its Own Rules to Pass Palestinian-bashing Resolution
Lara Friedman, Palestine Note7/12/2011
Last week the House voted to suspend the rules and pass H. Res. 268, a resolution strongly backed by AIPAC and others right-of-center Jewish organizations (and strongly opposed by APN). H. Res. 268 slams the Palestinians for seeking international recognition, for taking their case to the UN, and for seeking national reconciliation – and threatens them with punishment if they don’t desist. I reported in my Round-Up for Americans for Peace Now last week that this vote was unusual, given that since taking control of the House in midterm elections, House Republican leaders have “virtually ended the longstanding practice of bringing non-binding, symbolic resolutions to the floor under suspension of the rules” (in contrast to past Congresses where the practice was rampant). The Washington Post even reported on this change. A perceptive reader pointed me to this May 2011 story in the Hill reporting that the ban in the 112th Congress against symbolic resolutions was so absolute that the House leaders didn’t allow a resolution honoring the military mission that assassinated Osama bin Laden.
When I wrote about this in the Round-Up I didn’t know for certain exactly how many non-binding resolutions had been brought to the floor on the suspension calendar in the 112th Congress, so I couldn’t say exactly how unusual last week’s vote on H. Res. 268 was.
Now, I can say (because now I know)*. It was not just unusual – it was an entirely unique exception. A total of six non-binding resolutions have been brought to the floor and passed under suspension of the rules in the 112th Congress. Five of them dealt with Congressional business: authorizing the use of Congressional facilities for an event (S. Con. Res. 16 & S. Con. Res. 2); authorizing acceptance of a statue for placement in the U.S. Capitol (H. Con. Res. 27); authorizing the award of a Congressional medal of honor (H. Res. 49); and reducing the authorized salaries and expenses of Congressional offices for 2011 and 2012 (H. Res. 22). more.. e-mail
Israeli Press Mum on Murdoch
Marsha B. Cohen, 7/12/2011
On July 10, Anshel Pfeffer, a columnist for Israel’s reputedly most liberal news site, Haaretz, wrote a straightforward, if scathing, news article about the accusations being levied against media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Pfeffer’s acerbic piece, aptly headlined “Shameful Journalism Puts Murdoch’s U.K. Empire at Risk,” like others making the front pages of newspapers and websites around the world, criticized the shady news gathering techniques engaged in by News of the World, a British division of Murdoch’s News International:
“No one is coming out of this story looking good. Not the reporters and the editors of the News of the World newspaper, who hired a private detective to “hack” into the mobile phone messages of the subjects of their investigations — actors, celebrities, footballers, but also families who lost soldiers in wars and victims of murder. Certainly not the top brass of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, who pushed the Sunday tabloid into the murky depths of the journalism swamp, chasing down sensationalist headlines and higher sales.
“The power of the News International empire — which in Britain controls not just the tabloid with the biggest circulation, The Sun, but also “institutional” papers The Times and Sunday Times, as well as the BSkyB satellite television channels — was so extensive that, when the police caught a glimpse of the phone hacking affair more than five years ago, a decision was made that there were more important issues to investigate.”
Pfeffer’s piece was yanked off the Haaretz English website after less than 24 hours, where many older pieces often linger for days, even weeks. Equally noteworthy is that the article is now very difficult to locate in the Haaretz archives. Querying the Haaretz website search box for “Murdoch” or “Pfeffer,” the default “sort by relevance” results bury Pfeffer’s article about Murdoch, which can be located easily only if searching by date. more.. e-mail
Quartet Meeting Produces Nothing, Highlighting American Failures
Mitchell Plitnick, Lobelog, Palestine Note7/12/2011
The anticipated meeting of the Middle East Quartet (the United States, Russian Federation, United Nations and European Union) took place Monday. The result was what has become pretty standard for Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy and peacemaking: nothing.
The Quartet is incapable of doing anything unless the US can do something, and the US refuses to take any action outside the realm of “direct negotiations between” the Israelis and Palestinians. The goal of this meeting was to try to come up with a formula that would bring the Israelis and Palestinians back to the table.
The failure to come up with that formula led to the Quartet ending the meeting without a statement. There was simply nothing to say.
The Europeans pushed for this meeting, which the US had hoped to postpone to gain more time to bring the Palestinians back to the table. Perhaps it was the American inability to do that which prompted the EU’s insistence; that’s certainly fair speculation.
The framework the Obama Administration presented, according to Ha’aretz, was one where territorial discussions would begin from the 1967 borders and include mutually agreed territorial exchanges, and that Israel would get recognition as the “national home of the Jewish people.”
The Netanyahu government would want much stronger wording for the “Jewish character” of Israel, wording which would clearly bar any return of Palestinian refugees and at least imply the ability to privilege Jews in Israel legally. That would be their price for “conceding” to base talks on the 1967 borders. — See also: Source more.. e-mail
“Dignity” ship remains destined for Gaza
Electronic Intifada: 13 Jul 2011 – Begoia Astigarraga The Electronic Intifada The French vessel Dignité-al Karama is the only boat from the Freedom Flotilla II now sailing for Gaza in an attempt to break the maritime siege imposed by Israel.more
The most powerful weapon is our humanity
Electronic Intifada: 13 Jul 2011 – Dina Elmuti The Electronic Intifada As she exits Palestine, Dina Elmuti reflects on the oppressive apparatus that surrounds her, and on the growing global struggle to break through it with something stronger, our humanity.more
How Greece abandoned Palestine
Electronic Intifada: 13 Jul 2011 – David Cronin The Electronic Intifada No doubt, Greece’s refusal to allow the Freedom Flotilla II to set sail for Gaza was partly the result of pressure — and possibly even financial blackmail — from the US and Israel. Nonetheless, it was not an isolated occurrence but the logical consequence of a process that was already underway. David Cronin analyzes for The Electronic Intifada.more
Murder of Arrigoni Still Shrouded in Mystery
Palestine Chronicle: 13 Jul 2011 – By Nicola LoFoco Three months have passed since April 15, 2011, that damned day when Vittorio Arrigoni’s life was ripped away from us at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists. The truth surrounding his disappearance and the reasons of who and why anyone would have wanted his death are still to be unveiled. Hamas authorities continue to keep three commando members of the group who allegedly executed and organized the kidnapping of the Italian volunteer and have yet to disclose the results of the interrogations and developments of the investigations. Why wasn’t the 30 hour ultimatum respected? Why does the video shown by the kidnappers last only 25 seconds? We saw Vittorio’s bloodied face and taped up eyes being held up by the arm of one of the terrorists, yet as we have seen unfortunately in the past, when a group of terrorists kidnap someone, the appeal is made by the…more
Confused Strategy: How the PA Sold Out Palestinian Unity
Palestine Chronicle: 13 Jul 2011 – By Ramzy Baroud If you happen to be a Palestinian government employee, chances are you will receive only half your usual salary this month. The other half will only be available when international donors find it in their hearts to make up for the huge shortage of funds currently facing the Palestinian Authority (PA). With a deficit standing at around $640 million, the PA government of Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad is experiencing one of its worst ever financial crises. However, the Palestinian economy is not a real economy by universally recognized standards. It survives largely on handouts by donor countries. These funds have spared Israel much of its financial responsibility as an occupying power under the stipulations of the Fourth Geneva Convention. They have also propped up a Palestinian leadership that tries to secure its own survival by serving the interests of major donors. The funds, however, are now drying…more
The Power of Protest Tactics: ‘Just Do It’
Dissident Voice: 13 Jul 2011 – Non-violent direct action is not the most glamorous occupation in the world. Unpaid overtime, long hours, maligned by a biased mainstream media, widely misunderstood by the middle classes and opposed by a heavy state apparatus, who could be blamed for thinking environmental activism to be a mugs game. But when the audience at a London preview of ‘Just Do It: A Tale of Modern Day Outlaws’ was asked if they had been inspired to take up direct action after watching the film, many hands waved in the air. The documentary follows the exploits of climate activists in the UK during the run up to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in 2009, giving an unprecedented insight into the passion and motives of those who risk arrest in the name of environmental justice. Focusing on six different individuals within the movement, filmmaker Emily James submerged herself in the networks of…more
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